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OHM, electrical unit of measurement, vin. 44, 104; xxiii. 116.

OHOD, Arabia, Battle of (625), xvi. 556.

OHTHERE, or Other, King Alfred s account of his voyages, I. 507; XIX. 316.

O HURLEY, Irish archbishop, xm. 265.

OlDIUM, vine fungus, XXIV. 240, 605.

OI-GAWA, river, Japan, xm. 572.

OlGNON, river, France, Xlll. 782.

OIKOPLEURA, genus of Tunicata, xxiii. 614.

OIKUL, lake, Central Asia, xvm. 104.

OIL, OILS, xvii. 739; in plants, IV. 88; adulteration of, I. 171 ; for clocks, VI - 33! g as from, x. 100; for lamps, xiv. 244; for lighthouses, XIV. 626; lubricant, xv. 34 ; painter s, xvm. 138; cocoa-nut, VI. 103; cod-liver, VI. 104; colza, VI. 176; croton, vi. 615; of lavender, XIV. 352; of lemons, XIV. 438; linseed, xiv. 677; olive, XVII. 763; paraffin, xvm. 237; of peppermint, xvni. 517; petroleum, xvm. 712; poppy, xix. 513; rape, xx. 273; sesame, xxi. 693; tar, xxiii. 58; of turpentine, xxiii. 669; whale, xxiv. 529; Sicilian, xvm. 713.

BIRD, xi. 227.

CAKE, xvn. 739; xiv. 677.

CITY, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., xvn. 739-

COLOURS, xix. 86. CREEK VALLEY, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., xvm. 713. SPRINGS, x. 271.

OILSTONE, or Hone, xn. 134. OIL VARNISHES, xxiv. 91. OIL-YIELDING PLANTS, i. 383. OIREAMHAIN, ancient district, Ireland,

xv. 669.

OIRON POTTERY, xix. 629. OlSE, department, France, XVII. 749;

river, xxi. 624. OISIANIC TALES, Celtic, v. 311. See

Ossian. OJEDA, Alonzo de, Spanish explorer, x.

182. OJIBWAYS, American-Indian tribe, XII.

831- Ojo CALIENTE, mineral springs, New

Mexico, U.S.A., xvn. 400. OKA, river, Russia, xxi. 115; xxiv.

279.

OKAD, festival, Arabia, n. 256, 263. OK AW A, river, Japan, xxiii. 432. OKEN, Lorenz, German naturalist, xvii.

749; his contributions to morphology,

xvi. 839.

OKENITE, mineral, xvi. 421. OKHOTSK, town, Eastern Siberia, xv.

548.

, Sea of, Pacific, xvm. 116. OKI, islands, Japan, xm. 569. OKINAKANE, river, Washington

Territory, U.S.A., xxiv. 386.

OKINAWA, island, Lew-Chew group,

Pacific, xiv. 490. OKRA, or Gumbo, plant, XL 276. OLAF, St, Norwegian king, xvn. 586.

, Swedish king, XXII. 744.

- KYRRE, Norwegian king, xvn.

587- TRYGGVASON, Norwegian king,

xvii. 586. OLAFSSON, Eggert, Icelandic patriot and

poet, xii. 623; xxi. 369. OLAMBO, river, West Africa, x. 3. OLANCHO, department, Honduras, xn.

132.

OLAND, island, Sweden, xvn. 752; xxn.

737- OLAUS MAGNUS (or MAGNI), Swedish

ecclesiastic, xvn. 752. OLBERS, Heinrich W. Matthias, German

astronomer, XVII. 752; his comet, vi.

193; on the orbit of comets, vi. 182;

his observatory at Bremen, xvn. 712. OLBIA, Greek colony, Scythia, xvn.

753, 504.

, town, Asia Minor, xvni. 207.

OLBIOPOLIS (Olbia), Greek colony,

Scythia, xvn. 753, 504. OLCINIUM (Dulcigno), ancient town,

Albania, vii. 520. OLD AGE, Period of, xv. 778. OLDBURY, town, England, xvn. 753. OLD CASTILE, province, Spain, xxn.

