 I conceive to be the only legitimate path of geological inquiry, and begin by examining the laws of nature which are actually in force, we cannot but perceive that numerous physical phenomena are going on at this moment on the surface of the globe by...  The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central France - Page viiiby George Poulett Scrope - 1858 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Poulett Scrope - Earth - 1825 - 316 pages
...explanation; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it has also the disadvantage of eifectually stopping the advance of the science, by involving it in obscurity and confusion. we pursue that which I conceive the only legitimate path of geological inquiry, and begin by examining... | |
 | Geological Society of London - Electronic journals - 1876 - 870 pages
...answers for the time as an explanation ; that is, it stops further inquiry ; but it has the disadvantage of stopping also the advance of the science by involving...and nature of these changes, we pursue that which 1 conceive to be the only legitimate path of geological inquiry, and begin by examining the laws of... | |
 | George Poulett Scrope - Geology - 1858 - 362 pages
...answers for the time as an explanation ; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it has the disadvantage of stopping also the advance of the science by involving...which I conceive to be the only legitimate path of yeoloyical inquiry, and begin by examining the laws of nature which are actually in force, we cannot... | |
 | John Evans - Geology - 1876 - 94 pages
...answers for the time as an explanation ; that is, it stops further inquiry ; but it has the disadvantage of stopping also the advance of the science by involving...are actually in force, we cannot but perceive that numerous physical phenomena are going on at this moment on the surface of the globe by which various... | |
 | John Wesley Judd - Evolution - 1910 - 202 pages
...effectually stopping the advance of science, by involving it in obscurity and confusion. If, however, in lieu of forming guesses as to what may have been the possible...of these changes, we pursue that, which I conceive the only legitimate path of geological inquiry, and begin by examining the laws of nature which are... | |
 | Rachel Laudan - Science - 1987 - 296 pages
...notions explained too much and too little, he thought, and had "the disadvantage of effectually stopping the advance of the science, by involving it in obscurity and confusion" (Scrope 1825, iv). Determined to develop a better methodology, Scrope outlined "the only legitimate... | |
 | Claude C. Albritton - Science - 2002 - 256 pages
...answers for the time as an explanation; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it has the disadvantage of stopping also the advance of the science by involving it in obscurity and confusion. (4) Volcanic cone and crater near the village of Jaujac in the Auvergne. The village is huilt on a... | |
 | Geology - 1876 - 872 pages
...cataclysms, or general revolutions. plug also the advance of the science by involving it in obscurity aud confusion. " If, however, instead of forming guesses...are actually in force, we cannot but perceive that numerous physical phenomena are going on at this moment on the surface of the globe by which various... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - Authors - 1858 - 786 pages
...as an explanation ; that is, it stops further inquiry. But it has the disadvantage of stopping al*o the advance of the science by involving it in obscurity and confusion. If, however, instead of forming gue**e* as to what may have been the possible causes and nature of these changes, we pursue that which... | |
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