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A D O M S C

ADOWA, town, Abyssinia, I. 164, 64. ADRA, town, Spain, i. 164. ADRAMYTTIUM, town, Asia Minor,

XVII. 122.

ADRASTUS, in Greek legend, I. 164. ADRIA, town, Italy, I. 164.

, part of Mediterranean, I. 165.

ADRIAN, or Hadrian, Eoman emperor,

xi. 363.

I.-V., popes, I. 165.

VI., pope, I. 1 66.

, town, Michigan, U.S.A., I. 165.

of Utrecht, regent in Spain (Pope

Adrian VI.), xxn. 328.

DE CASTELLO, cardinal, i. 166.

ADRIANI, Giovanni Battista, Florentine

historian, I. 166.

, Marcello Virgilio, Florentine chan cellor, xv. 146. ADRIANOPLE, province, Turkey in

Europe, xxni. 653. , town, Turkey, I. 166; battle of

(378), xxiv. 36; treaty of (1829), xxi.

20; xxii. 590; xxm. 650. ADRIATIC SEA, i. 166; xv. 820; under

protection of Venice, xxiv. 142. ADROGATION, in Koman law, i. 163;

xx. 672. ADRUMETUM, ancient town, North

Africa, XI. 366.

ADULARIA, mineral, xvi. 419. ADULE, or Adulis, ancient town, Eastern

Africa, I. 166; xxiv. 826. ADULLAM, Cave of, i. 166. ADULTERATION, i. 167 ; of beer, iv.

273; of butter, IV. 591; of coffee, VI.

114; of honey, XII. 137; of linseed,

XIV. 677 ; of milk, XVI. 305 ; of oils,

xvii. 745, 748; of opium, xvn. 790,

792; of perfumery, xvill. 527; of silk,

xxn. 64; of tea, xxm. 100; of wine,

xvii. 795; xxiv. 603. ADULTERY, i. 177; in Koman law, xx.

675 ; divorce for, VI I. 301. ADUR, river, England, xxn. 723. ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, Bacon s

work, in. 210.

ADVENT, in the calendar, I. 177. ADVENTISTS, American religious sect,

xvi. 320. ADVENTURES OF PHILIP, Thackeray s,

xxm. 216.

ADVERBS, in grammar, XL 41. ADVERSUS GENTES, Arnobius s treatise,

ii. 625.

ADVERTISEMENT, i. 177. ADVOCATE, legal pleader, 1.178; Roman,

xviii. 413.

ADVOCATE-GENERAL, Admiralty, 1. 161. ADVOCATES, Faculty of, in Scotland, i.

179; xiii. 91. ADVOCATES LIBRARY, Edinburgh, xiv.

522.

AD VOCATION, in Scots law, I. 179. ADVOWSON, in English law, I. 179;

simoniacal sale of, xxii. 85 ; in reign

of Henry II., VIII. 305.

ADYAR, suburb of Madras, xv. 189. ADYTUM, of temple, i. 179; xxm. 166. ADZE, edge-tool, XL 437. /E, diphthong, I. 179. /EACUS, in mythology, i. 179. ALEUTIAN LAW, Roman, xx. 696. AED, Irish king, xni. 250.

, Laws of, Scotland, xxi. 478. AEDAN, or Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne,

I. 424; xni. 249. /EDILE, Roman public officer, I. 180;

xxm. 557; xx. 738, 771. /EETES, in Greek legend, II. 496. /EGADES, or zEgates, islands, west of

Sicily, i. 1 80; xxn. 31. ALGJE, or Edessa, ancient town, Mace donia, vii. 652; xv. 137. /Ec^EON, in Greek mythology, IV. 277. AGATES, islands, Sicily, I. 180; xxn.

31 ; battle near (241 B.C.), XL 410. /EGEAN SEA, Mediterranean, i. 180; xv.

820; archipelago of, II. 381. /EGEID.E, Greek clan, xix. 98. /EGERINE, mineral, xvi. 416. /EGEUS, in Greek legend, I. 180; xxm.

294.

/EGIALITIS, genus of birds, xiv. 76. /EciDius (Giles), St, x. 595. /EGILIA, island, Greece, v. 346. /EGINA, in mythology, I. 180. , island, Greece, I. 180; coins of,

xvii. 642 ; sculptures of, II. 350, 352. /EGINETA, Paulus, Greek surgeon, I. 181;

xv. 804.

