SUBJECT-INDEX. 



(For this Index the Author is indebted to F. HOWARD COLLINS, Esq. 

 of Edgbaston, Birmingham.) 



"A priori truth," defined, 183 n. 



Absolute, the : Mansel on conception of, 

 40-4, 78-81, 89-99; also Hamilton, 

 76-8, 89-99. 



Adaptation, an instance of equilibration, 

 526. 



Albumen, number of atoms in, 423. 



Alimentary canal, evolution of, 399-401. 



Amalgamation, the same as integration, 

 586. 



America, Central, effects of subsidence, 

 451. 



Animals, see Biology. 



Annealing, molecular action of, 301. 



Annulosa, longitudinal and transverse 

 integration in, 323. 



Appearance and phenomenon, mislead- 

 ing associations of, 161, 597. 



Army, evolution of an, 405. 



Arnold, M., on the formula of evolution, 

 581. 



Arts, the : integration shown by, 334-7 ; 

 also heterogeneity, 360-4 ; definite- 

 ness, 389 ; and multiplied effects, 468. 



Assyria, artistic development in, 360-4. 



Astacus fluviatilis, trans verse and longi- 

 tudinal integration in, 324. 



Astronomy, various conceptions of solar 

 motion, 105 ; persistence of force ex- 

 emplified by planetary motion, 192; 

 transformation and equivalence of 

 forces, 211-3 ; the laws of motion, 

 236-8 ; rhythm of motion, 264-6 ; si- 

 dereal and solar integration, 318, 340 ; 

 increased definiteness of evolving solar 

 system, 375 ; greater definiteness of 

 prevision in, 387 ; redistributions of 

 motion in evolving solar system, 396 ; 

 instability of the liomogeneous illus- 

 trated by stellar distribution and 

 colour, 416-9 ; by the nebular hypo- 

 thesis, 419-21; and by planetary or- 



bits, 421 ; the multiplication of ef- 

 fects, 446-8 ; segregation, 479 ; inde- 

 pendent, or perfect moving equili- 

 brium, 500 ; Equilibrium mobile^ 501, 

 502 ; calculations to disprove the 

 nebular hypothesis, 504 n. ; equilibra- 

 tion illustrated, by nebular genesis, 

 503 ; by the planetary motions, 504-6 ; 

 and by solar heat diffusion, 506-8 ; 

 terrestrial disintegration, 540 ; univer- 

 sal evolution and dissolution, 541-9 ; 

 Sir J. Herschel on stellar concentra- 

 tion, 545; gravitation of magellanic 

 clouds, 544. 

 Atheism unthinkable, 33. 



BABINET, J., on nebular hypothesis, 

 504 n. 



Baer, K. E. von, the formula of, 347. 



Ball and string, perceptible and latent 

 activity shown by, 189. 



Beckett, "Sir E., Origin of the Laws oj 

 Nature, 577. 



Bees, the sex of, 454. 



Beliefs : usually founded on fact, 3-5 ; 

 the common groundwork of opposed, 

 5-11 ; (see also Keligion.) 



Biology : relativity of knowledge and 

 the nature of life, 84-9 ; definition of 

 life, 86 ; transformation and equiva- 

 lence offerees, 216-9 ; laws of motion, 

 240-4 ; rhythm of motion, 270-3 ; uni- 

 versal presence of integration and dis- 

 integration, 294 ; amount of contained 

 motion in animals and plants, 310-4 ; 

 and their mutual interdependence, 

 321-5 ; heterogeneity of evolving or- 

 ganisms, 344-7, 351 ; Von Baer's for- 

 mula, 347 ; increasing definiteness of 

 mammalian development, 378-81 : has 

 increasing definiteness characterized 

 evolving flora and fauna ?, 381 ; redia- 



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