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A S T A T H

ASTOR, William C., Bunsen s connexion with, iv. 522.

FUR COMPANY, U.S.A., xxiv. 387.

ASTORGA, town, Spain, II. 737; XXII.

307-

, Emanuel d , Italian musical com poser, II. 737.

ASTORIA, town, Oregon, U.S.A., n. 737; xvii. 825.

ASTOR LIBRARY, New York, n. 737; xiv. 536.

ASTRABAD, province and town, Persia, ii. 738; xvin. 627.

ASTR^EA, asteroid, II. 807.

ASTR^ID/E, family of corals, VI. 376.

ASTRAKANITE, mineral, XVI. 402.

ASTRAKHAN, government and town, Russia, n. 738; xxi. 69.

TARTARS, xxm. 70.

A STRANGE TRUTH, Ford s drama, ix.

395-

ASTROLABE, instrument used in navi gation, X. 181; XVII. 251.

, French ship, voyages of, vil. 530.

ASTROLOGY, n. 738; vn. 294; xxiv. 795; its relation to magic, XV. 201; among the Parsees, xvin. 325; Car dan s work on, v. 90; Kepler s rela tions to, xiv. 46; Lilly s contributions to, xiv. 642; Napier s belief in, XVII. 183; Michael Scot s contributions to, XXI. 470.

ASTRONOMICA, Manilius s poem, xv. 489.

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS, Pond s, xix. 452; Roemer s, XX. 620; micro meter, XVI. 242 ; sextant, xxi. 724; telescope, xxm. 135; transit circle, xxm. 515.

ASTRONOMICAL RING, Gemma s, xvii. 251.

ASTRONOMY, n. 744 (index, 823); applications of, in geodesy, vn. 597; x. 165; xxn. 696; in measurement of time, XXIII. 392; musical analogies with, xvii. 78; Assyrian, in. 191; Babylonian, in. 190; Hindu, xxi. 294; Moslem, xvi. 596; Pythagorean, XX. 139; contributions to, by Her- schel, XI. 766; by Kepler, Xiv. 46; by Lagrange, xiv. 210; by Laplace, xiv. 301; by Leverrier, xiv. 486; by Maskelyne, XV. 609 ; by Newton, xvii. 447; by Pond, xix. 452; Pto lemy s system of, XX. 89; by Thales, XXIII. 218; Delambre s history of, VII. 41 ; works on, by Longomontanus, XIV. 866; by Regiomontanus, XX. 342; astronomical societies, XXII. 225.

ASTROPHOTOMETER, XXIV. 798.

ASTROPHYLLITE, mineral, xvi. 413. ASTRORHIZIDEA, order of Protozoa,

xix. 846. ASTRUC, Jean, French physician, n.

824; xv. 815; on the Pentateuch,

xvni. 505. ASTUR, genus of birds, x. 788.

ASTURIAN DIALECT, xxn. 350. ASTURIAS, province, Spain, II. 824;

XXII. 298; kingdom of, xxil. 311. , Prince of, son of John of Gaunt,

xxn. 321.

ASTURICA AUGUSTA (Astorga), ancient

town, Spain, n. 737; XXH. 307. ASTYAGES, Median king, xvm. 564. ASUA, affluent of the Nile, Africa, xvn.

506, 507.

ASUNCION (Assumption), town, Para guay, n. 825; xvm. 244. ASURAS, in Hindu theology, XVII. 152;

xxiv. 821.

ASWAN, town, Egypt, vn. 783. ASYLUM, in ancient Greece, II. 825. ASYLUMS, Lunatic, XIIL 110; vin. 255.

, for the poor, XIX. 475. ASYMMETRY, of crystals, xix. 313. ASYMPTOTES, in geometry, vi. 280, 723;

x. 398; XIIL 25; XXIL 671. As You LIKE IT, Shakespeare s play,

xxi. 764. ASYUT (Asioot), town, Upper Egypt,

VIL 775; xxil. 103. ATA (Al-Mokaiiua), veiled projohet of

Khorasan, xvi. 608. ATABAPO, town, Venezuela, xvii. 843. ATACAMA, department, Bolivia, n. 825;

IV. n; XVIII. 670. , province, Chili, II. 825; v. 617.

ATACAMITE, mineral, vi. 347; xvi. 385. ATACAZO, mountain, Ecuador, vn. 645. ATAHUALLPA, Inca prince of Peru, n.

