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A D A A D

ADAM, William, Scottish politician, I.

139-

DE LA HALLE, early French

writer, IX. 642.

ADAMANTIUS, on physiognomy, xix. 4.

ADAMAS, diamond, vn. 162.

ADAMAWA, or Adamaua, country, Cen tral Africa, I. 140, 272; xxn. 248, 278, 279.

GROUP, of Negroes, xvn. 319.

ADAM BLAIR, Lockhart s novel, xiv.

763-

ADAMIANS, heretical sect, I. 140. ADAMITE, mineral, xvi. 405. ADAMITES, heretical sect, i. 140. ADAMNAN, Scottish saint and author, i.

140; viii. 405; xxi. 540. ADAMS, John, president of United

States, I. 141; xxill. 755; champions

Declaration of Independence, xxill.

743-

, John, Pitcairn Islander, XIX. 132.

, John Couch, his share in the dis covery of the planet Neptune, 1 1. 813; his logarithmic formulae, xiv. 778.

, John Quincy, president of United

States, I. 142; xxill. 762; as a poet, I. 722.

, Richard, English divine, I. 143.

, Samuel, American statesman, I.

143- , Thomas, English Puritan divine,

I. 143. , William, first Englishman in Japan,

xin. 584. ADAM S BRIDGE, chain of sandbanks,

Ceylon, I. 140; v. 359; xx. 266. ADAM S DAUGHTERS, Book of, Jewish

apocalyptic book, II. 177. ADAM S NEEDLE, plant, xxiv. 760. ADAMSON, Patrick, archbishop of St

Andrews, I. 143; XXI. 507. ADAM S PEAK, mountain, Ceylon, I.

140; v. 359. ADANA, town, Asiatic Turkey, I. 144;

v. 777; province, XXIII. 653. ADANGME, dialect, Gold Coast, Africa,

x. 756. ADANSON, Michel, French naturalist,

I. 144. ADAPIS, genus of extinct lemurs, xiv.

444-

ADAPTATION, in biology, i. 145. ADARBAIJAN, or Azerbijan, province,

Persia, in. 167; xvm. 626. ADDA, river, Italy, i. 145; xm. 435. ADDANKI, town, Nellore, India, XVII.

321.

ADD AX, kind of antelope, II. 101. ADDER, reptile, I. 145; xxiv. 247; death

adder, xxn. 198. ADDINGTON, Henry, English prime

minister, I. 145; viii. 363; his relations

with Pitt, XIX. 146. ADDISON, Joseph, English essayist and

poet, I. 146; his place in English

literature, viii. 425, 427; as drama

tist, VII. 435; his essays on the ima gination, I. 222 ; his hymns, XII. 592 ; his relations with Pope, xix. 484; his connexion with Steele, xxn. 527.

ADDISON, Thomas, English physician, xv. 817.

ADDISON S DISEASE, xvni. 384; xxn.

122.

ADDITION, in algebra, I. 520; in arith metic, II. 527, 534.

ADEL, country, Eastern Africa, I. 1 50.

ADELAAR, Cort Sivartsen, naval com- .mander, I. 150.

ADELAIDE, town, South Australia, i. 151; xxii. 284; observatory at, xvn. 717; university of, xxill. 856.

, wife of William IV. of England,

xxiv. 581.

, wife of emperor Otto I., x. 483.

ISLAND, Antarctic regions, xix.

33-

ADELHEID, queen of Italy, xin. 469.

ADELINA LONGA, station, AVest Africa, xvn. 733.

ADELM (Aldhelm, q.v.), St, bishop of Sherborne, I. 474.

ADELPHI, Terence s play, xxin. 187.

ADELSBERG, town, Austria, i. 151.

ADELUNG, Friedrich von, German philo logist, i. 151.

, Johann Christoph, German philo logist, I. 151.

ADEN, town, Arabia, I. 152. ., Gulf of, xx. 316.

