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logical study, XXIV. 815; of iron, XIII. 279; of lichens, xiv. 558; of rubies, XXI. 48; thermometers used in, XXIII. 290; contributions to the science by Gay Lussac, x. 122; by Liebig, xiv. 566; by Newton, xvn. 448; by Priestley, xix. 732; by Regnault, XX. 347; by Ste-Claire Deville, XXI. 166; by Scheele, XXI. 388; by Wohler, xxiv. 626; by Wurtz, XXIV. 703; societies for promotion of, xxil. 225. CHEMMIS, ancient town, Egypt, vn.

794- CHEMNITZ, town, Saxony, v. 580; xxi.

358.

, Martin, German Lutheran divine,

v. 580.

Philipp Bogislaw von, German

publicist, XX. 100. CHEMOSH, god of the Moabites, xvi.

534-

CHEMY, or Alchemy, I. 459. CHEN, genus of birds, x. 777. CHENCHUS, tribe, Karnul, Indian Archi pelago, xiv. 6. CHENDWARA (Chhiiidwara), district and

town, India, v. 608. CHENEDOLLE, C. J. Pioult de, French

poet, ix. 672.

CHENGHIZ KHAN (Jenghiz Khan), Mon gol ruler, xm. 620; II. 699; XVI.

740. CHENG-TE Fu (Jehol), town, China,

xm. 619. CHENIER, Andre Marie de, French poet,

v. 581; ix. 665. , Marie Joseph de, French poet and

dramatist, v. 581. CHENOMORPH^E, group of birds, in.

712. CHEOPS, Egyptian king, v. 582; vn.

732; pyramid of, XX. 123. CHEPANGS, tribe, Nepal, xvn. 341. CHEPHREN, or Khafra, Egyptian king,

v. 582; VII. 733; pyramid of, n. 386;

XX. 123. CHEPING WALDEN (Saffron Walden),

town, England, xxi. 146. CHEPSTOW, town, Monmouth, England,

v. 583; castle, xvi. 754. CHEQUE, in banking, v. 583; in. 315. CHER, department, France, v. 584;

river, Xiv. 806. CHERAS, dynasty, Mysore, India, xvn.

123.

CHERASCO, town, Italy, v. 584. CHERBOURG, town, France, v. 584;

xv. 459. CHERBULIEZ, Swiss family of writers,

xxn. 799.

, Victor, Swiss novelist, xxn. 799.

CHERCHELL, town, North- West Africa,

xv. 637.

CHEREMISS, or Tcheremissian, Ural- Altaic language, IX. 219; XXIV. I;

dictionary of, vn. 188. CHERETHITES, of Scripture, xvin. 757.

CHERIBON, town, Java, v. 585; xm.

606; residency, xm. 606. CHERKASSK, or Tcherkassk, district,

Russia, vn. 356; xvn. 609. CHEROKEES, American-Indian tribe, v.

585; x. 437; xn. 828, 834. CHEROOT, variety of cigar, v. 776;

xxin. 426. CHERRA POONJEE, station, India, xiv.

58.

CHERRY, tree and fruit, v. 586; xn. 270. CHERRY-KERNEL OIL, xvn. 744. CHERRY-LAUREL, tree, xiv. 348. CHERSO, island, Illyria, v. 586. CHERSONESE, peninsula, v. 586.

, Demosthenes s oration on the, vn.

-, Heracleotic, part of Crimea, xxi.

616. , Tauric, Crimea, VI. 585; coins of,

xvn. 640. CHERSONESUS, ancient town, Russia,

vi. 587; xxi. 616. , Aurea, or Malay Peninsula, XV.

321.

CHERT, siliceous rock, x. 239; xvi.

389-

CHERTSEY, town, England, v. 586. CHERUBIM, of Scripture, v. 587. CHERUBINI, M. L. Z. C. Salvatore,

Italian musical composer, v. 587; as

symphonist, xvn. 97. CHERUSCI, ancient German tribe, v.