825; xvm. 677. ATAKOR, plateau, Sahara, Africa, xxi.

149.

ATALA, Chateaubriand s work, v. 437. ATALANTA, in Greek legend, n. 826. ATALANTIS, in Greek legend, in. 27.

, Mrs Mauley s novel, xv. 492.

ATALIK GHAZI (Amir Yakub Beg),

ruler of Kashgar, xiv. 7; xxm. 640. ATAULF, Gothic chief, x. 849. ATAVISM, recurrence of ancestral type,

vill. 615; in animals, iv. 247. ATAXY, Locomotor, disease, n. 826;

XIII. 101.

ATBARA, affluent of the Nile, Africa, I.

62; n. 827; xvii. 507, 508. ATBO, or Edfu, town, Upper Egypt, vn.

653. ATCHAFALAYA, river, Louisiana, U.S.A.,

n. 827.

ATCHINSK, town, Siberia, xxiv. 743. ATCHISON, town, Kansas, U.S.A., xm.

844.

ATE, in Greek mythology, n. 827. ATEAS, Scythian king, xxi. 578. ATELES, genus of apes, I. 681; n. 153. ATELIER, artist s work-room, xvin.

137-

ATELLA, town, Italy, n. 827. ATELLAN^E, Roman comedies, vn. 409. ATELORNIS, genus of birds, XX. 627. ATERNO, river, Italy, xin. 439. ATESTE, town, Italy, vin. 558.

ATH, or Aeth, town, Belgium, n. 827. ATHABASCA, river and lake, North America, n. 827.

district, North - West Territory,

British America, xvn. 573. ATHABASCANS, American Indians, 1 xn.

827.

ATHALARIC, Gothic chief, x. 851. ATHALIAH, of Scripture, n. 827; xin.

412. ATHALIA SPINARUM, turnip saw-fly,

xxi. 343.

ATHALIE, Racine s drama, xx. 208. ATHANARIC, chief of the Visigoths, x.

848; xxm. 258, 720. ATHANASIAN CREED, vi. 562. ATHANASIUS, St, bishop of Alexandria,

n. 828; at council of Niciea, vi. 560;

his canon, v. 10.

of Balad, Syriac writer, xxn. 840.

ATHAPESCOW (Athabasca), river and

lake, North America, n. 827. ATHAR, collection of Moslem legal

decisions, xvi. 594. (Attar), Ferid Eddin, Persian poet,

ix. 89; xvin. 658. ATHARVA-VEDA, sacred book of Brah-

manism, xxi. 279. ATHEOE, suborder of Chelonia, xxm.

456. ATHEISM, xxm. 234; of Holbach, xn.

53- ATHELING, Edmund, king of Mercia,

vii. 669. ATHELSTAN, or ^thelstan, Saxon king

of England, II. 830; vin. 285; union

of Anglo-Saxons under, xvn. 570. ATHENA, or Athene (q.v.), Greek goddess

(the Roman Minerva), II. 830; xvin.

295. - NIKE, Temple of, in. 7.

POLIAS, Temple of, at Pergamum, xvin. 527.

PROMACHUS, Statue of, at Athens,

in. 5.

ATHENAEUM, ancient academy, n. 831. ATHEN^EUS, Greek writer, n. 831.

, physician, in Rome, XV. 803.

ATHENAGORAS, Christian apologist, n.

831-

, Syracusan demagogue, xxn. 814. ATHENAIS (Eudocia), wife of Theodosiua

II., vin. 659. ATHENE, or Athena (q.v.), Greek goddess

(the Latin Minerva), n. 830; xvn. 138;

xvm. 295; feast of, at Sais, xix. 91;

brazen house of, at Sparta, xxn.

370.

ALEA, Temple of, at Tegea, xxm. no.

ATHENIS, Greek sculptor, iv. 531. ATHENODORUS, Greek sculptor, n. 832; xiv. 293.

CANANITES, Stoic philosopher, n.

832-

CORDYLION, Stoic philosopher, II.