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MERCURIAN, Eberliard, general of the Jesuits, xill. 653.

MERCURIUS, early English newspapers of the name, xvn. 414.

(Pope John II.), xill. 710.

MERCURY, Roman god (the Greek Hermes), xvi. 31; xi. 749. , metal, xvi. 31, 382; as chemical element, V. 527; cyanide of, XX. 23; ores of, xvi. 58; spectrum of, xxn. 376; sulphide of, native, V. 785; sur face tension of, v. 65 ; production of, in U.S.A., xxill. 816; use of, for barometers, ill. 381; use of, in medi cine, xvi. 34; in thermoinetry, XI. 564. , planet, II. 777, 782, 790.

MANOMETER, xv. 495.

VAPOUR, Temperature of, XX.

MERENRA, Egyptian king, Mummy of,

xvn. 22. MEREWINGS (Merovingians), Frankish

dynasty, IX. 528; x. 477. MERGANSER, bird, xvi. 35. MERGUI, district and town, British

Burmah, xvi. 36. MERGUS, genus of birds, xvi. 35. MERIAN, Madame, on the luminosity of

the lantern-fly, xiv. 290. MERICI, Angela de, founder of the

Ursuline order, xvi. 712; xxiv. 14. MERIDA, town, Spain, xvi. 36; xxn.

307-

, town, Venezuela, xxiv. 139, 140.

, town, Yucatan, Mexico, xvi. 36, 214; population, xxiv. 758. MERIDEN, town, Connecticut, U.S.A.,

xvi. 37.

MERIDIAN, in astronomy, 1 1. 764. , in geography, x. 198 ; measure ment of arc of, II. 792 ; VII. 597 ; measurement of direction of, X. 165.

, First, of different map-makers, xv.

521.

, Magnetic, xv. 220, 235.

ALTITUDES, Observation of, at sea,

xvii. 268. CIRCLE, astronomical instrument,

xxni. 515.

MERIDIANS, Convergency of, in survey ing, xxn. 706. MERIDIONAL LINE, Division of, for

chart-making, XVII. 254. MERIMEE, Prosper, French novelist and

archaeologist, xvi. 37. MERINOS, Rabbi (Rabbi Jonah), Jewish

philologist, xm. 737. MERINO SHEEP, Spanish breed, xxn.

300; introduced into England by

George III., I. 303; wool of, xxiv.

655. MERIONETH, county, Wales, xvi. 38;

representation, XXIII. 727. MERISTEM, formative tissue of plants,

xii. 14. MERLIN, bird, ix. 3.

MERLIN (Myrdhinn), Welsh bard, II.

650; V. 318.

, in Arthurian romance, XX. 645.

BRITANNICUS, on physiognomy,

xix. 5.

MERLUCCIUS, genus of fishes, xi. 378. MERMAIDS, in popular mythology, xvi.

39-

MERMAIDS PURSES, egg-cases of dog fish, vii. 332.

MERMEN, in popular mythology, xvi.

39- MERMIS, genus of nematode worms,

xvu. 325. MERMNAD, dynasty of Lydian kings,

XL 347. MERODACH, Assyrian divinity, xxni.

237-

MEROE, town, Ethiopia, xvi. 40.

MEROGENESIS, bud - formation, in growth of organisms, xii. 555; xxiv. 183-

MEROM, Waters of, Palestine, xni. 746.

MEROSTOMATA, division of Crustacea, vi. 662.

MEROVINGIAN KINGS, Frankish dyn asty, ix. 528; x. 477.

MEROVINGIAN WRITING, xvm. 157.

MERREM, Blasius, on birds, xvin. 19; on reptiles, XX. 436.

MERRETT, Christopher, on birds, xvm.

4- MERRIMAC, river, Massachusetts, U.S.A.,

xv. 6n.

