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MICROLINE, mineral, XVI. 419. MICROLITE, mineral, XVI. 426. MICROMASTICTORA, division of sponges, XXII. 421.

MICROMETER, scientific instrument, XVI. 242; XXII. 718; use of, in astronomy, II. 755; for the microscope, XVI. 277. MICROMONACHA, genus of birds, XX.

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MICRONESIA, islands, Pacific Ocean, XVI. 256; XIX. 418. MICROPHONE, Telephonic, XXIII. 129, 132.

MICROPHYTES, minute organisms, XXI. 398.

MICROPTERUS, genus of birds, XIX. 252.

MICROSCLERES, group of sponges, XXII. 416.

MICROSCOPE, optical instrument, XVI. 258; XIV. 594; XVII. 806; its use in anatomical study, 1. 817; in histological, XII. 10; in zoological, XXIV. 801, 815; graduation of, XI. 28; its use in surveying, XXII. 718; improvements on, by Amici, I. 738; Leeuwenhoek's discoveries with, XIV. 410; Malpighi's observations with, XV. 338; microscopical societies, XXII. 225. MICROSEISMOMETER, earthquake indicator, XXI. 629.

MICROSOMMITE, mineral, XVI. 412. MICROSPORES, in plant development, XX. 424.

MICROSTOMA, genus of fishes, XXI. 222, 224.

LINEARE, planarian worm, XIX.

174. MIDAS, king of Phrygia, XVI. 278; XVIII. 849; tomb of, II. 347.

genus of apes, II. 155. MIDDELBURG, town, Holland, XVI. 278; population, XXIV. 772. MIDDENDORF, Alexander Theodor von, Russian Arctic explorer, XIX. 320. MIDDENDORFF, German educationist, IX. 793.

MIDDENS, Kitchen, prehistoric shellheaps, II. 116.

MIDDLE AGES, Characteristics of the, XX. 380.

MIDDLE AGES, Hallam's History of the,

XI. 393.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, town, Massachusetts,
U.S.A., XVI. 278.
MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, Yorkshire, Eng-
land, XXIV. 749.

MIDDLESBROUGH, town, England, XVI.
278; xxiv. 747, 748; salt-mine, XXI.
231.
MIDDLESEX, county, England, XVI.
279; representation, XXIII. 727.
MIDDLE TEMPLE, legal society, London,
XIII. 87, 89.
MIDDLETON, town, England, XVI. 282.
Earl of, Scottish statesman, XXI.
515.

MIDDLETON, Captain Christopher, Arctic | MIKHAILOVSK, town, Transcaspian explorer, XIX. 318.

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Region, Russia, XXIII. 513.

MIKHAILOVSKAYA, Cossack

Russia, XVI. 290.

village,

MIKHNAF, Abu, Arab historian, XXIII. 2.
MI-KIANG, river, Corea, VI. 391.
MILAN, Duchy of, Italy, XIII. 478.

town, Italy, XVI. 290; its resistance to Frederick Barbarossa, XIII. 471; its rivalry with Pavia, XIII. 469; cathedral of, II. 436; church of San Ambrogio, II. 435; libraries, XIV. 530, 548; observatory, XVII. 713; its school of painting, XXI. 437, 443; picture galleries, XXI. 447; sculpture, XXI. 568.

king of Servia, XXI. 689. MILARITE, mineral, XVI. 417.

MILCOM, god of the Ammonites, XVI.
696.

MIDI D'OSSAU, Pic du, Pyrenees, MILAZZO, town, Sicily, XVI. 293.
France, IX. 505.
MIDLOTHIAN (Edinburgh), county,
Scotland, VII. 656.
MIDNAPUR, or Midnapoor, district and
town, India, XVI. 284.
MIDRASH, Jewish writings, XVI. 285;
I. 55; XI. 742; XXIII. 35.
MIDSHIPMAN, Naval, his duties, XVII.
293.

MILDEW, fungus, XVI. 293; XVIII. 266.
MILE, measure of length, XXIV. 485.
MILES, Mrs, American hymn-writer,
XII. 596.

MILESIANS, early Irish tribe, V. 299;
XIII. 244.

MILESIAN TALES, Greek, XX. 634.

MIDSOMER-NORTON, town, England, MILETOPOLIS, Lake of, Mysia, Asia
XXII. 258.
Minor, XVII. 122.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Shake- MILETUS, town, Asia Minor, XVI. 294; speare's play, XXI. 764.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Men- MILFORD, town, Wales, XVI. 294; XVIII. delssohn's opera, XVI. 7.

