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M A D M A G

XXI. 446; Rubens s works at, XXI. 41 ;

university, XXIII. 851; collection of

Velazquez s pictures at, xxiv. 133;

treaty of (1526), ix. 556. MADRID, province, Spain, xv. 189. MADRIGAL, in music, xv. 192; x. 677;

xvii. 84. MADRONA, tree of Pacific coast, U.S.A.,

xxm. 8 10. MADURA, district, India, xv. 192.

, town, India, xv. 193; siege of

(1763-4), XX. 398 ; palace of, II.

396. -, island, Indian Archipelago, xv.

193; xn. 818; xni. 600; language of,

xiii. 607. MEANDER, river, Asia Minor, II. 708;

xvm. 853. MAECENAS, C. Cilnius, Roman patron of

literature, xv. 194. MAELMAEDOG UA MORGAIR (St Mal-

acliy), archbishop of Armagh, xv. 315. MAELZEL S METRONOME, xvi. 198. M/ENADS, Greek worshippers of Bacchus,

xvn. 839.

MAENHlRS,or Menhirs, rude stone monu ments, II. 383; xxi. 51; at Carnac, v.

118. M^EONIA, ancient town, Asia Minor,

xv. 98. MAERLANT, Jakob van, Dutch w r riter,

xii. 90. MAESE, or Meuse (Maas, q.v.), river,

France and Netherlands, xvi. 205. MAESTLIN, Michael, German scholar,

xiv. 45. MAESTRICHT, town, Holland, xv. 195;

siege of (1673), ix. 577. MAFFEI, Francesco Scipione, Italian

writer, XV. 196; vn. 417. , Raphael, his Commentarii Urbani,

vin. 193. MAFIA, island, Zanzibar, Africa, xxiv.

768.

MAFOR, Papuan language, xvm. 231. MAFRA, town, Portugal, xv. 196. MAFU, town, Senegal, Africa, XXI.

660. MAGADHA, kingdom, India, in. 508;

xn. 787. MAGADIS, Greek musical instrument,

xvii. 79. MAGALHAES, or Magellan (q.v. Ferniio

de, Portuguese navigator, xv. 197. MAGALLANES, province, Chili, v. 617. MAGARS, Nepalese race, xvn. 341. MAGATI, Caesar, Italian surgeon, xxil.

676. MAGAZINES, periodical literature, xvm.

536.

MAGDALA, stronghold, Abyssinia, xv. 196; I. 67.

, Palestine, Site of, X. 30. MAGDALENA, island, Chilian Patagonia,

xvm. 352. , river, Colombia, South America,

vi. 153.

MAGDALEN COLLEGE, Oxford, XVIIL

97- MAGDALENE COLLEGE, Cambridge, iv.

731;

MAGDALEN ISLANDS, Canada, xx. 165. MAGDEBURG, duchy, Germany, xxi.

359- , town, Prussia, XV. 196; XX. 16;

xxi. 360; organ in cathedral, XVII.

836; cathedral sculptures, xxi. 564,

565. MAGELLAN, Ferdinand, Portuguese

navigator, xv. 197; xvm. 115; his

discoveries, 11.489; x. 182.

STRAIT, South America, xv. 198;

xvm. 116, 352; xxm. 383; discovered by Magellan, II. 489; Drake s expedi tion through, VII. 390. MAGENTA, dye, n. 48.

-, Italy, Battle of (1859), in. 138; ix.

624; xiii. 490; xvn. 228.

MAGGIORE, Lago, lake, Italy and Swit zerland, XV. 198; xiii. 440; xiv. 218; xxn. 777; islands in, iv. 64.

MAGHIANA, town, India, xv. 198.

MAGHIL, town, Turkey in Asia, iv.

577- MAGI, Persian priests, xv. 199; xvm.

564; xxiv. 820; visit of, to Bethlehem,

XIII. 660. MAGIC, xv. 199; among prehistoric races,

vill. 623; punishment for practising,

xxiv. 619; in Lapland, xiv. 307;

John Napier s belief in, xvn. 183;

Virgil s reputation for, in the Middle

Ages, XX. 641.

