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
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1871 - 714 Seiten
...utilize all their large share of good fortune. We have it on eminent authority that I their science, "in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, un"A snake ! But where's his head?" "You must read the Bible, I tell 'ee, and then you'll find out... | |
| 1853 - 650 Seiten
...science. Geology has been said, by a great man, to be inferior to no other science, except astronomy, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats. I doubt not but it will, at no distant day, yield to none of the sciences in the substantial benefits... | |
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