Gunnerby Hill, 55, 56, 63 



Hadley, Prof. J., 1 1 



Haldon Hill, 62 



Herschel, Sir William, 14, 19, 91-96, 101, 103 



Homberg, M., 79 



Humber, 63 



Knight, Dr Gowin, 1 1, 74 



Larmor, Sir Joseph, 96 



Leeds, 76 



Lias, 53, 61, 62, 66, 67 



Light, Michell's conception of, 79, 103 



Lyell, Sir Charles, 69 



Lyme, 61 



Magnetism, Michell on, 73 



Mairan, M., 79 



Maty, Dr i\l., 1 1 



Michell, John, earliest account of, 3 ; at Queens' 

 College, Cambridge, 4-6 ; Woodwardian Pro- 

 fessor of Geology, 6 ; his personal appearance, 7 ; 

 Fellow of Queens', ** ; his treatise on Magnets, 

 8, 73; his Essay on Earthquakes, 9, 25; elected 

 into the Royal Society, 1 1, 73 ; Rector ot Comp- 

 ton, 12; his Marriage, 12 ; Rector of Havant, 13; 

 his daughter, 13, 14; family traditions, 13; Rec- 

 tor of Thornhill, 13; his connection with London, 

 2O ; his early interest in geology, 21; his death 

 and epitaph at Thornhill, 23 



His contributions to Geology, 24-58 ; on the 

 causes and phenomena of Earthquakes, 25 ; on 

 the structure of the stratified part of the Earth's 

 crust, 39; his contributions to Physics, 72-90; 

 on Magnetism, 73 ; on V ision, Light, etc., 76 ; 

 on the immateriality of Matter, 81 ; his Torsion- 

 balance for determining the mean density of the 

 Earth, 84; his contributions to Astronomy, 91- 

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