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Galileo, his first telescope, p. 315, 316. Measures the height of mountains in the 

 Moon, p. 316 ; Note 483. Discovery of the satellites of Jupiter, p. 316. Pro- 

 poses to determine longitudes at sea by their occultations, p. 318. First 

 imperfect observation of Saturn's ring, p. 318, 319. Solar spots, p. 319321. 

 Phases of Venus, p. 321. His just views of atmospheric pressure, which led 

 to the construction of the barometer, p. 337. His view of the trade winds, 

 p. 338 ; Note 523. 



Gardens, botanic, p. 82, 219 ; Note 344. Gardens of Semiramis, p. 95 ; Note 



128. Chinese gardens, p. 96 99 ; Notes 134 139. Gardens in Japan, and 



generally round Buddhistic edifices, p. 99; Note 140. Adonis gardens, 



Note 124. Garden of Albertus Magnus at Cologne, Note 124. 



Gas, first employment of the term, and early views, observations, experiments, 



&c. in respect to gases, p. 342 346. 



Geography, discussion on mythical, p. 130, 140, 141, 146; Note 154, 204. Of the 

 Arabians and other Asiatic nations, p. 217, 218; Notes, 331, 334. Of the 

 ancients, p. 141, 147, 174, 187192; Notes 200, 243, 290-302, 333. Early 

 progress of physical, p. 260, 261. Rapid advance of geographical knowledge 

 in the great epoch of the oceanic discoveries, p. 266, 271, and Section VI. 

 generally. 



Geology, early geological inquiries, p. 346351. Commencements of fossil geo- 

 logy, p. 346348. Views of Leibnitz and Hooke, 348, 349. 

 Germans of the middle ages, their descriptions of natural scenery, p. 32 36 ; 



Notes 5255. Writers of the last century, ibid. p. 66, 67. 

 Gilbert (William), terrestrial magnetism and electricity, p. 331, 332, 339, 340; 



Notes 510, 528. 



Gobar, the Arabian "dust-writing," a system of numeration, Note 359. 

 Joethe, his descriptions of nature, p. 73. Lines on Sacontala, Note 60. 

 Gold, the countries and sources from whence it was obtained by the ancients, 



p. 132-134, 141, 142. 



Greece, peculiar charm of Grecian scenery, p. 10, 138. The deeply-indented 

 coast line which contributes to that charm, favourable to early navigation and 

 intercourse with strangers, p. 138. 



Greeks, the ancient, their descriptions of natural scenes and objects, p. 615 ; 

 Notes 421. The Christian Greeks, ibid. p. 26 29; Notes 45 50. Land- 

 scape painting of the Greeks, p. 75, 76; Notes 107, 108. General notice 

 of the character and influence of the Greeks in extending the physical know- 

 ledge of the Universe previous to the expeditions of Alexander, p. 137 148. 

 Character of the different races of which the ancient Greeks were composed, 

 and its influence, p. 138. Greek hired soldiers in other countries, p. 125, 138. 

 Greek colonies, p. 139, 140, 143145. Influence of the restoration of the 

 knowledge of Greek literature in the middle ages, p. 251253. 

 Greenland, discovery of, and settlements there, p. 233 ; Notes 363, 307, 369, 370. 

 Adventurous voyages from thence to the North, to Barrow's Straits, to the 

 east coast of Greenland, and to the coast of America, p. 234, 235 ; Notes 367, 

 368. Prohibition of commercial intercourse with Iceland, and gradual decay 

 of the settlements, 239, 240 ; Note 369. 

 Gregory of Nazianzum, Notes 4648. 

 Gregory of Nyssa on the contemplation of nature, p. 28, 29. 

 Grimaldi, optical observations, p. 329. 

 Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm), account of the poetic literature of the Germans in 



the middle ages, p. 3236 ; Notes 55, 56, 59. On Finnish poetry, p. 42. 

 Grouping, influence of the well-contrasted grouping of exotic plants, p. 9296. 



