CONTENTS. vii 



CHAPTER VII. 



APPLICATIONS OF THE MICROSCOPE. 



SECT. p Afe . E 



1. Palaeontology, . . , 90 



(1.) Search for Coal, 92 



(2.) Sir Roderick Murcbison, 94 



(3.) Agassiz's Researches 95 



(4.) Fossil Remains found at Stirling, 96 



2. Botany, 98 



(1.) Ancient Scottish Lignite, 98 



(2.) Sections of Fossils, 99 



(3.) Formation of Coal, 101 



(4.) Fossil Dust from Crystal Palace, 101 



(5.) Cedar from Nineveh, . 103 



(6.) Living Plants 104 



3. Antiquarianism, . 104 



4. Chemistry, &c., . . 106 



5. Anatomy, &c., 108 



6. Criminal Jurisprudence 110 



(1.) Trial for Murder in France .111 



(2.) Trial for Murder in Cumberland, 113 



(3.) Trial for Murder in Norfolk, 116 



(4.) Detection of Robbers in Prussia 118 



CHAPTER VIII. 



APPLICATIONS OP THE MICROSCOPE. 



1. Lieu tenant Maury, and Telegraph to America 120 



2. Bed of the Atlantic, 121 



3. Atlantic Telegraphic Plateau, 122 



4. Soundings, 123 



5 Microscopic Dredging Trophies, 125 



6. Their Testimony, 126 



7. New Truths, 129 



8. Novel Experiment, 130 



9. Circuits of the Wind, 131 



10 Tallies put on the Winds 136 



11. Path of Infusoria, . 137 



12. Results, ' 140 



