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G A L G A M

G ALDAN, convent, Tibet, xiv. 501.

, Kalmuk khan, xvi. 745.

GALE, Theophilus, English theologian, x. 23.

, Thomas, English scholar, x. 23.

GALEAZZO, Gian, count of Pavia, xin. 478.

GALELA, toTi, Jilolo, Indian Archi pelago, XIIL 692.

GALEN, Christoph Bernhard van, prince- bishop of Minister, x. 23.

, Claudius, ancient medical writer,

x. 23; XV. 803; as anatomist, I. 803; on arteries and veins, xxiv. 95 ; on the brain as the seat of intellect, xvin. 842; his surgery, xxil. 675.

GALENA, mineral, xiv. 375; xvi. 391

, town, Illinois, U.S.A., x. 24.

GALENSTOCK, mountain, Switzerland,

XXIV. II.

GALEOCERDO, genus of sharks, xxi. 776.

GALEODES, genus of Arachnida, 1 1. 280.

GALEOPITHECID^E, family of insectivor ous mammals, xv. 401.

GALERIUS MAXIMIANUS, Eoman em peror, xv. 644.

GALESBURG, town, Illinois, U.S.A., x. 24.

GALEUS, genus of sharks, XXI. 774.

GALGACUS, ancient British chief, iv. 353, 663; I. 290.

CALCULUS, genus of birds, xii. 696.

GALIANI, Ferdinando, Italian political economist, x. 24; xix. 362.

GALICL, province, Austria, x. 25; in surrection in (1846), in. 136.

, province, Spain, x. 26; XXII. 298;

dialect of, xxn. 352.

GALIEN, Joseph, his aeronautic chimera, i. 187.

LE RHETORE, romance, xx. 652.

GALILEE, province, Palestine, x. 27; xvin. 171, 177.

, Sea of, Palestine, x. 29.

GALILEI, Vincenzo, father of Galileo, x. 30; on music, xvn. 86.

GALILEO (Galileo Galilei), Italian man of science, X. 30 ; anagram of one of his discoveries, I. 791 ; his astronomical discoveries, II. 753; on the rings of Saturn, n. 811; his telescopes, xxin. 136; his thermometer, xxiu. 288; as a writer, xin. 511.

GALIND^E, ancient tribes, Lithuania, xiv. 701.

GALINGALE, or Galangal, aromatic drug, x. 17.

GALIN-PARIS-CHEVE, system of musical notation, xvn. 100.

GALITCH, town, Russia, x. 37.

GALL, Franz Joseph, Swiss anatomist and phrenologist, X. 37; xvm. 842. , Theodore, on the brain, xvin.

843.

GALLA, race of people, Africa, x. 38; i. 63, 263.

GALLABAT, or Galabat, town, Upper

Egypt, x. 17. GALLAND, Antoine, French Orientalist,

x. 37; translator of Arabian Nights,

XXIII. 318.

GALLARATE, town, Italy, x. 38. GALLAS, or Galla, African race, x. 38;

i. 63, 263. GALLATIN, Albert, American politician,

x. 38. MOUNTAINS, Wyoming, U.S.A.,

xxiv. 737. GALL-BLADDER, in anatomy, vn. 231;

surgical removal of, XXIL 691. GALLE, J. G., on parallax, xvin. 249.

, Point cle, town, Ceylon, X. 40.

GALLEGO, dialect of Galicia, Spain,

XXIL 352. GALLEGOS, river, Patagonia, xvm.

353-

, Spanish people, X. 26.

GALLERY, in architecture, n. 465; in tunnelling, xxm. 622.

GALLEYS, Egyptian and Phoenician, xxi. 805.

GALL-FLY, xn. 576.

GALLIA, or Gaul (q.v.), x. in; coins of, XVII. 635; libraries, xiv. 512.

NARBONENSIS, xiv. 287.

GALLIC ACID, x. 41; xiv. 381.

GALLICAN CHURCH, Liberties of the, IX - 543, 55o, 578; xix. 506, 507.

