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On the Reason why the Difference of Reading between a Thermometer exposed to direct Sunshine and one shaded diminishes as we ascend in the Atmosphere.-Phil. Mag., March, 1867.

On the Change in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic; its Influence on the Climate of the Polar Regions and Level of the Sea.-Trans. Geol. Soc. of Glasgow, vol. ii., p. 177. Phil. Mag., June, 1867.

Remarks on the Change in the Obliquity of the Ecliptic, and its Influence on Climate.-Phil. Mag., August, 1867.

On certain Hypothetical Elements in the Theory of Gravitation and generally received Conceptions regarding the Constitution of Matter. Phil. Mag., December, 1867.

On Geological Time, and the probable Date of the Glacial and the Upper Miocene Period.-Phil. Mag., May, August, and November, 1868.

On the Physical Cause of the Motions of Glaciers.-Phil. Mag., March, 1869. Scientific Opinion, April 14th, 1869.

On the Influence of the Gulf-stream.-Geol. Mag., April, 1869. Scientific Opinion, April 21st and 28th, 1869.

On Mr. Murphy's Theory of the Cause of the Glacial Climate.— Geol. Mag., August, 1869. Scientific Opinion, September 1st, 1869. On the Opinion that the Southern Hemisphere loses by Radiation more Heat than the Northern, and the supposed Influence that this has on Climate.-Phil. Mag., September, 1869. Scientific Opinion, September 29th and October 6th, 1869.

On Two River Channels buried under Drift belonging to a Period when the Land stood several hundred feet higher than at present. -Trans. Geol. Soc. of Edinburgh, vol. i., p. 330.

On Ocean-currents: Ocean-currents in Relation to the Distribution of Heat over the Globe.-Phil. Mag., February, 1870.

On Ocean-currents: Ocean-currents in Relation to the Physical Theory of Secular Changes of Climate.-Phil. Mag., March, 1870. The Boulder Clay of Caithness a Product of Land-ice.-Geol. Mag., May and June, 1870.

On the Cause of the Motion of Glaciers.-Phil. Mag., September, 1870.

On Ocean-currents: On the Physical Cause of Ocean-currents. Examination of Lieutenant Maury's Theory.-Phil. Mag., October, 1870.

On the Transport of the Wastdale Granite Boulders.—Geol. Mag., January, 1871.

On a Method of determining the Mean Thickness of the Sedimentary Rocks of the Globe.-Geol. Mag., March, 1871.

Mean Thickness of the Sedimentary Rocks.-Geol. Mag., June,

1871.

On the Age of the Earth as determined from Tidal Retardation. -Nature, August 24th, 1871.

Ocean-currents: On the Physical Cause of Ocean-currents. Examination of Dr. Carpenter's Theory. -Phil. Mag., October,

1871.

Ocean-currents: Further Examination of the Gravitation Theory. -Phil. Mag., February, 1874.

Ocean-currents: The Wind Theory of Oceanic Circulation.Phil. Mag., March, 1874.

Ocean-currents.-Nature, May 21st, 1874.

The Physical Cause of Ocean-currents.-Phil. Mag., June, 1874. American Journal of Science and Art, September, 1874.

On the Physical Cause of the Submergence and Emergence of the Land during the Glacial Epoch.-Geol. Mag., July and August,

1874.

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boulder clay of Permian age, 300

Age and origin of the sun, 346

Air, on absorption of rays by, 59

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when humid, absorbs rays which agree
with it in period, 59

when perfectly dry incapable of ab-
sorbing radiant heat, 59

Airy, Professor, earth's axis of rotation per-
manent, 7

Aitken's, Mr., experiment on density of polar
water, 129

Aland islands, striation of, 447
Alternate cold and warm periods, 236
Allermuir, striations on summit of, 441
America, low temperature in January, 72

thickness of ice-sheet of North, 381
Anderson, Captain Sir James, never observed
a stone on an iceberg, 282

Antarctic regions, mean summer temperature
of, below freezing point, 63

Antarctic ice-cap, probable thickness of,

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Arctic, warm inter-glacial periods in, 258--

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state of, during glacial period, 260
evidence of warm periods in, 261
occurrence of recent trees in, 261, 265
evidence of warm inter-glacial periods,

293

warm climate during Old Red Sand-
stone period in, 295

,, glacial period during Carboniferous age
in, 297

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warm climate during Permian period in,

301

list of papers relating to, 558
Arctic Ocean, area of, 195

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Arctic regions, influence of Gulf-stream on
climate of, 45

Arctic climate, influence of ocean-currents
on, during glacial period, 260

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great depth of warm water in, 198
North, an immense whirlpool, 216
above the level of equator, 221

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probable antiquity of, 367

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warm periods best marked in, 258

from Scandinavia to Greenland
bably filled with ice, 451

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Bath, grooved rock surfaces of, 464

Bay-ice grinds but does not striate rocks,
277

Belcher, Sir E., trec dug up by, in latitude
75° N., 263

carboniferous fossils found in arctic
regions by, 298

Belle-Isle, Strait of, observations on action of
icebergs in, 276

Bell, Mr. A., on Mediterranean forms in
glacial bed at Greenock, 254

Belt, Mr. Thomas, theory of the cause of
glacial epochs, 415

Bennie, Mr. James, on surface geology, 468

on deposits filling buried channel, 486
Blanford, Mr., on ice-action during Carbon-
iferous age in India, 297

Borings, evidence of inter-glacial beds from,

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254

examination of drift by, 467
journals of, 483, 484

Boulder clays of foriner glacial epochs, why
so rare, 269

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a product of land-ice, 284

if formed from icebergs must be strati-
fied, 284

scarcity of fossils in, 285

formed chiefly from rock on which it
53 lies, 285

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of Caithness a product of land-ice,

435

on summit of Allermuir, 441

Boulders, how carried from a lower to a higher

level, 527

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Buchan, Mr., on atmosphere-pressure in the
Atlantic, 33

on force of the wind, 220

Buchanan, Mr. J. Y., on vertical distribution
of heat of the ocean, 550

Buckland, Dr., observations by, on occurrence
of red chalk on Cotteswold hills, 459
Buff, Professor, on oceanic circulation, 145
Buried river channels, 466

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channel from Kilsyth to Grangemouth,

468

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AITHNESS, difficulty of accounting for
the origin of the boulder clay of, 435

Caithness, boulder clay of, a product of land-
ice, 435

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boulder clay not formed by icebergs,

437

theories regarding the origin of the
boulder clay of, 437

why the ice was forced over it, 444

Professor Geikie and B. N. Peach on
path of ice over, 453

Cambrian conglomerate of Islay, 292

Campbell, Mr., observations of, on icebergs,

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276

on supposed striation of rocks by large
icebergs, 278

evidence that river-ice does not striate
rocks, 279

Canada, change of climate less complete than
in Scotland, 71

Carboniferous period of arctic regions, 298
evidence of glacial epoch during, 296-

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Carse clays, date of, 405

Cattegat, ice-markings on shore of, 446
Cave and river deposits, 251

Chalk, erratic blocks found in, 304

,, débris, conclusion of Mr. Searles Wood,

460

Challenger's temperature-soundings at equa-
tor, 119

crucial test of the wind and gravitation
theories, 220

Chambers, Dr. Robert, on striated pave-
ments, 255

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observations on glaciation of Gothland,
Champlain Lake, inter-glacial bed of, 241
Chapelhall, ancient buried channel at, 491

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