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Geological Society, good effects resulting from the foundation of the, 72 Geological theori<·s, causes of error in, 7 6 Geology defined, 1 -- compared to history, 1 -- its relation to other l'hysical scien-ce!!, 2 -- distinct from cosmogony, 3 -- considered by Werner as part of mineralogy, 4 -- causes of its rctaruation, 2!>, 67, 75 -- state of, in EurOIJe1 before middle of last century, 44 -- applied to the art oF mining by Werner, 55 -- remarks of Kirwan and De Luc, on the connexion of, with religion, 68 modern progress of, 7 3 -- practical advantagl'S derived from the stuuy of, 7 4 Georgia, in the island of,perpetua1 snow to tl1e level of the sea, 110 Gerbanites, an Arabian sect, on extinction of species, 17 German Ocean gradually filling up, 306 Germany, art of mining, how taught in, 55 Geysers of Iceland, 213; see woodcut No. 32,464 -- cause of their intermittent action, 465 - supposed section of the subterranean reservoir and pipe of one of the, see woodcut No. 33, 466 Gian Greco, fall of the cliff.'l on the seacoast ncar, during earthquake of 1783, 42!) Gibraltar, depth of the Mediterranean near, 237 Glacier discovered under lava on Etna, 369 Glaciers of Spitzbergen, 10!) -- transportation of rocks by, 175 Glen Tilt, granite veins of, discovered by Hutton, 62 Gloucestershire, gain of land in, 283 Golden age, doctrine whence dei:ived, 9, 10 Goodwin Sands, 276 Gorge, deep, said to occur in all elevation craters, 390 Gothland, Linnreus on the increase of land ncar, 228 Graham, Mrs., on the earthquake of Chili in 1822, 402 Grampians, Hutton's examination of the, 62 Granite, disintegration of, in Auvergne, 216 -- veins, Hutton's di~covery of, in Glen Tilt, 62 Granite veins, importance of their discovery, 62 of the Hartz, W erncr on the, 57 Granitic rocks of Shetland, action of the sea on, see woodcuts No. 9 and 10, 262 . Granular rock deposited by springs, 206 Grecian archipelago, Raspe on tho new isles of the, 52 -- volcanos of the, 385 -- chart an<l section of, see woodcut No.l5, 385 Greenland, why colderthan Lapland, I 07 -- sometimes shaken by earthquakes, 324 Grimaldi, on the earthquake of 1783 in Calabria, 413 -- on tho dimensions of the now fis. sures anu ravines in Calabria, 421 on the effects of the Calubrian earthquake on springs, 423 Grind of tho Navir, passage forced by the sea in the Shetland islands, see woodcut No.8, 261 Grosse, Dr., on the baths of San Fili}>po, 204 Grotto delle Cane, 216 Guarapica river, new rock thrown up in the, 437 Guatimala, active volcanos in, 316 Guettard, on the Vivarais, 58 Guiana, its maritime district formed by tho sediment of the Amazon, 292 Gulf stream, 108 -- Scoresby's remarks on the, 108 -- its extent and velocity, 258 Gunnell, Mr., on the loss of land in the Isle of Sheppey, 275 Hall, Sir James, his experiments on rocks, 62, 348, 472 Hall, Captain, on the Falls of Niagara. 180 -- on the islands in the Mississippi, 187 -- on urift wood of the Mississippi, 188, 245 Hamilton, Sir W., on tho thickness of tho mass covering Herculaneum, 352 -- on the earthquake of 1783 in Cala· bria, 413 -- on the number of persons wl1o perished during the Calabrian earthquake, 430 -- on the great landslip near Terranuova, 424 -- on landslips near Mileto, 426 -- on the earthquakes attending the eruption of Monte Nuovo, 457 Ilampshh·e, Brander on the fossils of, 52 Ilarlbucht, its bay formed in the l6tb century, 289 INDEX. 