GALLICANUS, Vulcatius, Augustan his torian, in. 74.

GALLIEN, Johanna, wife of "Wyttenbach, xxiv. 715.

GALLIENUS, P. Licinius, Roman emperor, x. 42; XX. 776.

GALLING, group of birds, xvin. 46.

GALLINAGO, genus of birds, XXIL 200.

GALLINULA, genus of birds, xvi. 808.

GALLIC, Junius Anna? us, Roman pro consul of Achaia, X. 42.

GALLIPOLI, town, Italy, x. 42.

, town, Turkey, x. 42.

GALLIRALLUS, genus of birds, xvn.

7^.

GALLIREX, genus of birds, xxin. 487. GALLIUM, chemical element, x. 43. GALL NUTS, x. 45. GALLO-GR^ECIA, or Galatia, Asia Minor,

x. 18. GALLON, standard of measure, xxiv.

480.

GALLOTANNIC ACID, xxm. 48. GALLOWAY, district, Scotland, xiv. 98;

xvn. 571; xxiv. 563.

, Thomas, Scottish mathematician,

x. 43.

HORSE, xn. 190.

GALLS, Animal and vegetable, x. 43; formation of, xm. 143; use of, in tan ning, xiv. 382.

GALL S PROCESS, in wine-making, xxiv. 603.

GALL STONES, use of silicylate of sodium in their treatment, xxi. 217.

GALLUPPI, Pasquale, Italian philoso pher, x. 46.

GALLUS, genus of birds, ix. 491; xix. 644-

, brother of theemperor Julian, xin. 768.

, C. Cornelius, Roman poet and orator, X. 47; reference to, in Virgil s Georgics, xxiv. 253.

, Martin, Polish chronicler, xix.

299.

GALMEI, mineral, xvi. 410.

GALOIS, Evariste, French mathemati cian, x. 48.

GALOUBET, musical pipe, xix. no.

GALT, town, Ontario, Canada, xvn. 775. , John, Scottish novelist, x. 47.

GALTCHA, or Galchas, people, Turkestan, xxm. 25, 636.

GALTYMORE, mountain, Ireland, xm. 215; xxm. 405.

GALUPPI, Baldassare, Italian composer, x. 48.

GALVANI, Luigi, Italian physiologist, x. 48; his electrical discoveries, vili.

9-

GALVANIC BATTERIES, vin. 92. GALVANISM, applied to blasting, in.

808 ; Nobili s discoveries in, xvn.

524.

GALVANIZED IRON, xm. 357. GALVANOMETER, for measuring electric

currents, x. 49; construction of, vm.

13; differential, vin. 43; its use in

telegraphy, xxin. 116. GALVANOTROPISM, in vegetable physio logy, xix. 60. GALVESTON, town, Texas, U.S.A., x.

53; xxin. 205. GALVEZ, Bernard, Spanish governor of

New Orleans, xvn. 404. GALWAY, county, Ireland, x. 55; popu lation and representation, xxm. 727;

toAvn, x. 56; Queen s College at, xxin.

8 55 . GAMA, Vasco da, Portuguese navigator,

X. 57; his discoveries, x. 181;

doubling of Cape of Good Hope by,

V. 44 ; his expedition to India, xii.

796.

GAMALIEL, Jewish rabbis, x. 58. GAMARRA, General, ruler in Peru, xvin.

678.

GAMASIDES, family of acarids, n. 276. GAMBA, organ pipe, xvn. 830. GAMBASSI, or Ghambasso, F. D. L., his

glass paintings, X. 670. GAMBETTA, Leon, French politician, ix.

626. GAMBIA, colony and river, "West Africa,

x. 59; i. 253; xxi. 661; birds of, ill.

759- GAMBIER, Lord, English admiral,

x. 60.

- ISLANDS, South Pacific, xxin. 602. GAMBIR, dyestulT, v. 220; xiv. 382.

GAMBIT, in chess, v. 593.