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Transcriber's notes:

(1) Numbers following letters (without space) like C2 were originally
      printed in subscript. Letter subscripts are preceded by an
      underscore, like C_n.

(2) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.

(3) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
      paragraphs.

(4) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
      inserted.

(5) dP stands for the partial-derivative symbol, or curled 'd'.

(6) [oo] stands for the infinity symbol, and [int] for the integral
      symbol.

(7) Letters followed with a grave accent "`" have originally dots above.

(8) The following typographical errors have been corrected:

    ARTICLE DYER, JOHN: "His poems were collected by Dodsley in 1770,
      and by Mr Edward Thomas in 1903 for the Welsh Library, vol. iv."
      'poems' amended from 'peoms'.

    ARTICLE EAR: "The membranous semicircular canals are very much
      smaller in section than the bony; in the ampulla of each is a
      ridge..." 'the' amended from 'tbe'.

    ARTICLE EARTH, FIGURE OF THE: "O. Callandreau, 'Memoire sur la
      theorie de la figure des planetes,' Ann. obs. de Paris (1889);..."
      'Callandreau' amended from 'Callendreau'.

    ARTICLE EATON, THEOPHILUS: "In October 1639 a form of government
      was adopted, based on the Mosaic Law, and Eaton was elected
      governor..." 'Mosaic' amended from 'Mosiac'.

    ARTICLE ECCLESIASTES: "A particular instance is mentioned (ix.
      13-15) of a beleaguered city saved by a wise man; but the man
      happened to be poor, and no one remembered him." 'beleaguered'
      amended from 'beleagured'.

    ARTICLE ECCLESIASTES: "Such assertions as those of ii. 26 (God
      gives joy to him who pleases him, and makes the sinner toil to lay
      up for the latter),..." 'and' amended from 'amd'.

    ARTICLE ECCLESIASTES: "This disagreement comes largely from the
      attempts made to find definitely expressed Greek philosophical
      dogmas in the book; such formulas it has not, but the general air
      of Greek reflection seems unmistakable. The scepticism of Koheleth
      differs from that of Job in quality and scope..." 'the' originally
      repeated twice.

    ARTICLE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION: "In the first case, they may
      be punished by the ordinary of the place, acting as delegate of the
      pope without special appointment (Conc. Trid. Sess. vi. c. 3)."
     'special' amended from'speical'.




          ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

  A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE
           AND GENERAL INFORMATION

              ELEVENTH EDITION


           VOLUME VIII, SLICE IX

              Dyer to Echidna




ARTICLES IN THIS SLICE:


  DYER, SIR EDWARD              EAST LIVERPOOL
  DYER, JOHN                    EAST LONDON
  DYER, THOMAS HENRY            EASTON
  DYMOKE                        EAST ORANGE
  DYNAMICS                      EASTPORT
  DYNAMITE                      EAST PROVIDENCE
  DYNAMO                        EAST PRUSSIA
  DYNAMOMETER                   EASTWICK, EDWARD BACKHOUSE
  DYNASTY                       EATON, DORMAN BRIDGMAN
  DYSART                        EATON, MARGARET O'NEILL
  DYSENTERY                     EATON, THEOPHILUS
  DYSPEPSIA                     EATON, WILLIAM
  DYSTELEOLOGY                  EATON, WYATT
  DZUNGARIA                     EAU CLAIRE
  E                             EAU DE COLOGNE
  EA                            EAUX-BONNES
  EABANI                        EAVES
  EACHARD, JOHN                 EAVESDRIP
  EADBALD                       EBBW VALE
  EADIE, JOHN                   EBEL, HERMANN WILHELM
  EADMER                        EBEL, JOHANN GOTTFRIED
  EADS, JAMES BUCHANAN          EBER, PAUL
  EAGLE                         EBERBACH (town of Germany)
  EAGLEHAWK                     EBERBACH (monastery of Germany)
  EAGRE                         EBERHARD
  EAKINS, THOMAS                EBERHARD, CHRISTIAN AUGUST GOTTLOB
  EALING                        EBERHARD, JOHANN AUGUSTUS
  EAR                           EBERLIN, JOHANN ERNST
  EARL                          EBERS, GEORG MORITZ
  EARLE, JOHN                   EBERSWALDE
  EARLE, RALPH                  EBERT, FRIEDRICH ADOLF
  EARL MARSHAL                  EBINGEN
  EARLOM, RICHARD               EBIONITES
  EARLSTON                      EBNER-ESCHENBACH, MARIE
  EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON         EBOLI
  EARLY ENGLISH PERIOD          EBONY
  EARN                          EBRARD, JOHANNES HEINRICH AUGUST
  EARNEST                       EBRO
  EAR-RING                      EBROIN
  EARTH                         EBURACUM
  EARTH, FIGURE OF THE          ECA DE QUEIROZ, JOSE MARIA
  EARTH CURRENTS                ECARTE
  EARTH-NUT                     ECBATANA
  EARTH PILLAR                  ECCARD, JOHANN
  EARTHQUAKE                    ECCELINO DA ROMANO
  EARTH-STAR                    ECCENTRIC
  EARTHWORM                     ECCHELLENSIS, ABRAHAM
  EARWIG                        ECCLES
  EASEMENT                      ECCLESFIELD
  EAST, ALFRED                  ECCLESHALL
  EAST ANGLIA                   ECCLESIA
  EASTBOURNE                    ECCLESIASTES
  EAST CHICAGO                  ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
  EASTER                        ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION
  EASTER ISLAND                 ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
  EASTERN BENGAL AND ASSAM      ECCLESIASTICUS
  EASTERN QUESTION, THE         ECGBERT (king of the West Saxons)
  EAST GRINSTEAD                ECGBERT (archbishop of York)
  EAST HAM                      ECGFRITH
  EASTHAMPTON                   ECGONINE
  EAST HAMPTON                  ECHEGARAY Y EIZAGUIRRE, JOSE
  EAST INDIA COMPANY            ECHELON
  EAST INDIES                   ECHIDNA
  EASTLAKE, SIR CHARLES LOCK




DYER, SIR EDWARD (d. 1607), English courtier and poet, son of Sir Thomas
Dyer, Kt., was born at Sharpham Park, Somersetshire. He was educated,
according to Anthony a Wood, either at Balliol College or at Broadgates
Hall, Oxford. He left the university without taking a degree, and after
some time spent abroad appeared at Queen Elizabeth's court. His first
patron was the earl of Leicester, who seems to have thought of putting
him forward as a rival to Sir Christopher Hatton in the queen's favour.
He is mentioned by Gabriel Harvey with Sidney as one of the ornaments of
the court. Sidney in his will desired that his books should be divided
between Fulke Greville (Lord Brooke) and Dyer. He was employed by
Elizabeth on a mission (1584) to the Low Countries, and in 1589 was sent
to Denmark. In a commission to inquire into manors unjustly alienated
from the crown in the west country he did not altogether please the
queen, but he received a grant of some forfeited lands in Somerset in
1588. He was knighted and made chancellor of the order of the Garter in
1596. William Oldys says of him that he "would not stoop to fawn,"