geognosy

The recent progress of geognosy, that is to say, the more extended knowledge of the geognostic epochs characterized by differences of mineral formations, by the peculiarities and succession of the organisms contained within them, and by the position of the strata, whether uplifted or inclined horizontally, leads us, by means of the causal connection existing among all natural phenomena, to the distribution of solids and fluids into the continents and seas which constitute the upper crust of our planet.

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

As professor at Freiberg beginning in 1775, after, rather than before Guettard's work, he trained the students who, returning to their own countries, spread the new science which he called "geognosy" but they called "Wernerism" and "Neptunism."

Vulcanists & Neptunists Schneer, Cecil J. 1966

Science boasts of being the handmaid of religion; yet there are names of note in her ranks who have labored rather to invest this phenomenon with the mantle of fable, and to force it into collision with the records graven on the rocky pages of geognosy.

Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence T. Bassnett

Second, all of my life I have made a profound study of geognosy and geotectonic geology.

The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912

Knowledge of science, too, was only just beginning; botany, geology, and geognosy were very slightly diffused; glacier theories were undreamt of.

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893

These sciences really form one -- geognosy, or the science of the formation of the earth.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Elbert Hubbard 1885

We cannot help asking what business have paper money and political economy and geognosy here?

Among My Books First Series James Russell Lowell 1855

If the government would order the Capitania – General of Caracas to be carefully examined during a series of years by men of science, well versed in geognosy and chemistry, the most satisfactory results might be expected.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The phenomena of geognosy, particularly those which are connected with the stratification of rocks, and their grouping, are never solitary; but are found the same in both hemispheres.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

In the study of formations, which is the great end of geognosy, the knowledge acquired in the old and new worlds should be made to furnish reciprocal aid to each other.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851