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 OO 



LAP 



Laplace on non-contraction of globe, i. 



304 



— density of the earth, u. 202 

 Lariviere,M.,on ice-transported blocks, 



i. 364 

 Lartet, M., on implements of the Eem- 



deer period, ii. 559 

 Lassaigne, his analysis of Nile mnd, i. 



. 433 



Lauder, Sir T. D., on Moray floods, i. 



349 



floods in Scotland, ii. 5 11 



Lava streams, immense volume of, in 



Iceland eruption, ii. 51 

 , of Iceland and central France, ii. 



51 

 Lavas of Somma, slope of, i. 632, 638, 



643 

 Eed-brick, of Madeira, ii. 404 



— -want of parallelism of, on Etna,ii. 14 

 Lazzaro Moro. See Moro. 

 Leaves, fossil, in tuffs of Etna, ii. 6 

 . of Casa deir Acqua on north side 



of Somma, i. 634 

 Lehman, treatise of 1756, i. 59 

 Leibnitz on origin of primitive masses, 



i. 40 

 Leidy on reptiles of the Chalk, i. 214 



— fossil horses of United States, ii. 



337 _ ^ 



Lemming, migrations of the, ii. 358 



Lemurs, peculiar genera of, in Mada- 

 gascar, ii. 345 



Lena, fossil bones on banks of, i. 181, 

 183 



Leonardo da Yinci on fossil shells, i. 31 



Leslie, Sir J., on heat received by poles 

 and equator, i. 284 



on temperature of hottest 



month in London, i. 294 



Level of Dead Sea and Caspian, i. 112 



— changes of, in Calabrian earthquake, 

 ii. 120 



Leverrier's computation of excentricity 



of earth's orbit, i. 270 

 Lewes levels, marine strata containing 



freshwater species at, ii. 569 



Liebig, Prof., on Icelandic Geysers, ii. 

 221 



Light, influence of, on plants, i. 226 



Lignite, layer of, in San Jorge, Madeira, 



ii. 406 

 Lima, elevated marine strata at, ii. 158 

 Lime, whence derived, ii. 608 

 Lincolnshire, waste of coast, i. 511 

 Lindley, Dr., on fossil plants of Melville 



Island, i. 225 

 number of species of plants, ii. 



270 



Linnseus on dispersion of plants, ii. 38C, 

 393 



MAC 



Linnscus on wild hybrids and protean 

 genera, ii. 323 



introduction of species, ii. 330 

 number of species of insects, ii. 



271 



plants dispersed by man, ii. 398 



species, ii. 267 



striicture of man and ape, ii. 485 



Lippi on Herculaneuni and Pompeii, i. 



643, 646 



Liquid gases, expansive power of, ii. 



222 



Lisbon, earthquakes at, i. 596 



— earthquake of 1755, ii. 147 



■ — subsidence of quay of, ii. 147 

 Lister on fossil shells, i. 40 

 Livingstone on natives collecting grass- 

 seeds, ii. 286 

 Locusts, devastations caused by, ii. 440 



— migration of, ii. 380 

 seeds carried by, ii. 420 



Loess of Mississippi Valley, i. 463 



the Nile, L 433 



Log-cabin found in peat of Donegal, ii. 



504 

 Lombok and Bali, striking contrast of 



species in, ii. 349 

 London, Artesian well near, i. 389 

 Longmynds, system of, Post-Silurian, i. 



129 



Louisiana, formation of lakes in, i . 



454 



Loven and Fries, Profs., cited, ii. 324 

 ■ — Prof., on rise of land in Sweden, ii. 



187 



Lowe, Kev. E. T., on Madeiran land- 

 shells, ii. 421 



Lowestoff Ness, Suffolk, how formed, i. 



518, 519 

 Lubbock, Sir J., on deposition of Nile 



mud, i. 437 



— term Neolithic, i. 176 



— absence of pottery among 



savages, ii. 479 



weapons of pre-historic 



man, ii. 558-560 



MACACUS PLIOCENUS, doubtful 

 authenticity of, i. 194 

 MacClelland, Dr., on volcanic line in 



Bay of Bengal, i. 590 

 McClintock, Captain, on oolitic fossils 



near the pole, i. 218 



_ life in deep seas, ii. 577 



MaccuUoch, Dr., on nature of peat, ii. 



496 



structure of peat, ii. 496 



origin of limestone, ii. 608 



Mackenzie Eiver, floods of, i. 188 

 driftwood of the, ii. 526 



