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MEKONG, river, South-Eastern Asia, xv.

832; IV. 725; VI. 94; XXI. 152, 851. MEKRAN, district, Baluchistan, III.

301.

MELA, Pomponius, Latin geographer,

XV. 832.

MELETIAN SCHISM, of early church, | MELTING OF METAL, for castings, IX.

XIII. 630.

MELFI, town, Italy, xv. 840.

Duke of, Austrian general, xvi. 778.

MELGHAT, district, India, VIII. 148.

MELACONITE, mineral, XVI. 385; VI. | MELIA, genus of trees, XVIII. 519.

347.

MELAMPODIDÆ, Greek race, XVII.

320.

MELAMPUS, on physiognomy, XIX. 4. MELANCHOLIA, disease, XIII. 104. MELANCHTHON, Philip, German Reformer, XV.833; XX. 327; on education, VII. 673; his relations with Luther, XV. 82. MELANERPES, genus of birds, XXIV. 652. MELANESIA, island groups, South Pacific Ocean, XV. 835; XIX. 418; myths of the natives, XVII. 148. MELANIA, Roman matron, friend of Rufinus, XXI. 55.

MELANITE, mineral, XVI. 411.

MELIADUS, in Arthurian romance, XX. 648.

MELIAN EARTH, pigment, XV. 841. MELILLA, town, Morocco, XVI. 830. MELINE, subfamily of carnivorous

mammals, XV. 439. MELINOPHANE, mineral, XVI. 418. MELISSA, wife of Periander, XVIII. 528. MELISSUS, Eleatic philosopher, VIII. 2. MELITA, island, Mediterranean Sea, XV. 840, 341.

MELITE, Corneille's work, VI. 420. MELITENE, district, Cappadocia, Asia Minor, v. 75.

-, town, Asia Minor, XV. 320. MELITHREPTUS, genus of birds, xxiv. 824.

MELANOCHROIC TYPE, of man, II. 113; | MELITO, bishop of Sardes, Christian

in Asia, II. 696.

MELANOCORYPHA, genus of birds, XIV. 316; XV. 467.

MELANOSIS, disease, XVIII. 402. MELANOSPERMEÆ, suborder of Algæ, 1. 508.

MELANTERITE, mineral, XVI. 401.
MELAPHYRE, rock, X. 235.
MELASSA, town, Asia Minor, V. 103.
MELBOURNE, town, Victoria, Australia,
XV. 835; III. 114; library of, XIV.
550; observatory, XVII. 716; telescope
in observatory, XXIII. 147; university,
XXIII. 856; XXIV. 218.

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apologist, XV. 840; on the canon, v. 6. MELITOPOL, town, Russia, XXIII. 83. MELIZOPHILUS, genus of birds, XXIV. 553

MELKART, or Melkarth, the Tyrian Hercules, III. 175; XVIII. 803; temple of, at Tyre, XXIII. 711. MELLIFONT, Ireland, Abbey of, XV. 315.

MELLILITE, mineral, XVI. 412. MELLITE, mineral, XVI. 428. MELLIVOra, genus of carnivorous mammals, XX. 288.

MELLO, Fontes Pereira de, Portuguese statesman, XIX. 554.

481.

MELTON MOWBRAY, town, England,

xv. 842.

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James, Scottish poet, XXI. 542.

Lake, Labrador, North America,
XIV. 175.

MELVILL VAN CARNBEE, Pieter, Baron,
Dutch geographer, XV. 844.
MEMEL, town, Germany, xv. 845.
MEMLING, Hans, Flemish painter, XV.
845.

MEMLOOKS, or Mamelukes, sultans and
beys of Egypt, xv. 346; VII. 756;
massacre of, VII. 762, 764; defeat of,
by the Turks, XXIII. 643.
MEMMI, Lippo, Italian painter, Xxv. 585.
Simon (Simone Martini), Italian
painter, XV. 585.
MEMMINGEN, town, Bavaria, xv. 846.
MEMNON, of ancient mythology, XV.
847; vocal statue of, II. 390; VII. 779.
Rhodian general, XV. 140; XVIII.

