geognosy
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Origin of geognosy
1785–95; < French géognosie, equivalent to géo- geo- + -gnosie < Greek gnôsis knowledge
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We cannot help asking what business have paper money and political economy and geognosy here?
From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell
Recession above the present position of the Falls—The Falls will be higher as they recede—Reason why—Professor Tyndall's prediction—Present and former accumulations of rock—Terrific power of the elements—Ice and ice bridges—Remarkable geognosy of the lake region.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley
We may here appropriately notice a remarkable feature in the geognosy of the earth's surface from Lake Huron to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley
Examples drawn from astronomy, recent optical discoveries, physical geognosy, and the geography of plants.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
In the study of formations, which is the great end of geognosy, the knowledge acquired in the old and new worlds should be made to furnish reciprocal aid to each other.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
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