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D E V D I A

DEVA, in Hindu theology, xxiv. 821.

DEVANAGARI, the current Sanskrit character, xxi. 272; numerals in, xvii. 626.

DEVAPRAYAGA, town, India, vn. 135.

DEVASTAVIT, in law, xxiv. 394.

DEVELOPMENT, Animal, Doctrine of, vin. 745; XX. 420; xxiv. 815, 801; in relation to ethnology, vin. 616, 618; Lamarck s theory of, xiv. 232.

, Embryonic, vin. 163; in human

anatomy, I. 830, 842, 850, 853, 855, 858, 863, 908; of Mollusca, xvi. 637, 682; of tapeworms, xxm. 52; of trematode worms, xxni. 537.

DEVENTER, town, Holland, vii. 135; xvni. 78; educationists of, vn. 672; mediaeval college of, xiv. 31.

DEVEREUX, Walter and Robert, earls of Essex, vin. 555, 556.

DE Vice s COMET, vi. 192, 193.

DE VIGNY, Alfred Victor, Comte, French poet and novelist, vn. 135.

DEVIL, vii. 136, 60; in miracle plays, vii. 415.

FISH, vii. 138; xn. 686; xx. 300.

DE VILLE, Antoine, French military engineer, IX. 441.

DEVILLE, Etienne Henri Sainte-Claire, French chemist, xxi. 165; on alu minium, I. 647; on chemical dissocia tion, v. 475; on platinum, XIX. 190; his pyrometer, xx. 131.

DE VILLIERS, John, grand-master of Knights of St John, XXI. 174.

DEVIL S DARNING NEEDLE, insect, vii. 385.

DEVIL S DUST, adulterant of cloth, 1. 176.

DEVIL S DYKE, Sussex, England, xxn.

723-

DEVIL S SONATA, Tartini s, xxni. 71. DEVIL S TOWER, natural pillar, Rocky

Mountains, U.S.A., xxni. 797. DEVIL-WORSHIP, by Rais (or Retz), xx.

258. DE VISE, Donneau, French journalist,

xvii. 424. DEVIZES, town, England, vii. 138;

population, xxiv. 594. DEVOLUTION WAR, between England

and the Netherlands, ix. 575. DEVON (Devonshire, q.v.), county, Eng land, vii. 139; xxni. 727.

, river, Scotland, v. 798.

DEVONIAN ROCKS, x. 340. DEVONPORT, town, England, vn. 138;

Xix. 236; dockyard, vii. 318. DEVONS, North, breed of cattle, I. 388. DEVONSHIRE, county, England, vn. 139; population and representation,

xxni. 727; fisheries of, ix. 253.

, First Duke of, vn. 143.

DEVR, dance of the dervishes, vn. 114.

DEW, xvi. 120.

DE WARVILLE, Jean Pierre Brissot,

French Revolutionist, IV. 347. DEWBERRY, plant, vn. 143.

D EWES, Sir Simonds, English chronic ler, vii. 143. DE WETTE, Wilhelm Martin Leberecht,

German theologian, vn. 144; on the

Pentateuch, xvni. 505 ; on German

rationalism, xx. 290. DE WINTER, Jan Willem, Dutch

admiral, vn. 144. DE WITT, Cornelius, Dutch burgomaster,

vii. 145. , John, Dutch statesman, vn. 145;

xii. 80.

DEW-POINT, vm. 727; xii. 570. DEWSBURY, town, England, vii. 146 ;

population and representation, xxiv.

748. DEXTRIN, or British gum, vii. 146; xv.

338.

DEXTROGLUCOSE, in honey, xn. 136. DEXTROSE, or Grape Sugar, ix. 96; xv.

338; xxii. 623. DEY, governor of Algiers, I. 566 ; of

Tunis, xxni. 621. DEYRSIMLIS, Kurdish tribe, xiv. 157. DHAKA (Dacca), district and town,

India, VI. 756. DHAMMASAT, Burmese code of law, iv.

553-

DHAMRA, river, India, v. 243. DHAR, native state, India, vn. 146. DHARMA, doctrine or laws, in Tibet and

India, XXI. 287; xiv. 227. DHARMASUTRAS, Sanskrit laws, xxi.