581. MEMNONIA, Greek mortuary establishments, XVII. 20.

MEMNONIUM, temple, Egypt, VII. 779;

II. 390; XV. 847.

MEMONS, Indian Moslem class, XII. 746.

MELLONI, Macedonio, Italian physicist, MEMORABILIA, Xenophon's work, XXIV.
XV. 840.

721.

MELCHITES, sect of the Greek Church, MELO, Francisco Manuel de, Spanish MEMORY, in psychology, XX. 47, 60;

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MELOCACTUS, group of Cactaceæ, IV. 625.

MELODEON, musical instrument, XVII. 106.

MELODISTS, Greek hymn-writers, XII. 580.

MELEAGER of Gadara, Greek antho- MELODY, in music, XVII. 77.

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loss of, in aphasia, II. 171; mnemonics, XVI. 532.

MEMPHIS, ancient town, Egypt, xv. 847;

VII. 770; Alexander's sacrifice and triumph at, 1. 482; mummies of, XVII.

21.

town, Tennessee, U.S.A., xv. 847. MEMPHITIC, Egyptian dialect, VI. 355.

MELOLONTHA VULGARIS, wheat pest, MENA, Juan de, Spanish poet, XVI. 1;

XXIV. 536.

MELON, plant and fruit, XV. 841; XII.

271; of Nusrabad, Persia, XVIII. 624. MELONITE, mineral, XVI. 393. MELON-THISTLE CACTUS, plant, IV. 625.

MELONYCTERIS, genus of bats, XV. 410. MELORIA, Italy, Battle of (1284), XIX.

I20.

MELES, genus of carnivorous mammals, MELOS, island, Ægean Sea, XV. 841.
XV. 440.
MELPOMENE, Muse of tragedy, XVII.

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IV. 612.

Sumatra, XXII. 639.

MELTIADES (Melchiades), pope, xv. 839. | MEN-AT-ARMS, II. 568.

MELROSE, town, Scotland, xv. 842; MENANGKABAU, ancient principality, architecture of abbey, II. 429.

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MENGS, Antony Raphael, German
painter, XVI. 10.
MENHADEN, fish, XVI. 10; oil from,

XVII. 747.

MENHIRS, ancient stone monuments, II.
383; IV. 118; XXI. 51.
MENIÈRE'S DISEASE, Use of salicylate
of sodium in treatment of, XXI. 217.
MENILEK, son of the queen of Sheba, I.
65.

MENILITE, mineral, XVI. 390.
MENIN, town, Belgium, XVI. II.
MENINGITIS, disease, XVI. II.
MENIPPEAN SATIRES, of Varro, XXIV.
93.

MENTHA, genus of plants, XVI. 491;
XVIII. 517.

MENTHOL, drug, XVIII. 518.
MENTHON, spa, France, XXI. 332.
MENTON, or Mentone, town, France,
XVI. 28.

MENTOR, Persian satrap, XVIII. 580.
MENTU, Egyptian divinity, VII. 716.
MENTZ (Mainz, q.v.), town, Hesse-Darm-
stadt, Germany, XV. 305.
MENURA, genus of birds, XV. 115.
MENVID, Eric, king of Denmark, XI.
450.

MENZEL, Wolfgang, German poet and
historian, XVI. 29.

MENIPPÉE, Satire, in French literature, MENZELEH, lake, Egypt, VII. 709.
IX. 655.

MENKARA, Egyptian king, VII. 733;
mummy of, XVII. 21; pyramid of, xx.
123.

MENZELINSK, town, Russia, XXIII. 717.

MENZIES, Michael, inventor of a thrash-
ing-machine, I. 302.

