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museum, I. 69; observatory, xvil.

709; schools of learning, I. 498; XV.

144; xvn. 839. ALEXANDRIA, Era of, v. 714.

, town, Scotland, I. 496.

, town, Virginia, U.S.A., I. 496 ;

xxiv. 259. TROAS, city, Asia Minor, xxm.

580.

ALEXANDRIAN CANON, v. 5. ALEXANDRIAN MANUSCRIPT, i. 496;

xvin. 147.

ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL, i. 498; ana tomy in, I. Soi ; astronomy, II. 748 ;

medicine, XV. 801; xxn. 674. ALEXANDRINE VERSE, i. 500. ALEXANDRITE, mineral, xvi. 386. ALEXANDROFF, town, Russia, xxiv.

271. ALEXANDROPOL, town, Transcaucasia,

Russia, XI. 277; xxm. 515. ALEXANDROVSK, town, Transcaspian

Region, Russia, xxm. 513. ALEXANDROVSKAYA, town, Russia, xxn.

472. ALEXANDROVSKII POSAD, town, Russia,

xx. 36. ALEXIAD, historical work, by Anna

Comnena, 1 1. 60.

ALEXIN, town, Russia, xxm. 605. ALEXIPHARMACA, poem by Nicander,

xvii. 476. ALEXIS, Greek poet, i. 501.

, czar of Russia, xxi. 96.

, son of Peter the Great, XVlli. 699.

, Wilibald, German novelist, XI.

479- ALEXIUS I., Comnenus, Byzantine

emperor, I. 501; his relations with the

crusaders, VI. 625.

, emperor of Trebizond, xxm. 533.

ALFANI, Domenico, Italian painter, I.

501. AL-FARABI, Arabian philosopher, I. 501 ;

li. 267.

ALFEEYAH, Arab grammar, n. 265. AL-FEZI (Riph), Jewish rabbi, xx.

566. ALFIERI, Vittorio, Italian poet, I. 502 ;

vii. 417; xiii. 513. ALFOLD, plain, Hungary, xn. 361. ALFONSO. See Alphonso. ALFORD, Henry, dean of Canterbury, I.

503-

ALFRED, the Great, English king, I. 506; vill. 283, 285 ; his translation of Caxlmon s poems, iv. 630; his influence on English literature, vin. 404.

CROQUIS, iiom-de-crayon of D.

Maclise, painter, xv. 165.

JEWEL, Enamelling of, Vill. 183.

ALFWOLD, Northumbrian king, xvn. 570.

ALG^E, order of plants, I. 507; xxiv. 125 ; their relations to Fungi, III. 692; IX. 834; to lichens, xiv. 556; as para sitic plants, xvin. 266; reproduction of,

IV. 107, 162; XX. 425, 430; in her barium, XI. 717; diatoms, vii. 170.

ALGARDI, Alessandro, Italian sculptor, i. 509; xxi. 570.

ALGAROTTI, Francesco, Italian author, i. 509.

ALGARROBO, Peruvian trees, xvin. 671.

ALGARVE, or Algarves, province, Portu gal, i. 509; xix. 536.

ALGAU, district, Bavaria, I. 510.

AL-GAZALI, or Algazel, Arabian philo sopher, I. 510; II. 268.

ALGAZEL, species of antelope, n. 101.

ALGEBRA, I. 511; its place in mathe matics, xv. 630 ; determinants in, vill. 497 ; Cardan s work on, v. 90 ; Leonardo of Pisa s contributions to, xix. 125 ; Vieta s, xxiv. 224; "Wallis s, xxiv. 332.

ALGECIRAS, town, Spain, I. 562.

ALGER, of Clugny, French author, I. 562.

ALGERIA, country, Africa, I. 562; ix. 525; xvn. 628; forests, ix. 407; mines, xvi. 469 ; wine industry, xxiv. 607.

ALGERINE PIRATES, i. 566.

ALGERUS MAGISTER, French author, i. 562.

ALGEZIRAS, town, Spain, i. 562.

AL-GHAZALI, Arabian philosopher, I. 510; n. 268.

