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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

"COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1"


Tillard, Capt., on the sudden appearance of the island of Sabrina, 242.
Tournefort, zones of vegetation on Mount Ararat, 347.
Tralles, his notice of the negative electricity of the air near high
waterfalls, 336.
Translator, notes by, 29; on the increase of the earth's internal heat with
increase of depth, 45; silicious infusoria and animalculites, 46; chemical
analysis of an aerolite, 64; on the recent discoveries of planets, 90, 91;
observed the comet of 1843, at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in bright
sunshine, 101; on meteoric stones, 111; on a MS., said to be in the library
of Christ's College, Cambridge, 124; on the term "salses," 161; on
Holberg's satire, "Travels in the World under Ground," 171; on the Aurora
Borealis of Oct. 24, 1847, 194, 195, 199; on the electricity of the
atmosphere during the Aurora, 200; on volcanic phenomena, 203, 204;
description of the seismometer, 205; on the great earthquake of Lisbon, 210;
impression made on the natives and foreigners by earthquakes in Peru, 215;
earthquakes at Lima, 216, 217; on the gaseous compounds of sulphur, 217,
218; on the Lake of Lasch, its craters, 218; on the emissions of inflammable
gas in the district of Phasells, 233; on true volcanoes as distinguished
from salses, 224; on the volcano of Pichincha, 228; on the hornitos de
Jorullo, as seen by Humboldt, 230; general rule on the dimensions of
craters, 230; on the ejection of fish from the volcano of Imbaburn, 223; on
the little isle of Volcano, 234; volcanic steam of Pantellaria, 235; on
Daubeney's work "On Volcanoes," 236; account of the island of Santorino,
241; on the vicinity of extinct volcanoes to the sea, 244; meaning of the
Chinese term "li," 245; on mineral metamorphism, 248; on fossil human
remains found in Guadaloupe, 250; on minerals artifically produced 267, 268;
fossil organic structures, 271, 272; on Coprolites, 271; geognostic
distribution of fossils, 276; fossil fauna of the Sewalik Hills, 278;
thickness of coal measures, 281; on the amber pine forests of the Baltic,
283, 284; elevation of mountain chains, 286, 287; the dinornis of Owen, 287;
depth of the atmosphere, 302; richness of organic life in the ocean, 309; on
filaments of plants resembling the spermatozoa of animals, 341; on the
Diatomaceae in the South Arctic Ocean, 343; on the distribution of the
floras and faunas of the British Isles, 348, 349; on the origin and
diffusion of the British flora, 353, 354.


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