The Romance of Modern Geology / Describing in simple but exact language the making of the earth with some account of prehistoric animal life

by Edwin Sharpe Grew

I should know what God and man is.

The nearer approach to that understanding is the greatest and truest aim of scientific investigation.

The End

INDEX

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Adelsberg, Caverns of, [195]
Æpyornis, The, [252]
"Age of Lakes," The, [257]
Air, how it may become solid, [84]
Aleutian Islands, Volcanoes of the, [97]
Algæ, [103]
Alluvium, [54]
America in the Devonian Period, [217];
in the Glacial Period, [271]
Ammonites, [210]
Amœba, The, [100]
Andes, Volcanoes of the, [97]
Andesite, [184]
Andromeda, [92]
Animal Life, The first, [104]
Animal Species of the Carboniferous Period, [229]
Ant, White, The work of the, [44]
Anthracite, [133]
Apes, The first, [268]
Apteryx, The, [252]
Archæan Era, [129], [199]
Archæopteryx, The, [243]
Archelon, The, [249]
Arches, The strain on, [25]
Aristotle and Earthquakes, [176]
Armadillos, [275]
Arrhenius, Prof., Theory of, [88]
Arsinoitherium, The, [266]
Assam, Earthquake in, [155]
Atmosphere, has the Moon one? [123];
of Mars, [126]
Atmospheric pressure, [80], [101]
Attraction of bodies, [102]
Austen, Sir W. R., his experiment, [85]
Avalanches, [69]
Babylon, [45]
Bacteria in Devonian Period, [217]
Baikal, Lake, effects of earthquake, [140]
Baltic, Ice in the, [74]
Barometer, The use of the, [24]
Basalt Rocks, [132]
"Beds of Passage," [236]
Birds of the Jurassic Period, [243]
Bogoslof Islands, [162]
Borings, Deep, [79]
Boulder-clay deposited by glaciers, [73]
Brachiosaurus, The, [241]
Brahmaputra, The delta of the, [60]
Britain in the Silurian Period, [211];
in the Mesozoic Period, [231]
British Isles, Ice in the, [75]
Brontosaurus, The, [240]
Cainozoic Period, The, [199]
Calabria, Earthquake in, [149]
Calamites, [222]
Calumet and Hecla Mine, Temperature of, [82]
Cambrian Hills, The, [200]
Cambrian Period, [117];
life in the, [202];
surface of the globe in, [205]
Carbonate of Lime, [40], [48]
Carbonic Acid, The action of, [47]
Carboniferous or Mountain Limestone, [218]
Carboniferous Period, The atmosphere of, [219];
insects, mollusca, vegetation, [220];
fish, [224];
strata, [226];
animal species, [229]
Carboniferous System, Extent of the, [227]
Cariama, The, or Screamer, [251]
Carinthia, Earthquake in, [141]
Carrara marble, [134]
Cephalopod types, [207]
Ceratosaurus, The, [240]
Chalk, what it is, [21], [248]
Chelonians, The, [233]
Climate, The changes of, [33]
Coal, [219]
Coccosteus, The, [215]
Collision of planets, A, [93]
Constructive work of earthquakes, [181]
Coral Islands, [66]
Coral reefs, [63]
Coral reefs in the Silurian Age, [210]
Coryphodon, The, [259]
Cracks in the crust of the Earth, [97]
Crater Lakes, [109]
Crinoids, The, [210]
Crustacea, [131], [202]
Crust of the Earth, The study of the, [198]
Cyclones, [42]
Dead Sea, The, [58]
Deltas of rivers, [20]
Deposits, how they are made, [20], [45]
Depths of the sea, [189]
Devonian Period, [212]; fishes of the, [216];
vegetation, [216];
insects, [216];
Europe and America, [217]
Diamonds, how they are produced, [132]
Dinoceras, The, [266]
Dinosaurus, The, [240]
Diplodocus, The, [241]
Dolichosaurs, [249]
Dover, The chalk cliffs of, [21]
Dredging, The necessity for, [20]
Dryopithecus, The, [268]
Dryptosaurus, The, [253]
Dwina, Fossils in the banks of the, [232]
Dykes, [105]
Earth, The, not so solid as it looks, [23];
its resemblance to a golf ball, [25];
its uneven surface, [31]
Earth, Weighing the, [88]
Earthquake districts, [171]
Earthquake, The sensation of an, [137];
the cause of an, [166], [170]
Earthquake waves, [174]
