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Wales, New South, coal of, i. 183.
Ware, Dr. H., on the Shetland Isles, ii. 88.
Water, weight of, below the earth, i. 27.
Watt, Mr. Gregory, his experiments on the amorphous basalt of Rowley, ii. 73. 109.
Waves, Acosta on, ii. 242. See Earthquakes.
Weald of Sussex and Wealden formation, freshwater shells of the, i. 77. Deposits of the, ii. 2. References to, passim.
Weaver, valley of the, speculation respecting the, i. 212.
Weighten, ossiferous beds of, date of, unfixed, i. 280.
Weinbohla, quadersandstein of, i. 244.
Wells, Artesian, their temperature, ii. 276. A knowledge of geology requisite for discovery of, 328.
Wenlock formation, zoophytes and corals abundant in, i. 75. 138. Limestone of, 136. Table of the formation, 139.
Werner, his view of geology as a branch of mineralogy, i. 1. 4. His study of the Scottish and Saxon mountains, 38. On pyrogenous rocks, ii. 146. His distinction between "true" and "false" veins, 155. His classification of the veins of Freyberg, 171. 174. On the union between a vein and a rock, 186. On fissures in mineral veins, 194.
Westmoreland, red sandstone of, i. 16. Clay slate of, 126. Lake district of, 133.
Westphalia, organic remains of plants in, i. 72.
Wharfdale, scar limestone of, i. 63.
Whewell, Mr., allusion to, i. 21. ii. 288. 307.
"Whin Sill," in Crossfell, basaltic formation of the, ii. 96.
Whitehaven, dip of stratified rocks at, i. 37.
Wicklow Mountains, afford an example of the granitic basis of the earth's crust, i. 108. 121.
Wieliczka, salt mines of the, i. 212.
Wiesbaden, mineral waters of, their analysis, ii. 256.
Wight. Isle of, freshwater shells found in, i. 77. Marine tertiaries principally exhibited in, 254.
Williams, Mr., on mineral veins, ii. 165. On Huel Peever Mine, 180.
Wittgendorf, diluvial deposits at, ii. 69.
Wrekin, fissures in the, ii. 97, 98.
Wren's Nest, Dudley, i. 137.
Wurtemberg, salt mines of, i. 212.
Wye and the Meuse, similarity of their course, i. 176.
Y
Yoredale rocks, i. 176. ii. 6.
Yorkshire, dislocation of coal and limestone strata in, i. 50. Table of secondary rocks of, 66. Coal formations of, 167. Amount of molluscous reliquiæ found in, 173.
"Yorkshire, Geology of," quoted and referred to, i. 137. 172. 190. ii. 112. 162.311.
Z
Zechstein, where found, i. 202, et seq.
Zetland, serpentine found in, i. 121.
Zircon sienites, their transportation, i. 291.
Zoology, its use in the pursuit of geology exemplified, passim. But see Organic Remains of various Strata.
Zoophyta, fossil, i. 73. Table of, 76. See Organic Remains, Corals.
Zuyder Zee, its excavation by the sea, ii. 33.
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