MERSE, district, Scotland, in. 612. MERSEBURG, town, Germany, xvi. 41. MERSENNE, Marin, French philosopher

and musician, xvn. 88; xxni. 520;

correspondent of Descartes, vii. 116. MERSEY, river, England, xiv. 252, 712;

tunnel under, xxni. 623.

, river, Nova Scotia, xvii. 601.

MERSINA, town, Cilicia, Asia Minor, v.

777- MERSWIN, Rulmann, German mystic,

xvn. 133, 486. MERTHYR TYDFIL (or TYDVIL), town,

Wales, xvi. 41. MERTON, England, Synod of (1255),

vin. 373.

COLLEGE, Oxford, xvin. 97. MERTVY KULTUK, bay, Caspian Sea,

v. 177. MERU, Aryan paradise, Central Asia,

XVIII. 102.

, mountain, Eastern Africa Xiv. 73.

, or Merv, town, Central Asia, xvi.

41; xxni. 512.

MERULA, genus of birds, xxni. 322. MERV, town, Central Asia, xvi. 41;

xxni. 512; wall of Antiochus at,

xvin. 587. MERVEILLE, La, abbey, Mont St Michel,

France, xvi. 797. MERWA, hill, Mecca, xv. 674. MERWAN I., caliph, xvi. 569. II., caliph, xvi. 576.

MERYON, Charles, French etcher, xvi.

44-

, Charles Lewis, physician, bio grapher of Lady Hester Stanhope, xxn. 450.

MESAA, plant, Arabia, n. 236.

MESATIS, settlement, Greece, xvin. 410.

MESCHERYAKS, or Meschers, people, Russia, xvi. 45; xxi. 115.

MESCHOVSK, town, Russia, xvi. 46.

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, plant, xii. 263.

MESENE, kingdom, Mesopotamia, xvi.

5i- MESHA, king of Moab, xni. 407; xvi.

534; Hebrew inscription of, XXI. 645. MESHECH, of Scripture, xni. 593. MESHED, town, Persia, xvi. 46; xvin.

618, 626, 628; pilgrimages to, Xix. 93. MESHED-ALI, town, Asiatic Turkey,

xvi. 46. MESHHED-HOSEIN (Kerbela), town,

Asiatic Turkey, xiv. 48. MESHIHA-ZEKHA, Syriac writer, xxn.

838. MESHIK, mountains, Transcaucasia,

Russia, xxni. 513. MESHRAAT AL-KsiRi, town, Morocco,

xvi, 832.

MESIHI, Turkish poet, xxni. 656. MESJID-I-JUMA, Mosque of, Herat,

Afghanistan, XI. 714. MESMER, Friedrich Anton, founder of

mesmerism, xv. 277. MESMERISM, xv. 277; n. 505; Harriet

Martineau on, XV. 584. MESNE PROCESS, in law, xix. 789. MESNEVI, Turkish poem, xxni. 656. MESOBLAST, layer of tissue in animal

embryo, II. 51; vin. 747; xxil. 106. MESOLA, town, Greece, xvi. 53. MESOLITE, mineral, xvi. 423. MESOLONGHI, or Missolonghi, town,

Greece, xvi. 524.

MESOPLODON, genus of cetacean mam mals, xv. 397. MESOPOTAMIA, country, Western Asia,

xvi. 47; in. 183; xxni. 653.

, Parthian kingdom of, xvin. 592.

MESOSTATES, in physiology, xix. 19. MESOTHERIUM, fossil ungulate mam mal, xv. 427. MESOWAH (Massowah), town on Red

Sea, xv. 619. MESOZOIC PERIOD, Mammals of, xv.

375-

MESOZOIC ROCKS, x. 352. MESPILA, ancient town, Mesopotamia,

xvi. 868.

MESPILUS, genus of trees, xv. 824. MESQUES, mountains, Transcaucasia,

Russia, xxni. 513. MESSA, town, Morocco, xvi. 831. MESSALA CORVINUS, friend and patron

of Tibullus, xxni. 348. MESSALIANS, Eastern ascetics, xvi.