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AZO, Italian writer on law, III. 169. AZOFF, town, Russia, in. 169.

, Sea of, Russia, in. 169, 796.

Azoic STRATA, in geology, x. 327. AZOLITMIN, chemical substance, XIV.

73- AZORES, islands, Atlantic Ocean, in.

169, 1 8.

AzOTUS (Aslidod, q.v. town, Palestine, in. 172.

AZPEITIA, town, Spain, in. 172.

AzRAK, Bahr el (Blue Nile), Africa, xvn. 507, 508.

AZRAKI, Arab historian, xxm. 3.

AZTECS, ancient people of Mexico, in. 172; I. 695, 706; xn. 828; xvi. 206; in Nicaragua, XVII. 479; their hiero glyphic symbols, I. 602; their mytho logy, xvn. 150.

AZULEJOS, Moorish wall-tiles, xvn. 36.

AZUNI, Domenico Alberto, Italian jurist, in. 172.

AZURE, blue pigment, xix. 87.

AZURITE, mineral, xvi. 399; XV. 315.

AZYGOBRANCHIA, order of Mollusca, xvi. 648; xxii. 187.

Azzo (Azo), Italian writer on law, in. 169.

I. -VI 1 1., princes of Este, Italy,

VIII. 558.

T) the second letter of the alphabet, D > in. 173. BAADER, Franz Xaver von, German

philosopher, in. 173; xxm. 247, 279. BAAL, title of Semitic deities, in. 175;

iv. 764; xin. 402; xvi. 696; xvni.

803; XXIII. 237; human sacrifices to,

xvni. 730; worship of, in Israel, I.

421.

BAALBEC, ancient town, Syria, in. 176. BAAL-ZEBUB, Philistine god, in. 503;

xvni. 756.

BAANES, Paulician teacher, xvni. 434. BAARAS, fabulous herb, xv. 476. BAB, The (Mohammed Ali), founder of

Babism, in Mohammedanism, ill. 180;

xvni. 650; xxn. 665. BABA-DAGH, mountains, Asia Minor, n.

706; v. 254. BABAR (Baber, q.v.), founder of the

Mogul empire, in. 179; n. 700. BABATAG, town, Bulgaria, in. 178. BABBA, town, Mauritania, Africa, xv.

637-

BABBAGE, Charles, English mathema tician, in. 178; his calculating machine,

iv. 654 > logarithmic tables by, xxm.

10. BABCOCK, Alphseus, pianoforte maker,

xix. 77. BABEGAN (Artaxerxes I.), king of

Persia, n. 642.

BABEL, of Scripture, in. 178. BAB-EL-MANDEB, strait, Red Sea, in.

179; xx. 316.

BABER (Zehir-ed-din Mohammed), foun- |

derof Mogul dynasty, in. 179; 11.700;

xn. 793, 794; xvni. 632. BABEUF, Francois Noel, French socialist,

in. 179; ix. 609; xxn. 207. BABHAI, the Archimandrite, Syriac

writer, xxn. 842.

BAR NESIBHNAYE, Syriac writer,

xxn. 844.

BABHAVUTI, Hindu dramatist, vii. 397. BABI, Mohammedan sect in Persia, in. - 180; xvni. 650; xxn. 665. BABIA GORA, mountain, Carpathians,

Austria, x. 25.

BABIL, part of modern Babylon, in. 183. BABINGTON, Anthony, conspirator

against Elizabeth of England, xv. 600. BABINGTONITE, mineral, xvi. 417. BABIRUSSA, genus of ungulate mammals,

xxn. 774. BABLE, Asturian dialect, n. 824; xxm.

35- BABOONS, genus of apes, n. 152; xv.

477-

BABOUVISM, the communism of Babeuf, in. 180; xxn. 207.

BABRIUS, or Babrias, Greek fabulist, in. 181; vin. 838.

BABUNGERA (Niam-Niam), Central- African race, xvn. 473.

BABUYANES, islands, Philippines, xvni.

