 Herschel tells us, that geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of the sciences next to astronomy.  Recreations in Geology - Seite 10von Rosina Maria Zornlin - 1852 - 396 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1844 - 508 Seiten
...section, and the lower a vertical section of the same, x 20. MEDALS v^ .?& EEAT 1 0 N. INTRODUCTION. " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to Astronomy in the scale of the sciences."— Sir 7. FW Herichel. GEOLOGY (a term derived from... | |
 | Bombay Geographical Society - 1844 - 516 Seiten
...more numerous or important applications than this, and none so fully bears out Herschell's remark, that geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, ranks in the scale of the sciences nest to astronomy. f But I do not presume to enter on the question... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1845 - 430 Seiten
...I should feel strongly tempted to study geology, (of which I know very little.) so wonderfully * " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks. in the scale of sciences. next to astronomy."— Sir John Herschel. interesting, in a geological point of view, does... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...taught in our principal seat of learning ! Hear what Sir John Herschell says of this fascinating study : "Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to Astronomy in the scale of the sciences.!" We might fill a volume with the opinions of the learned... | |
 | 1846 - 576 Seiten
...State of the Population in the Mining Districts. London, 1 844. — Report of do. do. London, 1845. " GEOLOGY, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of sciences, next to astronomy." This remark of Sir John Herschel is verified by the most cursory glance... | |
 | 1846 - 576 Seiten
...the Population in the Mining Districts. London, 1 844. — Report of do. do. London, 1845. " GEOLOGT, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of sciences, next to astronomy." This remark of Sir John Herschel is verified by the most cursory glance... | |
 | Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 Seiten
...and ull the Sons of God shouU-d for joy." — Book of Job. "Geology, in the magnitude and sublimily of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks,...in the scale of the sciences, next to Astronomy." — SIR JOHN HERSCHEL. PETEB JONES, even in the days of his utter igno ranee, had become familiar with... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 Seiten
...and to elevate and ennoble it by loftier contemplations. The younger Herschel, has truly remarked, " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to Astronomy in the scale of the sciences." We have, in the present volume, associated the two,... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1849 - 538 Seiten
...a totally different character; and it is such observers as these who induced Herschel to say truly, that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy."(225) The origin of this planet is involved in great obscurity, which the powers of the... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1849 - 146 Seiten
...from shore to shore ; While tempest-tost, seek the lov'd — the lostBut find them on earth no more ! Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, ranks next to Astronomy in the scale of the sciences. SirJ.FW HERSCHEL. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. Note I.... | |
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