See the complete document here

ta/ ftis, the Magician, myth of his expe
dil.'oiis and "guiding" arrow, 143.
Abdurrahman I. (Calif), his promotion of
the study of botany, 217.
INDEX TO VtL. 11.
A.beken, Rudolph, admirable work by,
"
Cicero, in his Letters," 31.
A.belard, 248.
A.bul-Hassan Ali, of Morocco, an Arabian
astronomer, 214.
Abul Wefa, the Almagest of, 222.
Acosta, Joseph, " Natural and Moral History
of the Indies," 259, 266, 280, 281,
286, 289, 290.
Adriaansz, Jacob, his claim to the discov-
ery of the telescope discussed, 317-319.
A-drian (Emperor), 175 visit to his vari-
;
ous dominions, 182.
Adulis, inscription of, 282.
-Elian, description of the Vale of Tempe,
:28 Natural ;
History, 194.
^dians, their mental characteristics, 143.
moon's disk, 193.
Albertus Magnus, 43,91, 229, 241 243 his
, ;
scientific researches and writings, 243,
244 commendation ;
of, by Dante, 244.
Albinovanus, Pedo, heroic poem on the
deeds of Germanicus, 36.
\lbiruni (Arabian mathematician), History
of India by, 222.
Alexander the Great, magnitude of the influence
of his campaigns, 152, 153, 155;
their rapidity, 155 ; unity and grandeur
of his polity, 154 ; diversity of the countries
he traversed, 155, 157 ; views re-
specting Alexandria and Babylon, 171.
Alexander of Aphrodisius, on distillation
of sea-water, 194, 218, 272.
Alexander VI. (Pope), his " line of demarkation,"
277, 278.
Alexandria, its commercial greatness,
171 ; Alexandrian school of philosophy,
121 ; its scientific characteristics. 174 ;
museum and libraries, 175, 176 ; myth
of the burning of its library, 211.
Albassen (Alhazen), Arabian geographer,
213, 219, 246.
tUiacus, Card'nal, his " Picture of the
World," 245 247, 268.
Al-Mamun (Calif), translation ""f iminerT
ous works from the Greek, &••., 215
measurement of a degree, 223.
Alphabets, ancient, investigation of, 141.
Alphabetical writing, spread of, by the
Phcenicians, its powerful influence on
civilization and higher results, 128, 129.
Amber coast, visited by the Phcenicians,
its probable locality, 130 amber ;
trade,
its origin and extension, 131, 132.
Amenemha III. formed Lake Mceris, 124.
America, discovery of, its influence on
on the
men's imaginations, 64, 65, 260 ;
physical and mathematical sciences,
200, 201, 238-241, 273-301 ; accidental
discovery by the Northmen, 230, 231 ;
dates of its discovery by the Spaniards
and Portuguese, 264-267 ; supposed discovery
by Madoc, 235, 236 ; important
results of trivial circumstances in its
its discoverers and
discovery, 262, 263 ;
adventurers, Amerigo Vespucci, 239-
301 ; Balboa, 206-270, 271 ; Columbus,
260-285 ; Cortez, 270, 271, 296 ; Gama,
263 ;
ffitna. Mount, on the distance at which its
eruptions are visible, 135. 136.
A.frica, early colonization of its northern
ijoast, 119-121 ; early circumnavigation,
accidents which led to the naming
127; settlements of the Phcenicians, of America, 297-301.
;I32 earliest ; comparison of the African Anghiera, correspondence and \\Titing3
1 aces with the Arian races and the In- of. 66. 260, 269, 282, 284-266, 298.
dian auorigines, 165.
Anglo-Saxon poem on the names of the
iloathodaemon, 190.
Runes, 47.
Agesinax, hypothesis of the marks on the Animal Epos (the German), its genuino
delight in nature, 47, 48.
Antar, early Bedouin poem, 60, 61.
Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, his embassy
to China, 187.
Apollonius Myndius on comets, 167.
ApoUonius ofPerga, 179, 315; similarity
of his " System of the World" to that
of Tycho Brahe, 312, 313.
Apuleius, his conjectures on fossils, 189,
195.
Aquinas (St. Thomas), 244.
Arabian Gulf, its geognostic phenomena,
123.
Arabs, their poetry, in relation to nature,
60; its characteristics, 61 ; influence of
their invasions on the advancement of
the phvsical and mathematical sciences,
200-228,241-244 ; their incursions, com
merce, &c., 203; configuration of Arabia
and its natural productions, 204, 205:
their nomadic life as compared with
that of the Scythians, 207, 208 ; intercourse
with the Nestorians, 208 ; their
knowledge of botany and the science of
medicine, 210, 211 scientific ;
qualifica-
their geographers, 213-
tions, 212, 213 ;
215 ; repugnance to anatomy, 211, 215 ,