MIDWIFERY, department of medicine, XV. 797; use of anaesthetics in, I. 789. MIECZYSLAW I.-II., kings of Poland, XIX. 286.

III., of Poland, XIX. 287. MIEDZYRZECZ PODLASKI, town, Poland, XVI. 288.

MIEMITE, mineral, XVI. 397.

MIERIS, family of Dutch painters, XVI. 288.

MIESROB, Armenian scholar, II. 550. MIGLIORATI, Cosimo de (Pope Innocent VII.), XIIi. 84.

Luigi, Roman assassin, xx. 804. MIGNARD, Pierre, French portrait painter, XVI. 289. MIGNONETTE, plant, XVI. 289. MIGRAINE, disease, XVII. 364. MIGRATION, of birds, III. 764; of insects, XIV. 765; of lemmings, XIV. 436; of mammals, VII. 276; instinct in, XIII. 159.

MIGUEL, Maria Evarist, claimant of Portuguese throne, XVI. 290; regent of Portugal, XIX. 552.

XXII. 186; coins of, XVII. 647.

482.

town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., XVI.

295.

MILHAMOTH ADONAI, Ben Gerson's

work, X. 550.

MILHAU, or Millau, town, France, XVI.

314.

MILIARY FEVER, XXII. 735.

MILICZ, Johann, Moravian preacher, XVI. 295.

MILIOLIDEA, order of Protozoa, XIX. 846. MILITARY CHAPLAINS, of British army, II. 584.

MILITARY DIET, VII. 212.

MILITARY FRONTIER, district, Austria, XVI. 295.

MILITARY HISTORY, Study of, XXIV.

345.

MILITARY HOSPITALS, XII. 306.

MILITARY LAW, XVI. 295; in British army, II. 587.

MILITARY PRIVILEGES, in Roman law, XX. 705.

MILITARY SERVICE, Feudal, XIV. 114; as a tax, IX. 176.

MILITARY STRATEGY, XXIV. 349.

MIGULINSKAYA, Cossack village, Russia, MILITARY TACTICS, XXIV. 353; of

XVI. 290.

MIHR NARSEH, Persian general, xvIII. 610.

MIKADO, the emperor of Japan, XIII. 581.

MIKHA, Syriac writer, XXII. 830. MIKHAILOFF, town, Russia, XXI. 116.

artillery, II. 667; modern changes in, II. 565. MILITIA, of United Kingdom, XVI. 299; II. 567; Machiavelli's plan of a, XV.

147.

MILITSCH, or Milicz, Johann, Moravian preacher,XVI. 295.

MILITZA, Servian heroine, XXI. 689.
MILK, XVI. 301; VI. 768; adulterations

of, I. 168; as an article of diet, VII.
202; composition of, IV. 591; V. 455;
fermentation of, IX. 92, 97; sugar in,
XXII. 624; of the ass, II. 717; of the
goat, X. 710.

OF SULPHUR, XXII. 635. MILKY WAY, The, II. 818.

MILL, Flour, IX. 344.

Iron Rolling, XIII. 328.

James, English historian and philosopher, XVI. 306; XIX. 377.

307.

MILLS, Flour, IX. 344.

Iron Rolling, XIII. 328.

John, originator of the French
Encyclopédié, VIII. 197.

MILLSTONE GRIT, rock, X. 349.

MILLSTONES, IX. 344.

MIMETA, group of birds, XVII. 844.
MIMETESITE, mineral, XVI. 407.
MIMIC BEETLES, VI. 127, 131.

MIMICRY, in biology, XVI. 341.
MIMNERMUS, Greek poet, XVI. 345;
XXII. 186.

MILLVILLE, town, New Jersey, U.S.A., MIMOCICHLA, genus of birds, XXIII.

XVI. 322.

MILMAN, Henry Hart, dean of St
Paul's, English historian, dramatist,
and poet, XVI. 323; hymns by, XII.
595.

MILNATHORT, town, Scotland, XIV. 92.
John, New Testament critic, XVI. MILNE-EDWARDS, Alphonse, on birds,

on

John Stuart, English philosopher and politician, XVI. 307; his interpretation of analogy, I. 791; mental association, II. 734; on axioms, III. 160; as economist, XIX. 378; his ethical teaching, VIII. 607; on government, XI. 17; on the character of Jesus Christ, XIII. 670; his logic, XIV. 793; his relations with Comte, VI. 231. MILLAR, William, collector of pamphlets, XVIII. 205.

