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ACAMARCHIS AVICULARIA, species of

Polyzoa, xix. 437.

ACANTHIAS, genus of sharks, xxi. 775. ACANTHITE, mineral, xvi. 392. ACANTHOCEPHALA, parasitic worms, I.

79; n. 54; xvin. 259; in Lankester s

classification, xxiv. 813. ACANTHOCYSTUS, genus of Protozoa,

xix. 845. ACANTHODINI, suborder of fishes, xn.

686. ACANTHODRILUS, genusof worms, xxiv.

678. ACANTHOGLOSSUS, genus of mammals,

xv. 378.

ACANTHOMETRIDEA, subclass of Proto-

zoa, xix. 851.

ACANTHOMYS, genus of Rodentia, XVII. 6. ACANTHOPTERYGll, order of fishes, I. 79;

xn. 688. PHARYNGOGNATHI, order of fishes,

xii. 691.

ACANTHUS, genus of plants, i. 79. ACANTHYLLIS, genus of birds, xxil.

760.

ACAPULCO, town, Mexico, I. 79. ACARIDEA, order of Arachnida, II. 274. ACARNANIA, province, ancient Greece,

I. 79 ; coins of, xvu. 642. ACARUS, genus of Arachnida, I. 79; II.

276; XVI. 528 ; gall-producers, X. 43. AUTUMNALIS, harvest bug, XI. 501;

xvi. 529.

ACCAD, or Akkad, subdivision of Baby lonia, in. 185; xvi. 51. ACCADIAN INSCRIPTIONS, vn. 795; xin.

114; language of, I. 604; dictionary,

vn. 189. ACCA LARENTIA, in Roman legend, xiv.

3*3-

ACCARON, or Ekron, town of the Phili stines, vn. 794.

ACCELERATION, in dynamics, i. 79; xv. 682; diagram of, VII. 150; energy of, xv. 769; lunar, n. 799.

ACCENT, ACCENTUATION, in language, I. 80; XI. 37; xvin. 788; XXII. 384; in Latin, xiv. 329; in Romance languages, XX. 664; in Sanskrit, XXI. 272.

ACCENTOR, genus of birds, XXII. 369.

ACCENTS, in ancient MSS., xvin. 165.

ACCEPTANCE, in commerce, I. 82.

ACCEPTATIONS, The, supplement to Book of the Consulate, VI. 317.

ACCESSION, i. 83.

ACCESSORY, in criminal law, I. 83; vi. 588.

ACCIAJUOLI, Donato, Italian writer, I.

83-

ACCIDENCE, in grammar, xi. 38. ACCIDENT, in logic, I. 83. ACCIDENT INSURANCE, xm. 161. ACCIDENTS, in mines, xvi. 466; vi. 72 ;

railway, XX. 250; at sea, xxi. 60 1. ACCIPITRES, group of birds, XI. 534;

XVIII. 47. AcciUS, poet of 1 6th century, I. 83.

ACCIUS, Lucius, Latin tragic poet, I. 83; XVIII. 129; his language, xiv. 332.

ACCLAMATION, i. 83.

ACCLIMATIZATION, i. 84; iv. 248; of fish, xii. 665; xix. 128; of fish in New Zealand, xvu. 470; of insects, xin. 141.

ACCOLADE, in conferring knighthood, i. 90; xiv. 1 1 8.

ACCOLTI, Benedict, Tuscan lawyer, I. 90. , Bernard, improvisatore, I. 90.

, Pietro, cardinal, I. 90.

ACCOMMODATION, in Biblical interpre tation, i. 90.

, in commerce, I. 90.

-, Ophthalmic disorders of, xvu. 785.

ACCOMPTANT (Accountant), I. 92. ACCORAMBONI, Vittoria, Italian lady,

I. 90.

ACCORDION, musical instrument, I. 91. ACCORSO, Francis, Florentine lawyer,

I. 91 ; his Glossa, X. 686. -, Mariangelo, Neapolitan critic, 1. 91.

ACCOUNT, Stock Exchange term, I. 91.

ACCOUNTANT, i. 92.

ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL, Court of Chan cery official, i. 92.

ACCOUNT BOOKS, Manufacture of, xxn. 461.

ACCOUNTS, Banking, ill. 332.

ACCRA, town, West Africa, I. 92.

ACCRINGTON, town, England, I. 92.

ACCUM, Frederick, chemist, I. 92.

