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    Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December...
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  • Look up steno in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Steno may refer to: Steno, Salamis, a small community at the northwest of Salamis Island, Greece Stenography...
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  • managing diabetes, located in Gentofte, Denmark. It is named after Nicolas Steno (Niels Steensen, 1638–1686). The center was established in 1991 as a...
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    geologist Nicolas Steno. Planimetric map of Station 1, near the northwest rim of Steno. Photo taken from Geology Station 1 of the rim of Steno crater, at...
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    of superposition was first proposed in 1669 by the Danish scientist Nicolas Steno, and is present as one of his major theses in the groundbreaking seminal...
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    (1027) on the concept of stratification and superposition, pre-dating Nicolas Steno by more than six centuries. Avicenna also recognised fossils as "petrifications...
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    allow for imaging of the parotid duct. The parotid duct is named after Nicolas Steno (1638–1686), also known as Niels Stensen, a Danish anatomist (albeit...
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    Kollegium and is noted for being the influential instructor of scientist Nicolas Steno. Borch was born at Nørre Bork in the Diocese of Ribe, Denmark. He was...
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    the northwest of Steno is Appleton, and to the east is Nušl. The crater was named after the 17th century Danish astronomer Nicolas Steno. This is a worn...
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  • Georgius Agricola is considered the 'father of mineralogy'. Nicolas Steno founded the stratigraphy (the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification))...
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