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Elk, the Irish, fossil remains of, i. 99. ii. 56. 69.
Ellis, Mr., his description of the crater of Kirauea, ii. 532.
Elster, valley of the, fossil remains of Man found in, i. 100.
Ems, its mineral waters, their analysis, ii. 256.
Eocene period, deposits of the, ii. 41. See Strata.
Epilimnic formation, the, i. 257.
Eppelsheim, animal remains found at, ii. 45.
Eribol, Loch, orteoceratites discovered at, i. 118. Quartz rock of, 117.
Erratic block groups, i. 281. 283. Theories accounting for their formation, 281 298.
Estuary and shore deposits, description of, and their effects, ii. 31, et seq.
Etna, volcano of, i. 278. ii. 203. Phenomena attending eruptions of, 204. Height and circumference of, 211. Various eruptions of, 217, 218.
Euganean hills, extinct volcanos of, i. 278. ii. 227.
Europe and British Isles, once covered by the sea, i. 149.
Everest, Mr., his analysis of the waters of the Ganges, ii. 34.
F.
Facts, geological, the means for investigating, i. 18.
Falconer, Dr., his discovery of fossil quadrumana, i. 100.
Faults, description of, i. 40. Local names for, 40. Extent and frequency of, 42. Their relation to disturbed rocks, 44. Their cause, ii. 301. See Strata.
Fauna of the magnesian limestone, i. 200. Of the Permian system, 201. Glacial marine, 327.
Felspar, proportion of oxygen in, i. 25. Its composition, 31. How and where found, ii. 84.
Felspathic rocks, how and where found, ii. 84.
Ferrybridge, discovery of submarine forest at, ii. 57.
Festiniog, valley of, i. 134.
Firs, remarkable heights of, ii. 67.
Fish, thrown out by volcanos, account of, ii. 215.
Fishes, fossil remains of, i 86. Orders of, 89. Table of, 90. See Organic Remains.
Fissures, in rocks, i. 303. In igneous rocks, ii. 97. Vein, their origin, 188. Filling of, 192. Longitudinal, production of, 299. Transverse, their formation, 300. In conical elevation, their formation, 300.
Fleming, Dr., on deposits of the Frith of Tay, ii. 60.
Flinders, Captain, his account of the coral reef of New Holland, i. 332.
Flint. See Cretaceous System.
Flora, British. See Organic Remains.
Fluviatile deposits, ii. 8, et seq.
Forbes, Prof. E., on marine deposits, i. 327. His researches in the ÆEgean Sea, 337. His observations on the glacier of Montanvert, i. 14. 19. His work on the lacustrine deposits of Purbeck, 40. On the volcanos of Auvergne, 207. On mineral springs, 257, et seq.
Forchammer, Dr., his suggestion respecting the origin of pisolite, i. 210. His view accounting for the boulder formation of Denmark, 317. On deposits of lakes of Denmark, ii. 54.
Ford, Mr., his account of Cockfield Dyke, ii. 132.
Forest of Dean, i. 181.
Forests, subterranean and marine, discoveries of, ii. 57. Their antiquity, 64.
Formations, ancient valley, ii. 2.
Forster, Mr. Westgarth, his arrangement of the Newcastle coal beds, i. 168.
Forth, great valley of the, dip of stratified rocks in the, i. 37.
Fossils, and fossil remains of animals, &c. See Organic Remains.
Fourier, M., his mathematical theory of heat, ii. 264. 268. 308. 313.
Fox, Mr., on the changes of metallic bodies by electrical currents, i. 68. 135. ii. 114.195. On the mineral veins of Cornwall, 160. 164, et seq. On fissures in mineral veins, 195. His experiments on heat and the temperature of mines, 271, et seq.
France, coalfields of, i. 183. Cretaceous rocks of, 241.
Freyberg, mines of, ii. 174. Proportions of lead and silver found in, 174. Temperature of, 270.
Friendly Isles, tabular form of the, i. 332.
Friesland, lakes of, once woods, ii. 61.
