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454 Chimborazo, Mount, 56

China, observations made in, 104

Chladni, experiment of, 147

Christian era, the, 100

Chronology of the visible heavens, 389

Climate, 257, 267, 271

Coal, 83

Cold, 264, 266

Colours, prismatic, 172 et seq.; of the stars, 393

Columbus and Lerius, 280, 314

Comets, theory of, and description of Encke’s and other remarkable comets, 67, 359 to 383

Compass, the mariner’s, 313, 330

Compression, doctrine of, 90

Conductors, electrical, 294, 298

Conjunction of planets, dates of, 46

Connexion of the physical sciences, conclusion, 413

Constellations, motion and revolution of, 391

Crystal, 212

Crystallization, 235, 243, 308

Curvature of the earth, 54

Day, the solar, 97

, divisions of, 98, 107

Dew, phenomenon of, 240

Diameters of the sun and planets, 67

Diaphanous bodies, 213

Distances in the universe calculated, 47, 48, 66

Dynamics, principles of, 81; the theory of, 411

Ear, the, 142, 148

Earth, its rotation uniform, 21, 80; its circumference, 57; its fires, and heat from the sun, 82, 85; eccentricity of orbit, 85; whether cavernous, 90; theories, 95, 370

Earthquakes, the noise of, 151

Echo, 150

Eclipses, comparison of, 37, 40

description of lunar, 44

of Jupiter’s satellites is chronometrical, 30

Ecliptic, the, 94, 103

, variation of the, 20

Egyptians, astronomy of the, 105

Elastic bodies, vibrations of, 153

Electricity, science and phenomena of, 151, 285 et seq. 303, 353

Electrics, Non, 289

Electro-magnetism, 324,330, 340, 343

Elevation of the earth at the equator, 51, 59

‘Ephemeris,’ the, 47

Equator, the, 50, 94, 265, 311

Equinox, vernal and autumnal, 41