MENKAURA, or Menkara, king of Egypt,
VII. 733; mummy of, XVII. 21; pyra-
mid of, XX. 123.
MENNONITES, Christian sect, XVI. 11; MEPHITISM, Death from, XV. 781.
ME-PING, river, Siam, XXI. 850.

| MEPHISTOPHELES, XVI. 29.
MEPHITIS, genus of carnivorous mam-
mals, XXII. 126.

1. 787.

MENNO SIMONS, founder of the Men- MEQUINEZ, town, Morocco, XVI. 29, nonites, XVI. II; III. 354.

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830.

MERAGHA, or Maragha (q.v.), town,
Persia, XV. 525.

MERAN, town, Tyrol, Austria, XVI. 29.
MERAPI, volcano, Sumatra, XXII. 638.
MERAWI, town, Ethiopia, XVI. 40.

MENDOZA, town, Argentine republic, MENOMINEE, river, Wisconsin, U.S.A., MERCANTILE MARINE, Laws affecting

XVI. 9.

XII. 831; XVI. 340.

XII. 831.

Antonio de, Spanish governor, MENOMINEES, American-Indian tribe,
Mexico, XVI. 219.
Antonio de, Peruvian viceroy, MENOPOMA, genus of Amphibia, I.
XVIII. 677.
759.

-, Diego de, Spanish ruler in Siena, MENORATH HAMMAOR, Midrash, XVI.
XXII. 42.

Diego Hurtado de, Spanish poet and historian, XVI. 9; XXII. 357, 359. Iñigo Lopez de, marquis of Santil

lana, Spanish poet, XXI. 300.

288.

MENOTTI, Ciro, Italian politician, XIII.
486.

MENPTAH, king of Egypt, VII. 739;
tomb of, at Thebes, XXIII. 622.

Pedro de, his discoveries in South MENSHIKOFF, Alexander Danilovich, America, II. 489.

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Guérin, on silkworm disease, XXII. 59.

favourite of Peter the Great of Russia,
XVI. 12; XXI. 98.

seamen of the, XXI. 605; its connexion with the navy, XVII. 289, 290. MERCANTILE SYSTEM, in economics, XIX. 354. MERCATOR, Gerardus, Belgian geographer, XVI. 30; XV. 520; his contributions to cartography, XVII. 253; globes constructed by, x. 681.

Romoldus, his contributions to
cartography, XVII. 253.
MERCATOR'S PROJECTION, in maps, X.
208.

MERCEDARIO, mountain, Chili, v. 616.
MERCEDES, town, Uruguay, XXIV. 15.

Alexander Sergeievich, Russian MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT (1887),

general, XVI. 13.

MENSTRUATION, XX. 408.

MENSURATION, XVI. 13.

MENTAL ALIENATION, XIII. 95; XV.
780.

MENTAL ASSOCIATION, II. 730.
MENTAL DISEASES, XIII. 95.
MENTAL POWERS, of man, II. 109.
MENTAL RESERVATION, XIV. 638.
MENTAL SCIENCE, XX. 37.
MENTAL WORK, Diet for, VII. 204.

MENEZES, F. Xavier de, Portuguese MENTAPOK, mountains, North Borneo, historian, XIX. 557.

MENGKA, town, Formosa, China, IX.

XXI. 123.

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MENTAWEI ISLANDS, Sumatra, XXII. MERCIA, ancient kingdom, England, 638,639.

417. MENGO, Jerome, his Exorcist's Manual, MENTEITH, district, Scotland, XVIII. VII. 62. 667.

VIII. 270, 282.

MERCURE DE FRANCE, Paris newspaper, XVII. 424.

MENGOTTI, Count Francesco, Italian MENTELIN, Johan, early German printer, MERCURIAL AIR-PUMP, XVI. 30; XIX. economist, XIX. 363.

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MERCURIAN, Eberhard, general of the MERLIN (Myrdhinn), Welsh bard, II. | MÉRYON, Charles, French etcher, XVI.

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metal, XVI. 31, 382; as chemical element, V. 527; cyanide of, XX. 23; ores of, XVI. 58; spectrum of, XXII. 376; sulphide of, native, V. 785; surface tension of, v. 65; production of, in U.S.A., XXIII. 816; use of, for barometers, III. 381; use of, in medicine, XVI. 34; in thermometry, XI. 564.

