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Definition of Geogeny
1. the theory of how earth's crust formed [n GEOGENIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geogeny
Literary usage of Geogeny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"geogeny.—During the nineteenth century speculations regarding the earth's origin
followed for the most part the nebular theory of Kant, Herschel, ..."
2. History of Geology and Palæontology to the End of the Ninetheenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1901)
"geogeny.—During the nineteenth century speculations regarding the earth's origin
followed for the most part the nebular theory of Kant, Herschel, ..."
3. The Bible and Rationalism, Or, Answer to Difficulties by John Thein (1901)
"... of the formation of this crust and of the secondary causes that have concurred
to this formation, is called Geology of induction, or scientific geogeny, ..."
4. History of Geology and Palaeontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1914)
"geogeny.—During the nineteenth century speculations regarding the earth's origin
followed for the most part the nebular theory of Kant, Herschel, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Same as geogeny. geographer (jë-og'ra-fèr), я. [< geograph-y + -er*.] One who is
versed in or treats or geography. I do not say to be a good geographer a ..."
6. The Naturalists' Universal Directoryby Samuel Edson Cassino by Samuel Edson Cassino (1886)
"... significance save in their chemical and lithological relations, and paleontology
should be distinguished alike from geogeny and ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... and ' geogeny,' he arranged under the last of these groups, biology and the
other organic sciences in a scale of progressive subordination. ..."
8. The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer (1897)
"Geology (or rather geogeny let us call it, that we ma}7 include all those mineralogical
... Biology is a specialized part of geogeny, dealing with peculiar ..."
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