# Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Volume VIII

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| | Volume VIII Eleanor — Fakir | Volume VIII Eleanor — Fakir | |
| El – Eo | Ep – Es | Et – Ez | F – Fa |
| Eleanor, wife of Henry II. of England. Eleatic School, of philosophy. Elecampane, plant. Elections, Parliamentary and municipal. Electricity. Historical Sketch. ... Index. Electrolysis. Electro-Metallurgy. Electrometer. Elemi, resin. Elephant, ungulate animal. Elephanta Isle, India. Elephantiasis, disease. Eleusinia, Greek festival. Eleusis, town, Attica. Eleutheropolis, ancient town, Palestine. Elgin, or Morayshire, county, Scotland. Elgin, Seventh Earl of, collector of Elgin Marbles. Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of, governor-general of India. El-Golea, town, Algeria. Eli, priest and judge of Israel. Elias Levita, Jewish rabbi. Élie de Beaumont, J. B. A. L. L., French geologist. Elijah, or Elias, Hebrew prophet. Eliot, John, apostle of the Indians. Eliot, Sir John, English statesman. Elis, country & town, ancient Greece. Elisha, Hebrew prophet. Elizabeth, queen of England. Elizabeth, St, of Hungary. Elizabeth Petrovna, empress of Russia. Elizabeth, town, New Jersey, U.S.A. Elizabethgrad, town, Russia. Elizabethpol, or Gansha, town, Russia. Elk, or Moose Deer (See Deer). Ellenborough, Lord, chief justice of England. Ellenborough, Earl of, governor-general of India. Ellesmere, Earl of, English litterateur. Ellichpur, district & town, India. Elliotson, John, English physician. Elliott, Ebenezer, corn-law rhymer. Ellis, George, English writer. Ellis, Sir Henry, English antiquary. Ellis, William, English missionary. Ellor, town, India. Ellora, town, India. Ellsworth, town, Maine, U.S.A. Ellwood, Thomas, English theological writer. Elm, tree. Elmacin, or Elmakyn, George, Egyptian historian. Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale, English architect. Elmes, James, English architect. Elmina, town, West Africa. Elmira, town, New York, U.S.A. El-Obeid, town, Kordofan, Africa. Éloi, St, bishop of Noyon. El Paso, town, Mexico. Elphinstone, Mountstuart, Indian statesman. Elphinstone, William, Scottish bishop and statesman. El Rosario, town, Mexico. Elsinore, town, Denmark. Elvas, town, Portugal. Ely, town, England. Elysium, of Greek mythology. Elyot, Sir Thomas, English scholar. Elzevir, family of Dutch printers. Emanuel, or Emmanuel, king of Portugal. Emanuel b. Salomon, Hebrew poet. Embalming, of dead bodies. Embankment, in engineering. Ember Days and Weeks. Embezzlement, in English law. Emblements, in English law. Embossing. Embroidery, pictorial needlework. Embrun, town, France. Embryology. Emden, town, Prussia. Emerald, precious stone. Émeric-David, Toussaint-Bernard, French archæologist. Emerson, William, English mathematician. Emery, mineral. Emetics, in medicine. Emeu, bird. Emigration. Emmaus, village near Jerusalem. Emmerich, town, Prussia. Emmet, Robert, Irish revolutionist. Emmet, Thomas Addis, Irish lawyer and revolutionist. Emmius, Ubbo, Dutch historian. Empedocles, Greek philosopher. Emperor, sovereign title. Emphysema, affection of the lungs. Empire. Empoli, town, Italy. Empyema, or Empyæma, medical term. Ems, town, Prussia. Enamel, glaze on metal. Encaustic Painting. Encaustic Tiles. Enchasing, or Chasing, industrial art. Encina, or Enzina, Juan del, Spanish dramatist. Encke, Johann Franz, German astronomer. Encyclopædia. Endive, esculent plant. Endor, ancient town, Palestine. Endowed Schools Acts. Endymion, of Greek mythology. Energy, in physics. Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper, French socialist. Enfield, town, England. Enfield, town, Connecticut, U.S.A. Enfield, William, English miscellaneous writer. Engadine, valley, Switzerland. Engel, Johann Jakob, German writer. Engelbrechtsdatter, Dorthe, Norwegian poetess. Enghien, Duc d’, French prince. Engineering. England. Geography and Statistics. Index. History. Index to History of England. Tables. England, Church of. English Bible. The Manuscript Bible. The Printed Bible. English Language. English Literature. Index. Engraving. Enguera, town, Spain. Enkhuizen, town, Holland. Enlistment, in British army. Ennis, town, Ireland. Enniscorthy, town, Ireland. Enniskillen, town, Ireland. Ennius, Q., Roman poet and dramatist. Enoch, of Scripture. Enos, town, Turkey in Europe. Enriquez Gomez, Antonio, Spanish dramatist. Enschede, town, Holland. Entail, in law. Entomology, the science of insects (q.v.). Entozoa, internal parasites. Entrecasteaux, Joseph Antoine Bruni d’, French navigator. Enzio, king of Sardinia. Eon de Beaumont (Chevalier D’Eon), French adventurer. Eötvös, Jozef, Baron, Hungarian statesman and poet. | Epaminondas, Theban general. Épée, Charles-Michel, Abbé de l’, teacher of deaf-mutes. Eperies, or Presova, town, Hungary. Epernay, town, France. Ephemeridæ, family of insects. Ephesians, Epistle to the. Ephesus, ancient town, Asia Minor. Ephori, Greek magistrates. Ephorus, Greek historian. Ephraem Syrus, early Christian writer. Ephraim, of Scripture. Epicharmus, Greek poet. Epictetus, Greek philosopher. Epicurus, Greek philosopher. Epidamnus (Durazzo), ancient town, Illyricum. Epidaurus, ancient town, Argolis, Greece. Epidaurus, ancient towns, Laconia, Greece, & Illyricum. Epigoni, in Greek mythology. Epigrams. Epilepsy, disease. Epimenides, Greek poet. Épinal, town, France. Épinay, Madame d’, French authoress. Epiphanius, St, early Christian writer. Epiphany, church festival. Epiphytes, plants growing on others (See Botany). Epirus, district, Greece. Episcopacy. Episcopius, Simon, Dutch theologian. Epitaph. Epithalamium, nuptual song. Epsom, town, England. Epsom Salts, in pharmacy. Equation, Equations, Algebraic. Determinant. Theory of Equations. Equites, Roman order. Equity, in law. Érard, Sébastien, French musical instrument-maker. Erasmus, Desiderius, Dutch scholar. Erastus, Thomas, Swiss theologian. Erato, Muse of erotic poetry. Eratosthenes, Greek astronomer and geographer. Erbach, town, Germany. Ercilla y Zuñiga, Alonso de, Spanish poet. Erdelyi, Janos, Hungarian poet. Erdmann, Otto Linné, German chemist. Erebus, in Greek mythology. Erechtheus, in Greek legend. Eretria, town, Eubœa (q.v.), Greece. Erfurt, town, Prussia. Ergot, or Spurred Rye, drug. Erie, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Erie, Lake, North America (See St Lawrence). Erigena, Johannes Scotus, mediæval philosopher. Erigone, in Greek mythology. Erinna, Greek poetess. Erinyes, or Erinnyes, in Greek mythology. Eriphyle, in Greek mythology. Eris, in Greek mythology. Erivan, or Irwan, town, Transcaucasia, Russia. Erlangen, town, Bavaria. Erlau, town, Hungary. Erl-King, or Erlkönig, mythical character. Erman, Paul, German physicist. Ermine, carnivorous mammal. Ernesti, Johann August, German philologist and theologian. Ernesti, Johann Christian Gottlieb, German scholar. Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm, German composer and violinist. Eros, Greek god (the Roman Cupid). Erpe, Thomas von, or Erpenius, Dutch Orientalist. Ersch, Johann Samuel, German bibliographer. Erskine, Ebenezer, founder of the Secession Church, Scotland Erskine, John (d. 1768), of Carnock, Scottish law writer. Erskine, John (d. 1803), minister of Church of Scotland. Erskine, Ralph, Scottish divine. Erskine, Lord, lord chancellor of England. Erskine, Thomas, of Linlathen, Scottish theological writer. Erysipelas, disease. Erythræ, ancient Greek town, Asia Minor. Eryx (Monte San Giuliano), ancient town and mountain, Sicily. Erzeroum, town, Turkish Armenia. Erzgebirge, mountains, Germany. Esarhaddon, Assyrian king. Esau, or Edom, of Scripture. Eschatology, doctrine of last things. Escheat, in law. Eschenbach, Wolfram Von (See Wolfram), German poet. Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, German writer. Eschenmayer, Karl von, German philosopher and physicist. Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich, German naturalist. Eschwege, town, Germany. Eschweiler, town, Prussia. Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio, Spanish casuist. Escorial, or Escurial, palace, Spain. Esdras, Books of, in Apocrypha. Esher, town, England. Eshref, or Ashref, town, Persia. Eski-Djuma, town, Bulgaria. Eskilstuna, town, Sweden. Eskimo, race of people. Eski-Sagra, or Eski-Zagra, town, European Turkey. Eski-Shehr, town, Asiatic Turkey. Esneh, or Isne, town, Upper Egypt. Esparto, or Spanish Grass, grass fibre. Espinasse (L’Espinasse, q.v.). Espinel, Vicente, Spanish poet. Esprémesnil, or Épréménil, J. J. Duval d’, French politician. Espronceda, José de, Spanish poet and politician. Equimaux (Eskimo, q.v.), race of people. Esquire, title. Esquirol, Jean Étienne Dominique, French physician. Esquiros, Henri Alphonse, French writer. Ess, Johann Heinrich van, German theologian. Essek, or Eszek, town, Hungary. Essen, town, Prussia. Essenes, Jewish sect. Essex, county, England. Essex, Walter Devereux, first earl of (Devereux line). Essex, Robert Devereux, second earl of. Essex, Robert Devereux, third earl of. Esslingen, town, Würtemberg. Estaing, Comte d’, French admiral. Estate, in English law. Estates of the Realm. Este, town, Italy. Este, Italian princely family. Estella, town, Spain. Estepa, town, Spain. Estepona, town, Spain. Esterhazy (Eszterházy, q.v.), Hungarian family. Esther, of Scripture. Esthonia, province, Russia. Estienne, or Stephens (q.v.), family of French printers. Estoppel, in law. Estremadura, province, Portugal. Estremadura, old province, Spain. Estremoz, town, Portugal. Eszek, or Essek, town, Hungary. Eszterházy, Hungarian family. | Etah, district and town, India. Étampes, or Estampes, town, France. Etawah, district and town, India. Etchmiadzin, Edchmiadzin, or Itsmiadsin, town and monastery, Transcaucasia, Russia. Eteocles, mythical king of Thebes. Ethelbert, or Æthelberht, king of Kent, England. Ethelred or Æthelred II., early English king. Ethelwulf, or Æthelwulf, Saxon king of England. Ether, in chemistry. Ether, or Æther, in interstellar space. Etheredge, Sir George, English dramatist. Etheredge, John Wesley, Biblical writer. Ethics. Contents. Ethiopia, or Æthiopia. Ethnography and Ethnology. Index. Etna, volcano, Sicily. Eton, town and college, England. Etruria, Italy. Ettlingen, town, Germany. Ettmuller, Ernst Moriz Ludwig, German philologist. Ettmuller, Michael, German physician. Etty, William, English painter. Eu, town, France. Eubœa, island, Greece. Eubulides, Greek philosopher. Eucalyptus, genus of trees. Eucharist, or Lord’s Supper. Euchre, card game. Euclid, Greek mathematician. Euclid of Megara, Greek philosopher. Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II. Eudocia Augusta, wife of Constantine XI. Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek philosopher. Eudoxus of Cyzicus, Greek navigator. Eugene, François, prince of Savoy, Austrian general. Eugenius, popes. Eugubine or Iguvine Tables, with Umbrian inscriptions. Eulenspiegel, German chapbook. Euler, Leonard, Swiss mathematician. Eumenes, general of Alexander of Macedon. Eumenides, or Erinyes (q.v.), the Furies, in mythology. Eunapius, Greek sophist and historian. Eunomius, Arian heretic. Eunuch. Eupatoria, town, Russia. Eupen, town, Rhenish Prussia. Euphorbium, resin. Euphorion, Greek poet and grammarian. Euphranor, Greek painter and sculptor. Euphrates, river, Syria. Eupion, paraffin hydrocarbon. Eupolis, Greek poet and dramatist. Eupompus, Greek painter. Eure, department, France. Eure-et-Loire, department, France. Euripedes, Greek dramatist. Europa, in Greek mythology. Europe. Index. Eurydice, wife of Orpheus (q.v.), in Greek legend. Eurymedon, Athenian