ABRAHAM'S BOSOM, limbus patrum, | ABU-BEKR, caliph, successor of Duke of (Junot), French general, ABRAXAS, or Abrasax, charm, 1. 56; Gnostic name of the Supreme God, III. | ABRIACHANITE, mineral, XVI. 418. Mohammed, 1. 60; II. 257; XVI. 561. ABU-DANI (Eldad Ben Malchi), Jewish ABU-OBAIDA, Arabian historian, XXIII. 3. ABU-SAID, Persian sovereign, XVIII. ABU-SAID B. ABUL-KHAIR, Persian ABUSCHEHR, or Abushehr (Bushire), ABU-SIMBEL, or Ipsambul, Nubia, 1. 61; ABRUZZO, province, Italy, I. 56. ABSALOM, of Scripture, 1. 56; VI. 840; AND ACHITOPHEL, Dryden's poem, ABSALON, Danish statesman, I. 57; VI. ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS, Wyoming, ABSCESS, in surgery, I. 57; treatment TABARI, Arabian historian, XXIII. 3. ABULA (Avila), ancient town, Spain, ABUL-ABBAS, first Abbasid caliph, XVI. poet, 1. 61; 11. 263; XI. 402; XVI. 539. ABUTMENTS, Stability of, IV. 324. ABU-YUSUF AL-KINDI, Arabian philo- ABU-ZAKARIYA, prince of Tunis, XXIII. ABU-ZEID ABDARRAHMAN (Ibn Khal- ABUL-ABBAS AHMED IBN-MOHAMMED MANSUR (Firdousi), Persian poet, ABULFARAGIUS, Gregorius (Abul-Faraj, MEASUREMENTS, in electricity, ABULGHAZI-BAHADUR, khan of Khiva, ABU, sacred mountain, India, 1. 59; XIII. ABU-ALI AL-HASAN (Alhazen), mathe- ABU-ALI AL-HOSEIN IBN-SINA (Avi- cenna), philosopher and physician, ABUAM, town, Morocco, XXIII. 21. ABUBACER, Spanish Moslem philo- ancient town, Egypt, 1. 61; VII. 775; pyramids of, XX. 124. ABUL-HAKAM, Moorish invader of ABYSSINIANS, I. 262. ABUL-HASSAN, Arabian diallist, VII. ACACIA, genus of plants, 1. 68; catechu from, V. 220; gum from, XI. 275. ABUL-HIN, mountain, Syria, XIV. 394. ABULKHAIR, Mongol khan, XVI. 729. ABULMAJD MAJDUD B. ADAM (Sanai), ACACIANS, early Christian sect, XV. ACACIUS, patriarch of Constantinople, of Amid, Syriac writer, XXII. 829. ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA, XXII. 360. ACADEMIC SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, I. ACADEMIC VESTMENTS, VI. 463. ABUL-WALID MERWAN (Rabbi Jonah), ABU-MOSLIM, founder of the Abbasid ABUNA, title of the archbishop of Abys- ABU-NASR IBN-HAMMAD EL-JAUHARY, at Athens, 1. 68; III. 2; XIX. 194. French, founded by Richelieu, 1x. 570; its influence on French literature, Royal, London, XIV. 836. ACANTHIAS, genus of sharks, XXI. 775. ACANTHOCEPHALA, parasitic worms, I. XVIII. 129; his language, XIV. 332. ACCLIMATIZATION, I. 84; IV. 248; of fish, XII. 665; XIX. 128; of fish in New ACHAIA, state, ancient Greece, I. 93; XIX. ACHARD, Franz Carl, Prussian chemist, ACANTHODRILUS, genus of worms, XXIV. ACANTHOGLOSSUS, genus of mammals, ACANTHOMETRIDEA, subclass of Proto- ACANTHOMYS, genus of Rodentia, XVII. 6. Bernard, improvisatore, I. 90. 94; his classification of lichens, XIV. ACHARNIANS, The, play of Aristophanes, ACCOMMODATION, in Biblical interpre- ACHATES, friend of Æneas, I. 94. in commerce, I. 90. Ophthalmic disorders of, XVII. 785. ACCORDION, musical instrument, I. 91. PHARYNGOGNATHI, order of fishes, ACCORSO, Francis, Florentine lawyer, ACANTHUS, genus of plants, I. 79. ACANTHYLLIS, genus of birds, XXII. ACAPULCO, town, Mexico, I. 79. ACARIDEA, order of Arachnida, II. 274. ACARNANIA, province, ancient Greece, ACARUS, genus of Arachnida, I. 79; II. I. 91; his Glossa, x. 686. -, Mariangelo, Neapolitan critic, I. 91. ACHEEN (Achin), in Sumatra, I. 95; ACHELNOTUS (Agelnoth), archbishop of ACHELOUS, river, Greece, 1. 