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Pterichthys, 125.
Pteroceras, 269.
Pterodactyles, 221, 233, 240, 243, 245-
” brevirostris, 235+
crassirostris, 234, 250.
Pterophyllum, 239, 249, 255.
” Jigeri, 202.
Miinsteri, 202.
Pterygotus, 110,
a bilobatus, 113.
Ptylopora, 146.
Purbeck Beds, 269, 271, 27
1» Marble, 272.
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Puy-de-Déme, 4o, 43. *
Puy-de-Dime, Extinct Volcanoes of, 53-
Puys, Chain of in Central France, 51.
Pycnodus, 190.
Pygopterus, 174.
Quadersandstein, 211.
QUATERNARY Epocn, 378.
» ‘Animals of, 382.
Quartz, ‘96.
Quartziferous Porphyry, 33.
Quartzite, 77. .
Rain, First Fall of, 95.
Raindrops, Impressions of, in Rocks,
14, 102, 173.
Raised Beaches, 488.
Ramphorynchus, 255, 259, 269.
Ramsay, A. C., on the Lower Oolite,
on Formation of Keuper Marls, 201.
on Colour of Red
Rocks, ror.
on Denudation, 28.
on Formation of
Granite, 33-
+» onGlacial Deposits,458.
Reading Beds, 330.
, Recent or Historical Period, 378.
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Re-construction of Fossil Animals from St. Austell, Granite of, 39. a Part, 7. St. Christopher's Tooth, 385. ,, Difficulties Attendant on, 8. Salamander of Q£ningen, 367. Red Crag, 372. Salicites, 283. Reindeer, 379. Saliferous or Keuper Period, 186, 199. J^ dative Volume of the Earthy 83.,,,, Fauna of, 201. Remains of Plesiosaiifus macrocephalus, Saline Springs, 23. 229. Salses, 60. Reptiles, Prevalence of during Se- Salt Mines, 199, 204. condary Epoch, 201, 220. Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of, 56, 69. Reptiles, Prevalence of during Creta- Sai-gassites, 309. ceous Period, 285. Sargassum, 309. Saurians, 187.,,.,, during the
Pliocene Period, 358, 366.,, of Cretaceous Period, 285. „ of Lias, 229. Rhnstic Strata, 180,* 205, 267.Rhinoceros, 360. Savoy Alps, 440. ,, Discovery of, Entire, in Scandinavian Continent, Upheaval and Siberia, 361, 379. Depression of, 282. „ Head of 360. Scaphites, 288. ,, tichorhynus, 360, 428. Scelidotherium, Skull406, 412.of ^\Z. Rhombus minimus, 326. RhynchoUtes, iSi. Scheuchzer''Schist, 77, s97.Salatnaiuler, 367. Rio Chapura, Humidity of, 337. Ripple-marks, 15. Schistopleuron typus, 401. ,, on Sandstone, 173, 204,,,,, restored, 402. 252. Schizaster, 326. n River, Great, of Cretaceous Period, 279. Scorire, Volcanic, 57. Roc, 361. Sheppey, I:;le of, 331. Roches moutonnees, 443, 447.,, Turtles of, 331. Rock, in Geology, 28. Sea-Pen, Virgularia Patagonia, 263. Sea Urchins, 205, 286. Rocks composing the Earth's Crust, Secondary Epoch, 185. ,, formed during the Carboni- Section of a Volcano in Action, 52. ferous Limestone Period, 149. Sectional Appearance of the Earth, 2. ,, Crystalline, 28. Sedgwick, Prof. A., on 10.Cambrian Rocks, Rocking Stones, 35. Rock Salt, its Origin, 199.,, on andGraniteCornwall,of Devon39. „ Quantity produced in England, 304.,j on Classification of Rosso Antico, 37. Rocks, 102. Rostellaria, 189. Sedimentary Rocks, 28. Rothliegende, 170, 174. Senonian Beds, 309, 310. Rudistes, 301. Septaria, 331. Runn of Cutch, 200. Serpentine, 38. Serpents of Tertiary Epoch, 379. Sables Inferieurs, 331. Serpuloe, 126, 272. ,, Moyens, 333. Shell Mounds, 478. Saccharoid Limestone, Minerals of, 76. Shells, Marine,tains, 5. on Tops of Moun- St. Acheul Gravel Beds, 476. St. Cassian Beds, 205. Siberia, Fossil Elephants in, 387. St. Acheul Gravel Beds, probable Age Sigillaria, 130, 136, 152, 157. of, 479. „ laroigata, 138.
