A Christian Philosopher of the last Century 356
All the Year Round 144
Analysis of Newton's Principia. By Henry Lord Brougham, F.R.S. 183
Antarctic Voyages. By Sir James Clarke Ross, R.N. 178, 288
Arago, M., on the supposed Movement of the Earth 320
Arctic Explorations (W. & It. Chambers) 116
Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments. By G. G. Carey 131
Athenæum, March 25, 1865 7
Australian Almanack, 1859. Communication by Captain Stokes, H.M.S. "Albion" 254
Ditto, 1871 93
Australian Handbook, Almanack and Shippers' and Importers' Directory, 1872 (Gordon & Gotch) 254
Australian and New Zealand Gazette, 1857 278
Ditto, April 9, 1853 95
Boston Post, October 30, 1856 92
Brighton Examiner, July 1, 1870 107
Builder, September 20, 1862 259
Captain Basil Hall, R.N., F.R.S., on Twilight in New Zealand 119
Captain Beechy's description of the sun at midnight 106
Castle's Treatise on Levelling 262
Chambers' Journal, No. 100 161
Cheltenham Examiner, November 29, 1865 95
Condensed Navigation (Whittaker, London) 260
Cook's Strait Almanack, 1848 120
Cosmos. By Alex. von Humboldt 150, 184, 194, 198, 287, 332
Daily News, April 5, 1865 396
Ditto, September 18, 1871. M. Kossuth's account of the survey of Mont Fréjus Tunnel 48
Daily Telegraph, July 16, 1870 131
De Facia in Orbe Luna. By Plutarch 137
Description of the Battlefields of Inkerman, Alma, and Magenta 384
Dion Cassius, Tome iv. Sturtz 137
Discoveries in the South Sea. By Captain James Burney 337
Dr. Rees' Cyclopædia. Article "Degrees" 262.
Edinburgh Review, June, 1850 84
Electrical Theory of the Universe. By T. S. Mackintosh 350
Elements of Astronomy. By W. Maddy, M.A. 157
Elliott's Balloon Ascent from Baltimore 37
Encyclopedia Britannica. Article on "Levelling" 34
Encyclopædia of Geography. By Hugh Murray and several Professors of the University of Edinburgh 244, 245
Encyclopædia Londinensis 149, 152, 358
Encyclopedia Metropolitana. Article by Professor Barlow 152
English Mechanic, January 4, 1867 198
Extract from the Life of Dr. Adam Clark 370
Extracts from the Works of the Rev. J. Wesley, 3rd edition, 1849 371, 372
Field Newspaper, March 26, 1870 268
Figure of the Earth. By Johannes von Gumpach, 2nd edition, 1862. (Hardwicke.) 241, 243, 259
Good Words. Article by Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. 83
Gutch's Southampton Almanack and Time Tables 167
Handbook to the Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of 1851 59
Household Words, October 18, 1856 172
How to Observe the Heavens. By Dr. Lardner 332
Illustrated Almanack, 1864 131, 137
Illustrated London Almanack, 1847 329, 330
Illustrated London News, September 7, 1861 142
Is the World Flat or Round? By Captain George Peabody, F.R.G.S., 1871. (Bellows, Gloucester) 166, 168
Journal of the Society of Arts, May, 1850. A Paper on the Principles of Great Circle Sailing, by Mr. J. T. Towson, of Devonport 282
Lectures on Astronomy. By M. Arago 142, 145, 324, 325
Lectures on Chemistry. By Dr. Noad 145, 237
Lectures on Natural Philosophy. By Professor Partington 152
Leeds Mercury, April 20, 1867 96
Leisure Hour, October 11, 1862 38
Ditto, May 21, 1864 38
Lessons in Elementary Astronomy. By R. A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S., 1871 276
Letter from a Correspondent in New Zealand, 1857 119
Letter from Lord Palmerston on gunnery in connection with the earth's rotation 70
Lighthouses of the World, 1862 (Lawrie) 29, 219
Life of Christ Zetetically considered. By Parallax. (In the Press.) 196
Literary Gazette, 1851 302
Liverpool Almanack 169
Liverpool Mercury, January 8 and June 3, 1867 92, 93
Ditto, May 23 and May 17, 1851 304, 305
London Journal, February 4, 1857 326
Ditto, July 18, 1857 37
London Saturday Journal, August 8, 1840 162
Manchester Examiner, May 24, 1851 (Supplement) 305, 306
Marine Advertiser, September 19, 1871 264
Mayhew's Great World of London 37
Mayhew's Wonders of Science 203
McCulloch's Geography 131
Mechanic's Magazine, 1843 314
Ditto, May 20 and July 1, 1848 316, 318
Mechanism of the Heavens. By Dr. Olmstead, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in Yale College, United States 153, 334
Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, 1859. By General von Schubert 250
Million of Facts. By Sir Richard Phillips 152, 165, 183, 238
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, March 9, 1860. Article by Norman Pogson, Esq. 133
Ditto, June 8, 1860 339
Ditto, December 9, 1859, and May 11, 1860 340
Morning Advertiser, September 16, 1871 127
Morning Star, March 3, 1858 133
Museum of Science. By Dr. Lardner 85, 144
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. By Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. 171, 179, 290, 291, 295
New Zealand. By Arthur S. Thompson, Esq., M.D. 120
Orbs of Heaven. By Mitchell 335
Ovid's Metamorphoses 366
Pamphlet by W. Swainson, Esq., Attorney-General for New Zealand, 1856 (Smith, Elder) 119
Paper by M. Babinet, read before the French Academy of Sciences, September 15, 1848 330
Paper on Polar Explorations, read before the Royal Dublin Society 118
Penny Cyclopædia. Article "Sea" 162
Philosophical Magazine, 1848 133, 149
Philosophical Transactions for 1800 376
Physical Description of the Heavens. By Alex. von Humboldt 137, 150, 158, 194, 338, 382
Physical Geography of the Sea. By Lieutenant Maury, U.S. 162
Physical Sciences. By Somerville 152
Polar Exploration. By W. Locke, of the Royal Dublin Society 177
Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution, 1867 71
Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers. By Major Colby 247, 248
Professor Hunt 383
Punch, May 10, 1851 309
Quiver, October 5, 1861 187, 200
Rambles of a Naturalist. By M. de Quatrefages 185
Recreative Science 136, 186, 187, 188
Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1846. Letter from Professor Oerstead 315
Scientific Review, April, 1866 223.
