geognosist

The eye of the geognosist, in scanning the features of this plateau land, could not be mistaken in the character of its atmosphere.

The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

The more skilled geographer, or _geognosist_, could communicate hundreds of other interesting facts in relation to these majestic mountains; vast volumes might be filled with most attractive details of them -- their

The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Mayne Reid 1850

The nepheline contained in basalt reminds the geognosist both of the miascite of the Ilmen

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

I am indebted to that excellent geognosist, Von Dechen, for the following observations.

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

It would not be very surprising, therefore, as is well observed by the distinguished geognosist, Von Dechen, if we were to meet with a fragment of gneiss formed on the walls of a smelting furnace which was built of argillaceous slate and graywacke.

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

I have endeavored in the above remarks to furnish a general description of volcanoes -- comprising one of the most important sections of the history of terrestrial activity -- and I have based my statements partly on my own observations, but more in their general bearing on the results yielded by the labors of my old friend, Leopold von Buch, the greatest geognosist of our own age, and the first who recognized the intimate connection of volcanic phenomena, and their mutual dependence upon one another, considered with reference to their relations in space.

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814