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151

xiv. 292; spectrum of its salts, xxn.

376. ERCELDOUNE, Thomas of, early Scottish

poet, xxm. 308. ERCILLA Y ZUNIGA, Alonso de,

Spanish poet, vni. 519; xxn. 357. ERDELYI, Janos, Hungarian poet, vni.

519; XH. 378. ERDEVEN, France, Alignments of, xxi.

5i-

ERDJISH-DAGH, or Erjish-Dagh, moun tain, Asia Minor, II. 705; v. 75 ;

xxm. 654. ERDMANN, Otto Linne, German chemist,

vni. 520.

EREBUS, in Greek mythology, vm. 520. AND TERROR, Expedition of, ix.

720. ERECH, Necropolis of, Babylonia, ill.

189. ERECHTHEUM, or Erechtheium, temple,

Athens, ill. 6; II. 357, 412; building

of, xvin. 529. ERECHTHEUS, in Greek legend, vm.

520. EREKLI, town, Turkey in Asia, XI.

68r. EREMACAUSIS, chemical process, ix.

98. EREMITES OF ST FRANCIS, order of

monks, ix. 695. EREMITES OF ST JEROME, order of

monks, XI. 809; XVI. 711, 716. ERESUS, town, Lesbos, Asia Minor, xiv.

474- ERETHIZON, genus of rodent mammals,

xix. 518. ERETRIA, town, Eubcea, Greece, vm.

649.

EREWASH, river, England, xvn. 598. ERFT, river, Germany, xx. 519. ERFURT, town, Prussia, vm. 520;

electoral academy at, I. 72; university

of, xxm. 840.

ERG, plateaus, Sahara, Africa, xxi. 149. , unit of energy or work, vm. 206;

xv. 668.

ERGANE, epithet of Athena, Greek god dess, ii. 830. ERGHIK-SHAN, mountains, Siberia,

xxm. 437.

ERGIR CASTRI, town, Albania, n. 501. ERGOT, drug, vm. 521. ERGOTISM, disease, vm. 521 ; xvm.

407.

ERIC, or Erik, Menved, king of Den mark, his contest with the Hanse

towns, XI. 450. , the Victory-Blest, Swedish king,

xxn. 744. IX., Edwardson, Swedish king,

XXII. 745. XL, the Halt, Swedish king, xx.

745- XI 1 1., of Pomerania, king of

Sweden, xxn. 746. XIV., of Sweden, xxn. 747.

ERIC, or Heiricus, scholastic philosopher, xxi. 420.

ERICA, genus of plants, xi. 589; xn. 263.

ERICHT, Loch, Scotland, xiv. 217; xvm. 666.

ERICHTHONIUS, or Erechtheus, in Greek legend, vm. 520.

ERICSSON, John, inventor of an air- engine, I. 428; his air-engine, XXII. 523; his torpedo, xxm. 451.

ERIDANUS (Po), river, Italy, xix. 251.

ERIE, Lake, North America, XIV. 217; xvii. 451; xxi. 179, 182.

, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., vm.

ERIEUX, river, France, xx. 528.

ERIGENA, Johannes Scotus, mediaeval philosopher, vm. 522, 371; on evolu tion, vm. 758; on the nature of God, xxm. 241; mystical teaching of, XVII. 131; scholastic system of, xxi. 419.

ERIGON (Czerna), river, Macedonia, xv. 136.

ERIGONE, in Greek mythology, vm. 524.

ERIK, Blood-Axe, king of Norway, xvii. 585. See also Eric. , king of Norway, XVII. 588.

ERIMON, of Irish legend, xm. 244. ERINACEID^E, family of Insectivora, xv.

402. ERINACEUS, genus of insectivorous

mammals, XI. 610. ERINITE, mineral, xvi. 406. ERINNA, Greek poetess, vm. 524. ERINYES, or Erinnyes, in Greek my thology, vm. 524; ix. 840; xvii. 827;

temple of, at Athens, II. 482. ERIODES, genus of apes, n. 153. ERIPHYLE, in Greek mythology, vm.

524.

ERIS, in Greek mythology, vm. 524. ERITHACUS, genus of birds, xx. 315. ERITHROSIDERITE, mineral, xvi. 384. ERIVAN, town, Transcaucasia, Russia,

vm. 524; xxm. 515; government,

xxm. 513. ERJISH-DAGH, mountain, Asia Minor,

ii. 705; v. 75; xxm. 654. ERLANGEN, town, Bavaria, vm. 525;

university of, xxm. 848. ERLAU, town, Hungary, vm. 525. ERLENDSSON, Haukr, Icelandic writer,

xxi. 368. ERLING SHAKKE, Norwegian chief,

xvii. 588.

ERL-KlNG, or Erlkonig, mythical char acter, vm. 525. ERMAN, Paul, German physicist, vm.

526.

ERMANARIC, king of the Goths, x. 848. ERMENT, or Arment, village, Egypt, vn.

782. ERMINE, carnivorous mammal, vm.

526; xv. 440; fur of, vm. 526; ix.

838.

ERMINE, in heraldry, xi. 692.

STREET, Roman road, Lincoln

shire, England, xiv. 656. ERNE, loughs, Ireland, v. 263; IX. 90; xm. 216; river, v. 263. -, sea-eagle, vil. 589.

ERNEST, count of Mansfeld, German

general, xv. 498. ERNESTI, Johaim August, German

philologist and theologian, vm. 526. -, Johann Christian Gottlieb, German

scholar, vm. 527. ERNEST MALTRAVERS, Lytton s novel,

xv. 122. ERNST, Heinrich Wilhelm, German

composer and violinist, VIII. 527. EROPHILE, Greek drama, xi. 150. EROS, Greek god (the Roman Cupid),

vm. 527; VI. 708; statue of,atThespise,

xxm. 297. EROTIC ROMANCES, Greek and Roman,

xx. 635. EROTOCRITOS, Greek epic poem, xi.

150. ERPE, Thomas von, or Erpenius, Dutch

Orientalist, vm. 527. ERRARD, Jean, French military engineer,

ix. 441.

ERRIBOLL, Loch, Scotland, xxn. 726. ERROMANGO, island, New Hebrides,

xvii. 395; scene of Williarns s murder,

xxiv. 586. ERRORS, Theory of, in probability, xix.

780.

ERSCH, Johann Samuel, German biblio grapher, vm. 528. AND GRUBER S ALLGEMEINE

ENCYKLOPADIE, vm. 204; xi. 224. ERSE, or Irish, language, v. 298. ERSKINE, Lord, lord chancellor of

England, vm. 529. , Ebenezer, founder of Secession

Church, Scotland, vm. 528; XXIII.

728.

, John, earl of Mar, xv. 525. , John 1 (d. 1768), of Carnock, Scot

tish law writer, VIII. 528. , John (d. 1803), minister of Church of Scotland, vm. 529. -, Ralph, Scottish divine, vm. 529;

hymns by, XII. 593. , Thomas, of Liiilathen, Scottish

theological writer, vni. 530. ER-TOGHRUL, early Turkish chief,

xxm. 640.

ERUBESCITE, mineral, vi. 347. ERULI, ancient German tribe, xi. 774. ERYCID^:, family of snakes, xxn.

193- ERYCINA, epithet of Venus, vni. 532;

xvi. 782.

ERYMANTHUS, river, Greece, xvii. 765. ERYSIPELAS, disease, vm. 531; xvm.

398; resulting from vaccination, xxiv.

26. ERYSIPHE/E, group of Fungi, ix. 833;