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THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION

ELEVENTH EDITION


VOLUME XV SLICE VIII
Kite-Flying to Kyshtym


Articles in This Slice

[KITE-FLYING][KOSTER, LAURENS]
[KIT-FOX][KOSTROMA] (government of Russia)
[KITTO, JOHN][KOSTROMA] (town of Russia)
[KITTUR][KÖSZEG]
[KITZINGEN][KOTAH]
[KIU-KIANG FU][KOTAS]
[KIUSTENDIL][KOTKA]
[KIVU][KOTRI]
[KIWI][KOTZEBUE, AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON]
[KIZILBASHES][KOTZEBUE, OTTO VON]
[KIZIL IRMAK][KOUMISS]
[KIZLYAR][KOUMOUNDOUROS, ALEXANDROS]
[KIZYL-KUM][KOUSSO]
[KJERULF, HALFDAN][KOVALEVSKY, SOPHIE]
[KJERULF, THEODOR][KOVNO] (government of Russia)
[KLADNO][KOVNO] (town of Russia)
[KLAFSKY, KATHARINA][KOVROV]
[KLAGENFURT][KOWTOW]
[KLAJ, JOHANN][KOZLOV]
[KLAMATH][KRAAL]
[KLAPKA, GEORG][KRAFFT, ADAM]
[KLAPROTH, HEINRICH JULIUS][KRAGUYEVATS]
[KLAPROTH, MARTIN HEINRICH][KRAKATOA]
[KLÉBER, JEAN BAPTISTE][KRAKEN]
[KLEIN, JULIUS LEOPOLD][KRALYEVO]
[KLEIST, BERND HEINRICH WILHELM VON][KRANTZ, ALBERT]
[KLEIST, EWALD CHRISTIAN VON][KRASNOVODSK]
[KLERKSDORP][KRASNOYARSK]
[KLESL, MELCHIOR][KRASZEWSKI, JOSEPH IGNATIUS]
[KLINGER, FRIEDRICH MAXIMILIAN VON][KRAUSE, KARL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH]
[KLINGER, MAX][KRAWANG]
[KLIPSPRINGER][KRAY VON KRAJOVA, PAUL]
[KLONDIKE][KREMENCHUG]
[KLOPP, ONNO][KREMENETS]
[KLOPSTOCK, GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH][KREMS]
[KLOSTERNEUBURG][KREMSIER]
[KLOTZ, REINHOLD][KREUTZER, KONRADIN]
[KNARESBOROUGH][KREUTZER, RUDOLPH]
[KNAVE][KREUZBURG]
[KNEBEL, KARL LUDWIG VON][KREUZNACH]
[KNEE][KRIEGSPIEL]
[KNELLER, SIR GODFREY][KRIEMHILD]
[KNICKERBOCKER, HARMEN JANSEN][KRILOFF, IVAN ANDREEVICH]
[KNIFE][KRISHNA]
[KNIGGE, ADOLF FRANZ FRIEDRICH][KRISHNAGAR]
[KNIGHT, CHARLES][KRISTIANSTAD]
[KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY][KRIVOY ROG]
[KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON][KROCHMAL, NAḤMAN]
[KNIGHTHOOD and CHIVALRY][KRONENBERG]
[KNIGHT-SERVICE][KRONSTADT]
[KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE][KROONSTAD]
[KNIPPERDOLLINCK, BERNT][KROPOTKIN, PETER ALEXEIVICH]
[KNITTING][KROTOSCHIN]
[KNOBKERRIE][KRÜDENER, BARBARA JULIANA]
[KNOLLES, RICHARD][KRUG, WILHELM TRAUGOTT]
[KNOLLES, SIR ROBERT][KRUGER, STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS]
[KNOLLYS][KRUGERSDORP]
[KNOT] (bird)[KRUMAU]
[KNOT] (loop of rope)[KRUMBACHER, CARL]
[KNOUT][KRUMEN]
[KNOWLES, SIR JAMES][KRUMMACHER, FRIEDRICH ADOLF]
[KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN][KRUPP, ALFRED]
[KNOW NOTHING PARTY][KRUSENSTERN, ADAM IVAN]
[KNOX, HENRY][KRUSHEVATS]
[KNOX, JOHN][KSHATTRIYA]
[KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE][KUBAN] (river of Russia)
