Vine, thermal scale of its cultivation, 324.
Volcanoes, 28, 30, 35, 159, 161, 214, 215, 224-248; author's application of
the term volcanic, 45; active volcanoes, safety-valves for their immediate
neighborhood, 214; volcanic eruptions, 161, 210-270; mud volcanoes or
salses, 224-228; traces of volcanic action on the surface of the earth and
moon, 228; influence of relations of height on the occurrence of eruptions,
228-233; volcanic storm, 233; volcanic ashes, 233; classification of
volcanoes into central and linear, 238; theory of the necessity of their
proximity to the sea, 243-246; geographical distribution of still active
volcanoes, 245-247; metamorphic action on rocks, 247-249.
Vrolik, his anatomical investigations on the form of the pelvis, 352, 353.
Wagner, Rudolph, notes on the races of Africa, 352.
Walter on the decrease of volcanic activity, 215.
Wartmann, meteors, 113, 114.
Weber, his anatomical investigations on the form of the pelvis, 353.
Webster, Dr. (of Harvard College, U.S.), account of the island named
Sabrina. See note by Translator, 242.
Winds, 315-321; monsoons, 316, 317; trade winds, 32-, 321; law of rotation,
importance of its knowledge, 315-317.
Wine on the temperature required for its cultivation, 324; thermic table of
mean annual heat, 325.
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