INDEX 



ACADEMY of Sciences, Paris, 17, 18, 



22, 39, 44, 60, 77 

 Agassiz, L., researches of, iii glacia- 



tion, 271; discovers traces of former 



glaciers in Britain, 274 

 Agricola, 52, 53, 120 

 Alluvial series of Werner, 114 

 Alps, 85 

 America, North, Pre-Cambrian rocks 



of, 269 



Amygdaloids, Button's view of, 174 

 Angers, trilobites of, recognized by 



Guettard, 24 



Antrim, basalt of, 53, 54, 58, 194 

 Anville, Duchesse d', 76 

 Archiac, A. d', 15, 23, 207 

 Aubuisson, J. F. d', cited, 118, 130, 



137, 193, 268; his birth and 

 education, 138 ; his work on the 

 basalts of Saxony, 138 ; visits 

 Auvergne and recants the Werner - 

 ian doctrine of basalt, 139 



Auvergne, volcanoes of, first discovered 

 by Guettard, 34 ; visited by Des- 

 marest, 52, 56, 60, 63, 66 ; Desma- 

 rest's map of, 59, 65, 74 ; visited 

 by D' Aubuisson, 139 ; visited by 

 L. von Buch, 142; described by 

 Dolomieu, 198 



BANKS, Sir Joseph, 55, 221 



Barrande, J., 262 



Basalt, controversy regarding the 

 origin of, 42, 43, 48, 52, 55, 56, 

 57, 61, 62, 78, 91, 103, 120-126, 



138, 142-146, 193, 198, 202, 207 

 supposed fossiliferous nature of, 



194 



Berne, basalt war at, 122 

 Bertrand's views on fossils, 27 



Bigsby, Dr. J. J., 269 



Black, Dr. Joseph, 154, 158, 183 



Bldde, K. A., 104 



Boate's Ireland's Naturcdl Historie, 

 cited, 20 



Bohemia, basalt of, 65, 121 ; Bar- 

 rande's researches in, 262 



Bory de St. Vincent, J. B. G. M., 

 74 



Bdttiger, C. A., 108 



Boue, A., 143, 197, 256 



Breislak, S., 78, 188, 199 



Brewster, D., 277 



Brongniart, A., 213, 285, 286 



Bryson, A., 277 



Buch, L. von, 137, 193, 285 ; birth 

 and education, 141 ; his Wernerian 

 views on basalt, 142 ; visit to 

 Auvergne and conversion to a 

 belief in the volcanic origin of the 

 basalt there, 142 ; travels in Nor- 

 way, 146 ; on the mountain-system 

 of Germany, 147 ; number and 

 character of his writings, 148 ; per- 

 sonal traits of, 148 ; death, 149 



Buckland, W., 248, 251, 275 



Buffon, 8, 47, 49 



Burnet, cosmogony of, 9 



CALCAIRE Grossier, 216 



Calcite, cited as a proof of the igneous 



origin of amygdaloids, 174 ; fusible 



under pressure, 190 

 Cambrian, adoption of the term, 



260 



Canada, pre-Cambrian rocks of, 269 

 Cantal, 60 



Cassel, basalt of, 53, 62 

 Catastrophists, 288 

 Catherine II. of Russia, 79 



