112 INDEX.
Araucaria, fossil in coal formation, i.
486 ; peculiarity in structure of, i.
486; fossil trunks near Edinburgh,
i. 487; fossil in Lyas, i. 487 ; localities
of living species, i. 488.
Argonauta, its origin still doubtful, i.
313.
Armadillo, habit and distribution of, i.
144 ; fore foot of, adapted for digging
as in the megatherium, i. 154 ; bony
armour resembling that of megatherium,
i. 160—162.
Artesian wells, method of obtaining,
i. 561. 568; examples of action of,
i. 562; where most available, i. 563;
cause of rise of water in, i. 564—567;
temperature of water in, i. 567 ; extensive
application of, i. 568 ; Chinese
manner of boring without rods,
i. 568 ; great importance of, i. 569.
Articulata, earliest examples of, i. 62;
remains of fossil, i. 386 ; four classes
in all fossiliferous formations, i. 412;
changes in families of, i. 412.
Artois, artificial fountains in, i. 562—
566.
Asaphus, i. 391.
Asaphus caudalus, fossil eyes of, i.
398.
Aspidorhynchus, i. 276.
Asterophyllites, abundant in coal, i.
479.
Atmospheric pressure, sudden changes
of fatal to fishes, i. 126-
Atmosphere, functions of in circulation
of water, i. 557, 570 ; ancient state
of illustrated by eyes of fossil trilobites,
i. 402.
Atoms, ever regulated by fixed and
uniform laws, i. 1 1 ; ultimate, indivisible
nature of, i. 576.
Audouin, M., wing of corydalis in iron
stone discovered by, ii. 77.
Auvergne, eggs in lacustrine formations
of, i. 8 6 ; fossil animals found
in lacustrine formations of, i. 8 6 ;
extinct volcanos of, ii. 8 ; indusiae
in fresh water formation of, i. 119.
Axis of rotation, coincides with shorter
diameter of the globe, ii. 39.
Babbage, Prof., on the obligation of
the moralist to the philosopher, i.
591.
Bacon, Lord, his view of the distinct
provinces of reason and revelation;
i. 589.
Baculite, character and extent of, i.
366.
Baker, Miss, belemnite in her collection,
i. 375.
Bakewell, Mr., his views of the extent
of animal life, i. 101.
Balistes, spines, action of, i. 291.
Basalt, various phenomena of, ii. 6 .
Basins, strata of various ages disposed
in form of, i. 527 ; mechanical operations
producing, i. 528.
Bat, toes compared with those of ptérodactyle,
i. 231.
Bears, bones of, in caves of Germany,
&c. i. 94; bones of, in caves near
Liège, i. 597.
Beaufort, Captain, on bottles sunk in
the sea, i. 346.
Beaumont, M. Elie de, elevations observed
by, ii. 6 .
Beaver, chisel-shaped structure of its
incisors, i. 149.
Becquerel, M., on crystals produced
under influence of electrical currents,
4.-552.
Beechey, Captain, ammonites found
by, in Chili, i. 336.
Beetles,remains of in oolitic series, ii. 78.
Beetle, converted to chalcedony from
Japan, ii. 78.
Beetle stones, from coal shale, near
Edinburgh, i. 199.
Beginning, meaning of the word in
Gen.i. 1. i. 19. 21 ; proofs of in phenomena
of primary stratified rocks,
i. 53 ; conclusions respecting necessity
of, i. 58; existing and extinct species
shewn to have had, i. 53.55. 59 ;
geological evidences of, i. 585, 586.
Belcher, Captain, his observations on
iguanas, i. 243.
Belcher,.. Captain, ammonites found
by, in Chili, i. 336.
Belemnites, geological extent of, i.
371 ; writers on the subject of, i.
371 ; structure and uses of, i. 372 ;
a compound internal shell, i. 372 ;
chambered portion of, allied to Nautilus
and Orthoceratite, i. 373 ; ink
bags connected with, i. 373, 374;
causes of partial preservation of, i.
377 ; its analogy to shell of Nautilus
and to internal shell of Sepia, i.
378 ; large number of species of, i.
379.
Belemno-sepia,proposed new family of
cephalopods, i. 374.
Bentley, his contradiction of the epicurean
theory of atoms, i. 579.
