geognosy
noun
a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
geognostic
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a word derived from
geognosy.
Example Sentences
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South. plants of. forests of. missions of. natives of. waters of. pampas of. geography of. geognostic description of. configuration of. mountains of. extent of. plains of Ibib, boundaries of.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 β Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
There is, indeed, one piece of evidence for the probability of the comparative youth of our system, altogether apart from human traditions and the geognostic appearances of the surface of our planet.
From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers
Dare we hazard a conjecture on that which can not be an object of actual geognostic observation?
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
I have already often pointed the attention of my readers to a geognostic law, one of the few that can be verified by precise measurements.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 β Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
This geognostic phenomenon was to me the more unexpected since there exists nowhere in the world so smooth a plain entirely granitic.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 β Volume 3 by Alexander von Humboldt
