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DiOSPYROS, genus of trees, VII. 619;

xviii. 661. DIP, of rocks, x. 298.

, Magnetic, XV. 221, 227.

CIRCLE, magnetic instrument, XVI.

159.

DiPHANITE, mineral, XVI. 413. DIPHTHERIA, disease, vn. 249. DIPHTHONGS, Pronunciation of, xxn.

382.

DlPHYLLA ECAUDATA, blood-Slicking

bat, xxiv. 52. DlPHYLLlDjE, family of tapeworms,

xxiii. 54. DIPLOMA, Ancient forms of, vn.

254.

DIPLOMACY, vn. 251; i. 658. DIPLOMATIC PRECEDENCE, xm. 193;

xix. 667. DIPLOMATICS, science dealing with

ancient documents, VII. 253. DlPLOPODA, order of Myriapoda, XVII.

118. DIPLOPTERA, group of insects, xxiv.

39i- DlPLOSOMiD. E, family of Tunicata,

xxin. 617. DIPLOZOON PARADOXUM, species of

trematode worms, xxiii. 539. DIPNOI, suborder of fishes, xn. 686;

xiv. 468; in Lankester s classification,

xxiv. 812. DIPODID/E, subfamily of rodent

mammals, XV. 419.

DIPPEL, Johann Conrad, German theo logian and alchemist, vn. 255. DIPPEL S ANIMAL OIL, or Bone

Naphtha, xvn. 175. DIPPER, bird, xvm. 75. DIPROTODON, fossil marsupial mammal,

xv. 383; xx. 172. DIPSADID^;, family of snakes, xxu.

193- DIPSOMANIA, alcoholic insanity, xm.

1 02, 109. DIPTERA, order of insects, VII. 255 ;

xm. 150; mimicry in, xvi. 343. DIPTERIX, genus of trees, xxiii. 443. DIPTEROS, in architecture, II. 463. DIPTYCH, Roman writing tablet, vn.

257; xvm. 143. DIPUS, genus of rodent mammals, xm.

626; xv. 419. DIR/E, the Furies, in Roman mythology,

IX. 840.

DlRCE, in Greek legend, vn. 257. DIRCEU (T. A. Gonzaga), Portuguese

poet, x. 772. DiRCKS, Henry, on perpetual motion,

xvm. 554. DIRCKS S GHOST, optical illusion, xiv.

587. DIRECT-ACTING ENGINES, xxn. 512,

514.

DIRECTORY, The French, ix. 608. OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, Scottish,

xiv. 711; ix. 746.

DIRHEM, Arab coin, xvn. 654.

DIRK I.-VII., counts of Holland, xn.

7i.

DiRSCHAU, town, Prussia, VII. 257.

Dis, Roman god (the Greek Pluto), xix. 236.

DISABILITIES, Roman Catholic, in Eng land, xx. 632.

DISAPPOINTMENT, Psychological ana lysis of, xx. 70.

DISCHARGE, Soldier s, in British army, II. 575-

DlSClNlD^E, family of Brachiopoda, IV. 194.

DISCIPLINE, Church, vin. 800; xvm. 485.

, First Book of, in Scottish Church,

xix. 68 1 ; xiv. 132; xxi. 503; Second Book of, xix. 68 1 ; xxi. 503. -, Military, xxiv. 353.

DISCOBOLUS, statue by Myron, XVII.

120. DISCOMEDUS^E, order of Hydrozoa, XII.

556. DiSCOMYCETES, suborder of Fungi, IX.

833 ; xxiv. 127 ; parasitic forms,

xvm. 267.

DiSGOPHORA, order of Annelida, II. 69. DlSCORDlA, in Greek mythology, VIII.

524.

DISCORDS, Musical, xvn. 82. DlSCORSl, Machiavelli s treatise, XV.

149. DISCOUNT, in commerce, calculation of,

n. 536; rates of, from 1694 to 1845,

in. 330.

