Encyclopaedia Britaniiica.- -VoL. I. PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. ABBEY AND ABBOT. Rev. EDMUND VENABLES, Precentor and Canon of Lincoln. ABELARD. Prof. G. CKOOM ROBERTSON, University College, London. ABERDEEN. ALEX. CRUICKSHANK, M.A. ABRAHAM. Rev. SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D., Author of " Introduction to the Old and New Testament," &c. ABYSSINIA. DAVID KAY, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. ACADEMY. FRANCIS STORR, M.A., Author of "Tables of Irregular Greek Verbs." ACCENT. JOHN M. Ross, LL.D., Editor of the " Globe Encyclopaedia." ACCLIMATISATION. ALFRED R. WALLACE, Author of " Theory of Natural Selection." ACHILLES. A. STUART MURRAY, British Museum, London. ACHIN. Col. HENRY YULE, C.B., F.R.G.S., Author of "The Book of Marco Polio." ACOUSTICS. DAVID THOMSON, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Aberdeen. ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. JAMES DONALDSON, LL.D., Author of " Early Christian Literature and Doctrine." ACTINOZOA. T. H. HUXLEY, LL.D., Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor in the Royal School of Mines, London. ADAM. Rev. SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D. ADDISON. WILLIAM SPALDING, formerly Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, University of Edinburgh. ADMIRAL AND ADMIRALTY. F. W. ROWSELL, C.B., Superintendent of Naval Contracts, H.M. Admiralty. ADULTERATION. Dr HENRY LETHEBY, Ph.D., formerly Medical Officer of Health to the City of London. AERONAUTICS. JAMES GLAISIIER, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Meteorological Section, Greenwich Observatory. ^SCHYLUS. J. STUART BLACKIE, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh. jESIR. E. C. OTTE, Translator of Humboldt s "Cosmos." AESTHETICS. JAMES SULLY, M.A., Author of " Sensation and Intuition." AFGHANISTAN. Col. YULE, C.B. AFRICA. KEITH JOHNSTON, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. AGASSIZ. "W. C. WILLIAMSON, F.R.S., Professor of Natural History, Owens College, Manchester. AGRARIAN LAWS. GEORGE FERGUSON, LL.D., formerly Professor of Humanity in St Andrews University. AGRICULTURE. JOHN WILSON, Member of Council, Highland and Agricultural Society, Scotland. AGRICULTURE. Large and Small Farming. W. T. THORNTON, Author of " A Plea for Peasant Proprietors." ALCHEMY. JULES ANDRIEU. ALEXANDER THE GREAT. Rev. Sir GEORGE W. Cox, Baronet, Author of " A History of Greece," etc. ALEXANDER VI. RICHARD GARNETT, British Museum, Author of " Idylls and Epigrams from Greek Anthology." ALFORD, DEAN. CHARLES KENT, Author of " Charles Dickens as a Reader." ALGAE. Dr J. HCTTON BALFOUR, F.R.S., Regius Keeper of the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. ALGEBRA. PHILIP KELLAND, F.R.S.. late Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh. ALGERIA. DAVID KAY, F.R.G.S. ALPHABET. JOHN PEILE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Christ s College, Cambridge. ALPS. JOHN BALL, Fellow of the Royal Society, late President of the Alpine Club. ALTAR. Rev. G. H. FORBES. ALUM. Prof. JAMES DEWAR, M.A., Jacksonian Professor of Chemistry, University of CambriJ^ AMAZON. A. STUART MURRAY, British Museum. AMBASSADOR. HENRY REEVE, C.B., D.C.L., Registrar of H.M. Privy Council. AMBULANCE. THOMAS LONGMORE, C.B., Professor of Army Surgery, Netley. AMERICA (NORTH and SOUTH). CHARLES MACLAREN, late Fel. of the Geolog. Soc., and of the Royal Society. Edin. AMERICAN LITERATURE. JOHN NICHOL, LL.D., Professor of English Language, University of Glasgow. AMMON. SAMUEL BIRCH, LL.D., D.C.L., Keeper of Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. AMMUNITION. Capt. C. ORD BROWNE, R.A., Royal Laboratory, Woolwich. AMOS. Rev. T. K. CHEYNE, M.A., Fellow of Baliol College, Oxford. AMPHIBIA. Prof. T. H. HUXLEY. AMPHITHEATRE. Rev. G. H. FORBES. ANALOGY AND ANALYSIS. Prof. CKOOM ROBERTSON. ANAESTHESIA. Dr JAMES 0. AFFLECK, Examiner, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. ANATOMY. WM. TURNER, M.B., Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. A General Index to tJie Encyclopaedia is now in preparation, and will embrace the various subjects embodied
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