In fact the more we study geology the more we are impressed with the fact that the normal states of the earth is and always has been one of incessant changes.

I conceive geology to be the history of the earth, in precisely the same sense as biology is the history of living beings; and I trust you will not think that I am overpowered by the influence of a dominant pursuit if I say that I trace a close analogy between these two histories.

On the occasion here referred to the little jackass stood apart with head hanging down toward the ground, silent and unmoving, and apparently revolving in his own mind something concerning the geology of the Dog Star.

I stopped at one of the best hotels, kept by a Mrs. McCullough, and, after visiting the manufactories and coal mines, hired a horse, and went up the Monongahela Valley, to explore its geology as high as Williamsport.

If you ever go to Parkgate, in Cheshire, try if you cannot learn there a little geology.

It is no trouble to them to master geology, mineralogy, anatomy, and other things, the very name of which gives me a headache.

They have opened up for us the geology of the soul.

We should say, if Hutton and Playfair declare the course of the world to have been always the same, point out the fallacy by all means; but, in so doing, do not imagine that you are proving modern geology to be in opposition to natural philosophy.

Nor can it be questioned that Uniformitarianism has even a stronger title than Catastrophism to call itself the geological speculation of Britain, or, if you will, British popular geology.

"Come, excuse me," said I. "Look here,if this comes true, I'll quit geology and go to working miracles to-morrow.

He seemed to recognize geology, in particular, as a progressive science, in which new facts are constantly accruing, and therefore compelling re-adaptations of our views.

The strata, as upon Earth, were of various character, none of them very thick, seldom reproducing exactly the geology of our own planet, but seldom very widely deviating in character from the rocks with which we are acquainted.

He asked me why I had not concentrated and published my travels, and various works respecting the geology of the Western country, and the history and philology of the aboriginal tribessubjects of such deep and general interest to the philosopher of Europe.

Professors Mudge and Snow, because scientists were so few in the State at that early day, divided the field of natural science between themselves, the former taking geology and the latter living forms.

Nelson has offered Taylor a pair of socks to teach him some geology!

Many good minds have been startled, and approached geology with averted eyes, apprehending that it ran counter to the great truths of the Bible.

To work them out, you must trace the geology of Hampshire, and indeed, of East Dorset.