Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
geognostic
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- adjective of or pertaining to
geognosy
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Examples
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Here again we see that the vertical, as well as the horizontally vibrating pendulum, may justly be termed a geognostical instrument.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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It is a land the more interesting in a geognostical point of view, as no map has yet made known the mountainous ramifications which the paramos of Niquitao and Las Rosas send out towards the north-east.
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In our geognostical observation of the country round Caracas we found gneiss, and mica-slate containing beds of primitive limestone.
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Avila, the gneiss presents several geognostical phenomena worthy of the attention of travellers.
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These phenomena, considered in a geognostical point of view, have scarcely any properties in common.
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The most exact observations prove that the method of cultivation must vary with the geognostical condition of the subsoil.
Familiar Letters on Chemistry Justus Freiherr von Liebig 1838
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In our geognostical observation of the country round Caracas we found gneiss, and mica-slate containing beds of primitive limestone.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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These phenomena, considered in a geognostical point of view, have scarcely any properties in common.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Chacao, of Parapara, and of Calabozo, during my stay at Mexico, where, conjointly with M. del Rio, one of the most distinguished pupils of the school of Freyberg, I formed a geognostical collection for the
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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On the south side of the mountain of Avila, the gneiss presents several geognostical phenomena worthy of the attention of travellers.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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