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ALECTO, one of the Furies, VIII. 524. ALECTORIDES, group of birds, XVIII.

45.

ALEMAN, Louis, cardinal, 1. 476.

Mateo, Spanish romancist, XXII.

357. ALEMANNI, German tribe, I. 476; X. 476; invasion of Roman empire by, XX. 777, 779; XXII. 729; Narses's campaigns against, XVII. 233.

Luigi, Italian poet, I. 441.
Nicholas, editor of Procopius, XXIII.

276. ALEMANNUS, translator from Arabic, II. 270.

Johannes, Venetian painter, XXI. 436, 442.

ALEMBIC, for distillation, I. 477. ALEMTEJO, province, Portugal, 1. 477; XIX. 537.

ALDEBURGH (Aldborough), town, Eng- ALENÇON, town, France, I. 477; XVIII. 2;

land, I. 472; XXII. 622. ALDEGONDE, St, F. van Marnix, lord

of, Dutch Reformer, XII. 92. ALDEGREVER, or Aldegraf, Heinrich, German painter, I. 472. ALDEHYDES, in chemistry, v. 567. ALDEN, island, Norway, XVII. 576. ALDER, tree, I. 472; culture of, II. 318. ALDERMAN, I. 472; XVII. 27. ALDERNEY, Channel Islands, England, I. 473.

CATTLE, XIII. 635.

lace of, XIV. 186.

Duke of, IX. 562.

Marguerite d', princess, XV. 538. ALENIO, Giulio, Jesuit missionary, I.

477.

ALEPPI, town, Travancore, India, XXIII.
525.
ALEPPO, town, Syria, I. 477; province,
XXIII. 653.

ALES, Alexander, Scottish Reformer, 1. 478; XXI. 542.

ALESHKI, town, Russia, XXIII. 83.

ALDERSHOT, town and camp, England, ALESIUS (Ales), or Aless, Alexander,

I. 474; XI. 431; XXII. 694. ALDERSON, Amelia (Mrs Opie), XVII. 787.

Scottish Reformer, I. 478; XXI. 542. ALESSANDRI, Alessandro, Italian jurisconsult, I. 479.

ALDFRID, king of Northumberland, ALESSANDRIA, province and town, Italy, XVII. 570.

ALDHELM, St, early English author, 1.

474; VIII. 403; his Psalter, VIII. 382. ALDINE PRESS, XV. 512. ALDINI, Giovanni, Italian physicist, I. 474.

ALDOBRANDINI, Ippolito (Pope Clement VIII.), V. 822.

ALDOBRANDO, Italian writer, XIII. 501. ALDO MANUZIO, Venetian printer, XV. 512; his Greek classics, III. 656.

I. 479.

ALESSI, Galeazzo, Italian architect, I. 479.

ALETH (St Servan), ancient town,
France, XXI. 197.
ALEUROMETER, flour measurer, IX.
347.

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, I. 479; birds of,
III. 753.

ALEUTS, race of people, America, XII. 826.

ALDONA, Anna, wife of Casimir III. of ALEVIN, newly-hatched salmon, XXI. Poland, XIX. 288.

ALDRED, archbishop of York, I. 475. ALDRICH, Dr Henry, English writer, I. 475.

ALDRISI (Edrisi), Arabian geographer, VII. 669.

ALDROVANDA, genus of insectivorous plants, XIII. 137.

ALDROVANDI, Ulisse, Italian naturalist,
I. 475; on birds, XVIII. 4.
ALDSTONE, town, England, 1. 476.
ALDUS MANUTIUS, XV. 512; his edition
of Greek classics, III. 656.
ALE, I. 476; IV. 275; adulteration of, I.
172; Burton, IV. 572.
ALEANDRO, Girolamo, cardinal, I. 476.

224.

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ALEXANDER, of Battenberg, prince of

Bulgaria, XXIII. 652.

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kings of Epirus, VIII. 484.

Leopold Franz Emmerich, prince of Hohenlohe, priest, and miracleworker, XII. 51.

the Great, king of Macedonia, I. 480; XI. 104; XV. 139; extent of his conquests, X. 175; his invasion of India, XII. 786; of Persia, XVIII. 581; his capture of Persepolis, XVIII. 559; his conquest of Phrygia, XVIII. 852; his siege of Tyre, XVIII. 809; Arrian's history of, II. 631; romancing histories of, XX. 640; marble head of, II. 362; coins of, XVII. 641.

king of Poland, XIX. 290.