493 Hul'tso~ker, on the quantity of sedim t II t 111 tho waters of the Rhine 246en n:;u~;-~~r~~~~~~he granite of 'the, 57 Harwich, rapid decay of th l' ffi -- will probably soon e ~I s at, 275 island, 275 ecome an Heat, laws which govern tho d'ff . of, 105 I uston Heber, Bishop, on the animals inhabitin the Ilunalaya mountains 99 g Hecla, Banks and others on tl' 1 nar basalt of, 53 10 co urn- --. length of some of its eruptions 371 Helice and Bura, submerged beneatil the . sea by an earthquake, 323 Hehgoland destroyed by the sea 289 Henuerson, on the eruption of 'sk t' J okul in 1783, 372 ap ar Herculaneum and Po~npeii, silence of ~ontemporary historians concernmg, 332 -- and Pompei~~ how destroyed, 349 -- and .Pon~~eu, reflections on the buncd ctttes of, 359 Herculaneum, thickness anu composition of the mass covering, 35~ -- w.o.s a sea-port, 353 -- ~tscovered accidentally, 353 -- Its former dimensions not yet known, 353 -- but a. slight part of open for inspection, 353 -- ohjccts preserved in 354 -- stalactite formed i~ the galleries of, 354 -- inscriptions on the temples at 3M -- r?lls of papyri, still legible f~und m, 356 ' Herodotus, on the delta of the Nile, 238 -- on the country round Memphis, 239 -- on !he formation of Egypt by the Nile, 239 -- on th~ time which the Nile might reqUJre to fill up the Arabian Gulf, 239 H ~sse, W crner on tho basalt of, 58 Iltbbert, Dr., on the drifting of rock ~nasses b}" tho sea in Shetland Islands, 25!) - on the effect of lightning on the rocks of Fctlar 260 -- his account of 'the Grind of the N a vir in Shetland 261 Iliera, nc'~ island iu th: Gulf of Santorm, 386 Ilillswicks ~ ~ss, action of the sea ou the gmmhc rocks of~ see woodcut N 0 10, 263 . llimala.ya mo.untains, Bishop Heber 011 the uuunals inhabiting the, 99 Himalaya, height of perpetual snow on . the, 122 H~ndoo cosmo~ony, 5 ll~ndostau subJect to earthquakes 324 Htstory and geology compared, 2' Hoff, on the. changes in the level of the ~asptan, 22 -- htOs remarks on the persecution of mar, 22 -- on ~he formation of marble b sprmgs ncar Lake U rmia 211 y -- on encroach~ents of the' sea in North Amertca, 2!)1 -- on the encroachments of the . the Baltic, 294 sea tn -- o~~rthquakes in Syria and Judea, Holbach, his theory 1753 41 Holland, inroads of'the se~ in 286 -- ~fwns destroyed by the ~ea in 287 -- Is coas2t9probably more prot~cted once, U Hollmann, hypothesis of, 1753 4!) Holm sand, account of. 271 ' Ilomer,Egain of land 'on the coast of "gypt known to 238 -- oEn the distance 'or Pharos from ~ypt, 238 Hooke' hts' "Dt' scourse of Earthquakes " 1688to1703 31 ' - on loc~1 distribution of species 32 -- on extm~t ~pccies, 32 ' -- on dura bon of species 33 -- contends that fossils ~re not ''1 naturre," 33 usus -- on n:tot1es of lapidification 33 -- on Simultaneous extent ~f earth-quakes, 34 -- on the dduge, 35 -- on ~h.e elevation of the coast of Club, 442 -- on the earthquake of Java in 16!)!) 444 ' -- on the e1llv~tion of the coast of the Bay of Batre, 458 Hool<er, Dr., accounts of the eruption of ~kaptitr Jokul confirmed by, 372 -- hts vtew of the crater of the great geyser, see woodcut No 32 461 Hord~vell, loss of land at, 280 ' ' Hormtos, on Jorullo, account of, 378 Horsfie.ld, Dr., on earthquake of 1786 m Java, 411 -- his account of the eruption of Papandayang in Java 436 Hosbmgh? Capt., on icebergs in low latitudes, 111 -- on the allvance 9.£ the Gangetic Jclta, 24~ Humber, stmtification of the warp of th ~54 °1 |