CXXXI1 INDEX. 



Dioscorides, descriptions of plants by, p. 181. Chemical experiments, p. 193, 212. 



EDITOR, Note 514 bit. 



Egypt, chronological epochs of its history, p. 112, 122,123; Note 146. Peculiar 

 character of its civilisation, p. 123, 124. Conquests and victories of Ramses 

 Miamoun, p. 123, 124. Egyptian navigation, p. 124. Influence of the admis- 

 sion of Greek hired troops and Greek commerce in Lower Egypt, p. 125. 

 Advantages of its geographical position for commerce, p. 167, 168. 



Elcano, Sebastian de, after the death of Magellan, completed the first circumnavi- 

 gation of the globe, and armorial bearings granted to him in commemoration 

 thereof, p. 270. 



Electricity,connection of electric action with magnetism recognised by William 

 Gilbert, p. 331, 339, 340 ; Note 528. Great though interrupted advances in the 

 knowledge of electricity, p. 339-341. 



Ellipticity of Jupiter and of the Earth, p. 350 ; Note 542. 



Empedocles, his Poem of Nature, p. 9. 



Eratosthenes, his geography, p. 174. Measurement of an arc of the meridian 

 175, Note 270. Remarks on the configuration of the southern part of Europe, 

 Note 153. 



Ercilla, Don Alonso de, his Araucana, p. 60 ; Note 96. 



Essenes, reference to the anchoritic life of the Jewish, Note 45. 



Ethnology, materials for the comparison of different races furnished by Alexander's 

 campaigns, but the comparative study of languages not followed by the 

 ancients, p. 160, 161. 



Etruscans, their character, influence, and study of nature in connection with 

 augury and divination, p. 134, 135 ; Notes 185188. 



Euclid, p. 177. 



Euripides, description of Messenia, p. 11 ; Note 13. Of Cithoeron, and of sun 

 rise in the Delphic valley, Note 12. 



Exotic, culture of exotic plants, p. 9295. 



Experiment, as distinguished from observation, commenced by Ptolemy, p. 18 , 

 193. Pursued by the Arabians, p. 213. 



Eyck, the landscape oaintings of Hubert and John van Eyck, p. 78, 79. 



Fabricius (Jonn), his discovery of the solar spots, p. 319, 320. 



Fabricius (David), father of John, observed the varying brightness of a star in 

 Cetus, p. 326, 327. 



Faraday, diamagnetism, p. 332. 



Fermat regarded as the inventor of the infinitesimal calculus, p. 323 ; Note 495. 



Fins, Finnish songs, and a recently-discovered ancient Finnish epic poem, p. 42, 43. 



Firdusi's Shahnameh, p. 41. Quotation from, Note 129. 



Forster (George), his descriptions of the Islands of the Pacific, p. 63, 70, 71. Their 

 influence on the author, p. 5. 



Fortunate Islands, of the Greeks, p. 130. 



Frederic, Emperor Frederic II. his love of knowledge and his letter to the Uni- 

 versity of Bologna, Note 338. His advances in natural history, and Cuvier's 

 praise of him, Note 381. 



Freytag, remarks on Arabian poetry, p. 48. 



Frislanda, Island of, mentioned by Columbus, Note 374. 



Galen of Pergamos, his merits, and Cuvier's praise of him, p. 181, 182, 194. 



