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ZIRKEL, FERDINAND (1838– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 991 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZIRKEL, See also:FERDINAND (1838– ) , See also:German geologist and petrographer, was See also:born at See also:Bonn on the 20th of May 1838. He was educated in his native See also:town, and graduated Ph.D. at the university in 186r. In See also:early years he was engaged in teaching See also:geology and See also:mineralogy in See also:Vienna. He became See also:professor of geology in 1863 in the university of See also:Lemberg, in 1868 at See also:Kiel, and in 187o professor of mineralogy and geology in the university of See also:Leipzig. His numerous papers and essays include Geologische Skizze von der Westkiiste Schotllands (1871); See also:Die Struktur der Variolite (1875); Microscopical Petrography (in See also:Report of U.S. Geol. Exploration of 40th See also:Par., vol. vi., 1876) ; Limurit aus der Vallee de Lesponne (1879); Uber den Zirkon (188o). His See also:separate See also:works include Lehrbuch der Petrographie (1866; and ed. 1893, 1894); Die mikroskopische Beschaffenheit der Minera.See also:lien and Gesteine (1873).

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