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Humboldt, Wilhclm von, comparison
of the works of Lucretius, with an
Indian epic, 383; the sky in the
in its died to
landscape compared
the charm of the chorus in the Greek
tragedy, 4/>:>: irresistible charm of
mathematical studies. 737.
Huygens, lirst explained the phenomena
of Saturn's ring, 70(5, 712; on
the nebula; in the sword of Orion,
713; his researches on light, 715
717.
Hygrometers, invention of, 725.
Hyksos, the, their Semitic origin and
migration, 570, 577.
Hyperboreans, the, meteorological
"myth of, 510, 511.
Ibn-Baithar, Arabian botanist, 587.
Iceland,
its discovery and colonization
by the Northmen,*603, 604 ;
its early
free constitution and literature, 610.
Ilschan Holagu, observatory founded
by, 595.
Incense of Arabia,
573, 574.
researches on the,
India, expedition of Alexander to, and
its important results on physical and
geographical science, 517 523.
Indians, profound feeling of nature in
their most ancient poetry, 373, 460 ;
its influence on the imagination of the
East Arian nations, 397, 402 405 ;
its characteristics, 406 408; their
knowledge of landscape painting,
442 ; numerical system, 535, 597
598; their chemistry, 590; planetary
tables, 593, 594 ; algebra, 596599.
Inductive reasoning, 546.
Infinitesimal Calculus, results of its invention,
737.
Ingolf, his colonisation of Iceland, 607,
611.
lonians, their mental characteristics,
506.
Irish, conjectures on their early discover}'
of America, 607 610.
Isabella, Queen, letters to Columbus,
651, 671, 672.
Isaiah, quotation from his prophecies,
575.
Islands of the Blessed, myth of the ancients,
496.
Italian poetry,
as descriptive of nature,
418420*
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Ivory, commerce in, 540, 541.
Jansen, Zacharias, optical instruments
invented by, 699 701.
Job, book of, its impressive descriptions
of the natural scenery of tho East,
414, 415.
John of Salisbury, C22.
Jupiter, controversy on the discovery
of his satellites, and marked influence
of tho discovery on tho extension
of tho Copernican system, 702 704.
Kulidasa, Indian poet, 401 408; his
Sakuntaln, 404, 405, ] 12 ; Vikrama
and Urvasi, 405, 408; The Seasons,
405,408, 430: Messenger of Clouds,
405, 408.
Kepler, his eulogmm on Copernicus,
687 ; ideas on gravitation, 691 ;
great discovery of the elliptic motion
of the planets round the sun,
695 699; astronomical writings,
698, 699 ; on the Papal prohibition
of the Copernican system, 704; his
great mental and scientific characteristics,
709, 710; on comets and
fixed stars, 710 712; Brewster,
Chasles, and Laplace, on his writings
and theories, 710.
Kien-Long, Chinese Emperor, descriptive
poem by, 463, 464.
Kirghis Steppe, its extent and population,
57S.
Klaproth, his researches on the Indo-
Germanic races, 554; letter to
Humboldt on the invention of the
compass, 629.
Klopstock, 433.
Lagides, the. See Ptolemies.
Lambrecht, his r Song of Alexander
403.
Landscape painting. See Painting.
Languages, their value and importance
in the history of the physical contemplation
of the universe, 470
473.
Laplace, on Kepler's theory of the
measurement of casks, 710; on the
zodiacal light, 712.
Las Casas, Bartholomew cle, 637, 638,
679, 680.
Lassen, author's correspondence with
on the ariena of Pliny, 524; on the