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Molecules, successive condition of in 

 crystalline bodies, i. 574,576, 577. 



Monte Bolca, vast accumulation of fos- 

 sil fishes at, i, 123; fishes perished 

 suddenly, i. 123 ; fossil fishes of, i. 

 266, 284 ; fishes of, rearranged by 

 Agassiz,i. 285. 



Mont Maitre, list of vertebrata found 

 at, i. 85 ; fishes of, i. 285. 



Morton, Dr., mosasaurus found by, in 

 America, i. 216. 



Moses, his cosmogony reconcileable 

 with geology, i. 20 ; object of his 

 account of creation, i. 33. 



Mosaic history, in accordance with 

 geology, i. 13. 



Mosaic cosmogony, attempts to recon- 

 cile with geology, i. 16. 



Mosasaurus, great animal of Maes- 

 tricht, i. 215 ; allied to monitors, i. 

 215,217 ; described by Camper and 

 Cuvier, i. 215 ; coeval with the cre- 

 taceous form ation , i. 2 1 6 ; remains of, 

 where found,!. 216; length and cha- 

 racter of, 1.217 ; teeth, peculiar cha- 

 racter of, i. 218 ; vertebrae, number 

 of, 1.219; extremities, character of, i. 

 219; character, predicted by Cuvier, 

 i. 220 ; a link between the monitors 

 and iguanas, 1. 220 ; habit, aquatic, 

 i. 220. 



Moscow, Bulletin Soc. Imp. de, obser- 

 vations on coprolites in, 1. 201. 



Moschus pygmaeus, tendons in back of, 

 i. 226. 



Mviller, on eyes of insects, &c, i. 397. 



Multilocular shells, extinct genera of, 

 i. 315. 



Miinster, Count, foraminiferes dis- 

 covered by, in Maestricht stone, 11. 

 64 ; his discovery of mammalia at 

 Georgensgemiind, 1. 91 ; pterodactyle 

 described by, 1. 224 ; his figures of 

 horny sheaths of belemnites, 1. 375 ; 

 his collection of crustaceans from 

 Solenhofen, 1. 387. 



Murchison, Mr., his discovery of fishes 

 in old red sandstone, i. 277 ; Silu- 

 rian system established by, 1. 527 ; 

 freshwater limestone in coal forma- 

 tion discovered by, i, 599 ; remains 

 of fishes found in Ludlow Rock by, i. 

 604 ; fossil insects and fossil^ fox 

 found by, i. 610 ; freshwater forma- 

 tion at (Eningen described by, 610 ; 

 fishes, &c. found in Wolverhampton 

 coal field by, 11. 43. 



Myliobates, fossil palates of, 1. 291. 



Nacre, causes of preservation of, 1.376. 



Natural relijjion, addition toils eviden- 

 ces by geology, i. 14 ; links in evi- 

 dences of supplied by geology, 1. 586. 



Nautilus, fossil species peculiar to cer- 

 tain formations,!. 311; descriptioB 

 of, i. 320 ; mechanical contrivances 

 In, i. 314 ; Mr. Owen's memoir on, i. 

 314 ; chambers, act as floats, i. 317 ; 

 siphuncle, its functions and mode of 

 action, i. 318, 321,325 ; siphuncle, 

 calcareous sheath of, i. 327 ; siphun- 

 cle, substance of, i. 328 ; use of air 

 chambers, i. 321 ; contrivances to 

 strengthen the shell, i. 323 — 325; 

 number of transverse plates, i. 325 j 

 action of pericardial fluid, i. 326 — 

 329 ; like that of water in the water 

 balloon, i. 327 ; its manner of float- 

 ing, rising, sinking, and moving at the 

 bottom, i. 329 — 331 ; opinions of 

 Hook and Parkinson concerning, i. 

 331 ; the author's theory, i. 331 ; 

 theory of its manner of rising and 

 sinking in the sea, i. 606; form of 

 shell adapted to Its retrograde move- 

 ments, i. 608 ; its locomotive organ 

 at the bottom of the sea, i. 608. 



Nautilus sypho, intermediate character 

 of, i. 357—361. 



Nautilus zic zac, intermediate charac- 

 ter of, i. 357—361. 



Nebular hypothesis, consistent with 

 geological phenomena, 1. 40. 



Nelson, Lieut., on strata formed by the 

 wind in the Bermudas, i, 127. 



Newcastle, plants preserved in coal 

 mines at, i. 457. 



Newhaven, nodules of iron-stone con- 

 taining fishes and corprolites at, i.278. 



Newton, his religious views resulting 

 from philosophy, i. 10, 591. 



Nichol, Mr., observations on fossil pinus 

 and araucaria, i. 485, 486, 488, 



Niiggerath, Professor, chronometer in 

 fossil wood, observed by, i. 509. 



Norfolk, remains in crag formation of, 

 i. 93 ; fishes in crag of, i. 286. 



Norland House, Artesian well at, i. 563. 



North Cliflf", bones in freshwater forma- 

 tion at, i. 93. 



NummuUtes, their extent and number, 

 1. 382, 383 ; functions and structure, 

 i. 384 ; influence on stratification, i. 

 383. 



Oberau, granite overlying cretaceous 

 rocks at, iv. 5. 



