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ACORN, fossil 439 



/Elites, formation of 318 



Agricola, treats of secondary fossils 19 



Albert le Grand, mentions a petrified branch 



of a tree, with a bird's nest and birds 18 



Alder, petrified 393 



Alexander ab Alexandra, speaks of secondary 



fossils 17 



Amber, analysis of 154 



containing extraneous bodies 151 



described 150 



known to the ancients 150 



produced by the bituminous fermen- 

 tation 223 



Analysis of bituminous spar 378 



. calcareous wood 377 



jasperized wood 335 



opaline wood 348 



Ash, petrified 393 



Asphaltum 121 



analysis of 148 



mine of, in the Isle of Bua 142 



mentation 



- produced by the bituminous fer- 



219 



Beech tree, petrified 893 



Beringer (Dr.) duped by factitious represen- 

 tation of petrifactions 26 



Bitumens, described 129 



frequently found in Derbyshire... 146 



mentioned by the most ancient 



writers ].'40 



treated of by more modern authors 138 



the result of a peculiar fermenta- 

 tion 207 



Box tree, petrified 3Q3 



Bread, petrified 462 



Bucket, petrified .197 



Cannel-coal, described 157 



its difference from jet explained 232 



Caoutchouc, mineral, or elastic bitumen ...... 1 29 



Caoutchouc, mineral, found in Derbyshire... 146 

 . varieties of 147 



Casts described 37 



Caverns, stalactitic, described ; 372 



Charcoal, mineral, described 275 



found in various parts 280 



formation explained 286 



- 1 opinions respecting 273 



Charmouth cliffs, slow combustion of 278 



Chemnitz, starry stones of 401 



Cherry-stone, fossil 439 



Coal, accompanied by pyrites 177 



analysis of 178 



cause of particularities 263 



described I5f 



how produced by the deluge 269 



long known in China 16J 



not often mentioned by Greek writers, 



or early Romans 162 



opinions respecting the formation of ... 233 



opinion respecting, proposed....... 247 



peculiar arrangement of the particles of 264 



strata belonging to .... 168 



varieties of 160 



Kilkenny 27S 



pits, combustion of 170 



general observations respecting ... 17 1 



particularities of 173 



explained 261 



Cocos, petrifactions resembling nuts of that 



genus 448 



Coffee-berries, fossil 439 



Confetto di Tivbli 363 



Corn, ears of, fossil 441 



Cup of the oak 44 



Date stone 448 



Deluge, effects of, conjectured 251 



universality of the, asserted 251 



opposed 250 



Dice, fossil , 400 



