INDEX. 



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Earth, distribution of the materials of, 

 i. 5 ; theory of, much advanced, but 

 not yet perfect, i. 12 ; two distinct 

 branches of its history, i. 34 ; origi- 

 nally fluid from heat, i. 39 ; advan- 

 tageous dispositions of its materials, 

 i. 98. 



Earthquakes, beneficial agency of in 

 the economy of the globe, i. 540. 



Echidna, has furcula and clavicles like 

 ornithorhynchus, i. 182. 



Echnidans, geological extent of, i. 

 415. 



Echinoderms, fossil, bilateral structure 

 of, i. 415. 



Edwards, Dr. Milne, cause of change 

 in colour of chameleon's skin disco- 

 vered by, i. 604. 



Egerton, Sir Philip, his discoveries near 

 Newcastle-under-Line, i. 276; on 

 mechanism of atlas and cervical ver- 

 tebrae of ichthyosaurus, ii. 24 — 26. 



Eggs, fossil, of aquatic birds, i. 86. 



Ehrenberg, his discoveries of living in- 

 fusoria, i. 446, 448 ; eye-specks in 

 asterias discovered by, i. 606 ; his ex- 

 tensive discoveries of fossil infusoria, 

 i. 610. 



Elements, identity and functions of, i. 

 36 ; proofs of design in, i. 571 ; ever 

 regulated by same laws, i. 577 ; 

 primordial adaptations of, i. 578 ; 

 adaptation of to vegetables and ani- 

 mals, i. 579. 



Elevation, general history of, ii. 4 ; 

 drv lands formed by, i. 43 ; proofs 

 of "in I. Portland, i. 495, 496. 



Elevations, number observed by Elie 

 de Beaumont, ii. 6 ; various periods 

 of, ii. 6. 



Ellis, Mr., his conclusions from the 

 study of corallines, i. 448. 



Emys, fossil, localities of, i, 257, 258. 



Encrinites moniliformis, lily encrinite, 

 i. 421 ; mechanical adaptations in, i. 

 421 ; number of component ossicula, 

 i. 422 ; vertebral column, mechani- 

 cal contrivances in, i. 423 — 426 ; 

 body and upper extremities, i. 427, 

 428 ; physiological history of, i. 431. 



Endogenites echinatus, fossil trunk al- 

 lied to palms, i. 516. 



Engi in Claris, fishes of, i. 284. 



England, effects of geological structure 

 on inhabitants of, ii. 3. 



Enjoyment, aggregate of increased by 

 existence of carnivora, i. 129. 



Enstone, cetacea in oplite at, i. 115. 



Entomolithus paradoxus, i. 391. 



Entomostracans, fossil, i. 390. 



Entrochi, or wheel stones, columnar 

 joints of encrinite, i. 424. - 



Eocene, division of tertiary strata, i. 78. 



Epplesheim, remains of fossil mamma- 

 lia found at, i. 91, 136 ; entire head 

 of dinotherium found at, i. 603. 



EquLsetaceae, extent of the family of, 

 i. 460 ; fossil genera of, i. 460 ; in- 

 creased enlargement in size of , i. 46 1 ; 

 fossil species in coal formation, i. 461. 



Equivocal generation, disproved in case 

 of infusoria, i. 447. 



Ernouf, General, his account of human 

 skeletons at Gaudaloupe, i. 104. 



Estuaries, admixture of fresh water and 

 marine exuvia in, i. 120. 



Eternal succession, theory of, disproved 

 by geology, i. 54, 59. 



Eternity of the world disproved by 

 geology, i. 1 1 . 



Eyes, fossil, resembling those of existing 

 animals, i. 31 ; fossil remains of, i. 

 31 ; 173, 396, 402; structure of, in 

 recent crustaceans allied to trilobites, 

 i. 399 ; physiological and physical 

 inferences from structure of, i. 401. 



Faber, Rev. G. S., his views respect- 

 ing the days of the Mosaic cosmo- 

 gony, 597. 



Faluns, of Tourraine, mammalia found 

 in, i. 90. 



Falconer, Dr., fossil animals discovered 

 in India by, i. 600. 



Faraday, Mr., nolice on preparing the 

 human lungs for diving, i. 180. 



Faujas, M., observation on fossil trees 

 in lignite near Cologne, i. 509. 



Faults, on geometrical laws of, i. 540; 

 utility of, in draining coal mines, i. 

 541 — 544 ; definition of, by Mr. Co- 

 nybeare, i. 542 ; utility of, in guard- 

 ing coal mines, i. 547 ; utility of, in 

 producing springs, i. 545, 560, 569 ; 

 utility of, in primary rocks and me- 

 tallic veins, i. 545, 546. 



Favularia, character of, i. 475. 



Felspar, crystals of, pyrocltemically 

 formed, i. 598. 



Ferns, distribution and number of ex- 

 isting species, i. 462 ; proportion of, 

 to living phanerogamiae, i. 463 ; tem- 

 perature indicated by fossil species, 

 i. 463 ; proportions of in the coal 

 formation, i. 464 ; living and fossil 

 arborescent species of, i. 464, 565 ; 

 proportions of, in secondary and ter- 

 tiary strata, i. 465. 



