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Show 490 INDEX. Etna its cone truncate~ in 1444, 3~2 1 --' said to be an anctent cmter o e e-vation, 394 _ its height, circumfer~ncc, &c., 361 - divideu by nature mt~ tlll'eO re-gions, 361 . -- frequent destruchons of its cone, 362 __ minor volcanos on, 362 -- buried cones on the ·flanks of, 363 h 1" -- has been in activity from t e car 1· est times, 363 __ great eruption of 1.669, ~64 -- formation of Monh Rossl on, 364 __ fissures 011 tho sides of, 364 -- towns and villages on, overflowed by the lava of 1669, 365 -- subterranean caverns on, 366 -- eruptions of 1811 and 1!:!1.9, 367 __ cones thrown up in 1819,368 . -- great floods caused by the meltmg of snow on, 369 -- glacier found under lava on, 369 -- manner of preserving snow on the higher regious of, :-!70 . - its appearance during Calabnan earthquake, 4~0 Enganean Hills, ancumt lavas ?f, 325 Enb"l.tlphing of houses, &c., uurmg Calabrian earthquake, 42? Euphrates, Pliny on the gam of land at its mO\lth, 291 . Euxine burst its barrier, accordmg to Strato, 18 __ gradually filling np, 18 -- cliffs undermined by currents in the, 294 . d ff Evaporation, quantity of water carne o by, 235 Excavahon of valleys, 431 h f -- Hutton and De Luc's t cory o the, 70 . . f Excessive climates, descrlphon o ' 106 E~tinct species, Hookll's l·emarks on, 32 29 r. Eyderstide, overwhelmed by tho sea, o Eyfel, 192 F .wxo Colonna, 27 d :Fair Island, action of the sea on the san .. }'aujas, 011 the Velay and Vivarais, 1779' 58 Fault in tho tower of Terranuova caused by an earthquake, see woodcut No. 20, 417 Fcrishta, 7 . . . Ferns, &c., silicified by sprmgs m St. Ml· chael's, 213 Ferrara. his account of the lava po,ncd ~ut from Etnain 1669, 248 -- his o.ccotmt of floods on Etna, 369 . s· .-- on earthquake of 1790 m 1Cl1 y , 411 . Ferruginous springs, 214 l~etlar, effect of lightning on the rocks of, 260 Fez frequently suffers from earthquakes, 323 Fifo, coast of, submarine forests on tho, 265 -- encroachment~ of the sea on the coast of, 26[) Findhorn, town of, swept away by the sea, 264 . s· Fissmes, sulphur, &c., ejected by, m 1• cily, 411 . -- sulphureous vapoms emitted by, m Java, 411 . f uiffcrcnt elevation of the S1des 0 J in Calabria, caused by earthquake ofl783, 416 -- near Polistena, caused by earthquake, see woodcut No. 19, 417 -- near J erocarne, see woodcut 22, 419 l . cause of the opening and c osmg of, 419 . C -- dimensions of new ones m a1 a · brio., 421 F 'tt Dr on the Maestricht beds, 140 Fl1a monlJ, orou.,g h Head was ll ed .m t o ca v es by tho ocean, 26~ . . . Fleming, Dr., on umfonmty m chmate, 93 -- his remark on the foou of the fos-sil elllphant, 97 . on submarine forests m the es~u~ries of the Tay and Forth, 6o, 270 Flint on the length of the comse of the stone of, 263 f Falconi on the clevati_on of the coast o tho Bay of Batre, 457 . ' Mississippi, 185 . . -- on the vopulation of tho M1SS1S-Falloppio, his doc~rine concernmg orga· nized foss1ls, 25 Falls of Niagara, 179 t to Lake -- of St. Mary, only outle Superior, 226 fl d Farquharson, Rev. J., on the great oo s in Scotland inl829, 174 sippi vallry, 189 . . -- on the earthquakes in the M1SS1S· sippi valley, 408 Floods, bursting of la~es, &c., 192 -- in N ol·th Amenca, 193 -- in the valley of Bagnes,, 194 4 -- in Scotland, August, 1829, 17 __ at Tivoli, 196 INDEX. Floods on Etna, caused by melting of snow, 36!) Florence of