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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.1895 Excerpt: ... INDEX Abberley H1lls, 219 Aberaeron, 73, 74, 75, 81 Abergwailas, 81 Aberpwl, 232 Aberystwith, 73, 74, 77, 81 iEggischorn, 254, 267, 273 Africa, Ramsay's excursion into, 338 Agassiz, L., notice of, 18; visited by Ramsay, 252 Agronomical map of British Isles, 293 Airy, G. B., 159 Aix les Bains, 345 Albert, Prince, 159, 175, 185 Aletsch glacier, 255, 267, 273 Alf, 263 Alps, Ramsay's visits to the, 198, 202, 253, 266, 272, 327, 352; conse-quences of upheaval of, 360 Altered rocks, Ramsay's views regard-ing, 52, 83, 109, 154, 172, 191, 207, 286, 326 American Association for the Advance-ment of Science, 252 Amlwch, 171, 191 Andersonian University of Glasgow, -7 Anglesey, 105, 107, 154, 164, 170, 172, 190, 191, 192, 207, 287, 288, 300, 326, 334 Ansted, D. T., 57, 78 Antiquities, Ramsay's love of, III, 188, 246, 289, 301, 319, 3S3 Antrim, 315, 318 Arans, geology of the, 79i 82, 165, 329 Arbroath, 344 Arenig, geology of, 79, 204 Arenig group, 332, 333, 334, 336, 338 Argyll, Duke of, 270 Armagh, 315, 320 Arran, Isle of, as a summer resort, 10; attractive geology of, 12; surveyed and modelled by Ramsay, 16, 17; volume on, by Ramsay, 21, 29, 239; descriptions of, 22-25 revisited, 74 Ash, volcanic, 82, 83 Atmospheric disintegration, 199 Auchendrane Castle (E. Cathcart), 248, 294 Austen, see Godwin-Austen Auvergne, 353 Aveline, W. T., appointed to Geologi-cal Survey, 43, 66; letters to, 77, 82, 83, 126, 146, 149, IS2. -54. 158, 162, 167, 211, 213, 218, 231, 232, 234; at work in Wales, 79, 80, 83, 100, 153, 158, 204, 205, 234; paper at Geological Society, 124; at the annual Survey dinners, 175; position on staff of Survey in 1854, 212; revision work of, in North Wales, 230; attends confer-ence in Scotland, 342 Ayrshire, coast-scenery of, 4; Ramsay's visits to, ...
