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ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

A

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE

Minth Edition-Popular Reprint

VOLUME IX

NEW YORK

HENRY G. ALLEN AND COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

1888.

Encyclopædia Britannica-Vol. IX.

FALCON. Prof. A. NEWTON.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

FALCONRY. Col. E. DELMÉ RadcliffE.

FALKLAND ISLANDS. Sir WYVILLE

THOMSON.

FAMILY. ANDREW LANG.

FAMINES. CORNELIUS Walford.
FARADAY. Prof. CLERK MAXWELL.
FARNESE T. M'K. WoOD.

FARQUHAR. R. CARRUTHERS, LL. D.
FASTING. Rev. J. SUTHERLAND BLACK.
FAUSTUS. RICHARD GARNETT.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Prof. D. WILSON.

FENELON. Principal TULLOCHI.

FENIANS. President W. K. SULLIVAN. FERGHANA. COUTTS TROTTER. FERMENTATION. Prof. DITTMAR. FERNS. W. T. T. DYER and J. G. BAKER. FEUDALISM. Sir J. H. RAMSAY, Bart. FEUERBACH, L. A. R. GARNETT, LL. D. FEUERBACH, P. J. A. W. L. R. CATES. FEVER. Dr AFFLECK.

FEZ. C. B. NORMAN.

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FIRE AND FIRE-EXTINCTION. Gen.
A. P. ROCKWELL.

FIRECLAY. GEORGE MAW.
FISHERIES. E. W. H. HOLDSWORTH.
FITZROY. J. K. LAUGHTON.
FLAG. WALTER HEPWORTH.

FLAME. F. H. BUTLER.
FLAMINGO. Prof. A. NEWTON.
FLAMININUS. F. STORR.
FLAX. JAMES PATON.

FLAXMAN. Prof. SIDNEY COLVIN.
FLIGHT. Prof. J. B. PETTIGREW.
FLINT (COUNTY). Rev. Preb. DAVIES.
FLORENCE. Misses HORNER.
FLORIDA. S. A. DRAKE.
FLOUR. JAMES PATON.
FLYING FISH.

Dr A. GÜNTHER,
FOOTBALL. H. F. WILKINSON.
FOOTE. Prof. A. W. WARD.
FORAMINIFERA. Dr W. B. CARPENTER.
FORBES, J. D. A. ADAMS REILLY.
FORD, JOHN. Prof. A. W. WARD.
FORESTS. Dr H. CLEGHORN.
FORGE. D. A. AIRD.
FORTIFICATION. Col. NUGENT. R. E.
FOSCOLO. J. MONTGOMERY STUART.
FOSTER. T. F. HENDERSON.
FOUNDLING HOSPITALS.

SMITH.

FOUQUÉ. Miss F. MASSON.

W. C.

FOX. JOHN GIBSON.
FOX, CHARLES JAMES. W. F. RAF.
FRANCE-

GEOGRAPHY. HI. GAUSSERON. HISTORY. Very Rev. Dean KITCHIN. LANGUAGE. HENRY NICOL. LITERATURE. G. SAINTSBURY. FRANCIS (SAINTS). Principal TULLOCH. FRANCISCANS. Prof. LINDSAY, D.D. FRANCKEN. J. A. CROWE. FRANKFORT. H. A. WEBSTER.

FRANKINCENSE. F. H. BUTLER.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. J. BIGELOW.

FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN. J. S. KELTIE

FRANKS. Very Rev. Dean KITCHIN
FRAUD. Prof. ED. ROBERTSON,

FREDERICK THE GREAT. J. SIME
FREEMASONRY. W. C. SMITH.

FREE TRADE. Prof. THOROLD ROGERS. FREILIGRATH. Miss F. MASSON. FRESCO. C. HEATH WILSON. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

BRABROOK.

FROEBEL. Rev. R. H. QUICK. FROG. JOHN GIBSON.

FROISSART. WALTER BESANT. FUEL. H. BAUERMAN.

E. W.

FULLER, THOMAS. J. E. BAILEY.
FUNCTION. Prof. CAYLEY.
FUNERAL RITES. Rev. JOHN RAE
FUNGUS. GEORGE MURRAY.
FUR M. M. BACKUS.
FURNACE. H. BAUERMAN.
FURNITURE. J. H. POLLEN.
FUST. Rev. P. A. LYONS.

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