INDEX, 5i6
Si^illaria reniformis, 157. Strata, Disposition of, 2. Silex meulier, 356. Stratification, Order of, 29. Siliceous Limestone, 333.,, of Coal Beds, 165. Silurian Period, 102. Strephodus, 266. ,, Divisions of, 109, no. Streptospondylus, 265. ,, Characteristics of, 103. Stringocephalus BUrtini, 127. „ Fauna104. and Flora of, Stromboli, Volcanic Island of, 55, 68. Strophalosia Morrisiana, 176. „ Fishes of, 107. Struthionidae, 193. „ Mollusca of, 108. Submarine Volcanoes, 70. ,, Plants of, 103. Sub-Appenine Sti-ata, 373. Suffolk Crag, 372. „ System, 102. Sivatheriuni, 365. Sulphurousenne, 64. Streams from Mount Idi- ,, restored, 366. Skaptar Jokul, 60. Sun-cracks, 102, 173. Syenite, 34. Skeleton of Ichthyosaicrtcs, 218. ,, of Plesiosauriis, 2.1"]. Tasniopteris, 315. Skull of Plesiosauriis, 226. Taxoceras, 289. „ Palccotherhun magnum, 32 1. Taxodites, 239. ,, Scelidotherium, 413. Skye, Basalt of Isle of, 49.,, Munsterianus, 202. Smith, Dr. W., Labours of, 9 Teeth of Mammoth, 384. vSmilax, 202. Teeth of Iguanodon, 293. Solenhofen, Limestone of, 273.,, Mastodon, 346. Solfataras, 63.,, Megalosaiirus, 291, 380. Somma, Mount, dZ.,, Machairodus, 380. Somme, River, Valley of, 475. Teleosaurus, 245, 256, 259. ,, Peat-Beds of the, 475.,, cadomensis, 259. South America, Depression and Up- Temperature of the Earth, Increase of as heaval of, 21. we descend, Spalacotherium, 265. 2, 16, 87. Sphajrodus, 190. Sphenophyllum, 154, 269.,,,, at Various ,, restored, 153. Depths, 16. „,, of Deep Mines, Sphenophyllites, 136. 16, 88. Sphenopteris, 136. ,,,, at 16.the Centre,,, artemisiitfolia, 144. Spirifera, 173, 175.,, of Planetary Regions, 86. ,, concentrica, 127.,, uniform,Period,in 133.Carboniferous ,, undulata, 175. Staff a. Grotto of^o.,, Gradual Alteration of, ^tag, gigantic Forest, 379. during Tertiary Period, Stalactite, 430. Stalagmite, 430. „ of Cretaceous Period, Stellispongia variabilis, 205. Stenosaurus, 265, Terebratula digona,313- 246. Stermun and Pelvis of Plesiosatints, 228.,, decussata,, 283. 252. Stigmaria, 130, 137, 157, 162.,, hastata, 141. Stigmaria, 138. Terebellana raviosissiina, 184. Stone Age, The, 478.,, deformis, 290. Stone Lilies, 127.,, subsclla, 266. Stonesfield Slate, 243, 245, 250, 252. TerehHrostra lyra, 290.
INDEX.
Terrestrial Plants of Devonian Period,
Tertiary Period, 312.
” egetation of, 313.
D Animals of, 312.
Tetragonolepis, 217.
Teutobocchus Rex, 348.
‘Thallogens, 123.
Thence Beds, 330.
Theoretical View of a Plateau, 47.
Theories of the Earth, 15.
Theory, Hutton’s, 3.
», _Laplace’s, 17.
Thermal Springs, 23.
Thickness of the Earth’s Crust, 89.
Thomson, Sir William, on the Earth’s
Crust, 89.
Thylacotherium, 245.
Tidal Wave, 22.
Tile Stones, 110.
Till Formation, 457.
Tortoises, 401.
