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A G U A J M

AGUIRRA, Josef Saenz d , Spanish writer,

I. 420. AGULHAS, Cape, South Africa, I. 420.

CURRENT, xn. 822; xvn. 276.

AGULIANS, Caucasian tribe, xiv. 475. AGUSAN, river, Philippine Islands, xvm.

752. AGYLLA, or Caere, town, Etruria, iv.

632; viii. 635. AHA, bishop of Seleucia, Syriac writer,

xxn. 829. AHAB, king of Israel, I. 420; vin. 134;

XIH. 406. AHAGGAR, plateau, Sahara, Africa, xxi.

149.

AH ALA, Roman family, I. 421. AHALKALAKI, town, Transcaucasia,

Russia, xxm. 514. AHAMS, race of people, Assam, n. 718;

xn. 791. AHANTA, territory, Gold Coast, Africa,

I. 421. AHASUERUS, king of Persia, i. 421; vm.

560.

, the Wandering Jew, xni. 673.

AHAZ, king of Judah, I. 422 ; xm. 412. AHAZIAH, king of Israel, i. 422. AHENOBARBUS, Roman family, i. 422. AHIRS, tribe, India, xvm. 72; xv. 303. AHITHOPHEL, of Scripture, i. 422. AHL HADR, settled Arabs, ii. 249. AHMAD, Sayyid, Hindu Wahhabist, xi.

849- AHMADABAD, district and town, British

India, i. 422. AHMAD KHAN BAHADUR, Urdu writer,

xi. 850. AHMADNAGAR, district and town, British

India, I. 423. AHMED I., Turkish sultan, xxm. 644.

- II., sultan, xxm. 646.

III., sultan, i. 97; xxm. 646.

- KHAN, Mongol ruler, xvi. 748; xxi. 91.

PASHA, Turkish vizier and poet,

xxm. 656.

PASHA, Turkish vizier, xxm. 645.

SHAH, Afghan ruler, I. 239, 424;

xii. 796. B. TuLUN, founder of an Egyptian

dynasty, xvi. 586.

AHOMS, Shan tribe, Burmah, xxi. 773. AHR, river, Germany, xx. 20, 519. AHRIMAN, Zoroastrian principle of evil,

1.424; vn. 136; xvn. 858; xxm. 238;

xxiv. 822. AHTS, American race, Mythology of,

xvii. 148. AHUACHAPAN, town, San Salvador,

Central America, xxi. 268. AHUDHEMMEH, Syriac writer, xxn.

834-

AHUITZOTL, ancient Mexican ruler, xvi. 210.

AHURA-MAZDA, or Ormuzd (q.v. Zoro astrian principle of good, XVIII. 327; xxm. 238; xxiv. 822.

AHWAZ, town, Persia, I. 424. Al, three-toed sloth, xxn. 162. -, town, Palestine, I. 424.

AlBUGHlR, gulf, Sea of Aral, XXIII. 634. AIDAN, St, bishop of Lindisfarne, I. 424; xin. 249; xxi. 475. , ancient Scottish king, I. 424.

AIDE-DE-CAMP, military officer, I. 425. AIDIN, town, Asiatic Turkey, I. 425;

province, XXIII. 653. AIDS, feudal tribute, I. 425.

TO REFLECTION, Coleridge s work,

VI. 138.

AIGUILLE DU MIDI, mountain, France, xni. 385.

AIKEN, town, South Carolina, U.S.A., xxii. 288.

AIKENHEAD, David, Leighton s epi gram on, xiv. 427.

AIKIN, John, English writer, I. 425. -, Lucy, English writer, I. 425.

AIKINITE, mineral, xvi. 395. AIKMAN, William, Scottish portrait

painter, I. 425. AILANTHUS SILKWORM, xxn. 60; silk

from, XIV. 216. AILANTO, tree, n. 320. AILLY, Pierre d , French cardinal, X.

549; xvn. 132; xx. 320; xxi. 431. AILRED, English historian, I. 425. AILSA CRAIG, rock, Firth of Clyde, I.