MILLAU, town, France, XVI. 314.
MILLBANK PRISON, London, XIX. 748.
MILLEDGEVILLE, town, Georgia, U.S.A.,
X. 436.

MILLE LACS, lake, Minnesota, U.S.A.,
XVI. 476.

MILLENARIANISM, in eschatology, XVI.
315, 317; VIII. 534; XVIII. 427; XX.
497.
MILLENNIUM, XVI. 314; VIII. 535.
MILLEPEDES, order of Myriapoda, v.
340; XVII. 118; as wheat pests, XXIV.
536.

MILLER, Hugh, Scottish geologist, XVI.
318.

William, American millenarian, XVI. 320.

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William, Scottish engraver, XVI.

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MILLER CASELLA THERMOMETER,
XXIII. 291.

MILLERITE, mineral, XVI. 392.
MILLERITES, American religious sect,

XVI. 320.

MILLER'S THUMB, fish, XVI. 320; XII. 690.

MILLES, Syriac writer, XXII. 827.

ET AMYS, romance, XX. 652.

MILLET, cereal, XVI. 321.

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Indian, or Durra, VII. 564; XII.

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322.

MIMOSA, genus of plants, XVI. 345;
XIX. 62; bark of, for tanning, XIV.
381.

MIMUS, genus of birds, XVI. 540.
MINA, Greek money, XVII. 631.

ancient weight, XXIV. 487. MINEAN LANGUAGE, Arabia, XXIV. 740.

MINAHASSA, district, Celebes, V. 289.
MINAMOTO, Japanese clan, XIII. 582.
MINAS NOVAS, colourless topazes, XXIII.
446.

MILO, Greek athlete, XVI. 323.
(Melos), island, Egean Sea, XV. MINCIO, river, Italy, XIII. 436.
MINCOPIE, race of people, Andaman
Islands, Asia, II. 12.

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MINDORO, island, Philippines, XVIII.
748, 752.

MINERAL BATHS, III. 439.
MINERALOGY, XVI. 346 (index of mineral
species, 429); Ste-Claire Deville's con-
tributions to, XXI. 166; mineralogical
societies, XXII. 225.
MINERALS, analysed under the blow-
pipe, III. 838; meteoric, XVI. 113;
phosphorescence in, XVIII. 813; rock-
forming varieties, X. 227; the property
of the crown, XIV. 268.
MINERAL SPRINGS, X. 270.
MINERAL TALLOW, XVI. 429.

MINERAL VEINS, X. 317; XVI. 441.
MINERAL WATERS, XVI. 431; of Eastern
Siberia, XXIII. 510.

MILVIAN BRIDGE, near Rome, IV. 329; MINERS, Payment of, XVI. 449.
battle of (312 A.D.), VI. 299.
MILVUS, genus of birds, XIV. 103.

Jean François, French painter, MILWAUKEE, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,
XVI. 321; IX. 700, 701.

XVI. 340; population, XXIV. 617.

92.

MILLING MACHINE, for cutting teeth MILYANS, ancient people of Lycia, xv.
of wheels, XV. 156.
MILLIONI, Marco, sobriquet of Marco MILZOW, Gerhard, Norse writer, XVII.
Polo, XIX. 407.
589.
MILLO, Tower of, Jerusalem, XIII.

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MINERVA, Roman goddess (the Greek
Athena), XVI. 437; ivory statue of, at
Athens, XIII. 523.

PRINTING MACHINE, XXIII. 705. MINES, XVI. 440; coal, VI. 61; gold, x. 745; laws regarding, XVI. 466.

Submarine explosive, XXIII. 449. MING, dynasty of China, v. 648.

MIMAMSA, Hindu system of philosophy, MINGO, adulterant of woollen goods, I.
XXI. 289.

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MINHO, river, Spain, XXII. 295.
MINIATURE, branches of painting, XVI.
437; enamelling, VIII. 184.
MINICOY, island, Laccadives, Indian
Ocean, XIV. 183.

MINIMA, in mathematics, XV. 643; XIII.

22.

MINIMI, or Minims, order of monks, IX. 695; XVI. 711.

MININ, Russian patriot, XXI. 95.

MINTON'S ENCAUSTIC PAVEMENT, IV.