588. CHERWELL, river, England, xvn. 555;

XVIII. 93; XXIII. 220.

CHESAPEAKE BAY, Maryland, U.S.A.,

xv. 602. CHESELDEN, William, English surgeon,

i. 815; xxiv. 189. CHESHIRE, county, England, v. 588;

population and representation, xxin.

727; salt mines of, XXI. 231. CHESIL, raised beach, Dorset, England,

vn. 371. CHESNEY, Charles Cornwallis, English

military writer, v. 591. CHESS, game, v. 592. CHESS-PLAYING AUTOMATONS, xv.

210.

CHESSYLITE, mineral, vi. 347; xv. 315. CHEST, Anatomy of the, I. 822; xx. 476;

inflammation of, xix. 222.

, for clothes, in furniture, IX. 848. CHESTER, or Cheshire (i-v. county,

England, v. 588. , town, England, v. 604.

, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., v. 606. CHESTERFIELD, town, England, v. 606.

, Fourth Earl of, v. 606. CHESTER-LE-STREET, town, England,

v. 608. CHESTER PLAYS, English miracle-plays,

vn. 414. CHESTNUT, tree and fruit, v. 608; xvn.

664; in United States, xxin. 808;

culture of, n. 317.

CHESUNCOOK, lake, Maine, U.S.A., xv.

298. CHETA, district, ancient Syria, xxn.

822. CHETHAM LIBRARY, Manchester, xv.

463- CHETLAT, island, Laccadivcs, Indian

Ocean, xiv. 183.

CHETTLE, Henry, English poet, vi. 296. CHEVALIER, Michel, French economist,

xix. 395.

, Sulpice Guillaume, French cari caturist, x. 1 1 8.

, Sulpice Paul, French caricaturist,

v. 105.

DE ST GEORGE (James Stuart, the

Pretender), xin. 560. CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE, in fortification, ix.

423-, . CHEVE, Emile, French musician, xvn.

100.

CHEVETS, in architecture, n. 430. CHEVIOT HILLS, Great Britain, v. 608;

xvn. 564; xxi. 34. CHEVIOT SHEEP, i. 392. CHEVR/EANA, ana of Chcvreau, i. 785. CHEVRON, in heraldry, XL 694. CHEVROTAIN, ungulate mammal, xv.

430. CHEYENNE, town, Wyoming, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 713. CHEYENNES, American-Indian tribe,

xn. 831,834. CHEYLETID^E, family of Arachnida, xvi.

528. CHEYNE, George, English physician, xv.

811.

CHEZY, Antoine Leonard, French Orien talist, v. 608.

CHHAPRA, town, India, xxi. 304. CHHATISGARH, district, India, v. 608. CHHINDWARA, district and town, India,

v. 608.

CHHUIKHADAN, state, India, xx. 257. CHIABRERA, Gabriello, Italian lyric

poet, v. 609; xin. 511. CHIAMDO, town, Tibet, xxin. 342; river,

xxin. 339.

CHIAPAS, state, Mexico, xvi. 214. CHIARAMONTE, town, Sicily, v. 609. CHIARAMONTI, Gregorio Luigi Barnaba

(Pope Pius VII.), xix. 155. CHIARI, town, Italy, v. 609. CHIAROSCURO, in drawing, vn. 449. CHIASTOLITE, mineral, xvi. 408. CHIAVARI, town, Italy, v. 610. CHIAVENNA, town, Italy, v. 610. CHIAZZA, town, Sicily, xix. 79. CHIBCHAS, Indians, Colombia, vi. 156. CHICAGO, town, Illinois, U.S.A., v. 710;

xxi. 178; xxin. 822; libraries of,

xiv. 535, 550; newspapers, xvn. 435. CHICARA, kind of antelope, n. 102. CHICHELE, or Chichcly, Henry, arch bishop of Canterbury, v. 613. CHlCHEN-lTZA, ancient town, Yucatan,