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Show 484 INDEX. Buckland, Dr., on fossil elephants, &c., in lnJia, (noto) 7 -- on the rocks of the Bristol coalfield, 132 -- on dicotyledonous wooJ of Northumberland coal-fielJ, 147 Duffon, his theory of the earth, 1749, 47 -- his system opposed to that of Hooke, Ray, and Moro, 47 -- his theory reproved by the Sorbonne, 47 -- his "Declaration'' renouncing his theory of the earth, 47 - on the secondary origin of moun-tains, 47 Bure, town submerged, 19 Burnet, his theory of the earth, 37 · -- on the causes of the deluge, 37 -- general conflagration described by, 38 -- on the seat of Paradise, 38 ......- praised by Steele, Addison, and \Yarton, 38 .--- Voltaire's remarks on the theory of, 66 Burrampooter, delta of the, 240 Butler, Burnet's theory conceming Paradise, ridiculecl by, 38 Byron, Lord, cited, on the permanency of the ocean, 459 CAno lake, 190 Cresar on the Druids, 19 Caithness schi~:,ts, scales of a tortoise, &c., founJ in the, 148 Calabria, Scilla on the fossils of, 29 __ recent fossils of, 94 -- earthquake of 1783 in, 412 -- geological tlescription of, 414 -- reflections on the earthquake of 1783 in, 431 Calcai1·e Grossier, organic remains of the, 99 Calcareous matter, immense quantity conveyed to the sea, 211 -- springs of central France, 200 -- springs of the valley of the Elsa, 201 -- springs of Tuscany, 201 -- s1wings between the Caspian and Black seas, 211 Caldera, siliceous sinter of the, 213 _ central cavity in the isle of Palma, see wooJcut No. 16, 388 -- geological description of the, 389 -- supposed by Von Duch to be a cra-ter of elevation, 389 California, five volcanos in, 316 Callao, town destroyed hy the sea, 321 part of the coast ncar, convertod into a bay by earthr1ua.kcs, 442 Callao, great nse or the sea at, 442 Caltabianca, 1·iver, lava excavatetl by the, 177 Camden, his account of traditions of losses of laml in Pembrokeshirc, &c., 283 Campagna di Roma, calcareous Jeposits of the, 206 Canary islands, volcanic emptions in the, 324,380 Canopus, an island in the time of Scylax, 238 -- overwhelmed by the sea, 239 Cantal, Plomb du, described, 395 Cape of Gootl Hope, icebergs sometimes seen off, 111 -- May, rate of encroachment of the sea at, 291 Caraccas, earthquakes in the, 1790, 410 -· - destroyed by earthquake, 1812,407 Carang Assam, volcano in eruption about 1808, 405 Carbonate of lime abundant in the delta of the Rhone, 235 Carbonatetl springs, 216 . Carbonic acid gas plentifully disengaged · in Auvergne, 216 -- its effects on rocks, 217 Cardiganshire, ancient tradition of the loss of land in, 283 Carelli, Signor, on the temple of Serapis, 453 Carew on St. Michael's mount, 283 Cariaco, bed of the sea raised near, 437 Caribbean sea, tides scarcely perceptible in, 293 Caridi, river, its course changed by earthquakes, 425 Carpentm·, Dr., on the encroachment of the sea at Lyme Regis, 282 Casalmaggiore, island carrietl away by the Po, opposite to, 182 Caspian, Pallas on the former exteut of the, 54 -- calcareous spriugs ncar the, 211 -- evaporation of the, 235 -- subterranean movements violent along its borders, 319 -- said to encroach on the land, 319 __ inflammable gas, &c., on its western shores, 319 -- its level lower than that ofthe Black Sea, 320 said to have been unitccl with the sea of Azof, 320 Cassander, on the duration of the Annus Magnus,!) Cassas, M., his account of ihe earth· quake iu Murcia., 400 . Catania, overwhclmccl by lava m 1 GG9, 3G5 INDEX. 