What is "geogony"

Geogony \Ge*og"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ? generation, birth, fr. the root of ? to be born: cf. F. g['e]ogonie.] The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.

n. The branch of science dealing with the formation of the Earth.

Geogony (or Geogeny) is an antiquated term used to refer to the, at the time, speculative science of the Earth's formation and history. The term was used in Elementary Geology an early geology book by Edward Hitchcock, eighth edition published in New York by Mark H. Newman and Company in 1847.

Category:History of Earth science