[KNOXVILLE][KUBAÑ] (province of Russia)
[KNUCKLE][KUBELIK, JAN]
[KNUCKLEBONES][KUBERA]
[KNUTSFORD][KUBLAI KHAN]
[KOALA][KUBUS]
[KOBDO][KUCHĀN]
[KOBELL, WOLFGANG XAVER FRANZ][KUCH BEHAR]
[KOCH, ROBERT][KUDU]
[KOCH] (tribe)[KUENEN, ABRAHAM]
[KOCK, CHARLES PAUL DE][KUEN-LUN]
[KODAIKANAL][KUFA]
[KODAMA, GENTARO][KUHN, FRANZ FELIX ADALBERT]
[KODUNGALUR][KÜHNE, WILLY]
[KOENIG, KARL DIETRICH EBERHARD][KUKA]
[KOESFELD][KU KLUX KLAN]
[KOHAT][KUKU KHOTO]
[KOHAT PASS][KULJA]
[KOHISTAN][KULM]
[KOHL][KULMBACH]
[KOHLHASE, HANS][KULMSEE]
[KOKOMO][KULP]
[KOKO-NOR][KULU]
[KOKSHAROV, NĪKOLAÍ ĪVANOVICH VON][KUM]
[KOKSTAD][KUMAIT IBN ZAID]
[KOLA][KUMAON]
[KOLABA][KUMASI]
[KOLAR][KUMISHAH]
[KOLBE, ADOLPHE WILHELM HERMANN][KUMQUAT]
[KOLBERG][KUMTA]
[KÖLCSEY, FERENCZ][KUMYKS]
[KOLDING][KUNAR]
[KOLGUEV][KUNBIS]
[KOLHAPUR][KUNDT, AUGUST ADOLPH EDUARD EBERHARD]
[KOLIN][KUNDUZ]
[KOLIS][KUNENE]
[KÖLLIKER, RUDOLPH ALBERT VON][KUNERSDORF]
[KOLLONTAJ, HUGO][KUNGRAD]
[KOLOMEA][KUNGUR]
[KOLOMNA][KUNKEL VON LOWENSTJERN, JOHANN]
[KOLOZSVÁR][KUNLONG]
[KOLPINO][KUNZITE]
[KOLS][KUOPIO] (province of Finland)
[KOLYVAÑ][KUOPIO] (city of Finland)
[KOMÁROM][KUPRILI]
[KOMATI][KURAKIN, BORIS IVANOVICH]
[KOMOTAU][KURBASH]
[KOMURA, JUTARO][KŪRDISTĀN] (country)
[KONARAK][KŪRDISTĀN] (province of Persia)
[KONG][KURGAN]
[KONGSBERG][KURIA MURIA ISLANDS]
[KONIA][KURILES]
[KONIECPOLSKI, STANISLAUS][KURISCHES HAFF]
[KÖNIG, KARL RUDOLPH][KURNOOL]
[KÖNIGGRÄTZ][KUROKI, ITEI]
[KÖNIGINHOF][KUROPATKIN, ALEXEI NIKOLAIEVICH]
[KÖNIGSBERG][KURO SIWO]
[KÖNIGSBORN][KURRAM]
[KÖNIGSHÜTTE][KURSEONG]
[KÖNIGSLUTTER][KURSK] (government of Russia)
[KÖNIGSMARK, MARIA AURORA][KURSK] (town of Russia)
[KÖNIGSMARK, PHILIPP CHRISTOPH][KURTZ, JOHANN HEINRICH]
[KÖNIGSSEE][KURUMAN]
[KÖNIGSTEIN][KURUMBAS and KURUBAS]
[KÖNIGSWINTER][KURUNEGALA]
[KONINCK, LAURENT GUILLAUME DE][KURUNTWAD]
[KONINCK, PHILIP DE][KURZ, HERMANN]
[KONITZ][KUSAN]
[KONKAN][KUSHALGARH]
[KONTAGORA][KUSHK]
[KOORINGA][KUSTANAISK]
[KÖPENICK][KÜSTENLAND]
[KOPISCH, AUGUST][KUTAIAH]
[KOPP, HERMANN FRANZ MORITZ][KUTAIS] (government of Russia)
[KOPRÜLÜ][KUTAIS] (town of Russia)
[KORA][KUT-EL-AMARA]
[KORAN][KUTENAI]
[KORAT][KUTTALAM]
[KORDOFAN][KUTTENBERG]
[KOREA] (country)[KUTUSOV, MIKHAIL LARIONOVICH]
[KOREA] (tributary state of India)[KUWĒT]
[KORESHAN ECCLESIA, THE][KUZNETSK]
[KŌRIN, OGATA][KVASS]
[KORKUS][KWAKIUTL]
[KÖRMÖCZBÁNYA][KWANGCHOW BAY]
[KÖRNER, KARL THEODOR][KWANG-SI]
[KORNEUBURG][KWANG-TUNG]
[KOROCHA][KWANZA]
[KORSÖR][KWEI-CHOW]
[KORTCHA][KYAUKPYU]
[KORYAKS][KYAUKSĒ]
[KOSCIUSCO][KYD, THOMAS]
[KOSCIUSZKO, TADEUSZ ANDRZEJ BONAWENTURA][KYFFHÄUSER]
[KÖSEN][KYNASTON, EDWARD]
[KOSHER][KYNETON]
[KÖSLIN][KYŌSAI, SHO-FU]
[KOSSOVO][KYRIE]
[KOSSUTH, FERENCZ LAJOS AKOS][KYRLE, JOHN]
[KOSSUTH, LAJOS][KYSHTYM]