94. ACHENWALL, Gottfried, German writer, ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, Court of Chan- ACHILLES, in Greek legend, I. 94; XII. cery official, 1. 92. ACCOUNT BOOKS, Manufacture of, XXII. ACCRA, town, West Africa, I. 92. ACCRINGTON, town, England, I. 92. ACCUM, Frederick, chemist, I. 92. 92; VIII. 34. ACCAD, or Akkad, subdivision of Baby- ACCUMULATOR, electrical machine, I. ACCADIAN INSCRIPTIONS, VII. 795; XIII. MACHINERY, Hydraulic, XII. 522. ACCURSIUS (Accorso, q.v.), I. 91. ACCUSED PERSONS, Torture of, XXIII. ACE, on cards and dice, I. 92. ACCARON, or Ekron, town of the Phili- ACELUM (Asolo), ancient town, Italy, II. ACCELERATION, in dynamics, 1. 79; XV. 682; diagram of, VII. 150; energy of, ACCENT, ACCENTUATION, in language, 1. 80; XI. 37; XVIII. 788; xxII. 384; in Latin, XIV. 329; in Romance languages, XX. 664; in Sanskrit, XXI. 272. ACCENTOR, genus of birds, XXII. 369. ACCENTS, in ancient MSS., XVIII. 165. ACCEPTANCE, in commerce, I. 82. ACCEPTATIONS, The, supplement to Book 117; XX. 643; his obsequies, III. 398; his connexion with Scyros, XXI. 574; PONTARCHES, Cult of, XVII. 753. TATIUS, Greek writer, I. 95; XX. ACHILLINI, Alessandro, Italian ana- Claudio, Italian poet, XIII. 511. ACHIMENES, genus of stove plants, XII. ACHIN, state and town, Sumatra, I. 95; ACEPHALA, section of molluscs, 1. 92; ACHRADINA, suburb of Syracuse, XXII. ACHRAY, lake, Scotland, I. 97. ACHROMATIC BANDS, in spectrum, ACHROMATIC GLASSES, I. 97; XIV. 595; ACIDULATED SPRINGS, XVI. 436. ACIPENSER, genus of fishes, XXII. 611. ACMITE, mineral, XVI. 416. ACNODE, in geometry, VI. 723; XXII. 669. ACCELA, tribe of worms, XIX. 172, 174. ACŒMETÆ, or Acometi, order of monks, I. 98; XVI. 700. ACOLHUAS, people, ancient Mexico, XVI. 209. ACOLYTE, order of clergy, I. 98; XVII. 820. ACONCAGUA, province, Chili, I. 98; v. 616. volcano, Chili, II. 16; v. 616. ACONCIO, Giacomo, jurist and theologian, I. 98. ACONITE, genus of plants, I. 98; poison, XIX. 279; extract of, in different pharmacopoeias, XVIII. 731. ACONTIIDE, family of lizards, XIV. 733. ACONTIUS, jurist and theologian, I. 98. Joseph d', Spanish writer, I. 99. Uriel d', Portuguese Jewish nobleman, I. 99. ACOTYLEDONES, class of plants, I. 99. ACQUI, town, Italy, I. 120; mineral ACROCERAUNIAN MOUNTAINS, Greece, I. 447. ACROCHORDIDE, family of snakes, XXII. 193. ACRODYNIA, toxic disease, XVIII. 407. ACROGENÆ, or Acrogens, division of plants, 1. 120; IV. 99. Mental, XX. 42. ACTIUM, in ancient geography, I. 133; ACROLEIN, a vapour from oils, XVII. 740. 47. ACRON, Sicilian physician, 1. 120. ACROPOLIS, citadel, Athens, I. III. I, 5, 6. ACROPOLITA, Georgius, historian, IV. 613. ACROSTIC, I. 121. 121; Byzantine ACROTERIUM, in architecture, II. 459. ACRYDIIDÆ, family of insects, XI. 60; XIII. 153; XIV. 765. ACT, in dramatic literature, I. 121. in law, I. 122. OF CONGRESS, XXII. 471. OF PARLIAMENT, 1. 122; XVIII. 313; XXII. 468. OF SEDERUNT, in Scots law, I. 123. OF SETTLEMENT, of English crown, XXI. 696; in Isle of Man, xv. 454. OF UNIFORMITY (1662), XIX. 690. ACTA CONSISTORII, Roman edicts, 1. 