Meyer, Herman Von, notice of ink
bags with fossil internal shells of
sepia, ii. 52; on ink bag in contact
with belemnite, ii. 69; his description
of fossil mammalia of Georgens-
gemiind, i. 91 ; his notices of fossil
crustaceans, i. 388.
Mineral bodies, proofs of design in, i.
571.
Milan, bones in museum at, i. 93.
Miller, his Natural History of crinoi-
dea, i. 417, 419, 426, 428 , 432,
436.
Milliola, vast numbers in strata near
Paris, i. 385.
Minerals, proofs of design in composition
and adaptations of, i. 571.
Miocene division of tertiary strata, i. 78 ;
period, mammalia of, i.*90.
Mississipi, drifted trees in Delta of, i.
509.
Mitscherlich, his production of artificial
crytals by fire, i. 41.
Molasse, localities of lignite in, i. 510.
Molusca, many genera of, in transition
strata, i. 62.
Mollusks, fossil remains of, i. 295; naked,
fossil remains of, i. 303.
Monitors, character of recent species,
i. 215 ; type of, enlarged in fossil
saurians, i. 220.
Monpezat, granite enclosed in lava at,
ii. 7.
Molecules, successive condition of in
crystalline bodies, i. 574, 576, 577.
Monte Bolca, vast accumulation of fossil
fishes at, i. 123 ; fishes perished
suddenly, i. 123 ; fossil fishes of, i.
266, 284 ; fishes of, rearranged by
Agassiz, i. 285.
Mont Martre, list of vertebrata found
at, i. 85; fishes of, i. 285.
Morton, Dr., mosasauras found by, in
America, i, 216.
Moses, his cosmonogy reconcileable
with geology, i. 20; object of his account
of creation, i. 33.
Mosaic history, in accordance with
geology, i. 13.
Mosaic cosmogony, attempts to reconcile
with geology, !. 16.
Mosasaurus, great animal of Maes-
tricht, i. 215; allied to monitors, i.
215,217; described by Camper and
Cuvier, i. 215; coeval with the cretaceous
formation, i. 216; remains of
where found, i. 216; length and character
of, i. 217; teeth, peculiar character
of, i. 218; vertebrae, number
of, i. 219; extremities, character of,i.
219 ; character, predicted by Cuvier,
i. 220 ; a link between the monitors
and iguanas, i. 220 ; habit, aquatic,
i. 220.
Moscow Bulletin Soc. Imp. de, observations
on coprolites in, i. 201.
Moschus pygmaeus, tendons in back of,
i. 226.
Muller, on eyes of insects, &c. i. 397.
Multilocular shells, extinct genera of,
i. 315.
Munster, Count, foraminiferes discovered
by, in Maestricht stone, ii.
6 4 ; his discovery of mammalia at
Georgensgemiind,i,91; pterodactyle
described by, i. 224 ; his figures of
horny sheaths of belemnites, i. 375 ;
his collection of crustaceans from
Solenhofen, i. 387.
Murchison, Mr., his discovery of fishes
in old red sandstone, i. 277 ; Silurian
system established by, i. 527 ;
fishes, &c. found in Wolverhampton
coal field by, ii. 43.
Myliobates, fossil palates of, i. 291.
Nacre, causes of preservation of, i.
376.
Natural religion, addition to its evidences
by geology, i. 14 ; links in evidences
of supplied by geology, i. 586.
Nautilus, fossil species peculiar to certain
formations, i. 311/ description
of, i. 320; mechanical contrivances
in, i. 314; Mr. Owen’s memoir on, i.
314 ; chambers, act as floats, i. 317 ;
siphuncle, its functions and mode of
action, i. 318, 321,325; siphuncle,
calcareous sheath of, i. 327 ; siphuncle,
substance of, i. 328 ; use of air
chambers, i. 321; contrivances to
strengthen the shell, i. 323—325;
number of transverse plates, i. 325 ;
action of pericardial fluid, i. 326—
329 ; like that of water in the water
balloon, i. 327 ; its manner of floating,
rising, sinking and moving at the
bottom, i. 329—331 ; opinions of
Hook and Parkinson concerning, i.
331 ; the Author’s theory, i. 331.
Nautilus sypho, intermediate character
of, i. 357—361.
Nautilus zic zac, intermediate character
of, i. 357—361.
Nebular hypothesis, consistent with
geological phenomena, i. 40.