131.

planet, II. 777, 782, 790. MANOMETER, XV. 495. VAPOUR, Temperature of, XX.

MERENRA, Egyptian king, Mummy of,

XVII. 22.

MERMAIDS, in popular mythology, XVI. 39.

MERMEN, in popular mythology, XVI.

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MERMAIDS' PURSES, egg-cases of dog- MESCHERYAKS, or Meschers, people, fish, VII. 332. Russia, XVI. 45; XXI. 115. MESCHOVSK, town, Russia, XVI. 46. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, plant, XII. 263. MESENE, kingdom, Mesopotamia, XVI. 51.

39.

MERMIS, genus of nematode worms, XVII. 325.

MERMNAD, dynasty of Lydian kings, MESHA, king of Moab, XIII. 407; XVI.

XI. 347.

MERODACH, Assyrian divinity, XXIII.

237.

MEROE, town, Ethiopia, XVI. 40. MEROGENESIS, bud - formation, in growth of organisms, XII. 555; XXIV. 183.

MEREWINGS (Merovingians), Frankish MEROM, Waters of, Palestine, XIII. 746. dynasty, IX. 528; X. 477.

MERGANSER, bird, XVI. 35.

MEROSTOMATA, division of Crustacea, VI. 662.

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MERGUI, district and town, British MEROVINGIAN KINGS, Frankish dyn- MESHIK,
Burmah, XVI. 36.

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MERIAN, Madame, on the luminosity of MERREM, Blasius, on birds, XVIII. 19;

the lantern-fly, XIV. 290. MERICI, Angela de, founder of the Ursuline order, XVI. 712; XXIV. 14. MERIDA, town, Spain, XVI. 36; XXII. 307.

town, Venezuela, XXIV. 139, 140. town, Yucatan, Mexico, XVI. 36, 214; population, XXIV. 758. MERIDEN, town, Connecticut, U.S.A., XVI. 37.

MERIDIAN, in astronomy, II. 764.

in geography, X. 198; measurement of arc of, II. 792; VII. 597; measurement of direction of, X. 165. -, First, of different map-makers, XV. 521.

Magnetic, XV. 220, 235. Altitudes, Observation of, at sea, XVII. 268.

on reptiles, XX. 436.

MERRETT, Christopher, on birds, XVIII. MERRETT, Christopher, on birds, XVIII.

4.

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MERRIMAC, river, Massachusetts, U.S.A., MESMER, Friedrich Anton, founder of

XV. 611.

MERSE, district, Scotland, III. 612. MERSEBURG, town, Germany, XVI. 41. MERSENNE, Marin, French philosopher and musician, XVII. 88; xxIII. 520; correspondent of Descartes, VII. 116. MERSEY, river, England, XIV. 252, 712; tunnel under, XXIII. 623.

river, Nova Scotia, XVII. 601. MERSINA, town, Cilicia, Asia Minor, v. 777.

mesmerism, XV. 277.

MESMERISM, XV. 277; II. 505; Harriet Martineau on, XV. 584.

MESNE PROCESS, in law, XIX. 789. MESNEVI, Turkish poem, XXIII. 656. MESOBLAST, layer of tissue in animal embryo, II. 51; VIII. 747; XXII. 106. MESOLA, town, Greece, XVI. 53. MESOLITE, mineral, XVI. 423. MESOLONGHI, or Missolonghi, town, Greece, XVI. 524.

MERSWIN, Rulmann, German mystic, MESOPLODON, genus of cetacean mamXVII. 133, 486.

mals, XV. 397.

MERTHYR TYDFIL (or TYDVIL), town, MESOPOTAMIA, country, Western Asia,
Wales, XVI. 41.
XVI. 47; III. 183; XXIII. 653.