AGENCIES, in. 328. DISCOURSE OF METHOD, Descartes s,

vii. 119. DISCOURSES UPON TRADE, by Sir

Dudley North, XVII. 554. DISCOVERIES, Remarkable, in chrono logical table, v. 720. DISCOVERY, Geographical, x. 175. DISCRASITE, mineral, xvi. 392. DISCUS, Greek quoit, vii. 258. DISEASE, defined, xv. 794; science of

(pathology), xvm. 361 ; germ theory

of, xxi. 400, 407; homoeopathic theory

of, xil. 126; as attributed to demons,

vn. 61 ; due to parasites, xvm. 269;

prevention of, xn. 568. DISEASED MEAT, xv. 782. DISGRAZIA, Monte della, North Italy,

xxiv. 45. DISINFECTANTS, vn. 258; n. 136; iv.

361; XIL 569.

DISLOCATION, in surgery, vn. 258. DISMAL SWAMP, United States, vii.

259.

DlSNA, town, Russia, XXIV. 234. DISPENSARIES, Provident, xn. 305. DISPENSATION, relaxation of law, vii.

259. DISPERSION, The, of the Jews, xm.

420, 429. OF LIGHT, xiv. 592, 601.

DISPLACEMENT, Dynamical, vii. 581;

law of, in ships, xxi. 812. DISPUTATIONS, Academic, vm. 777. DISRAELI, Benjamin (Lord Beacons- field), English statesman, VIII. 367. D lSRAELl, Isaac, English writer, vii.

259. DISRUPTION, The, of the Church of

Scotland, v. 377; ix. 742; xxi. 538. Diss, town, England, xvn. 536. DISSOCIATION, Chemical, Deville s work

on, v. 475; xxi. 166. DISSOLVING VIEWS, with magic lanterns,

xv. 213. DISSONANCE, Intervals of, in music.

xvn. 105.

DISTAFF, for spinning, xiv. 664. DiSTEARIN, in chemistry, x. 697. DISTEMPER, disease in dogs, xxiv. 205. , or Tempera, method of painting,

xxiii. 157; xvn. 39. DlSTHENE, mineral, XVI. 408. DISTILLATION, vn. 260; of spirits, vn.

264; of spirits, in Ireland, xm. 233;

of sulphur, xxil. 635; of wood and

coal, xxin. 57. DISTOECHURUS, genus of marsupial

mammals, xvm. 729. DISTOMA HyEMATOBiUM, trematode

worm, XVIII. 271. DISTOMID^, family of trematodes,

xxiii. 539.

, family of Tunicata, XXIII. 617. DISTRAINT, Law of, vii. 266; its effects

on agriculture, I. 407. DISTRESS, Law of, vn. 266; xiv. 274,

276; xx. 402.

DISTRIBUTING, of types, xxin. 701. DISTRIBUTION, of animals, vn. 267; in.

684; of fishes, xn. 668; of mammals,

xv - 373! f reptiles, XX. 465; of

sponges, xxn. 427; of plants, vn. 286;

in. 684.

DISTRIBUTIONS, Statute of, xm. 197. DISTRIBUTOR, Manure, agricultural

implement, I. 321. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, U.S.A., vi.

1 68 ; xxiv. 382 ; population, xxin.

802. DITCHLING BEACON, Sussex, England,

xxn. 723.

DITHIONIC ACID, v. 507. DiTHMARSCHEN, or Ditmarsh, district,

Holstein, vn. 291; xxi. 415. DITHYRAMBIC VERSE, Invention of, n.

502. DITMARSH, district, Holstein, vii. 291;

xxi. 415.

DITTON, Humphry, English mathema tician, vii. 291.

DlU, island and seaport, India, vn. 291. DIURETICS, in medicine, vn. 291. DIURNATION, day-sleep, of bats, xi.

788. DIVAN, or Diwan, Eastern Government

office, vn. 292; xvi. 589, 591.