John Playfair Quote

Every new improvement in science affords the means of delineating more accurately the face of nature as it now exists, and of transmitting, to future ages, an account, which may be compared with the face of nature as it shall then exist.


The Works of John Playfair (Volume 1), Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory, Paragraph 134 (p. 150)


Every new improvement in science affords the means of delineating more accurately the face of nature as it now exists, and of transmitting, to future ...

Every new improvement in science affords the means of delineating more accurately the face of nature as it now exists, and of transmitting, to future ...

Every new improvement in science affords the means of delineating more accurately the face of nature as it now exists, and of transmitting, to future ...

Every new improvement in science affords the means of delineating more accurately the face of nature as it now exists, and of transmitting, to future ...