I., czar of Russia, I. 491; XVII. 485;

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II., of Scotland, I. 491; XXI. 484. III., of Scotland, I. 491; XXI. 485. voivode of Walachia, XXI. 17. of Aboniteichos, mystic, XVII. 130. of Ætolia, Alexandrian critic, I. 499.

of Aphrodisias, Peripatetic philosopher, I. 486; xviii. 546.

of Hales, theologian and philosopher, I. 486; XXI. 427; Roger Bacon's tirade against him, III. 219.

of Tralles, Byzantine physician, 1. 486; xv. 804.

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NEVSKI, of Novgorod, XXI. 90. ALEXANDRA, Lycophron's poem, I. 499. LAND, South Australia, XXII. 283. NILE, river, Central Africa, XVII.

505.

PALACE, London, XIV. 836. ALEXANDRE, Racine's drama, XX. 205. ALEXANDRETTA, town, Asia Minor, XXI. 366.

ALEXANDRIA, town, Egypt, I. 493; VII. 767; founding of, I. 482; XV. 140; battle of (1801), I. 38; catacombs at, V. 215; coins of, XVII. 651; commerce of, XXIII. 655; glass-making at, x. 650; libraries, XIV. 510; burning of them, I. 778; literature, XI. 143;

museum, 1. 69; observatory, XVII. 709; schools of learning, I. 498; XV. 144; XVII. 839. ALEXANDRIA, Era of, v. 714.

-, town, Scotland, I. 496.

-, town, Virginia, U.S.A., I. 496; XXIV. 259.

580.

IV. 107, 162; XX. 425, 430; in her- | ALI, Seyed Mohammed, founder of
barium, XI. 717; diatoms, VII. 170. Babism, III. 180.
ALGARDI, Alessandro, Italian sculptor,
I. 509; XXI. 570.

ALGAROTTI, Francesco, Italian author, I.

509.

ALGARROBO, Peruvian trees, XVIII. 671. TROAS, city, Asia Minor, XXIII. ALGARVE, or Algarves, province, Portu

ALEXANDRIAN CANON, V. 5.

gal, I. 509; XIX. 536.

ALGAU, district, Bavaria, I. 510.

ALEXANDRIAN MANUSCRIPT, I. 496; AL-GAZALI, or Algazel, Arabian philo

XVIII. 147.

ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL, I. 498; anatomy in, 1. 801; astronomy, II. 748; medicine, xv. 801; XXII. 674. ALEXANDRINE VERSE, I. 500. ALEXANDRITE, mineral, XVI. 386. ALEXANDROFF, town, Russia, XXIV.

271.

ALEXANDROPOL, town, Transcaucasia,

Russia, XI. 277; XXIII. 515. ALEXANDROVSK, town, Transcaspian Region, Russia, XXIII. 513. ALEXANDROVSKAYA, town, Russia, XXII.

472.

sopher, I. 510; II. 268.

758.

BEY, sultan of Egypt, 1. 572; VII.

BEY (Domingo Badia y Leblich), Spanish traveller, III. 227.

PASHA (Arslan), ruler of Albania, I. 573; XI. 125; XXIII. 649; his attack on Parga, XVIII. 273.

PASHA, pasha of Egypt, VII. 761.
PASHA, Turkish vizier, XXIII. 646.
ALIAS, in law, I. 574.

ALGAZEL, species of antelope, II. 101.
ALGEBRA, I. 511; its place in mathe-
matics, XV. 630; determinants in, VIII. | ALIBI, in law, I. 574.
497; Cardan's work on, V. 90;
Leonardo of Pisa's contributions to,
XIX. 125; Vieta's, XXIV. 224; Wallis's,
XXIV. 332.

ALIASKA (Alaska, q.v.), territory, U.S.A.,
I. 443.

ALGECIRAS, town, Spain, I. 562.
ALGER, of Clugny, French author, I.
562.

ALGERIA, country, Africa, I. 562; IX.
525; XVII. 628; forests, IX. 407; mines,
XVI. 469; wine industry, XXIV. 607.

ALEXANDROVSKII POSAD, town, Russia, | ALGERINE PIRATES, I. 566.
XX. 36.

ALEXIAD, historical work, by Anna
Comnena, II. 60.