XVI. 492; governor-general of India, | MIRATH, or Meerut, district, India, xv.
XII. 805.
825.
MIRCEA, Voivode of Walachia, XXI. 16.
MIRGOROD, town, Russia, XIX. 410.
MIR JAFAR, Indian nawab, XII. 801.
MIR KASIM, Indian nawab, XII. 802;
XVIII. 409.

283.

MINUCIUS FELIX, Marcus, Christian

apologist, XVI. 492.

MINUET, dance, XVI. 492.

writer, XVI. 499.

MINUIT, Peter, director, New Nether- MIRKHOND, or Mirkhawand, Persian
land, America, XVII. 454.
MINUSCULE WRITING, XVIII. 149.

MINING, XVI. 440; for coal, VI. 61; for MINUSINSK, town, Russia in Asia, XXII.

gold, X. 745.

XVI. 474.

II; XXIV. 743. -, Military, IX. 464. TARTARS, Asiatic race, XXIII. 70. MINISTERS, Nonconformist, Legal status MINX, or Mink, carnivorous mammal, of, XVII. 533. MINISTRY, state administration, XVI. MINYÆ, ancient Greek race, XI. 92; as 472. voyagers, II. 496; in Lemnos, Egean Sea, XIV. 437.

MINK, carnivorous mammal, XVI. 474; MINYEH, town, Egypt, VII. 774.

MINIUM, mineral, XVI. 387.

skins of, IX. 838.

MIOCENE ROCKS, X. 362.

MIROIR DE MARIAGE, Deschamps's satire, VII. 128.

MIROPOLIE, town, Russia, XVI. 499. MIRROR, XVI. 499; IX. 849; Etruscan bronze, VIII. 642; in optics, XIV. 587; use of, for signalling, XI. 632.

GALVANOMETER, in telegraphy,

XXIII. 124. MIRROR-READING, in optics, XXIV.

436.

MIR TAGI, Urdu poet, XI. 848.

MINNA VON BARNHELM, Lessing's MIOLANIIDÆ, family of chelonian MIRZA, Persian title, XVIII. 628. drama, XIV. 480.

reptiles, XXIII. 457.

XXI. 690.

MINNEAPOLIS, town, Minnesota, U.S.A., MIOSIC, Andrew Kacie, Servian writer,
XVI. 474.

MINNESÄNGER, German lyrists, X. 525; MIQUELON, island, Newfoundland, XXI.
XVII. 83.

MINNESOTA, State, U.S.A., xvI. 475. MINNOW, fish, XVI. 477; XII. 692; artificial, for angling, II. 33.

ISLANDS, Madagascar, xv. 168. MIÑO, or Minho, river, Spain, XXII. 295.

MINO DI GIOVANNI (Da Fiesole), Italian sculptor and architect, XVI. 477; XX. 836.

MINOR, or Infant, in law, XIII. 1.
The, Foote's comedy, IX. 370.
bird, XI. 26.

MINORCA, one of the Balearic Islands,
Spain, III. 278; failure of Byng in
defence of, IV. 604.
MINORITES, order of friars, IX. 698;
XX. 799.

MINORITY, in law, I. 279.
MINOS, legendary king of Crete, XVI.
478; VI. 570; XXIII. 294.
MINOTAUR, of Greek legend, XIV. 179;
XVI. 478.

MINSHULL, Elizabeth, Milton's third wife, XVI. 336.

MINSK, government, Russia, XVI. 478;
XXI. 69; town, XVI. 479.
MINSTER, in architecture, II. 467.
MINSTREL, singer, XVI. 479; mediæval,
VII. 413.

The, Beattie's poem, III. 466.
MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH
BORDER, Scott's, XXI. 547; Leyden's
connexion with, XIV. 496.
MINT, for coining, XVI. 480; of London,
XIV. 832.

plant, XVI. 491; XII. 289; XVIII.

517. MINTJAC, or Muntjak, deer, XVII. 31; XIII. 602.

MINT-MARK, of coins, XVII. 630. MINTO, First Earl of, British statesman,

196; XVII. 382.

MIR, village community, Russia, XXI. 70, 83.

MIRA, river, Ecuador, VII. 646. MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de, French statesman, XVI. 492; IX. 598, 601; Dumont's relations with, VII. 530.

Victor Riqueti, Marquis de, French political economist, XVI. 498; XIX. 361.

