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ATHENRY, town, Ireland, n. 832; x. 56.

ATHENS, ancient town, Greece, in. i; XI. 100, 113; plain of, ill. 60; anti quities of, II. 444; coins of, XVII. 642; public finance of, IX. 171; early history of, XI. 95; orders of nobility at, xvil. 526; its school of sculpture, II. 351; slaves in, xxn. 130; Dionysiac theatre at, in. 3; xxill. 223; water-works of, II. 219; its supremacy in Greece, XI. 100; in Peloponnesian War, XI. 101; relations with Persia, XI. 98; XVill. 570, 574; under the Romans, XI. 107; connexion with Sicily, xxn. 17; its relations with Sparta, XXII. 370; siege of Syracuse, xxn. 814; in time of Demosthenes, vii. 68; of Herodotus, XI. 757; of Justinian, XI. 113; of Pericles, XVill. 529; of Pisistratus, xix. 130; of Plato, xix. 194; of Solon, xi. 96; xxn. 254; of Themistocles, xxill. 250; of Thucydides, xxill. 322; St Paul s visit to, xvm. 420.

, capital of modern Greece, ill. 1 1 ;

XI. 85; library at, xiv. 549; observa tory, xvil. 714; university, xxill. 852. -, town, Georgia, U.S.A., ill. 11.

, town, Ohio, U.S.A., in. n.

ATHERIS, genus of vipers, xxiv. 248. ATHERSTONE, town, England, xxiv.

379-

ATHERTON, town, England, in. u. ATHERURA, genus of rodent mammals,

xix. 518. ATHIAS, Joseph, Jewish rabbi and

printer, in. n. ATHLETE, competitors in ancient games,

in. ii. ATHLETIC CONTESTS, Greek and Roman,

x. 63; XVIL 766. ATHLETIC SPORTS, contemporary, ill.

12; XXI. 60; training diet for, vn.

203. ATHLONE, town, Ireland, in. 13; xxiv.

5i3-

, Earl of (Ginckell), general, x. 602.

ATHOLE, district, Scotland, xvin. 667. , Dukes of, their connexion with the

Isle of Man, xv. 454. ATHOR, Egyptian divinity, in. 13; vn.

717; temple of, in Upper Egypt, vn.

77- ATHOS, peninsula and mountain, Turkey

in Europe, ill. 14; xv. 140; monastery

of St Laura at, I. 1 1 ; pilgrimages to,

Xix. 95.

ATHTAR, Sabasan god, xxiv. 741. ATHUR, Ruins of, at Nineveh, XVII.

512.

ATHY, town, Ireland, in. 15; xiv. 73. ATHYR (Athor, q.v. Egyptian divinity,

in. 13.

ATINA, town, Italy, in. 15. ATISHA, Lamaist high priest, Tibet,

xxin. 346. ATITLAN, lake and volcano, Guatemala,

in. 15; XL 239.

ATJEH (Acheen), government, Sumatra,

xxn. 639.

ATKARSK, town, Russia, xxi. 305. ATKINSON, H. G., his correspondence

with Harriet Martineau, xv. 584. ATLAND ER MANHEM, Rudbeck s work

on Sweden, xxn. 755. ATLANTA, town, Georgia, U.S.A., in. 15;

captured by Sherman (1864), xxin. 779.

, genus of Mollusca, XVI. 654.

ATLANTACEA, suborder of Mollusca, xvi.

653-

ATLANTICA, in Greek mythology, in. 27. ATLANTIC CITY, town, New Jersey,

U.S.A., xvn. 397. ATLANTIC OCEAN, in. 15; xvi. 132;

xxi. 612; density of its water, XVill.

120; birds of, in. 756; fishes of, xn.

680 ; railways between it and the

Pacific, I. 715; first line of steam-ships

across, vi. 707. ATLANTIS, island, in Greek mythology,

in. 27.

ATLAS, in Greek mythology, in. 27. -, mountains, Africa, in. 27; I. 563;

xvi. 831.

ATLI, in Nibelungenlied, xvn. 474.

