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BOYNE, river, Ireland, iv. 185; xv. 668; battle of the (1690), xni. 268; xxi.

BOYSE, John, translator of English Bible,

iv. 1 86. Boz, Sketches by, Dickens s work, vn.

174. BOZEMAN, town, Montana, U.S.A., xvi.

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BOZEN, town, Austria, iv. 169. BOZRAH, Scripture cities, IV. 186. BOZZARIS, Marcos, Greek patriot, iv.

1 86.

BRA, town, Italy, IV. 186. BRABANT, district, Netherlands, IV. 186.

, North, province, Holland, iv. 187.

, South, province, Belgium, IV. 187-

BRACCIOLINI, Francesco, Italian poet,

iv. 187. , Gian Francesco Poggio, Italian

humanist, xix. 274; author of Facetiae,

I. 784-

BRACE, boring tool, xi. 438. BRACELET, iv. 187. BRACHELYTRA, group of beetles, vi.

130. BRACHIOPODA, class of invertebrate

animals, IV. 188; XIX. 429, 440; in

Lankester s classification, xxiv. 813. BRACK ISTOCHRONE, curve of swiftest

descent, xv. 643, 710. BRACHIUM, upper arm, in man, I. 826;

in mammals, xv. 358. BRACHYCERA, group of insects, xni.

150.

BRACHYDOME, crystal, xvi. 360. BRACHYLOGUS, book of Roman law, iv.

196. BRACHYLOPHUS, genus of lizards, xn.

700. BRACHYMYSTAX, genus of Salmonidas,

xxi. 221. BRACHYPTERACIAS, genus of birds, xx.

627. BRACHYTARSOMYS, genus of rodent

mammals, xvn. 6.

BRACHYURUS, genus of apes, n. 154. BRACKENRIDGE, Hugh H., American

author, I. 722.

BRACKET, in architecture, n. 461. BRACTON, Henry de, English jurist, IV.

196; his connexion with the Britton,

IV - 355-

BRACTS, of plants, iv. 119. BRADANUS, river, Lucania, Italy, xv.

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BRADAWL, boring tool, XL 438.

BRADFORD, Wilts, England, Saxon church at, xxiv. 595.

, town, Yorkshire, England, IV. 197;

xxiv. 748; its silk manufacture, xxn. 63-

, John, English martyr, IV. 198.

, William, colonial printer, Phil adelphia, xvin. 740.

BRADING, Isle of Wight, England, Roman villa at, xxiv. 562.

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BRADLAUGH, Charles, English journalist and politician, xxm. 312.

BRADLEY, James, British astronomer, IV. 198; II. 756; xvn. 260; his dis covery of aberration of light, I. 48.

BRADSHAW, Henry, English poet, iv. 198.

, Henry, on Barbour s poems, III.

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, John, judge of Charles I., IV. 198.

BRADWARDIN, Thomas, archbishop of

Canterbury, IV. 199. BRADY, Nicholas, translator of the

Psalms, iv. 199; his Psalms and

Hymns, XII. 590. BRADYPODID^E, family of edentate

mammals, xv. 384; xxii. 161. BRAEMAR FOREST, Scotland, i. 44. BRAGA, town, Portugal, iv. 199; xix.

537; XXII. 307.

BRAGANCA, or Braganza, town, Por tugal, iv. 199; xxm. 525. BRAGANZA, Ducal family of, xix. 545,

548. BRAGG, Braxton, American general,

xxm. 778, 788. BRAGI, Northern god, I. 211. BRAHAM, John, English vocalist and

composer, iv. 199. BRAKE, Tycho, Danish astronomer, iv.

200; II. 752; Xiv. 46; on the lunar

theory, xvi. 800 ; his patronage of

Longomontanus, Xiv. 866 ; his rela tions with Napier, xvn. 182; his

observatory on Huen island, xvn.

709. BRAHMA, Hindu deity, iv. 207; xxiv.

118; figure of, vin. 126. FOWLS, xix. 645. BRAHMANAS, Sanskrit theological

writings, XXI. 273,276; mythic stories

in them, xvn. 152. BRAHMANBARIA, town, India, xxm.

405.

BRAHMANI, river, India, v. 243. BRAHMANICAL LAW, xn. 782; xxi.

287. BRAHMANISM, iv. 201; xn. 782, 785;

xx. 360; its relations to Lamaism,

xiv. 227. BRAHMANS, Hindu caste, v. 188;

among the Mahrattas, XV. 289. BRAHMAPUTRA, river, Tibet and India,

iv. 2iij n. 718; xii. 732; xxm. 341. BRAHMA SAMAJ, theistic church, India,

iv. 200; xvi. 518; xxi. 35. BRAHMEGUPTA, Oriental algebraist, i.

BRAHMS, Johannes, musical composer, xvn. 97.

BRAHOES, race of people, Baluchistan, in. 300, 303.

BRAID, James, on neuro-hypnotism, xv. 278.

BRAIDWOOD, Thomas, teacher of deaf- mutes, vn. 6.

BRAILA, town, Roumania, xn. 610.

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BRAIN, of apes, n. 164; of birds, in.

724; of fishes, XII. 650; of mammals,

xv. 366. , The human, anatomy of, I. 869;

Sir Charles Bell on anatomy of, ill.

541 ; physiology of, xix. 32; circulation

in, xix. 42; diseases of, xx. 431;

xill. 95; paralysis caused by disease of,

xviii. 255; membranes of, I. 864;

in relation to phrenology, xviii. 842;

during sleep, xxn. 155; weight of, n.

108.

BRAINERD, David, missionary to Ameri can Indians, IV. 211. BRAINTREE, town, England, iv. 211. BRAITHWAITE, Richard, pastoral poet,

xviii. 347.

BRAJ BHASHA, Indian dialect, XL 840. BRAKE, iv. 211; xv. 770; railway,

xx. 248. -, town, Germany, I v. 211.

BRAMAH, Joseph, English machinist,

iv. 213.

BRAMAH S LOCK, xiv. 744. BRAMANTE, Lazzari, Italian architect

and painter, iv. 213; n. 438; xx. 836. BRAMANTINO (Bartolommeo Suardi),

Italian painter, xxn. 615. BRAMBANAN, Hindu ruins, Java, IV.

214.

BRAMBER, town, England, xxn. 724. B RAMBLING, bird, IX. 193. BRAMHALL, John, bishop of Derry,

his discussion with Hobbes, XII. 36;

his oppression of Presbyterians, xni.

266. BRANAS, Alexis, Byzantine general,

xni. 374.

BRANCA, Giovanni, designer of a steam- engine, xxn. 473.

BRANCACCI CHAPEL, Florence, paint ings in, xv. 606. BRANCALEONE DEGLI ANDALO, Roman

senator, xx. 796. BRANCHES, of plants, iv. 97. BRANCHIOBDELLID^E, family of leeches,

xiv. 405. BRANCHIOPODA, division of Crustacea,

vi. 663. BRANCHIOSTOMA, genus of fishes, xn.

695; xiv. 258. BRANCOVAN, Constantine, voivode of

Walachia, xxi. 17. BRANDE, William Thomas, English

chemist, IV. 214. BRANDENBURG, province, Prussia, iv.

214; xx. 14, 16; mark of, xx. 2;

royal house of, x. 495. , town, Prussia, iv. 214; terra-cotta

work at, xxm. 194.

BRANDES, Georg, Danish critic, vn. 93. BRANDIS, Christian August, German

writer, iv. 215.

BRANDISHING, in architecture, n. 461. BRANDISITE, mineral, xvi. 413. BRANDT, Count, Danish courtier, vn.

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