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OBAN, town, Scotland, xvn. 703. OBAY, editor of the Koran, xvi. 605. OBBENITES, Dutch sect, xvi. 12. OBDORSK MOUNTAINS, Russia, xxiv. 4. OBEIDH, town, Kordofan, Africa, vm.

153- OBEIDULLAH, Sheikh, Kurdish chief,

xiv. 1 60. OBELISK, Egyptian monument, xvn.

703; I. 495; n. 390; vn. 768, 778. OBERAMMERGAU, village, Bavaria, xvn.

703; passion play of, vn. 414. OBER-BEUTHEN, town, Germany, in.

621. OBERHAUSEN, town, Rhenish Prussia,

xvn. 704. OBER-HOHENBERG, mountain, Wurtem-

berg, XXIV. 699. OBERINGELHEI.M, town, Germany, xin.

73-

OBERLIN, town, Ohio, U.S.A., xvn. 704. , Jean Frederic, Alsatian philan thropist, xvn. 704; as educationist, xiv. 79. -, Jeivmie Jacques, French archaeo

logist, xvn. 704. OBER-NEUXKIRCHEN, town, Prussia,

xvn. 363. OBERON, king of the fairies, xvn. 704.

, Weber s opera, XX I v. 469.

, Wieland s poem, XXIV. 559.

OBERSTEIN, town, Germany, xvn. 757. OBESITY, or Corpulence, VI. 435 ; diet

for, vii. 204; as a disease, xvni. 389. OBI, or Ob (q.v.), river, Siberia, XXII. 5. OBIZZO I. and II., princes of Este, vin.

558. OBJECT-GLASS, in the microscope, xvi.

258; achromatic, xvn. 804; xxin.

139, 145- OBJECTIVE, object-glass of microscope,

XVI. 261.

OBLATION, Sacrificial, xxi. 132. OBLIGATION, in law, xvn. 704; xiv.

361 ; in Roman law, XX. 675, 677,

692, 699.

OBOE, musical instrument, xvn. 705. OBOL, ancient Greek coin, xvn. 632. OBRADOVICH, Dositei, Servian writer,

xxi. 691. OBRENOVICH, Milosh, prince of Servia,

xxi. 689. O BRIEN, Irish giant, his skeleton, xn.

388. , William Smith, Irish politician,

xvn. 708. O BRYAN, Mr, Methodist preacher, xvi.

192. OBSERVANTS, or Franciscans of the

Strict Observance, monastic order, IX.

698; xvi. 711, 716.

OBSERVATIONS, in navigation, xvn. 268. OBSERVATORY, xvn. 708 (index, 717);

Greenwich, institution of, n. 756;

Paris, institution of, n. 755. OBSIDIAN, a volcanic glass, xvn. 717;

structure of, X. 230, 234.

OBSOLESCENCE, Diseases of, xvni. 383. OBSTETRICS, branch of medicine, xv.

797-

OBSTRUCTION, in law, xxin. 500. OBWALD, district, Switzerland, xxn.

781; xxin. 858. OCA, vegetable, xn. 285. OCAMO, river, South America, XVII.

343. OCCAM, William of, English schoolman,

xvn. 717; xv. 81; xxi. 430; Biel on,

in. 666. OCCASIONALISM, philosophical theory,

x. 556. OCEAN, in physical geography, X. 211,

221, 282; atmospheric pressure on,

in. 29; xvi. 121 ; depths of, in. 17;

xn. 821; xvni. 120; deep-sea fishes,

xn. 684 ; appliances for sounding,

xxn. 280; stability of, in tides, xxin.

361; temperature, VI. 4; xvi. 116;

temperature of air over, xvi. 117;

deep-sea thermometers, xxin. 291 ;

tides of, xxin. 353; water of, xxi.

611; xxiv. 398; waves of, xxiv. 419. OCEANA, Harrington s work, XI. 492. OCEANIA, or Polynesia, xix. 418. OCEANITID^E, family of birds, xvni.