MIRABILITE, mineral, XVI. 401. MIRACLE OF THE THUNDERING LEGION, in Roman history, III. 87. MIRACLE-PLAYS, V. 324; VII. 413, 414; English, VII. 414; VIII. 416; in England, time of Shakespeare, XXI. 750; French, IX. 644; German, X. 526. MIRACLES, of Scripture, II. 191; x. 804, 809; of Elisha, VIII. 141; in Acts of the Apostles, I. 127; Campbell's Dissertation on, IV. 754; Woolston's view of, XXIV. 664.

of Apollonius, II. 188. MIRAFLORES, Spain, Sculptures at, XXI. 567.

MIRAFRA, genus of birds, XIV. 316.
MIRAGE, Atmospheric, XIV. 600.
MIR ALISHIR, Persian poet, XVI. 499.
MIRAMICHI, river, New Brunswick,

XVII. 373.

MIRAMIONES, French religious order,

X. 152.

MIRAMON, Miguel, Mexican general,
XVI. 498.
MIRANDA, Francesco, South-American
general, XVI. 498.

Francisco de Sá de, Portuguese pastoral poet, XVIII. 346; XIX. 556. MIRANDOLA, Pico de, Christian humanist and Kabbalistic writer, XIX. 80; XIII. 813.

MIRZAPUR, or Mirzapoor, district and town, India, XVI. 502.

MIRZA TAKI, Persian minister, XVIII. 651.

MISANTHROPE, Le, Molière's play, xvI. 629.

MISDEMEANOUR, in law, XVI. 502; VI. 588; IX. 68.

MISDROY, town, Prussia, XXIV. 633. MISENO, Capo di, Italy, XVII. 187. MISERERE, of Allegri, 1. 581. MISERICORDE, or Dagger, VI. 760. MISHNAH, or Mishna, rabbinical law, XVI. 502; XI. 600; XIII. 429; XXIII. 35; Maimonides's commentary on, XV. 296.

MISHNEH TORAH, of Maimonides, XV. 295.

MISKOLCZ, town, Hungary, XVI. 508. MISNIA, Dialect of, German, I. 152. MISOL, island, off New Guinea, XVII. 389.

MISPECKEL, or Mispickel, mineral, XVI. 390; II. 635.

MISPRISION, in law, XVI. 502; of treason,

XXIII. 528.

MISR, name for Egypt, VII. 700.
MISRULE, Lord of, V. 704.
MISSAL, liturgical book, XVI. 508.
MISSI DOMINICI, imperial commis-
sioners, IX. 532.

MISSIONARIES, Christian, XVI. 511.
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES, List of, XVI.

515.

MISSIONS, Christian, XVI. 511; Baptist, III. 356; Jesuit systems, XIII. 651, 654; XX. 536; Moravian, XVI. 811; Roman Catholic, XIX. 809.

MISSISSIPPI, river, U.S.A., xvI. 518; 1. 674; XVII. 402; delta of, XX. 580; drainage of, X. 272; geology of valley of, XXIII. 801; influence of wind on, XII. 497; La Salle's explorations of, XIV. 318; Spanish claim to, XXIII. 753.

State, U.S.A., XVI. 521.

MISSISSIPPI, bagatelle game, III. 230.

SCHEME, Law's, IX. 584; XIV.

367. MISSOLONGHI, town, Greece, XVI. 524. MISSOURI, river, United States, XVI. 518; XVII. 307; Lewis and Clarke's explorations of, XIV. 494; sources of, XVI. 772.

State, U.S.A., XVI. 524; mulebreeding in, XVII. 14.

COMPROMISE (1820), v. 818; XXIII. 763, 772; repeal of (1854), XIV. 658.

MISTER, title, XXIII. 417.
MISTI, volcano, Peru, XVIII. 672.
MISTLETOE, parasitic plant, XVI. 527;
XVIII. 264, 265; in Northern myth-
ology, I. 210; venerated by the Druids,
VII. 477.

MISTRAL, wind, Southern Europe, IX.

507; XVI. 149. MISTRESS, The, by Cowley, VI. 532.

OF THE ROBES, England, XXI. 37.

MITSCHERLICH,

chemist, XVI. 531.

Eilhardt, German

MODERATISM, in Church of Scotland,
IX. 743; XXI. 536.
MITTA MITTA, river, Victoria, Australia, MODERATOR LAMP, XIV. 246.
XXIV. 215.
MODESTINUS, Roman jurist,

MITYLENE, town, Lesbos, Asia Minor, XIV. 474.

