article Acton Burnell, and the measures for its abolition in the articles Debt, Debtor, and Bankruptcy, as referred to in the index.
Juries; their right to judge of evidence independently of the dictation of the court. The first establishment of this great principle of English law, not mentioned under the title Jury, is incidentally referred to in the article William Penn, vol. xiii., p. 251, b.
Mississippi Scheme. Described in the article Law, John, of Lauriston, vol. x., 217, 2, b-c.
Physical porosity, not defined in the article Porosity, is fully explained in the article Compressibility.
Rhodian Law (of commerce); mentioned in the article Law Merchant, vol. x., 219, 1, c.
Bed of Justice (holding of); see Parliament, vol. xiii., 117, 1, c.
Prince Rupert's Drops.—This curious philosophical toy, and the Bologna phial, are fully described in the article Annealing, vol. i., 532 1, b and c.
St. Cuthbert's Beads.—Scott's “Marmion” has the following allusion to them, in Canto II., xvi.:
| “ | . . . . On a rock, by Lindisfarne, |
| St. Cuthbert sits, and toils to frame | |
| The sea-born beads that bear his name.” |
The index directs the reader to the article Encrinite, where they are mentioned by name, with a description of their origin, and an engraved illustration of the fossil marine animal of which they were the articulating joints.
Heliotype; see Albertype, another name for the process, vol. xiii., 472, 2, a.
Great Salt Lake, viii. 183; see also the article Salt, vol. xiv., 577, 2, b.
Smallpox, xv. 109 ; first mention of, see Aaron II., vol. i., 4, 1, c.
Rialto, a bridge in Venice, with an open square at each end; vol. xvi., 296, 2, b and c.
Leaning Tower (of Pisa); see Campanile, vol. iii., 661, 2, a ; illustration, Pisa, vol. xiii., 540.
For further illustration we may take a single article; for example, Pottery and Porcelain (14½ pages), vol. xiii., pp. 777-792. In this are explained, among others, the following objects, on which the information there given would naturally be sought under the names they bear: Sèvres china, 785, 2, a, and 791, 1, c-2, a; Sèvres vase (illustration), 785, 2; old Sèvres china, 786, 2, b; composition of, 792, 1, a.—Stanniferous, 778, 1, c.—Bat printing, 786, 1, b.—Crackle, 784, 1, a; Crackle vase (illustration), ibid.—Raffaelle (ware), 781, 2, b.—Frit, 790, 2, b and c.—Pug mill, 787, 1, b, c; illustration, ibid.—Samian (ware), 780, 2, b; illustration, 1, c.—Henri Deux (ware), 782, 1, a; Henri Deux Faïnce vase (illustration) ibid. Seggar, 789, 2, c-790, 2, a; illustration, ibid.—Mezza majolica (ware), 781, 1, c; Majolica vase (illustration) ibid.—Potter's wheel (Egyptian use of), 778, 2, c.—Potter's lathe, 787, 2, b; illustration, ibid.—Porzellana, 781, 2, a. Delft (ware), 782, 2, a-c.—Blunger, 788, 2, b.—Muffle (illustration), 792 1, c.—Slip, 788, 2, c, 791, 1, a.—Queen's ware, 783, 1, a.—Jasper ware, 783, 1, b.—Petuntse, 783, 2, c.—Parian biscuit, 783, 2, a, 786, 2, c.—Wedgwood, 783, 1, a; Wedgwood ware, b, c.
Subjects on which interesting and valuable information is given are far more numerous than the titles of the leading articles. But, if entered as such in the alphabetical arrangement of the work, they would generally be taken out of the connection in which they are best understood and appreciated, and would swell the number of leading articles beyond reasonable limits. The reader, consulting these only, may often be disappointed, failing to obtain the information which he seeks, and cannot find without an index.