CIRCLE, astronomical instrument, MERTON, England, Synod of (1255),
XXIII. 515.
MERIDIANS, Convergency of, in survey-

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MERIONETH, County, Wales, XVI. 38; MERVEILLE, La, abbey, Mont St Michel, MESSA, town, Morocco, XVI. 831. representation, XXIII. 727.

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MESSALINA, wife of the emperor
Claudius, v. 817; XVII. 348.

insects, XII. 573; XIII. 146; animal,
myths of, XV. 89.

MESSANA, or Messina, town, Sicily, XVI. METAPAN, town, Salvador, Central

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Straits of, Sicily, XXII. 29.
MESSIRAS, African race, v. 281.
MESTA, La, Spanish corporation, XXII.
334.

MESTIZO, issue of white and Negro or
Indian, XVII. 319; II. 494.
MESUA, Arabic physician, XV. 805.
META, river, South America, xvII. 844.
METABOLISM, physiological process,
XIX. 13, 49; of tissues and glands,
XVII. 679, 682; in plants, XIX. 49.
Diseases of, XVIII. 385.
METACENTRE, in hydrostatics, XII.
443.

METACHIRUS, group of marsupial mam-
mals, XVII. 796.

METALLIC BEETLE, VI. 132. METALLOIDS, X. 222; spectra of, XXII 375.

METALLURGY, XVI. 57; of lead, XIV. 375; Plattner's contributions to, XIX. 213.

America, XXI. 268.

METAPHOR, in rhetoric, XX. 513.
METAPHRASTES, Symeon, Byzantine
hagiographer, XXII. 811.

METAPHYSIC, or Metaphysics, XVI. 79;
XVIII. 792; in relation to logic, xiv.
785, 798; to psychology, XX. 37; to
theology, XXIII. 268; of Aristotle, II.
521; contributions to, by Hamilton,
XI. 417; by Locke, XIV. 757; Herbart
on, XI. 718; Herder on, XI. 729;
Kant's, XIII. 848; Lotze's, XV. 14;
Spinoza on, XXII. 402.

Institutes of, by Ferrier, IX. 110.
METAPONTUM, town, Magna Græcia,
Italy, XVI. 103; XV. 37.

to the science by Deluc, VII. 54; by Fitzroy, IX. 272; by Henry, XI. 675; by Leverrier, XIV. 487; by Saussure, XXI. 324; meteorological societies, XXII. 225.

METGE, Bernat, Catalan writer, XXII.
364.

METHANE, normal paraffin, v. 558.
-, volcano, Greece, XI. 82.
METHEGLIN, or Hydromel, beverage
from honey, XII. 137.
METHIDES, Metallic, XVI. 197.
METHOD, Discourse of, Descartes's, VII.
119.

METHODISM, religious organization,
XVI. 185; English, VIII. 378; Wesley's
founding of, XXIV. 504.

802.

Roman system of medicine, xv.

METASTASIO (Pietro Trapassi), Italian METHODIUS, St, apostle of the Slavs,
XVI. 194.

poet and dramatist, XVI. 103; XIII.
513.

METATHERIA, division of Mammalia,
XV. 371, 378.

METAURUS, Italy, Battle of (207 B.C.),

XI. 444; XX. 750.

METAXITE, mineral, XVI. 414.

-, bishop of Tyre, early hymn-writer,
XII. 579.

METHUEN, John, English envoy to
Portugal, XIX. 549.

· TREATY (1703), XIX. 549; XXII. 336.

MÉTAYAGE, system of land tenure, 1. METHYL, in chemistry, XVI. 194.
414; XIV. 268.

METAZOA, division of the animal king-
dom, II. 51; XIX. 830; skeletal condi-
tions of, XXII. 106.

METHYLAMINES, in chemistry, XVI. 196.

in chemistry,

METCALFE, Lord, British administrator, METHYMNA, town, Lesbos, Asia Minor,
XVI. 105.

METHYLPHOSPHINES,
XVI. 197.

XIV. 474.

vegetable crystalline principle, XIV. 18.