ATMOSPHERE, The, in. 28, 381; x. 211, 220; xvi. 114; geological influences of, x. 264; height of, in. 381; impurities in, xxiv. 157; physical properties of, Xix. 240; refractive power of, II. 769; speed of sound relatively to, XXIV. 418; temperature of, at different eleva tions, I. 196; tides in, XXIII. 353; its effect on weighing and measuring, xxiv. 478.

OF THE SUN, xxn. 645; x. 215.

ATMOSPHERIC ENGINE, xxn. 474. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, in. 36. ATMU, Egyptian divinity, vn. 716. ATOK, district, Transcaspian Region,

Russia, xxni. 510, 511. ATOLLS, coral reefs enclosing lagoons,

vi. 378; xiv. 27; xvi. 257; xix. 418,

420 ; Murray s theory of origin of,

XVill. 128; in Maldive Islands, XV.

328; in Tahiti Archipelago, XXIII. 22;

in Tuamotu Archipelago, XXIII. 602. ATOM, in. 36; xvi. 610. ATOMIC THEORY, in chemistry, v. 465;

vi. 785. ATOMIC THEORY, Cosmical, early forms

of, vin. 756; of Democritus, vn. 59;

of Empedocles, Vin. 179; of Epicurus,

vin. 474; of Leucippus, xiv. 484;

Cudworth s history of, VI. 689. ATOMIC WEIGHTS, v. 467, 470; laws of

combination of, v. 468. ATONEMENT, Day of, Jewish fast, vin.

806.

, Sacrificial, XXI. 136. ATOOI, island, Sandwich Islands, Pacific,

in. 49.

ATOPITE, mineral, xvi. 404. ATRA, or Atrse, ancient town, Meso potamia, xvi. 48; xvin. 605.

ATRACHELIA, group of beetles, vi.

i33- ATRACTASPIDID^, family of snakes,

xxn. 193. ATR^E, ancient town, Mesopotamia, xvi.

48; xvin. 605. ATRAI, river, India, xx. 261. ATRAK (Atrek, q.v.), river, Persia, xvin.

620. ATRATO, river, Colombia, South

America, ill. 49; vi. 153. ATREK, river, Persia, in. 50; xvin. 620;

xxin. 511. ATREUS, in Greek legend, in. 50; xvin.

480; treasury of, at Mycense, n. 346,

402.

ATRI, or Atria, town, Naples, in. 50. ATRICHIA, genus of birds, xxi. 554. ATRIUM, in Roman and ecclesiastical

architecture, ill. 50.

Rome, XX. 819.

ATROPATENE, Grseco-Persian kingdom,

XVIII. 586.

-, ancient province, Persia, xvin.

626.

ATROPATES, Persian chief, xv. 143. ATROPHY, disease, in. 50; xvin. 256,

392; in Mollusca, xvi. 644.

, Acute yellow, of liver, xvin. 386;

xni. 598; xxiv. 735. ATROPIA, ATROPINE, in chemistry, in.

543; iv. 650; xvn. 231; xix. 279. ATROPOS, in Greek mythology, in. 51. ATTACHMENT, in law, in. 51; xxiv.

696. ATTACUS, genus of silkworms, xxn.

60. ATTADILLO, edentate mammal, xvin.

211. ATTAGAS, or Attagen, genus of birds,

xvin. 333.

ATTAGIS, genus of birds, XIX. 228. ATTAINDER, in English law, in. 52;

Acts of, vin. 330. ATTAINT, obsolete writ, in English law,

xni. 785; xxiv. 694. ATTALIA (Adalia), ancient town, Asia

Minor, in. 52; xvin. 207. ATTALICA, Roman cloth of gold, xxin.

208. ATTALUS, king of Pergamum, xv. 143;

xvin. 527. ATTAR, Farid-Uddin, Persian poet,

ix. 89; xvin. 658. OF ROSES, perfume, in. 52; xx.

851. ATTARS, essential oils in perfumes,

xvin. 525. ATTEMPERATOR, brewing utensil, iv.

275. ATTENTION, in psychology, in. 52; xx.

41. ATTERBOM, Per Daniel A., Swedish

poet, in. 52; xxn. 757. ATTERBURY, Francis, bishop of

Rochester, ill. 53.