712. OCELOT, carnivorous mammal, xvn.

719; xv. 435. OCHETODON, genus of rodent mammals,

xvn. 6.

OCHILS, mountains, Scotland, xvni. 666. OCHINO, Bernardino, Italian Reformer,

xvn. 719; vicar-general of Capuchins,

v. 80; his relations with L. Socinus,

xxn. 229; with Yaldes, xxiv. 32. OCHRAN, mineral, xvi. 425. OCHRE, pigment, xix. 87. OCHROITE EARTH, xiv. 291. OCHUS, Artaxerxes III., king of Persia,

n. 640; vn. 744; xvni. 580. , Darius II., king of Persia, VI. 826;

xvni. 575. -, river, Central Asia, xvni. 104.

OCKALS, class of Druses, VII. 484, 485.

OCKENFUSS, Lorenz, German naturalist, xvii. 749.

OCKENHEIM, Johannes, Flemish musi cian, xvn. 83; xvni. 180.

OCKLEY, Simon, English Orientalist, xvn. 720.

O CLERY, Michael, Irish chronicler, v. 307; vn. 363.

OCMULGEE, river, Georgia, U.S.A., x.

434- OCOEE ROCKS, Tennessee, U.S.A., xxin.

176.

OCONEE, river, Georgia, U.S.A., x. 434. O CONNELL, Daniel, Irish politician,

xvn. 720; xin. 271; Peel s duel with,

xvni. 453; his encounters in debate

with Lord Stanley, vn. no. O CONNOR, Feargus Edward, Chartist

leader, xvn. 722; v. 434.

, Roderick, Irish king, xm. 259.

OCOTAL, town, Nicaragua, xvn. 477. OCTACNEMIDJE, family of Timicata,

xxin. 616. OCTAHEDRON, in geometry, x. 388;

crystals, xvi. 348, 351. OCTANT, or Quadrant, Hadley s, xvn.

258. OCTAVE, musical interval, I. 108; xvn.

78, 102. OCTAVIA, sister of the emperor Augustus,

xvn. 722. -, wife of the emperor Xero, xvn.

722, 348. OCTAVIAN, or Octavianus (Augustus,

q.v.), Roman emperor, in. 79 ; xx.

768.

(Pope John XII), xin. 711. OCTAVIANS, The, of Scottish history,

xxi. 509. OCTAVIANUS (Victor IV., antipope),

xxiv. 213.

OCTAVIEN, romance, XX. 653. OCTAVIUS, Minucius Felix s dialogue,

xvi. 492. , Caius (Augustus, q.v. Roman

emperor, III. 79. OCTOBER, month, xvn. 722.

HORSE, Roman sacrifice, XV. 570.

OCTOCORALLA, group of Actinozoa, I. 130.

OCTODONTID/E, family of rodent mam mals, xv. 420.

OCTOPODA, suborder of Mollusca, XV I. 670.

OCTOPUS, genus of Mollusca, vi. 739; xvi. 670.

OCTOROON, white and Negro half-breed, xvn. 320.

OCTROI, tax, France, IX. 523.

OCYDROME, bird, XVII. 722.

OD/ENATHUS, or Odenathus, prince of

Palmyra, xvn. 724; xvni. 200; xx.

776. ODAL, early Teutonic land tenure, ix.

1 20. ODALISKS, female slaves in harem, XL

478. ODCOMBIAN BANQUET, by Coryatt, vi.

444- ODDFELLOWS, societies, xvn. 723; ix.

782.

ODD GOTTSKALKSSON, Icelandic trans lator of the New Testament, xn. 626. ODE, xix. 270; in Greek hymnody, xn.

580. ODEIUM, or Odeum, building, Athens,

in. 5; xvni. 530. ODEL, Anders, Swedish poet, xxn.

756. ODENATHUS, prince of Palmyra, xvn.

724; xvni. 200; xx. 776. ODENSE, town, Denmark, XVII. 724. ODE ONDO, town, West Africa, xxiv.

754-

ODER, river, Germany and Austria, xvn. 724; in. 116,294; x. 449; xxn.