426. AiLURiDjE, family of Carnivora, xv.

441. AIME, G., on the temperature of the

Mediterranean, xv. 823. AIN, department, France, I. 426.

-, river, France, xni. 782; xx. 528.

AINAD, town, Arabia, I. 426. AlNE-CLlACH, ancient division, Ireland,

xiv. 649. AlNHARDUS (Eginhard), biographer of

Charlemagne, vii. 697. AINMULLER, Maximilian Emmanuel,

German glass-painter, I. 426. AlNOS, tribe, Japan, I. 426; xm. 581;

their language, xni. 586; dictionary

of, VII. 192; in Saghalin, xxi. 147. AINSWORTH, Henry, English divine, I.

426; xii. 724. , Michael, Shaftesbury s letters to,

xxi. 732. , Robert, author of Latin Dic

tionary, I. 427.

AlNTAB, town, Syria, I. 427.

AlR, I. 427; ill. 28, 381; xvi. 114; XIX. 240; xxiv. 157; constituents of, ill. 32 ; measurement of density of, ill. 381; expansion of, xii. 480; experi ments on, by Cavendish, v. 272 ; flow of, in pipes, xii. 490; force of, under compression, vin. 209 ; geological influences of, x. 264; in relation to health, xii. 567 ; use of hot in fur naces, IX. 846; measurement of humidity in, xii. 569 ; impurities in, xxiv. 157; navigation of, I. 187;

physical properties of, in. 28; XIX 240; purification of, by fire, I. 120; as medium of conveying sound, I. 100; sound waves in, xxiv. 418; temperature of$ at different elevations, I. 196; temperature of, over open sea, xvi. 117; thermometric properties of, XI. 574; diffusion of aqueous vapour in, vin. 729 ; errors from weighing in, xxiv. 478; weight of, ill. 28, 32.

AIR, country, Central Africa, I. 429; XVII. 695.

, mountain, Sahara, Africa, xxi. 149.

- AND FIRE, Scheele s treatise on,

xxi. 388.

AIRAY, Henry, Puritan divine, I. 430. AIR BLAST, in forging, IX. 412; in iron

smelting, xm. 290. AIRDRIE, town, Scotland, I. 430. AIRE, river, England, I. 430. , town, Landes, France, I. 430.

, town, Pas-de-Calais, France, I.

430; XVlll. 340.

AlRECHT, ancient Irish court, IV. 254.

AIREDALE COLLEGE, Bradford, Eng land, iv. 197.

AIR-ENGINE, i. 428; xxn. 522.

AIR-GUN, i. 428.

AlROLO, town, Switzerland, xxm. 351.

AIR-PUMP, i. 429; xvi. 30; xix. 246; Guericke s invention of, XL 245 ; Papin s improvements on, XVlll. 228. MANOMETER, xv. 496.

AIR THERMOMETER, xi. 563.

AIRY, Sir George B., on aberration of eye-pieces, xxm. 144; on the lunar theory, xvi. 80 1 ; on the solar paral lax, XVlll. 250; on tides and waves, xxm. 372.

AISHA, wife of Mohammed, xvi. 552.

AISIN GlORO, Manchu legendary hero, v. 649; xv. 467

AISLE, in architecture, I. 430.

AlSNE, department, France, I. 431.

AlSTULF, king of the Lombards, Xiv. 815.

AITKEN, W., on brass manufactures, IV. 217.

AITON, William, British botanist, I. 431.

AITZEMA, Leon van, Dutch historian, i. 431.

Aix, town, France, I. 431.

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, town, Rhenish Prussia, I. 431; xx. 21 ; mineral water of, xvi. 435; peace of (1748), vi. 270; IX. 586; treaty of (1668), IX. 576.

AIX-LES-BAINS, town, France, I. 431; xxi. 332; mineral water of, xvi. 435.

AjACClO, town, Corsica, i. 432.

AjAN, region, Africa, I. 432.

AjAX, in Greek legend, I. 432.

, Sophocles s drama, xxn. 272.

OlLEUS, in Greek legend, I. 433.

AjEHO, town, Manchuria, I. 433.

Ajl, people, Central Africa, xxn. 256.

AJMIR, or Ajmere, district and town