Volume 6

The gallery of nature and art; or, a tour through creation and science ... / By Edward Polehampton, and John M. Good. Illustrated by one hundred engravings.

  • Polehampton, Edward (Edward Thomas William), 1777?-1830.
Date:
1821
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    610 Gravitation, discovery of the law of, i. 168 Gravity, on the Keplerian sPassin yi 1. 29 Greenland, Miss, her improvement of painting, vi. 429 Greeks, astronomy of the, i. 6; tradi- tion of the deluge among the, 247 ; geography of the, 296 Grenada, volcanoes in New, i. 485 Grotto at Pausilipo described, i. 5105 of Antiparos, ii. 77; at Malta, 78 ; at Douse, in France, 82; near Be- sangon, ibid; del Cano, 1033. of the Sibyls, itig 623; of Neptune, 70 Guadalquiver, course of the, iii.’ 31 Guadiana, in Spain, described, iii. 31 Guaiacum-tree, description of, v./185 Guardian frigate, sufferings of the crew of, iv. 99 Guanaxeto, account of the mines of, ii. 297 Guettard, M. on rivers, iii. 6 Guinea worm, account of the, v. 337 Gulf streams, on, iii. 305 Gum ammoniac plant described, v. 208; Arabic, description of, 294; elastic, 295 ;, lac, account of, 399 Gun-metal, composition of, vi. 285 Gunpowder, on blasting “rocks by, ii. 273 ; history of, vi. 1685; composi- tion off 174 Guns, antiquity of, vi, 169 Gymnote, extraordinary properties of the, v. 488 Gypsum, on the formations of, ii. 209 Haemus, mount, description of, ii, 402, 408 Hague, agitation of waters at the, i ii. 58 Hail, causes of, iv. 145; general nature df 181; storms, violent ones, 182 Halifax, thunder storm at, iv. 314 Halley, Dr. prediction of a comet, i. 143; his experiments on evaporation, iii. 45 on the variation of the mag- netic needle, iv. 3773 aurora boita- lis, ib, 394 5 on lights in the air, 400 Halos, on the phenomena of, iv. 517 ; instance of one, ib. 525 Haltios, or remarkable vapours, iii. 171 Hamilton, Sir. W. on the eruptions of Vesuvius, i. 343—374; Etna, ib. 4243 his account of the earthquake at Messina, ii. 59 Hannibal, his passage of the Alps, vi. 173 Harmattan, wind described, iv. 296 Harowgate spring, nature of, iii. 177 Hartz forest, remarkable caves in, ii. 201 Harwich cliffs described, ii. 150 Hastings, extraordinary phenomena at, iv. 514 Hatfield chase, submarine forest in, ii. 1585 water-spouts seen on, iv. 267 Haukadal springs, in Iceland, describ- ed, iii. 127 Haiiy, M. on crystallization, vi. 147 Heat of the atmosphere, on the, iv. 37 ; causes of, 46; sources and effects of, 503 comparative effects of, 65 5 va- riations of local, 673 in different countries, 74 . Heavens, construction of the, i. 61 Hebrides, voleanoes in the New, i. 466 Heckingham poor-house set on fire, iv. 340 Heckla in Iceland, description of, i. 447 Heights, table of, iii. 383 Helena, St. volcanoes in, i. 468 Henbane, description of the black, v. 256 Herbarium, preparation and ‘uses of a, _v. 821 Helicon, description of, 403. Herculaneum, destruction of, i. 335 ; -discovery of the ruins of, ii. 229—237 Heraclea, remarkable cave at, ii. 76 Hercynian forest described, ii. 202 Herring, natural history of, v. 528 Herschel, Dr. his astronomical disco- veries, i. 683—1073 recapitulation of, 1115; on the changes of the stars, 113; observations on the comet, 114 5 on the planet Venus, 1785 on lunar volcanoes, 183 Hertfordshire, storm in, iv. 184 Hevelius, his astronomical discoveries, i. 80 Hiero, on the galley of, vi. 518 Hieroglyphic writing, on, vi. 342 Hindoos, their invocation of the Gan- ges, ili. 11 Hipparchus, his discoveries in astrono- my, i. 125 geography indebted to, 143; the inventor of maps, 297 Holkham, whirlwind at, iv. 254 Holland, inundations in, iii. 2853 on the embankments of, 879 Holywell, in Flintshire, described, iii. 175