 | 918 pages
...geology, and to recommend them as fitted to afford much assistance in acquiring the science which, " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of sciences next to astronomy." We must also add, that the work is very... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pages
...hitherto almost unknown geological constitution of the Peninsula. Herschel observes that " Geology in " the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, un" doubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy ; " like astronomy, too, its progress... | |
 | Madras literary society - 1834 - 832 pages
...hitherto almost unknown geological constitution of the Peninsula. Herschel observes that " Geology in " the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, un" doubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy; " like astronomy, too, its progress... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...the opinion of Sir John Herschel (" Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy"), that " geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of sciences, next to astronomy ?" Even when regarded in its secondary... | |
 | Science - 1836 - 534 pages
...THE USEFUL ARTS. A POPULAR COURSE OF GEOLOGY. INTRODUCTION. SIR JOHN HERSCHEL has said that Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, ranks in the scale of the sciences, next to Astronomy; to which we may add, that it will ever be more... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 1056 pages
...away. If, as Sir John Herschel tells us ('Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy,') ' geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, iu the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy,' it owes this great distinction... | |
 | 1838 - 542 pages
...away. If, as Sir John Herschel tells us ('Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy,') ' geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy,' it owes this great distinction... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 540 pages
...away. If, as Sir John Ilerschel tells us ('Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy,'). ' geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy,' it owes tliis j;rc:U distinction... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 542 pages
...away. If, as Sir John Herschel tells us ('Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy,') ' geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy,' it owes this great distinction... | |
 | Robert Armstrong - Steam-boilers - 1839 - 298 pages
...GEOLOGICAL MAP OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN EUROPE. IT is observed by Sir John Herschel 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 ' like Astronomy, too, its progress... | |
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geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy... 
