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EPHRAEM SYRUS, early Christian writer,

viii. 470; xxii. 827; as hymn-writer,

xn. 579. EPHRAIM, of Scripture, vm. 471; tribe

of, xiii. 749. , the Syrian, early Christian writer,

vm. 470; xii. 579; xxii. 827. EPHTHALITES, or Hephthalites (White

Huns), ancient people of Europe and

Asia, xiv. 59; xvm. 610, 613; xxin.

639, 659. EPI BLAST, layer of tissue in animal

embryo, II. 51; vm. 746; xxn. 106. EPIBOULANGERITE, mineral, xvi. 396. EPICHARMUS, Greek poet, vm. 471;

xxii. 16.

EPICHLORITE, mineral, xvi. 414. EPIC POETRY, xix. 264; of the Alexan drine school, I. 499; of Greece, XL 137;

Sanskrit, xxi. 280, 283. EPICRIUM GLUTINOSUM, species of

Amphibia, I. 761. EPICTETUS, Greek philosopher, vm.

471; Stoic teaching of, xxii. 573; his

discourses and manual published by

Arrian, n. 630. EPICUREANISM, vm. 473; xvm. 685;

xxi. 379; ethics of, vm. 586. EPICURUS, Greek philosopher, vm. 472;

ethics of, vm. 586. EPIDAMNUS (Durazzo), ancient town,

Illyricum, vm. 476; vn. 553. EPIDAURUS, ancient town, Argolis,

Greece, vm. 476. , ancient town, Laconia, Greece, vm.

477- (Vecchia Ragusa), ancient town,

Illyricum, vin. 477. EPIDERMIS, or Cuticle, xxii. 107 ;

anatomy of, I. 897; of plants, IV. 89;

xii. 17.

EPIDOTE, mineral, x. 228; xvi. 409. EPIFAN, town, Russia, xxin. 605. EPIGENESIS, biological theory, in. 682;

vm. 744 ; Wolffs demonstration of,

vin. 165; xxiv. 631. EPIGENITE, mineral, xvi. 396. EPIGONI, in Greek mythology, Vin.

477-

, school of economists, xix. 376.

EPIGRAMMATA, John Owen s, xvm. 85.

EPIGRAMS, vm. 477; n. 103; of the Alexandrian school, I. 499.

EPIGRAPHY, the science of inscriptions, xni. 114; xvin. 143.

EPILEPSY, disease, vin. 479; xni. 100; xvin. 391 ; its connexion with de moniacal possession, vn. 61; hystero- epilepsy, xn. 60 1.

EPILOGUES, Dramatic, vn. 392.

EPI MANES, or Epiphanes, Antiochus IV., king of Syria, II. 133; XIII. 421; xvin. 589.

EPIMENIDES, Greek poet, vin. 481.

EPIMETHEUS, of Greek legend, xxiv. 782.

EPINAL, town, France, vnr. 482.

E PIN AY, Madame d , French authoress,

vm. 482; her patronage of Rousseau,

xxi. 25.

EPINICIA, odes by Pindar, xix. 100. EPIPHANES, Antiochus IV., king of

Syria, n. 133; xni. 421; xvin. 589. EPIPHANIUS, St, early Christian writer,

vin. 482; xvi. 503. EPIPHANY, church festival, vin. 483;

xni. 660. EPIPHYLLUM, group of Cactacece, IV.

626. EPIPHYTES, plants growing on others,

iv. 94; xvin. 264. EPIRUS, district, Greece, vin. 483 ; I.

446; coins of, xvii. 641. EPISCOPACY, vin. 484; in the early

church, v. 700; in Scotland, XIX. 683;

xxi. 507, 510, 515, 780; Milton s

writings against, xvi. 329. EPISCOPAL CHURCH, of Ireland, vin.

490 ; of Scotland, viii. 490 ; its

liturgy, xiv. 711 ; Protestant, of

United States, vin. 493; its liturgy,

XIV. 711. EPISCOPAL METHODISM, American,

xvi. 191.