Earthquakes, [23];
San Francisco, [140];
New Madrid, [140];
Lake Baikal, [140];
Iceland, [141];
Carinthia, [141];
Japan, [141];
Ocean, [143];
Lisbon, [148];
Sicily, [149];
Chili, [150];
Assam, [156];
Jamaica, [157];
the Mississippi, [158];
Sonora, [160];
Yakutat Bay, [160]
Earthquakes, "Great" and "Small," [172];
their constructive and destructive work, [181]
Earthworm, The work of the, [44]
Edentata, The, [275]
"Egg-stone," [236]
Eifel District, Crater Lakes of the, [109]
Elasmotherium, The, [265]
Elephant, The, [260]
Elephas Imperator, [280]
Emu, The, [260]
Encroachment of the sea on the shores of the British Isles, [17]
Eocene Period, The, [257]
Eohippus, The, [263]
Eoliths, [287]
Era of the First Plants, [103]
Erosion, Sea, [19]
"Erratic" blocks deposited by glaciers, [72]
Eulalie, Lake, effect of earthquake on, [142]
Europe in the Devonian Period, [217]
Evolution, [115]
Excavations and what they reveal, [34]
"Faults," [167]
Fish in the carboniferous period, [224]
Flint, [248]
Flint implements, [288]
Florida, Encroachment of the sea on the coast of, [18]
Flying Reptiles, [242]
"Foliated" rocks, [200]
Foraminifera, [247]
Forests covered by the sea, [19]
Fossils, [131];
in the banks of the Dwina, [232]
Fossil records, [56]
Fumaroles, [185]
Ganges, The Delta of the, [20]
Gases, How metals may be converted into, [84]
"General Metamorphism," [133]
Geologist, The work of the, [37]
Geology, [37]
Germany, Sand-dunes in, [46];
Ice in, [74]
Geysers, [141]
Giant's Causeway, [132]
"Gibraltar Skull," The, [286]
Ginkgo Tree, [228]
Glacial Period, The, theories concerning, [272]
Glaciers, [69], [270]
Globigerina bulloides, [247]
Glyptodon, The, [275]
Gneiss, [200]
Grand Cañon of the Colorado, [54]
Graphite, [133]
Great Barrier Reef, [66]
Great Salt Lake, [57]
Hadrosaurus, The, [253]
Harwich, Encroachment of the sea at, [17]
Hawaii, Lava eruptions in, [105], [187]
Heat and Cold, [68]
Heligoland, Encroachment of the sea on, [18]
Hesperornis, The, [249]
Horse, The, [259], [264]
Hurricanes, [43]
Ice in Scandinavia, Scotland, Germany, [74], [270]
Iceland, Eruptions in, [106];
Earthquakes in, [141], [154]
Ichthyornis, The, [250]
Ichthyosaurs, The, [234], [239]
Igneous rocks, [104]
Iguanodon, The, [245]
Inostransevia, The, [233]
Insect life in the Ordovician Period, [206];
in the Devonian Period, [216]
"Inter-glacial epochs," [273]
Interior of the Earth, Theories concerning the, [87]
Isle of Wight, Encroachment of the sea in, [17]
Jamaica, Earthquake in, [157]
Japan, Earthquake in, [141], [153]
Jupiter, [91];
as an abode of life, [119]
Jupiter Serapis, The Temple of, [181]
Jurassic Period, Reptiles of the, [237]
Kelvin, Lord, Theory of, [87];
concerning Life, [113]
Kern, River, Effect of earthquake on, [141]
Kingston, Jamaica, Earthquake at, [176]
Kipling, Rudyard, [62]
Kiwi, The, [252]
Krakatoa, The eruption of, [45]
Lago di Tolfilo, [152]
Lakes, Deposits in, [56]
Lakes produced by earthquakes, [152], [159]
Land and Water, The distribution of, [31]
Lariosaurus, The, [234]
Laurentian Rocks, [133], [201]
Lava eruptions, [105];
in N. America, [106];
plains, [107]
Layers of strata which show the history of a place, [37]
Leakage of the sea bottom, [190]
Leonids, Lyrids, or Perseids, [99]
Lias formation, The, [235], [237]
Life, The simplest forms of, [111];
theories concerning its origin, [113];
early forms, [114];
in the Cambrian Period, [202];
in the Silurian Period, [203];
in the Ordovician Period, [204]
Lisbon, Earthquake at, [148]
Llama, The, [273]
London, What excavations have revealed concerning the site of, [35]
Luray, Caverns of, [196]
Lycopods, [222]
Lyginodendrons, [223]
Mammals, The development of, [234], [258]
