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A M B A M M

AMBROGIO LORENZETTI, Italian painter, xxi. 434.

AMBROSE of Alexandria, I. 662.

, St, bishop of Milan, I. 662 ; his

ethical teaching, vm. 592 ; as hymn writer, XII. 581 ; promoter of music, xvii. 80; his relations with Augus tine, III. 76; with Theodosius I., XXIIL 259.

, Isaac, Puritan divine, I. 664.

AMBROSIA, in Greek mythology, xvn.

3i3-

AMBROSIAN BREVIARY, iv. 263. AMBROSIAN CHANT, xix. 169. AMBROSIAN LIBRARY, at Milan, xiv.

53i-

AMBROSIAN Music, xvn. 80. AMBROSIO, or the Monk, M. G. Lewis s

romance, XIV. 493. AMBROSIUS, Aurelianus, leader of the

Britons, I. 665. AMBRYM, island, New Hebrides, xvn.

395- AMBULACRAL SYSTEM, of Echinoder-

niata, vn. 629. AMBULANCE, i. 665. AMBURBIUM, Roman festival, xv. 66. AMCHENSK (Mtsensk), town, Russia,

XVII. 12.

A.M.D.G., Jesuits motto, xm. 649.

AMEER, Oriental title, I. 1 54.

AL-HAJJ, leader of Meccan pilgrim age, xvi. 592.

AMELIA, novel by Fielding, IX. 146.

AMELIE-LES-BAINS, spa, France, xx. 128; mineral water of, xvi. 435.

AMELIUS, Neoplatonist philosopher, xvn. 336.

AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE, Abraham N., French writer, I. 668.

AMELOTTE, Denis, French writer, I. 668.

AMEN, Egyptian god, i. 740; vn. 717.

AMENEMHAT I.-III., kings of Egypt, vii. 734.

AMENOPHIS I.-IV., kings of Egypt, vii.

737, 738-

AMENOPHIUM, temple, Egypt, vn. 779.

A MENSA ET THORO, in divorce suits, vii. 301.

AMENTI, Egyptian divinities, vii. 718.

AMENTIFER.E, division of plants, i. 668.

AMERICA, I. 669; origin of the name, x. 182; XXIV. 192; early knowledge of, x. 178; discovered by Columbus, VI. 173; x. 1 80; influence of its dis covery on commerce, VI. 201; effect of its discovery on Spain, xxn. 327; alleged discovery of, by Bjarni, XI. 171; Icelandic works on its discovery, XII. 624; ancient architecture, II. 450; birds, ill. 744, 748, 750; breeding of cattle in, I. 387; coins, XVII. 658; cotton supply, vi. 484; flora, vii. 289, 290; forests, IX. 405; gold, x. 743; Indians, XII. 822, 830; original in habitants, xvi. 206; languages, xvm. 780; dictionaries of languages, vn.

193; Methodist churches in, xvi. 191;

Christian missions to, XVI. 513, 516;

rainfall, xvi. 153; aboriginal religions,

xx. 364. AMERICA, Central, birds of, in. 748;

ancient culture in, xvi. 213.

, North, birds of, in. 750; xvm.

1 6; coalfields, vi. 60; fishes, xn. 676,

679.

, South, birds of, in. 744; coal fields, vi. 60; fishes, xn. 673.

, United States of, XXin. 729.

AMERICAN ALOE, i. 597.

AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA, vin. 204; xx.

568. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, struggle

for, vin. 357; xxin. 741; Burke s

attitude to, iv. 544; declaration of,

xxin. 743. AMERICAN INDIANS, i. 685; xn. 822,

830.

AMERICAN LEATHER CLOTH, xiv. 391. AMERICAN LITERATURE, i. 718. AMERICAN NOTES, Dickens s work, vn.

176.

AMERICAN ORGAN, XL 483. AMERICAN OSTRICH, xx. 505. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

xvin. 740. AMERIGO VESPUCCI, xxiv. 192; his

discoveries, x. 181. AMERSFOORT, town, Holland, i. 735;

xxiv. 21.