288.

DHARMNATH, India, Temple at, i. 423. DHARM RAJA, spiritual ruler of Bhutan,

in. 632.

DHARNA, Hindu custom, xiv. 360. DHARWAR, district, India, vn. 146. DHAWALAGIRI, or Diwalgiri, mountain,

Himalayas, XL 825. DHEBAR, artificial lake, India, xxni.

716. DHOLIBA, name of the Niger, river,

Africa, XVII. 496. DHOLPUR, native state, India, vn. 147;

xx. 260. D HoziER, Pierre, French genealogist

and journalist, XVII. 424. DHU HEARTACH ROCK LIGHTHOUSE,

Scotland, xiv. 616. DHULIP SINK, or Dhalip Singh, Sikh

ruler, India, xn. 808; xx. 112. DHUPAN, river, India, xxi. 146. DIABASE, rock, x. 235. DIABETES, disease, vii. 147; xvii. 681;

xvni. 386; diet in, vn. 207. D I ABLE BOITEUX, Le Sage s work, xiv.

472.

DIABLERETS, mountain, Vaud, Switzer land, xxiv. 115. DIABLO, Monte, California, U.S.A.,

xxni. 801. DIACRIOI, Athenian political party, Xix.

130. DIADEM, crown, VI. 619; ancient, xin.

676.

DIADOCHITE, mineral, xvi. 408. DIAGORAS, Greek poet, vn. 148. DIAGRAMS, geometrical figures, vn. 149. DIAL, or Gnomon, sun-dial, vii. 153; first

construction of, n. 746.

, of a clock, vi. 31.

, American magazine, I. 729.

DIALECTIC, in logic, xiv. 785, 786; Zeno s invention of, xxiv. 778 ; in ancient Greece, n. 516; Socrates s use of, xxn. 236.

DIALECTICIANS, school of Greek philo sophy, xxn. 562.

DIALECTS, xvni. 776.

DlALLAGE, mineral, X. 235; xvi. 416.

DIALLING, vn. 153.

DlALOGITE, mineral, XVI. 398.

DIALOGUE ON ORATORS, by Tacitus, xxni. 20.

DIALOGUES, Plato s, xix. 195.

ON NATURAL RELIGION, Hume s, xn. 355.

DIALYSIS, in physics, vn. 217.

DlAMAGNETIC BODIES, XV. 244, 262.

DIAMAGNETISM, of flames, ix. 285.

DIAMANTE, Fra, Italian painter, vn. 162.

DIAMANTINA, district, Queensland, xx. 171.

, or Tejuco, town, Brazil, VII. 162.

DIAMANTINO, town, Brazil, vn. 162.

DlAMASTIGOSIS, flogging of youths, Spartan custom, ix. 280.

DIAMETER, of circle, ratio of circum ference to, xxni. 563.

DIAMOND, precious stone, vn. 162; xvi. 381; as carbon, v. 86; cutting of, XIV. 298; I. 780; mining, XVI. 455; of Brazil, iv. 224; of India, xn. 766; of South Africa, v. 42, 46 ; XI. 204; xxni. 518; tools, XI. 439; xvi. 443

BEETLE, vi. 133.

DRILL, in mining, xvi. 443.

- NECKLACE, Intrigue of the, xx. 623. PEAK, mountain, Oregon, U.S.A..

xvii. 822. DIANA, Roman goddess (the Greek

Artemis), vn. 167; n. 643; xin. 568;

her association with Apollo, n. 186;

temple of, at Ephesus, n. 406, 410;

vin. 468.

DIANA S PEAK, St Helena, xxi. 170. DIANO, town, Italy, vn. 167. DIANTHUS, genus of plants, xix. 106. DIAPASON, organ pipe, xvii. 830. DIAPER, in architecture, n. 463. , kind of cloth, xxni. 210; Japanese,

xin. 590.

DIAPHANEITY, transparency, in mine rals, xvi. 373. DIAPHONOMETER, Saussure s invention,

xxi. 324.

D I APHONY, in music, XVII. 81. DIAPHORETICS, in medicine, vn. 167. DIAPHRAGM, of mammals, xv. 365; in