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INDEX. 



329; her discovery of fossil pens 

 and ink-bags of Loligo, i. 231. 



Anoplotherium, character and place 

 of, i. 70. 



Anstice, Mr. W., his discovery of 

 insects in coal-formation, i. 306 ; 

 megalichthys, &c. found in Coal- 

 brook Dale, by, ii. 43. 



Ant-eater, humerus like that of me- 

 gatherium, i. 123. 



Anthracotherium, character and 

 place of, i. 71. 



Apiocrinites, or pear encrinite, 

 Miller's restoration of, i. 323. 



Arachnidans, two great families of, 

 found fossil, i. 305. 



Arago, is.., on expenditure of rain- 

 water, i. 416; on Artesian wells 

 in France, i. 421. 



Araucaria, fossil in coal formation, 

 i. 366 ; peculiarity in structure of, 

 i. 366; fossil trunks near Edin- 

 burgh, i. 366; fossil in Lias, i. 

 366; localities of living species, 

 i. 367. 



Argonauta, its origin still doubtful, 

 i. 237. 



Armadillo, habit and distribution 

 of, i. 116; fore-foot of, adapted 

 for digging as in the megathe- 

 rium, i. 123 ; bony armour resem- 

 bling that of megatherium, i. 

 127, 128. 



Artesian wells, method of obtaining, 

 i. 419. 424 ; examples of action 

 of, i. 419 ; where most available, 

 i. 420 ; cause of rise of water in, 

 i. 421, 422; temperature of 

 water in, i. 423 ; extensive appli- 

 cation of, i. 423 ; Chinese man- 

 ner of boring without rods, i. 

 424 ; great importance of, i. 424. 



Articulata, earliest examples of, i. 

 56; remains of fossil, i. 291; four 

 classes in all fossiliferous forma- 

 tions, i. 310; changes in families 

 of, i. 311. 



Artois, artificial fountains in, i. 419 

 —421. 



Asaphus, i. 295. 



Asaphus caudatus, fossil eves of, i. 

 301. 



Aspidorhynchus, i. 211. 



Asterophvllites, abundant in coal, i. 

 360. 



Atmospheric pressure, sudden 

 changes of fatal to fishes, i. 103. 



Atmosphere, functions of in circu- 

 lation of water, i. 416. 425; an- 

 cient state of illustrated by eyes 

 of fossil trilobites, i. 303. 



Atoms, ever regulated by fixed and 

 uniform laws, i. 20 ; ultimate, in- 

 divisible nature of, i. 429. 



Audouin, M., wing of corydalis in 

 iron stone discovered by, ii. 77. 



Auvevgne, eggs in lacustrine forma- 

 tions of, i. 74 ; fossil animals found 

 in lacustrine formations of, i. 74; 

 extinct volcanoes of, ii. 8; indusiae 

 in fresh water formation of, i. 98. 



Axis of rotation, coincides with 

 shorter diameter of the globe, ii. 

 39. 



Babbage, Prof., on the obligation 

 of the moralist to the philosopher,, 

 i. 440. 



Bacon, Lord, his view of the distinct 

 provinces of reason and revela- 

 tion, i. 439. 



Baculite, character and extent of, i. 

 276. 



Baker, Miss, belemnite in her col- 

 lection, i. 283. 



Bakewell, Mr., his views of the ex- 

 tent of animal life, i. 85. 



Balistes, spines, action of, i. 221. 



Basalt, various phenomena of, ii. 6. 



Basins, strata of various ages dis- 

 posed in form of, i. 394; mechani- 

 cal operations producing, i. 395. 



Bat, toes compared with those of 

 pterodactyle, i. 178. 



Bears, bones of, in caves of Ger- 

 many, &.c i. 80; bones of, in 

 caves near Liege, i. 89. 



Beaufort, Captain, on bottles sunk 

 in the sea, i. 261. 



Beaumont, M. Elie de, elevations 

 observed by, ii. 6. 



Beaver, chisel-shaped structure of 

 its incisors, i. 119. 



Becquerel, M., on crystals produced 

 under influence of electrical cur- 

 rents, i. 412. 



Beechey, Captain, ammonites found 

 by, in Chili, i. 254. 



Beetles, remains of in oolitic series 

 ii. 78. 



