Giuseppe Monti and palaeontology in Eighteenth century Bologna / Carlo Sarti.
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Pubbl. anche in: Rocks, fossils and history : proceedings of the 13th INHIGEO Symposium : Pisa-Padova, 24 September-1 October 1987 / edited by Gaetano Gigli ... [et al.]. - Firenze : Festina Lente, c1995, p. 85-94
Abstract:
During the eighteenth century, Italian scientists made important contributions to progress in the study of Geology and Palaeontology. In particular, naturalists at the Academy of Science in Bologna started a systematic search for fossils in the Appenine mountains at the beginnings of the century. Giuseppe Monti (1682-1760) is to be credited with having founded modern palaeontology in Bologna. He conceived and organised the Museum Diluvianum in Scientiarum Instituto, the first real museum of Palaeontology in Italy
Nuncius A. 8, fasc. 2 (1993), p. 443-455