MIXITE, mineral, XVI. 406.

792.

XIII.

MODESTUS, Christian martyr, XXIV. 266.

MIZPAH, or Mizpeh, of Scripture, XVI. MODHAR, Arab tribe, Mesopotamia, XVI.

532.

MIZRAIM, name of Egypt, VII. 700.
MIZZONITE, mineral, XVI. 412.
MJÖSEN, lake, Norway, XVII. 576.
MLAWA, town, Poland, XIX. 227.
MNAIDRA, ancient temple, Malta, XV.

341.

MNEMON, Artaxerxes II., king of Persia, II. 640; VII. 753; XVIII. 576. MNEMONICS, artificial helps to memory, XVI. 532.

MNIOTILTIDE, family of birds, XXIV. 367.

MOA, extinct bird, III. 112, 731; VII. 244; XVII. 469.

MOAB, of Scripture, XVI. 533.

MISTY LAW, mountain, Scotland, XX. MOABITES, people of Palestine, XIII. 395.

MISY, mineral, XVI. 401.

MITA, tribute from Peruvian Indians,

IV. 16; XVIII. 678.

MITAU, town, Russia, XVI. 527. MITCHAM, town, England, XXII. 693; cultivation of mint at, XVIII. 518. MITCHEL, Ormsby M'Knight, American general and astronomer, XVI. 528. MITCHELL, Sir Thomas Livingstone, Australian explorer, XVI. 528; III. 105.

48.

MODICA, town, Sicily, XVI. 542.

MODICIA, Roman colony, Lombardy, XVI. 798.

MODLIN, town, Russian Poland, XVII. 608; XXIV. 376.

MODOCS, American-Indian tribe, XII. 833.

MODULE, in architecture, II. 467. MODULUS, of elasticity, VII. 804; of rigidity, XXII. 595.

MOE, Jörgen Engebretsen, Norwegian
poet, XVI. 542; XVII. 591.
MOED, part of the Mishnah, XVI. 505.
MOEN, island, Denmark, vII. 80.
MERIS, Lake, Egypt, VII. 709, 774.
MOERO, Lake, Central Africa, I. 248;
XXIV. 763.

397; XVIII. 175. MOABITE STONE, XIII. 116; XVI. 534, MŒSIA, ancient country, Eastern Europe, 536; XXI. 645. XVI. 542. MOALLAKAT, Arabic poems, XVI. 536, MOFADDAL, Arabic commentator, XVI. 595; 1. 778; II. 263.

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II., caliph, XVI. 569.

MOBANGI, river, Africa, XXIV. 764.

, river, Victoria, Australia, XXIV. MOBBING, in law, XX. 565.

216.

LIBRARY, Glasgow, XIV. 523, 543. MITCHELL'S PEAK, North Carolina,

U.S.A., XVII. 559.

MOBILE, town, Alabama, U.S.A., xvI. 539.

MOBILIZATION, of German army, II. 598.

543. MOGADOR, town, Morocco, XVI. 543. MOGAHID, Saracen leader, XIX. 119. MOGHILEFF, government, Russia, XVI. 543; XXI. 69; town, on the Dnieper, Russia, XVI. 543.

town, on the Dniester, Russia, XVI. 544; XIX. 254.

MITE, arachnid, XVI. 528; II. 276; itch- MÖBIUS, August Ferdinand, German MOGHISTAN, district, Persia, XVII.

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MITFORD, Mary Russell, English writer, MOCCOLETTI, carnival diversion at
XVI. 529.
MITHRADATES, or Mithridates, I., Par-
thian king, XVIII. 590; XIX. 459.

II., the Great, Parthian king and king of Pontus, XVI. 529; XVIII. 595; XIX. 459; his conquest of Cappadocia, v. 76; his war in Greece, XI. 108; Sulla's victory over, XXII. 632. MITHRAS, Persian god, XVI. 530. MITHRIDATE, Racine's drama, XX. 207. MITHRIDATES, or Mithradates (q.v.), XVI. 529.

MITLA, Mexico, Temple at, I. 695. MITRA, or Mithras, Persian god, XVI. 530.

MITRAILLEUR, machine gun, XI. 285; II. 662.

MITRE, bishop's head-dress, VI. 463.

in heraldry, XI. 711. Bartolomeo, president of Argentine Republic, II. 492.

MITRIDATE, opera by Mozart, XVII. 9.

856.

