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ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA.-LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.

BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON, Esq.

J. Y. SIMPSON, M.D., Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh.

THOMAS DE QUINCEY, Esq.

R. G. LATHAM, Esq., M.A., M.D., &c.

W. E. AYTOUN, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh.

J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq., Member of the Institute of France, &c. AUGUSTUS PETERMANN, Esq., F.R.G.S., &c.

WILLIAM SPALDING, M.A., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of St. Andrews.

JOHN FRANCIS SMITH, Esq.

J. E. RYLAND, M.A., &c.

Rev. P. KELLAND, M.A., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh.

ANTONIO PANIZZI, Esq.

THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the
University of Glasgow.

Dr. DORAN, Author of "Habits and Men," &c.
WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, Esq., C.E., Manchester.

H. L. MANSEL, Reader in Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy,
Magdalen College, Oxford.

JAMES CAIRD, Esq., Author of "English Agriculture in 1850-51," &c.

THOMAS LAYCOCK, M.D., Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh.

DANIEL WILSON, LL.D., F.R.S.A., &c.

LAWRENCE OLIPHANT, Esq., Author of the "Russian Shores of the Black Sea."

GEORGE FARQUHAR GRAHAM, Esq.

JOHN FLEMING, D.D., late Professor of Natural Science, New College, Edinburgh

E. B. DENISON, Esq., M.A., Q.C., &c.

Rev. JOHN CAIRNS, M.A.

J. H. BALFOUR, M.D., Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh.

J. S. BLACKIE, Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh.

JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq., Author of " Greenland and other Poems," &c.

WILLIAM GREGORY, M.D., late Professor of Chemistry in the

University of Edinburgh.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.-LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.

Sir JOHN F. W. HERSCHELL, Bart., K.H., M.A., D.C.L., &c. D. F. ARAGO, late Member of the Royal Institute of France. JOHN ROBISON, LL.D., late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

C. C. J. BUNSEN, D.D., D.C.L., D.P.H.

Lord JEFFREY.

THOMAS YOUNG, M.D., late Corresponding Member of the Royal Institute of France.

Sir JOHN LESLIE, late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

Sir JOHN BARROW, Bart.

JOHN PLAYFAIR, F.R.S., late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, LL.D., &c.

DUGALD STEWART, F.R.S.S. L. and E.

Sir JAMES E. SMITH, F.R.S., late President of the Linnean Society.

JEAN BAPTISTE BIOT, Member of the Royal Institute of France.

Right Rev. GEORGE GLEIG, D.D.

Lieut.-Col. CHARLES HAMILTON SMITH, F.R.S.

W. M. RANKINE, Professor of Mechanics in the University of Glasgow.

Sir JOHN GRAHAM DALYELL, Bart.

ROBERT JAMESON, F.R.S., late Regius Professor of Natural

History in the University of Edinburgh.

ALAN STEVENSON, Esq., F.R.S.E., C.E.
EDWARD EDWARDS, Esq.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA,

EIGHTH EDITION

PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.

VOLUME I.

DISSERTATION FIRST.-On the Progress of Metaphysical and Ethical Philosophy, since the Revival of Letters in Europe. By DUGALD STEWART, late Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

DISSERTATION SECOND.- On the Progress of Ethical Philosophy, chiefly during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. By Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, LL.D. With a Preface by WILLIAM WHEWELL, D.D.

DISSERTATION THIRD. - On the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin.

DISSERTATION FOURTH.-On the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science since the Revival of Letters in Europe. By Sir JOHN PLAYFAIR, late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

DISSERTATION FIFTH.-On the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science, chiefly during the Eighteenth Century. By Sir JOHN LESLIE, late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

DISSERTATION SIXTH.-On the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science during the Nineteenth Century. By JAMES D. FORBES, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.-PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.

VOLUME II.

ABERRATION and ACOUSTICS. By GEORGE BUCHANAN, F.R.S.E.

ACHROMATIC GLASSES and AERONAUTICS. By Sir JOHN LESLIE.

ADMIRAL and ADMIRALTY. By Sir JOHN BARROW, Bart Revised by JOHN BARROW, Admiralty.

ADDISON, (JOSEPH.) By WILLIAM SPALDING, A.M., Professor of Logic in the University of St Andrews.

ÆSCHYLUS. By J. S. BLACKIE, Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh.

ETNA and ALPS. By ROBERT JAMESON, late Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh.

AFGHANISTAN. BY DAVID BUCHANAN and EDWARD THORNTON, East India House.

AFRICA. By AUGUSTUS PETERMANN, F.R.G.S.

AGRICULTURE. By JOHN WILSON, Eddington Mains, Berwickshire.

AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. By THOMAS ANDERSON, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow. AGRARIAN LAWS. By GEORGE FERGUSON, Professor of Humanity, King's College, Aberdeen.

ALGEBRA. By WILLIAM WALLACE, LL.D.. late Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh.

AMERICA. BY CHARLES MACLAREN, F.R.S.E.

ANATOMY. BY DAVID CRAIGIE, M.D., F.R.S.E.

Abbreviation-Abyssinia-Academy-Algiers-Alphabet -Alum.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.-PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS.

VOLUME III.

ANATOMY. By DAVID CRAIGIE, M.D., F.R.S.E.

ANCHOR. By JONATHAN AYLEN, Greenwich.

ANDES, ANGLE, &c. By Sir JOHN LESLIE.

ANGLING, ANIMAL KINGDOM, and ANIMALCULE. By JAMES WILSON, Author of various works on Natural History. ANNUITIES. By JOSHUA MILNE.

ANT. By P. M. ROGET, M.D., F.R.S.

ANTRIM and ARMAGH. By HENRY SENIOR.

APPARITIONS. By JAMES BROWNE, LL.D.

AQUEDUCT BY GEORGE BUCHANAN, C.E.

ARABIA By D. BUCHANAN and W. PLATE, LL.D.

ARCH. By JOHN ROBISON, late Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, and WILLIAM WALLACE, LL.D.

ARCHEOLOGY. BY DANIEL WILSON, LL.D.

ARCHITECTURE. BY WILLIAM HOSKING, Professor of Arts and Construction, King's College.

ARISTOTLE and ARISTOTLE'S PHILOSOPHY. By R. DICKSON HAMPDEN, D.D., Bishop of Hereford.

ARMY. By J. BROWNE, LL.D., and J. H. STOCQUELER.

ARTILLERY. By Capt. SPEARMAN and Colonel PORTLOCK.
ARTS. By W. HAZLITT and W. B. JOHNSTONE, R.S.A.
ASIA. By H. MURRAY, F.R.S.E., and W. PLATE, LL.D.
ASSAYING. BY ROBERT MUSHET, of the Royal Mint.
ASTRONOMY. BY THOS. GALLOWAY, Sir JOHN PLAYFAIR, and
THOS. HENDERSON. With Supplement by Rev. ROBERT
MAIN, Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Archery-Arithmetic.

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