ALEXIN, town, Russia, XXIII. 605.
ALEXIPHARMACA, poem by Nicander,
XVII. 476.

ALEXIS, Greek poet, 1. 501.

czar of Russia, XXI. 96.

son of Peter the Great, XVIII. 699. Wilibald, German novelist, XI.

479. ALEXIUS I., Comnenus, Byzantine emperor, 1. 501; his relations with the crusaders, VI. 625.

—, emperor of Trebizond, XXIII. 533. ALFANI, Domenico, Italian painter, I.

501.

AL-FARABI, Arabian philosopher, I. 501;
II. 267.

ALFEEYAH, Arab grammar, II. 265.
AL-FEZI (Riph), Jewish rabbi, XX.
566.

ALFIERI, Vittorio, Italian poet, 1. 502;
VII. 417; XIII. 513.
ALFÖLD, plain, Hungary, XII. 361.
ALFONSO. See Alphonso.
ALFORD, Henry, dean of Canterbury, 1.
503.

ALFRED, the Great, English king, I.
506; VIII. 283, 285; his translation of
Cadmon's poems, IV. 630; his influence
on English literature, VIII. 404.

CROQUIS, nom-de-crayon of D. Maclise, painter, XV. 165.

JEWEL, Enamelling of, VIII. 183. ALFWOLD, Northumbrian king, XVII. 570.

ALGE, order of plants, 1. 507; XXIV. 125; their relations to Fungi, III. 692; IX. 834; to lichens, XIV. 556; as parasitic plants, XVIII. 266; reproduction of,

ALGERUS MAGISTER, French author, I.
562.

ALGEZIRAS, town, Spain, I. 562.
AL-GHAZALI, Arabian philosopher, 1.
510; II. 268.

ALICANTE, province and town, Spain, I.
574; XXII. 298.

ALICATA, town, Sicily, 1. 574.
ALICE, Lytton's novel, XV. 122.
ALICUDI, Lipari Islands, Mediterranean,
XIV. 683.

ALIEN, in law, I. 574; relations of, in
war, XIII. 194.

ALIENATION, of land, VI. 434; XX. 307.
ALIEN-HOUSES, in architecture, II. 459.
ALIGARH, district, British India, 1. 576.
ALIGHIERI, Dante, Italian poet, VI. 809.
See Dante.

ALIGNMENTS, lines of stone monuments,
XXI. 51.

ALIMENT, in Scots law, I. 576.

ALGHERO, town, Sardinia, I. 569; XXI. ALIMENTA, Trajan's, for poor and orphan

309.

ALGIERS, town, Algeria, I. 570; cap

tivity of Cervantes at, V. 350; conquest
of, by the Turks, XXIII. 643; observa-
tory at, XVII. 716.

ALGIN, mucilage, XVII. 12.
ALGOA BAY, Cape Colony, I. 570.
ALGODONITE, mineral, XVI. 393.
ALGOMA, district, Ontario, Canada, XVII.
776.

ALGONQUINS, American Indians, 1. 688,
690; XII. 827.
ALGORITHM, XVII. 626.

ALGUM, incense, XII. 718; tree, 1. 596.
ALHAGI MANNA, XV. 493.
AL-HAKAM, emir of Cordova, XXII.
310.

II., caliph of Cordova, XXII. 313.
ALHAMA, town, Granada, Spain, 1. 570.
-, town, Murcia, Spain, I. 570;
mineral spring at, XVII. 51.
ALHAMBRA, palace, Granada, Spain, 1.
570; architecture of, II. 447; wall-
decorations of, XVII. 36.
ALHASAN IBN-MOHAMMED ABWAZZAN
ALFASI (Leo Africanus), traveller, XIV.
453.

ALHAZEN, Arabian mathematician, I.
572; on optics, XIV. 578.

children, XXIII. 504.

ALIMENTARY CANAL, VII. 221; XVII.
668; in mammals, XV. 362.

ALIMENTARY SYSTEM, of birds, III. 725;
of reptiles, XX. 457.
ALIMENTIVENESS, in phrenology, XVIII.
845.

ALIMONY, in English law, 1. 576.
ALI MURAD, Persian khan, XVIII. 644.
ALI-OLLAHIS, community of Kurds, XIV.
158.

