...Improvements By W. HUGHES, FRGS While " Geology," as is correctly observed by Sir John Herschel, " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which...in the scale of the sciences next to Astronomy," it is also that department of learning which has the most direct and practical bearing upon the pursuits...

...other Improvements By W. HUGHES, FRGS While " Geology," as is correctly observed by Sir John Henchel, " in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which...in the scale of the sciences next to Astronomy," it is also that department of learning which has the most direct and practical hearing upon the pursuits...

...demonstration of the most sublime and glorious attributes of the Creator. A Herschel has pronounced that Geology in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...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...

...contriving Intelligence. Sin JOHN HERSCHEI, has said of Geology, or the science of the earth, that in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, it ranks in the scale of the sciences, next to Astronomy; to which we may add, that it will ever be...

...contriviny Intelligence. SIR JOHN HERSCHEI, has said of Geology, or the science of the earth, tliat in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, it ranks in the scale of the sciences, next to Astronomy; to which we may add, that it will ever be...

...Edition. London : Murray. 1840. " GEOLOG Y,"1 says Sir John Herschell, " in the magnitude and sublimity of objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks in the scale of the sciences next to astronomy." The latter presents to our contemplation objects the most sublime, and invites us to speculations of...

...WALFORD, 18, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. M DCCC XLIIl. GEOLOGY, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to Astronomy. SIB JOHN FW H*B»CHM,. The conclusions of GEOLOGY have lent, in fact, a new evidence to revealed rehgion....

...I should feel strongly tempted to study geology, (of which I know very little.) so wonderfully * " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects...which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of sciences, next to astronomy."— Sir John Herschel. interesting, in a geological point of view, does...

...section, and the lower a vertical section of the same, x 20. MEDALS v^ .?& EEAT 1 0 N. INTRODUCTION. " Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks next to Astronomy in the scale of the sciences."— Sir 7. FW Herichel. GEOLOGY (a term derived from...

...numerous or important applications than this, and none so fully bears out Herschell's remark, that geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, ranks in the scale of the sciences nest to astronomy. f But I do not presume to enter on the question...