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INDEX. 



DANA, Prof., on areas most 

 glaciated, 56 



,, on thickness of ice in 



America, 212 



Darwin, Prof. George, on obliquity 



of ecliptic, 4 



,, on change of 



earth's axis, 



294 



Denmark, mammoth remains found 



in, 186 

 Denudation as a measure of geo- 

 logical time, 274 



,, in relation to age of 



earth, 267 

 rates of, 274, 276 

 ,, mountains carved out 



by, 278 

 ,, enormous, details of, 



271, 272 

 ,, effect of tidal retar- 



dation neutralised 

 by, 293 

 ,, before and after dis- 



locations, 273 

 Diagram of section across Ant- 

 arctic ice-cap, 243 

 Distribution in Arctic regions, 197 

 , , flora and fauna, theory 



of, 197 

 ,, influence of Gulf- 



stream on, 198 

 Dove on mean temperature of two 



hemispheres, 60 

 Dudino, on limit of wood, 182 

 Dulong and Petit's Law, 22 



, , formula, 260, 



145 



EARN, carse-clays of, 195 

 Earth, note on arguments for 

 , , age of, by Sir W. Thom- 

 son, 292 

 ,, axis of rotation of, 



unchanged, 294 

 ,, axis of rotation, 

 changes of, 5 

 Eccentricity, effect of, 15 



, , formula of, 38 



Tables of, 38, 39 

 ., very high not re- 



quired to produce 

 glaciation, 53 



Eccentricity, alone cannot produce 

 glaciation, 165 

 , , a misapprehension 



regarding, 92 

 ,, influence during ter- 



tiary period, 157 

 ,, influence on tertiary 



climate, 160 

 , , gives dates for glacial 



periods, 174 

 Ecliptic, obliquity of, 115 

 Elephas antiquus, 134 

 Enderby Land under glaciation, 



113 

 Energy, absolute store of, deter- 

 mines age of sun, 280 

 England, inter-glacial beds of, 131 

 ,, south of, difficulty of 

 finding proofs of gla- 

 ciation in, 168 

 Eocene glacial deposits of Switzer- 

 land, 173 

 ,, period, date of, 174 

 Equator, heat received at, to that 

 at the poles, 143 

 ,, and poles, what ought to 

 be the difference, 146 

 Equatorial water, influence on 



polar climate, 165 

 Erratic blocks, on absence of in 



Tertiary strata, 168 

 Europe, condition during glacial 

 epoch, 129, 132 

 ,, north-western, ice-sheet 



of, 246 

 ,, N.W., during the glacial 

 epoch, 74 

 Evaporation and eccentricity, 23 

 Evans, Capt. Sir E. J. 0., on 



Antarctic ice, 78 

 Evolution, age of sun in relation 

 to, 288 

 ,, of the planets, Mr. 

 Lockyer on, 307 

 Evolutionists' demands fortune by, 

 290 



FARADAY, Prof., theory of 

 regulation, 250 

 Faroe Islands, land -barrier, 98 



,, not overridden by ice- 

 sheet, 133 