ALISCANS, French chanson, IX. 638.
ALISMA, genus of plants, XIX. 176.
ALISON, Archibald, Scottish divine, 1.
576; on the principles of taste, I. 223.
Sir Archibald, historian, I. 577.
William P., Scottish physician, XV.

817.
ALIZARIN, colouring matter, 1. 577; IV.
687; XV. 176.

ALKALI, in chemistry, I. 578; volatile,

I. 741.

ALKALIES, Metals of the, v. 524; their
spectra, XXII. 375.
ALKALINE DEVELOPER, in photography,
XVIII. 826.

ALKALINE PHOSPHATES, XVIII. 819.
ALKALINE SPRINGS, XVI. 435.
ALKALINITY, of sea-water, XXI. 612.

ALHUCEMAS, bay and islets, Morocco, ALKALOIDS, in chemistry, I. 578; natu

XVI. 830.

ALI, caliph, 1. 572; XVI. 548, 563, 566,
592; XXII. 663; shrine of, at Meshed-
Ali, XVI. 46; house of, XVI. 574, 579,
584.

ral, or native, V. 576; XVII. 520; vegetable waste-products, XIX. 53. ALKAMA, Arabic poet, XVI. 537. ALKANET, plant, I. 578. AL-KANTARA, town, Morocco, XVI. 832.

town,

U.S.A., I. 583.

AL-KHARIZMI, Arabian mathematician, | ALLENTOWN,
XVII. 626.

Pennsylvania, | ALLSPICE, or Pimento, XIX. 97; XVIII. 517.

AL-KINDI, or Alkindius, Arabian philo- ALLESTRY, or Allestree, Richard, English ALLSTEDT, district, Germany, XXI. 349.

sopher, I. 578; II. 267. ALKMAAR, town, Netherlands, 1. 578.

Heinrik von, German satirist, I.

578. ALKOSH, Mesopotamia, Nahum's tomb at, XVII. 165.

ALKYLAMINES, in chemistry, XVII. 519. ALLADA, towns, Dahomey, Africa, VI. 766.

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ALLSTON, Washington, American painter and poet, I. 588, 722.

ALL THE TALENTS, English ministry
of, VIII. 363.

ALLUCINGOLI, Ubaldo (Pope Lucius
III.), XV. 48.

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS, X. 365; XII. 62,

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ALLAH, Arabian name of God, I. 578; ALL-HALLOWs, or Allhallowtide, fes- ALLUVIUM, land made up of sediment,

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ALLEGHANY, Virginia, U.S.A., mineral❘ ALLITERATION, I. 585.
water of, XVI. 436.

ALLITERATIVE CONCORD, in philology,
XIII. 820; XVIII. 780; XXIV. 827.
ALLIUM, genus of plants, x. 81; XIV.

409.

river, United States, 1. 580.
MOUNTAINS, U.S.A., 1. 580, 678;
XVIII. 499; XXIII. 795; birds of the,
III. 751.
ALLEGHENY,
town, Pennsylvania,
U.S.A., 1. 580; XIX. 150; observatory
at, XVII. 715.
ALLEGIANCE, in law, I. 580; in relation
to domicile, VII. 351; oath of, I. 580; |
XVII. 701.
ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION, of ALLOMORPHITE, mineral, XVI. 400.
Scripture, XI. 743.
ALLOPALLADIUM, mineral, XVI. 383.

ALLIX, Pierre, French divine, 1. 586.
ALLMAN, G. J., on Polyzoa, XIX. 431;
on Protozoa, XIX. 860.
ALLOA, town, Scotland, I. 586.
ALLODIUM, in land tenure, I. 587.
ALLOIOCŒLA, tribe of worms, XIX. 172,
174.

ALLEGORIES, of the Physiologus, XIX. 6. ALLOPHANE, mineral, XVI. 424.
Allegory, I. 581; VIII. 837.
ALLEGRA, daughter of Lord Byron, XXI.
792.

ALLOLOBOPHORA, genus of worms,
XXIV. 678.

ALLEGRI, Antonio (Correggio), painter,
VI. 437; XXI. 437, 443.

Gregorio, Italian musician, 1. 581. ALLEINE, Joseph, English divine, I. 581.

- Richard, English divine, 1. 582.
ALLELUIA HYMNS, XII. 582.
ALLEMONTITE, mineral, XVI. 380.
ALLEN, Bog of, Ireland, 1. 582.

