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THE

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

A

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE

Ninth Edition-Popular Reprint

VOLUME III.

NEW YORK

HENRY G. ALLEN AND COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

1888.

HARVARD
COLLEGE
LIBRARY

ARGYLE PRESS, PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING 24 & 26 WOOSTER ST., N. Y.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

ATHENS. Rev. EDWARD L. HICKS, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
ATHLETIC SPORTS. H. F. WILKINSON, one of the Editors of "The Field."

ATLANTIC. WILLIAM B. CARPENTER, M.D., C. B., LL. D., F.R.S.

ATMOSPHERE. ALEX. BUCHAN, Secretary of the Meteorological Society of Scotland.

ATOM. J. CLERK MAXWELL, D. C. L., F.R.S., Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge. ATTICA. Rev. HENRY F. TOZER, M. A., F. R. G.S., Author of " Geography of Greece."

ATTRACTION. Prof. G. CLERK MAXWELL.

AUGUSTAN HISTORY. RICHARD GARNETT, British Museum.

AUGUSTINE. Very Rev. Principal TULLOCH.

AUGUSTUS. Very Rev. CHARLES MERIVALE, LL.D.. D.D., Dean of Ely.

AUSTRALIA. R. ACTON.

AUSTRIA. DAVID KAY, F. R. G.S.

AXIOM. G. CROOM ROBERTSON, Professor of Logic, University College, London.

BABYLONIA. Rev. A. H. SAYCE, M. A., Fellow and Tutor of Queens College, Oxford.

BACON. ROBERT ADAMSON, M.A., Professor of Political Economy, Owens College, Manchester.

BAGHDAD. Sir HENRY C. RAWLINSON, K. C. B., D. C.L., late President of Royal Geographical Society.
BAKING. JAMES PATON, Kelvingrove Industrial Museum, Glasgow.

BALANCE. WILLIAM DITTMAR, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Andersonian University, Glasgow.
BALANCE OF POWER. HENRY REEVE, C.B., Clerk to H.M. Privy Council.

BALLADS. ANDREW LANG.

BALLOT. W. C. SMITH, LL.B., Advocate.

BALTIC. Dr CARPENTER, C. B.

BANKING. LEONARD H. COURTNEY, M. P.

BANKRUPTCY. EDMUND ROBERTSON, Professor of Roman Law, University College, London,

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BELLINI. Prof. SIDNEY COLVIN, University of Cambridge.

BELLOWS. A. B. MACDOWALL. London.

BENGAL. W. W. HUNTER, LL.D., Statistician to Government of India

BENTHAM. T. E. HOLLAND, M.A., B.C.L., Chichele Professor of International Law, Oxford.

BENTLEY. Rev. MARK PATTISON, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, Author of "Isaac Casaubon, 1559–1614 BERKELEY. Prof. ROBERT ADAMSON, Owens College, Manchester

BERLIN. Rev. G. P. DAVIES.

BEZIQUE. HENRY JONES (" CAVENDISH ").

BIBLE. Prof. W. ROBERTSON SMITH, Free Church College, Aberdeen, etc.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. E. FAIRFAX TAYLOR.

BILLIARDS. G. F. PARDON (" Capt. CRAWLEY ").

BIOLOGY. Prof. HUXLEY and W. T. THISTLETON DYER, M. A.

BIRDS. Prof. W. K. PARKER, Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Prof. ALFREI NEWTON, Cambridge. BIRMINGHAM. J. T. BUNCE, Editor "Birmingham Daily Post."

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