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MICROLINE, mineral, XVI. 419. MiCROLlTE, mineral, xvi. 426. MlCROMASTlCTORA, division of sponges,

xxn. 421. MICROMETER, scientific instrument, xvi.

242; xxn. 718; use of, in astronomy,

II. 755; for the microscope, XVI. 277. MICROMONACHA, genus of birds, XX.

101. MICRONESIA, islands, Pacific Ocean, xvi.

256; xix. 418. MICROPHONE, Telephonic, xxin. 129,

132- MICROPHYTES, minute organisms, XXL

398.

MlCROPTERUS, genus of birds, XIX. 252.

MICROSCLERES, group of sponges, xxn. 416.

MICROSCOPE, optical instrument, XVI. 258; xiv. 594; xvn. 806; its use in anatomical study, I. 817; in histologi- cal, xii. 10; in zoological, XXIV. 801, 815; graduation of, XI. 28; its use in surveying, xxil. 718; improvements on, by Amici, I. 738; Leeuwenhoek s discoveries with, xiv. 410; Malpighi a observations with, XV. 338; micro scopical societies, xxil. 225.

MlCROSEiSMOMETER, earthquake indi cator, XXI. 629.

MiCROSOMMlTE, mineral, xvi. 412.

MiCROSPORES, in plant development, xx. 424.

MlCROSTOMA, genus of fishes, XXI. 222, 224.

LlNEARE, planarian worm, XIX.

174.

MIDAS, king of Phrygia, xvi. 278; xvin. 849; tomb of, II. 347.

, genus of apes, 1 1. 155.

MlDDELBURG, town, Holland, xvi. 278; population, xxiv. 772.

MIDDENDORF, Alexander Theodor von, Russian Arctic explorer, XIX. 320.

MIDDENDORFF, German educationist, ix. 793.

MIDDENS, Kitchen, prehistoric shell- heaps, II. 1 1 6.

MIDDLE AGES, Characteristics of the, xx. 380.

MIDDLE AGES, Hallam s History of the,

XL 393- MlDDLEBOROUGH, town, Massachusetts,

U.S.A., xvi. 278.

MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, Yorkshire, Eng land, xxiv. 749. MIDDLESBROUGH, town, England, xvi.

278; xxiv. 747, 748; salt-mine, xxi.

231. MIDDLESEX, county, England, xvi.

279; representation, xxin. 727. MIDDLE TEMPLE, legal society, London,

xiii. 87, 89.

MIDDLETON, town, England, xvi. 282. , Earl of, Scottish statesman, xxi.

MIDDLETON, Captain Christopher, Arctic

explorer, xix. 318. , Conyers, English divine, xvi.

282. , Thomas, English dramatist, xvi.

282; vil. 432; influence of Fletcher

on, ill. 474. MIDDLETOWN, town, Connecticut,

U.S.A., xvi. 283. , town, New York, U.S.A., xvi.

284, MIDGE, insect, xiii. 150; wheat midge,

xxiv, 535. MlDHURST, town, England, XVI. 284;

xxil. 724.

MIDIAN, of Scripture, xvi. 284. MIDIANITES, people, Palestine, XVIII.

175- MIDI D OSSAU, Pic du, Pyrenees,

France, IX. 505. MIDLOTHIAN (Edinburgh), county,

Scotland, vil. 656. MIDNAPUR, or Midnapoor, district and

town, India, XVI. 284. MlDRASH, Jewish writings, XVI. 285;

I. 55; XI. 742; xxill. 35. MIDSHIPMAN, Naval, his duties, xvn.

293-

MlDSOMER-NORTON, town, England, xxn. 258.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM, Shake speare s play, xxi. 764.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM, Men delssohn s opera, xvi. 7.

MIDWIFERY, department of medicine, xv. 797; use of anaesthetics in, I. 789.

MIECZYSLAW I.-II., kings of Poland, xix. 286.

III., of Poland, xix. 287.

MIEDZYRZECZ PODLASKi, town, Poland, xvi. 288.

MIEMITE, mineral, xvi. 397.

MIERIS, family of Dutch painters, XVI. 288.

MlESROB, Armenian scholar, II. 550.

MIGLIORATI, Cosimo de (Pope Inno cent VIL), xiii. 84.

, Luigi, Roman assassin, XX. 804.

MIGNARD, Pierre, French portrait painter, xvi. 289.

MIGNONETTE, plant, xvi. 289.

MIGRAINE, disease, xvn. 364.

MIGRATION, of birds, in. 764; of insects, xiv. 765; of lemmings, Xiv. 436; of mammals, VII. 276; instinct in, xiii. 159.

MIGUEL, Maria Evarist, claimant of Portuguese throne, xvi. 290; regent of Portugal, xix. 552.

MIGULINSKAYA, Cossack village, Russia, xvi. 290.

MIHR NARSEH, Persian general, xviil. 610.

MIKADO, the emperor of Japan, xiii. 58!.

MIKHA, Syriac writer, xxil. 830.

MIKHAILOFF, town, Russia, xxi. 116.

MIKHAILOVSK, town, Transcaspian

Region, Russia, xxin. 513. MIKHAILOVSKAYA, Cossack village,

Russia, xvi. 290.

MIKHNAF, Abu, Arab historian, xxin. 2. Ml-KlANG, river, Corea, vi. 391. MILAN, Duchy of, Italy, xiii. 478. , town, Italy, xvi. 290; its resist ance to Frederick Barbarossa, xiii.

471; its rivalry with Pavia, xiii.

469; cathedral of, II. 436; church of

San Ambrogio, II. 435; libraries, xiv.

530, 548; observatory, xvn. 713; its

school of painting, xxi. 437, 443;

picture galleries, xxi. 447; sculpture,

xxi. 568.

, king of Servia, xxi. 689.

MlLARlTE, mineral, xvi. 417. MILAZZO, town, Sicily, xvi. 293. MILCOM, god of the Ammonites, XVI.

696.

MILDEW, fungus, xvi. 293; xvm. 266. MILE, measure of length, xxiv. 485. MILES, Mrs, American hymn-writer,

xii. 596. MILESIANS, early Irish tribe, v. 299;

xiii. 244.

MILESIAN TALES, Greek, xx. 634. MILETOPOLIS, Lake of, Mysia, Asia

Minor, xvil. 122. MILETUS, town, Asia Minor, xvi. 294;

xxil. 1 86; coins of, xvn. 647. MILFORD, town, Wales, XVI. 294; XVIII.

482. , town, Massachusetts, LT.S.A., XVI.

295. MILHAMOTH ADONAI, Ben Gerson s

work, x. 550. MlLHAU, or Millau, town, France, xvi.

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MILIARY FEVER, xxn. 735. MILICZ, Johann, Moravian preacher,

xvi. 295.

MILIOLIDEA, order of Protozoa, Xix. 846. MILITARY CHAPLAINS, of British army,

II. 584.

MILITARY DIET, vn. 212. MILITARY FRONTIER, district, Austria,

xvi. 295. MILITARY HISTORY, Study of, xxiv.

345-

MILITARY HOSPITALS, xn. 306. MILITARY LAW, xvi. 295; in British

army, n. 587. MILITARY PRIVILEGES, in Roman law,

xx. 705. MILITARY SERVICE, Feudal, xiv. 114;

as a tax, ix. 176.

MILITARY STRATEGY, xxiv. 349. MILITARY TACTICS, xxiv. 353; of

artillery, II. 667; modern changes in,

n. 565. MILITIA, of United Kingdom, xvi. 299;

II. 567; Machiavelli s plan of a, xv.

147. MILITSCH, or Milicz, Johann, Moravian