METCHETNOYE, town, Russia, XVII. METHYSTICIN,

504. METELLUS, Quintus Cæcilius, Celer, METICS, foreign settlers in Athens, Roman prætor, XVI. 106.

Quintus Cæcilius, Macedonicus,
Roman prætor, XVI. 106.

Quintus Cæcilius, Numidicus,
Roman general, XVI. 106; XIII. 767;
XX. 758.

Solon's treatment of, XXII. 255. METIDJA, plain, Algeria, 1. 563. METILIN (Lesbos), island, Egean Sea,

Turkey, XIV. 474.

METIUS, James, his relation to invention of the telescope, XXIII. 136.

Quintus Cæcilius, Pius, Roman | METKARI HOLDINGS, India, 1. 437. general, XVI. 106.

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METONIC CYCLE, in astronomy, II. 747;
IV. 668.

METOPES, Greek sculptures, II. 349.

METEMME (Galabat), town, Upper METOPOSCOPY, in physiognomy, XIX. 4.
Egypt, X. 17.
METRE, in poetry, XIX. 258.

METALS, XVI. 63; X. 222; alloys of, 1.
588; elasticity of, VII. 800; electric
conductivity of, VIII. 51; expansions
of, XI. 582; extraction of, from their
ores, XVI. 57; paramagnetic and dia-
magnetic, XV. 263; spectra of, XXII.
375; strengths of, VII. 816; structure
of, XVI. 63; transmutation of, 1. 461.
METAL-WORK, XVI. 71; niello, XVII.
494; in plate, XIX. 178; Japanese,
XIII. 591; ancient Mexican, XVI. 213;
Venetian, XXIV. 156.
METAMORPHIC ROCKS, X. 263, 314, METEOROIDS, XVI. 109.

METEMPSYCHOSIS, transmigration, XVI.
106; XV. 91; Hindu doctrine, XXI.
289; XXIV. 117; Pythagorean, XX. 139.
METEOR, XVI. 107, 112; possible con-
nexion with the aurora, III. 98; with
comets, II. 815.
METEORA, group of monasteries, Thes-
saly, XVI. 114; XXIII. 299.
METEORIC IRON, XIII. 285.
METEORITE, or Aerolite, XVI. 108, 112;
XVIII. 126; XXII. 649; carbon in, v.

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MEYERBEER, Giacomo, German musical | MICHAELIS, Christian Benedict, German
Orientalist, XVI. 227.

composer, XVI. 222.

MEYER-MERIAN, T., Swiss poet, XXII.

799.

MEZANKOORIE, silkworm, XXII. 60.
MEZEN, river, Russia, XXI. 73.
MEZENC, mountain, Cevennes, France,
v. 358.

METTRIE, Julien Offray de la, French MÉZERAY, François Eudes de, French writer, XIV. 243; IX. 668.

METZ, town, German Lorraine, XVI. 202; siege of (1552), IX. 559; siege of (1870), IX. 627; aqueduct at, II.

221.

METZGERIA, genus of liverworts, XVII. 66.

historian, IX. 660.

MEZEREON, plant, XIV. 349.
MEZETSK, town, Russia, xv. 824.
MEZHA, river, Russia, XXII. 183.
MÉZIÈRES, town, France, XVI. 223.

Marie Jean Laboras de (Madame Riccoboni), French novelist, XX. 538.

I. 566.

METZGERSPRUNG, popular fête, at MEZOMORTO, Husain, Algerine pirate,
Munich, Bavaria, XVII. 26.
METZTLI, Mexican deity, XVI. 211.
MEUDON, Paris, Observatory at, XVII.

712.

MEULEN, Antony Francis van der,

Flemish painter, XVI. 204.

MEUNG, Jean de, early French writer, IX. 643.

MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE, department, France, XVI. 204.

MEURVIN, romance, XX. 652. MEUSE, department, France, XVI. 205. or Maas (q.v.), river, France, Belgium, and Holland, XVI. 205. MEUSELWITZ, town, Germany, XXI. 347.

