INDEX. 



A.BA SO, description of the baths of, 



1.1, 



Aberdeen, remarkable storm at, iv.SIS 



Aberration of the iixcd stars, disco- 

 very of, i, 33 



Abyss, on the great, i, 252 



Abi/ssinia, mountains in, ii, 429; on 

 the rains of, iv, 141 ; winds in, 189 



Academy of sciences, institution of the, 



Acid, on the atmospheric carbonic, 



iv, 19 



Acidulous waters, analysis of, iii, 183 

 Aconite, experiments with the juice 



of, v, 230, 236 



Acroteri, account of the isle of, i, 497 

 Actinia, or sea anemone described, v, 

 36;} 



Adlersbcrg, remarkable cavern at, ii, 79 

 Adrian, remains of the villa of, iii, 63 

 JErial globes, how made, vi, 238 

 .Krolites, remarkable shower of, iv, 

 ; general history of, 468 ; ana- 

 l\sis of, 470; origin of, 475 

 JErostalion, principle! of, vi, 03 ; his- 

 torical account of, 64 

 /Es, on the antient, vi, 

 Affinity, nature of chemical, vi, 132 

 Africa, volcanoes of, i, 407; metals 

 and ores or', ii, 292 ; mountains of, 

 428 ; ou the rivers oi', iii, 1.5 ; deserts 

 of, ii ,483; on the climate of, iv, 82 

 Agaric, the cause of fairy-rings, v, 318 

 Agates found in Scotland, ii, 326 ; note. 

 .\ij.Kino, account of the lake of, iii, 242 

 Ai/rinila, George, character of, vi, 9 

 Air, on the properties of the, iv, 4 ; 

 instruments for measuring the, 8 ; 

 remarkable lights in the, 400, ! Hi 

 Aix, account of the bnths of, iii, 169 

 A ijc-la-ckapelle, mineral springs at, iii, 



106 



Aliltttbaalis, caravans so named, ii, 484 

 Albtrtl, aflrcting story of, ii, 333 

 Alchemy, antiquity of, vi, 5 

 Alcohol, experiments on, v, 226 

 Alexandria, ac< mint of the school of, 



i, 9 ; the stadium of, 1 1 

 Alleghany mountains described, ii, 43 1 

 Altier, St. remarkable bridge of, iii,l<>9 

 Alligator, description of the, v, 550 



VOL. M. 



Alluvial formations of the earth, i, 326 

 Almicanters, definition of, i, 307 

 Almonds, on the essential oil of bittrr, 



v, 229, 236 



Aloes tree described, v, 191 

 Alphabets, invention of, vi, 351 

 Alphotiso of Castile, account of, i, 19 

 Alpine plants, account of, v, 34 

 Alps, general description of the, ii, 410 

 waterfalls in the, iii, 219; red snow 

 onlhe, iv, 173; passage of I latin ibid 

 over the, vi, 173 



Alum collected in Solfatara, i, 520 

 Amazons, description of the river of, 



iii, 45 

 Ambergris on the coast of Ireland, ii, 



177 



~%meriea, volcanoes of, i, 479 ; metals 

 and mines of, ii, 292 ; mineralogy of 

 north, 313 ; mountains of, 431 ; 

 rivers in north, iii, 33 ; in south, 44 

 Amianthus, description of the, ii, 392 

 Ammoniac, on caustic, iii, 190 

 Ammoniaemn, properties of the gum, 



v, 208 



Ammonian fountain, its existence prov- 

 ed, iii, 140 



Amnhilials, particulars of, v, 542 

 Amphiscii, what, i, 313 

 Amphitheatre of Vespasian, account of, 



iii, 67 

 Amsterdam, description of the isle of, 



iv, 102 



Analysis, observations on mathemati- 

 cal, i, 176 



Anaxagoras, system of, i, 7 

 Ann.fhnander, maps conutructed by, i, 



298 



Andes, remarkable caves in the, ii, 81 ; 

 (IcM-ription of, -l.il ; temperature of 

 the, iv, 61 ; rain in, 149 

 Ant/If set/ copper-mines, account of the, 



i'i, 318 



A in/ n.\t lira bark, account of, v, 158 

 Animalcules described, v, 3 15 

 Animals, characteristics of, v, 1; classi- 

 fication of, v, 



Anio, scenery on the river, iii, 67 

 Ant, natural history of the, v, 449; C-> 



count of the vliite, ib. 171 

 Antartic circle, voyages to, iv, 89 



