The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Količina 57The Society, 1901 Vols. 1-108 include Proceedings of the society (separately paged, beginning with v. 30) |
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Ammonites analcime anticyclone Antigua appear augite bands beds black shales boulders calcareous Calciferous Sandstone Carboniferous Limestone character chert clay climate Coal Coal-Measures Coalfield coast containing crush-conglomerates crystalline crystals cyclonic denudation deposits described district east elevation epidiorite evidence Fahr farther fault fauna feet felsite felspar formation fossils fragments Geol Geological Survey Glacial Period gravels green grey grits groundmass Guadeloupe Highland Hill horizon hornblende ice-sheet igneous rocks inches island isobaric Journ lower Maiden Bradley Margie Series margin marls mass maximum glaciation meteorological miles Millstone Grit minerals Miocene North America northern occur Oolite Pendle Pendleside Group Pendleside Limestone Pleistocene Pleistocene Epoch Pliocene present prevalent probably Prof quarry Quart region sand Sandstone seen shales similar Society species specimens spherulites Staffordshire stone strata structure surface Terre thickness thin tuffs Upper valleys volcanic winds Yoredale
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Stran li - Modern discoveries have not been made by large -collections of facts, with subsequent discussion, separation, and resulting deduction of a truth thus rendered perceptible. A few facts have suggested an hypothesis, which means a supposition, proper to explain them. The necessary results of this supposition are worked out, and then, and not till then, other facts are examined to see if these ulterior results are found in nature.
Stran liii - the thoughts of men are " widened with the process of the suns," but that there are recurring cycles of improvement and decay.
Stran li - Play fair says, he was one of those who took more delight in the contemplation of truth than in the praise of having discovered it. ical history. Armchair philosophizing, apart from actual work in the field, the laboratory, and the museum, is by no means to be commended. But the worship of fact, as fact, may easily be overdone. The number of discoverable facts is practically infinite, and it 's therefore possible to get into such a condition as not to be able to see the wood for the trees, to lose...
Stran li - It is now gene.rally recognized that the state of advancement of a science must be measured, not by the. number of facts collected, but by the number of facts coordinated. The old Baconian idea that it was only necessary to collect facts and pigeonhole them according to rule, in order to make the most brilliant discoveries, has been somewhat discredited by the history of scientific progress. Speaking on this subject, De Morgan says: "Modern...
Stran xxxiv - His extensive and accurate knowledge largely contributed to make this work a most valuable compendium of Irish Geology. We hope that this Award will act as an encouragement to him, and be of some assistance in further work. Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, in reply, said : — Mr. PRESIDENT...
Stran xxix - My opinion of General Hooker both as an officer and a gentleman is too well known to make it necessary for me to refer to it in this communication. The public service cannot be promoted by placing under his command an officer who has so little confidence in his ability as I have. Our relations are" such that it would be degrading in me to accept any position under him.
Stran lxxxii - SIR, — I am commanded by the KING to convey to you hereby His Majesty's thanks for the Loyal and Dutiful Address of the President...
Stran 464 - ... extent, anticyclonic at all seasons ; low-pressure systems prevailing at the same time over the warmer regions immediately to the south of them, and over the adjoining oceans. The relative positions of areas of high and low barometrical pressure, the direction of the prevalent winds, and the consequent distribution of climatic zones, would in such a case have differed from those of the present time. Oceanic winds, with copious rainfall, may have prevailed over regions now arid, and mild winters...
Stran xvii - ... to accompany the medal, the remaining interest to be given in one or more portions, at the discretion of the council, for the encouragement of geology or of any of the allied sciences by which they shall consider geology to have been most materially advanced, either for travelling expenses or for a memoir or paper published or in progress, and without reference to the sex or nationality of the author or the language in which any such memoir or paper may be written.
Stran 464 - During the Glacial Period, the regions covered by ice might have been, to a greater or less extent, anticyclonic at all seasons ; low-pressure systems prevailing at the same time over the warmer regions immediately to the south of them, and over the adjoining oceans. The relative positions of areas of high and low barometrical pressure, the direction of the prevalent winds, and the consequent distribution of climatic zones, would in such a case have differed from those of the present time.