ADENOMA, glandular tumour, xvni.

379; xxii. 687. ADERNO, town, Sicily, I. 152. ADERSBACH ROCKS, Germany, i. 153. ADFOO, town, Egypt, vil. 783. ADGHAGH PLATEAU, Sahara, Africa,

xxi. 149. ADHEMAR, bishop of Puy, crusader, vi.

624, 626.

ADHERBAL, Numidian prince, xin. 766. ADHESION, in physics, I. 153; causing

capillary action, v. 56. ADHESIVENESS, in phrenology, xvni.

844- ADIABATIC COMPRESSION, xi. 570.

EXPANSION, of gases, xn. 480;

xxii. 480; of steam, xxn. 485,

ADIABENE, in Assyria, xvni. 605.

ADIAPHORISTS, ADIAPHORISTIC CON TROVERSY, i. 153; xv. 834.

ADIB SABIR, Persian writer, xvni. 658.

ADIGE, river, Austria and Italy, I. 153; in. 117; xin. 436.

ADI GRANTH, sacred book of the Sikhs, xx. no.

ADIL SHAH, Persian sovereign, xvni.

643-

ADINIDA, order of Protozoa, xix. 859. ADINOLE, mineral, xvi. 419. ADIPOCERE, i. 153. ADIPOSE TISSUE, i. 154, 851. ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, New York,

U.S.A., i. 154; xvn. 450; xxin. 792.

ADIT, drainage tunnel in a mine, I. 154;

xvi. 457 ; in tunnelling, xxill. 622. ADITI, in Hindu mythology, II. 739;

xvn. 152. ADJUDICATION, in law, i. 154; in

Roman law, xx. 690. ADJUSTMENT, in commerce, I. 1 54. ADJUTAGE, delivery tube for liquids,

i. 154.

ADJUTANT, military officer, i. 1 54. , bird, I. 154; xin. 529.

ADJYGURH, town, India, i. 1 54. ADLER, Kaspar (Aquila), German

theologian, II. 230.

ADLERBETH, Gudmund Goran, Swed ish writer, xxn. 756. ADMENSURATIO, obsolete English writ,

xxiv. 694. ADMETUS, chieftain of Epirus, vin.

484. ADMINISTRATION, in government, XL

16; in intestacy, xin. 197. ADMINISTRATOR, in law, i. 154; vm.

800.

ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, vi. 577. ADMIRAL, naval officer, i. 154; xvn.

291 ; of the fleet, I. 155. , Lord High, of England, I. 155;

xxn. 458. ADMIRALTY, Black Book of the, xxi.

584. , British Board of, I. 157; xvn. 292.

, First Lords of the, xvi. 474; list

of, i. 156. -, High Court of, I. 158; vice-

admiralty courts, I. 160; xxi. 607. , Secretaries of the, list of, I. 158.

CHARTS, i. 162; xvn. 263.

DEPARTMENTS, of different

countries, I. 158. ISLAND, United States, I. 162. ISLANDS, Pacific Ocean, I. 162; xv.

835- ADNA - MUORKI - KORTJE, waterfall,

Sweden, xxn. 737. ADOLF, count of Nassau, emperor, x.

493; xvn. 239. ADOLPHUS, John, English historian, I.

162. , John Leycester, his letters on the

authorship of Waverley, I. 162. FREDERICK, king of Sweden, xxn.

ADOMNAN (Aclamnan, q.v. St, I. 140.

ADON, Semitic god-name, xxin. 237.

ADONIS, of Greek legend, I. 163; xiv. 678. , genus of plants, I. 163.

, river, Syria, I. 163.

ADOPTIAN CONTROVERSY (8th cen tury), i. 163.

ADOPTIANISTS (3d century), xxi. 127.

ADOPTION, in law, I. 163; in Roman law, xx. 672, 713.

, Biblical term, I. 164.

ADORATION, i. 164.