298. OLDCASTLE, Sir John, Lollard martyr,

xvii. 753; xi. 660; xiv. 812. OLD CATHOLICS, xvn. 754; vin. 492;

xxiv. 113. OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, Dickens s novel,

vii. 176. OLDENBURG, grand-duchy, Germany,

xvn. 756; town, xvn. 758.

, Henry, man of science, XXII. 401;

as secretary of Royal Society, xvn.

439-

OLDFIELD, Mrs, English actress, ix. 40. OLDHAM, town, England, xvii. 758;

co-operative societies of, vi. 218. -, John, English satirist, xvii. 759.

OLDHAVEN BEDS, in geology, x. 361. OLDISLEBEN, district, Germany, xxi.

349- OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS, chief

of the Ismaelites, II. 723; xxni. 161. OLD NICK, origin of the designation,

xvii. 483. OLD RED SANDSTONE, in geology, x.

342- OLD RED SANDSTONE, Hugh Miller s

work, xvi. 319.

OLD SARUM, town, England, xxi. 218. OLD SIDE, Presbyterian denomination,

United States, xix. 698. OLD TESTAMENT, in. 634; canon of, v.

i ; Septuagint version of, xxi. 667.

See Bible. OLD WINDSOR, town, England, xxiv.

600.

OLDYS, William, English bibliographer,

xvn. 759.

OLEA, genus of plants, xvn. 761. OLEANDER, plant, xvn. 759. OLEARIUS, Adam, German traveller,

xvii. 760.

OLEASTER, plant, xvn. 761. OLEFINES, class of hydrocarbons,

xvni. 237.

OLEG, early Russian chief, xxi. 87. OLEIN, fatty substance, xxni. 35; xxn.

202. OLEKMA, river, Siberia, xxn. 5; xxiv.

726. OLENEK, river, Siberia, xxn. 5; xxiv.

726. OLEOGRAPHY, chromo-lithography, xiv.

700. OLEO-MARGARINE, imitation butter,

xvii. 760. OLERON, island, France, xvn. 760

, Sea laws of, xxi. 583. OLETTE, spa, France, xx. 128. OLFACTORY ORGANS, i. 885; xxn.

165. OLGA, early Russian princess, xvn.

761; xxi. 88.

STRAIT, Spitzbergen, xxn. 408. OLGOPOL, town, Russia, xix. 254. O LIAR AS (Aiitiparos), island, Greece,

" 133- OLIBANUM, or Frankincense, IX. 709;

xn. 718. OLIGARCHY, form of government, xi.

1 1 ; in Rome and in Venice, xvn. 527. OLIGOCH^ETA, order of worms, n. 68;

xxiv. 677.

OLIGOCLASE, mineral, xvi. 420. OLIGODONTID^:, family of snakes, xxn.

192. OLIGOSPOREA, order of Protozoa, xix.

855.

OLINDA, town, Brazil, xvni. 552. OLIPHANT, Caroline, Baroness Nairne,

xvn. 167.

OLISIPO (Lisbon), ancient town, Portu gal, xiv. 693. OLIVA, Fernan Perez de, Spanish writer,

xvii. 761. OLIVARES, Gasparo de Guzman, duke of,

Spanish statesman, xvn. 761; xvni.

746; xxn. 331. OLIVE, plant, xvn. 761 ; in Attica, in.

59-

OLIVENITE, mineral, xvi. 406. OLIVE NUT, xvn. 664. OLIVE OIL, xvn. 744. OLIVER, of the Roland legends, xx. 626,

651.

, Isaac, English painter, xxi. 441,

444.

OLIVEROS Y ARTOS, romance, xx. 659. OLIVERS, Thomas, Welsh hymn- writer,

xn. 594.

OLIVER TWIST, Dickens s novel, vn. 1 76. OLIVES, or Olivet, Mount of, Jerusalem,

xvn. 763; xin. 636.