MEW, bird, XI. 274.

ME-WANG, river, Siam, XXI. 850.

MEWAR, state, India, XX. 260; XXIII. 716.

MEZÖ-TUR, town, Hungary, XVI. 223. MEZUZA, Jewish prayer-box, XIX. I. MEZZADRIA, Milanese system of land leases, XVI. 293.

MEZZOFANTI, Giuseppe, Italian linguist, XVI. 223.

MEZZOTINT ENGRAVING, VIII. 445; shading, for surveys, XXII. 710. MGANGA, African sorcerer, XV. 200. MGLIN, town, Russia, XXIII. 96. MIAKO (Kioto), town, Japan, XIV. 92. MIAMIS, American-Indian tribe, XII. 831.

MIAN MIR, cantonment, India, XIV.

212.

MIAOULIS, Andreas Vokos, Greek naval leader, XI. 125.

MIARGYRITE, mineral, XVI. 394.
MIAUTSE, tribe, China, XVI. 223.

MEXICAN LANGUAGE (Aztec), Diction- MICA, mineral, X. 228; XI. 48; colours

aries of, VII. 193.

MEXICO, country, North America; XVI. 206; ancient annals of, I. 694; monuments, II. 451; mythology, XVII. 150; pottery, XIX. 633; races, I. 691; conquest of, by Cortes, VI. 441.

modern republic, XVI. 214; 1. 714; revolt of, from Spain, I. 710; war with United States, XXIII. 767; interference of France in, IX. 625; under Maximilian, xv. 645; Indian races of, XII. 828; libraries, XIV. 536, 551; mines, XVI. 471; observatory at Tacubaya, XVII. 715; prison system, XIX. 761; railways, XX. 252; weights and measures, XXIV. 490.

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state, Mexico, XVI. 214.

capital of Mexico, XVI. 220.

Gulf of, XXIV. 510.

MEYDOOM, or Medum, Egypt, Pyramid of, VII. 773; II. 386; XX. 122, 124; mummies of, XVII. 21.

of, XXIV. 450; deposits of, North Carolina, U.S.A., xvII. 560. MICAH, Old Testament prophet, XVI. 224; XIX. 817.

Syriac writer, xxii. 830.

Johann David, German Orientalist,

XVI. 227.

-, Johann Heinrich, German Orientalist, XVI. 227.

MICHARINO, Sienese painter, XXII. 44. MICHAUD, Joseph, French historian and publicist, XVI. 228.

MICHAUX, André, French botanist, XVI. 228.

François André, French writer on forestry, XVI. 229.

MICHEL, Claude, French sculptor, XXI.
563.
MICHELANGELO, Italian painter, sculp-
tor, and architect, XVI. 229; II. 438;
XXI. 435, 569; as fresco painter, IX.
773; Perugino's jealousy of, XVIII.
681; his relations with Leonardo da
Vinci, XIV. 457, 459; with Raphael,
XX. 275; with Sebastiano del Piombo,
XXI. 615.

MICHELET, Jules, French historian,
XVI. 235; IX. 681.
MICHELETTO, Don, Italian bravo, XV.
148.

MICHELL, Francis, degraded from knighthood, XIV. 125.

John, English scientist, XVI. 237. MICHELOZZI, Michelozzo, Italian sculptor and architect, XVI. 237.

MICHELSON, A., on the velocity of light, XXIV. 459.

MICHIELI, Vitale, doge of Venice, XXIV.

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MICALE, Asia Minor, Naval battle of, MICIPSA, Numidian prince, XIII. 766;
(479 B.C.), XVIII. 573.
MICA-MAGNESIA, mineral, XVI. 412,

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MEYER, Conrad, pianoforte maker, XIX.

124.

77.

ROMANOFF, czar of Russia, XXI.

H. L., illustrator of birds, XVIII.

95.

18.

O. E., on the friction and viscosity of gases, XVI. 619; on viscosity, XIX. 248.

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