Nelson, Lieut., on strata formed by the
wind in the Bermudas, i. 127.
Newcastle, plants preserved in coal
mines at, i . 457.
Newhaven, nodules of iron-stone containing
fishes and coprolites at, i. 278.
Newton, his religious views resulting
from philosophy, i. 10, 591.
Nichol, Mr;, observations on fossil pinus
and araucaria, i. 485, 486, 488.
Nöggerath, Professor, chronometer in
fossil wood, observed by, i. 509.
Norfolk, remains in crag formation of,
i. 93 ; fishes in crag of, i. 286.
Norland House, Artesian well at, i. 563.
North Cliff, bones in freshwater formation
at, i. 93.
Nummulites, their extent and number,
i. 382, 383 ; functions and structure,
i. 384 ; influence on stratification, i.
383.
Oberau, granite overlying cretaceous
rocks at, ii. 5.
Odier, M., his discovery of chitine,, or
elytrine in wings of insects, i. 411.
Oeland, orthoceratites in limestone of,
i. 364 ; lituite found in the same, u
365. W '
Oeningen, plants of, 510, etseq. ; fossil
fishes of, i. 266,285 ; description of
fossil plants at, by Professor Braun, i.
511—514; plants in brown coal formation
at, i. 510 ; fossil salamander
of, i. 514.
Ogyges, i. 391.
Onchus, i. 289.
Opossum, remains of in secondary and
tertiary strata, i. 72 ; bones of, in
oolite at Stonefield, i. 250. .
Organic remains, best summariés of, i.
38 ; argument from absence of, i. 53 ;
general history of, i- 106 ; afford evidence
of design, i. 107 ; important
inferences from, i. 109 ; study of,
indispensable to geology, i. 111.5
successive stages of deposition, l.
113 ; best groundwork of geological
divisions, i. 113 ; supply deficient
links in the existing animal kingdom,
i. 114.
Orodus, i. 288.
Ornithicnites, in new red sandstone ot
Connecticut, ii. 39.
Ornithorhynchus, sternal apparatus like
that of ichthyosaurus, l. 181, 185;
Mr. R. Owen’s papers on, i. 181.
Orthoceratite, character and extent of,
i. 363. f
Osseous breccia, in fisures of limestone,
i. 94. .. ' ■ ■
Osier, Mr., on proboscis of buccmum,
i. 298.
Owen, Mr. on peculiarities of marsu-
pialia, i. 73 ; on comparative organization
of ornithorhynchus and reptiles,
i. 181 ; on bones of land tortoises,
i. 235 : on nautilus pompilius,
i. 315,322,328,329,332.
Pachydermata, existing genera of, in
pliocene strata, i. 92.
Pain, aggregate of diminished by the
agency of carnivora, i. 129.
Palzeotherium, remains of in Calcaire
Grossier, i. 80 ; character and place
of, i. 81. . .
Paley, his notice of spiral intestine of
shark, i. 196 ; defect arising from his
want of knowledge in geology, i.
572 ; his argument for the unity of
the deity, i. 583.
Palms, in brown coal of Germany, i .
509, 512; geological extent of, i. 513,
514, 515 ; number and distribution
of existing and fossil species, i. 515 ;
fossil trunks of, i. 515, 516 ; leaves,
localities and species of, i. 517 ; localities
of fossil fruits of, i. 518.
Pampas, megatherium found in, ii. 20.
Pandaneae, character and extent of recent
species, i. 503; fossil fruit of
in inferior oolite, i. 504; functions
of, 505.
Pandanus, fruit of recent species, i.
504, 505.
Pandanocarpum, in tertiary formation,
i. 507.
Pangolin, armed with horny scales, i .
162. , .
Pander, his description of megatherium,
i. 142.
Paradoxus, i. 391. .
Paraguay, megatherium found in, i.
Parish,Woodbine, esq. his discovery of
megatherium, i. 143, 161.
Parkinson, Mr., his theory respecting
chambers of nautilus, i. 331 ; his
observations on the lily encrinite, i.
422 ; his description of the fossil
fruits of Sheppey, i. 518.
Parry, Capt., on the long preservation
of human footsteps, i. 262.
Patterson, Mr., on artificial crystals ot
galena, i. 551. ..
Peat bogs, local formations of, in 11-
Pens, recent and fossil of loligo, n 305,
~ 306; structure of fossil described, n
308,309. , , ... ,
Pentacrinite, character and habit of
living species, i. 433; Bnarean,