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436; campanile of cathedral, n. 456; coins, XVII. 656; cupola of church of S. Maria del Fiore, iv. 399; dialect of, xill. 497 ; libraries, xiv. 530, 548; majolica ware, XIX. 628; nobility of, xvn. 528; observatory at, xvn. 714; its school of painting, xxi. 434, 442; picture galleries, XXI. 446; porcelain, xix. 636; sculptures, xx. 589; xxi. 567; terra-cotta art, XXIII. 194; uni versity, XXIII. 837.

FLORENCE, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., xvn. 558.

of Worcester, English chronicler,

IX. 337- FLORENTIA (Florence), ancient town,

Italy, ix. 333.

FLORENTINE DIAMOND, vn. 166. FLORES, island, Indian Archipelago, ix.

337-

, island, Azores, Atlantic, III. 172.

, town, Guatemala, XL 239.

FLOREZ, Enrique, Spanish historian, ix.

337- FLORIAN, patron saint of Poland, ix.

337-

, Jean. Pierre Claris de, French poet

and romancist, ix. 337; XVIII. 348.

FLORIDA, State, U.S.A., ix. 338; popu lation, xxill. 802; orange culture in, xvii. 8 1 1.

FLORIDA-BLANCA, Count of, Spanish statesman, ix. 341; xxn. 340.

FLORIDE^, order of plants, xxiv. 127.

FLORIDO, Venetian algebraist, I. 513.

FLORINUS, Polycarp s letter to, xix. 414.

FLORIO, Giovanni, English lexicographer and translator, ix. 341; teacher and friend of Shakespeare, xxi. 756.

FLORIS I.-V., counts of Holland, XII.

71.

, Frans, Flemish sculptor and

painter, ix. 342. FLORUS, Roman historian, ix. 342.

, Gessius, Roman procurator in

Juda;a, xill. 427.

FLOSCULARIA, genus of Rotifera, xxi. 4. FLOTATION, Position of animals in, ix.

309- FLOTSAM, in English law, ix. 342; v.

787-

FLOTTA, island, Orkney, Scotland, xvn. 846.

FLOUNDER, fish, ix. 342.

FLOUR, Manufacture of, IX. 343; in. 251; XV. 310; adulteration of, I. 171.

FLOURENS, Gustave, French communist and writer, IX. 347. , Marie Jean Pierre, French physio logist, ix. 347.

FLOWER, of plants, defined and de scribed, iv. 126; xii. 215; xx. 424.

FLOWER-DE-LUCE, genus of plants, ix. 279.

FLOWER GARDEN, xn. 247.

FLOWERING, of plants, iv. 121.

FLOWERS, Artificial, ix. 348.

OF THE FOREST, Scottish ballad,

vi. 98. FLOYD-CARROLL-GRAYSON PLATEAU,

Virginia, U.S.A., xxiv. 256. FLOYER, Sir John, English physician

and writer, IX. 349. FLUDD, Robert, English physician and

mystic, IX. 349.

FLUELLITE, mineral, xvi. 384. FLUGEL, Gustav Lebrecht, German

Orientalist, ix. 349.

, Johann Gottfried, German lexico grapher, ix. 349. FLUID, FLUIDS, xn. 435; definition and

physical properties of, VI. 310; XIX.

240; friction of, xix. 247; motion of

surface of, XV. 753; theory of motion

of, in. 43; resistance of, xxj. 810;

surface-tension of, v. 56. FLUKE, parasitic worm, xxin. 535;

xxiv. 205.

FLUOCERITE, mineral, xvi. 383. FLUORESCENCE, source of light, xiv.

579, 602; IX. 350; in crystals, xvi.

376. FLUORESCIN, chemical compound, xv in.

855. FLUORINE, chemical element, IX. 349;

v. 490. FLUOR SPAR, or Fluorite, mineral, ix.

349; x. 228; xvi. 383; as a flux, xvi.

