Part 3 — Footnotes
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INDEX.
Aqui Range, Utah, fault in, 57
Arcturus, motion of, 16
Atmosphere, universal, 82
„ Dr. Hunt on, 86
„ Mr. Mattieu Williams on, 86
Atomic weights, logarithmic law of, 100
Atoms, according to Herschel and Clerk-Maxwell, manufactured articles, 92
Binary systems, 32
„ Dr. Johnstone Stoney on, 33
„ Sir W. Thomson on, 33
Biology, testimony of, as to age of sun’s heat, 65
Brodie, Sir B., on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 84
Brown and Dickson on sediment of the Mississippi, 40
Carnelley, Dr., argument from compound radicals, 94
μ Cassiopeiæ, motion of, 16
α Centauri, distance of, 16
Chemical elements, evolution of, 80
Clarke, Prof. F. W., on atomic weights, 93
„ on evolution of the chemical elements, 80, 89
„ on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 98
Comets, according to Laplace, strangers to our system, 17
„ according to Prof. A. Winchell, strangers to our system, 17
„ M. Faye on origin of, 17
„ probable origin of, 17
Compound radicals, argument from, 95
Condensation in relation to nebulæ, 27
„ the last condition of a nebula, 30
Cosmical dust and “fire-mist,” 81, 102
Crookes, Mr. W., on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 90-98
„ on protyle, 96
61 Cygni, motion of, 16
Darwin, Mr. Charles, on geological time, 67
Denudation, age of the globe as represented by, 63, 64
„ average rate of whole globe, 44
„ evidence from faults as to rate of, 53
„ Dr. A. Geikie on rate of, 41
„ glacial epochs in relation to, 46, 47
„ in Colorado, 58
„ in past ages not much greater than at present, 44
„ method employed to estimate its rate, 39, 47
„ Mr. A. R. Wallace’s method of estimating its rate, 51
„ of Bristol coal-fields, 59
„ of Mississippi basin, Sir Charles Lyell on, 44
„ of Pendle Range, 60
„ of Pentlands, 59
„ of river basins, 41
„ of South of Scotland, 55
„ of Wales, 59
„ Prof. Haughton’s method of estimating its rate, 50
„ Rotation of the earth in relation to, 46
„ the direct method of estimating its rate, 52
„ time required to effect the amount of, 63
Dewar and Liveing on dissociation of chemical elements, 83
Dissociation of chemical elements, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt on, 82, 85
„ of chemical elements, M. Berthelot on, 83
„ of chemical elements, M. Deville on, 83
„ of chemical elements, Mr. Lockyer on, 82
„ of chemical elements, Profs. Liveing and Dewar on, 83
„ of chemical elements, Prof. Schuster on, 83
„ of chemical elements, Sir B. Brodie on, 82, 84
„ Dumas, M., on essential unity of matter, 83
Earth’s crust, argument from, 93
„ rotation, its influence on denudation, 46
Emmons, Mr. S. F., on a fault in Aqui Range, 58
Energy existing as motion of stellar masses, 3
„ transformed by collision, 3
Evolution, can it be traced back to a first condition? 110
„ evidence of, from the grouping of the stars, 81
„ from smaller to larger aggregates of matter, 81
„ of matter, 107
„ of the chemical elements, 80, 107
Faults, evidence of rate of denudation from, 53
„ examples of, 54-60
„ “Grand Wash,” Colorado, 58
„ in East Tennessee, 58
„ in Strathmore, 55
Faye, M., on origin of comets, 17
Gaseous condition essential to the nebular hypothesis, 25
„ state, second condition of a nebula, 24
Geikie, Dr. A., on area of the globe, 48
„ on denudation of the Pentlands, 59
„ on examples of enormous faults, 55
„ on rate of denudation, 41
Geological epochs of past ages, misconceptions regarding, 49
Geological time, Mr. A. R. Wallace on, 65
„ time, Mr. Charles Darwin on, 66
„ time, Prof. Haeckel on, 67
„ time, Prof. Huxley on, 65, 66
„ time, Sir Andrew C. Ramsay on, 67
Geology, testimony of, in regard to age of sun’s heat, 39
Glacial epoch, age of the earth as determined by, 64
„ epochs, influence on denudation, 46
