Encyclopædia Britannica.—Vol. I.
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.
- ABBEY and ABBOT.Rev. Edmund Venables, Precentor and Canon of Lincoln.
- ABELARD.Prof. G. Croom 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 Encyclopædia."
- 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 Pollo."
- 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 Glaisher, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Meteorological Section, Greenwich Observatory.
- ÆSCHYLUS.J. Stuart Blackie, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh.
- ÆSIR.E. C. Otte, Translator of Humboldt's "Cosmos."
- ÆSTHETICS.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. Hutton 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 Cambridge.
- 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. Croom Robertson.
- ANÆSTHESIA.Dr James O. 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 the Encyclopædia is now in preparation, and will embrace the various subjects embodied throughout the Work.