Toxoceras, 289.
Toxodon, 412.
Trachyte, 39.
Trachytic Formations, 39.
Trail, 461.
Transition, or Primary Epoch, 99.
Transported Blocks, 449.
co Rocks, 27.
Trapa natans, 315.
Trappean Grotto, Staffa, 47.
Travertin, 333.
Tree Ferns, 174, 240.
Tremadoc Slates, 109.
Treuil, Coal Mine at, 160.
Triassic Period, 185.
x _ Flora, 187, 193, 202.
~une 12, 205.
margaritacea, 314.
Drigonocar um Négegerathit, 177.
lobites, 104, 107, 110, 126, 141, 181.
— Joshua, on Moel Tryfaen,
Trinucleus Lloydii, 129.
Trionyx of Tertiary Perisd, 326.
Trionyx, a Turtle, 319, 326, 329.
Tropical Vegetation, D’Orbigny on,
Trunk of Calamites, 136.
Sigillaria, 136.
Tunbridge ells Sand, 286,
517
Turbaco, Mud Voleanoes of, 61.
Turonian Series, 309, 310.
Turrilites, 289.
” communis, 290.
costatus, 289.
Turritella terebra, ” 280.
Turtle, 2 237, 272, 319, 326, 329,
331, 356.
Tyndall’s, Professor, Theory of Heat,
Uncites Gryphus, 127.
Under Gig en ‘
Unicornu Fossile, 386.
Unio, 266.
Upper Cretaceous, 300—-306.
»» Greensand, 300, 309.
1» Oolite, 265.
sy Lias, 212, 273.
x Lias Clay, 212.
» Silurian Period, 110,
Ursus spelzeus, 184, 395, 417.
” Head of, 184.
Vale of Wardour, 269.
Valley of Poison, 64.
a on Marine Deposits of Italy,
Variegated Sandstone, 187.
Veins of Granite traversing Gneiss of
Cape Wrath, 32.
Velay, Chain of the, 43.
Vertebrata, First Appearance of, 107.
Vespertilio Parisiensis. 326.
Vesuvius, 56, 68.
1 _ Existing Crater of, 56.
Virgularia, 263.
Vivarais, Valley of, 47.
Volcanic Bombs, 59.
by Ashes, 58.
»» Scorize, 57.
a Eruptions, 57.
” Formations, 51,
5 Islands, 55.
Rocks, 31, 39.
Volcano in Action, 52.
Volcanoes, 51.
if ‘Action of, 57, 63.
3 Active, 55, 67.
1» Mud, 60, 63.
on Extinct, 83.
” Sandwich Islands, 56.
518
‘Volcanoes, Watery, 23, 59
Voltaire and Buffon, 6.
Voltzia heterophylla, 194.
Volizia restoted, 195.
Vosges Mountains, 75.
5 Submergence of in
Permian Period, 180.
Wadhurst Clay, 286.
Walchia, 177.
»» Schlotheimii, 176.
Warp, 461.
‘Water, First Cradle of Life, roo.
Waterstones, 245.
Watery Volcanoes, 23, 59.
Weald Clay, 279, 281, 286, 298.
Wealden Beds, 279.
%5) Shells, 281.
Wenlock Rocks, 110.
‘Whale of the Rue Dauphine, 370.
Wiis Chalk, Rerthier’s Analysis
White Lias, 208.
Wild Man of Aveyron, 469.
Williamsonia, 239.
INDEX.
Wood, Searles V., Junr., on Glacial
Deposits, 460,
Wookey Hole, 474.
Woolwich and Reading Beds, 330.
Wright, Dr. Thos., on Penarth Beds,209.
Xiphodon, 320, 324, 329.
1» Sracile, 324.
Yuccites, 194.
Ysbrants Ides’ Account of Discovery
of Frozen Mammoth, 389.
Zamia, 249, 270.
x» Moreana, 255.
Zamites, 194, 239, 255) 297»
Zechstein, 170,
Zeolites, 44.
Ziphius, 370.
Zones of different density round the incandescent Earth, 85.
Zoophytes of Lias, 238.
» - Middle Oolite, 263.
a of Carboniferous Period, 141.
Zostera, 123, 266.
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