Ethan, American patriot, XXIII. 787.

John, political writer, I. 583. Ralph, inventor of cross-roads postal system, XIX. 565.

Thomas, English mathematician,

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ALMADEN, town, Spain, 1. 589.
ALMAGEST, Ptolemy's astronomical work,
1. 589; XX. 87; II. 750; X. 177.
ALMAGRO, town, Spain, I. 589.

-, Diego d', Spanish commander, 1. 589; XVIII. 677.

ALMAI, singing girls of Egypt, 1. 592.
ALMALI, town, Asiatic Turkey, 1. 589.
AL-MAMUN, caliph, 1. 589; XVI. 582.
ALMANAC, I. 590.

Nautical, XVII. 260.
ALMANACH DE GOTHA, I. 592.
ALMANACK, Poor Richard's, I. 721; IX.
712.

ALMANSA, or Almanza, town, Spain, 1.
592; battle of (1707), IX. 582.
ALMANSOR, Moorish ruler in Spain,
XV. 500; XXII. 314.
AL-MANSUR, or Almanzor, Moham-
medan princes, XV. 500.
ALMATY, town, Central Asia, XXIV.
303.

ALME, singing girls of Egypt, I. 592.
ALMEIDA, town, Portugal, 1. 592.

Francisco de, viceroy of Portuguese
India, I. 592.

ALMELO, town, Holland, XVIII. 78.

ALLORI, Alessandro, Italian painter, I. ALMERIA, province and town, Spain, 1.

587.

593; XXII. 298.

I.

ALMERY, in architecture, II. 459.

Cristofano, Italian painter, 1.
painter,

587.
ALLOTROPY, in chemistry, 1. 587.
ALLOWAY KIRK, Ayrshire, Scotland,
III. 164.

ALLOXAN, in chemistry, I. 587.

ALMOHADES, Mohammedan dynasty, 1. 593; in Spain, XXII. 316; in Tunis, XXIII. 621.

AL-MOKANNA, Moslem impostor, XVI. 580.

ALLOY, I. 587; in coinage, XVI. 483, ALMON, John, political writer and

725.

ALLOYS, in assaying, II. 724; fusing
point of, XX. 132; of gold, X. 750; of
mercury, XVI. 33; of platinum, XIX.
191; of silver, XXII. 71.
ALL-SAINTS DAY, 1. 578.
ALLSOPP'S BREWERIES, Burton, Eng-
land, IV. 572.

ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Oxford, XVIII.
96.

ALL SOULS DAY, XVII. 606.

publisher, I. 594.

ALMOND, tree and fruit, 1. 594; XII. 269;
XVIII. 442.

river, Scotland, XIV. 669. ALMONDBURY, town, England, I. 595. ALMONDELL HOUSE, Linlithgow, Scotland, XIV. 670.

ALMOND NUT, XVII. 664.

ALMOND OIL, XVII. 744; chemistry of,
XXIV. 626.

ALMONER, ecclesiastical officer, I. 595.

ALMONRY, in architecture, II. 459.
ALMORA, town, India, I. 595.
ALMORAVIDES, Mohammedan dynasty,
I. 595, 565; XV. 525; XXII. 316.
ALMQVIST, Karl Jonas Ludwig, Swed-
ish writer, I. 596; XXII. 757.
ALMS, in early church, XVIII. 422.
ALMSGIVING, in relation to poor laws,
XIX. 463.

ALMSHOUSES, English, XIX. 465.
ALMUCE, church vestment, VI. 463.
ALMUG TREE, of Scripture, 1. 596.
ALMUNECAR, town, Spain, 1. 596.
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ALOE, plant, I. 597; XII. 262; incense, XII. 718.

ALOIDÆ, or Aloiadæ, in Greek legend, I. 597.

ALOIN, bitter principle in plants, XIX. 53.

ALOMBRADOS, Spanish mystics, XII. 706. ALOMPRA, Burmese king, I. 597; IV. 556.

ALONZO, kings of Spain and Portugal, I. 615. See Alphonso.

ALOPECIA, skin disease, XXII. 121.
ALOPECIAS, genus of sharks, XXI. 777.
ALOST, town, Belgium, I. 597.
ALOURIE, town, West Africa, XII. 710.
ALP, mountain pasture, 1. 620, 632.
ALPACA, wool-bearing animal, I. 597;
IV. 12; XIV. 740; relation of domesti-
cated to wild forms, IV. 251.
ALP ARSLAN, Seljuk sultan, I. 598;
XVI. 44, 588; XX. 730; XXI. 634.
ALPE DI SUCCISA, Apennines, Italy,
XIII. 437.