ALGHERO, town, Sardinia, I. 569; xxi. 309-

ALGIERS, town, Algeria, I. 570 ; cap tivity of Cervantes at, v. 350 ; conquest of, by the Turks, xxm. 643 ; observa tory at, xvn. 716.

ALGIN, mucilage, xvn. 12.

ALCOA BAY, Cape Colony, I. 570.

ALGODONITE, mineral, xvi. 393.

ALGOMA, district, Ontario, Canada, XVII. 776.

ALGONQUINS, American Indians, i. 688, 690; xii. 827.

ALGORITHM, xvn. 626.

ALGUM, incense, xii. 718; tree, I. 596.

ALHAGI MANNA, xv. 493.

AL-HAKAM, emir of Cordova, xxn. 310. II., caliph of Cordova, xxn. 313.

ALHAMA, town, Granada, Spain, I. 570. , town, Murcia, Spain, I. 570 ; mineral spring at, XVII. 51.

ALHAMBRA, palace, Granada, Spain, i. 570; architecture of, II. 447; wall- decorations of, XVII. 36.

ALHASAN IBN-MOHAMMED ABWAZZAN ALFASI (Leo Africanus), traveller, xiv.

453- ALHAZEN, Arabian mathematician, I.

572; on optics, xiv. 578. ALHUCEMAS, bay and islets, Morocco,

xvi. 830. ALI, caliph, i. 572; xvi. 548, 563, 566,

592; xxn. 663; shrine of, at Meshed -

Ali, xvi. 46; house of, xvi. 574, 579,

584.

ALI, Seyed Mohammed, founder of Babism, in. 180.

- BEY, sultan of Egypt, I. 572; vn.

758.

BEY (Domingo Badia y Leblich),

Spanish traveller, in. 227.

. PASHA (Arslan), ruler of Albania,

i. 573; XL 125; xxm. 649; hisattack

on Parga, xvin. 273.

- PASHA, pasha of Egypt, vn. 761. PASHA, Turkish vizier, xxm. 646.

ALIAS, in law, I. 574.

ALIASKA (Alaska, q.v. territory, U.S.A.,

i- 443-

ALIBI, in law, I. 574. ALICANTE, province and town, Spain, i.

574; xxn. 298. ALICATA, town, Sicily, i. 574. ALICE, Lytton s novel, xv. 122. ALICUDI, Lipari Islands, Mediterranean,

xiv. 683. ALIEN, in law, I. 574; relations of, in

war, xin. 194.

ALIENATION, of land, vi. 434; xx. 307. ALIEN-HOUSES, in architecture, II. 459. ALIGARH, district, British India, I. 576. ALIGHIERI, Dante, Italian poet, vi. 809.

See Dante. ALIGNMENTS, lines of stone monuments,

xxi. 51.

ALIMENT, in Scots law, i. 576. ALIMENTA, Trajan s, for poor and orphan

children, XXIII. 504. ALIMENTARY CANAL, vn. 221; xvn.

668 ; in mammals, xv. 362. ALIMENTARY SYSTEM, of birds, in. 725 ;

of reptiles, xx. 457. ALIMENTIVENESS, in phrenology, xvin.

845.

ALIMONY, in English law, I. 576. ALI MURAD, Persian khan, xvin. 644. ALI-OLLAHIS, community of Kurds, xiv.

158.

ALISCANS, French chanson, IX. 638. ALISMA, genus of plants, xix. 176. ALISON, Archibald, Scottish divine, I.

576; on the principles of taste, I. 223.

, Sir Archibald, historian, I. 577.

, William P., Scottish phvsician, xv.

817. ALIZARIN, colouring matter, i. 577; iv.

687; xv. 176. ALKALI, in chemistry, I. 578; volatile,

I. 741. ALKALIES, Metals of the, v. 524; their

spectra, xxn. 375. ALKALINE DEVELOPER, in photography,

xvin. 826.

ALKALINE PHOSPHATES, xvin. 819. ALKALINE SPRINGS, xvi. 435. ALKALINITY, of sea-water, xxi. 612. ALKALOIDS, in chemistry, I. 578; natu ral, or native, v. 576; xvn. 520; vege table waste-products, XIX. 53. ALKAMA, Arabic poet, xvi. 537. ALKANET, plant, i. 578.