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ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

A

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE

Ninth Edition-Complete Bepriut.

VOLUME IX

NEW YORK

THE HENRY G. ALLEN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

1890

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY TRANSFERRED FROM BOTANICAL MUSEUM LIBRARY FEB. 26, 1934

ARGYLE PRESS, PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING,

265 & 267 CHERRY ST., N. Y.

W

34-131

4-75

Encyclopædia Britannica.-VOL. IX.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS,

FALCON. ALFRED NEWTON, Professor of Zoology,

University of Cambridge.

FALCONRY. Col. E. DELMÉ RADCLIFFE, author of
"Falconidae in India."

FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Sir WYVILLE THOMSON,

anthor of "The Challenger Expedition."
FAMILY. ANDREW LANG.

FAMINES. CORNELIUS WALFORD, author of "Famines
of the World, Past and Present."

FARADAY. J. CLERK MAXWELL, Prof. of Experi
mental Physics, Cambridge.

FARNESE. T. M'K. WOOD.

FARQUHAR. R. CARRUTHERS, LL.D.

FARRAGUT. J. K. LAUGHTON, Royal Naval College,
Greenwich.

FASTING. Rev. J. SUTHERLAND BLACK, M. A.
FAUSTUS. RICHARD GARNETT, British Museum.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Prof. DANIEL WILSON,
Toronto.

FEHMIC COURTS. H. J. E. FRASER, M. A.

FENELON. Very Rev. Principal TULLOCH, St Andrews.
FENIANS. W. K. SULLIVAN, President of Queen's
College, Cork.

PERGHANA. COUTTS TROTTER.

FERMENTATION. Prof. DITTMAR, Glasgow.

FERNS. W. T. THISELTON DYER and J. G. BAKER.
FEUDALISM. Sir J. H. RAMSAY, Bart., of Banff.
FEUERBACH, L. A. R. GARNETT.

FEUERBACH, P. J. A. W. L. R. CATES, joint
editor of "Dictionary of Chronology."

FEVER. J. O. AFFLECK, M. D.

FEZ. C. B. NORMAN,

FEZZAN. KEITH JOHNSTON, F. R. G.S.

FICHTE. Prof. ADAMSON, Owens College, Manchester.
FICINO. J. A. SYMONDS, author of "Renaissance in
Italy."

FIELDING. W. MINTO, author of "Characteristics of
the English Poets."

FIESOLE. W. M. ROSSETTI, author of "Fine Art,

chiefly Contemporary.'

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FIFE (COUNTY). T. F. HENDERSON.

FIG. C. PIERPOINT JOHNSON, editor of Sowerby's
"Wild Flowers."

FIJI ISLANDS. COUTTS TROTTER.
FILELFO. J. A. SYMONDS.

FILIGREE. J. H. POLLEN, author of "Furniture and
Woodwork."

FILLMORE, MILLARD. G. E. ELLIS, D.D., Boston.
FILTER. A. B. MACDOWALL.

FINANCE J. E. THOROLD ROGERS, Professor of
Economic Science, King's College, London.

FINE ARTS. SIDNEY COLVIN, Slade Professor of Fine
Art, Cambridge.

FINLAND. J. S. KELTIE.

FIR. C. PIERPOINT JOHNSON.

FIRDOUSI. Prof. E. H. PALMER, St John's College,
Cambridge.

FIRE. ELIE RECLUS.

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FLINT (COUNTY). Rev. Prebendary DAVIES.

FLORENCE. Misses HORNER, authors of "Walks
through Florence."

FLORIDA. S. A. DRAKE.

FLOUR. JAMES PATON.

FLYING FISH. ALBERT GUNTHER, M. D., Ph.D.,
F.R.S., British Museum.

FOOTBALL. H. F. WILKINSON, one of the editors of
the "Field."

FOOTE. A. W. WARD, Professor of English Litera-
ture, Owens College, Manchester.

FORAMINIFERA. Dr W. B. CARPENTER, C. B.
FORBES, J. D. A. ADAMS REILLY.

FORD, JOHN. Prof. A. W. WARD.

FORESTS. Dr H. CLEGHORN, author of "Forests and

Gardens of South India.".

FORGE. D. A. AIRD, editor of the "Forge and Lathe."
FORTIFICATION. Col. NUGENT, Royal Engineers

Horse Guards, London.

FOSCOLO. J. MONTGOMERY STUART.
FOSTER. T. F. HENDERSON.

FOUNDLING HOSPITALS. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.
FOUQUÉ. Miss FLORA MASSON.

FOX. J. GIBSON, Industrial Museum, Edinburgh.
FOX, CHARLES JAMES. W. FRASER RAE.
FRANCE-

GEOGRAPHY. HENRI GAUSSERON.

HISTORY. Rev. G. W. KITCHIN, author of "History
of France."

LANGUAGE. HENRY NICOL.

LITERATURE. GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M. A., late Post.

master, Merton College, Oxford.

FRANCIS (SAINTS). Very Rev. Principal TULLOCH,
University of St Andrews.

FRANCISCANS. Prof. T. S. LINDSAY, D.D., Free
Church College, Glasgow.

FRANCKEN. J. A. CROWE, author of "Painting in.
Italy."

FRANKFORT. H. A. Webster.

FRANKINCENSE. F. H. BUTLER.

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Hon. JOHN BIGELOW, New
York.

FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN. J. S. KELTIE.

FRANKS. Rev. G. W. KITCHIN.

FRAUD. EDMUND ROBERTSON, Professor of Roman
Law, University College, London.

FREDERICK THE GREAT. JAMES SIME, M.A.
author of "History of Germany."

FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Rev. J. SUTHER-
LAND BLACK, M. A.

FREEMASONRY. W. C. SMITH, LL.B.
FREE TRADE. Prof. THOROLD ROGERS.
FREILIGRATH. Miss F. MASSON.

FRESCO. C. HEATH WILSON, author of "Life and
Works of Michelangelo."

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. E. W. BRABROOK.

FROEBEL. Rev. R. H. QUICK, author of "Essays on
Educational Reformers."

FROG. JOHN GIBSON.

FROISSART. WALTER BESANT, author of "French

Humorists from 12th to 19th Century."

FUEL. H. BAUERMAN, Royal School of Mines.
FULLER, THOMAS. J. E. BAILEY.

FUNCTION. A. CAYLEY, Sadlerian Professor of Pure
Mathematics, Cambridge.

FUNERAL RITES, Rev. JOHN RAE

FUNGUS. GEORGE MURRAY, Botanical Department
British Museum.

FUR. M. M. BACKUS, New York.
FURNACE. H. BAUERMAN.
FURNITURE. J. H. POLLEN.
FUST. Rev. PONSONBY A. Lycí

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