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D E C D E L

DECATUR, town, Illinois, U.S.A., vn.

1 8. , Stephen, American naval officer,

xxni. 760.

DE CAUS, Solomon, inventor of a steam- engine, xxn. 473. DECAY, Animal, xvn. 686; xix. 9. DECAZES, Duke, favourite minister of

Louis XVIII., IX. 619. DECCAN, territory, India, vn. 18; xn.

733; birds of, III. 763; its connexion

with Berar, ill. 583. DECEBALUS, Dacian prince, xxm. 503. DECEMBER, month, vn. 19. DECEMVIRI, Roman magistrates, vn.

19; xx. 737. DECEPTION ISLAND, Antarctic Ocean,

xvn. 407. DE CHARPENTIER, Jean, on glaciers, x.

628.

DECHENITE, mineral, xvi. 404. DECIATES, Ligurian tribe, xiv. 639. DECIMAL COINAGE, vn. 20; xvi. 732. DECIMAL FRACTIONS, in arithmetic,

II. 531 ; methods of marking, by

Napier, xvn. 185; Stevinus s use of,

II. 526; xxn. 546. DECIUS, Roman emperor, xx. 773, 776.

- Mus, Publius, Roman consul, xvil.

64.

DECIZE, town, France, xvn. 496. DECK, of ship, xxi. 820. DECKEN, Baron von der, African ex plorer, i. 247. DECKENDORF, or Deggendorf, town,

Bavaria, vn. 32.

DECLAMATIONS, Scholastic, xx. 515. DECLARATION, in law, vn. 21 ; xix.

218.

OF INDEPENDENCE, American, XIIL 614; xxm. 743, 754; xvin. 741.

OF PARIS (1856), vn. 21 ; xvn.

290.

OF RIGHTS, English (1689), xx. 555; accepted by William III., XXIV.

579-

OF SPORTS, of James I., xxn. 431. DECLARATOR, in Scots law, vn. 22. DECLINATION, in astronomy, n. 765.

, or Variation, Magnetic, XV. 220, 238; xvi. 163; table of values of, xvi. 166.

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, Gibbon s work, x. 578.

DECLINOGRAPH, astronomical instru ment, xvi. 256.

DECLINOMETER, Bond s, astronomical instrument, xvi. 255; magnetic, xvi. 159, 162.

DECORATION, Mural, xvn. 34.

DECREE, in law, vn. 22; Roman, xin. 132; imperial Roman, XX. 705.

DECREET, in law, vn. 22.

DECRETALS, in canon law, vn. 22; v. 16, 17, 19; xix. 491; the false, (c. 850), v. 17; xvn. 483; xix. 496.

DECRETUM, Papal, of Gratian, xix. 499.

DECURIO, Roman cavalry officer, vn. 22. DEDAN, of Scripture, xxiv. 738. DEDUCTION, in logic, i. 797; xiv. 785,

790. DEE, river, England and Wales, v. 589;

vn. 76; xvi. 38.

, rivers, Scotland, I. 44; xiv. 97. , John, English mathematician and

astrologer, vn. 22. DEED, in law, yn. 23. DEEDS, Registration of, xx. 342. DEEMLA (Dimlah), town, India, xx.

272.

DEEMSTER, judge, Isle of Man, xv. 452. DEEPING FEN, England, Draining of,

i. 405.

DEEP-SEA THERMOMETER, xxni. 291. DEER, ungulate mammal, vn. 23 ; xv.

431, 432; of India, xn. 742.

FORESTS, Scotland, xxi. 532.

DEFECATION, xvn. 670. DEFAMATION, in law, vn. 25; xiv. 505. DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, vn. 25. DEFFAND, Marquise du, leader in

French literary society, vn. 25. DEFILADING, in fortification, ix. 425. DEFINITION, in logic, xiv. 785, 790;

Socratic use of, XXII. 236. DEFLORATION, in medical jurispru dence, xv. 780. DEFOE, Daniel, English writer, vn. 26;

his connexion with newspapers, XVII.