ALPEN-HORN, trumpet, XXIII. 593.
ALPES, three departments (Basses,
Hautes, Maritimes), France, I. 599.
ALPHA AND OMEGA, I. 599.
ALPHABET, I. 600; letters of, as numerals,
XVII.625; characters in ancient inscrip-
tions, XIII. 114; Celtiberian, XII. 605;
deaf and dumb, vII. 8; Egyptian, XI.
807; early Greek, XII. 112; Hebrew,
XI. 597; hieroglyphic, XI. 796; A. J.
Ellis's palaeotype, XXII. 381, 385;
Phoenician, XI. 807; XVIII. 802, 806;
phonetic, XVIII. 812; XXII. 39; phono-
graphic, XXI. 836; Roman, XIII. 125;
Sabæan, XXIV. 740; Sanskrit, XXI.

270.

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ALSTONIA GUM, XI. 339.
ALSTONITE, mineral, XVI. 398.
ALSTON MOOR, town, England, I. 476.
ALSTROEMER, Jonas, Swedish indus-
trial reformer, I. 638.

ALT, river, Transylvania, I. 638.
ALTAI MOUNTAINS, Siberia, 1. 638; II.
686; XXII. 2; XXIII. 438.
ALTAITE, mineral, XVI. 391.

I.-III., kings of the Asturias, I. ALTAMAHA, river, Georgia, U.S.A., X.

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XI., of Castile, 1. 617; XXII. 319. XII., king of Spain, XXII. 346. I.-IV., princes of Este, VIII. 559. I.-VI., kings of Portugal, 1. 618. See also Affonso.

DE CARTAGENA, Spanish historian, I. 619. ALPHONSUS A SANCTA MARIA, Spanish historian, I. 619.

ALPINI, Prospero, Italian physician and botanist, I. 619.

ALPINIA, genus of plants, X. 17. ALPNACHERSEE, Lake of Lucerne, Switzerland, XV. 41.

ALPS, the, 1. 619; geological structure of, X. 371, 373; Hannibal's passage of, XI. 441; XX. 749; heights of, compared with the Himalayas, XI. 826; Saussure's observations on, XXI. 324; Southern, XIII. 434; Styrian, XXII. 614; Swiss, XXII. 776, 779. ALPUJARRAS, or Alpuxaras, district, Spain, 1. 636.

ALRED, archbishop of York, 1. 475. ALREDUS, early English historian, I. 636.

ALRESFORD, New, town, England, 1. 636. AL-RUSS, town, Arabia, XVII. 774. ALSACE, province, Germany, I. 636; ceded to Spain, XXII. 330; annexed to France (1675), IX. 577; X. 502; restored to Germany (1871), IX. 627; X. 513.

I. 642.

ALTEN, river, Norway, XVII. 576. ALTENBURG, town, Germany, I. 642;

XXI. 347.

ALTEN OETTING, town, Bavaria, 1. 642. ALTENSTEIN, castle, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, I. 642.

ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS, III. 687; IV. 159; XIII. 146; XX. 429. ALTHEA ROSEA, species of plants, XII.

102.

AL-THING, parliament of Iceland, XII.
618, 621.
ALTHORP, Lord (Earl Spencer), English
statesman, XXII. 391.
ALTIERI, Emilio (Pope Clement X.), v.
822.

ALTIN, lake, Siberia, 1. 642.
ALTING, Heinrich, German theologian,
I. 642.

Jacob, German theologian, I. 642. ALTIONOS (Tours), ancient town, France, XXIII. 491.

ALTIS, in ancient Olympia, xvii. 766, 768.

ALTITUDES, Geodesic determination of, X. 171; meridian, XVII. 269; determination of, in surveying, XXII. 707, 711.

ALTMARK, district, Prussian Saxony, XXI. 359.

ALTO Douro, Portugal, wine industry of, XVII. 795; XXIV. 607. ALTOETTING, town, Bavaria, I. 642.

ALSEN, island, Schleswig-Holstein, 1. ALTOFTS, parish, Yorkshire, England,
637; XXI. 414.

