Wolleston on the limitation of the atmosphere, 302.
Wrangel, Admiral, on the brilliancy of the Aurora Borealis, coincident with
the fall of shooting stars, 126, 127; observations of the Aurora, 197, 200;
wood hills of the Siberian Polar Sea, 281.
Xenophanes of Colophon, described comets as wandering light clouds, 100;
marine fossils found in marble quarries, 263.
Young, Thomas, earliest observer of the influence different kinds of rocks
exercise on the vibrations of the pendulum, 168.
Yul-sung, described by Chinese writers as "the realm of pleasure," 332.
Zimmerman, Carl, hypsometrical remarks on the elevation of the Himalayas, 32.
Zodiacal light, conjectures on, 86-92; general account of, 137-144;
beautiful appearance, 137, 138; first described in Childrey's Britannia
Baconica, 138; probable causes, 141; intensity in tropical climates, 142.
Zones, of vegetation, on the declivities of mountains, 29-33; of latitude,
their diversified vegetation, 62; of the southern heavens, their
magnificence, 85, 86; polar, 197, 198.
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