751- BABY (Babi), Mohammedan sect in

Persia, in. 180; xvni. 650; xxn. 665. BABYLON, city, in. 182; as the capital

of Alexander s empire, XVIII. 583;

captivity of the Jews in, xin. 417;

under Medo-Persian rule, xvin. 566,

572; carpets of, v. 128; embroideries,

vin. 161; wall-sculptures, xvn. 34. BABYLONIA, in. 183; chronology of, by

Berosus, III. 607; geographical extent

of, xvi. 50; contest with Israel, xin.

379; conquest of, by Cyrus, VI. 753;

Parthian kingdom of, XVin. 592 ;

coins of, xvn. 650; Jewish schools in,

XIII. 429; language of, XXI. 649;

pottery of, XIX. 604. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE

CHURCH, Luther s work, xv. 78. BABYLONIAN COSMOGONIES, vi. 446. BABYLONIAN INSCRIPTIONS, xin. 114. BABYLONIAN NUMERALS, xvn. 625. BABYLONIAN PHILOSOPHERS, i. 461. BABYLONIANS, n. 698; their religion,

xx. 362; xxm. 237. , The, Aristophanes s comedy, n.

509.

BABYLONICA, Greek novel, xx. 634. BACASIS (Manresa), ancient town, Spain,

xv. 497.

BACCARAT, town, France, in. 194. BACCH^E, worshippers of Bacchus, xvn.

839-

, Euripides s play, Vin. 667.

BACCHANALIA, Greek religious festivals,

vii. 247.

BACCHIAD^, ruling family in ancient

Corinth, VI. 397.

BACCHIGLIONE, river, Italy, in. 194. BACCHUS, Roman god (the Greek

Dionysus), vn. 248; II. 103; orgies of,

xvn. 839; xxi. 137. BACCHYLIDES, Greek poet, in. 194. BACCIO DELLA PORTA, Italian painter,

in. 194; xx. 275. BACH, Johann Sebastian, German

musician, in. 194; XIX. 67; character

of his music, xvn. 90. , Karl Philip Emmanuel, German

musical composer, ill. 196; XIX. 67; as

symphonist, xvil. 96. BACHE, Mount, California, U.S.A.

xxni. 801.

, Alexander Dallas, American physi cist, in. 196. BACHELOR, in. 196.

, Knight, xiv. 117.

OF ARTS, university degree, xxni.

835.. BACHIAN (Batchian), island, Indian

Archipelago, in. 197. BACILLARIACE^E, former name of

Diatomaceoe, vn. 169. BACILLUS, vegetable organism, XXI. 399. ANTHRACIS, infective organism,

xvn. 59; xxi. 400; xxn. 679. BACK, George, Arctic explorer, x. 193;

xix. 319, 320. BACKERGUNJE (Bakarganj), district,

India, in. 247. BACKERS, Americus, pianoforte maker,

xix. 73.

BACKGAMMON, game, in. 197. BACKHUYSEN, Ludolf, Dutch painter,

in. 200.

BACKING, in betting, in. 619. BACKLEYS, cattle of the Kaffres, v. 246. BACKOVSKY, F., Bohemian writer, xxn.

153-

BACKSWORD, weapon, xxn. 801.

BACKWARDATION, Stock Exchange term, i. 92.

BACON, Francis (Lord Verulam), lord chancellor of England and philosopher, 111.200; vin. 344; on aeronautics, 1. 187; on astrology, 1 1. 742; his cryptographic system, vi. 670; his logic, xiv. 791; his rhetoric, xx. 515; his theism, xxni. 244; his place in English litera ture, vin. 422.

, John, English sculptor, in. 218; xxi. 560.

, or Baconthorpe, John, learned

English monk, III. 222.

, Sir Nicholas, keeper of the great

seal, in. 218.

, Roger, English philosopher and

scientist, ill. 218; VIII. 409; XVI. 710; imprisoned by Pope Nicholas IV., xvn. 484; on alchemy, I. 464; his claim of power to fly, I. 186; his magical inventions, XV. 208; on