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Marsilli, on the depogits of tho coast of Langueuoc, 235 Martigny, destruction of by floods, 195 Martinique, subsidence of a hill in, <143 Martius, his remark on tho arborescent ferns in Brazil, 101 Mastodon, &c., found in Sul.Japcnnine hills, 151 Materia. pinguis, fossils referred to, 25 Mathers, village of, swept away by the sea in one night, 264 Mattani on fossils of Volterra, 42 Mattioli, his hypothesis as to the nature of organic remains, 25 Mediterranean said to have burst through the columns of Hercules, 18 -- Solrlani on the microscopic tcstacea of the, 52 -- organic remains of living species found in the islanus of the, 93 -- ~reat clepth of the, 237, 298 --1ts 1lcpth ncar the delta of the Nile, 239 --rise of the tides in the, 257 -- Dr. Wollaston's analysis of its waters, 2!)6 --remarkll on the deposition of salt in the, 297 --permanency of the level of the, 452 Melville Island, h'opica.l character of the fossils of, 101 Menu's institutes, 5 - astronomical theories in, 6 Mephitic vnpours emitted by volcanos during eruptions, 329 -- cattle in Lanceroto and Quito killed by, 329 --birds killed by, on Vesuvius, 330 Mercati on organic remains, 26 Mer de glace, 98 Mese, formerly an island, now far inland, 233 Messina, ebb ancl flow in the Straits of, 257 --its shore rent by earthqnake, 416 -- subsidenco of tho quay at, 416 --fall of the cliffs near, during Cala. brian earthquake, 429 Mesua Collis described by Pomponius Mela, 233 Methone in Messina, volcanic eruption in, 323 Metshuka, hill of, in part swallowed up by earthquake, 437 Meuse, valley of the, 171 -- river, 287 Mexico, excavation ofvalieys in, 176 --tides in the Gulf of, 245 -- volcanic chain extending through, 316 -- active volcanos in, 316 Michell, on the cause and phenomena of earthquakes, 1760, 50 -- originality of his views, 50 ·-- on the. horizontality of strata in low countries, 50 --on their fractured state near mountain chains, 50 --on the geology of Yorkshire, 50 --his writings free from physico-theo-logical speculations, 50 -- on tho origin of mineral springs, 199 -- on the earthquake at Lisbon, 323, 440 -- on the connexion between the state of the atmosphtlre and earthquakes, 462 --on the expansive force of steam, 464 -- on the cause of the wave-like mo· tion of earthquakes, 470 -- on the cause of the retreat of the sea during earthquakt>s, 471 Mileto, subsitlcnce of houses near, tene-ments not destroyed, 426 Milford Haven, rise of tides at, 257 Millennium, 24 -- Burnet's account of the, 38 Milo, i~land, active solfatara in, 323 Mindinno in eruption, 1784, 318 Mineral composition oflavas, 396 Mineral waters, their connexion with vol· canic phenomena, 199 --. ingredients most common in, 199 Mining, geology applied to the art of, by Wemer, 55 .......__ art of, how taught in England, l~ranco, &c., 55 Mississippi, basin of the, 185 -- length of its course, depth, and velocity, 185 -- size of its allnvial plain, 185 -- its surface, not increased by the junction of other rivers, 185 -- its course slowly progressing eastwards, 186 -- immense curves in its course frequently cut through, 186 -- acres at a time swept away hy, 186 -- islands in the, 187 drift wood of the, 245 earthquakes in the valley of the, 191,316, 407 new lakes and islands in the valley of the, caused by earthquakes, 408 -- intermediate character of its delta, 245 stratification of the deposits in its delta, 253 INDEX. 499 Missouri, its junction with the Missis-sippi, 185 Mo~ern progress of Geology, 73 Molmo delle Caldane, tmvertin, 201 Moluccas, volcanic eruption in the 445 Mompili~re, overflowed by lava, 366 -- articles preserved under the lava in, 366 Monfalcone, baths of, on an island in the time of the Romans, 237 Mont Blanc, mer de glace on, 98 Monte Barbaro, description of, ser: woodcut No. 12,336 -- Bolen, controversy on the fossil fish of, 52 --Minardo on Etna, its height, &c.,362 -- NucillaonEtna, almost submerged, 362 -- Nuovo, account of the formation of, see woodcut No. 11,335 -- Nuovo, coast of the Bay of Baioo clevatec1 during the eruption of, 335 -- Nuovo, height, depth of crater, &c., 335 -- N uo~o, elevation of the coast near, mentioned by Hooke, 34 -- Pelegrino, perforated by shells, 231 -- Peluso, its height diminished by lava-current of 1444, 363 -- Rotaro, of recent aspect, 327 Rotaro, like volcanos in Auvergne, 327 Somma, M. Necker, on the structure of, 394 Somma, M. Necker's views on, confirmed by Mr. Scropo, 394 Somma, its formation analogous to that of Vesuvius, 394 -- Vico, siliceous incrustations of, 214 Monticelli anll Covelli, on Vesuvian minerals, 34 7 Monti Rossi, formed in 1669, see woodcut No. 14, 364 Montlosier, on the volcanos of Auvergne, 1788, 60 Montpelier, cannon imbedded in crystalline rock, in the museum at, 234 Montrose, no delta formed by the rivers in the bay of, 264 Morea, cities submerged in the, 323 Moro,Lazzaro, on earthquakes, 1740, 42 -- accounts for geological phenomena by earthquakes, 42 -- his descri}Jtion of the new island whic,h rose in 1707, in the Mediterranean, 42 -- ridicules theories then in vogue concerning organic remains, 42 - faults and dislocations described by, in proof of his theory, 43 Moro, Lazzaro, objects to the theorit>s of Burnet and Woodward, 43 -- adapts his tooory to tho Mosaic account of the creation, 43 -- on the formation of the secondary strata, 43 -- taught that the sea acquired its saltness from volcanic exhalations, 43 -- not acquainted with the writings of Hooke ancl Ray, 42 -- derived all stratifiecl rocks from volcanic ejections, 46 his theory of primary rocks, 63 Morocco, village in, and ten thousand people swallowed up in 1755, 439 -- earthquakes at, 323 Moselle, sinuosities of the river, 171 Moses's Principia of IIutchimon, 40 Mountain-chains, on the elevation of, 79 Mountain or transition limestone, great extent of, 127 -- formation near the mouth of' the Mackenzie, 127 -- fossil saurian found in, 129, 148 Mud eruption from Tunguragua in Quito, 1797,410 Murchison, Mr., on the tertiary deposits of the Salzburg Alps, 136 -- on schists of Caithness, 148 -- on the Plomb du Cantal, 395 Murcia in Spain, earthquake of 1829, 400 Murrayshire, town swept away by the sea, 264 Muschelkalkstein, 133 Mundane egg of~; gyptian cosmogony, 11 -- ridiculed by AristolJhanes, 12 NAPLEs, history of tho volcanic district round, 326 -- Royal Academy of, their account of the earthquake of 1783,413 Natchitoches lake, 190 Nature, uniformity of the order of, 85, 105, 164, 311,337 Necker, M., on Monte Somma, 394 Needles, Isle of Wight, composed of chalk, 280 Neptune, temple of, under water in the Bay of Bailn, 454 N eptunists and Vnlcanists, rival factions of, 60 N ewhaven, its cliffs undermined, 278 Now Holland, proportion of ferns to other plants in, 123 New Kameni, account of the fonnation of in 1707, 386 -- covered with living shells when first thrown up, 393 New Madriu shaken lly earthquakes, 1811, 408 2K2 |