 | 1896 - 1232 pages
...so ready to have recourse to, and laid down the principle that in geological speculation " no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no actions to be admitted of except those of which we know the principle, and no extraordinary events... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1872 - 540 pages
...present economy of nature as our guide. In our investigations, "no powers," he says, "are to be emplo>ed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be...admitted of except those of which we know the principle. Nor are we to proceed in feigning causes when those appear insufficient which occur in our experience."*... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1872 - 540 pages
...chronicled in the rocks, we must use the present economy of nature as our guide. In our investigations, "no powers," he says, "are to be employed that are...admitted of except those of which we know the principle. Nor are we to proceed in feigning causes when those appear insufficient which occur in our experience."*... | |
 | Alexander Henry Green - 1876 - 612 pages
...ready to have recourse to ; and laid down the principle, that in geological speculation " no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no actions to lie admitted of except those of which we know the principle, and no extraordinary events... | |
 | Alexander Henry Green - 1876 - 606 pages
...geological speculation " no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no actions to be admitted of except those of which we know the principle, and no extraordinary events to be alleged in order to explain a common appearance." * Following out... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pages
...chronicltd in the rocks, we must use the present economy of nature as our guide. In our investigations, "no powers, "he says, "are to be employed that are...admitted of except those of which we know the principle." "Nor are we to proceed in feigning causes when those appear insufficient which occur in our experience."... | |
 | Alexander Henry Green - 1880 - 596 pages
...ready to have recourse to ; and laid down the principle, that in geological speculation " no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no actions to be admitted of except those of which wo know the principle, and no extraordinary events... | |
 | Sir Archibald Geikie - 1882 - 360 pages
...chronicled in the rocks, we must use the present economy of nature as our guide. In our investigations, " no powers," he says, " are to be employed that are...admitted of except those of which we know the principle." " Nor are we to proceed in feigning causes when those appear insufficient which occur in our experience."1... | |
 | Alexander Henry Green - 1882 - 762 pages
...ready to have recourse to ; and laid down the principle that in geological speculation " no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no actions to be admitted of except those of which we know the principle, and no extraordinary events... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1891 - 514 pages
...changes still in progress. ' No powers,' he says, ' are to be employed that are not natural to the j globe, no action to be admitted of except those of...are decaying, and their materials being transported into the ocean; that new continents and tracts of land have been formed by elevation, often altered... | |
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In the interpretation of nature, he remarks, "no powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted of except those of which we know the principle, and no extraordinary events to be alleged in order to explain a common... 
