Bouvard, M., 105; his observations on that portion of the horary
oscillations of the pressure of the atmosphere, which depends on the
attraction of the moon 313.
Bramidos y truenos of Guanaxuato, 209, 210.
Brandes, falls of shooting stars, 114, 116; height and velocity of shooting
stars, 120; their periodic falls, 125, 126.
Bravais, on the Aurora, 201; on the daily oscillations of the barometer in
70 degrees north latitude, 314; distribution of the quantity of rain in
Central Europe, 334; doubts on the greater dryness of mountain air, 334.
Brewster, Sir David, first detected the connection between the curvature of
magnetic lines and my isothermal lines, 193.
Brongniart, Adolphe, luxuriance of the primitive vegetable world, 218;
fossil flora contained in coal measures, 280.
Brongniart, Alexander, formation of ribbon jasper, 259; one of the founders
of the archaeology of organic life, 273.
Brown, Robert, first discoverer of molecular motion, 341.
Buch's, Leopold von, theory on the elevation of continents and mountain
chains, 45; on the craters and circular form of the island of Palma, 226; on
volcanoes, 234, 238, 242, 243, 247; on metamorphic rocks, 249-252, 260, 263,
264; on the origin of various conglomerates and rocks of detritus, 269;
classification of ammonites, 276, 277; physical causes of the elevation of
continents, 295; on the changes in height of the Swedish coasts, 295.
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