485 Catm~ia destroyed by earthquakes, 445 Cata~trophes, general, two kinds of taught by the Stoics 9 Catcott, on the delug~, 1761, 50 -- laboured to. refute the diluviau . . th.eory of Bishop Clayton, 50 -- msJstcd on the universality of the deluge, 50 re~ers to traditions of drlugcs in different countries, 50 Cattegat, dcv~stutions caused by the current m the, 294 Catwyck, loss of land at, 287 Caucasus, Pallas on the calcareous springs of the, 210 earthquakes frequent in the 321 abo~nds in hot springs, 32i s~Ibs1dencc caused by earthquakes 1n the, 437 Ca.va'nilles on the earthquake of Quito in 1797, 410 Caverns in limestone causeJ by water charged with carbonic ac1d 211 --on Etna, 366 ' Caves, abundance of animal remains in 154 ' Celsius, on the diminution of the Baltic 40, 227 ' -- controversy caused by tho theory of, 40 Censor\).ltls, 15 Central Frnn~e, lavas excavated in, 176 -- companson between its lavas and those of Iceland, 373 Central heat, remarks on the supposed diminution of, 141 Ccpha.l~nia, earthquakes in the island of, ll1 1783, 414 Ccsalpino, on organic remains, 1596 26 Chalk, Mr. Mantell on the fossils of the 140 ' -- of Goslar, error of Werner in his UCC01111t of the, 57 -- remarks on its deposition, 138 Changes now in progress not easily observed by man, 81 Chasm near OppiJo formed l1y earthquake of Calabria, 1783, 420 -- in the hill of St. Angelo, formed by the same earthquake, see woodcut No. 24, 421 Chaluzet,calcareous spring rising through gneiss at, 20 l -- volcanic cone of, 216 Chepstow, great rise of the tides at, 257 Cheshire, brine springs of, 215 Chesil Bank,its size and composition, 281 Chesilton, overwhelmed hy storm of November, 1824, 282 Chili, elevation caused by ono earth' luakein18Q Chili, numerous volcanos in, 314 -- earthquake of 1822 in, 401 -- earthquake of 1760 in, 437 Chimborazo, height of, insignificant when compared to the earth's diameter, 113 China, excessive climate of, 107 -- violent earthquakes have been felt in, 319 Chines, or narrow ravines, described 281 Christ Church Ilcntl promontory, w~stcs slowly, 280 Chronological computations of the age of deltas, 223 Cicero, citl•d, 29 Cimbrian deluge 2!)5 Ciuquefrondi, cbanges of the snrface caused hy landslips in, see wood. cut No. ~7, 427 Circula~· hollow.s formed by earthquakes m Murc1a1 401 -- formed by earthquakes in Chili, 1822, 402 -- formed by earthquake in Calabria, 1783, see woodcut No. 28 428 1 -- section of one of these, see wood· cut No. 29,429 Civita_ Vecchia, granular rock deposited by springs at, 206 Clashbiuuie, organic remains in the old rctl sandstone of, 148 Clayton, Bishop, on the deluge, 50 Clermont, calcareous springs at, rising through volcanic peperino, 200 Climate, of Europe, Raspe on the former, 52 -- change of, in the northern hemi· sphere, 92 -- direct llroofs of a change in, 93 -- proofs of a change of, from size of fossil and rocent shells in Sicily, &c., 94 -- proofs from analogy of a change of, 96 -- remarks on the extent of change in, 103 -- on the causes of vicissitudes in, 104 -- its conncxion with the distribution of land and sea, 105 -- change of, in the 1)luin of Malpais, . caused by volcanic eruptions, 124 Chma.tes, definition of insular and excessive, 97 -- places having insular or excessive, 107 Coal strata, M. Ad. Brongniart on the fossil plants of the, 100 -- insular character of the rlauts of the, 128 |