278 



INDEX 



Breccia, 255, n. i. 

 Bruno, Giordano, 169. 

 Burial, Chinese, 236. 

 Byssus, 255. 

 Byzantium, 210, n. i. 



Calculi, 221. 



Callus, 225. 



Canals, 222. 



Candolle, 181, n, 3. 



Capellini, Giovanni, 186. 



Capillaries, 221, 222, 223. 



Casserius, 176. 



Cause, First, 264, 266. 



Caverns, 234, 265, 267. 



Caves, 234. 



Cavities, in body, 222 ; in crystals, 238; inearth, 

 230; in rocks, 238, 256; in shells, 255. 



Chalcedony, 224. 



Chamberlain, 255, n. i. 



Charcoal, 229, 260. 



Chemists, 216. 



Chereau, 175, n. 2; 176, n. 1. 



Chiana, 260, n. i. 



Chinese, 236. 



Chorion, 220. 



Christian V, 183. 



Cicero, 176, n. 4; 205, n. 3. 



Cinnabar, 218. 



Clanis, 260, n. i. 



Clays, 255, n. i. 



Cleavage, of selenites, 249, n. i. 



Cockles, 210, n. I; 251. 



Concretions, 226, n. i; 255, n. i. 



Consani, Vincenzo, 185. 



Copenhagen, 175, 176, 185. 



Copper, 218, 225, 246. 



Cosimo III, 182, 183, 185. 



Cracks, in concretions, 255, n. i; in strata, 231, 

 232. 



Crania, 257. 



Creation, strata at, 228; chronology of, 269. 



Crete, 210, n. i. 



Cribration, 222, 223, 224. 



Crusts, 228, 229. 



Crystals, angles of, 237; cause of, 242; columnar 

 form of, 171; faces of, 171; figures of, 272 ff.; 

 formation of, 237 ff.; growth of, 171, 238 f.; 

 hardening of, 218, 237; hues of, 240, 243; en- 

 closed in solid, 218; law of interfacial angles 

 of, 171; lustre of, 240; of mountains, 225; 

 movement in, 242; of niter, 171, 219; nucleus 

 of, 171, 172; orientation of molecules in, 171; 

 parts of, 237; phantom, 171; planes of, 237, 

 239; prisms of, 237; pyramids of, 237; means 



quartz, 218, n. i; 220, n. i; 237, n. i; in 



shells, 254; surface of, 239. 

 Crystalline matter, 238, 239, 240, 241. 

 Crystallography, 171. 



Cubes, of marcasites, 247; truncated, 245. 

 Cuvier, 260, n. I. 

 Cybotus, 232, n. 2. 

 Cynics, 213, n. 2; 214. 



Damigeron, 224, n. i. 



Dardania, 268, n. 2. 



Dati, Carlo, 180. 



Davis, Robert, 198. 



Deluge, Universal, 169, 174, 258, 264, 265, 266, 



268. 

 Democritus, 205. 

 Demons, 232, n. 2. 

 Demosthenes, 224, n. i. 

 Dendrites, 225, 262. 

 Denmark, 232, n. 2. 

 Dennis, 258, n. 2. 

 Deperet, 260, n. i. 



Deposits, alluvial, 263; marine, 172, 226. 

 Descartes, 170, 179, 228. 

 Devil-fishes, 257, n. i. 

 Diamonds, 225, 246. 

 Diels, 251, n. i. 



Dissertation, 181, 208, 215, 248, 254, 269, 276. 

 Divination, 236. 

 Divining rod, 173, 236, n. i. 

 Dog's head, dissection of, 177. 

 Dragon, 236. 



Drebell, Cornelius, 249, n. 2. 

 Ducts, lymphatic, 222. 



Eagle, 224, n. I. 



Eagle-fish, teeth of, 257. 



Eagle-rays, 257, n. I. 



Eaglestone, 224, 224, n. I. 



Earth, productivity of, 212, 216, 217. 



Earthquakes, 173, 232, n. 2 ; 235, 269. 



Egypt, 210, n. I ; 268, n. I. 



Elba, 236, 244, n. I ; 262. 



Elements, chemical, 216 ; four, 216, 



Elephants, 174, 259. 



Elixir, 249, n. 2. 



Epicurus, 213, n. 2. 



Erasistratus, 222, n. 2. 



Eratosthenes, 210, n. i. 



Erosion, 268. 



Ethiopian, hue of, 252. 



Eutropius, 260, n. I . 



Euxine, 6utlet of, 210, n. I. 



Exhalations, 235. 



Eyelids, 221. 



