ki 



Page. 



Dew, Phenomena of 253 



Diving Bell, History of the 124 



" Description aud Uses of 125 



" Operations of, on the 



wreck of the Royal 



George 129 



" Blasting Rocks by means 



of 1 30 



" Apparatus of Mr. James 131 



Earth, Strata of 44 



Earth, as a Planet, described 238 



Eclipses 216 



" the Great Solar one of 183 



Edfou, ruins of 232 



Etl\ stone Light-House 154 



Elephanta, Cave of 215 



./Etna, description of 14 



" Ascent of 16 



Eye, the, compared with Optical In- 

 struments 268 



Falls of the Clyde 56 



Fata Morgana, description of 102 



Fingal's Cave, description of 65 



Fire Damp, dangers of 167 



" Safety Lamp, value of.. 168 



Ganges, River, description of 83 



Gas, History of 50 



Geology, Study of 42 



Geysers, (hot springs) description of 39 



Giant's Castle in Franconia 



Giralda, at Seville, description of. ... 



Globe, Celestial, description of 244 



Gelling, Bridge and Waterfall, in the 



Tyrol 188 



Grace Darling, her gallant conduct .. 1G-; 



Grand Junction Railway 9 



Grande Chartreuse, Monastery of. ... 22- 



Great Western Railway 95 



Greenwich Railway 95 



Health Promoted by llnilway Tra- 

 velling 98 



Ilecla, Mount, description of 24 



" Ascent of 25 



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H^cla, Eruptions of 20 



iloar Frosts, Phenomena of 253 



Hot Springs of Iceland 39 



Human Frame, description of 68 



Human Life, average duration of. ... 72 



Islands, Volcanic, description of .... 35 



Juno, the Planet 243 



Jupiter, the Planet 241 



Lauffen on the Rhine, description of 86 



Light-Houses, History of 162 



" Edystone 154 



BellRock ICO 



" Longstone 164 



Light, Theory of, fully described 268 



Logan Stones of Cornwall 221 



London Bridge, Old 184 



New 190 



Lungs (human), description of 70 



Luxor Obelisk at Paris 211 



" Ruins of, in Egypt 227 



Maelstrom, Whirlpool of 57 



Manchester and Liverpool Railway. . 89 



Mars, the Planet 241 



Menai Bridge, description of 193 



Mercury, the Planet 237 



Minar, Tower of, at Delhi 204 



Mirage, description of 99 



Monk Suspension Bridge near Leeds K6 

 Monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, 



description of 224 



Monument of London 206 



Mont Blanc, description of 1 



" Ascents to 2 



Moon, the description of ^39 



Mosque of St. Sophia 207 



" of Omar at Jerusalem 210 



Mountains, description of I 



" Mont Blanc 1 



" St. Bernard 6 



" Pyrenees JO 



' Comparative heights of, 



in the world 12 



