 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1880 - 660 Seiten
...and other appliances, we are reminded of the censure pronounced by Hutton on the temerity of those who "judge of the great operations of the mineral...and looked into the bottom of a little crucible." He forgets that while much may be learnt from experiment, it must always be first of all determined... | |
 | Geological Society of South Africa - 1915 - 716 Seiten
...James Hall, the originator of experimental geology; undismayed by Button's scathing •censure of those who " judge of the great operations of the mineral...and looked into the bottom of a little crucible," he began a series of experiments on fusion and crystallisation of igneous rocks in 1799.2 The present... | |
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superficial reasoning men who judge of the great operations of the mineral kingdom from having kindled a fire and looked into the bottom of a little crucible. 
