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B<ckh, origin of the ancient mytL of 

 the Nemean lunar lion, 123. 



Boguslawski, falls of shouting stars, 

 106,116. 



Bonpland, M., and Humboldt, on the 

 pelagic shells found on the ridge of 

 the Andes, 25. 



Bopp, derivation of the word Cosmos, 

 52, 53. 



Boiissingault, on the depth at which is 

 foui..i the mean annual temperature 

 within the tropics, 168; on the vol- 

 canoes of New Granada, 21-4; on 

 the temperature of the earth in the 

 tropics, 217, 218; temperature of the 

 thermal springs of Las Trincheras, 

 219; his investigations on the che- 

 mical analysis of the atmosphere, 

 317, 318; on the mean annual quan- 

 tity of rain in different parts of South 

 America, 341,342. 



Bouvard, M., 90 ; his observations on 

 that portion of the horary oscilla- 

 tions of the pressure of the atmo- 

 sphere, which depends on the attrac- 

 tion of the moon, 319. 



Bramidos y truenos, of Guanaxuato, 

 204, 205. 



Brande, tails of shooting stars, 100, 

 102 ; height and velocity of shooting 

 stars, 107; their periodic falls, 113. 



Bravais, on the aurora, 196; on the 

 dailv oscillations of the barometer 

 in 70 north latitude, 320 ; distribu- 

 tion of the quantity of rain in Cen- 

 tral Europe, 341 ; doubts on the 

 greater dry ness of mountain air, 

 342. 



Brewster, Sir David, first detected the 

 connection between the curvature of 

 magnetic lines and my isothermal 

 lines, 187. 



Brongniart, Adolphe, luxuriance of the 

 primitive vegetable world, 215; fos- 

 sil flora contained in coal measures, 

 283. 



Brongniart, Alexander, formation ot 

 ribbon jasper, 260; one of the 

 founders of the archaeology of or- 

 ganic life, 275. 



Brow n, Robert, first discoverer of molec- 

 ular motion, 350. 



Buch's, Leopold von, theory on the 

 elevation ot continents and mountain 

 chains, 25; on the craters and cir- 



cular form of the Island of Paima, 

 223; on volcanoes, 232, 237, 241, 

 242,246, 2 17; on metamorphic rocks, 

 2492o-2, 261, 264, 265; on the 

 origin <>f various conglomerates ard 

 rocks ut 4 detritus, 271 ; classificatu n 

 of Ammonites, 279 ; physical causes 

 of the vlevation of continents, 299; 

 on tta changes in height of the 

 Swedish coasts, 299, 300. 



Buckland, 274; on the fossil flora of 

 the coal measures, 282. 



Buffon, his views < n the geographical 

 distribution of animals, 357. 



Burckhardt, on the volcano of Medina 

 246; on the hornitos de Jorullo. 

 See note by Translator, 227. 



Burnes, Sir Alexander, on the purity 

 of the atmosphere in Bokhara, 100 

 101; propagation of shocks of earth- 

 quakes, 208. 



Caille, La, pendulum measurements at 



the Cape of Good Hope, 161. 

 Caldas, quantity of rain at Santa Fe 



de Bogota, 341. 

 Camargo's M.S. Hlstoria de Tlascala, 



130. 

 Capocci, his observations on periodic 



tails of aerolites, 113, 114. 

 Carlini, geodesic experiments in Lom- 



bardy, 159, 160; Mount Cenis, 162. 

 Carrara marble, 263, 264. 

 Carus, his definition of " Nature," 21. 

 Caspian Sea, its periodic rise and /all 



301,302. 

 Cassini, Dominicus, on the Zodiacal 



light, 127,128; hypothesis on, 130 : 



his discovery of the spheroidal form 



of Jupiter, 156. 

 Cautley, Capt., and Dr. Falconer, dis 



covery of gigantic fossils in the Hi- 

 malayas, 281 ; see also note by 



Translator, 281. 

 Cavanilles, first entertained the idea oi 



seeing grass grow, 140. 

 Cavendish, use of the torsi cn-balacce 



to determine the mean density of the 



Earth, 162. 

 Challis, Professor, on the Aurora, 



March 19, and Oct. 24th, 1847, see 



note by Translator, 190, 194. 

 Chardin, noticed in Persia the famous 



comet of 1668, called * nyzek, 01 



' petite lance,' 128. 