, White, xv. 207; xiv. 415.

LANTERN, xv. 211.

MIRRORS, xvi. 501.

SQUARE, xv. 213.

MAGISTER SENTENTIARUM (Peter Lombard, q.v.), mediaeval theologian, xiv. 813.

MAGISTRACY, Roman, xx. 738, 771.

MAGISTRATE, administrative oflicer, xv. 216; xiii. 762, 789.

MAGLIABECHI, Antonio, Italian biblio phile, xv. 217; xiv. 530, 548.

MAGNA CHARTA, of England, v. 432; vin. 306, 308; xni. 714; signing of, xiv. 287; its effect on parliament, xvm. 304.

MAGNA GR^CIA, district, ancient Italy, xi. 30, 95.

MAGNANERIE, silkworm house, xxn. 58.

MAGNECRYSTALLIC ACTION, xv. 264.

MAGNENTIUS, Hrabanus Maurus, xn. 326; vin. 191.

MAGNESIA, mineral, xv. 218 ; as manure, XV. 509.

AD MvEANDRUM, town, Ionia, Asia Minor, XV. 217.

AD SlPYLUM, town, Lydia, Asia Minor, XV. 217, 98, 490; xxi 1 1. 48; battle of (190 B.C.), XX. 753.

MAGNESIO-FERRITE, mineral, xvi. 386.

MAGNESITE, mineral, xv. 217; xvi.

397-

MAGNESIUM, chemical element, xv. 217; v. 526; as plant food, xix. 49; spectrum of, xxn. 376,

MAGNET, or Loadstone, xv. 219, 274; in mariner s compass, vi. 225; vibrations of, at various heights, I. 199.

MAGNETIC CARBIDE, filtering medium, ix. i 68.

MAGNETIC IRON ORE, xni. 287; xv. 219, 274.

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES, Table of, xv. 267.

MAGNETISM, xv. 219; xix. 3; in rela tion to the aurora, in. 95; effect of, on the compass, VI. 225; in relation to electricity, I. 749; vin. 10, 66; in iron, xni. 278; mechanical power of, xv. 773; in minerals, xvi. 376; as supposed basis for perpetual motion, xvin. 555; contributions to the science by /Epi- nus, i. 183; by Arago, n. 303; by Gauss, x. 116; by Gay-Lussac, x. 122; by Gilbert, X. 592; by Henry, XL 675; by J. T. Mayer, XV. 649; by PI ticker, Xix. 229; by Sabine, xxi. 128.

, Animal, xv. 277. , Terrestrial, xvi. 159; J. T. Mayer s papers on, XV. 649.

MAGNETITE, mineral, xvi. 386.

MAGNETOGRAPHS, Self-recording, xvi. 161.

MAGNETOMETER, Differential, xvi. 161 ; unifilar, XV. 238.

MAGNIFYING POWER, in optics, xxiv. 424; of microscope, xvi. 270.

MAGNITUDES, Measurement of, xv. 660; xvi. 13.

, Incommensurable, Discovery of,

xx. 141.

MAGNOLIA, tree, xv. 283; in U.S.A., xxm. 808.

MAGNOLITE, mineral, xvi. 403.

MAGNON, Jean de, his Science Univcr selle, vin. 194.

MAGNUS, king of Sweden, XXII.

745-

, Heinrich Gustav, German chemist,

xv. 283.

, Olaus and Johannes, Swedish

ecclesiastics, xvn. 752.

BAREFOOT, Norwegian king, xvn.

587.

- CLEMENS MAXIMUS, Roman em peror, xv. 645. ERICSSON, king of Sweden, xxn.

746.

LAGAB^ETR, Norwegian king, xvn.

588.

MAGNUS S GREEN SALT, xix. 192. MAGNUSSON, Ami, Icelandic scholar,

xv. 284; xii. 626. MAGNY, Olivier de, French poet, ix.

651.