MOGHTASILAH, Babylonian sect, XV. 482, 485.

MOCENIGO, Domenico, Venetian ad- MOGILAS, Petrus, Russian metropolitan, miral, XXIV. 147.

MOCHA, town, Arabia, XVI. 540; XX. 316.

STONE, variety of agate, I. 278. MOCKING-BIRD, XVI. 540. MODALISM, theological doctrine, XXI. 127.

MODARES, leader of imperial Goths, XXIII. 258.

MODELLING, in building, IV. 508; in design, in drawing, VII. 450; for sculpture, XXI. 571; of animals, in taxidermy, XXIII. 90.

Mathematical, xv. 628. MODENA, Duchy of, Italy, XVI. 541.

town, Italy, XVI. 541; library, XIV. 530, 548; observatory, XVII. 714; school of painting, XXI. 437, 443; sculpture, XXI. 569; university, XXIII. 836.

XVI. 544.

MOGUER, Spanish wine, XXIV. 607. MOGUL, Moghul, or Mughal, dynasty in India, III. 569; XII. 794.

MOGULS, or Mughals, class of Mohammedans, India, XII. 746. MOHÁCS, town, Hungary, XVI. 544; battle of (1526), XII. 369; XXI. 17. MOHAIR, goat's hair, XVI. 544. MOHALLAB, Moslem general, XVI. 569, 572. MOHAMMED, Mahomet, or Muhammad,

founder of Islam, XVI. 545; II. 257; in Mecca, xv. 670; tomb of, xv. 818.

312.

Moorish emir in Spain, XXII.

Seljuk ruler, XXI. 635.

Turkish sultans. See Muham

mad.

MOHAMMED B. FARAJ, Moslem impostor, XVI. 585.

B. MANSUR, caliph, XVI. 580. BEY, of Egypt, VII. 761. GHORI, founder of Moslem power in Hindustan, XVII. 573. MOHAMMEDANISM, XVI. 545 (index, 606); XX. 360; XXII. 659; in relation to Manichæism, xv. 485; pilgrimages, XIX. 93; its attitude towards slavery, XXII. 143; theism of, XXIII. 240, 242; spread of, in Asia, II. 699; conquest of Egypt, VII. 749; invasion of Persia, XVIII. 615; caliphate acquired by sultan of Turkey, XXIII. 643; in China, v. 650; in Europe, VIII. 713; in India, XII. 746, 792; in Spain, XXII. 309; in Turkish empire, XXIII. 654.

MOHAMMEDAN LIBRARIES, XIV. 514. MOHAMRAH, town, Persia, VIII. 671; XVIII. 620.

MOHATRA BARGAIN, in casuistry, V.

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MOLAY, Jacques de, grand-master of the
Templars, XVI. 608; XXIII. 163, 164.
MOLBECH, Christian, Danish lexico-
grapher, VII. 93.

MOLD, town, Wales, IX. 327.
MOLDAU, river, Germany, VII. 825.
MOLDAVIA, principality, Roumania,
XXI. 18.

MOLE, insectivorous mammal, XVI. 608;
XV. 404.

river, England, XXIII. 220.

MOHILLA, island, Comores, Africa, VI. MOLÉ, Matthieu Louis, Count, French

221.

MOHL, Hugo von, on protoplasm, XIX. 828.

Jules, German Orientalist, XVI. 607. MÖHLER, Johann Adam, German theologian, XVI. 607.

MOHN, island, Russia, in Baltic, XIV. 723; XVII. 732.

Henrik, on Norwegian Polar explorations, XIX. 323. MOHR, Karl Friedrich, German scientist, XVI. 707.

MÖHRING, Paul H. G., on birds, XVIII. 5. MOHS, Friedrich, crystallographer, VI. 674.

MOHTADI BILLAH, caliph, XVI. 586.
MOIMIR, Slavonic chief, x. 480.

politician, IX. 620.

, Matthieu, French politician, VI. 246. MOLECH, Semitic divinity, XVI. 695. MOLE CRICKET, insect, VI. 578; XIII. 152; as wheat pest, XXIV. 534. MOLECULAR ACTIONS AND CHANGES, in physiology, Xix. 18.

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MOLLENDO, town, Peru, XVIII. 674. MÖLLER'S SOLUTION, in taxidermy, XXIII. 90.

MOLL FLANDERS, Defoe's work, VII. 29. MOLLINEUX, Emeric, globe constructer, X. 682.

