Geologist
[dʒɪ'ɒlədʒɪst] or [dʒɪ'ɑlədʒɪst]
Definition
(n.) One versed in the science of geology.
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Examples
- Before Werner had begun his teaching career at Freiberg, Desmarest, the French geologist, had made a special study of the basalts of Auvergne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Tahoe is one thousand five hundred and twenty-five feet deep in the centre, by the state geologist's measurement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No geologist feels any difficulty in Great Britain possessing the same quadrupeds with the rest of Europe, for they were no doubt once united. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He saw all phenomena from the standpoint of the geologist. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Patiently and steadily the geologists gather fresh evidence and reason out completer conclusions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Geologists make certain main divisions of the Cainozoic period, and it will be convenient to name them here and to indicate their climate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the record is as fragmentary as many geologists strenuously assert, there is nothing strange in new forms appearing as if suddenly developed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Geologists say that long ages ago Germany was submerged, that the waters slowly evaporated and that the various substances in the sea water were deposited in thick layers. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There are first the Upper Pal?ozoic Rocks, and above these the geologists distinguish two great divisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I can answer these questions and objections only on the supposition that the geological record is far more imperfect than most geologists believe. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Why, it may be asked, until recently did nearly all the most eminent living naturalists and geologists disbelieve in the mutability of species? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Geologists tell us that our own Western States were once submerged, and that the waters evaporated and disappeared from our land very much as they did from Germany. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The geologists have studied the whole accumulation of these sediments as it remains to-day, from those of the earliest ages to the most recent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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