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COLORADO MOUNTAINS, U.S.A., xxm. 796.

COLORADO RIVER, U.S.A., vi. 163; xvii. 367; xviii. 116; xxm. 203; canons of, xxm. 799.

COLOSSI, ancient town, Asia Minor, vi. 164.

COLOSSEUM, amphitheatre at Rome, I. 774; II. 419 ; dedication of, xxm. 420.

COLOSSI ANS, Epistle to the, vi. 164; its relation to the Epistle to Ephesians, vni. 463.

COLOSSUS, statue at Rhodes, vi. 166; n. 365; xx. 526.

COLOT, Laurence, French surgeon, xxn. 676.

COLOUR, Sensations of, vm. 823; ideas of the ancients about, XIV. 577 ; its application to architecture, II. 454; in crystals, xvi. 372; of metals, xvi. 68; animal mimicry of, XVI. 343; photo graphy of, xviii. 834; Goethe s investigations on, X. 734; Newton s, XVII. 440; Schopenhauer s, XXI. 450.

, Acoustic, timbre, I. 118.

BLINDNESS, vni. 824; xiv. 579;

affected by magnetism, XV. 282; Dai- ton s exposition of, VI. 784.

CORRECTION, of object glasses,

xxm. 141.

COLOURED RACE, in United States,

xxin. 821.

COLOUR PRINTING, xxm. 708. COLOURS, used by artists, XVIII. 138;

XIX. 85; in dyeing, VII. 574; steam,

in calico printing, IV. 690; vegetable,

xix. 52. COLSTON, Edward, English merchant,

vi. 1 66. COLSTON S HOSPITAL, Bristol, England,

v. 446. COLT, Samuel, inventor of the revolver,

vi. 166.

COLTA, lake, Ecuador, vil. 646. COLUBER, genus of snakes, xxn. 194. COLUCCIO SALUTATI, Italian scholar,

xx. 802. COLUMBA, Celtic saint, vi. 167; XIII.

204, 249; his mission in Scotland, xxi.

474; monastic rule of, XVI. 706. COLUMBjE, group of birds, vn. 379;

xviii. 46. COLUMBANUS, Irish monk, VI. 167;

monastic rule of, XVI. 707. COLUMBELLA (Dyveke), mistress of

Christian II. of Denmark, vil. 587. COLUMBIA, town, South Carolina,

U.S.A., vi. 168; xxn. 288. , British, North America, VI. 169.

, District of, U.S.A., vi. 168; xxiv.

382; population, xxm. 802. COLLEGE, New York, U.S.A.,

xvii. 456, 461; xxm. 857. - RIVER, U.S.A., xvii. 822; xviii.

116; xxm. 798; xxiv. 386. COLUMBINE, of the pantomime, xviii.

216.

COLUMBITE, mineral, xvi. 427.

COLUMBO, Matthieu R., on the vas cular system, I. 809; xxiv. 95.

COLUMBUS, town, Georgia, U.S.A., vi. 171.

, town, Ohio, U.S.A., vi. 170; xvii.

737-

, Christopher, discoverer of America,

vi. 171; I. 707; ix. 82; x. 180; xili.

375-

, Johan, Swedish poet, XXII. 755.

, M. R., Italian anatomist, I. 809;

xxiv. 95.

, Samuel, Swedish poet, XXII. 755.

COLUMCILLE, or Columba (i-v.), Celtic saint, vi. 167; XIIL 249.

COLUMELLA, Lucius Junius Moderatus, Roman writer on agriculture, VI. 176; xix. 350.

COLUMN, in architecture, n. 462; Cary- atic, II. 407; Corinthian, II. 407; Doric, II. 403; Egyptian, n. 391; Persian, II. 400; Roman, xx. 831; Roman Corin thian, II. 416; Roman Doric, II. 418; Roman Ionic, n. 417. , strength of, xxn. 606.

COLVILL, Surgeon-Major, his observa tions on the plague, xix. 159.

