Nero, 185

New South Wales, 31

Newton, Sir Isaac, 189

Nicotine, 92

Nitre, 100

Nitrogen, 113

Northern Lights, 22

Nutmegs, 50

Oats, 24

Obelisk, 158

Oils, 65

Oil, olive, 64

Oil, castor, 66
mineral, 65

Olives, 63, 64

Olive branch, the emblem of Plenty, 64

Opium, 91

Orange, 61

Ore, 83

Organ, barrel, 179

Oxide, 83

Oxygen, 113

Painters, celebrated, 184

Painting, art of, 180

Palm, 68, 69

Palma Christi, 66, 67

Pantheon, 146

Paper, invention of, 57
mill, 58
linen, 58

Papyrus, 58

Parchment, 59

Pearls, 131

Pearl oyster, 131
barley, 24

Pendulum, 98

Pepper, 52
cayenne, 53

Pericles, 159

Perry, 136

Petroleum, 65

Phenicia, 54

Philosopher's stone, 194, 195

Phonograph, 205

Phosphorus, 125

Photography, 209

Pins, 57

Pimento, 51

Pisa, 172

Pitch, 140

Platina, 123

Pliny, 54, 182

Plumbago, 122

Poetry, 185-187

Poets, celebrated, 186

Polypus, 108

Pompeii, 154

Porcelain, 56

Potash, 53

Potatoes, 24

Primitive Earths, 153

Printing, 59

Prism, 208

Protestant, 58

Ptolemies, 189

Pyramid, 158

Pythagoras, 188

Quicksilver, 97

Rabbins, 55

Rain, 16

Rainbow, 208

Raisins, 47

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 92

Raphael, 183, 184

Refugee, 58

Republic, 65

Resin, gum, 93

Rhubarb, 94

Rice, 48

Rock or fossil salt, 78
calcareous, 150
transition, 151

Roebling, John A., 217

Rubies, 128

Rum, 137

Rye, 24

Sable, 74

Sago, 49
palm, 50

Salt, 78, 79
marine, 78
rock, 78
spring, 79

Saltpetre, 100

Saracens, 168

Scarlet, 138

Schools of painting, 184

Sciences, Arts and, 190

Sculpture, 160

Seal, an animal, 74

Senate, 147

Sesostris, 177

Seville orange, 62

Shoes, 72

Sicilians, 23

Sidon, 167

Silex, 153

Silicious earths, 152

Silk, 41, 45
worm, 42-43

Silver, 119

Slate, 149

Snow, 16

Soap, 105

Soda, 105

Specific Weight, 202

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