GENEEAL INDEX. 



ABODES of the Blest, 58. 



Acarus of Crosse and "Weeks, 218. 



Accuracy of Chinese Observers, 

 159. 



Adamant, What was it ? 123. 



Aeronautic Voyage, Remarkable, 

 169. 



Agassiz, Discoveries of, 127. 



Air, Weight of, 14. 



All the World in Motion, 11. 



Alluvial Land of Egypt, 110. 



Ancient World, Science of the, 1. 



Animals in Geological Times, 128. 



Anticipations of the Electric Tele- 

 graph, 220-224. 



Arago on Protection from Storms, 

 159. 



Arctic Climate, Phenomena of, 

 162. 



Arctic Explorations, Rae's, 162. 



Arctic Regions, Scenery and Life 

 of, 180. 



Arctic Temperature, 161. 



Armagh Observatory Level, 

 Change of, 144. 



Artesian Fire-Springs, 118. 



Artesian Well of Grenelle, 114. 



Astronomer, Peasant, 101. 



Astronomer's Dream verified, 88. 



Astronomers, Triad of Contempo- 

 rary, 100. 



Astronomical Observations, Nicety 

 of, 102. 



Astronomy and Dates on Monu- 

 ments, 55. 



Astronomy and Geology, Identity 

 of, 104. 



Astronomy, Great Truths of, 54. 



Atheism, Folly of, 3. 



Atlantic, Basin of the, 171. 



Atlantic, Gales of the, 171. 



Atlantic Telegraph, the, 226-228. 



Atmosphere, Colours of the, 147. 



Atmosphere compared to a Steam- 

 engine, 152. 



Atmosphere, Height of, 147. 



Atmosphere, the, 146. 



Atmosphere, the purest, 150. 



Atmosphere, Universality of the, 

 147. 



Atmosphere weighed by Pascal, 

 148. 



Atoms of Elementary Bodies, 13. 



Atoms, the World of, 13. 



Aurora Borealis, Halley's hypo- 

 thesis of, 198. 



Aurora Borealis, Splendour of the, 

 165. 



Australian Cavern, Inmates of, 

 137. 



Australian Pouch-Lion, 137. 



Axis of Rotation, the, 11. 



BAROMETER, Gigantic, 151. 



Barometric Measurement, 151. 



Batteries, Minute and Vast, 204. 



Birds, Gigantic, of New Zealand, 

 Extinct, 139. 



"Black Waters, the," 182. 



Bodies, Bright, the Smallest, 31. 



Bodies, Compression of, 12. 



Bodies, Fall of, 16. 



Bottles and Currents at Sea, 172. 



Boulders, How transported to 

 Great Heights, 105. 



Boyle on Colours, 49. 



Boyle, Researches of, 6. 



Brain, Impressions transmitted to, 

 235. 



Buckland, Dr., his Geological La- 

 bours, 127. 



Building-Stone, Wear of, 108. 



Burnet's Theory of the Earth, 125. 



Bust, Magic, 36. 



CANDLE-FLAMK, Nature of, 237. 

 Canton's Artificial Magnets, 196. 

 Carnivora of Britain, Extinct, 132. 

 Carnivores, Monster, of France, 

 138. 



