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bridge, and shortly afterward became Lowndean 

 professor of astronomy at the same university. 



Aetius, ii, 31. ("The Atheist.") Born at An- 

 tioch; died at Constantinople, 367. He was born a 

 slave. Studied medicine and theology, became a 

 deacon, and developed the doctrine known as 

 Aethian heresy, which carried the ideas of Arius 

 to their logical issue. Constantine banished him 

 from Antioch for his Arian tendencies. The 

 Emperor Julian made him a bishop, but he died 

 in disgrace owing to his profligate habits. 



Agassiz, Jean Louis Randolphe, iii, 147. Born 

 in Switzerland, 1807; died at Cambridge, Mass., 

 1873. One of the most distinguished of modern 

 naturalists. While at the universities of Heidel- 

 berg and Munich comparative anatomy was 

 the special subject of his study, but he became 

 more interested in ichthyology, when the Spix 

 collection of fish was left in his care (1826). 

 Studied and wrote much on fish and their fossil 

 remains. 1847 published "The System of Gla- 

 ciers," which advanced some new and original 

 views in geology. Came to United States in 

 1846, and afterward became professor at Har- 

 vard. In "Outlines of Comparative Physiology" 

 he holds to the belief in the special creation of 

 species, and opposed the Darwinian theory. 



Airy, Sir, G. B., vii, n. Born at Alnwick, 

 Northumberland, July 27, 1801 ; died at Green- 

 wich, Jan. 2, 1892. Director of the Greenwich 

 Observatory and Astronomer Royal, 1836-1881. 

 First to suggest the use of permanent magnets 

 on ships for compensating the influence of iron 

 structures upon the compass. 



Albategnius, Mohammed ben Jabir, ii, 15. 



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