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Show INDEX. - AcADEMY of N a pies, Royal, their controversy on the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii, 351 Addison's opinion of Burnet'-s theory, 38 Adige, embankment of tho, 184 -- delta of the, 236 Adria, formerly a seaport, now twenty miles inland, 236. Adriatic, Marsilli on the arrangement of shells in the, 44 -- Donati on the bed of the, 47, 85, 236 -- its form favourable to the growth of deltas, 23:> --rapid gain of land in the, 236 -- its depth1 236 -- Olivi on the distribution of setli-ment in the, 237 Africa, marine fossil shells of, mentioned by ancients, 18 -- Malt~Bruu on the heat radiated by, 106 -- its shores undermined by currents, 299 -- drift sands of the deserts, 30 l --gre:tt current along tho coast of, 309 __ violently shaken by earthquake of Lisbon in 1755, 439 --rise of the sea on the coast of, during the earthquake, 439 Agricola's theory of fossil remains, 25 Ahmedhabacl, town of~ destroyed by earthquake, 1819, 405 Air, circulation ofin the atmosphere, ll7 Aluhorough, incursions of the sea formerly very destructive at, 274 -- its ancient site now under the sea, 274 - its coast at pre!lent protected by sand.banks, 274 Aleppo, earthquake of, in 1822, 403 Aleutian isles, eruptions frequent in, 317 -- earthquakt•s in the, 408 Alluvial plain of Mississippi, !tize of, 185 --animals inhabiting it, 189 Alluvions, volcanic, 349 VoL. I. Alluvions in Scotlantl, 433 Alps, Saussure on the, 54 -- U!rtiary rocks of the, 136 --relative age of tho, 137 Alting, his account of the formation of the Zuyder Zee, 288 Amalphi, 83 Amazon, great rise of the tides in the river, 2!)1 -- sea discoloured by its waters three hun<.lrcd miles from its mouth, 292 -- large part of Guiana formed by its <.leposits, 292 -- its sediment drifted by currents to the mouth of the Orinoco, 292, 309 American lakes, may cause deluges, 89 America, North, its eastern coast under. mined, 2!l1 Aminta, mount, description of, 202 Amici, Vito, on Moro's system, 46 Amonoosuck, floo<.l in the valley of, 193 · Amygdaloids .• submarine lavas of Sicily converted into, 128 Andes, height of perpetual snow on the, 122 -- volcanos of the, 315 Anio, river-flood of the, 196 - a flood on the, described by Pliny, 196 - once flowed through a chain of lakes, 208 Annus Magnus, duration of, 9 Anoplotherium, a tooth of, said to have been found at Binstead, 153 Antissa, joined to Lesbos by delta, 13 Antilles, earthquake in the smaller, 410 Antisana, volcano, 315 Apennines, character of their organic re. mains, 126 --their relative age, 135 Aqueous causes, l6d -- lavas, description of, 349 Arabian doctrine of successive revolutions of the globe, 17 -·gulf, volcano at its llntrance, 32.4 2 I |
