INDEX 



thr infliien. < <>f "I" 1 , '2"'?; use* of, 

 . ,.n ilirs'.j.-n T.^m. \ inthepro- 

 dnction of, i, 135; ^cnci.il remarks 

 on, 1 11 



<'<IMI/'>"-. --Hi-ulMr i Hi < t of thunder 

 and lightning on at sea, iv, 348; 

 <,!, n.ilions on, .i.>(); funnatioii of, 

 SOS; vari lion of, 377 

 <;,m!<ii!iitti<ni of nebulous matter, i, 73 

 (<], ;ivf>-, description of, vi, 40 

 Condor, natural history of, v, 585 

 Conductors, description of electric, iv, 



308 



Congelation, tables of, iv, 37 

 Connecticut river described, iii, 43 

 Constance, description of the lake of, iii, 



233 



Coiiftantia wines, description of, v, 73 

 Constellations, on the names of, i, 3 

 c mi tit $ ion, method of destroying, iv,23 

 CooA/Capt. his voyages, iv, 87, 94, 



106 ; death, 1 12 

 Copaiva tree, balsam of, v, 183 

 Copal varnish, how made, v, 293 

 Copernicus, account of, i, 20 

 Copper, mine of, in Wicklow, ii, 277 ; 

 Japan, -288; America, 314; Angle- 

 sey, 318; Cornwall, 321 ; Ireland, 

 328 ; experiments on, vi, 263 ; Chi- 

 nese white, vi, 279; method of tin- 

 ning, 295; plating and gilding, 312 

 Coral, production of, ii, 277 ; formati- 

 on of islands of, iii, 298 ; varieties 

 of, v, 353 



'leratm South America, describ- 

 rd, n, I,'! 1 

 Corne-ubbas, Dorset, whirlwind at, iv, 



151 



Cornwall, earthquakes in, ii, 55 ; tin- 

 works in, .'i'20; copper-mines, 321 ; 

 storms in, iv, 320, 324 

 Corpitsculixtt, their doctrines,!, 217 

 Cotopajri in South America, dex.-np- 



tion of, i, 485; its height, ii, 434 

 Cotton plant, natural history of, v, 283 

 CourantiiKs, or fixing rorkcts, how to 



make, \i, 231 



Crab*, description of, v, 481 

 Cracow, description of the salt-mines 

 1 ; bituminous foun- 

 tain at, in, i l! 



Cranbrook in Kent, phteiioincuon at, ii, 

 61 



, on tin* Mosaic iicciiunt, 

 Crrmnitz, gold mines of, ii, 

 CIT.V.I/, cannon IIMM! at Hie battle of, 



vi, 169 



Crete, labyrinth in UK- isle of, ii, 7? 

 Cricket, natural historx of, v, ,,!il 

 Ci-iiHia, curiosities in tiie, ii. 

 Crocodile, natural history of, v, 

 Cromlechs, account of, vi, 

 Crows, the migration of, v, 

 Cn/slulliztttion, sjstesn of, n, 

 Cn/stallof/rai>lii/, nature of, \ i, 1 12 

 Crystals of snow, on, iv, 1 ( it i 

 Cm Into, natural history of, \ . 

 Cumberland, lakes 01, iii, 243, 260; 



tempest in, iv, 24(i 

 Currents, observations on under, iii, 



352; velocity of, 392; atmospheri- 

 cal, iv, 185 



Cuttle-fish, description of, v, 357 

 Cyanometer, its uses, iv, 5 

 Cycas, or sago tree, account of, v, 59 

 Cycles and eccentrics, hyphothtsis of, 



'i, 1.5 

 Dagenhatn, Essex, inundation of, ii, 



147, 154 



Daillie, Dr. voyage of, iv, 105 

 Dalmatiu, gold in, ii, 284; remarkable 



cascade in, iii, 221 

 Dalton, Mr. his discoveries, iv, 10, 18, 



130 



Dambea, in Ethiopia, lake of, iii, 231 

 Damp, in mines, observations on, ii, 



346 ; its effects on hay ricks, iv, 502 

 Dantzic, effects of a storm at, iv, 312 ; 



mock suns seen at, 521 

 Danube, description of the, iii, 22 

 Date tree, description of the, \, <>.; 

 Datura stramonium, properties of, v, 



868 



Davy, Sir II. his discoveries, vi, 16 

 Dead sea, description of the, iii, 253 

 Death watch, described, v, .S?H 

 Deceptions, on atmospheric, i\ r , 504 

 Dee, source of the river, iii, v 1 1 

 Deeping fen, Lincolnshire, water spout 



at, iv. 269 



Deers horn, found in an oak, v, 315 

 Delfforicia, scite of the ancient, ii, 23, 



226 

 Deluge, history and opinions of the, i, 



845 





