SIR CHARLES BELL, K.G. H., F. R. S., L. & E.
THE RELATION OF ANIMATED NATURE TO INANIMATE NATURE.
Wings of birds-fins of fish-air and water, 13; Ear to the air,
ib.; Organs of speech-voice and respiration to air, 14; Eye
to light, ib.; Size of animals to external things, 15; Of the
inhabitants of the earth and sea to their elements, ib.; Sleep
to night, 16.
Note 1, On the succession of day and night, and on the changes of
the season with reference to the happiness of animals, 17.
Incubation of eggs, 20; Deposition of eggs of insects, 24; Solu tion from sensations considered, 27.
Note 2, On the unchangeableness of animal instincts, 20; 3, On
the instinct of the chicken in breaking the shell of its egg,
22; 4, On the cuckoo, 25; 5, On the natural and instinctive
feelings of man, 27; 6, On the arguments of skeptics, and on
compensations in animal organs and powers, 30; 7, On pair-
ing among the human species, 33.
Elytra of the scarabæus, 35; Borer of flies, 36; Sting, 38; Pro-
boscis, 39; Metamorphosis of insects, 41; Care of eggs, 44,
Observations limited to particular species, 45; Thread of the
silkworm and spider, ib.; Wax and honey of bee, 46; Sting
of bee, 48; Forceps of the panorpa tribe, ib.; Glow-worm,
ib.; Motion of the larva of the dragon-fly, 59; Gossamer spi
der, ib.; Shell animals, 51; Snail shells, 52; Univalve shell- fish, 53; Bivalve, 54; Lobster shell, ib.; Variety of insects,
Note 8, On the antennæ of insects, 34; 9, On the word coleoptera,
35; 10, On the wing-cases of brachelytra, ib.; 11 On the
genus molorchus, ib.; 12, On the genus hister, 36; 13, On par
asitical insects, ib.; 14, On the ovipositors of insects, 37; 15,
Whimble of insects an ovipositor, ib.; 16, Stings of insects
used as ovipositors, 38; 17, Anatomical description of the
proboscis of the bee, 39; 18, On the indentation of the head
to receive the proboscis, 40; 19, On the parts of the mouths
of insects, ib.; 20, Referring to note, ib.; 21, On the habits
of bees in collecting food, &c., ib. ; 22, Description of the parts
of the mouth of the common flea, 41; 23, On the structure of
the mouths of caterpillars, 42; 24, On the difference between
the larva and the perfect insect, 43; 25, On bee's-wax, 47;
26, On the construction of the cells of bees, ib.; 27, On the
genus Trichius, 48; 28, On the mode in which the stag bee
tle cleans its antennæ, ib.; 29, On the glow-worm, 49; 30,
On the glow-worm's light, ib. ; 31, On the manner in which the spider attaches its thread to different bodies, 51; 32, On the formation of shells, 52; 33, On the number of the species of insects, 55; 34, Number of the species of butterfly in this country, 56; 35, On insects subsisting on carrion, 57; 36, On the similarity between the improvements in paper-making and the construction of wasp-paper, and on the migration of birds, ib.
Preservation, perfecting, and dispersing of seed, 59; Germination,
65; Tendrils, 67; Particular species, 69; Vallisnerie, ib.;
Cuscuta Europæa, 70; Misletoe, 71; Colchicum autumnale,
ib.; Dionaea muscipula, 73.
Note 37, On the structure of birds, 61; On the provision of fruits as destined for the utilities of animals, note, 62; 38, Correc. tion of the text, 69; 39, On the cuscuta Europea, 70; 40, On parasitical plants, ; 41, No attracting sirup on the leaves of the diona, 74; 42, Description of the pitcher plant, ib.
Consolidation of uses, 76; I., Air, ib.; Reflecting light, ib.; Evap
orating fluids, 77; Restorative of purity, ib.; II., Water, 79;
Purity, ib. Insipidity, ib.; Circulation, 80; III., Fire, ib.;
Dissolvent power, ib.; IV., Light, 81; Velocity, ib.; Tenui.
ty, 82.
Note 43, On the purification of the air by the respiration of
Fixing the source of light and heat in the centre, 86; Permanent axis of rotation, 88; Spheroidicity of the earth, 92; Of cen- tripetal forces, 93; Attraction indifferent to laws, 94; Admis- sible laws within narrow limits, 97; Of admissible laws, the present the best, 99; United attraction of a sphere the same as of the constituent particles, 100; The apsides fixed, 101; Figures of the planetary orbits, 102; Buffon's hypothesis, 106.
Note 47, On the telescopic appearance of the sun, 86; 48, On the
telescopic appearance of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, and Venus,
88; 49 (by Bishop Brinkley), On the changes of the earth's
surface, as proved by geological discoveries, 91; 50, On the
original state of the surface of the earth, 93; 51, On the cen-
tripetal and centrifugal forces, ib.; 52, On gravitation, 95; 53,
On the density of rays issuing from a point, 96; 54, On at-
traction by emanation, ib. ; 55, Referring to notes 58 and 60,
97; On the attraction of the planets, 98; 57, Description of
the cut representing the earth's orbit, and observations on the
orbits of planets, 101; 58 (by Bishop Brinkley), On attrac-
tion, 104; 59, description of cut representing the comet of
1811, and observations on comets, 108; 60 (by Bishop Brinck-
ley), On the solar system, 109.
ON THE PERSONALITY OF THE DEITY.
Not the object of our senses, 113; Contrivance proves personal-
ity, 116; Misapplication of laws, 117; Mechanism, 118; Sec-
und causes, 119; Of generation as a principle, 120; Atheistic
suppositions, 122; Buffon's organic molecules, 124; Appeten-
cies, 126; Analogies by which they are supported, 129; Cam-
el's bunch, ib.; Crane's thighs, ib.; Pelican's pouch, 130;
Analogy strained, ib.; Solutions contradicted, 132; By liga- ments-valves, ib.; By senses of animals, 133; By the parts without motion, ib.; By plants, ib.
Note 61, On the terms person and personality, 112; 62, On the keptical argument of the formation of organs from conatus or
appetency, 127; 63, Argument against the doctrine of appe-
tencies, 131.
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