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INDEX 



Refraction, of light, 171; in glass, 243. 



Replacements, 220, 225. 



Repositories, of minerals, 235 f. 



Reservoirs, 234, 266. 



Retort, 242. 



Rivers, agency in mountain formation, 232, n. 2; 



changed by earthquake, 235; deposits of, 267; 



gifts of, 268. 

 Rocks, 172. 



Rome, 182, 229, 258, 259. 

 Rome de I'Isle, 171. 

 Roots, of plants, 220. 

 Rose, Valentine, 224, n. i. 

 Rosnel, de, 236, n. 2 ; 246, n. 3. 

 Rush, in strata, 228. 



Salisbury, 255, n. i. 



Salivary duct, 177. 



Salt, deposit of, 228. 



Salt-water lakes, 210, n. i. 



Sand, layers of, 228. 



Sandstone, 258, n. 2. 



San Lorenzo, 185, 186. 



Santa Maria Nuova, 179, 180. 



Sap, of earth, 232, n. 2. 



Sardinia, 210, n. i. 



Savignani, Emilio, 180. 



Scallop shells, 2io, n. 1. 



Scandinavia, 184. 



Scapulae, 259. 



Schmidt, Waldmar, 186 (. 



Schumacher, Peter, see Griffenfeldt. 



Schwerin, 185. 



Scripture, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267. 



Sea, 173, 228, 265. 



Sea-devils, 257, n. i. 



Secretions, 223, 226, n. i. 



Sediments, 172, 206, 220, 227, 229. 



Selenites, 218, 218, n. i ; 249. 



Seneca, 206, n. 2 ; 213, n. 2. 



Septarium, 255, n. i. 



Serpentine, 255, n. I. 



Shark, teeth of, 206, 207, 211, 211, n. i; 251, 

 257. 



Sheep's head, dissection of, 177. 



Shells, crystalline, 218; in earth, 253; helical, 

 256 ; of marine animals, 226 ; of moUusks, 

 173, 250 f. ; petrified, 218 ; porous, 254. 



Ships, in deposits, 228. 



Sicily, 210, n. i ; 256. 



Silver, 218, 246. 



Skeletons, 260, n. i. 



Skin, 221. 



Slipping, of strata, 231. 



Solid, addition to, 220; contained within solid, 



170, 208 ; differs from fluid, 214 ; dug from 

 earth, 226 ; hardening of, 218 ; production of, 

 209, 218, 220, 224, 226. 



Solon, 268, n. I. 



Soul, world, 216; agency of, 217. 



Speculation, 170. 



Spinoza, Baruch, 178, 184, n. i. 



Spleen, 222, n. i. 



Springs, 229, 235, 266. 



Steno, life of, 175 ff.; writings of, 188 ff.; bibUog- 

 raphy on, 202 f. 



Stichman, Johannes, 207, n. 4. 



Stiermark, 232, n. 2. 



Stoics, 213, n. 2 ; 214. 



Stokes, 225, n. i. 



Stomach, 221. 



Stones, 235 f. 



Storms, 229. 



Strabo, 210, n. i ; 268, n. i ; 268, n. 2. 



Strata, alterations of, 234 ; deposition of, 172, 

 227 ff. ; fissures in, 1 73 ; horizontality of, 172; 

 manner and place of production, 219 ; order of, 

 173; slipping of, 266 ; thrusts of, 173 ; in Tus- 

 cany, 262 ff., 273; variation in character of, 

 172. 



Strato, 2IO, n. i. 



Striation, in crystals, 239, 240 ; in hematite, 244, 

 246 ; in marcasites, 247, 248. 



Substance, crystalline, 225 ; place and manner 

 of production, 170; tenuous, 216. 



Sulphur, 232. 



Sun, 216, 217. 



Swammerdam, Jan, 178, 251, n. I. 



Sylvius, 177, 178, 179. 



Talc, 249, 249, n. 2. 



Tamagninus, 271. 



Targioni, 260, n. i. 



Taygetus, 232, n. 2. 



Teeth, of sharks, 2ii, 257 ; eagle-fish, 257 ; from 



Malta, 257. 

 Telliamed, see de Maillet, 169. 

 Tendons, 225. 

 Testacea, 251, 253, 256. 

 Theatrum Anatomicum, 183. 

 Thera, 232, n. 2. 

 Therasia, 232, n. 2. 

 Thevenot, 178, 179. 

 Thrusts, 231. 

 Tiber, 260, n. i, 269. 

 Time, evolution of, 258. 

 Titian, 205, n. 3. 

 Titopolis, 184. 



Tolerance, religious tolerance in Holland, 178. 

 Tongue stones, 211, n. i. 



