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GINGUENE, Pierre Louis, French writer, x. 604.

GINSENG, plant and drug, x. 605.

GIOBERTI, Viiieenzo, Italian philoso phical writer, x. 605; XIII. 487, 489, 516.

GlOCONDA, La, Leonardo s painting, xiv. 460.

GlOCONDO, Fra, Veronese architect, xxiv. 172.

GIOJA, Melchior, Italian philosophical writer, x. 606; XIX. 387.

GIORDANI, Pietro, Italian writer, xin.

SIS- GIORDANO, Luca, Italian painter, x.

606. GIORGIO of Gubbio, Italian majolica

worker, XIX. 626. GlORGlONE, Italian painter, x. 607; his

relations with Titian, xxill. 414. GIOTTINO, Italian painter, x. 608. GIOTTO, Italian painter, x. 609; ix. 771 ;

xxi. 434; his glass paintings, x.

669.

GiOVAN GASTONE, grand-duke of Tus cany, xv. 793.

GIOVANNI DA BOLOGNA, Italian sculp tor, xxi. 569. GIOVANNI DA GAETA (Pope Gelasius

II.), x. 130.

GiOVlNAZZO, town, Italy, x. 611. GIOVIO, Paolo, Italian historian, xin.

756. GIPSIES, X. 611; in India, ill. 460; of

Transylvania, XXIII. 522; dictionaries

of their language, VII. 189. GIPSY HILL, Norwood, London, xvn.

596. GIRAFFE, ungulate mammal, x. 618;

xv. 432. GIRALDA, bell-tower, Seville, Spain,

xxi. 709. GIRALDES, Affonso, Portuguese poet,

XIX. 556.

GIRALDI, Giglio Gregorio, Italian scho lar, x. 620. , Giovanni Battista, Italian novelist,

x. 620. GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS, historian and

ecclesiastic, ill. 392. GIRANDOLE, in pyrotechny, XX. 136. GIRARD, Albert, Dutch mathematician,

xxill. 562; on imaginary quantities in

algebra, I. 514; on porisms, XIX. 520. , Philippe Henri de, French mechani cian, x. 620; inventor of flax-spinning

apparatus, xiv. 664. , Stephen, American philanthropist,

x. 621.

COLLEGE, Philadelphia, U.S.A., x.

621; xviii. 740. GIRARDIN, Madame Emile de, French

authoress, X. 621. , Saint-Marc, French politician and

critic, x. 621. GlRARDON, Frangois, French sculptor,

x. 622.

GIRARDOW, town, Russian Poland, x.

620. GIRART DE ROUSSILLON, Provencal

poem, xix. 875. GIRASOL, mineral, xvi. 390. GIRDERS, in bridges, iv. 297. GIRDLE, article of dress, x. 622. GIRGEH, town, Upper Egypt, x. 623;

vn. 775. GIRGENTI, town, Sicily, x. 623; xxn.

3i- GIRIN, or Kirin, town, Manchuria, xiv.

96.

GIRISHK, fort, Afghanistan, I. 230. GIRLING, Mary Ann, leader of English

Shakers, xxi. 737. GlRODET DE ROUSSY, Anne Louis,

French painter, x. 623. GlRON, Francisco Hernandez, Peruvian

rebel, xvm. 677. , Pedro Tellez, duke of Osuna, XX.

178.

GIRONDE, department, France, x. 624. GIRONDISTS, French Revolutionary

party, IX. 602, 605; XX. 602, 624, 625;

their contest with Marat, xv. 527; Ver-

gniaud s connexion, with, xxiv. 165. GIRVAN, town, Scotland, x. 624. GiSCALA, John of, Jewish party leader,

xiii. 427.

GlSMONDlNE, mineral, XVI. 423. GiSORS, town, France, x. 624. GITAGOVINDA, Brahman drama, xxi.

285.

GITSCHIN, town, Bohemia, x. 624. GIUNTA, family of Italian printers, xv.

514. PISANO, Italian painter, x. 624;

his method of fresco-painting, IX.

770.

GiURGEVO, town, Roumania, X. 624. GIUSTENDIL, or Kostendil, town, Bul garia, Xiv. 143. GIUSTI, Giuseppe, Italian satirist, x.

625; xiii. 516. GIUSTINIANI, prominent Italian family,

x. 625; xxiv. 635. , Agostino, X. 626; on Henry VIII. s

character, XI. 663. GIUSTO DA GUANTO (Justus of Ghent),

Flemish painter, x. 565. GIVET, town, France, x. 626. GIVORS, town, France, x. 626; xx.

529. GlZEH, town, Egypt, vn. 770; mummies

of, xvn. 21 ; pyramids at, v. 582; vn.

770; xx. 123.

GJENDE, lake, Norway, xvn. 576. GLACIAL ACTION, Agassiz s researches

on, I. 276. GLACIAL PERIOD, in geology, n. 335;

x. 365. GLACIARIUM, artificial ice for skating,

xxii. 105. GLACIER, GLACIERS, mountain ice, x.

626; geological action of, x. 281;

of the Alps, I. 632; of the Caucasus, v.

257; of the Himalayas, XL 831; of

Norway, xvn. 578 ; of Spitzbergen,

xxn. 408; J. D. Forbes s observations

on, ix. 391.

GLACIS, in fortification, IX. 429, 445. GLADBACH, or Bergisch-Gladbach,

town, Prussia, x. 631. , or Moncheu-Gladbach, town,

Prussia, X. 631. GLADDON, plant, ix. 279. GLADIATORS, of the Roman arena, x.

631, 66. GLADIOLUS, garden plant, x. 632; xn.

255. GLADSTONE, William Ewart, British

statesman, vin. 367. GLAGERITE, mineral, xvi. 424. GLAISHER, J., his balloon ascents, i.

195. GLAMORGAN, county, Wales, x. 633;

population and representation, xxm.

727. GLANCE, arsenical nickel, xvn. 487.

, Silver, xxn. 69.

COAL, or Anthracite (</.i-.), xvi.

429.

GLANDERS, disease, x. 634; xvni. 406; xxiv. 202.

GLANDS, of mammals, xv. 348; influence of nervous action on, xix. 30; secret ing, in man, I. 848; xvn. 671; tum ours of the, xvni. 379; of reptiles, XX. 459; of plants, iv. 91.

GLANIS, fish, xxn. 67.

GLANVIL, or Glanvill, Ranulph de, early English jurist, x. 635.

GLANVILL, Joseph, English philoso phical writer, x. 635; on scepticism, xxi. 382.

GLANVILLA, Bartholomew de, his De Proprietatibus Rerum, vin. 193.

GLAREOLA, genus of birds, xix. 659.

GLARUS, or Glaris, canton, Switzerland, x. 636; xxn. 778, 783; town, x. 636; xxn. 778.

GLAS, John, founder of Classite sect, x.

637. GLASER, Christopher, Swiss chemist, x.

637- GLASERBERG, mountain, Germany, xxi.

349-

GLASERITE, mineral, x. 637; xvi. 400.

GLASGOW, town, Scotland, x. 638 ; population, xxi. 528 ; origin of the name, xiv. 41 ; cathedral crypt, vi. 668 ; libraries, Xiv. 523, 543; news papers, xvn. 423; observatory, xvn. 710; railways, xx. 240; university, xxill. 843, 854; waterworks, n. 224.

GLASS, history and manufacture, x. 647; absorption of light by, xiv. 60 1, 607; colours of ancient, xxiv. 427; cutting of, with diamond, vn. 167 ; manu facture of, in Bohemia, in. 120; mirrors, IX. 849; xvi. 500; painting on, x. 667; used by Romans, II. 421.