ALPHEUS, father of the apostle James, ALSOP, Vincent, Puritan divine, 1. 637.
XIII. 552.

ALPHARABIUS

(Al-Farabi), Arabian

philosopher, II. 267. AL-PHASI (Riph), Jewish rabbi and Talmudist, XX. 566.

ALSOPHILA, genus of tree-ferns, XXIII. 534. ALSTED, Johann Heinrich, German author, I. 637; his Encyclopædia, VIII. 193.

XVII. 552.

ALTON, town, England, 1. 642.

town, Illinois, U.S.A., I. 643. LOCKE, Kingsley's novel, XIV. 88. ALTONA, town, Schleswig-Holstein, I. 643; XI. 404; XX. 16; XXI. 415; observatory at, XVII. 712.

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ALTOONA, town, Pennsylvania, 1. 643. ALTO ORINOCo, territory, Venezuela,

XXIV. 140.

ALTORF, town, Switzerland, 1. 642; XXII. 778.

819.

AMAGAT, E. H. M., his experiments on | AMA-XOSAS, race, South Africa, XIII. pressure of gases, XV. 495; XIX. 242. AMAGER, or Amak, island, Denmark, I.

651; VI. 343.

AMALABERGA, Frankish queen, X. 476.

ALTO-RILIEVO, in sculpture, I. 643; the AMALARIC, Gothic chief, x. 851.

largest in the world, 1. 509. ALTRINGHAM, town, England, 1. 643. ALTRUISM, in Comtist system, VI.

237.

AMALASONTHA, daughter of Theodoric, 1. 651; X. 851; XXIII. 257. AMALEKITES, of Scripture, 1. 651; XVIII. 175.

ALTVATER, mountain, Moravia, XVI. AMALFI, town, Italy, 1. 652.

810; XXII. 53.

ALUCO, genus of birds, XVIII. 91.
ALUM, chemical salt, I. 643; mineral,
XVI. 402.

ALUMAT, king of Persia, XVIII. 633.
ALUMBAGH, enclosure, Lucknow, 1. 647. |
ALUMINITE, mineral, 1. 645; XVI. 401.
ALUMINIUM, chemical element, I. 647;
V. 532; first isolated by Wöhler, XXIV.
627; ores of, XVI. 58; spectrum of,
XXII. 377; sulphate of, XXII. 637.
BRONZE, IV. 367.

ALUNITE, mineral, XVI. 402. ALUNOGENE, mineral, I. 645; XVI. 401. ALURED, early English historian, I. 636, 425.

ALUTA, river, Transylvania, I. 638; XXIII. 521.

ALVA, village, Scotland, I. 647; XXII. 554.

AMALGAM, mercurial alloy, 1. 652; XVI. 33; mineral, XVI. 382.

AMAZON, or Amazons, river, South America, 1. 654, 674; IV. 221; birds of, III. 746.

AMAZONAS, territory, Venezuela, XXIV.

140.

AMAZONS, female warriors, 1. 655; XXI. 310; of Dahomey, VI. 767. AMAZON-STONE, mineral, XI. 48; XVI.

419.

AMA-ZULU RACE, South Africa, XIII. 818; XVII. 319; XXIV. 828.

AMALGAMATION, of metals, XVI. 58; of AMBALA, division, district, and town,
gold, X. 747; of silver, XXII. 69.
AMALGAM-WORK, Japanese, XIII. 591.
AMALIA, Anna, duchess of Saxe-Weimar,
I. 652; X. 728.

British India, I. 655; XX. 109. AMBARAWA, town, Java, XIII. 606. AMBARVALIA, Roman festival, 1. 656; XV. 570.

AMALRIC, or Amaury, king of Jerusalem, AMBASSADOR, I. 657; his position and VII. 752; XXIII. 161.

or Amalrich, of Bena, mystic,, 652; XVII. 132; XXI. 426. AMALRICANS, sect of the Free Spirit XVII. 132.

AMALRICH of Bena, mystic, I. 652;
XVII. 132; XXI. 426.
AMALTEO, Italian family, 1. 652.

Pomponio, Venetian painter, I. 652. AMANA (Abana), river of Scripture, Syria, XIV. 394.

rights, XIII. 193.

AMBATO, town ador, 1. 659.
AMBER, I. 659; XVI. 428; XX. 143;
electric properties of, VIII. 3; Pho-
nician, XVIII. 806.

