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Ell, Theodore. Two Letters of Signor Giovanni Arduino, Concerning his Natural Observations: First Full English Translation. Part 1. Earth Sciences History. 2011, 30 (2): 267–286. doi:10.17704/eshi.30.2.22r632j0x453gj45.
Arduino, Giovanni. Lettera Segonda di Giovanni Arduino … sopra varie sue osservazioni fatte in diverse parti del territorio di Vicenza, ed altrove, apparenenti alla Teoria terrestre, ed alla Mineralogia [Second letter of Giovani Arduino … on his various observations made in different parts of the territory of Vincenza, and elsewhere, concerning the theory of the earth and mineralogy]. Nuova Raccolta d'Opuscoli Scientifici e Filologici [New collection of scientific and philogical pamphlets]. 1760, 6: 133 (cxxxiii)–180(clxxx) （意大利语）. Available at: Museo Galileo (Florence (Firenze), Italy) （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） From p. 158 (clviii): "Per quanto ho potuto sinora osservavare, la serie di questi strati, che compongono la corteccia visibile della terra, mi pare distinta in quattro ordini generali, e successivi, senza considerarvi il mare." (As far as I have been able to observe, the series of these layers that compose the visible crust of the earth seems to me distinct in four general orders, and successive, not considering the sea.)
English translation: Ell, Theodore. Two letters of Signor Giovanni Arduino, concerning his natural observations: first full English translation. Part 2.. Earth Sciences History. 2012, 31 (2): 168–192. doi:10.17704/eshi.31.2.c2q4076006wn7751.
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