VOLUME I
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 of Anatomy, University of London.
C. S. Stooks, D.S.O., Major, Indian Army; Instructor in Military Organization, Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
M. M. J. Sutherland, D.Sc., F.I.C.
Thomas G. Wright, LL.B., Professor of Mercantile Law, University of Glasgow.
KEY TO PRONUNCIATION
The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the following is the Key:—
VOWELS
ā, as in fate, or in bare.
ä, as in alms, Fr. âme, Ger. Bahn = á of Indian names.
a˙, the same sound short or medium, as in Fr. bal, Ger. Mann.
a, as in fat.
a¨, as in fall.
a, obscure, as in rural, similar to u in but, ė in her: common in Indian names.
ē, as in me = i in machine.
e, as in met.
ė, as in her.
ī, as in pine, or as ei in Ger. mein.
i, as in pin, also used for the short sound corresponding to ē, as in French and Italian words.
eu, a long sound as in Fr. jeûne = Ger. long ö, as in Söhne, Göthe (Goethe).
eu, corresponding sound short or medium, as in Fr. peu = Ger. ö short.
ō, as in note, moan.
o, as in not, soft—that is, short or medium.
ö, as in move, two.
ū as in tube.
u, as in tub: similar to ė and also to a.
u¨, as in bull.
ü, as in Sc. abune = Fr. û as in dû, Ger. ü long as in grün, Bühne.
u˙, the corresponding short or medium sound, as in Fr. but, Ger. Müller.
oi, as in oil.
ou, as in pound; or as au in Ger. Haus.
CONSONANTS
Of the consonants, b, d, f, h, j, k, l, m, n, ng, p, sh, t, v, z, always have their common English sounds, when used to transliterate foreign words. The letter c is not used by itself in re-writing for pronunciation, s or k being used instead. The only consonantal symbols, therefore, that require explanation are the following:—
ch is always as in rich.
d, nearly as th in this = Sp. d in Madrid, &c.
g is always hard, as in go.
h represents the guttural in Scotch loch, Ger. nach, also other similar gutturals.
n˙, Fr. nasal n as in bon.
r represents both English r, and r in foreign words, which is generally much more strongly trilled.
s, always as in so.
th, as th in thin.
th, as th in this.
w always consonantal, as in we.
x = ks, which are used instead.
y always consonantal, as in yea (Fr. ligne would be re-written lēny).
zh, as s in pleasure = Fr. j.