ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA
VOLUME XXV (AACHEN—AUSTEALIA).
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.
ABDURRAHMAN KHAN. Sir ALFRED LYALL, K.C.B., G.C.I.E.
ABYSSINIA. History, Count GLEICHEN ; Geography, Professor A. H. KEANE, F.R. G.S.
ABYSSINIAN CHURCH. A. J. BUTLER, M.A., Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.
ACADEMY, ROYAL. F. A. EATON, Secretary of the Royal Academy.
ACADEMY, FRENCH. EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D. ACCOUNTANTS. J. G. GRIFFITHS, ex-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
ACCUMULATORS. W. HIBBERT, F.I.C., F.C.S., Assoc. M.Inst.E.E.
ACETYLENE. VIVIAN B. LEWES, F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry, Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
ACHROMATIC OBJECTIVES. CHARLES S. HASTINGS, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University.
ACID AND ALKALI MANUFACTURE. Professor G. LUNGE, Zurich. Author of “Sulphuric Acid and Alkali.”
ACOUSTICS. Professor J. H. POYNTING, D.Sc., F.R.S., Birmingham University.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. Rev. J. VERNON BARTLET, Mansfield College, Oxford.
ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS. JAMES FORD RHODES, LL.D. Author of “History of the United States, from the Compromise of 1850.”
ADAMS, J. COUCH. DONALD MACALISTER, M.A., M.D., Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge.
ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION. British Empire, Admiral Sir VESEY HAMILTON and JOHN LEYLAND ; United States, Rear-Admiral W. T. SAMPSON, U.S.N.
ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION. The Hon. Sir WALTER PHILLIMORE, Bt., Judge of the High Court of Justice.
ADULTERATION. OTTO HEHNER, Past President of the Society of Public Analysts.
ADVERTISEMENTS. H. R. HAXTON.
AERONAUTICS. OCTAVE CHANUTE, C.E., Hon. Mem. Inst.C.E. Author of “ Progress in Flying Machines.”
ÆTHER. J. LARMOR, D.SC., Sec. R.S., Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge. Author of “ Æther and Matter.”
AFFREIGHTMENT. The Hon. Sir JOSEPH WALTON, Judge of the High Court of Justice.
AFGHANISTAN. Geography and Statistics, Sir T. H. HOLDICH, K.C.I.E. ; History, Sir ALFRED LYALL, K.C.B., G.C.I.E.
AFRICA. Geography, E. HEAWOOD ; History, J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D. ; Ethnology, Professor A. H. KEANE.
AGRICULTURE. United Kingdom, W. FREAM ; United States, CHARLES W. DABNEY, Ph.D., President, University of Tennessee.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. FRANK C. SKINNER, U.S. Patent Office, Washington.
AINU. Captain F. BRINKLEY, Tokyo, Japan.
AIR-GUN. Sir GEORGE SYDENHAM CLARKE, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Governor of Victoria.
AIRY. A. A. RAMBAUT, F.R.S., Radclitfe Observer, Oxford.
ALABAMA. Hon. HANNIS TAYLOR, LL.D., formerly U.S. Minister to Spain. Author of “ The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution.”
ALASKA. Hon. W. H. DALL, U.S. National Museum, Washington. Author of “ Alaska and its Resources.”
ALBANIA. J. D. BOURCHIER, B.A., Athens; Times Correspondent in the Balkan States.
ALEXANDER II. AND III. Sir DONALD MACKENZIE WALLACE, K.C.I.E., K.C.Y.O.
ALGÆ. Professor R. W. PHILLIPS, University College Bangor, North Wales.
ALGEBRA. G. B. MATHEWS, F.R.S.
ALGEBRAIC FORMS. Major P. A. MACMAHON, F.R.S.
ALGERIA AND ALGIERS. PAUL LOUIS.
ALLOTMENTS. P. ANDERSON GRAHAM. Author of “The Rural Exodus.”
ALLOYS. Sir W. C. ROBERTS-AUSTEN, K.C.B., F.R.S., Chemist of the Mint.
ALMA-TADEMA, SIR L. The late W. COSMO MONKHOUSE.
ALPS. The Rev. T. G. BONNEY, F.R.S., D.Sc., formerly Professor of Geology in University College, London.
ALUMINIUM. E. RISTORI, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.
AMAZON. Colonel G. E. CHURCH.
AMBULANCE. Major J. R. DODD, M.D., R.A.M.C.
AMERICA (NORTH AND SOUTH). Professor W. M. DAVIS, Harvard University; Professor J. C. BRANNER, Leland Stanford Junior University ; and Professor R. DE C. WARD, Harvard University ; Anthropology, Professor 0. T. MASON, A.M., Ph.D., U.S. National Museum, Washington.
AMPHIBIA. G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S., Natural History Museum, South Kensington.
AMPHIOXUS. A. WILLEY, D.SC.
AMPTHILL, LORD. The Right Hon. Sir MOUNTSTUART GRANT DUFF, G.C.S.I., F.R.S.
ANATOMY. Human, Professor ALEXANDERMACALISTER, F.R.S.. Cambridge ; of Plants, A. G. TANSLEY, University College, London.
ANCHORS. Captain J. W. DIXON, R.N.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Lieut.-Colonel Sir R. C. TEMPLE, Bt., C.I.E., Chief Commissioner Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D.
ANDES. Dr F. P. MORENO, Director of the Museum of La Plata.
ANDRASSY, COUNT JULIUS. J. W. HEADLAM, late Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.
ANGIOSPERMS. Professor I. BAYLEY BALFOUR, D.SC., F.R.S., Edinburgh University.
ANGLICAN COMMUNION. The Rev. Professor W. E. COLLINS, King’s College, London.
ANGLICAN ORDERS. The Rev. W. H. FRERE. ANGLING. “ JOHN BICKERDYKE.”
ANTELOPE. R. LYDEKKER, F.R.S.
ANTHOZOA. G. C. BOURNE, Fellow of New College, Oxford.
ANTHROPOLOGY. ProfessorE. B. TYLOR, F.R.S., Oxford.
ANTHROPOMETRY. ARTHUR SHADWELL, M.D.
ANTI-SEMITISM. LUCIEN WOLF, late President of the Jewish Historical Society of England.
