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Title: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1
"Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"

Author: Various

Release Date: June 17, 2010 [EBook #32860]

Language: English

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Transcriber's notes:

(1) Hieroglyphic symbols are indicated by [HRG] and ancient letters by
[SGN].

(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.

(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.

(4) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Article EGG: "The outermost, or third, layer of this shell often
takes the form of a glaze, as of porcelain, as for example in the
burnished egg of the ostrich ..." 'porcelain' amended from
'procelain'.

Article EGLINTON, EARLS OF: "This earl's successor was his
grandson, Archibald William, the 13th earl (1812-1861), who was
born at Palermo on the 29th of September 1812." 'on' amended from
'in'.

Article EGYPT: "While the worship of the gods 55 tended more and
more to become a monopoly of the state and the priests ..."
'monopoly' amended from 'monoply'.

Article EGYPT: "... the home of the dead in the heavens was a
fertile region not very different from Egypt itself, intersected by
canals and abounding in corn and fruit ..." 'from' amended from
'form'.

Article EGYPT: "The celebrated Israel stele from this temple is his
principal inscription. The rock shrines at Silsila are of small
importance." 'is' amended from 'in'.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
AND GENERAL INFORMATION

ELEVENTH EDITION

VOLUME IX, SLICE I

Edwardes to Ehrenbreitstein

ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE:

EDWARDES, SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN