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ALTOONA, town, Pennsylvania, i. 643. ALTO ORINOCO, territory, Venezuela,

xxiv. 140. ALTORF, town, Switzerland, I. 642 ;

xxn. 778. ALTO-RlLlEVO, in sculpture, I. 643; the

largest in the world, I. 509. ALTRINGHAM, town, England, i. 643. ALTRUISM, in Comtist system, vi.

237- ALTVATER, mountain, Moravia, xvi.

810; xxn. 53.

ALUCO, genus of birds, xvm. 91. ALUM, chemical salt, I. 643 ; mineral,

xvi. 402.

ALUMAT, king of Persia, xvm. 633. ALUMBAGH, enclosure, Lucknow, I. 647. ALUMINITE, mineral, I. 645; xvi. 401. ALUMINIUM, chemical element, I. 647 ;

v. 532; first isolated by Wohler, xxiv.

627 ; ores of, xvi. 58 ; spectrum of,

XXII. 377 ; sulphate of, XXII. 637.

BRONZE, iv. 367.

ALUNITE, mineral, xvi. 402. ALUNOGENE, mineral, I. 645; xvi. 401. ALURED, early English historian, i.

636, 425. ALUTA, river, Transylvania, I. 638;

xxiii. 521. ALVA, village, Scotland, I. 647; xxn.

554-

, Duke of, Spanish general, I. 647;

xvm. 744; in Holland, xn. 75.

ALVARADO, Pedro de, Spanish dis coverer, i. 648.

ALVAREZ, Francisco, Portuguese tra veller, i. 648.

, Jose, Spanish sculptor, I. 649. , Manuel, Spanish sculptor, I. 649.

ALVARO DE LUNA, Spanish minister, xxn. 321.

ALVEOLAR SARCOMA, disease, xvm.

369-

ALWAR, state, India, I. 649; xx. 260.

ALWIN, Henry Fitz, first mayor of Lon don, xiv. 844.

ALYATTES, Lydian king, xv. 100; xxn. 1 86; his tomb, near Sardis, II. 401; xv. 98.

ALYPIUS, Greek writer on music, I. 649.

of Antioch, geographer, I. 649.

ALYTH, town, Scotland, i. 649; XVIH. 667.

AMADAVAT, bird, xxiv. 463.

AMADEUS I.-IV., counts of Savoy, xxi. 339-

V., of Savoy, I. 650; xxi. 341.

VI., VII., of Savoy, xxi. 341.

VIII., duke of Savoy (Felix V., antipope), I. 650; xix. 503; xxi. 341.

IX., duke of Savoy, xxi. 341.

of Aosta, king of Spain, xxn. 346.

A-MADi, African nation, xvn. 473. AMADIS OF GAUL, Spanish romance,

i. 650; ix. 653; xx. 653; xxii. 355. AMADIS OF GREECE, romance, xx. 655. AMADOU, fungus, i. 650.

AMAGAT, E. H. M., his experiments on pressure of gases, XV. 495; xix. 242.

AMAGER, or Amak, island, Denmark, I. 651; vi. 343.

AMALABERGA, Frankish queen, x. 476.

AMALARIC, Gothic chief, x. 851.

AMALASONTHA, daughter of Theodoric, i. 651; x. 851; xxni. 257.

AMALEKITES, of Scripture, i. 65 1 ; xvm.

175-

AMALFI, town, Italy, I. 652. AMALGAM, mercurial alloy, i. 652; xvi.

33 ; mineral, xvi. 382. AMALGAMATION, of metals, xvi. 58 ; of

gold, X. 747 ; of silver, xxii. 69. AMALGAM-WORK, Japanese, xm. 591. AMALIA, Anna, duchess of Saxe- Weimar,

i. 652; x. 728. AMALRIC, or Amaury,king of Jerusalem,

vii. 752; xxni. 161. , or Amalrich, of Bena, mystic, I.

652; xvn. 132; xxi. 426. AMALRICANS, sect of the Free Spirit,

xvn. 132. AMALRICH of Bena, mystic, I. 652;

xvii. 132; xxi. 426. AMALTEO, Italian family, i. 652.

, Pomponio, Venetian painter, I. 652.

AMANA (Abana), river of Scripture,

Syria, xiv. 394. COMMUNITY, communistic society,

U.S.A., vi. 216.