Scientific Travels in Brazil. By MM. von Spix and Karl von Martius 287
Scotsman. Article by Mr. Charles Maclaren 308
Scripture Proofs.
That Heaven is above and Hell below the earth.--Deuteronomy xxvi., 15; Exodus xix., 20; Psalm cii., 19; Isaiah lxiii., 15; Psalm ciii., 2; 2 Kings ii., 11; Mark xvi., 10; Isaiah xiv., 13, 14; Acts i., 9-11, vii., 55; Luke xxiv., 51; Deuteronomy xxxii., 22; Job xi., 8; Psalms Iv., 15, cxxxix., 8; Proverbs vii., 27; Isaiah xiv., 15; Proverbs ix., 18, xv., 24; Isaiah xiv., 9; Ezekiel xxxi., 16, 17, xxxii., 27; Matthew xi., 23; 2 Peter ii., 4; Jude i., 6, 7, 13; Revelations xx., 10, 13, 14; Job xxviii., 5 386, 387, 388.
That the earth is a floating structure standing in and out of the waters.--Job xxv., 7 365
That the earth will be ultimately burnt up and destroyed.--Isaiah xxxiv., 4, lxvi., 15-22; 2 Thessalonians, i., 7, 8; Revelations xx., 11; 2 Peter iii., 10-13; Deuteronomy xxxii., 22; Revelations xxi., 1 392, 393.
That the "great deep," is fathomless.--Jeremiah xxxi., 37 367
That the stars are placed in the heavens to give light upon the earth.--Genesis i., 16, 17; Isaiah xiii., 10; Ezekiel xxxii., 7; Joel ii., 10; Psalm cxlviii., 3; Jeremiah xxxi., 35; Daniel xii., 3 380, 381
That the sun and moon are distinct lights.--Revelations vi., 12 380
That the sun and moon are lights to rule the day and night alternately, and to be "for signs and for seasons and for days and years."--Genesis i., 14-16; Psalm cxxxvi., 7-9; Jeremiah xxxi., 35; Ezekiel xxxii., 7, 8; Psalm cxlviii., 3; Isaiah xii., 10; Matthew xxiv., 29; Isaiah lx., 19, 20; Ecclesiastes xii., 2; Isaiah xxx., 26; Deuteronomy xxxiii., 14 378.
That the sun moves and is not a fixed body.--Psalm xix., 4-6; Ecclesiastes i., 5; Joshua x., 13; Judges v., 31; 2 Esdras iv., 34 369
That the supposition of the heavenly bodies being suns and systems of inhabited worlds is false.--Genesis 1.,1,16,17; Hebrews i., 2, xi., 3 372, 373
That the waters of the "great deep" sustain the land, and that there are waters below the earth.--Genesis xliv., 25; Exodus ix., 4; Deuteronomy iv., 18, xxxiii., 13 366
That where the word "world" is used in the plural number in Scripture, it means the material and spiritual world.--Hebrews ii., 5; Ephesians i., 21; Luke xviii., 29-30; Matthew xii., 32 374
The deluge consistent with the earth being a plane "founded on the seas."--Psalm civ., 6-8 395
Sir James South's Letter to the "Times" 339.
Six Lectures on Astronomy. By Professor Airey. 4th edition 240
Smith's Rise and Progress of Astronomy 150
South Sea Voyages. By Sir James Clarke Ross, RN. 77, 170, 171, 259, 260, 278, 287, 292, 293
Spherical Form of the Earth. By J. Dyer 341
Standing Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons on Railway Operations, 1862 56
The Dimensions of Ocean Waves. Paper read by Admiral Coupvent de Bois before the Academy of Sciences 222
The Earth. By Captain A. W. Drayson, Royal Artillery 248
The Moon. By W. R. Birt, F.R.A.S., in "Leisure Hour," July, 1871 336
Times Newspaper, September 18, 1848 332
Ditto, 1851 304
Ditto, June 10, 1863 188
Ditto, August 20, 1872 368
Tour through Creation. By Rev. Thomas Milner, M.A. 258
Treatise on Astronomy. By Sir J. W. F. Herschel 85, 149, 232, 246
Treatise on Mathematical Instruments. By J. F. Heather, M.A. (Weale & Co.) 43
Treatise on Navigation. By J. Greenwood, Esq. (Weale & Co.) 165, 282
Voyage towards the South Pole. By Captain James Weddell, F.R.S.E. 2nd edition, 1827 (Longman, Rees, & Co.) 170, 260, 297, 327
Voyage to the South. By Vasco de Gama 177
Wanderings in the East. By Rev. J. Gadsby, 1854 141
Webb, Rev. T., in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, May 11, 1860 340
Western Daily Mercury, October 25, 1864 218
Wise's Aeronautics 36
World's Birthday. By Professor L. Gaussen, Geneva 185, 326
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