COLVILLE RESERVATION, Washington Territory, U.S.A., xxiv. 386.

COLYMBID^E, family of birds, vn. 292; xv. 2.

COLZA, plant, i. 383; vi. 176.

OIL, vi. 176; xvii. 744; xx.

COMACCHIO, town, Italy, VI. 177 ;

eel beds of, vn. 693; lagoons of, xix.

251.

COMAN, Turkish tribe, xxm. 660. COM AN A, ancient town, Pontus, Asia

Minor, vi. 177; xix. 459. (Chryse), ancient town, Cappadocia,

Asia Minor, VI. 177; temple of Bellona

at, v. 75. COMANCHES, North-American Indians,

vi. 177. COMAYAGUA, town, Honduras, xii. 131;

departmental. 177. COMB, VI. 177 ; manufacture of, at

Aberdeen, I. 42. , of bees, in. 489.

COMBACONUM, town, India, vi. 178;

xxm. 47.

COMBAT, Judicial, vn. 511; xvii. 820. COMBATIVENESS, in phrenology, xviji.

844- COMBE, Abram, disciple of Robert

Owen, xviii. 88. , Andrew, Scottish physiologist, vi.

179.

, George, Scottish physiologist, VI.

179; xvin. 844.

, William, English writer, VI. 180.

COMBERMERE, Viscount, English gene ral, vi. 1 8 1.

COMBINATIONS, among workmen, vi. 181; xxm. 499.

COMBO, British colony, West Africa, x.

59- COMBUSTION-HEAT, of oil, as compared

with coal, xvin. 239. COMEDIE HUMAINE, Balzac s, in. 304. COMEDONES, skin disease, xxn. 121. COMEDY, vn. 395; Greek, n. 508. OF ERRORS, Shakespeare s play,

xxi. 763. COMENIUS, or Komensky, Johann Amos,

Moravian educationist, vi. 182; vn.

673; xxn. 152. COMET, The, H. Bell s steamboat, in.

542. COMETS, VI. 182; ll. 813; in relation to

meteors, xvi. no; exchided from

nebular theory, XVII. 310; spectra of,

XXII. 651 ; Kepler s observations on,

xiv. 47; Leverrier s, xiv. 486; Gibers s,

xvn. 752.

COMFITS, confections, vi. 257. COMFREY, Prickly, forage plant, i.

378. COMICAL REVENGE, Etheridge s comedy,

vni. 573.

COMIC OPERA, xvn. 99. COMILLAH, town, India, XXIII. 405. .COMINES, town, France, vi. 194.

, Philippe de, French historian, VI.

194; ix. 648. COMING RACE, The, Lytton s tale, xv.

123. COMINO, island, Mediterranean Sea, xv.

339- COMINOTTO, islet, Mediterranean Sea,

xv. 339. C OMISENE, Parthian kingdom, XVIII.

592. COMITAN, or Comitlan, town, Mexico,

vi. 194. COMITIACENTURIATA, of ancient Rome,

vi. 195; xx. 679, 735. COMITIA CURIATA, of ancient Rome, vi.

194; xx. 733. COMITIA TRIBUTA, of ancient Rome, vi.

195; xx. 679, 737, 771. COMITIUM, at Rome, xx. Si 6. COMITLAN, town, Mexico, vi. 194. COMMAGENE, Syria, Coins of, xvn. 649. COMMAND, distinguished from law, xiv.

355- COMMANDER, Naval, duties of, xvn.

292. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, of British

army, II. 572.

COMMANDMENTS, The Ten, vn. 15. COMMEDIA DELL ARTE, improvised

comedy, in Italy, vn. 418. COMMEMORATION OF SAINTS, xxi. 155. COMMENDAMS, Bacon versus Coke on,

III. 206. COMMENSALISM, Parasitic, xvin. 261;

n. 67. COMMERCE, vi. 196; beginnings of, vni.

617; economic extension of, xix. 354;

European, vni. 706 ; commercial