Worcester, his account of a stonn in Nov. 1099, 282 Florus, his account of the Cimbrian Deluge, 295 Fluviatile formations mentioned by Steno 28 ' Foah, advance of tho delta of the Nile near the city of, 238 Folkcstono, subsidence of lanu at, 278 Fontenclle, his eulogy on l'alissy, 27 Forbes, Mr., on the subsidllnces in the Bay of Bairo, 455 -- on the temple of Serapis, 456 }'orfarshire, encroachments of the sea on the coast of, 264 Formo:m, violent earthquakes in, 318 Forsyth, his description of the climate of Italy, 360 Fortis, .on tho Arabian doctrine of new genera and species, 17 -- and Testa, thllir controversy on fossil fish of Monte Bolca, 52 -- views of Artluino confirmed by, 58 Fossa Grande on V csuvius described, 395 Fossil shells, attributeu to a "l)lastic vir-tue" by Dr. Plot, 31 Lister's opinion of, 31 -- speculation!l concerning their nature, 29 - · - formerly all referred to the Deluge, 29 -- plants ofthe coal stro.ta, 10~ Fossils Btander'S argument ngamst, re- 1ferring to the deluge, 5~ Fourier, Baron, on the temperature of the spaces surrounuing our atmosphere, 120 -- on central heat, 141 Fracastoro, his opinion concerning organic remains, 23 France, art of mining how taught in, 55 -- its coast the constant prey of the waves, 283 villages of, wusheu away by the sea, 284 French, their g~eat pro~ress in the study of orgamc r~mams, 72 . . Fresh-water formahons of the Pans basm, 99 Fresh-water and marine strata, alternations of, uescribeJ by Generelli, 44 Freyberg, school of', 63 }'unchul, rise of the sea during earthquake at, 439 GADEJ. Tor, a volcano in Arabian gulf, 32-! Ganges, delta ofthe, 240 -- its ancient mouths, 241 Ganges, size and rate of advance of its uelta, 241 -- innntlations of the, 244 - Rennell on the quantity of earthy matter iu tho waters of tlle, 247 -- Rennell on tho quantity of water discharged by the, 247 -- and Burrampooter not yet completely united, 253 -- stratification of the deposits in its delta, 253 Garachico, in Tencriffll, overwhelmed by lava, 443 Gardner, his account of the destruction of Duuwich by the sea, 272 Gas, inflammable, escape of, 14 Gases exhaled by volcanos, 469 Gaul ish Druids, l 9 Gemmellaro, his account of the eruption of Etna in 1811, 367 -- his discovery of icc under lava, 370 Generation, spontaneous, theory of, 26 Generelli, his exposition of the state of geology in Europe in the middle of 18th century, 43 -- on organic remains, 44 -- on vcgetablll productions found in different states of maturity, 44 -- on fossil elephants, elks, &c., 44 -- on alternations of marine and fresh water strata, 44 -- on grouping of marine animals in strata, 44 -- teaches that fossils cannot be accounted for by the deluge, 45 -- his explanation of the imbedding of marine animals in mountains, 45 -- on t11c effects of earthquakes in • recent times, 45 -- waste of land by running water describeu by, 45 -- his opinion that mountains could not be so great if their ruins were not repaireu, 45 -- his theory of primary rocks, 63 -- his theory of earthquakes compared to Hutton's, 64 Geneva, lake of, men drowned above . Martigny floated into the, 195 -- gradually filling up, 221 __ Mr. De la Beebe on the delta of the Rhone in the, 221 Geognosy of Werner, 55 . Geography, proofs of former changes m physical, 125 Geological evidence, its value depends on the assumption of uniformity of nature, 1 65 . Geological Society of London, fonnatJOn of, 71 |