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ELBERFELD, town, Rhenish Prussia, vn. 826; xx. 16.

ELBEUF,town, France, vil. 826; xxi. 626.

ELBING, town, Prussia, vn. 826.

ELBODUS, or Elbotus, bishop of North Wales, xvn. 332.

ELBOW JOINT, Anatomy of the, I. 838.

ELBRUZ, or Elburz, mountain, Caucasus, v. 252; xxiii. 186.

EL-BURULLUS, lake, Egypt, vn. 709.

ELBURZ, mountain range, Persia, xv. 651; xin. 395.

EL CARMEN, town, Mexico, xxiv. 758.

ELCHE, town, Spain, vn. 827.

ELCHINGEN, Duke of (Ney), French general, xvn. 472.

ELDAD BEN MALCHI, Jewish traveller, VIL 827.

ELDER, ecclesiastical officer, vn. 827; xix. 674, 724; Jewish, xxii. 812.

, tree, vn. 828.

ELDON, Earl of, lord chancellor of England, vn. 828.

EL DORADO, mythical country, South America, vil. 830; Raleigh s expedi tion to, XX. 262.

ELEAN DIALECT, of Greek, XL 132.

ELEANOR, wife of Henry II. of England, vni. i; ix. 539.

ELEATIC SCHOOL, of philosophy, vni. i; logic of, xiv. 784; philosophy of, xvi. 80; xvin. 315; xxiv. 719, 779.

ELECAMPANE, plant, vin. 2.

ELECTIONS, Parliamentary and munici pal, VIII. 2; British, xvin. 313; corrupt practices at, IV. 279; voting by ballot, ill. 289; petitions against returns, xvin. 705.

ELECTOR,TheGreat(Frederick William), of Brandenburg, ix. 733; xx. 6.

ELECTORS, Parliamentary, Registration of, xx. 344.

ELECTRA, of Greek legend, xvn. 827. , Euripides s play, vni. 677.

ELECTRIC CLOCKS, vi. 25.

ELECTRIC EARTH CURRENTS, xvi. 178, 183-

ELECTRIC FISHES, vn. 694; xn. 649, 694; xx. 299; xxii. 68.

ELECTRICITY, vni. 3 (index, 105); as a physical science, XIX. 3; atmo spheric, xxin. 329 ; its connexion with the aurora, ill. 96; blasting by, ill. 810; xvi. 446; mechanical power of, xv. 773; in minerals, XVI. 376; its effect on the motor nerve, Xix. 24; Ohm s law, xvil. 738; Peltier effect, xvin. 481; propulsive force of, on railways, XX. 249; contributions to the science by ^Epintifl, I. 183; by Ampere, I. 749; by Canton, V. 39; by De La Rive, VII. 41; by Franklin, IX. 712; by Sir Wm. Harris, XI. 494; by Henry, XI. 675; by Clark Max well, xv. 647; by Pliicker, Xix. 229; by Siemens, xxii. 38; by Volta, xxiv. 284; electrical societies, xxii. 225.

ELECTRIC LAMPS, vi. 73; xiv. 632.

ELECTRIC LIGHT, vni. 58; xiv. 630; discovery of, vni. 4; use of, in light- houses, Xiv. 627; in mines, xvi. 461.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING, xiv. 630.

ELECTRIC MACHINES, for traction, xxiii. 494.

ELECTRIC PEAK, Wyoming, U.S.A., xxiv. 737.

ELECTRIC RAILWAYS, xx. 249.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, xxin. 112; anticipation of, by Ampere, I. 749.

ELECTRIC TRACTION, xxin. 495, 508.

ELECTRIC TRAMWAY, xxin. 495, 508.

ELECTRO-BIOLOGY, xv. 277.

ELECTRO-CHEMICAL EQUIVALENTS,

VIII. I 3 , 112.

ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY, Davy s contribu tions to, vi. 846. ELECTRODYNAMICS, vni. 105. ELECTROGILDING, vni. 116; De La

Rive s discovery of, vn. 41. ELECTROLYSIS, vni. 106; as related to

diffusion, vil. 219; theories of, Vin. 13. ELECTROLYTE, vin. 46, 107. ELECTROMAGNET, xiv. 631; xv. 226,

240, 246; power of, xv. 274. ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINES, vin. 10. ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY OF LIGHT,

xxiv. 422, 450.

