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Encyclopædia Britannica.
Vol. III.—(ATH-BOI).


PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

  • ATHENS.Rev. Edward L. Hicks, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
  • ATHLETIC SPORTS.H. F. Wilkinson, one of the Editors of "The Field."
  • ATLANTIC.William B. Carpenter, M.D., C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.
  • ATMOSPHERE.Alex. Buchan, Secretary of the Meteorological Society of Scotland.
  • ATOM.J. Clerk Maxwell, D.C.L., F.R.S., late Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge.
  • ATTICA.Rev. Henry F. Tozer, M.A., F.R.G.S., Author of "Geography of Greece."
  • ATTRACTION.Prof. G. Clerk Maxwell.
  • AUGUSTAN HISTORY.Richard Garnett, British Museum.
  • AUGUSTINE.Very Rev. Principal Tulloch.
  • AUGUSTUS.Very Rev. Charles Merivale, D.C.L., D.D., Dean of Ely.
  • AUSTRALIA.R. Acton.
  • AUSTRIA.David Kay, F.R.G.S.
  • AXIOM.G. Croom Robertson, Professor of Logic, University College, London.
  • BABYLONIA.Rev. A. H. Sayce, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queens College, Oxford.
  • BACON.Robert Adamson, M.A., Professor of Political Economy, Owens College, Manchester.
  • BAGHDAD.Sir Henry C. Rawlinson, K.C.B., D.C.L., late President of Royal Geographical Society.
  • BAKING.James Paton, Kelvingrove Industrial Museum, Glasgow.
  • BALANCE.William Dittmar, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Andersonian University, Glasgow.
  • BALANCE OF POWER.Henry Reeve, C.B., Registrar of H.M. Privy Council.
  • BALLADS.Andrew Lang.
  • BALLOT.W. C. Smith, LL.B., Advocate.
  • BALTIC.Dr Carpenter, C.B.
  • BANKING.Leonard H. Courtney, M.P.
  • BANKRUPTCY.Edmund Robertson, Professor of Roman Law, University College, London; (American Law) J. Lowell.
  • BAPTISM.Prof. T. M. Lindsay, D.D.
  • BAPTISTS.Rev. F. W. Gotch, LL.D.
  • BARBADOS.J. L. Ohlson, Secretary to West India Committee, London.
  • BAROMETER.Alex. Buchan, F.R.S.E.
  • BARRACKS.Col. Chas. B. Ewart, C.B., Deputy Director of Works for Barracks.
  • BASILICA.Rev. Canon Venables.
  • BATHS.Dr John Macpherson, Author of "Baths and Wells of Europe."
  • BATTLE.Col. Charles Chesney, R.E.
  • BEARD.John Doran, Ph.D., late Editor of "Notes and Queries."
  • BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.Algernon Charles Swinburne.
  • BECHWANA.Rev. Dr Moffat.
  • BEE.John Hunter, late Hon. Secretary British Bee-Keeper's Association.
  • BEETHOVEN.F. Hueffer, Author of "Wagner and the Music of the Future."
  • BELGIUM.David Kay, F.R.G.S.
  • BELL.Rev. H. R. Haweis, M.A., Author of "Music and Morals."
  • BELLINI.Prof. Sidney Colvin, University of Cambridge.
  • BELLOWS.A. B. MacDowall, London.
  • BENGAL.W. W. Hunter, LL.D.,
  • BENTHAM.T. E. Holland, M.A., B.C.L., Chichele Professor of International Law, Oxford.
  • BENTLEY.Rev. Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, Author of "Isaac Casaubon, 1559-1614.
  • BERKELEY.Prof. Robert Adamson, Owens College, Manchester.
  • BERLIN.Rev. G. P. Davies.
  • BEZIQUE.Henry Jones ("Cavendish").
  • BIBLE.W. Robertson Smith, Professor of Hebrew, Free Church College, Aberdeen.
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY.E. Fairfax Taylor.
  • BILLIARDS.G. F. Pardon ("Capt. Crawley").
  • BIOLOGY.Prof. Huxley and W. T. Thistleton Dyer, F.R.S.
  • BIRDS.Prof. W. K. Parker, Royal College of Surgeons, London; and Prof. Alfred Newton, Cambridge.
  • BIRMINGHAM.J. T. Bunce, Editor "Birmingham Daily Post."
  • BISHOP.Sir Travers Twiss, Q.C.
  • BISMUTH.H. Bauerman, Fellow of the Geological Society.
  • BLACK SEA.Dr Carpenter, C.B.
  • BLEACHING.James Paton, Kelvingrove Industrial Museum, Glasgow.
  • BLIND.F. J. Campbell.
  • BLOCK MACHINERY.Thomas Morley, F.I.N.A.
  • BLOWPIPE.A. B. MacDowall.
  • BOCCACCIO.F. Hueffer, Author of "Wagner and the Music of the Future."
  • BOETIUS.James Donaldson, LL.D., Author of "Early Christians Literature."