The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide: Vol. 1 Part 1

Cactoides. 4, Acetabularia Mediterranea. 5, Bladder-locks. 6, Long-stalked Laminaria. 7, Sugared Laminaria. 8, Bladder Wrack. 9, Serrated Wrack. 10, Gulf-weed. 11, Thalassiophyllum Clathrus. 12, Forked Dictyota. 13, Medicinal Coralline. 14, Corallina Rubens. 15, Delesseria Lyalii. 16, Nitophyllum Crosieri. 17, Membrane-leaved Phyllophira. 18, Peacock's-tail Padina. 19, Banded Taonia. THE NEW . GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIA The GRESHAM . PUBLISHING COMPANY . Limited 66 CHANDOS STREET . STRAND LONDON W.C.2. 1922 LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS PLATES Page Algæ ( Coloured ) Frontispiece Aeroplane 44 Air-ships 72 Anatomy (Human Skeleton and Muscles) 152 Archæology (Antiquities of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages) 220 Architecture 224 Bacteria 348 MAPS IN COLOUR Africa 52 Asia 274 Australia 316 CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME I Adolphe Abrahams , O.B.E., B.A., M.D., late Major, R.A.M.C. George E. Allan , D.Sc., Lecturer in Electricity, University of Glasgow. R. E. Anderson , Maker of Artificial Limbs. F. L. Attenborough , B.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. F. F. P. Bisacre , O.B.E., M.A., B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E. R. M. Brown , B.Sc. Grenville A. J. Cole , F.R.S., Professor of Geology, Royal College of Science, Ireland. Arthur O. Cooke , Author of A Book of Dovecotes . J. R. Ainsworth Davis , M.A., F.C.P., former Principal of The Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Montagu Drummond , M.A., Lecturer in Botany, University of Glasgow. Charles J. Ffoulkes , B.Litt., Major, R.M.; Curator of the Armouries, Tower of London. F. Morley Fletcher , Director, College of Art, Edinburgh. Rev. William Fulton , D.D., B.Sc., Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. L. Haden Guest , M.C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. R. N. Haygarth , B.A., B.Sc., Queens' College, Cambridge. W. A. Hislop , M.B., late Captain, R.A.M.C. Donald A. Mackenzie , Folklorist; Author of Egyptian Myth and Legend , &c. Magnus Maclean , M.A., D.Sc., M.Inst.E.E., M.Inst.C.E., Editor of Modern Electrical Engineering , &c. W. Lockwood Marsh , O.B.E., M.A., A.F.R.Ae.S., Lieutenant-Colonel; late R.A.F.; Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society. D. J. Mackellor , B.Sc., Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, Royal Technical College, Glasgow. R. F. Patterson , M.A., D.Litt., formerly Charles Oldham Shakespeare Scholar, Cambridge University. Angelo S. Rappoport , Ph.D., B. ès L. James Ritchie , M.A., M.D., Professor of Bacteriology, University of Edinburgh. W. D. Robieson , M.A. John J. Ross , M.A., F.R.A.S. George Smith , Procurator Fiscal. G. Elliot Smith , M.A., M.D., F.R.S., Professor