INDEX. 



Volrrr, a genus of animalcules, v, 350 

 Vowi/r nut, account ot'll'.c. \, -jii2 

 VnrticrtliL, natural histor\ ofthe, v,3-18 

 !'< -tit-ex, on the ('artesian, i, ,'J.i 

 \'u!e<in, on the fable of, i, 4<>4 

 I'nltiin, n;itnr;il history of the, v, 585 

 Walis, inoiin tains of, ii, 4 ! ' 

 H /(// ofChina, description ofthc, vi,480 

 War improves geography, i, 301 

 lVrtr<W<o,Bp.on hieroglyphics, vi,,; 1( 

 I! 'iitrhglass, manufacture of, vi, l6l 

 Water, its effects on the earth, i, 237 ; 

 on sweetening sea, iii, 368; on the 

 pressure of, 385 ; on jets of, 398; on 

 atmospheric, iv, J4; expansion of, 

 52; on the evaporation of, 129; 

 ascent of, 144 



Water fowl, natural history of, v, 642 

 Waters, of the deluge on the, i, '2">.S : 

 .extraordinary agitation of, ii, 47,58; 

 on foreign mineral, iii, l6l ; methods 

 of, analysing, 178; principles con- 

 tainc/1 in, 179; different classes of, 

 182 ; s synoptical table of, 212 

 Waterspouts, general account of, iv, 

 256; genuine ones, 262; mimic, 2C7 

 Wares, on the motion of, iii, 359; ef- 

 fects of oil on, 36 1 

 War, on painting in, vi, 411 ; revival 



of, 425; improvements in, 429 

 Waxtree, description of, v, 308 ; a new 



vegetable, 310 



Wecdens well, description of, iii, 176 

 Wells, remarkable one in Devonshire, 

 iii, 85; Gigglcswick, 86, 92; at 

 U igan, 147 ; Brosely, 148 ; in Cler- 

 inont, lf>9; Bristol, 175; St. \\ in* - 

 fred's, ihid ; Weedcn's, 1/6; Bux- 

 ton, ibid ; Tun bridge, 177 



riini systetQ of mineralogy, i,2SO 

 Wesel, course of the, iii, 26 

 West Judirt, volcanic phenomena in, 



i, 4!U ; mountains in, ii, 433 

 Wetter lake, description of, iii, 233 

 Wheat, effect of thunder on, iv, 312; 



sugar extracted from, v, 92 

 Wliirln-inds, observations on, iv, 248 

 Whixton's theory of the earth, i, 255 

 Whispi r iii rj galleries, account of, iv, 544 

 Wkiti iiiounlains in America, ii, 432 

 W hitehavcn, account of the coal works 

 at, ii, 340 



Wichlmr Coppermine describe,!, ii, 



. n'ohl iii, 



Wiaan we.ll, Lancashire, described, iii, 

 147 



W intlow glass, manufacture of, vi, 161 

 , account of the cape of the,ii,4.'.0 

 Winds, on the nature and origin of, iv, 

 185; on the velocity of, inti; 

 of trade, 1<>9; intensity of, J'i. ( ; pi r- 

 enial, 207 ; toj.ieal, _'!!; lln 

 sian,'217 ; KhOinaeen, 2 1 2~' ; >i 

 223 , long-shore, 22 1 ; land an 

 2,'.; thirniiittan, '>-2(> ; topical or 

 toral, 232; simoom, 233; u.. 

 234; occasional, 235; transports 

 seeds, v, 29 [iii, 175 



Winifred's well, Flintshiro, described, 

 Wines, on the varieties of, v, 73 

 Winters, remarkably severe, iv, 117 

 Wood, description of petrified, ii, 148; 



iii, '275 



Wood, art of sculpture in, \ i. 

 Woodpecker, natural hist, of the, v, ;"<)7 

 Woorara, a vegetable poison, describ- 

 ed, v, 236 

 Worlds, conjectures on the celestial, i, 



36- 



Worms, natural history of, v, 345 ; ofthc 

 ship, 367 ; shell, 375 ; intestinal, 37<3 

 Wrehin in Shropshire, account of, ii,4 42 

 Wren, natural history oflhe, v, < 

 Writing, origin and progress of, vi, 

 343 ; claims to the invention of, 363 

 Wrunvch, description of, v, f>41 

 Xerjrrs, Ii is bridge of boats, vi, :>\7 

 Xisitthnif, tradition of. i, 246 

 Year, on the Egyptian, i, 203 

 Vord'ts cave in Yorkshire, iii, i 

 Yorkshire, submarine forest in, ii, l.">ft ; 

 ancient town in, 223 ; meteor ob- 

 served in, iv, 441 



Yverdnn lake, description of, iii, Q36 

 '/.nmbnrari, his ;rrial voyage, vi, 7 I 

 Zcitlandi\;\\, account of the new , 

 Y.i-mcnt copper, properties of, ii, 315) 

 Zinc, applied in galvanism, vi, 4 . , 



history of, 214 ; description !. 

 'Zirkinztr lake, description of, iii, !)7 

 Zodiac, on the signs of the, i, 3 

 Zoophytes, natural history of, ii, 148 

 ZdOfthiftic worms described, v, 352 

 Zin/der-Zee, formation ofthc, ii, 1 r. 



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