INDEX 



279 



Eyes, 221, 242. 

 Eysson, 177. 



Fabronius, 232, n. 2. 



Faces, of crystal, 239. 



Fat, 225. 



Femurs, 257, 259. 



Federighi, 271. 



Ferdinand II, collection of minerals, 246, n. i ; 

 death of, 182 ; dedication to, 205 ; fossils 

 found by, 260, n. i ; patron of Steno, 169, 

 179, 180, 207, 211, n. I. 



Fibres, of muscle, 222, 224, 225 ; of plants, 221, 

 225. 



Fiesole, 259. 



Figures, explanation of, 272 B. 



Filaments, of mineral, 224 ; in rocks, 256 ; in 

 receiver, 242 ; of shells, 174, 250 f., 254. 



Filings, of iron, 241. 



Fire, agency in breaking up crystals, 243 ; agency 

 in mountain formation, 232, n. 2 ; proof of in 

 strata, 229 ; subterranean, 232, 266, 267. 



Fish, 253, 257. 



Fissures, containing crystals, 238 ; containing 

 minerals, 218. 



Floods, 2n, 229,258, 260, 269. 



Florence, Geologists' Congress in honor of Steno, 

 186 ; fossils from Arezzo in, 260, n. i ; Steno's 

 arrival in, 183 ; topography of, 173. 



Flourens, 182, n. 3. 



Fluid, aqueous, 219 ; common, 222, 223 ; de- 

 fined, 222; differing from solid, 171 ; external, 

 220, 221 : internal, 220, 221, 223 ; peculiar, 

 223 ; penetrating, 217 ; permeating, 214, 221 ; 

 petrifying, 256. 



Fontenelle, 208, n. 2. 



Foramina, of body, 221. 



Fossils, elephants, 260, n. i ; origin, 170, 173, 

 200 ; from sea, 208, 208, n. 2 ; 210, 211. 



Frederik III, 181, 182, 208, n. i. 



Furnaces, 249, n. 2, 



Fiirstenberg, von, 184. 



Galen, 222, n. 2. 

 Galileo, 247, n. 2. 

 Gases, subterranean, 231. 

 Generation, spontaneous, 251, n. i. 

 Genesis, 263, n. 3; 264, n. I, 2. 

 Germany, silver in, 246. 

 Gerra, 210, n. i. 

 Giants, 258, n. i. 



Gibraltar, land passage at, 210, n. i. 

 Glands, 207, 222. 



Glass, distinguished from crystal, 171; formation 

 of, 243. 



Glossopelrai Melitenses, 211, 211, n. i. 



Gnomes, 232, n. 2. 



God, 216. 



Gold, 243, n. I. 



Golias, Jacob, 178. 



Goniometer, 171. 



Gori, 271. 



Granites, 225. 



Grafting, 215. 



Grass, in strata, 228. 



Greeks, 268. 



Griffenfeldt, Count, 178, 183. 



Grov^th, of crystals, 238; of mountains, 232. 



Gypsum, 218, n. i. 



Hamburg, 184. 



Hannibal, pack animals of, 174, 259, 260, n. i. 



Hannover, 182, n. i. 



Hardening, of crystals, 237; of solids, 218. 



Harvey, 222, n. 4; 251, n. i. 



Heart, 207. 



Heat, 232. 



Heiberg, 255, n. i. 



Hellespont, 210, n. i. 



Hematite, 244, n. i. 



Heraclitus, 205, n. 3. 



Herodotus, 268, n. i. 



Hesperian, sinking of, 198, n. 3. 



Hills, formation of, 232, n. 2; 263. 



Hippocrates, 223. 



Hoar-frost, 261. 



Holland, religious tolerance in, 178, 180. 



Homer, 268, n. i. 



Hooke, Robert, 173, 197, 201. 



Hoover, 232, n. 2; 236, n. i. 



Horizontality, of strata, 172, 230. 



Home, Van, 178. 



Horns, 257. 



Hues, of crystals, 243; of pearls, 252; of shells, 



251, 254. 

 Hughes, 176, n. i. 

 Humboldt, A. von, 182, n. 3. 

 Hungary, 232, n. 2. 

 Huxley, 182, n. 3; 251, n. i. 



Ice, making, 215. 



Ida, 268, n. 2. 



Idols, 236. 



Iliad, 268, n. 2. 



Ilios, 268, n. 2. 



Incrustations, growth of, 220, 224; on solids, 226. 



India, 246. 



Innsbruck, 182. 



Insects, 256. 



Interstices, in body, 214. 