ACCUMULATOR, electrical machine, I. 92; vin. 34.

MACHINERY, Hydraulic, xii. 522.

ACCURSIUS (Accorso, q.v. i. 91. ACCUSED PERSONS, Torture of, xxm.

462.

ACE, on cards and dice, I. 92. ACELUM (Asolo), ancient town, Italy, II.

714. ACEPHALA, section of molluscs, I. 92;

xvi. 633, 684.

ACEPHALI, I. 92.

ACER, genus of trees, xv. 523.

ACERA, genus of molluscs, xvi. 655, 656.

ACERATHERIUM, fossil rhinoceros, XX.

523.

ACERBI, Joseph, Italian traveller, I. 93. ACERINA CERNUA, species of fish, xix.

481.

ACERNUS, Polish poet, I. 93. ACERRA, incense box, I. 93.

, town, Italy, I. 93.

ACERVETIS (Mangalia), ancient town,

Thrace, xv. 479. ACETALS, in chemistry, V. 567. ACETATE OF LEAD, xiv. 378. ACETIC ACID, i. 93; v. 569. ACETYLENE, in chemistry, v. 521, 559;

XVIIL 237. ACHAEAN LEAGUE, i. 93; ix. 62; xi. 107 ;

under Philopocmen, XVIIL 790; in

time of Polybius, Xix. 411. ACH^EMENIAN DYNASTY, Persia, XVIII.

565.

M, form of fruit, iv. 151. ACHAIA, state, ancient Greece, 1. 93; Xix.

411 ; coins of, xvu. 642. ACHAN, of Scripture, I. 94. ACHARD, Franz Carl, Prussian chemist,

I. 94; his platinum process, Xix. 190;

manufactures beet-sugar, xxil. 625. ACHARIUS, Erik, Swedish botanist, I.

94 ; his classification of lichens, Xiv.

560. ACHARNIANS, The, play of Aristophanes,

n. 508.

ACHATES, friend of ./Eneas, I. 94. ACHEEN (Acliin), in Sumatra, I. 95 ;

XXIL 639. ACHELNOTUS (Agelnoth), archbishop of

Canterbury, I. 279. ACHELOUS, river, Greece, I. 94. ACHENWALL, Gottfried, German writer,

I. 94; on statistics, xxn. 461. ACHERON, in classical mythology, I.

94-

, river, Albania, I. 447; v. 266.

ACHILL, island, Ireland, I. 94; xin. 216;

xv. 650. ACHILLES, in Greek legend, I. 94; xii.

117; XX. 643 ; his obsequies, ill. 398 ;

his connexion with Scyros, XXI. 574 ;

shield of, II. 347.

- PONTARCHES, Cult of, XVII. 753.

TATIUS, Greek writer, I. 95 ; xx.

635.

ACHILLINI, Alessandro, Italian ana tomist, i. 95, 806.

, Claudio, Italian poet, xin. 511.

ACHIMENES, genus of stove plants, xn. 265.

ACHIN, state and town, Sumatra, I. 95; xxil. 639.

Ac H MET (Ahmed, q.v.), sultans of Turkey, I. 97.

PASHA, French adventurer, IV. 36.

ACHRADINA, suburb of Syracuse, XXIL 814.

ACHRAY, lake, Scotland, I. 97.

ACHROMATIC BANDS, in spectrum, xxiv. 425, 427.

ACHROMATIC GLASSES, i. 97; xiv. 595; xvi. 250,260,262; xvii. 804; Amici s, i. 738; xvi. 262; Dollond s, vii. 345; xvi. 262 ; Fraunhofer s, IX. 728.

ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE, xxm. 137.

ACHROMATIN, in tissues, xix. 832.

ACHROMATISM, in optics, xiv. 592, 595, 60 1 ; xvii. 804 ; of the eye, xiv. 60 1.

AciCULlD^E, family of snails, XXII. 187.

ACID, in chemistry, I. 97; v. 477, 486 ; acetic, I. 93 ; lactic, Xiv. 196 ; oxalic, XVIIL 91 ; phthalic, XVIIL 855; prussic, xx. 21 ; tartaric, xxm. 69 ; uric,

XXIV. II.

ACIDALIUS, Valens, German writer, I.

98.

ACID-AMIDES, in chemistry, xvii. 519. ACIDS, Fatty, X. 697 ; organic, v. 553,