ELECTRO-MAGNETISM, vin. 66; Fara day s discoveries in, IX. 30; functions

of aether in, vin. 571. ELECTRO-METALLURGY, vin. 114. ELECTROMETER, vin. 117; xxin. 117;

Volta s, xxiv. 284. ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE, vin. 83. ELECTROPHORUS, Volta s instrument,

vin. 101; xxiv. 284. ELECTROPLATING, vin. 116; nickel,

xvn. 488. ELECTROSCOPE, vin. 118; dry pile,

vin. 121. ELECTROSTATICS, vin. 24; history of,

vni. 14.

ELECTROSTATIC UNIT, vin. 22. ELECTROTYPES, vin. 115. ELECTROTYPING, Process of, xxin. 703;

of maps, xxii. 715. ELECTRUM, mineral, xvi. 383; in coins,

xvn. 630.

ELEGIT, in law, xxiv. 696. ELEGY, form of poetry, xix. 273; Greek,

XL 138.

, Gray s poem, XI. 77.

ELEIA (Elis, q.v.), country, ancient

Greece, vin. 139. EL-ELFEE (Mohammed Bey), Egyptian

leader, vn. 761.

ELEME, Smyrna raisins, xx. 258. ELEMENTS, Chemical, with list, v. 467. ELEMI, resin, vni. 122; as incense, xn.

718.

ELEONORITE, mineral, xvi. 405. ELEPHANT, ungulate mammal, vm.

122; XV. 350, 423; of Ceylon, v. 363;

of India, xn. 741; tusks of, xin. 520.

ELEPHANTA ISLE, India, vni. 126. ELEPHANTIASIS, disease, vin. 126; xiv.

468; in Polynesia, XIX. 422. ELEPHANT S ISLAND, West Africa, x.

59-

ELEPHAS PRIMIGENIUS, fossil mammal, xv. 447.

ELETS, town, Russia, xvn. 826.

ELEUSINIA, Greek festival, vin. 126; celebration of mysteries at, xvn. 124; pilgrimages to, xix. 91.

ELEUSIS, town, Attica, vin. 128; plain of, in. 59.

ELEUTHERA ISLAND, West Indies, in. 236.

ELEUTHEROPOLIS, ancient town, Pales tine, vin. 128.

ELEUTHERUS, river, Syria, xxn. 821.

ELEUTHS, Mongol tribes, xvi. 744.

ELEVATED RAILROAD, New York, xvn. 465; xx. 240.

ELEVATOR, lifting apparatus, xiv. 573; for blast furnaces, xin. 301; hydrau lic, xii. 520.

ELFRIDA, Mason s tragedy, xv. 611.

ELFSBORG, county, Sweden, xxn. 741.

EL-FUSTAT, ruined town, Egypt, vn. 770.

EL-GEEZEH, or Ghizeh, Pyramids of, ii. 385; vn. 770; xx. 123.

ELGIN, county, Scotland, vin. 129; area and population, xxi. 528; represen tation, xxiii. 727; town, vili. 130.

, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xii. 706.

, Seventh Earl of, collector of Elgin

Marbles, vni. 131.

AND KINCARDINE, Earl of, gover nor-general of India, vin. 131; his treaty with China (1858), v. 652.

MARBLES, British Museum, n.

356; vin. 131.

ELGIVA, wife of Edwy, king of the West Saxons, England, VI I. 692.

EL-GOLEA, town, Algeria, vin. 133.

EL GRAO, town, Valencia, Spain, xxiv.

34-

EL GRECO (Domenico Theotocopuli), painter, XI. 80.

EL-HADDAD, chief of the Kabyles, I. 569.

EL-HAMRA, town, Egypt, vn. 775.

EL-HASA, province, Asiatic Turkey, xxin. 653.

EL-HASAN (Alhazen), Arab mathema tician, i. 572; on optics, xiv. 578.

ELI, priest and judge of Israel, vni.

133- ELI A, Essays of, by C. Lamb, xiv.

235-

ELIAS (Elijah, q.v.), Hebrew prophet, vin. 134. -, patriarch of Antioch, Syriac writer,

xxn. 841. , bishop of Merv, Syriac writer,

xxii. 843. , Nestorian patriarch, Syriac writer,

xxn. 849.