Gravitation does not account for the heat required, 106
„ does not account for motion of the stars, 105
„ insufficient to account for heat of nebulæ, 27
Groombridge 1830, motion of, 15
„ not an eject, 106
„ Prof. Newcomb on motion of, 15
Grove, Sir W. R., on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 78
Haeckel, Prof, on geological time, 67
Haughton, Prof., method of estimating rate of denudation, 50
Heat, age of the sun’s, 37
Helmholtz on age of sun’s heat, 35
Huggins, Mr., and Dr. Miller on spectra of nebulæ with one nitrogen line, 84
Hull, Prof., on denudation of Pendle Range, 60
„ on examples of enormous faults, 54
Humphreys and Abbot on sediment of the Mississippi, 40
Hunt, Dr. T., on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 85
„ on universal atmosphere, 86
Huxley, Prof., on geological time, 65, 66
Hypothesis, value of, 70
“Impact Theory,” why so called, 2
„ in relation to theories of pre-nebular condition of matter, 102
„ removes difficulties regarding origin of heat, 108, 109
ε Indi, motion of, 16
King, Mr. Clarence, on the Wahsatch Fault, 59
Lalande 21185, motion of, 16
„ 21258, motion of, 16
Laplace, M., on the heat of the solar nebula, 30
Lavoisier, M., on simpler forms of matter, 86
Lesley, Mr. J. P., on a fault in the Appalachians, 57
„ on fault in East Tennessee, 58
Liveing and Dewar on dissociation of chemical elements, 83
Lockyer, Mr., on arrangement of the planets according to density, 25
„ nebulæ with solid matter in a gaseous mass, 20
Lockyer, Mr., on essential condition of solar nebulæ, 25
„ on hypothesis, 70
„ on number of meteorites, 103
„ on outburst of stars, 33
„ on “sorting” of the chemical elements, 25
Lodge, Prof. O., on ethereal origin of matter, 87
„ on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 87
„ on vortex atoms, 88
Logarithmic law of atomic weights, 100
Lyell, Sir Charles, on denudation of the Mississippi basin, 44
Macvicar, Dr., on ethereal origin of matter, 87
Matter not probably eternal, 112
Mendelejeff, Prof., on Periodic Law, 96
Meteorites, number greatly exaggerated, 103
„ probable origin of, 12
„ Sir H. Roscoe on constitution of, 12
„ Sir W. Thomson on, 12
Mill, Mr. J. S., on hypothesis, 70
Miller, Dr., and Mr. Huggins on spectra of nebulæ with one nitrogen line, 84
Mills, Dr., on Polymerisation, 95
Morris, Mr. Charles, on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 75
Nebulæ, broken fragments in a gaseous mass, 19
„ cometic, 22
„ condensation insufficient to account for heat of, 27
Nebulæ condensation, last condition of, 30
„ first condition of, 19
„ gaseous state, second condition of, 24
„ „ globular, 21
„ heat of, not due to gravitation, 27
„ how they occupy so much space, 18
„ how origin of by impact might not have been observed, 110
„ must possess an excessive temperature, 26
„ Mr. Lockyer on, 20-22
„ origin of, 18
„ Prof. A. Winchell on meteoric origin of, 22
„ Prof. Tait on, 20
„ Sir W. Thomson on origin of, 6, 28
„ spheroidal, 22
„ why of such various shapes, 19
Nebular hypothesis, gaseous condition essential to, 2, 5
Newcomb, Prof., on motion of 1830 Groombridge, 15
Newlands on Periodic Law, 96
Nova Cygni, on sudden outburst of, 33
Objection considered, 109
Palæozoic times, winds probably not higher than at present, 46
Peach, Mr. B. N., on examples of enormous faults, 55
„ on denudation of the south of Scotland, 55
Periodic Law, argument from, 96
„ Prof. Mendelejeff on 96
Periodic Law, Newlands on, 96
„ Prof. Reynolds on, 96
Planets, on their arrangement according to density, 25
Polymerisation, argument from, 95
„ Dr. Mills on, 95
Pouillet, on rate of solar radiation, 2, 35
Powell, Major J. W., on denudation of Uinta Mountains, 58
Pre-nebular condition of matter, Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney on, 99
