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AL-KHARIZMI, Arabian mathematician,

xvii. 626.

AL-KlNDi, or Alkindius, Arabian philo sopher, I. 578; II. 267. ALKMAAR, town, Netherlands, i. 578. , Heinrik von, German satirist, I.

578. ALKOSH, Mesopotamia, Nahum s tomb

at, xvii. 165.

ALKYLAMINES, in chemistry, xvii. 519. ALLADA, towns, Dahomey, Africa, vi.

766. ALLAH, Arabian name of God, I. 578;

xvi. 546. ALLAHABAD, division, district, and town,

British India, I. 578; XVII. 572. ALLAH-DAGH, mountains, Transcaspian

Region, Russia, xxin. 511. ALLAH-UD-DIN KHILJI, sultan of Delhi,

xii. 793- ALLAMAND, Jean Nicolas Sebastian,

natural philosopher, I. 579. ALLAN, David, Scottish painter, I. 580. , Sir William, Scottish painter, I.

580.

ALLANITE, mineral, xvi. 409. ALLANTOIS, of mammals, xv. 369. ALLAS, mountain, Timor, Indian Archi pelago, xxin. 397. ALLASCH, liqueur, xiv. 687. ALLEGHANY, Virginia, U.S.A., mineral

water of, xvi. 436. , river, United States, i. 580.

- MOUNTAINS, U.S.A., i. 580, 678;

xviil. 499; xxill. 795; birds of the,

Hi. 751. ALLEGHENY, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., i. 580; xix. 150; observatory

at, xvii. 715. ALLEGIANCE, in law, i. 580; in relation

to domicile, vil. 351; oath of, I. 580;

xvii. 701. ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION, of

Scripture, XI. 743.

ALLEGORIES, of the Physiologus, xix. 6. ALLEGORY, i. 581; vin. 837. ALLEGRA, daughter of Lord Byron, xxi.

792. ALLEGRI, Antonio (Correggio), painter,

vi. 437; xxi. 437, 443.

, Gregorio, Italian musician, I. 581.

ALLEINE, Joseph, English divine, I.

58!.

, Richard, English divine, I. 582.

ALLELUIA HYMNS, xn. 582. ALLEMONTITE, mineral, xvi. 380. ALLEN, Bog of, Ireland, i. 582.

, Ethan, American patriot, xxm.

787.

, John, political writer, I. 583.

-, Ralph, inventor of cross-roads

postal system, xix. 565. , Thomas, English mathematician,

i. 583.

, William, cardinal, I. 441.

, William, pianoforte maker, xix.

75-

ALLENTOWN, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., i. 583.

ALLESTR Y, or Allestree, Richard, English Royalist, I. 583.

ALLEYN, Edward, founder of Dulwich College, London, I. 583; vil. 520.

, Thomas, English mathematician,

I. 583.

ALL FOOL S DAY, n. 214.

ALLGAU, district, Bavaria, I. 510.

ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, German news paper, vi. 480; xvii. 428.

ALL-HALLOWS, or Allhallowtide, fes tival, i. 578; XIIL 245.

ALLIA, Battle of (390 B.C.), xx. 740.

ALLIANCE, i. 585. , The Holy (1815), IX. 619. DES TROIS COTILLONS (1756), ix. 588.

ALLIER, department, France, I. 585. , river, France, I. 585 ; xx. 119.

ALLIGATOR, reptile, i. 585; vi. 594; xx. 446. , river, South Australia, XXII. 284.

- LEATHER, xiv. 389.

- PEPPER, xvm. 517.

- TERRAPIN, tortoise, xxm. 458. ALLINGTON CASTLE, Kent, England,

xiv. 40.

ALLIS SHAD, fish, xxi. 726. ALLITERATION, i. 585. . ALLITERATIVE CONCORD, in philology,

XIIL 820; XVIIL 780; xxiv. 827. ALLIUM, genus of plants, x. 81 ; xiv.

