 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
 | Richard Lane Freer - 1866 - 316 Seiten
...demonstration of the most sublime and glorious attributes of the Creator. A Hcrschel 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... | |
 | 1837 - 472 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... | |
 | 1871 - 612 Seiten
...utilize all their large share of good fortune. We have it on eminent authority that their science, "in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of...in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy."* It takes them far afield — along the sea coast, through winding valleys, into sombre ravines, and... | |
 | 1897 - 578 Seiten
...subject presented for consideration ; for " Geology," as was well said by Herschel many years since, " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy. " As the modern science of chemistry grew upon and out of the quaint and... | |
 | Henry Neville Hutchinson - 1910 - 454 Seiten
...bird evolved from an arboreal reptile. CHAPTER XIII SOME EARLY MAMMALS AND THE STORY OF THE HORSE " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, ranks next to astronomy in the scale of the sciences." — Sir Jons F. \V. HERSCHEL. IT has often been... | |
 | Richard Yeo - 2003 - 304 Seiten
...branches of science. When this image did appear it came in an unexpected form. Thus Herschel remarked that 'geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the...ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy' (Herschel 1830, 272, 287). Rather than drawing strong distinctions between subjects, Herschel was more... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1839 - 578 Seiten
...the opinion of Sir John Herschel, than whom no one is better qualified to judge on such a subject, " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...ranks in the scale of the sciences next to astronomy." It is perhaps not reasonable to expect that minds to whom the science owes this proud distinction should... | |
 | 1845 - 870 Seiten
...introduction, the author explains the object of the science of geology, and quotes Sir JFW Herschel's remarks, 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." And again, speaking of the studies of natural science,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1859 - 826 Seiten
...revelations. The promise was fulfilled, but in a manner somewhat unexpected. BUCKLAND'S BRIDGEWATER TREATISE* Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranke in the scale of sciences next to astronomy. — Herachel. A DDISON, on Saturday,the 22nd •Л-... | |
 | 1847 - 664 Seiten
...phenomena on and within the globe. The subject is important, and Sir John Herschel declares that " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, it undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy." Imagination has always been... | |
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