AMERSHAM, town, England, i. 735. AMES, Fisher, American statesman and

author, I. 735, 721.

, Joseph, English writer, I. 735.

, William, Puritan divine and mor alist, I. 735; xxin. 850. AMESBURY, town, England, I. 736. AMESIUS (William Ames), divine and

moralist, I. 735; XXIIL 850. AMETHYST, precious stone, i. 736; xvi.

389; oriental, xvi. 385. AMETO, Boccaccio s work, in. 843. AMHARA, province, Abyssinia, I. 64. AMHARIC LANGUAGE, xxi. 655; dic tionaries of, vii. 192. AMHERST, district and town, British

Burmah, I. 737.

, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., I. 737;

observatory at, xvn. 715. , Earl, I. 737; his embassy to China,

v. 651; governor-general of India, XII. 806. COLLEGE, Massachusetts, U.S.A.,

XL 349; xxin. 857. AMHURST, Nicholas, English writer, I.

738. AMIANTHUS, mineral, I. 738; n. 675;

xvi. 416, 417. AMIATA, Monte, mountain, Italy, xin.

438. AMICABLE SOCIETY, insurance company,

xin. 1 80.

AMIC ACIDS, v. 578. AMICE, ecclesiastical vestment, vi. 462.

AMICI, Giovanni Battista, Italian opti cian, I. 738; his microscopic objectives,

xvi. 263. AMIDES, in chemistry, v. 577; vegetable,

xix. 54.

AMIDO- ACIDS, in chemistry, xvn. 519. AMIENS, town, France, I. 738; xxn. 261;

organ at, xvn. 837; sculptures in the

cathedral, xxi. 562; peace of (1802)

I. 146; ix. 614; xvn. 205. AMIN, caliph, xvi. 583. AMINES, in chemistry, v. 574. AMINI, island, Laccadives, Indian Ocean,

xiv. 183. AMINTA, Tasso s drama, xvin. 345;

xxin. 76.

AMIOIDEI, suborder of fishes, xn. 688. AMIOT, Joseph, Jesuit missionary, I.

738. AMIR, Oriental title, I. 1 54.

Muizzi, Persian writer, xvm.

658. AMIS ET AMILE, French chanson, ix.

638. AMISUS, ancient town, Asia Minor,

xvin. 228; xix. 459. AMITERNUM, Sabine town, Italy, xxi.

129.

AMIURUS, genus of fishes, xxi I. 68. AMLWCH, town, Wales, i. 738. AM-MACHU, river, Sikkim, India, xxn.

SI- AMMAN, Johann Conrad, Swiss physi cian, I. 739; teacher of deaf mutes, vn. 6.

, Jost, Swiss wood-engraver, I. 739;

vin. 437.

, Paul, German physician and botan ist, I. 739.

AMMANATI, Bartolomeo, Florentine architect, I. 739.

AMMANITES, Swiss sect, xvi. 1 2.

AMMARIUNO (Murano), island, Venice, xvn. 48.

AMMIANUS, Marcelliuus, Roman his torian, i. 739.

AMMIRATO, Scipio, Italian historian, I. 740.

AMMODYTINA, genus of fishes, xxi. 257.

AMMOMANES, genus of birds, xiv. 315.

AMMON, of Scripture, I. 742; xvi. 533. , Egyptian divinity, I. 740; vn. 717.

, in Libyan oasis, oracle at, I. 482.

, Christoph Friedrich von, German

theologian, I. 741.

AMMONIA, in chemistry, I. 741; v. 509; xvn. 516; product of shale, xvin. 241; salts of, v. 510; XL 234; xvin. 819; salts as manure, xv. 512.

AMMONIAC, Sal, chemical salt, I. 741.

AMMONIACUM, resinous exudation, I. 742.

AMMONIA PROCESS, in soda manufac ture, xxn. 244.