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B R I B R O

BRION, Simon de (Pope Martin IV.),

xv. 582. BRIONIAN ISLANDS, Adriatic Sea, xix.

284.

BRIONNAIS, district, France, xxi. 301. BRIONY, Black, plant, xxiv. 727. BRIOT, Franois, Swiss metal-worker,

xix. 184. BRIOUDE, town, France, iv. 347; bridge

at, iv. 332. BRIOVIRA (St L6), ancient town, France,

xxi. 182.

BRISBANE, town, Queensland, iv. 347. , Sir Thomas M., astronomer, iv.

347; his observatory, at Paramatta,

New South Wales, xvn. 716. BRISSON, Mathurin Jacques, French

naturalist, iv. 347; on birds, XVlil. 5. BRISSOT, Jean Pierre, Girondist, iv.

347-

, Pierre, French physician, XV. 808. BRISTLES, Economic uses of, XL 376; in

brush-making, iv. 403. BRISTOL, town, England, iv. 348;

siege of (1645), xxi. 62; St Augustine s

abbey, I. 19; libraries, xiv. 521, 542;

newspapers, xvn. 421; porcelain

works, xix. 642. , town, Rhode Island, U.S.A., iv.

352. , Earl of, persecution of, by Charles

I., v. 404. BRITAIN, Ancient, iv. 352; history of,

vni. 263; Caesar s invasion of, IV. 636;

under the Romans, XX. 775, 780; their

influence on the language, v. 317;

coins of, xvn. 636; Celtic dialects of,

V. 298. BRITANNIA, iv. 352. See Britain.

, Camden s work, IV. 734.

BRIDGE, across Menai Straits,

Wales, iv. 334; xx. 234.

METAL, XVIIL 725.

ROMANA, Horsley s work, xn.

200.

BRITANNICUS, son of the Roman emperor Claudius, iv. 354; xvil. 348.

, Racine s drama, xx. 206.

BRITANNY (Brittany, q.v.), province, France, IV. 354.

BRITFORD, Wilts, England, Gothic arch way in church, II. 425.

BRITISH ALMANAC, i. 591.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, in. 649.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY, xiv. 258.

BRITISH ARMY, Historical sketch of the, n. 568.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION, its origin, iv. 277.

BRITISH COLUMBIA, North America, vi. 169.

BRITISH GUIANA, XL 249.

BRITISH HONDURAS, xn. 132.

BRITISH KAFFRARIA, South Africa, xiii. 816.

BRITISH MUSEUM, London, xiv. 837;

under Panizzi, xvm. 212; library of,

Xiv. 515.

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, xxi. 123. BRITISH SUBJECTS, their privileges, I.

575-

BRITO, port, Nicaragua, xvn. 477. , Bernardo de, Portuguese historian,

Xix. 557. BRITONS, Ancient, iv. 352; vm. 263;

XXI. 472; ethnic character and dis tribution of, v. 301. BRITONUM HISTORIA, Nennius s work,

xvn. 332. BRITTANY, province, France, iv. 354;

ancient stone monuments of, XXI. 5 1 ;

dukes of, xx. 401. BRITTLE-STARS, order of Echinoder-

mata, vil. 634. BRITTON, summary of early English

law, iv. 355. -, John, English antiquary, IV. 355.

BRIVA ISAR^E (Pontoise), ancient town,

France, XIX. 456. BRIVES-LA-GAILLARDE, town, France,

iv. 356-

BRIXEN, town, Tyrol, iv. 356. BRIXHAM, town, England, iv. 356; its

fisheries, IX. 249. BRIXIA (Brescia), ancient town, Italy,

iv. 258. BROACH, district and town, India, IV. 356.

, boring tool, xi. 438.

BROAD ARROW, in heraldry, XL 703. BROAD-BOTTOM ADMINISTRATION,

England, v. 441. BROAD LAW, mountain, Scotland, xvm.

451. BROADSIDE, or Broadsheet, pamphlet,

XVIIL 204.

BROADSTAIRS, town, England, iv. 357. BROADWAY, New York, xvn. 458. BROADWOOD, James, pianoforte maker,

xix. 76.

, John, pianoforte maker, XIX. 74.

BROCCHI, Giovanni Battista, Italian

geologist, iv. 357.

BROCCOLI, vegetable, IV. 618; xn. 279. BROCHANTITE, mineral, xvi. 401. BROCKS, Scottish round towers, xvn.

848; xxi. 22. BROCKEDON S BLACK-LEAD PENCILS,

xvm. 490. BROCKEN, mountain, Germany, XL 507;

spectre of the, XI. 399. BROCKES, Barthold H., German poet,

x. 532. BROCKHAUS, Friedrich Arnold, German

publisher, iv. 357; publisher of

Conversations-Lexicon, vm. 203. BROCKLESBY, Richard, English physi cian, iv. 357.

BRODERIP, William John, English natu ralist, iv. 358. BRODIE, Sir Benjamin Collins, English

surgeon, IV. 358. BRODY, town, Austria, iv. 359.

BRODZINSKI, Casimir, Polish poet, xix.

34- BROEKHUIZEN, Jan, Dutch scholar, iv.

382. BROGHILL, Lord (Roger Boyle), soldier

and statesman, IV. 185. BROGLIE, Achille L. V. C., Due de,

French statesman, IV. 359.

, Albert, Due de, IV. 360.

, Victor Frangois, Due de, marshal

of France, IV. 359; ix. 590. BROILING, of meat, vi. 332. BROKEN HEART, The, Ford s tragedy,

ix. 395. BROKER, intermediate agent, iv. 360;

member of stock exchange, xxn. 557. , Nicolas, English sculptor, xxi.

559-

BROKERAGE, Calculation of, n. 536. BROMBERG, town, Prussia, iv. 360. BROME, Alexander, English poet, iv. 36 1 . , Richard, English dramatist, iv.

36i. BROMIDES, in chemistry, iv. 361; of

potassium, Xix. 592; of silver, xxn.

72.

BROMIDROSIS, skin disease, xxn. 120. BROMINE, chemical element, IV. 361;

v. 490; as a poison, xix. 279. BROMITE, mineral, xvi. 384. BROMLEY, town, England, iv. 362; xiv.

822. BROMSGROVE, town, England, iv. 362;

xxiv. 666. BROMWICH, West, town, England, xxiv.

506. BRONCHIAL TUBES, air-passages, xx.

475-

BRONCHITIS, disease, iv. 362.

BRONCHOCELE (Goitre), disease, X. 739.

BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA, disease, xix. 250.

BRONDSTED, Peter Oluf, Danish arch aeologist, iv. 364.

BRONGNIART, Alexandre, French min eralogist, iv. 364; on reptiles, xx.

434-

BRONGNIARTINE, mineral, xvi. 400. BRONTE, town, Sicily, iv. 364.

, Anne, English writer, iv. 366.

, Charlotte, English novelist, IV.

364-

, Emily, English writer, IV. 366.

BRONZE, alloy of copper and tin, iv. 366;

composition of, VI. 351; early Greek

casting of, II. 348; strength of, xxn.

603; ancient weapons of, n. 553.

, Manganese, XIII. 352. AGE, II. 122; existing remains of,

n. 339-

BRONZES, ancient, iv. 367; Etruscan, vni. 642.

BRONZE-WORK, xvi. 71; Japanese, xin. 591; Sicyonian, xxn. 32; Vene tian, xxiv. 156.

BRONZING, iv. 367.