/EGIS, in mythology, I. 181; XXI. 135. /EGISTHUS, in Greek legend, I. 181. /EGITHALUS, genus of birds, xxm.

419.

/EGITHOGNATHOUS TYPE, of birds, III.

715; xviii. 35.

/EGOSPOTAMI, river, Thrace, I. 182; battle of (405 B.C.), XL 102; xxm.

222.

ALFRED, or Alfred, the Great, English

king, I. 506; vin. 283, 285. /ELFRIC, old English writer, I. 182; vin.

371, 406; his Heptateuch, vin. 382. yELiA CAPITOLINA, or ^Elia, a name of

Jerusalem, I. 182; xni. 636. /ELLE INSULT, Lipari Islands, I. 182. /E LI ANUS, Casperius, avenger of Domi-

tian, xvii. 353. , Claudius (Julian), Roman writer,

I. 182; on birds, xviii. 3.

/ELIUS CALLUS, his Arabian expedition,

II. 257; xxiv. 739.

/ELIUS LAMPRIDIUS, Augustan his torian, in. 74.

/ELius SPARTIANUS, Augustan historian, in. 74.

/ELIUS THEON, his rhetoric, xx. 514.

./ELLA, king of Deira, England, xvii. 569.

/ELUROIDEA, section of Carnivora, xv. 434-

/EMILIUS, Paulus, Italian historian, I. 182.

/EMILIUS PAULUS, Lucius, Roman

general, xviii. 435. /EMONA (Laibach), ancient town, Austria,

xiv. 215.

/ENACHS, ancient Irish fairs, IV. 253. /ENARIA (Ischia), island, Italy, xni. 385. TINEAS, in classical legend, I. 182.

SYLVIUS, Pope Pius II., xix. 152,

53-

/ENEID, Virgil s epic, xxiv. 253. /ENESIDEMUS, Alexandrian sceptic, xxi.

380.

/ENOS, Mount, Cephalonia, v. 344. /EOLIA, or ^Eolis, country, Asia Minor,

I. 182.

ALOLUE INSULT (/Eolian Islands), Medi terranean, i. 182; xiii. 441; xiv. 682;

xxii. 31. /EOLIAN HARP, musical instrument, I.

182.

/EOLIANS, ancient people, Greece, XL 90. /EoLic DIALECT, of Greek, XL 132. /EoLis, country, Asia Minor, I. 182;

coins of, xvii. 646. /EOLOPILE, ancient heat engine, in. 839;

xxn. 473.

/EOLOSOMA, genus of worms, xxiv. 679. /EOLOTROPY, vii. 804; magnetic, xv.

243-

/EOLUS, in mythology, I. 183. /EON, space of time, I. 183. /EONS, of Gnosticism, x. 701 ; of the

Manda3ans, xv. 468; of Valentinus,

xxiv. 39. /EPINUS, Franz Maria, German chemist,

i. 183; his electrical researches, VIII.

8.

/EPYORNIS, extinct bird, xv. 171. /EPYORNITHES, order of birds, xym.

44- /EPYPRYMNUS, genusof marsupials, xni.

840. /EQUI, or /Equians, ancient people, Italy,

i. 183; xni. 445; xx. 739, 742. /ERARIANS, class of citizens, ancient

Rome, i. 183.

/ERARIUM, Roman treasury, I. 183. AERATED BREAD, in. 255. AERATED WATERS, i. 184. AEROE, island, Denmark, I. 184. AEROLITE, i. 184; xvi. 108. AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY, i. 202. AERONAUTICS, i. 185; electric motors in,

xxni. 496.

AEROPHORES, for mines, vi. 73. AERO-PLANES, for flying machines, ix.

3i9> 322.

AEROSTAT, Henson s, ix. 322. AEROSTATICS, AEROSTATION, ix. 308;

in the Dark Ages, I. 185; works on,

i. 207.

/ERTSZEN, Pieter, Dutch painter, I. 208. /ERULI, ancient German tribe, XL 774. ALs, metal, money, I. 208; xvi. 726;

xvn. 637, 652. /ESCHINES, Athenian philosopher, I.

208.