INDEX. 



599 



Burrowes, on compass variation, 446. 

 Burton, Robert, 371, 377. 



C. 



Cabseus, Nicolaus, 349; criticises 

 Gilbert, 350; discovers elec. re- 

 pulsion, 351; elec. theory, 351; 

 on Garzoni's discoveries, 229; on 

 mag. spectrum, 352; on mag. tele- 

 graph, 385; theory compared with 

 that of Boyle, 419. 



Cabiri, 23, 25. 



Calamitico, el, 204. 



Cambridge Univ'y in time of Gil- 

 bert, 261. 



Canal, Necho's failure to build, 58. 



Cardan, Jerome, 243; differentiation 

 of amber and magnet, 249; Gil- 

 bert's attitude toward, 280; on 

 lightning, 568. 



Cardinal points, Chinese and Chal- 

 dean names similar, 63; Etruscan 

 inv'n of, 59; named by Charle- 

 magne, 133; named by Flemish 

 sailors, 133. 



Cart, Chinese south-pointing, 67, 69, 

 71, 72, 73, Si. 



Casciorolus discovers Bologna stone, 

 45f . 



Cassini, astronomical obs'ns, 452; on 

 mercury light, 456. 



Castor and Pollux, 23. 



Catullus, des'n of spinning, 18. 



Cave publishes Franklin's papers, 



585. 



Cecco d'Ascoli, 203. 

 Cedrinus, on mag, suspension, 45. 

 Celmis, 22. 

 Cephisis, Lake, 17. 

 Cesare, disc'y of magnetism induced 



by earth, 227. 



Cesi, founds Lyncei Academy, 342. 

 Chadids, 382. 

 Chain of lodestone, 24. 

 Chaldeans, Chinese civilization 



from, 63. 



Challoner, Sir T., 339. 

 Chamberlain's letters, Gilbert men- 

 tioned in, 264. 

 Chariot, south -pointing see Cart, 



Chinese south-pointing. 

 Charge, Dufay on distribution of, 



483- 

 Charlemagne, names cardinal 



points, 133. 

 Charles II., interest in physical 



science, 406, 407, 408. 

 Charletou, Dr. Walter, 373, 376. 



Charter-house, the, 470. 



Chaucer on compass points, 191. 



China, amber in ancient, 74; burn- 

 ing of books in, 66; first ships 

 built in, 78; first south-pointing 

 chariots in, 67; iron in ancient, 

 73; magnetic rocks on coasts of, 

 98; nucleus of, 64; original set- 

 tlers of, 63; pagodas in, 564; 

 Phoenician voyages to, 77; south- 

 pointing carts, lost art in, 71; 

 Tchoii dynasty in, 68; voyages to, 

 in 675 B. C., 56. 



Chinese, ancient navigation of, 77; 

 astronomy, 79; characteristics, 77, 

 81, 82; chronology, 65; connec- 

 tion with Akkadians and Baby- 

 lonians, 63; discover compass 

 variation, 76; first knowledge of 

 amber, 74; same of lodestone, 72; 

 geomancers, 76; junks, 77, 78; 

 inventions, 80; legend of ambas- 

 sadors, 67; mariner's compass, 75, 

 76, 85, 189; south-pointing char- 

 iots, 67, 69, 71; superstitions about 

 compass, 105; voyages to Japan, 

 etc., 78; worship of magnet, 80. 



Cherif-Edrisi, 100. 



Chow, King of, 70. 



Chronology, Chinese, 65-67. 



Circuit, first elec., 525; Lemonnier's 

 water and metal, 532; Watson's, 

 across the Thames, 549. 



Claudian, poem on magnet, 93; par- 

 odied by Strada, 383. 



Clayton, letter to Boyle, 425. 



Clement of Alexandria, 45. 



Clutcher, name for amber, 17. 



Clycas, 45. 



Coition, magnetic, 276. 



Colchester, 260. 



Colden, Cadwallader, 585. 



College, The Invisible, 379. 



Collegium Naturale Curiosorum, 

 490. 



Collinson, Peter, 538, 583. 



Colonne, poem of Guido, 156. 



Columbus, Christopher, 195; mag- 

 netic discoveries of, 200, 202; the- 

 ory of compass, 199. 



Combustion, cases of spontaneous, 



503- 



Compass, Mariner's, alleged use in 

 building Great Pyramid, 57; An- 

 cient Finn, 141; Appulus on, 117; 

 Arab, no; attributed to Egyptians, 

 57; to ancient Greeks, 54; to King 

 Solomon, 55; to Phoenicians, 54; 



