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MESSALINA, wife of the emperor Claudius, v. 817; xvii. 348.

MESSANA, or Messina, town, Sicily, xvi. 56; xxn. 20, 31.

MESSAPIANS, ancient Italian people, Xlll. 443; their language, xiv. 327.

MESSARIA, plain, Cyprus, vi. 747.

MESSCHERT, Willem, Dutch poet, xn.

97-

MESSEDAGLIA, Angelo, Italian econo mist, xix. 394.

MESSEIX, coal-mines, France, xx. 120.

MESSENE, ancient town, Greece, xvi. 52; coins of, xvn. 643.

MESSENIA, state, Greece, xvi. 52.

MESSENIUS, Johannes, Swedish drama tist, xxii. 754.

MESSIAH, xvi. 53, 315; xin. 657; ques tion of his identity with Isaiah s Ser vant of Jehovah, xin. 382.

, Handel s oratorio, XL 436.

, Klopstock s poem, x. 535 ; xiv.

109.

MESSIAHS, False, in ist century, xxn. 78, 80.

MESSINA, town, Sicily, xvi. 56; xxii. 20, 31.

, Straits of, Sicily, xxn. 29.

MESSIRAS, African race, v. 281.

MESTA, La, Spanish corporation, xxn.

334- MESTIZO, issue of white and Negro or

Indian, xvn. 319; II. 494. MESUA, Arabic physician, XV. 805. META, river, South America, xvn. 844. METABOLISM, physiological process,

xix. 13, 49; of tissues and glands,

XVII. 679, 682; in plants, xix. 49.

, Diseases of, xvm. 385.

METACENTRE, in hydrostatics, xn.

443-

METACHIRUS, group of marsupial mam mals, xvn. 796.

METALLIC BEETLE, vi. 132.

METALLOIDS, x. 222; spectra of, xxii.

375-

METALLURGY, xvi. 57; of lead, xiv. 375; Plattner s contributions to, Xix. 213.

METALS, xvi. 63; x. 222; alloys of, i. 588; elasticity of, vil. 800; electric conductivity of, vill. 51; expansions of, XI. 582; extraction of, from their ores, xvi. 57; paramagnetic and dia- magnetic, xv. 263; spectra of, xxn. 375; strengths of, vil. 816; structure of, xvi. 63; transmutation of, I. 461.

METAL-WORK, xvi. 71; niello, xvn. 494; in plate, Xix. 178; Japanese, xin. 591; ancient Mexican, xvi. 213; Venetian, xxiv. 156.

METAMORPHIC ROCKS, x. 263, 314, 372.

METAMORPHOSES, of Apuleius, n. 215.

, Ovid s, xvm. So.

METAMORPHOSIS, in biology, xvi. 79, 837; of the axolotl, xxn. 96; of

insects, XII. 573; xin. 146; animal,

myths of, XV. 89. METAPAN, town, Salvador, Central

America, XXI. 268. METAPHOR, in rhetoric, xx. 513. METAPHRASTES, Symeon, Byzantine

hagiographer, XXII. Sii. METAPHYSIC, or Metaphysics, xvi. 79;

xvm. 792; in relation to logic, Xiv.

785, 798; to psychology, XX. 37; to

theology, xxin. 268; of Aristotle, n.

521; contributions to, by Hamilton,

XL 417; by Locke, xiv. 757; Herbart

on, XL 718; Herder on, XL 729;

Kant s, xin. 848; Lotze s, xv. 14;

Spinoza on, xxn. 402.

, Institutes of, by Ferrier, IX. 1 10.

METAPONTUM, town, Magna Greecia,

Italy, xvi. 103; xv. 37. METASTASIO (Pietro Trapassi), Italian

poet and dramatist, xvi. 103; xin.

5i3-

METATHERIA, division of Mammalia, xv. 371, 378.

METAURUS, Italy, Battle of (207 B.C.), XL 444; xx. 750.

METAXITE, mineral, xvi. 414.

METAYAGE, system of land tenure, i. 414; xiv. 268.