Bermudas, strata formed by the action
of the wind in, i. 127.
Berkley, Bishop, on sensible demonstration
of the existence of an invi-
siole God, i. 199.
Bible, reveals nothing of physical science,
i. 14.
Birds, extent of fossil remains of, i.
86 ; fossil footsteps of, in Connecticut,
ii. 39.
Blainville, M., his memoir on belemnites,
i. 371 ; his reasoning respecting
belemnites confirmed, i. 375.
Blomfield, Bishop, on connection of
religion and science, i. 587.
Bohemia, plants preserved in coal
mines of, i. 458.
Bonn, brown coal formation near, i.
509.
Botany, its importance to geology, i.
110.
Boué, M., his map of Europe in tertiary
period, i. 77.
Bothrodendron, character of, i. 475.
Boyle, Mr., on distinct provinces of
natural and revealed religion, i. 589.
Bradford, apiocrinites found at, i. 429.
Branchipus, how allied to trilobites, i.
394.
Braun, Professor, of Carlsruhe, his list
of the plants of (Eningen, i. 510, et seq.
Brentford, Artesian wells at, i. 564.
Broderip, Mr., his observations on living
iguanas, i. 237, 242 ; on new
species of brachiopoda, i. 296; on
crustaceans from the lias at Lyme,
i. 389.
Brongniart, M. Alexandre, his account
of the basin of Paris, i. 76 ; his history
of trilobites, i. 391 ; on erect
position of trees in the coal formation
of St. Etienne, i. 471.
Brongniart, M. Adolphe, his divisions
of submarine vegetation,i. 451 ; divisions
of the fossil'equisetacese, i. 460 ;
classification of fossil ferns, i. 461 ;
observations on fossil coniferse, i.
484 ; on plants of the Grès bigarré,
i. 490 ; on plants of the secondary
formations, i . 491.
Brora, coal in oolite formation at, i. 75,
491.
Brougham, Lord, on religious end of
study of natural philosophy, i. 591.
Brown coal, character and extent of, i.
508.
Brown, Mr. Robert, on distribution of
living ferns, i. 463 ; discovery of
gymnospermous structure of coniferse
and cycadese, i. 484 ; his section
of a stem of cycas revoluta, i. 497 ;
G. II.
his discovery of fossil spiral vessels,
i. 499; name of podocarya suggested
by, i. 504 ; his discovery of
fossil spiral vessels and traces of ex-
travasated gum in fossil cycadites,
ii. 100.
Bruckmann, M. Von, his description
and application of Artesian wells, i.
565, 567.
Brunei, Mr. jun., his experiment in a
diving bell, i. 181.
Brussels, fossil emys at, i. 258.
Biickeberg, coal in oolite formation at,
i. 75, 491.
Buckingham, Duke of, plesiosaurus in
his collection, i. 203.
Buddie, Mr., his observations on utility
of faults, i. 544; his deposit of plans
and sections of coal mines in the
museum at Newcastle, ii. 104.
Bude, strata of drifted sand at, i. 127.
Buds petrified on trunks of cycadites, i.
500.
Buenos Ayres, megatherium found
near, i. 142.
Bufonites, teeth of pycnodonts, i. 281.
Burchell, Mr., his observations on the
scales of serpents, i. 268.
Burdie House, fossil fishes and plants
at, i. 275.
Burnet, his opinion on the mosaic cosmogony,
i. 9.
Caithness, fishes in slato of, i. 256.
Calamite, gigantic size and character
of, i. 460.
Calymene, i. 391.
Canstadt, Artesian wells at, 1. 567.
Cardomom, fossil in I. Sheppey, i. 519.
Cardona, salt in cretaceous formation
near, i. 72.
Carnivora, numerous in pliocene strata,
i. 92.
Carnivorous races, benefit of to herbivorous,
i. 130, 132.
Causes, five, chiefly instrumental in
producing the actual condition of
the globe, i. 97.
Caves, remains of animals found in, i.
94.
Cephalopods, carnivorous, their use in
submarine economy, i. 300; their
extent in different formations, i. 300.
Central heat, theory of, consistent with
the phenomena of the surface of the
globe, i. 40.
Centrina vulgaris, horny dorsal spines,
i. 290.
Cestracionts, sub-family of sharks, i. i