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Snow-line, the elevation of the, recognised as a function of the latitude, p. 284 



Note 439. 

 Spanish poetry and literature considered in reference to descriptions of nature, 



p. 59 61; Notes 96 99. 

 Stars, apparition of new, in the latter part of the 16th and beginning of the 17th 



centuries, p. 322333. Variations in the brightness of particular stars, p. 322, 



326,327; Note 503. 



Steno (Nicolaus), early advances in geology, p. 346, 347. 

 Strabo, on the varied coast line of Southern Europe, p, 115 ; on the knowledge and 



skill of the Sidonians, p. 128. On theTyrian towns of the west coast of Africa, 



p. 129. On temples near the Persian Gulf, p. 132. On the ancient Iberian 



nations, p. 136. On his great work on geography and geological views, 



p. 187189. 

 Suan-pan, Indian reckoning apparatus, p. 227 ; Note 359. 



Tacitus, p. 21, 22. 



Tasso, p. 56. Quotation from, in praise of Columbus, p. 241. 



Telescope, history of the discovery of the, 314316 ; Note 482. Place which this 



discovery holds in the history of the Cosmos, p. 102, 109, 304, 355. 

 Theocritus, p. 12. 

 Theophrastus, p. 158, 159, 181. 

 Thermometer, invention of the, p. 335 ; Note 515. Its importance towards the 



general knowledge of nature, p. 335, 336. Early thermometric observations 



on a systematic plan of the Accademia del Cimento, p. 335 ; Notes 515517. 



Differentia], p. 338 ; Note 524. 

 Thier-epos or epos of animals, p. 36. 

 Thomson's Seasons, p. 62, 63. 

 Tibullus, p. 20. 

 Tides of the ocean, first known to the Greeks at Gadeira, p. 148. Application of 



mathematical analysis to the laws of, p. 352. 

 Tieck, Ludwig, comments on descriptions in Calderon and other Spanish writers, 



p. CO. On Shakespeare's description of Dover Cliff, and on the manner in 



which he often conveys impressions of natural scenes without describing 



them, p. 61, 62. 

 Time-piece, a very curious, sent to Charlemagne from Persia, and another from 



Egypt to Frederic II., Note 349. 

 Tin, ancient trade in, p. 128 ; Note 169. 

 Titian, on the landscape portion of some of his pictures, and of one especially, 



p. 79, 80. 



Torricelli, pupil of Galileo, and inventor of the barometer, p. 337. 

 Toscanelli, Paolo, his famous chart, and his connection with and influence on 



Columbus, p. 263, 2f 9 and 270 ; Notes 410, 420. 

 Travellers, comparison between the writings of modern, and those of the middle 



ages, p. 6769. 

 Tropics, enthusiastic description of the beauty of tropical scenery, p. 83, 84, 88, 



93. Cultivation of tropical plants, p. 9295. Views of tropical scenery 



hitherto painted, p. 82, 83 ; Note 124. More beautiful ones hoped for, 8389. 

 Turdetani and Turduli, p. 136. 

 Tuscans : see Etruscan. 

 Tycho Brahe, p. 106, 310, 312, 313. 