128. ACTA DIURNA, Roman gazette, I. 128. Sir John F. E., Neapolitan commander, I. 133; IX. 79. ACTORS, Dramatic, VII. 396; Chinese, VII. 402; English, VII. 434, 437, 439; Greek, VII. 408; Hindu, VII. 399; Roman, VII. 411. ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, I. 123; III. 644; XXII. 79; apocryphal, 11. 184. ACTS Of Peter and PAUL, apocryphal book, XVIII. 696. ACTUALITY, in psychology, XX. 55. ACTUARIES, Institute of, their mortality ACULEATA, group of insects, XIII. Juan de, Spanish viceroy of ACUPRESSURE, in surgery, I. 133. ACUPUNCTURE, in surgery, I. 133; XXII. 673. ACUSIUM (Montelimar), ancient town, France, XVI. 779. ADAFUDIA, town, Western Africa, I. 133. ACTA SENATUS, minutes of the Roman ADAGIA, work of Erasmus, VIII. 517. senate, I. 129. ACTA THOME, apocryphal book, XXIII. 308. ACTE, peninsula, Macedonia, xv. 138. NICOPOLIS, Greece, XVII. 490. town, ancient ACTING, dramatic art, VII. 391, 396; IX. 202, 209. ACTINIA, genus of animals, I. 129. ACRA, town, Gold Coast, Africa, 1. 92; ACTINISM, property of solar rays, I. race and language, X. 756. 129. ACRE, Syracusan settlement, Sicily, ACTINOLITE, mineral, XVI. 417. XXII. 814; XVIII. 167. ACRE, measure of surface, I. 120. or St Jean d'Acre, town, Syria, I. 120; capture of, by Saladin (1191), VII. 754; XXIII. 161; Knights Hospitallers at, XXI. 174; Napoleon's repulse at (1799), XVII. 201; XXII. 179. ACREDULA, genus of birds, XXIII. 419. ACROBAT, I. 120. ACROBATA, genus of phalangers, XVIII. 729. ACROCEPHALUS, genus of birds, XXIV. 366. -, Life of, Jewish apocalyptic book, II. 177. ACTINOMETER, thermometer for solar ADAM, of Scripture, I. 134; in relation ADAM, William, Scottish politician, I. 139. DE LA HALLE, early French writer, IX. 642. ADAMANTIUS, on physiognomy, XIX. 4. ADAMAS, diamond, VII. 162. ADAMAWA, or Adamaua, country, Central Africa, I. 140, 272; XXII. 248, 278, 279. GROUP, of Negroes, XVII. 319. ADAM BLAIR, Lockhart's novel, XIV. 763. ADAMIANS, heretical sect, I. 140. 140; VIII. 405; XXI. 540. 143. Richard, English divine, I. 143. -, Thomas, English Puritan divine, 1. 143. -, William, first Englishman in Japan, ADAM'S BRIDGE, chain of sandbanks, tist, VII. 435; his essays on the imagination, I. 222; his hymns, XII. 592; his relations with Pope, XIX. 484; his connexion with Steele, XXII. 527. ADDISON, Thomas, English physician, XV. 817. ADDISON'S DISEASE, XVIII. 384; XXII. 122. ADDITION, in algebra, I. 520; in arith- ADEL, country, Eastern Africa, I. 150. ADELAIDE, town, South Australia, 1. 151; wife of William IV. of England, wife of emperor Otto I., X. 483. 330. | ADIT, drainage tunnel in a mine, I. 154; ADJUTANT, military officer, I. 154. ADLERBETH, Gudmund Göran, Swed- ADMETUS, chieftain of Epirus, VIII. ADMINISTRATION, in government, XI. 16; in intestacy, XIII. 197. ADMINISTRATOR, in law, I. 154; VIII. 800. ADELM (Aldhelm, q.v.), St, bishop of ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, VI. 577. ADELPHI, Terence's play, XXIII. 187. Johann Christoph, German philo- ADEN, town, Arabia, 1. 152. ADERNO, town, Sicily, I. 152. ADHERBAL, Numidian prince, XIII. 766. capillary action, v. 56. ADANSON, Michel, French naturalist, ADIABATIC COMPRESSION, XI. 570. EXPANSION, of gases, XII. 480; ADIB SABIR, Persian writer, XVIII. 658. ADI GRANTH, sacred book of the ADIL SHAH, Persian sovereign, XVIII. ADINIDA, order of Protozoa, XIX. 859. ADIPOSE TISSUE, 1. 