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Ocean, German, on the Bed of the, by Robert Stevenson, 

 Esq. 314. — Sea encroaching on the Land, a ge- 

 neral principle, 314. — The Ocean, the great re- 

 ceptacle for the waste of the Globe, 315. — 

 Soundings and Extent of the German Ocean, 

 317- — Dimensions of the Sandbanks, 320. — In- 

 land Lakes subject to the same alteration, from 

 Debris, 322. — Wasting effect of the Ocean very 

 general, 325. — Disproportion between the Land 

 gained and lost, 326. — Sea formerly much high- 

 er than at present, 327- — Water of the Ocean dis- 

 placed by various causes, 330.— Agitated to a 

 great depth, 332. — Surplus Water supposed to 

 find its level at the Polar Basins, 335. 

 Ochill Mountains, Mineralogical View of, as connected 



with the Coalfield in Clackmannanshire, 1 35 



Olivine, in Trap-tuff, Amygdaloid, and Basalt, - 231 

 Orang Outang, Anatomy of, - - 1 



Ordnance, Plan for Discharging, on Forsyth's Principle, 

 with several Experiments, by Mr John Deuchar, 

 472. — Advantages of this mode, 474. — Fulmina- 

 ting Powders, 477-- — Flame made to pass through 

 flannel and explode Gunpowder, 480. — Experi- 

 ment with the Safety Lamp. — Flame made to 

 pass through Gunpowder without inflaming it, 

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Plan for Discharging continued, by Mr John 



Deuchar, 499- — Power of Flame diminished by 

 Velocity, 505. — Causes of the Phenomena obser- 

 ved in the experiments, 510. — Sources by which 

 the Caloric might be disengaged, 512. — Conclu- 

 sion of the experiments on the Nature of Flame, 

 515. — Experiments elucidating the Nature of 

 Caloric, 519. 



