INDEX. 



423 



DEL 



Deluc of G-eneva, ii. 27 



Demidoff, Prince, presents Humboldt's 

 bust to the Institute, ii. 385. His 

 kindness to Seifert, 404 



Desaix, General, his character and mili- 

 tary talent, i. 156 



Desfontaiues, his friendship with Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 37 



Desieiix, M., of Honda, i. 298 



Diamonds, Humboldt's prophecy of the 

 discovery of, in the Ural Mountains, 

 i. 383 



Dieterici, appointment of, as director 

 of the Statistical Department of 

 Prussia, ii. 276 



Dillon, Mademoiselle Elise de, her mar- 

 riage to M. Guizot, ii. 45. Her 

 death, 45 



Dirichlet, taken by the hand by Hum- 

 boldt, ii. 63. His distinction, 92. 

 Humboldt endeavours to obtain 

 employment for, 103. Invited to be 

 present at the Scientific Association, 

 130. His election to the Order of 

 Merit, 288. Humboldt's letter to, re- 

 specting Eisenstein's pension, ii. 299 



Dirksen, his eminence, ii. 92 



D'Irlanda, Marquis, his kindness to 

 Humboldt, i. 243, note 



Dixo, Duchesse de, ii. 169 



Dobritzhofer, his 'G-eschichte der 

 Abipomer,' i. 255 



Dohm, his lectures on political economy, 

 i. 22. The lectures attended by the 

 brothers Von Humboldt, 22 



Dohna-Schlobitten, Count Alexander 

 von, i. 52. His friendship with the 

 Humboldts, 52. Obliged to enter- 

 tain royalty, 360 



Dollond, his improvements in the 

 astronomical telescope, i. 234 



Dolormien, Marquise de, ii. 169 



Dominguez, Francisco, his travels, i. 254 



Donhoff, Countess, ii. 355 



Dorn, Secretary of State in France, ii. 53 



Dorow, his recollections of Humboldt, 

 ii. 59. Letter from Humboldt to, 59 



Dove, his distinction, ii. 92 



Dragon tree (Dracaena draco] of Orotava, 

 i. 262 



Dresden, the entire Humboldt family 

 established at, i. 214. Humboldt 

 proposes a visit to, ii. 98. Assembly 

 of natural philosophers at, 128 



Due, his scientific journey, i. 377, note 



Dum^ril, Andre-Marie Constant, notice 

 of him, ii. 34 



Dupetit-Thouard, on the nature of wood, 

 i. 349 



Dzaisang, lake of, i. 379 



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EARTH, mean temperature of the, ii* 

 148 ^ 



Egypt, scientific results from the expe- 

 dition to, ii. 54. French expedition 

 to, i. 230, 231 



Ehrenberg, Professor, his distinction, 

 ii. 92. Humboldt's lecture on the 

 expedition of, 99. Accompanies 

 Humboldt to the Ural Mountains, 

 376. His works relating to organic 

 life in Russia, Siberia, and 'Central 

 Asia, 388. His botanical collections 

 unpublished, 388 



Eichhorn, his ministry, ii. 263. Hum- 

 boldt's letters having reference to him, 

 278 



Eickstadt, Count, his interest in the 

 leasing of the sale of, i. 9 



Einsiedel, Count von, at the University 

 of Gottingen, i. 70 



Eisenstein, G-otthold, history of, ii. 295- 

 304. Gauss's praise of him, 295 



Elizabeth, Queen, her character and 

 self-command, ii. 355. The King's 

 illness, 355. Humboldt's esteem for 

 her, 355. Seeks retirement from 

 public life, 355 



Elton, lake of, i. 379 



Encke, his eminence, ii. 92. Humboldt's 

 answer to, 176. His treatise on 

 comets, 259. Humboldt's friendly 

 relationship with, entirely re-estab- 

 lished, 268. His letter to Humboldt 

 respecting ' Cosmos,' 334 



Engel, Professor, his lectures attended 

 by the brothers Von Humboldt, i. 21. 

 Haym's remarks on Engel, 21 



England, visits to, i. 86 ; ii. 68, 69, 70, 

 100, 256. Humboldt's opinion of, 

 and of English society, ii. 198, 349 



English language, ii. 200 



Enormon, the, i. 182 



Erfurt, the Emperor Napoleon at, ii. 51. 

 German Parliament at, 346 



Erivaro, the moon thought at, to be in- 

 habited, i. 322 



Erman, his knowledge of physics, ii. 

 92. Receives honourable mention 

 from Humboldt, 115. His scien- 

 tific journey, i. 377, note 



Ernest Adolphus, afterwards King of 

 Hanover, at Gottingen University, i. 

 70. His reception of Humboldt, ii. 

 204. Expels the professors of Got- 

 tingen University, 204. Visits Berlin, 

 206 



Echswege, Baron von, his letter to 

 Humboldt, i. 395 



* Examen critique,' publication of the, 

 ii. 56, 215 



