Meaning of geogony | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.
   obsolete, uncountable
2. A particular account of the formation of the Earth.
   countable, obsolete

Examples

“Some writers divide Geology into two branches; 1. Geognosy, or Positive Geology, which embraces only the known facts of the science. 2. Geogony, or Speculative Geology, which attempts to point out the causes of those facts, and the inferences that result from them.”

“The whole system of modern geology is a reproduction of Brahminical geogonies and Maha Pralayas, or great floods.”

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