409.

ALLIX, Pierre, French divine, I. 586. ALLMAN, G. J., on Polyzoa, xix. 431;

on Protozoa, Xix. 860. ALLOA, town, Scotland, i. 586. ALLODIUM, in land tenure, I. 587. ALLOIOCCELA, tribe of worms, xix. 172,

174-

ALLOMORPHITE, mineral, xvi. 400. ALLOPALLADIUM, mineral, xvi. 383. ALLOPHANE, mineral, xvi. 424. ALLOLOBOPHORA, genus of worms,

xxiv. 678. ALLORI, Alessandro, Italian painter, I.

587. , Cristofano, Italian painter, I.

587.

ALLOTROPY, in chemistry, i. 587. ALLOWAY KIRK, Ayrshire, Scotland,

m. 164.

ALLOXAN, in chemistry, I. 587. ALLOY, i. 587; in coinage, xvi. 483,

725. ALLOYS, in assaying, n. 724; fusing

point of, XX. 132; of gold, x. 750; of

mercury, XVI. 33; of platinum, XIX.

191 ; of silver, xxil. 71. ALL-SAINTS DAY, i. 578. ALLSOPP S BREWERIES, Burton, Eng land, iv. 572. ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Oxford, xvm.

96. ALL SOULS DAY, xvii. 606.

ALLSPICE, or Pimento, xix. 97; xvm.

5i7-

ALLSTEDT, district, Germany, xxi. 349. ALLSTON, Washington, American painter

and poet, I. 588, 722. ALL THE TALENTS, English ministry

of, vm. 363. ALLUCINGOLI, Ubaldo (Pope Lucius

III.), xv. 48. ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS, x. 365; xii. 62,

54, 736.

ALLUVION, Law in regard to, xx. 565. ALLUVIUM, land made up of sediment,

I. 589.

ALLYGHUR, or Aligarh, India, i. 576. ALLYN, William, cardinal, L 441. ALMA, river, Russia, I. 589; battle of

the (1854), I. 589. DAGH, mountains, Syria, xxn.

821

ALMADEN, town, Spain, I. 589. ALMAGEST, Ptolemy s astronomical work,

i. 589; xx. 87; n. 750; x. 177. ALMAGRO, town, Spain, i. 589.

, Diego d , Spanish commander, I.

589; xvm. 677.

ALMAI, singing girls of Egypt, I. 592. ALMALl, town, Asiatic Turkey, I. 589. AL-MAMUN, caliph, i. 589; xvi. 582. ALMANAC, i. 590.

, Nautical, xvii. 260. ALMANACK DE GOTHA, i. 592. ALMANACK, Poor Richard s, i. 721; ix.

712. ALMANSA, or Almanza, town, Spain, I.

592; battle of (1707), ix. 582. ALMANSOR, Moorish ruler in Spain,

xv. 500; XXIL 314.

AL-MANSUR, or Almanzor, Moham medan princes, XV. 500. ALMATY, town, Central Asia, xxiv.

33-

ALME, singing girls of Egypt, I. 592. ALMEIDA, town, Portugal, i. 592.

-, Francisco de, viceroy of Portuguese

India, I. 592. ALMELO, town, Holland, xvm. 78. ALMERIA, province and town, Spain, I.

593; xxn. 298

ALMERY, in architecture, n. 459. ALMOHADES, Mohammedan dynasty, I.

593; in Spain, xxil. 316; in Tunis,

xxm. 621. AL-MOKANNA, Moslem impostor, xvi.

580. ALMON, John, political writer and

publisher, I. 594. ALMOND, tree and fruit, i. 594; xn. 269;

xvm. 442.

, river, Scotland, xiv. 669.

ALMONDBURY, town, England, i. 595. ALMONDELL HOUSE, Linlithgow, Scot land, xiv. 670. ALMOND NUT, xvii. 664. ALMOND OIL, xvii. 744 ; chemistry of,

xxiv. 626.