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INDEX. 



Araucaria, fossil in coal formation, i. 

 486 ; peculiarity in structure of, i. 

 486 ; fossil trunks near Edinburgh, 

 i. 487 ; fossil in Lias, i. 487 ; loca- 

 lities of living species, i. 488. 



Argonauta, its origin still doubtful, 1. 

 313. 



Armadillo, habit and distribution of, i. 

 144 ; fore-foot of, adapted for digging 

 as in the megatherium, i. 154 ; bony 

 armour resembling that of megathe- 

 rium, i, 160—162. 



Artesian wells, method of obtaining, i. 

 561, 568 ; examples of action of, i. 

 562 ; where most available, i. 563 ; 

 cause ofriseofwaterin, i. 564 — 567 ; 

 temperature of water in, i. 567 ; ex- 

 tensive application of, i. 568 ; Chi- 

 nese manner of boring without rods, 

 i. 568 ; great importance of, i. 569. 



Articulata, earliest examples of, i. 62 ; 

 remains of fossil, i. 386 ; four classes 

 in all fossiliferous formations, i. 412 ; 

 changes in families of, i. 412. 



Artois, artificial fountains in, i. 562 — 

 566. 



Asaphus, i. 391. 



Asaphus caudatus, fossil eyes of, i. 

 398. 



Aspidorhynchus, i. 276. 



Asterophyllites, abundant in coal, i. 

 479. 



Atmospheric pressure, sudden changes 

 of fatal to fishes, i. 126. 



Atmosphere, functions of in circulation 

 of water, i. 557, 570 ; ancient state 

 of illustrated by eyes of fossil tifilo- 

 bites, i. 402. 



Atoms, ever regulated by fixed and 

 uniform laws, i. 11 ; ultimate, indi- 

 visible nature of, i. 576. 



Audouin, M., wing of corydalis in iron 

 stone discovered by, ii. 77- 



Auvergne, eggs in lacustrine forma- 

 tions of, i. 86 ; fossil animals found 

 in lacustrine formations of, i. 86 ; 

 extinct volcanos of, ii. 8 ; indusiae 

 in fresh water formation of, i. 119. 



Axis of rotation, coincides with shorter 

 diameter of the globe, ii. 39. 



Babbage, Prof., on the obligation of 



the moralist to the philosopher, i. 



591. 

 Bacon, Lord, his view of the distinct 



provinces of reason and revelation, 



i. 589. 

 Baculite, character and extent of, i. 



366. 



Baker, Miss, belemnite in her collec- 

 tion, i. 375. 



Bakewell, Mr., his views of the extent 

 of animal life, i. 101. 



Balistes, spines, action of, i. 291. 



Basalt, various phenomena of, ii. 6. 



Basins, strata of various ages disposed 

 in form of, i. 527 ; mechanical ope- 

 rations producing, i. 528. 



Bat, toes compared with those of pte- 

 rodactyle, i. 231. 



Bears, bones of, in caves of Germany, 

 &c. i. 94; bones of, in caves near 

 Liege, i. 597. 



Beaufort, Captain, on bottles sunk in 

 the sea, i. 346. 



Beaumont, M. Elie de, elevations ob- 

 served by, ii. 6. 



Beaver, chisel-shaped structure of its 

 incisors, i. 149. 



Becquerel, M., on crystals produced 

 under influence of electrical currents, 

 i. 552. 



Beechy, Captain, ammonites found by, 

 in Chili, i. 336. 



Beetles, remainsofinooliticseries,ii. 78. 



Beetle, converted to chalcedony from 

 Japan, ii. 78. 



Beetle stones, from coal shale, near 

 Edinburgh, i. 199. 



Beginning, meaning of the word in 

 Gen. i. 1. i. 19, 21 ; proofs of in phe- 

 nomena of primary stratified rocks, 

 i. 53 ; conclusions respecting neces- 

 sity of, i. 58 ; existing and extinct spe- 

 cies shewn to have had, i. 53, 55, 59 ; 

 geological evidences of, i. 585, 586. 



Belcher, Captain, his observations on 

 iguanas, i. 243. 



Belcher, Captain, ammonites found 

 by, in Chili, i. 336. 



Belemnites, geological extent of, i. 

 371 ; writers on the subject of, i. 

 371 ; structure and uses of, i. 372 ; 

 a compound internal shell, i. 372 ; 

 chambered portion of, allied to Nau- 

 tilus and Orthoceratite, i. 373 ; ink 

 bags connected with, i, 373, 374 ; 

 causes of partial preservation of, i. 



377 ; its analogy to shell of Nauti- 

 lus and to internal shell of Sepia, i. 



378 ; large number of species of, i. 

 379. 



Belem no-sepia, proposed new family of 

 cephalopods, i. 374. 



Benlley, his contradiction of the epi- 

 curean theoiy of atoms, i. 679. 



Bermudas, strata formed by the action 

 of the wind in, i. 127. 