62. FLUSHING, town, Holland, ix. 350;

population, xxiv. 772. , town, Long Island, New York,

LT.S.A., ix. 350; xiv. 866. FLUTE, musical instrument, IX. 350;

xxin. 519.

FLUTE-MOUTH, fish, xxn. 548. FLUXES, in smelting ores, xvi. 62; in

iron smelting, xill. 295. FLUXIONS, in mathematics, xin. 8, 10;

Newton s invention of, xvn. 446;

Maclaurin s discussion of, xv. 161. FLY, insect, vii. 255; xii. 3175x111. 150;

proboscis of, xxin. 478.

, river, New Guinea, xvn. 386. FLYCATCHER, bird, ix. 351. FLY-FISHING, 11. 36; hooks for, n. 33,

38. FLYING, ix. 310; attempts at, i. 186.

- DOVE, of Archytas, I. 185.

- DUTCHMAN, legend, xin. 674.

DUTCHMAN, Wagner s opera, xxiv.

314-

FLYING-FISH, ix. 352; xn. 693. FLYING-FOX, bat, ix. 352, 310. FLYING GURNARD, fish, xn. 690. FLYING LEMUR, insectivorous mammal,

xv. 401. FLYING MACHINES, ix. 308, 317; i.

1 86, 202. FLY-WHEEL, xv. 769; of steam-engine,

xxn. 509, 511.

FOCA, island, Peru, xvin. 671. FOCAL LINES, in optics, xvn. 799.

FCEDERA, Rymer s historical collection,

xxi. 119.

FCENICULUM, genus of plants, ix. 76. FCETUS, Circulation of the blood in,

xxiv. 108; syphilis in, xxn. 687. IN FCETU, monstrosity, XVI. 766.

FOG, London, xiv. 827; causes of, xxn.

1 80.

FOGARAS, town, Hungary, ix. 353. FOG-BOW, or Fog-Eater, halo, XI. 399. FOGELBERG, Benedict Erland, Swedish

sculptor, IX. 353. FOGGIA, town, Italy, IX. 353; province

(Capitanata), v. 73.

FOGO, one of Cape Verd Islands, v. 52. FOG SIGNALS, xxn. 49. FOHN, local wind, Switzerland, xxn.

777- FOHR, island, Schleswig-Holstein, xxi.

414. FOIL, thin sheet-copper, IX. 353.

, Fencing, IX. 69. Foix, town, France, ix. 353.

, Counts of, IX. 354; II. 1 8.

, Paul de, French prelate and dip lomatist, IX. 354.

FOKSHAN, town, Roumania, IX. 354. FOLARD, Jean Charles de, French

writer on tactics, IX. 355. FOLC-LAND, or Folk-Land (q.v. in

English law, ix. 357. FOLDVAR, town, Hungary, IX. 355. FOLENGO, Teofilo, Italian poet, IX. 355. FOLEY, John Henry, British sculptor,

ix. 355-

FOLIGNO, town, Italy, ix. 356.

FOLK-BOOKS, xvin. 204.

FOLKES, Martin, English antiquary, IX. 356.

FOLKESTONE, town, England, ix. 356; xiv. 39.

FOLK-LAND, in English law, ix. 357, 305; VIIL 275; Saxon, xvin. 302.

FOLK- LORE, ix. 357 ; in relation to mythology, xvii. 144 ; magical sur vivals in, xv. 204 ; totemism in, XXIII. 467; Indian, XVIII. 660.

FOLK-SONGS, III. 283.

FOLLEN, August Ludwig, German poet, ix. 359.

, Charles, German poet and theo logian, IX. 359.

FOLLETT, Sir William Webb, English lawyer, ix. 359.

FOLLICLE, form of fruit, iv. 151.

FOLLOWER, in applied mechanics, xv.

755- FOLQUET, of Marseilles, Provengal poet,

xix. 874. FOMORIANS, of Irish legend, v. 300;

xill. 243. FONBLANQUE, Albany William, English

political writer, IX. 360. FONDANTS, French comfit, vi. 257. FOND DU LAC, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,

IX. 361; population, xxiv. 617.