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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Academy of Naples, Royal, their contro-versy on the destruction of Her-eulaneum and Pompeii, 351 Addison.s opinion of Burnet.s theory, 38 Adige, embankment of the, 184 delta of the, 236 Adria, formerly a seaport, now twenty miles inland, 236. Adriatic, Marsilli on the arrangement of shells in the, 44--Donati on the bed of the, 47, 85, 236----its form favourable to the growth of deltas, 235 rapid gain of land in the, 236 its depth, 236 i Olivi on the distribution of sedi-ment in the, 237 Africa, marine fossil shells of, mentioned by ancients, 18. Malte-Brun on the heat radiated by, 106 its shores undermined by currents, 299. drift sands of the deserts, 301 great current along the coast of, 309 violently shaken by earthquake of Lisbon in 1755, 439 '. rise of the sea on the coast of, dur-ing the earthquake, 439 Agricola.s theory of fossil remains, 25 Ahmedhabad, town of, destroyed by earthquake, 1819, 405 Air, circulation of in the atmosphere, 117 Aldborough, incursions of the sea for-merly very destructive at, 274--its ancient site now under the sea, 274 its coast at present protected by sandbanks, 274 Aleppo, earthquake of, in 1822, 403 Aleutian isles, eruptions frequent in, 317--earthquakes in the, 408 Alluvial plain of Mississippi, size of, 185 animals inhabiting it, 189 Alluvions, volcanic, 349 Vol. I. Alluvions in Scotland, 433 Alps, Saussure on the, 54-----tertiary rocks of the, 136----relative age of the, 137 Alting, his account of the formation of the Zuyder Zee, 288 Amalphi, 83 Amazon, great rise of the tides in the river, 291 sea discoloured by its waters three hundred miles from its mouth, 292. large part of Guiana formed by its deposits, 292 its sediment drifted by currents to the mouth of the Orinoco, 292, 309 American lakes, may cause...