general. Eurystheus (See Hercules). Eusebius of Cæsarea, ecclesiastical historian. Eusebius of Emesa, ecclesiastic, Greek Church. Eusebius of Nicomedia, defender of Arius. Eustathius, St, bishop of Berœa. Eustathius, archbishop of Thessalonica. Euterpe, Muse of lyric poetry. Eutropius, Roman historian. Eutyches, founder of Eutychian sect. Euyuk, or Üyük, village and ruins, Turkey in Asia. Evagoras, king of Salamis. Evagrius, ecclesiastical historian. Evander, in Roman legend. Evangelical Alliance. Evangelical Association, American. Evangelical Union, Scottish religious denomination. Evans, Sir De Lacy, British general. Evans, Oliver, American mechanician. Evanson, Edward, theological writer. Evansville, town, Indiana, U.S.A. Evaporation. Eve, of Scripture. Evelyn, John, English diarist. Evemerus, or Euhemerus, Greek mythographer. Everdingen, Allart von, Dutch painter. Everest, Sir George, British surveyor and geographer. Everett, Alexander Hill, American writer and diplomatist. Everett, Edward, American politician and orator. Evesham, town, England. Evidence, in law. Evolution. Evolution in Biology. Evolution in Philosophy. Index. Evora, town, Portugal. Évreux, town, France. Ewald, Heinrich Georg August von, German theologian. Ewald, Johannes, Danish poet. Ewing, Alexander, Scottish bishop. Examinations. Exarch. Excambion, in Scots law. Exchange, in law & commerce. Exchequer, The English. Excise, form of taxation. Excommunication. Executors, in English law. Exelmans, Reny Joseph Isidore, French general. Exeter, town, England. Exhibitions, National and International. Exmouth, town, England. Exmouth, Viscount. Exodus, Book of (See Pentateuch). Exorcism, casting out evil spirits. Expiation, Day of, Jewish. Explosives. Extradition, in law. Extreme Unction, sacrament, Church of Rome. Eyck, Van, family of Flemish painters. Eye. Physical Causes of Vision. Optical Arrangements of the Eye. Specific Influence of Light on the Retina. Sensations of Colour. The Movements of the Eye. The Psychical Relations of Visual Perceptions. Ezekiel, Old Testament prophet. Ezra, or Esdras, of Scripture. Ezra, Book of. | F, the sixth letter of the alphabet. Faber, Basil, German schoolmaster and theologian. Faber, Cecilia Böhl von (Fernan Caballero), Spanish novelist. Faber, Frederick Wilhelm, English hymn-writer. Faber, George Stanley, English divine. Faber, or Lefèvre, Jacobus, early French Protestant writer. Faber, or Lefèvre, Johann, anti-Protestant writer. Fabian Gens, Roman clan. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Quintus, surnamed Cunctator, Roman general. Fabius Pictor, Quintus, Roman historian. Fable, Fables. Fabre d’Églantine, French dramatist and Revolutionist. Fabretti, Raphael, Italian antiquary. Fabriano, town, Italy. Fabriano, Gentile Da, Italian painter. Fabricius, Caius Luscinus, Roman general and consul. Fabricius, George, German poet and archæologist. Fabricius, Hieronymus, Italian anatomist. Fabricius, Joannes Albertus, German bibliographer. Fabricius, Johann Christian, Danish naturalist. Fabroni, Angelo, Italian biographer. Fabrot, Charles Annibal, French jurisconsult. Fabyan, Robert, English chronicler. Facciolati, Jacopo, Italian philologist. Factor, in mercantile law. Factory Acts. Faculty, in law & in universities. Faenza, town, Italy. Fæsulæ (Fiesole, q.v.), ancient town, Etruria. Fahlcrantz, Christian Erik, Swedish poet. Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel, German physicist. Fair, Fairs. Fairbairn, Sir William, engineer. Fairfax, Edward, English poet. Fairfax, Lord, Parliamentary general. Fairfield, town, Connecticut, U.S.A. Fairholt, Frederick William, English antiquary. Fairy, Fairies. Faithorne, William (d. 1691), English painter and engraver. Faithorne, William (d. 1686), English mezzotint engraver. Faizabad, division, district, and town. Fakir (Dervish, q.v.), member of Mohammedan religious order. |