154, 851. ADMIRAL, naval officer, 1. 154; XVII. 291; of the fleet, 1. 155. Lord High, of England, I. 155; XXII. 458. ADMIRALTY, Black Book of the, XXI. 584. British Board of, I. 157; XVII. 292. First Lords of the, XVI. 474; list of, I. 156. High Court of, 1. 158; viceadmiralty courts, I. 160; XXI. 607. Secretaries of the, list of, I. 158. CHARTS, I. 162; XVII. 263. DEPARTMENTS, of different countries, I. 158. 835. ISLAND, United States, I. 162. ISLANDS, Pacific Ocean, I. 162; XV. ÄDNA - MUORKI - KORTJE, waterfall, ADOLF, count of Nassau, emperor, X. John Leycester, his letters on the authorship of Waverley, 1. 162. FREDERICK, king of Sweden, XXII. 751. ADOMNAN (Adamnan, q.v.), St, I. 140. -, genus of plants, 1. 163. ADOPTIAN CONTROVERSY (8th cen- ADOPTIANISTS (3d century), XXI. 127. Biblical term, I. 164. ADOUR, river, France, I. 164; XX. 126. I.-V., popes, I. 165. VI., pope, 1. 166. town, Michigan, U.S.A., 1. 165. of Utrecht, regent in Spain (Pope Adrian VI.), XXII. 328. DE CASTELLO, cardinal, 1. 166. ADRIANI, Giovanni Battista, Florentine historian, I. 166. Marcello Virgilio, Florentine chan- town, Turkey, 1. 166; battle of ÆDILE, Roman public officer, I. 180; NESIDEMUS, Alexandrian sceptic, XXI. ÆETES, in Greek legend, II. 496. 380. ENOS, Mount, Cephalonia, V. 344. I. 182. ÆOLIÆ INSULE (Æolian Islands), Mediterranean, 1. 182; XIII. 441; xiv. 682; XXII. 31. EOLIAN HARP, musical instrument, I. 182. ÆGADES, or Ægates, islands, west of ÆOLIA, or Æolis, country, Asia Minor, ÆGIALITIS, genus of birds, XIV. 76. ADRUMETUM, ancient town, North ÆGILIA, island, Greece, v. 346. Africa, XI. 366. ADULARIA, mineral, XVI. 419. ÆGINA, in mythology, I. 180. island, Greece, 1. 180; coins of, ÆGIS, in mythology, 1. 181; XXI. 135. ÆGITHOGNATHOUS TYPE, of birds, III. ÆGOSPOTAMI, river, Thrace, I. 182; 222. ÆLFRED, or Alfred, the Great, English king, 1. 506; VIII. 283, 285. ELFRIC, old English writer, 1. 182; VIII. 371, 406; his Heptateuch, VIII. 382. ÆLIA CAPITOLINA, or Ælia, a name of Jerusalem, I. 182; XIII. 636. ÆLIÆ INSULE, Lipari Islands, 1. 182. ADVENTURES OF PHILIP, Thackeray's, ELIANUS, Casperius, avenger of DomiÆLIANUS, Casperius, avenger of DomiXXIII. 216. tian, XVII. 353. ADVENT, in the calendar, I. 177. ADVERBS, in grammar, XI. 41. ADVERSUS GENTES, Arnobius's treatise, ADVERTISEMENT, I. 177. ÆOLIANS, ancient people, Greece, XI. 90. ÆOLOPILE, ancient heat engine, III. 839; ÆOLOSOMA, genus of worms, XXIV. 679. ÆOLUS, in mythology, 1. 183. ÆPINUS, Franz Maria, German chemist, ÆPYORNIS, extinct bird, XV. 171. 44. EPYPRYMNUS, genus of marsupials, XIII. ÆQUI, or Æquians, ancient people, Italy, ÆRARIUM, Roman treasury, I. 183. Claudius (Ælian), Roman writer, AERONAUTICS, I. 185; electric motors in, I. 182; on birds, XVIII. 3. ÆLIUS GALLUS, his Arabian expedition, ADVOCATE, legal pleader, 1. 178; Roman, ELIUS LAMPRIDIUS, Augustan his- torian, III. 74. XXIII. 496. AEROPHORES, for mines, VI. 73. AEROSTAT, Henson's, IX. 322. ÆLIUS SPARTIANUS, Augustan historian, AEROSTATICS, AEROSTATION, IX. 308; III. 74. ÆLIUS THEON, his rhetoric, XX. 514. ÆLUROIDEA, section of Carnivora, xv. ÆMILIUS, Paulus, Italian historian, 1. 182. in the Dark Ages, 1. 185; works on, ÆRTSZEN, Pieter, Dutch painter, I. 208. |