AMANCAES, Peruvian lily, xvm. 670. AMAPALA, port, Honduras, xn. 130. AMAR, Asiatic people, in Egyptian litera ture, i. 747. AMARANTH, i. 653. AMARAPURA, or Ummerapoora, town,

Burmah, I. 653 ; in. 144. AMARA SINHA, Sanskrit writer, I. 652. AMAR DAS, Sikh ruler, India, xx. 1 10. AMARGOSA, river, Nevada, U.S.A., xvn.

367-

AMARYLLIS, plant, xn. 265. AMARYNTHOS, Amphictyony of, I. 773. AMASIA, or Amasiayah, town, Turkey in

Asia, i. 653 ; xix. 459. AMASIS, king of Egypt, I. 653; iv. 733;

vii. 743; xix. 417. AMASTRIS, Persian princess, xv. 119. , ancient town, Paphlagonia, xvm.

227.

AMAT, Felix, Spanish historian, i. 653. AM ATI, family of violin makers, I. 654;

xvii. 98; xxiv. 245. j AMATITLAN, lake and town, Guatemala,

i. 654 ; XL 239. AMATIVENESS, in phrenology, xvin.

844. AMAURI, or Amalric, of Bena, mystic, I.

652; xvii. 132; xxi. 426. AMAUROSIS, disease of the eye, I. 654 ;

xvn. 784. AMAURY, or Amalric, king of Jerusalem,

vn. 752; xxni. 161. AMAXICHI, or Amaxikhi, town, Ionian

Islands, I. 654 ; xxi. 297.

AMA-XOSAS, race, South Africa, xm.

819. AMAZON, or Amazons, river, South

America, I. 654, 674; IV. 221; birds

of, in. 746. AMAZON AS, territory, Venezuela, xxiv.

140. AMAZONS, female warriors, i. 655; xxi.

310; of Dahomey, vi. 767. AMAZON-STONE, mineral, XL 48; xvi.

419. AMA-ZULU RACE, South Africa, xm.

818; xvii. 319; xxiv. 828. AMBALA, division, district, and town,

British India, I. 655; xx. 109. AMBARAWA, town, Java, xm. 606. AMBARVALIA, Roman festival, i. 656;

xv. 570. AMBASSADOR, i. 657; his position and

rights, xm. 193. AMBATO, town, Ecuador, I. 659. AMBER, i. 659; xvi. 428; xx. 143;

electric properties of, vill. 3; Phoe nician, xvm. 806.

, Liquid, liquidambar, XIV. 687.

AMBERBAKI, Papuan tribe, xvn. 388. AMBERG, town, Bavaria, i. 660. AMBERGRIS, concretion in sperm whale,

i. 660; xv. 396; xxiv. 525; as

perfume, xvm. 526. AMBERNO, river, New Guinea, xvn.

386.

AMBERT, town, France, I. 661; xx. 120. AMBLESIDE, town, England, i. 661 ;

xxiv. 516.

AMBLETEUSE, town, France, i. 66 1. AMBLYCEPHALID/E, family of snakes,

xxn. 193.

AMBLYGONITE, mineral, xvi. 408. AMBLYOPIA, eye disease, xvn. 784. AMBLYOPSIS SPEL^EUS, blind fish, xv.

450.

AMBLYPODA, suborder of ungulate mam mals, xv. 426. AMBLYRHYNCHUS, genus of reptiles,

xx. 453.

AMBLYSTEGITE, mineral, xvi. 415. AMBLYSTOMA, metamorphosed siredon

(amphibian), I. 760; xxn. 96. AMBO, reading desk, I. 661. AMBOHI MANGA, town, Madagascar, xv.

175-

AMBOISE, town, France, I. 66 1. , Cardinal, tomb of, at Rouen, xxi.

13-

AMBON, reading desk, I. 66 1. AMBOYNA, island and town, Moluccas, I.

661. AMBRA, poem by Lorenzo dei Medici,

xv. 786.

AMBRACIA, ancient town, Epirus, I. 661. AMBREIN, constituent of ambergris, i.

660.

AMBRIZIANS, tribe, Congo, vi. 267. AMBRO, Cape, Madagascar, xv. 168. AMBROGINI, Angelo (Politian), Italian

scholar and poet, xix. 345; xx. 384.