EPISCOPI, hill, Greece, xxiv. 282. EPISCOPIUS, Simon, Dutch theologian,

vin. 493; at synod of Dort, vii. 374. EPISTEMOLOGY, or Theory of Know ledge, XVlll. 793; Ferrier s, IX. no. EPISTILBITE, mineral, xvi. 422. EPISTLES OF PHALARIS, in. 53, 579 ;

xvin. 730. EPISTOLA AD DORPIUM, Sir Thomas

More s, xvi. 819. EPITAPH, vin. 493. EPITHALAMION, Spenser s poem, xxn.

395- EPITHALAMIUM, nuptial song, vm.

496. EPITHELIOMA, cancer of skin, xvin.

382. EPITHELIUM, EPITHELIUM CELLS, in

anatomy, I. 847; xii. 4; xvii. 673. EPITRAPEZIUS, Greek statuette of

Hercules, xv. 120. EPIZOOTY, cattle disease, xvn. 57. EPOCHS, or Eras, iv. 68 1. EPOMEO, Monte, Ischia, Italy, xni. 385. EPOMOPHORUS, genus of bats, xv. 408,

409. EPONYMOS, first archon at Athens, XI.

96. EPOREDIA (Ivrea), ancient town, Italy,

xni. 525. EPPING FOREST, England, vin. 553;

xiv. 824. EPREMENIL, or Espremesnil, J. J.

Duval d , French politician, Vin. 548. EPSOM, town, England, vin. 496; xxn.

694; horse-racing at, xn. 201. EPSOMITE, mineral, vm. 496; xvi. 401. EPSOM SALTS, in pharmacy, vin. 496;

xv. 218; xvi. 401. EPTE, river, France, xvn. 538.

EQUATION, EQUATIONS, Algebraic, vin.

497; i- 5!5) 538; xv. 630; of curves,

VI. 717; functional, IX. 823.

OF TIME, n. 772; xxin. 392.

EQUATIONS OF MOTION, in tides, xxin

358.

EQUATOR, x. 198. EQUATORIAL CURRENT, in Atlantic,

in. 19.

EQUATORIAL DIAL, vn. 157. EQUATORIAL TELESCOPES, n. 768 ;

xxin. 146. EQUID/E, family of ungulate mammals,

xv. 429. EQUILIBRIUM, in mechanics, xv. 722;

747; of rotating fluid mass, Laplace s

investigations of, xiv. 303; of tides,

xxin. 357, 363. EQUINIA, disease, x. 634. EQUINOX, mountain, Vermont, U.S.A.,

xxin. 792. EQUINOXES, Precession of the, II. 794;

x. 216; its discovery, II. 749. EQUISETIN/E, class of plants, ix. 106;

xxiv. 129.

EQUISETUM, genus of plants, xn. 207. EQUITABLE SOCIETY, insurance com pany, xni. 1 80.

EQUITES, Roman order, vin. 509. EQUITY, in law, vin. 510; xiv. 365.

, Court of, in England, v. 389.

EQUIVOCATION, Liguorian doctrine of,

xiv. 638. ERA, ERAS, Chronological, iv. 68 1; v.

711.

ERANOI, Greek guilds, XL 260. ERARD, Sebastien, French musical in strument-maker, vin. 512; xix. 74. ERASISTRATUS, Alexandrian physician,

xv. 80 1 ; on anatomy, I. Soi; on brain

and mind, xvin. 842. ERASMUS, Desiderius, Dutch scholar,

Vin. 512; on education, VII. 672; his

influence on Biblical interpretation,

XI. 747; his Latin style, XIV. 342; his

connexion with Thomas More, xvi.

816; his relation to the Reformation,

xx. 325; to the Renaissance, XX. 388;

as satirist, xxi. 319. ERASTIANISM, Erastus s theory of church

government, vin. 518. ERASTUS, Thomas, Swiss theologian,

vm. 518.

ERATO, Muse of erotic poetry, xvn. 74. ERATOSTHENES, Greek astronomer and

geographer, vin. 519; n. 748; as

chronologist, v. 710; on geography,

i. 499; x. 176; xx. 92; Strabo on,

xxii. 582. , tyrant of Athens, Lysias s speech

against, XV. 118.

ERBACH, town, Germany, vin. 519. ERBEN, Karel, Bohemian poet, xxn.

152. ERBIL (Arbela), town, Asiatic Turkey,

n. 311.