Liquid, liquidambar, XIV. 687.
AMBERBAKI, Papuan tribe, XVII. 388.
AMBERG, town, Bavaria, 1. 660.
AMBERGRIS, concretion in sperm whale,
I. 660; XV. 396; XXIV. 525; as
perfume, XVIII. 526.

COMMUNITY, communistic society, AMBERNO, river, New Guinea, XVII. U.S.A., VI. 216.

-, Duke of, Spanish general, 1. 647; XVIII. 744; in Holland, XII. 75. AMANCAES, Peruvian lily, XVIII. 670. ALVARADO, Pedro de, Spanish dis- AMAPALA, port, Honduras, XII. 130. coverer, I. 648.

ALVAREZ, Francisco, Portuguese traveller, 1. 648.

José, Spanish sculptor, 1. 649. Manuel, Spanish sculptor, I. 649. ALVARO DE LUNA, Spanish minister, XXII. 321.

ALVEOLAR SARCOMA, disease, XVIII. 369.

ALWAR, state, India, 1. 649; xX. 260. ALWIN, Henry Fitz, first mayor of London, XIV. 844.

ALYATTES, Lydian king, XV. 100; XXII. 186; his tomb, near Sardis, II. 401; xv. 98.

ALYPIUS, Greek writer on music, I. 649. of Antioch, geographer, I. 649. ALYTH, town, Scotland, 1. 649; XVIII. 667.

AMADAVAT, bird, XXIV. 463.

AMADEUS I.-IV., counts of Savoy, XXI.

339.

V., of Savoy, 1. 650; XXI. 341. VI., VII., of Savoy, XXI. 341. VIII., duke of Savoy (Felix V., antipope), I. 650; XIX. 503; XXI. 341. | IX., duke of Savoy, XXI. 341. of Aosta, king of Spain, XXII. 346. A-MADI, African nation, XVII. 473. AMADIS OF GAUL, Spanish romance, 1. 650; IX. 653; XX. 653; XXII. 355. AMADIS OF GREECE, romance, XX. 655. AMADOU, fungus, 1. 650.

AMAR, Asiatic people, in Egyptian literature, I. 747. AMARANTH, I. 653.

AMARAPURA, or Ummerapoora, town,

Burmah, 1. 653; III. 144. AMARA SINHA, Sanskrit writer, 1. 652. AMAR DAS, Sikh ruler, India, XX. 110. AMARGOSA, river, Nevada, U.S.A., XVII. 367.

AMARYLLIS, plant, XII. 265. AMARYNTHOS, Amphictyony of, I. 773. AMASIA, or Amasiayah, town, Turkey in Asia, I. 653; XIX. 459.

386.

AMBERT, town, France, 1. 661; xx. 120. AMBLESIDE, town, England, 1. 661; XXIV. 516.

AMBLETEUSE, town, France, I. 661. AMBLYCEPHALIDE, family of snakes, XXII. 193.

AMBLYGONITE, mineral, XVI. 408. AMBLYOPIA, eye disease, XVII. 784. AMBLYOPSIS SPELÆUS, blind fish, xv. 450. AMBLYPODA, suborder of ungulate mammals, XV. 426.

AMBLYRHYNCHUS, genus of reptiles, XX. 453.

AMBLYSTEGITE, mineral, XVI. 415.

AMASIS, king of Egypt, 1. 653; IV. 733; AMBLYSTOMA, metamorphosed siredon
VII. 743; XIX. 417.
AMASTRIS, Persian princess, XV. 119.
ancient town, Paphlagonia, XVIII.

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AMAURI, or Amalric, of Bena, mystic, I.
652; XVII. 132; XXI. 426.
AMBRACIA, ancient town, Epirus, 1. 661.
AMAUROSIS, disease of the eye, I. 654; AMBREIN, constituent of ambergris, 1.
XVII. 784.
AMAURY, or Amalric, king of Jerusalem, AMBRIZIANS, tribe, Congo, VI. 267.
VII. 752; XXIII. 161.
AMBRO, Cape, Madagascar, XV. 168.

660.

AMAXICHI, or Amaxikhi, town, Ionian AMBROGINI, Angelo (Politian), Italian Islands, 1. 654; XXI. 297. scholar and poet, XIX. 345; XX. 384.

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