INDEX, 



('<>/</, c.f the countries producing, ii, 



483, :>-'7 , rendered jml.ihli-, \ i, I ; 

 OB llu- art Ml'inakn.-r, it'. 7 ; < >ni|><>- 

 Mtion of I'liliiiinnliim, it), 185 

 (ii>lit-fini-/i, natural hi*tor\ of, v, 639 



. j.tion of toe, \, >I7 

 , mountains at (lie cape of, 

 ii, 430; remarkable winds near, iv, 



llcnt wnU* at, \, ;.i 

 iitsandx, format'ion ot'tlic, in, JM'. 

 '.'i- in Yorkshire described, 

 iii, I 



Golhard, Miiirular marble found on 

 mount, ii, 384 ; drs* ribed,41 1, 418 

 Gottenb'irgk in Sweden, waterfall at, 

 iii, 



r/'crag in Cumberland described, 

 iii, 262 



GrtJiam, the inventions of, i, 33 

 Grampian hills, description of, iii, 270 

 (rrarite, ground-work of the globe, i, 

 236 ; formation of, 323 ; method of 

 working, ii, 281 

 Grafinere. water, Westmorland, survey 



of, iii, 267 



Gratshojiper, natural history of, v, 393 

 Gravitation, discovery of the law of, i, 



168 



Gravity, on the Kcplerian theory, i, 29 

 Greenland, Miss, her improvement of 



painting, vi, 429 



Greeks, astronomy of the, i, 6; tradi- 

 tion of the deluge among the, 247 ; 

 geography of the, 296 

 Grenada, volcanoes in New, i, 485 

 Grotto at Fausilipo described, i, 510 ; 

 of Antiparos, ii, 77 ; at Malta, 78 ; at 

 Douse, in France, 82 ; near Besan- 

 con, ib. ; del Cano, 103; of the 

 Sibyls, iii, 62 ; of Neptune, 70 

 Hirer, course of the, iii, 31 

 in Spain described, iii, 31 

 tree, description of, v, 185 

 (,'tittrdian frigate, sufferings of the crew 



of,iv,99 

 Giianaxeto, account of the mines of, ii, 



297 



Gitettanl, M. on rivers, iii, 6 

 diiiinii irorm, account of the, v, 337 

 Clulfih MriMins, on, iii, 305 

 Gum ammoniac plant described, v, 

 208 ; Arabic description of, J<)l ; 

 clastic, 295 j lac, account of, 399 



Gun metal, composition of, vi, 285 

 (iiiii/nni:iJi-'; on bl.i.sti.i^ rocks b\, ii, 

 , history of, \ i, Kis ; composi- 

 tion of, 174 



(inns, antiquity of, vi, 16Q 

 Gi(tnnntr, extraordinary properties of 



'the, v, 488 



(ii/;>snm, on the formations of, ii, 209 

 / l:ii/n H/t, mount, description of, ii, 

 40.', K)H 



agitation of waters at the, ii, 58 

 Hail, causes of, iv, 1 4" ; genera! nature 



of, isi; storms, violent ones, 182 

 Halifax, thunder storm at, i\, ,314 

 Haliri/, Dr. prediction of a comet, i, 

 143; his experiments on evapora- 

 tion, iii, 4 ; on the variation of the 

 magnetic needle, iv, 377 ; aurora bo- 

 realis, ib. 394 ; on lights in the air, 

 400 

 Halos, on the phenomena of, iv, 517 ; 



instance of one, ib. 525 

 Haltios,or remarkable vapours, iii, 171 

 Hamilton, Sir W. on the eruptions of 

 Vesuvius, i, 343 374 ; his visit to 

 Etna, ib. 424 ; his account of the 

 earthquake at Messina, ii, 59 

 Hannibal, his passage of the Alps, vi. 



173 



Harmattan, wind described, iv, 

 Harrowgate spring, nature of, iii, 177 

 //a reforest, remarkable caves in, ii, 



201 



Harwich, cliffs described, ii, 150 

 Hastings, extraordinary phenomena 



at, iv,514 



Hatfeld chase, submarine forest in, ii, 



158 ; water spouts seen on, iv, 267 



Hankadal springs in Iceland described, 



iii, 127 



Haiiy, M. on crystallization, vi, 147 

 Heat of the atmosphere, on the, iv, 37 ; 

 causes of, 46 ; sources and effects of, 

 50 ; comparative effects of, (> ". ; varia- 

 tions of local, 67 ; in different coun- 

 tries, 74 



Heavens, construction of the, i, 61 

 Hebrides, volcanoes in the New, i, 466 

 Heckingham poor-house set on fire, 



iv, 340 



ffeckla in Iceland, description of, i,447 

 Heights, table of, iii, 383 

 Helena, St. volcanoes in, i, 468 