METAZOA, division of the animal king dom, n. 51; xix. 830; skeletal condi tions of, xxn. 106.

METCALFE, Lord, British administrator, xvi. 105.

METCHETNOYE, town, Russia, xvn. 504.

METELLUS, Quintus Ccecilius, Celer, Roman praetor, xvi. 106.

, Quintus Cyecilius, Macedonicus,

Roman prtetor, xvi. 106. -, Quintus Crccilius, Numidicus,

Scipio,

Roman general, xvi. 106; XIII. 767; xx. 758.

- , Quintus Cixjcilius, Pius, Roman general, xvi. 106.

- , Quintus Ca ciliu?, Pius Roman general, xvi. 106.

METEMME (Galabat), town, Upper

Egypt, X. 17. METEMPSYCHOSIS, transmigration, xvi.

106; xv. 91 ; Hindu doctrine, XXI.

289; xxiv. 117; Pythagorean, xx. 139. METEOR, xvi. 107, 112; possible con

nexion with the aurora, III. 98; -with

comets, n. 815. METEORA, group of monasteries, Thes-

saly, xvi. 114; xxin. 299. METEORIC IRON, xin. 285. METEORITE, or Aerolite, xvi. 108, 112;

xvm. 126; xxn. 649; carbon in, v.

86.

METEOROIDS, xvi. 109. METEOROLOGICAL TIDES, xxin. 365. METEOROLOGY, xvi. 114; its connexion

with navigation, xvn. 263; thermo

meters used in, xxin. 290; terrestrial

magnetism, xvi. 159; contributions

to the science by Deluc, VII. 54; by

Fitzroy, ix. 272; by Henry, XL 675;

by Leverrier, xiv. 487; by Saussure,

xxi. 324 ; meteorological societies,

xxn. 225. METGE, Bernat, Catalan writer, xxn.

364- METHANE, normal paraffin, v. 558.

, volcano, Greece, XI. 82.

METHEGLIN, or Hydromel, beverage

from honey, XII. 137. METHIDES, Metallic, xvi. 197. METHOD, Discourse of, Descartes s, VIL

119. METHODISM, religious organization,

xvi. 185; English, vni. 378; Wesley s

founding of, xxiv. 504.

, Roman system of medicine, xv.

802. METHODIUS, St, apostle of the Slavs,

xvi. 194. , bishop of Tyre, early hymn-writer,

xn. 579. METHUEN, John, English envoy to

Portugal, xix. 549.

-TREATY (1703), XIX. 549; XXII.

336.

METHYL, in chemistry, xvi. 194. METHYLAMINES, in chemistry, xvi.

196. METHYLPHOSPHINES, in chemistry,

xvi. 197. METHYMNA, town, Lesbos, Asia Minor,

xiv. 474. METHYSTICIN, vegetable crystalline

principle, xiv. 18. METICS, foreign settlers in Athens,

Solon s treatment of, xxn. 255. METIDJA, plain, Algeria, I. 563. METILIN (Lesbos), island, zEgean Sea,

Turkey, xiv. 474.

METIUS, James, his relation to inven tion of the telescope, XXin. 136. METKARI HOLDINGS, India, i. 437. METONIC CYCLE, in astronomy, n. 747;

iv. 668.

METOPES, Greek sculptures, II. 349. METOPOSCOPY, in physiognomy, xix. 4. METRE, in poetry, xix. 258.

-, standard of length, xxiv. 480; vn.

606.

METRETES, Greek measure, xxiv. 485. METRICAL THEORY, in geometry, x.

41 1, 416. METRIC SYSTEM, of weights and

measures, XXIV. 490. METRODORUS, friend of Epicurus, vni.

472. METRONOME, indicator of rate of time

in music, xvi. 198. METROON, temple at ancient Olympia,

Greece, xvn. 769. METROPOLITAN, ecclesiastical dignitary,

in. 787; bishops, xix. 490.

- BOARD OF WORKS, London, xiv. 820.

- RAILWAYS, London, xx. 239.