Mammoth, The, [279]
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, [196]
Man, [284]
Marble, how it is produced, [133]
Marl in lakes, [57]
Mars, [91];
as an abode of life, [119];
atmosphere, [126]
Marsupials, [237]
Martinique, Devastation of, by volcano, [186]
Mastodon, The, [260]
Megatherium, The, [275]
Mercury as an abode of life, [118]
Meritherium, The, [261]
Mesozoic Period, The, [199], [231]
Metals may be converted into gases, [84]
Meteorites, [96]
Microbes and Bacteria, [111]
Microlestes, [237]
Migrations of the human race, [290]
Miller, Hugh, [213]
Millstone Grit, [218]
Miocene Period, The, [257]
Mississippi, The Delta of the, [20];
sediment deposited, [51];
earthquake in region of, [159]
Moa, The, [252], [260]
Monsoons, [42]
Moon, The, [90];
its birth, [100], [120];
volcanoes in, [106];
as an abode of life, [119];
weight, [120];
temperature, [124]
Moraines, [70]
Moraine-stuff, [70]
Mountain formation, [167]
Mud-banks, how they are made, [19]
Mussels, [210]
Mylodon, The, [276]
Myths concerning earthquakes, [177]
Naosaurus, The, [230]
Neandarthal man, [285]
Nebulæ, [92]
Negroes, Nature's reason for the dark pigmentation of, [116]
Neolithic Age, The, [287]
Neptune, [119]
New Chum Mine, Temperature of, [83]
New Madrid, Earthquake at, [140]
Niagara Falls, The work of the, [52]
Nile, The Delta of the, [20]
Nineveh, [45]
North America, Ice in, [76]
North Garden Gully Mine, Temperature of, [83]
North Sea, The, how it was formed, [19]
North Sea, Ice in the, [75]
Ocean deposits, [61];
life, [114]
Oceanic Era, The, [101]
Old Red Sandstone, [212]
Oolite, [66], [238]
Ordovician Period, Life in the, [204];
surface of the earth in the, [206];
insect life in the, [206];
fish in the, [207];
the Trilobite, [207]
Ordovician rocks, [202]
Oreopithecus, The, [268]
Organisms, Multicellular and Unicellular, [111]
Orion, [92]
Ostracoderm group, The, [215]
Ostrich, The, [260]
Oxygen, The action of, [47]
Palæolithic Age, The, [287]
Palæomastodon, The, [261]
Palæozoic Period, The, [199]
Palæozoic Alps, The, [219]
Pareiasaurus, The, [232]
Parsons, Hon. Charles, on the difficulties of deep boring, [79]
"Pea-grit," [238]
Peak Cavern in Derbyshire, [195]
Pearl-oyster, The, [210]
Peat-water, The action of, [48]
Pelée, Mount, [86], [108];
the obelisk, [184]
Permian or Dyas formation, [227]
Peroxide of Iron, [40]
Perseids, [99]
Pharorachus, The, [251]
Pithecanthropos erectus, [285]
Planetismals or Meteorites, [99]
Plant life in the Silurian Period, [210]
Plants, Era of the first, [103]
Pleiades, The, [91]
Pleistocene Period, The, [269]
Plesiosaurus, The, [234], [239]
Pliny on the upheaval of land, [192]
Pliocene Period, The, [257]
Po, Sediment deposited by the River, [20]
Polyps, Coral, [65]
"Pot-holes" in Yorkshire, [195]
Pre-Cambrian, [201]
Pressure, of air, [80];
of the ocean, [190]
Pressure and weight of rocks, [85];
astounding effects of, [134]
Pribylof Islands, [164]
Proboscideans, The, [273]
Proterozoic era, The [130]
Pteraspes, The, [215]
Pterichthyds, The, [215]
Pterodactyls, [242]
Pterosaurs, The, [255]
Quartzite, [200]
Quaternary Period, The, [199]
Quebec, Collapse of the bridge of, [25]
Rag-stone, [238]
Rain, The influence of, [47]
Rainfall on the British Isles, [128]
Raised Beaches, [151]
Red clay deposit in the ocean, [61]
Red Sandstone Formation, [212]
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Triassic Period, [232];
of the Jurassic Period, [237]
Reptiles in the Carboniferous Period, [229]
Rhinoceros, The, [265]
Rhizopods, The, [224]
Rhætic beds, [237]
Rivers and Streams in the Silurian Age, [209]
River Terraces, [55]
Rivers, Work done by, [20];
records left by, [50]
Rocks, how they are made, [79];
