VOLUME IV. Ice-Islands and Continent, in the North Polar Circle To face page 102 Fall of an Avalanche, near the Glacier of Grindelwalde, Switzerland Whirlwind of Sand in the Desert of Arabia View of a Water Spout in the Pacific Ocean Do. Water Spout in the Lipari Islands An Ignis Fatuus, or Will-o'-the-Wisp, as seen in Lincoln shire, and taken upon the Spot, in 1811 Two Mock Suns A Lunar Rainbow 175 254 262 266 494 521 529 A Fairy Ring, in the Dingle, in Shrewsbury 316 The Penguin; with the Conc and other Shells, Sponges, &c. 352 The Shark attacking a Boat-the Dolphin and Flying Fish 538 The Rattle Snake, Horned Snake, and Walking Leaf 566 The Boa or Aboma Snake, of Surinam 573 The Hooded or Spectacle Snake.-Boa Snake devouring a A Boar Hunt To face page 682 Quagga, with a View of the Table Mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope VOLUME VI. 688 Major Mony's perilous situation on falling into the Sea with Subterranean Temple of Elephanta, on the Bombay Coast Immolation of a Hindoo Widow upon her Husband's Funeral Pile, at Juggernaut 482 485 First and Second Pyramids of Gizah, Ancient Memphis, and Interior of the Temple of Apollinopolis Magna, at Edfu ib. Convent and Hermitage of Montserrat Stone Henge, Salisbury Plain Cromlech and Cheese-wring, at Layon, Cornwall 563 564 572 589 CONTENTS OF 1. ASTRONOMY of the Ancients before the Founda- tion of the Alexandrian School II, Astronomy of the School of Alexandria III. Astronomy in Modern Europe IV. General Notices on Astronomy V. Huygens' Conjectures concerning the Celestial VI. Nature and Construction of the Sun and fixed Stars 43 VII. Construction of the Heavens, and Organization of VIII. Recapitulation of the preceding Paper, by Dr. IX. Changes that have happened during the last twenty-five Years in the relative situation of Double Stars, with their Cause X. Observations on the Comet of the Year 1811, with Remarks on the Construction of its different VOL. I. b XI. Construction of the Comet of 1811, as determin- XII. Observations on the same, made at the Glasgow XIII. Of Solar Agency in the production of Cometic XIV. Result of a Comet's Perihelion Passage XV. General Observations on the preceding Chapters, XVI. Synopsis of the principal Elements of Astro- XVII. Discovery of the Law of Universal Gravitation 168 XVIII. Observations on the Planet Venus XIX. Account of Three Volcanoes in the Moon 183 XX. On the Twinkling of the fixed Stars XXII. General Astronomical Remarks XXIII. Stars visible in London XXIV. On the future Progress of Astronomy I. Geognosy: or the Doctrine of the Origin and general II. History of the General Deluge, and Opinions con- III. Mr. King's Theory on the same |