415; pamphlets of, xvin. 205; his

place in English literature, vin. 425,

428; projector of savings banks, XXI.

327- DEFORMITIES, Surgical treatment of,

xxii. 691.

DEGAID, Irish clan, xin. 245. DE GEER, Charles, Swedish entomo logist, xxiv. 806. DE GERANDO, Marie Joseph, French

metaphysician, vn. 31. DEGGENDORF, town, Bavaria, vn. 32. DEGH, river, India, xxi. 850. D EGLANTINE, P. F. N. Fabre, French

dramatist and Revolutionist, vin. 840. DEGLUTITION, Process of, i. 838; xvn.

670. DEGRADATION, from knighthood, xiv.

125. DEGREE, angular magnitude, xxni. 9,

563; of the meridian, length of, X.

198. DEGREES, Academical, VIII. 777; origin

of, xxni. 835; Scottish, xxni. 855. DE-GUE, district, Tibet, XXIII. 342. DE HEEM, Johannes, Dutch painter, XL

611.

DE HERBERAY, Nicolas, French trans lator of Amadis, XX. 654. DEHLI (Delhi, q.v.), India, vn. 45. DEHRA, town, India, vn. 33.

- DUN, district, India, vn. 32. DEHRI SHAH AN, village, Punjab, India,

xx. 298. DEIFICATION, n. 199.

DEI FlLIUS, constitution passed by

Vatican council, xxiv. 112. DEIFR (Deira, q.r.), Celtic kingdom,

England, xvn. 568. DEIOCES, Median king, xvin. 562. DEIPNOS.OPHIST/E, Athenojus s work, n.

831.

DEIRA, Celtic kingdom, England, v.

301; vin. 270; xvn. 568. DEIR-EL-KAMAR, town of the Druses,

vn. 483. DIERMEN TEPE, hill, near Smyrna,

Asia Minor, xxn. 186. DEISM, vn. 33 ; xxin. 244 ; Lord

Herbert s, XI. 722 ; Sliaftesbury s,

xxi. 734 ; Tindul s, xxin. 404;

Clmbb s writings on, v. 757. DEISTS, English, their writings, vin.

427 ; Bishop Butler s opposition to,

iv. 583. , SHORT AND EASY METHOD WITH

THE, Leslie s work, xiv. 476. DEITY, Idea of the, xxin. 235. See

also God. DE JUSSIEU, French family of botanists,

XIII. 788. DEKABRISTS, Rebellion of, in Russia,

XXI. 101.

DEKEN, Aagjen, Dutch writer, xn. 96. DEKKER, Jeremias de, Dutch poet, vn.

37-

, Thomas, English dramatist, vil.

37, 432- DE LA BADIE, Jean, French Pietist, xiv.

163. DE LA BASTIE, Sieur, French envoy in

Scotland, xxi. 497. DE LA BECHE, Henry Thomas, English

geologist, vn. 38. DE LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie,

French savant, x. 189; xiv. 193;

measuring arc of meridian, vn. 598. DELACROIX, Ferdinand Victor Eugene,

French painter, vn. 39. DE LAGARDIE, Count, Swedish general

and chancellor, xxn. 748. DELAGOA BAY, South-East Africa, vn.

40. DE LA LIVE D EPINAY, Madame, French

authoress, vin. 482. DELAMBRE, Jean Baptiste Joseph,

French mathematician and astronomer,

vn. 40; 11.758; his logarithmic tables,

xxin. 10; his formulae in spherical

trigonometry, xxin. 566. DELANE, John Thaddeus, English

journalist, XVII. 418. DE LANGLE, P. A. M. Fleuriot, French

navigator, xiv. 298. DE LANNOY, Baroness, Dutch poetess,

xn. 96. DE LA RIVE, Auguste, Swiss physicist,

vn. 41. DELAROCHE, Hippolyte, French painter,

vn. 41. DELARUE, Gervais, French historian,