igneous and sedimentary, [104], [129];
"foliated," [200]
Rocks, Pressure and weight of, [85]
Roestone, [238]
Romney Marsh, [60]
Rorqual, The, [275]
Royal Commission on Sea Erosion, [19]
Sabre-toothed Cat, The, [273]
Saharan desert, The, [22]
St. Pierre, Destruction of, by volcano, [186]
Salt Lakes, [57]
Sambon, Dr., [116]
Samotherium, The, [266]
San Francisco, Earthquake at, [140], [161]
San Gabriel River, effect of earthquake on, [141]
Sand-banks and mud-banks, how they are made, [20]
Sand-dunes, how they are made, [45]
Saturn as an abode of life, [119]
Scaly Saurians, [248]
Scandinavia, Ice in, [74]
Schist, [200]
Scotland, Ice in, [74]
Sea, depths of the, [189];
in the Silurian Age, [210]
Sea, The, encroachment on land, [17];
Isle of Wight, [17];
British Isles, [17];
Florida, [18];
Heligoland, [18];
Erosion, [19];
its work, [19]
Seaquakes, [143];
Chilian coast, [144];
the Florence Nightingale, [145];
sensation of, [145];
origin of, [147]
Sea-water, The action of, [65]
Sediment deposited by rivers, [20], [51]
Sedimentary rocks, [104], [129]
See, Dr. J. J., his theory concerning the interior of the earth, [88]
Seismology, [23];
in Japan, [153]
Seismometers, [24], [153]
Shape of the Earth, The, [31]
Sharks, [216]
Shingle, how it accumulated, [60]
Shells found on dry land, [19];
forests covered by, [19]
Shells in lakes, Deposit of, [57];
in the ocean, [63]
Shetland Islands, Action of the sea on the, [59]
Sigillarias, [222]
Silchester, [45]
Silica, [40]
Silurian Period, Scorpions and insects in the, [203];
surface of the earth in the, [208];
rivers and streams, [209];
coral reefs, [210];
fish, [210];
plant life, [210];
Britain, [211]
Silurian rocks, [202]
Sivatherium, The, [266]
Snail-shells in lakes, [57]
Snakes, First appearance of, [255]
Snow and Ice Age, [68]
Sonora, Earthquake at, [160]
Sperm Whale, The, [274]
Sphenodon, The, [230]
"Spy men," [286]
Stars, The, [91]
Steam a cause of earthquakes
Stegosaurus, The, [242]
Stone Age, The, [287]
Stones smoothed by water, [55]
Strata, The earth's, [78]
Strokkur geyser in Iceland, [141]
Submarine volcanoes, [187]
Subterranean caves, how caused, [195]
Sun, The, [90];
as an abode of life, [118]
Tapir, The, [273]
Temperature of borings, The, [83];
of the Moon, [124];
of Mars, [126]
Temperature, Changes of, [33]
Terminal moraines, [76]
Tertiary Period, The, [257]
Tetrabelodon Mastodon, The, [260]
Thames, Sediment deposited by the, [21]
Tides, [87], [102]
Titanotherium, The, [265]
Tornadoes, [43]
Torrents, The action of, [52]
Torridonian Sandstones, [130]
Trade Winds, [42]
Triassic Period, The, [231]
Triceratops, The, [253]
Trilobite, The, [204];
in the Ordovician Period, [207]
"Trinil Man," The, [285]
Typhoons, [43]
Ultima Speranza Cave, The, [276]
Upheaval of land, [151], [181]
Uranus, [119]
Valais Mountains glacier, [72]
Valparaiso, Earthquake at, [160]
Vegetation on the Moon, [124];
of the Devonian Period, [216];
of the Carboniferous Period, [220];
of the Jurassic Period, [245]
Venus as an abode of life, [118]
Vertebrates, Evolution of the, [225]
Volcanoes of the Andes, [97];
in the Moon, [106]
Water, The action of, [47];
its power, [51]
Water, The formation of, [109]
Wateree, The, carried inland by a vast wave, [144]
Waterspouts: how they are caused, [44]
Waves caused by earthquakes, [143], [144], [145];
the Chilian coast, [144];
Hakodate, [144];
the ship Wateree, [144];
Arica, [144];
Samoa, [145];
N. Zealand, [145];
Japan, [145];
speed of, [145];
Lisbon, [148]
Weather, The influence of the, [40]
Whales, [267]
Weighing the earth, [88]
Wind-stakes for stopping sand, [46]
Wind, The work of the, [40]

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