Chapter V: Appendix

I. Opinions expressed previous to 1864 regarding the
Influence of the Eccentricity of the Earth’s Orbit on
Climate 528

II. On the Nature of Heat-Vibrations 544

III. 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 547

IV. Remarks on Mr. J. Y. Buchanan’s Theory of the Vertical
Distribution of Temperature of the Ocean 550

V. On the Cause of the Cooling Effect produced on Solids by
Tension 552

VI. The Cause of Regelation 554

VII. List of Papers which have appeared in Dr. A. Petermann’s
_Geographische Mittheilungen_ relating to the Gulf-stream
and Thermal Condition of the Arctic Regions 556

VIII. List of Papers by the Author to which Reference is made in
this Volume 560

INDEX 563

LIST OF PLATES.

EARTH’S ORBIT WHEN ECCENTRICITY IS AT ITS SUPERIOR
LIMIT _Frontispiece._

PLATE

I. SHOWING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SYSTEM OF OCEAN-CURRENTS
AND WINDS _To face page_ 212

II. SHOWING HOW OPPOSING CURRENTS INTERSECT EACH OTHER 219

III. SECTION OF MID-ATLANTIC 222

IV. DIAGRAM REPRESENTING THE VARIATIONS OF ECCENTRICITY OF THE
EARTH’S ORBIT 313

V. SHOWING PROBABLE PATH OF THE ICE IN NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE 449

VI. SHOWING PATH OF ICE ACROSS CAITHNESS 453

VII. MAP OF THE MIDLAND VALLEY (SCOTLAND), SHOWING BURIED RIVER
CHANNELS 471