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INDEX. 



Languages, Hieroglyphics, 151,230. 



Kawi, 151. 

 Persian, 152. 

 Sanscrit, 151, 152. 

 Laplace [Math.], 34, 138, 195, 208 ; 

 [Physicist], 226, 244, 272, 273, 

 283. 



Latent Heat, 173. 

 Latitude, First Parallel of, 24. 

 Latour (Cagniard), 256. 

 Lauffen Waterfall, 264. 

 Lavoisier, 37 ; Founder of Modern 

 Chemistry, Nomenclature, Oxy- 

 gen, 176 ;" [Physicist], 178, 226. 

 Law, Idea of, 272. 



Notion of, 72. 

 Law of Adaptation, 116. 

 ,, Antagonism, 242. 

 Atomic Equality (Gay- 



Lussac), 183. 



Atomic Heat(Dulong), 183. 

 Avogadro (Molecules), 185. 

 Biogenesis (Recapitulation 



Theory), 147. 

 Bode, 103, 206. 

 Boyle, 172. 

 Compressibility, 172. 

 Conservation of Energy, 



244. 

 Contrast of Colours (Chev- 



reul), 183. 



; , Correlation of Forces, 242. 

 ,, Definite Proportions, 178. 

 Diffusion of Gases (Gra- 

 ham), 184. 



Dissipation of Energy, 254. 

 Distances in Electricity, 



230. 



,, Ebullition (Franklin), 220. 

 Elasticity of Torsion, 223. 

 Electric Attraction and Re- 

 pulsion, 223. 



Electric Current, 232. 

 ,, Resistance, 234. 



Electromotive Force, 235. 

 Embryological Develop- 

 ments, 132 



Equivalent Proportions, 1 80. 

 Errors, 196. 



Law of Evolution, 276. 



Fecundation, 133. 



Fertilisation, 116. 



Fixity of Composition, 174. 



Grimm, 151. 



Homology, 126. 



Hydrostatics, 23. 



Inheritance, 116. 



Isomorphism! Mitscherlich),, 



183- 



Joule, 244. 

 Knight, 143. 

 the Lever, 22, 57, 98. 

 Mariotte, 172, 217. 

 Mechanical Energy, 195. 

 Mechanics (in Animals), 



125. 



,, Metamorphosis, 115. 

 Octaves (Newlands), 189. 

 Organic Evolution, 117, 121, 

 126,130, 131, 138, 141,142. 

 See Doctrine of Evolution. 

 Periodic, 188. 

 Pressure (Pascal's), 192. 

 Thermodynamics, 195. 

 Torricelli, 216. 

 Volumes (Gay-Lussac), 182. 

 Laws, Atmospheric, 271. 

 Geological, 283. 

 Grand, 271. 

 Natural, 271. 

 Universal, 286, 287. 

 Laws of Chemistry, 179, 180. 



Cooling, 233. 



Davy, 1 8 1. 



Double Refraction, 233. 



Electrolysis, 238. 



Equilibrium of Liquids, 

 101. 



Expansion of Gases, 233. 



Falling Bodies, 100. 



Geology, 165. 



Gravitation, 200. 



Light, 272, 275. 



Mechanics, 102, 125. 



Mixture, 178. 



Motion, 60, 101, 103, 201,. 

 225, 272, 283. 



Polarisation, 233. 