„ condition of matter, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt on, 85
„ condition of matter, Mr. Charles Morris on, 75
„ condition of matter, Mr. W. Crookes on, 90
„ condition of matter, Prof. A. Winchell on, 71
„ condition of matter, Prof. F. W. Clarke on, 98
„ condition of matter, Prof. Lodge on, 87
„ condition of matter, Sir B. Brodie on, 84
„ condition of matter, Sir W. R. Grove on, 78
„ evolution, 107
Proctor, R. A., on meteoric origin of solar system, 23
Protyle, the primal matter, 96
Prout’s Law, argument from, 92
Ramsay, Sir Andrew C, on denudation of Bristol coal-fields, 59
„ on denudation of Wales, 59
„ on geological time, 67
Reynolds, Prof., on Periodic Law 96
Rogers, Prof. H. D., on a great fault in the Appalachian coal-fields, 57
Roscoe, Sir H., on constitution of meteorites, 12
Rotation, supposed influence on denudation, 46
Saigey, M., on ethereal origin of matter, 87
Schmidt, Dr., on number of meteorites, 103
Solar nebula, M. Laplace on heat of, 30
„ Mr. Lockyer on condition essential to, 25
„ Sir W. Thomson on, 6, 28
Solar radiation, rate of, according to Pouillet and Langley, 35
Solar system, Mr. R. A. Proctor on meteoric origin of, 23
Star clusters, 34
Stars, evidence of evolution from their grouping, 81
„ how origin of by impact might not have been observed, 110
„ in four groups, 81
„ motion not accounted for by gravitation, 105
„ motion not due to their mutual attractions, 14
„ motion of, how in straight lines, 14
„ sudden outbursts of, 33
Stoney, Dr. G. Johnstone, on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 99
Subaërial denudation, method of estimating rate of, 39, 47
Sun, age of heat of, 34
Sun’s heat, age of, according to Geology, 37
„ age of, a crucial test, 34, 37
Sun’s heat, age of, according to Thomson and Tait, 35
„ age of, as determined by Biology, 64
„ age of, as determined by Geology, 39
Tait, Prof., nebulæ with solid matter in a gaseous mass, 20
„ on age of sun’s heat, 35
Temperature excessive, essential to nebulæ, 26
„ produced by collision, 5
Thomson, Sir W., on age of sun’s heat, 35
„ on meteorites, 12
„ on origin of solar nebula, 28
„ on solar nebula, 6
„ suggestion by, 86
Tides, supposed influence on denudation, 45
Tycho Brahe, on sudden outburst of a star, 33
Tylor, Alfred, on the denudation of Mississippi Basin, 40
Uinta Mountains, denudation of, 58
„ fault in, 57
Vortex atoms, Prof. Lodge on, 88
“Wahsatch Fault,” Utah, immense dislocation, 58
Wallace, Mr. A. R., on geological time, 65, 68
„ method of estimating rate of denudation, 57
Williams, Mr. Mattieu, on universal atmosphere, 86
Winchell, Prof. A., on age of the earth, 64
„ on comets strangers to our system, 17
„ on denudation of Colorado plateau, 58
„ on deposition of Palæozoic sediment, 45
„ on ethereal medium, 87
„ on meteoric origin of nebulæ, 22
„ on nebular hypothesis, 69
„ on the pre-nebular condition of matter, 71
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Front matter, ‘By’ changed from small caps to letter case, “By James Croll, LL.D., F.R.S. With”
Page 2, comma inserted after ‘Mag.,’ “Phil. Mag., July 1878;”
Page 25, full stop inserted after ‘Lectures,’ “Manchester Science Lectures.”
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Page 41, ‘years’ inserted, “Mean 3,378 years”
Page 54, full stop inserted after ‘Mem.,’ “Mem. Geol. Survey of Lancashire”
Page 59, full stop inserted after ‘vol. i.,’ “Memoirs of Geol. Survey, vol. i.”
Page 113, ‘radicles’ changed to ‘radicals,’ “argument from compound radicals”
Page 115, ditto inserted, “„ on examples of enormous faults”
Page 116, ditto inserted, “„ globular”
Page 117, page entries reversed, “of solar radiation, 2, 35”
Page 117, ‘geologica’ changed to ‘geological,’ “on geological time”
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