We here touch upon a point of contact between geological and geographical geognosy which would constitute the complete history of the form and extent of continents.
Geognosy (the study of the textures and position of the earth's surface), its progress, 203.
If the government would order the Capitania-General of Caracas to be carefully examined during a series of years by men of science, well versed in geognosy and chemistry, the most satisfactory results might be expected.
In taking a general view of the geological constitution of a chain of mountains, we may distinguish five elements of direction too often confounded in works of geognosy and physical geography.
Possessed of great enthusiasm for his subject, clear, methodical and eloquent in his exposition of it, he soon drew around him men from all parts of the world, who repaired to study under the great oracle of what he called geognosy (Gr.
Geognosy thus lays a foundation of knowledge regarding the nature of the materials constituting the mass of the globe, and prepares the way for an investigation of the processes by which these materials are produced and altered.
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.
The dikes can often be followed for great lengths both horizontally and vertically, and they seem to preserve a nearly uniform thickness ("Geognosy of the Island of St. Helena" plate 5.
This height is given by Mr. Seale in his Geognosy of the island.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "geognosy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: geography; geology; mineralogy; physiography
