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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