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References
- Pedersen, Olaf (in: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830903368.html)
- Rasch, G. (1932) Petrus de Dacia, pp. 12-15 in: Meisen, V. Prominent Danish Scientists through the Ages. University Library of Copenhagen 450th Anniversary. Levin & Munksgaard, Copenhagen
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