March 



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1879] 



NATURE 



cxlvii 



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VOLUME IX. 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA 

 BRITANNICA. 



NINTH EDITION. 



EDITED BY 



THOMAS SPENCER BAYNES, LL.D., 



Vr.reis:<r of Logic, Rhetoric, and Metaphysics in the University of 

 St. Andrews. 



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PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



FALCON-. Prjf. A. Nswros-. 



F.\LCONRY. Col. E. DKLMg Radcuffe. 



r.\LKLAND ISLAVDS. Sj Wwille Thomson-. 



F.\MILY. Andrew Lang. 



FAMINES. CoRMELius Wauord. 



FARADAY. Prof. Clerk Maxwell. 



F.\STING. Rev. J. Sutherla.nd Bl.\ck. 



F.A.USTUS. Richard Garnbtt. 



FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Prof. D. Wilson. 



FENELON. Principal Tullock. 



FENI.A.NS. President W. K. Sollivax. 



FERMENTATION. Pr f . Dittmar. 



FERNS. W. T. T. Dvbr and J. G. Baice.=;. 



FEUD.AJLIS.M. Sir J. H. Ramsay, Bart. 



FEUERBACH, L. A. R. Gaesett. 



FEUERB.\CH, P. J. A. W. U R. Cates. 



FEVER. Dr. Affleck. 



FEZ. C. B. Norman-. 



FEZZAN. Keith Johnston. 



FICHTE. Prof. Adamso.v. 



FICINO. J. A. SvMONDS. 



FIELDING. W. Mi.sTO. 



FIE SOLE. W. M. Rossktti. 



FIJI ISLANDS. Cootts Trotter. 



FILELFO. J. A. SvMONDS. 



FILIGREE. J. H. Pollen. 



FILTER. A. B. MacDowall. 



FIN.\NCE. Prof. Thorold Rogers. 



FINE ARTS. Prof. Sidney Colvin. 



FIR. C. P. Johnson. 



FIRDOUSI. Prof. E. H. Palmer. 



FIRE. Elie Reclds. 



FIRE an-d FIRE-EXTINCTION. Gen. A. P. Rockwell. 



FIRECL.W. George Maw. 



FISHERIES. E. W. H. Holdswokth. 



FITZROY. J. K. Laughton. 



FLAG. Walter Hefworth. 



FLAME. F.H.Butler. 



FLAMININUS. F. Storr. 



FL.\X. James P.\tok. 



FL.\XMAN'. Prof. Sidney CbLViN. 



FLIGHT. Prof. J. R Pettigrew. 



FLORENCE Misses Horner. 



FLYING FISH. Dr. A. GUnther. 



FOOTBALL. H. F. Wilkinson. 



FOOTE. Prof. A. W. Ward. 



FORAMINIFERA. Dr. W. B. Cajipkkter. 



FORBES, J. D. A. Adams Reilly. 



FORTIFICATION. Col. Nugent, R.E. 



FOSCOLO. J. Mo.vtgomery Stuart. 



FOX, CHARLES JAMES. W. F. Rae. 



France- 

 Geography. H. Gausseron. 

 History. Rev. G. W. Kitckin. 

 L.\NGUAGE. Henry Nicol. 

 Literature. G. Saintsbitry. 



FRANKLIN. BENJAMIN. Hon. J. Bigelow. 



FRANKLIN, SIR J -HN. J. S. Keltie. 



FREDERICK THE GRE.\T. J. Sime. 



FREEM.\S0NRY. W.C.Smith. 



FREE TRADE. Prof. Thorold Rogkkj. 



FRESCO. C Heath Wilson. 



FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. E. W. Br.\brook. 



FROEBEL. Rev. R. H. Quick. 



FROISSART. Walter Besant. 



FUEL. H. Bauerman. 



FULLER, THOMAS. J. E. Bailey. 



FUNCTION. Prof. Cayley. 



FUNERAL RITES. Rev. John Rae. 



FUNGUS. George Murray. 



FUR. M. M. Backus. 



FURNACE. H. Bauerman.v. 



FURNITURE. J. H. Pollen. 



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