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
| Henry Pitman - 1316 Seiten
...OEOLOOT was one in which he took a very deep interest ; " a science which," Sir John Herschel says, "in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of...ranks in the scale of the sciences next to astronomy." Geology was then a new science, and he studied it deeply, and was among the first to come out boldly,... | |
| Bristol Mining School - 1859 - 312 Seiten
...fond, GEOLOGY was one in which he took a very deep interest; "a science which, "Sir John Herschel says, "in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of...ranks in the scale of the sciences next to astronomy/' Geology was then a new science, and he studied it deeply, and wai among the first to come out boldly,... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1859 - 628 Seiten
...and cultivating the physical powers, even of the youngest ; for Europe's ablest philosophers declare, that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of sciences, next to astronomy." Were our youth early made familiar with it, it would be comparatively... | |
| Edward Hitchcock - 1860 - 400 Seiten
...and cultivating the physical powers, even of the youngest ; for Europe's ablest philosophers declare that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of science next to astronomy." Were our youth early made familiar with it, it would lie comparativelv... | |
| William J. Barbee - 1861 - 432 Seiten
...of Him whose tender mercies are over all his works. It is an oft-quoted remark of Sir JFW Herschel, that " 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 candidly think that it is coequal, and we doubt... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 Seiten
...(pronounced Bref-tha). * BKEC'-CII-TZD (pronounced Ertk'^ht-ai-eO}. LESSON XVII.— BRIEF EXTRACTS. 1. "GEOLOGY, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to astronoiny in the scale of the sciences." — SIR JFW HERSCHEL. 2. " Every rock in the desert,... | |
| 1863 - 320 Seiten
....s LONDON : 6AYILL AJfD EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS-STEEET, COlJiKT-GAIinEN. (With a Portrait.) €t GEOLOGY, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...in the scale of the sciences next to Astronomy."* This distinction it owes to the fact that its modern cultivators have sought within the ranks of modern... | |
| Thomas Pearson - 1863 - 344 Seiten
...labours, in some measure, under it. Geology has secured its place among the inductive sciences ; and, " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which...in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy." * It is a fixed principle of this science, — which extended observations are constantly strengthening,... | |
| Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies - 1863 - 778 Seiten
...only be obtained by dint of hard walking; while, on the other hand, Sir J. Herschel has pronounced that " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy." What these objects are is eloquently expressed by Professor Sedgwick,... | |
| Richard Lane Freer - 1866 - 316 Seiten
...demonstration of the most sublime and glorious attributes of the Creator. A Herschel has pronounced that " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy." And the history of the structure of our planet, when it shall be fully... | |
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