MOLLUSCA, division of animal kingdom, XVI. 632; II. 53; distribution of, VII. 279, 283; embryology, XX. 419; hibernation, XI. 789; histology, XII. 7; organs of touch in, XXIII. 478; reproduction of, XX. 409; in Lankester's classification, XXIV. 813. MOLLUSCOIDS, division of animal kingdom, IV. 188.

MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM, skin disease, XXII. 121.

MOLLY MAGUIRES, mining combination, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., XVIII. 504. MOLLY MAWK, bird, IX. 817; XV. 334. MOLOCH, Semitic divinity, XVI. 695. CALLITHRIX, ape, II. 155.

737.

HORRIDUS, species of lizards, XIV.

MOLOGA, town, Russia, XXIV. 731. MOLOKAI, island, Hawaiian group, Pacific, XI. 532.

MOLOKOVA, spa, Eastern Siberia, XXIII. 510.

MOLON, governor of Media, XVIII. 588. MOLOSSI, ancient Greek tribe, VIII. 483.

MOLOSSUS, genus of bats, XV. 408, 413. MOLECULAR MAGNETISM, Theory of, MOLTKE, Count von, Prussian general,

XV. 271, 276.

MOLECULAR Weights, v. 471. MOLECULE, XVI. 610; III. 38; VII. 215. MOLESKIN, cotton fabric, XVI. 623. MOLESTATION, in law, XXIII. 500. MOLESWORTH, Sir William, philosophical and political writer, XVI. 623. MOLFETTA, town, Italy, XVI. 624. MOLGE, genus of reptiles, XXIII. 577.

MOIR, David Macbeth, Scottish poet and MOLGULIDE, family of Tunicata, XXIII. humorist, XVI. 608.

George, Scottish critic, XVI. 608. MOIRA, Earl of, governor-general of

India, XI. 517.

MOISSAC, town, France, XVI. 608.

617.

MOLIÈRE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin), French dramatist, XVI. 624; VII. 425; IX. 658; as satirist, XXI. 319; his relations with Racine, XX. 204.

MOISTURE, of the atmosphere, III. 32; MOLINA, Luis, Spanish Jesuit, XVI. 630.

life conditioned by, III. 680. MOJANGA, town, Madagascar, XV. 175. MOKADDASI, Arabic geographer, XVI. 608.

MOKANDARRA, pass, India, XIV. 144.
MOKANNA, Al-, the veiled prophet of
Khorasan, XVI. 44, 580, 608.
MOKATTAN, Egypt, Caliph Hakim's
observatory at, XVII. 709.
MOKHA, or Mocha, harbour, Red Sea,
XVI. 540; XX. 316.
MOKHTAR BEN ABI OBAID, Shiite chief,
XVI. 568, 570.

319.

Maria de, regent of Castile, XXII.

Tirso de (G. Tellez), Spanish dramatist, XXIII. 157; VII. 421; XXII. 358.

MOLINE, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xvi. 631.

MOLINOS, Miguel de, Spanish quietist,
XVI. 631; XVII. 134.
MOLISE, province, Italy, xvI. 631.
MOLITOR, Joseph Franz, German theo-
sophist, XXIII. 279.
MOLITZ, spa, France, XX. 128.

XXIV. 582.

MOLUCCAS, islands, Indian Archipelago, XVI. 696; XII. 815; birds of, 11I. 740. MOLVA, genus of fishes, XIV. 668. MOLYBDENITE, mineral, XVI. 394; XVI. 697.

MOLYBDENUM, chemical element, XVI. 697; V. 541.

MOLYBDITE, mineral, XVI. 388. MOLYN, Pieter de, Dutch painter, VIII. 735.

MOLYNEUX, William, friend of John Locke, XIV. 754; his plea for Irish independence, XIII. 269. MOLYSITE, mineral, XVI. 384. MOMBASA, or Mombas, town, East Africa, XVI. 697; mission near, I. 246. MOMENT, in mechanics, XV. 683, 700, 732; of inertia, XV. 732. MOMENTUM, in mechanics, XV. 677, 698, 715.

MOMIAS BAY, Patagonia, XVIII. 352. MOMMSEN, Theodor, on the influence of the Jews in Rome, XIII. 430. MOMOTOMBO,

XVII. 477.

mountain, Nicaragua,

MOMOTUS, genus of birds, XVII. 3. MOMPESSON, Sir Giles, English monopolist, XVI. 758.

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