Index 



293 



ner, 112 ; universal, of Werner, 

 113 ; recognized by Cuvier and 

 Brongniart, 218 



Fortis, Abbe, on basalt, 78 



Fossil, use of the term, 5 240 



Fossils, popular misconceptions of, 

 26, 27 ; possible use of in fixing 

 age of rocks, suggested by De 

 Saussure, 90 ; Fuchsel on, 101 ; as 

 chronological monuments, 203, 217, 

 219, 228, 238 ; recognition of the 

 true geological value, 240, 253 



Fouque, F., 280 



France, old volcanoes of, 34, 48, 52, 

 56, 60, 63, 66, 74, 137, 139, 142, 

 145, 198, 204, 249 



and England once connected, 



50 



Secondary and Tertiary forma- 

 tions of, in the history of strati- 

 graphical geology, 204, 208 ; Palaeo- 

 zoic rocks of, 255 



Freiberg, Mining Academy of, 105, 



106 



Freiesleben, J. C., 137 

 Freshwater strata, recognition of, 



209, 218 

 Fuchsel, G. C., 98, 128, 131, 203, 



285, 286 

 Fusion, De Saussure's experiments 



in, 91 ; Hall's researches in, 186, 



187 



GENERELLI, 5, 34 



Geognosy, term used by Werner, 111 



Geological maps, earliest, 18, 65 



succession, development of ideas 



regarding, 83, 94, 131, 146, 201, 

 204, 208, 211, 221, 222, 226 



Survey of Great Britain, 232, 



261 



nomenclature, origin of, 243 



Geology, historical method in, 2 



palaeontological, 26 



physiographical, 28, 64, 286 



volcanic, 34, 41, 62, 123, 172, 



187 



first adoption of the term Geo- 

 logy, 88 



first beginnings of experimental, 



92 



rise of stratigraphical, 201 



chronology of, determined by 



organic remains, 203, 219 



U 



Geology, influence of fossils on the 

 progress of, 240 



lies open to every one, 285 



increasing literature of, 287 



Giant's Causeway, 53, 54 



Giraud - Soulavie, 1'Abbe, 204, 285, 

 286 



Glaciation, rise and progress of the 

 study of, 271 



Glaciers, Playfair's opinion regard- 

 ing, 181 



Glass, Hall's experiments on, 186 



Granite, natural fusion of, 61 ; ex- 

 periments in the fusion of, 91 ; 

 supposed primitive origin of, 114, 

 129, 201 



intercalated among fossiliferous 



strata, 146 



intrusive character of, 146, 159, 



175 



Greenough, G. B., 235 



Greywacke, 245, 249 



Guettard, J. E., his birth, 12 ; early 

 devotion to botany, 14 ; first miner- 

 alogical observations, 14 ; makes 

 the earliest geological maps, 18 ; 

 his palseontological work, 24 ; his 

 contributions to physiographical 

 geology, 28 ; on the action of the 

 sea, 31 ; on the old volcanoes of 

 Auvergne, 34, 47, 63 ; on volcanic 

 action, 41 ; on the origin of basalt, 

 42, 55, 122; personal traits of, 

 43 ; his position in science, 45, 96, 

 284 



HAIDINGER, W. von, 148 



Hall, Sir James, 181, 193, 194, 285 ; 

 his scientific career, 184 ; founds 

 experimental geology, 186 ; im- 

 portant observation of dykes, 187 ; 

 experiments on the effects of pres- 

 sure, 189 ; experiments in illus- 

 tration of the curvature of rocks, 

 191 



Harz, 97 



Hauer, Ritter von, 149 



Hauy, R. J., 138, 221 



Hermann, B. F. J. von, 137 



Historical method, 1 



Hoffmann's Geschichte der Geognosie 

 122 



Hooke, R., 5 



Hope, Dr. T. C., 194 

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