. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 18^5.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 255 The practical applications of Geology form another and somewhat different class of investigations. They, so far as they result immediately from geolo- gical principles, otter the strongest testimony to the truth of geological con- elusions. Practical men assume the correctness of these conclusions, and act upon them ; and in proportion as they are tried hy this test, and found to succeed, the confidence felt hy the miner,
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 18^5.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 255 The practical applications of Geology form another and somewhat different class of investigations. They, so far as they result immediately from geolo- gical principles, otter the strongest testimony to the truth of geological con- elusions. Practical men assume the correctness of these conclusions, and act upon them ; and in proportion as they are tried hy this test, and found to succeed, the confidence felt hy the miner, the engineer, and the architect, will be ditfiised generally in society, and Geology become a part of the ne- cessary information required from those entering on such professions. With regard to this, I would only remind you, that, to arrive at any of these prac- tical results, and to draw conclusions safely, clear and definite notions of the fundamentid principles, anil the methods of Geology, must be attained ; for without these, however you may be able to exhibit superficial Vnowledge, you cannot possibly be trusted to maV:e an observation, or draw a conclusion. It is sometimes, and indeed not unfrequently said, that there is hardly enough yet known in Geology to justify these assumptions of importance; and that its systems and arrangements, and conclusions, are constantly changing, so that what is learnt today will have to be unlearnt to-iiiorrow. This, however, is the statement of persons who do not know the subject. It is not true, either in fact or in inference. The foundations of Geology are lound and firm, and cannot he disturbed—they are based on a rock, and they may safely defy the storm of ignorance and prejudice. As fact after fact is made known and added to the great store of accumulated knowledge, each now finds its appointed place; the corner stones are set in, the walls are rising rapidly around us, and the temple of our science already shows its broad front
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