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INDEX 



Intestines, 221. 



Iron, cubes of, 225 ; of Elba, 236 ; growth of, 



236; n. 3; figures of crystals of, 273; filings 



of, 241, 242. 

 Irradiations, 237. 

 Italy, 269. 



Jacobaeus, Matthias, 178. 



Johann Friedrich, Duke of Hannover, 183, 184. 



Kidneys, 222, n. 2. 



Kircher, Athanasius, 180, 182, n. 2 ; 234, n. I ; 



236, n. I. 

 Knorr, 211, n. i. 



Laboulbene, 224, n. 2. 



Labyrinth, 206. 



Lake Sirbonis, 2io, n. i. 



Lamellibranch, 256, n. I. 



Lapilli, 231. 



Lapis lazuli, 218. 



Laws, of nature, 215. 



Layers, deposition of, 226, 227 ; mineral layers 



in rivers, 228 ; of rock, 226. 

 Lefebure, 205, n. 3. 

 Leibnitz, 182, n. I ; 211, n. i. 

 Lern^an Hydra, 206. 

 Leyden, 178. 



Libya, connected with Europe, 210, n. i. 

 Limonite, 236, n. 3. 

 Linnccus, 187. 

 Lithodomus, 256, n. i. 

 Lithophagus, 256, n. i. 

 Littre, 243, n. I. 

 Liver, 222, n. 2. 

 Livy, 260, n. i. 

 Load-stone, see Magnet. 

 Lucca, 180. 

 Lucullus, 253. 

 Lungs, 222, n. 2. 

 Lustre, in crystals, 240. 

 Lydia, 266. 

 Lymphatic ducts, 222. 



Maar, 175, n. i; 178, n. I, 2; 179, n. 2; 182, 

 n. 2; 188 ff., 195, 197, 198, n. 2, 3 ; 202, 

 206, n. I ; 207, n. 5 ; 211, n. I ; 222, n. i ; 

 222, n. 3 ; 223, n. i ; 224, n. 2 ; 226, n. 2 ; 

 232, n. I, 2 ; 234, n. i ; 236, n. 1,2; 246, 

 n. 3; 255, n. I. 



Magalotti, Lorenzo, 180. 



Magnet, 170; filings about, 241, 242; lines of 

 force, 171. 



Maillet, de, 169. 



Major, Forsythe, 260, n. i. 



Malta, Bartholin's journey in, 211, n. i; stones 

 from, 211, n. i ; teeth from, 257. 



Manni, 184. 



Marbles, 225. 



Marcasites, cubes of, 225 ; formation of crystals 

 of, 247 ff. ; hardening in, 218; enclosed in 

 solid, 218; = pyrites, 218, n. i. 



Maria Flavia del Nero, 180. 



Marine deposits, 172, 210. 



Matiana, 210, n. 1. 



Matrix, of crystals, 238. 



Matter, constitution of, 216 ; surrounding mussels, 

 254. 



Maurits, Count Jan, 232, n. I. 



Maximilian Heinrich, 184. 



Maxims of Morality, 214. 



Medici, Leopold de', 180, 209, n. i. 



Mediterranean, 210, n. i ; 265, 269. 



Medulla, 225. 



Melina, 256, n. 1. 



Membrane, dividing, 222. 



Menstruum, 243, 243, n. i. 



Mercury, 218, 243, n. i ; tree, 261, 262. 



Metals, growth of, 232, n. 2. 



Metamorphism, 255, n. i. 



Microscope, 256. 



Mineral, replacements of, 173; repositories of, 

 235 ff. ; veins of, 173. 



Minerals, formation of, 261 ; enclosed in bodies, 

 218 ; origin of, 235 f. 



Miners, 236. 



Mines, 232, n. 2. 



Molars, 257, n. I. 



Molecules, orientation of, 171. 



MoUusks, bivalve, 256, 257, 258 ; petrified, 225, 

 226 ; produced by Nature, 217 ; shells of, 249 

 ff. ; structure of, 173. 



Monardes, 246, n. 3. 



Montanari, 232, n. 2. 



Moss, 262. 



Motion, artificial, 215 ; of crystalline matter, 241 ; 

 determination of, 214 f., 216 ; first cause of, 

 215; of particles in fluids, 249; principle of, 

 perception of, 214. 



Mountains, causes of, 1 73 ; chains of, 234 ; crests 

 of, 234 ; crystals of, 219 ; under deluge, 264 ; 

 growth of, 232, 232, n. 2 ; origin of, 231 ff. ; 

 overthrown, 234 ; overwhelmed, 263 ; of scrip- 

 ture, 265 ; types of, 173 ; upheaval of, 228. 



Mount Casius, 210, n. i. 



Mouth, 221. 



Movements, in crystal, 242 ; of fluid forming mar- 

 casites, 248. 



Munster, 184. 



Murano, 182. 



