INDEX 



281 



Mutchison, 234, n. 2. 



Muscle, fibres, 222. 



Muscles, Steno's work on, 208 ; substance of, 222. 



Musgrave, George, 232, n. i. 



Mussels, 241 ; pearl-bearing, 255 ; substance in 



bivalve, 253. 

 Myliobatidse, 257, n. i. 

 Myths, 267, 269. 

 Mytilidse, 256, n. i. 



Naples, 182, 253, n. 1 ; 256. 



Natural Questions, solution of, 210, 213. 



Nature, Laws of, 214 ; products of, 215, 216, 217 ; 



unknown, 217. 

 Needham, 176, r. 2. 

 Nepheline, 255, n. i. 

 Nephiri, 255, 255, n. i. 

 Nephrite, 255, n. i. 

 Nile, 268, n. i. 



Nilsdatter, Anna, 178, n. 3 ; 207, n. 4. 

 Niter, crystals of, 219. 

 Nose, 221. 



Odyssey, 180, 268, n. i. 



CEsophagus, 221. 



Oldenburg, Henry, 197, 199 ff. 



Onyx, 224. 



Orange, 220. 



Organs, excretory, 221. 



Ostrea, 256, n. i. 



Ovum, 222. 



Oysters, 210, n. i; 241, 251, 255. 



Palissy, Bernard, 208, n. 2; 224, n. i. 

 Panchina, 258, n. 2. 

 Parenchymata, 222, 224. 

 Parotid duct, 176. 



Particles, added to a solid, 226 f. ; changeable, 



216; growth of, 220, 221 ; motion of, 214, 216. 



Passageways, for things issuing from the earth, 



234 f- 

 Paulli, Jacob Henry. 177. 

 Paulli, Simon, 176. 

 Pearls, formation of, 252; imitation of, 252; in 



mussels, 255; structure of, 174. 

 Pectens, 256. 

 Pectin, 256. n. I. 

 Pedersen, 175, 178, n. 3. 

 Peduncle, 220. 

 Pelusium, 210, n. i. 

 Penetrating fluid, 241. 

 Pepys, Samuel, 197, n. i. 

 Peripatetics, 213, n. 2; 214. 

 Peru, 236. 

 Phrygia, 210, n. i. 



Pine cones, in strata, 228. 



Pinna, 255. 



Pisa, 255, n. I. 



Piso, Willem, 232, n. i. 



Pitti Palace, 182, 246, n. 2. 



Place, definition of term, 219; place of crystal 

 formation, 237; of production, 217. 



Plains, 267. 



Planes, of crystals of hematite, 244, 245; of 

 crystals of quartz, 237, 239; of diamonds, 246; 

 of marcasites, 248. 



Plants, anatomy of, 221; fibrous parts of, 225; 

 fossil, 226, 260 f. ; formation of, 221; enclosed 

 in solid, 2i8; metalhc, 225; place of, 219; 

 roots of, 220. 



Plato, 222, n. 4; 268, n. 2; 269, n. 3. 



Pleistocene, 260, n. i. 



Plenkers, 175, 175, n. i; 178, n. i; 178, n. 3; 

 179, n. 2; 180 f. ; 180, n. 2; 183, 184, 185, 

 188, 211, n. I. 



Pliny, 211, n. i; 224, n. i; 253, n. i. 



Plutarch, 253, n. i. 



Poisoner, 224, n. i. 



Polybius, 260, n. I. 



Pompeius, 253, n. i. 



Pontus, 210, n. I. 



Pope Innocent XI, 184. 



Pores, 221, 223, 253. 



Porta air Arco, 258, n. 2. 



Prague, 182. 



Pregnancy, 224, n. i. 



Prism, 237. 



Prodromus, bibliography of, 194 ff. ; date of com- 

 position, 181; division of subjects, 170; geo- 

 metrical form of, 170; science of, 169; scope 

 of, 181 f. ; use of word, 181, n. 3; translation 

 of, 205 ff. 



Production, of diamonds, 246; of hematite, 244; 

 of substances, 216. 



Propontis, 210, n. i. 



Pumice stone, in strata, 229. 



Pyramids, of crystal, 237, 239; of hematite, 245. 



Pyrites, 218, n. i; 248, n. i. 



Quartz, 218, n. i; chemical constitution of, 219, 

 n. I; = crystals, 220, n. i; 237, n. i; 245, 

 n. 3. 



Quicksand, 235. 



Rabelais, 205, n. 3. 



Rains, 229, 232, 267. 



Ray, 232, n. I; 257, n. I. 



Receiver, 242. 



Redi, Francesco, 180, 181, 251, n. i; 271. 



Red Sea, passage to, 269. 



