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bituminous, XVIII. 240; alum from, I. 646; naphtha from, XVII. 174. SHALLOT, vegetable, XII. 288. SHALMANESER I., king of Assyria, III.

186.

412.

II., of Assyria, III. 186; XIII. 406. IV., of Assyria, III. 187; XIII.

SHAMANISM, form of religion, XXI. 771; of Assyria, III. 192; of Pelew Islands, XVIII. 474; in Russia, XXI. 81; in Tibet, XXIII. 344.

SHAMLI, town, India, XVII. 114.

SHAIRP, John Campbell, Scottish poeti- SHAMMAI, Jewish rabbi, XXI. 771.
cal critic, XXI. 736.

SHAKERLY WITH TYLDESLEY, town,
England, XXIII. 674.

SHAKERS, religious sect, XXI. 736; VI.
216; similar communities in the early
Irish Church, XIII. 248.
SHAKESPEARE, Anne Hathaway, wife
of the dramatist, XXI. 754, 766.

Edmund, brother of the dramatist, XXI. 755, 765.

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Hamnet, only son of the dramatist, XXI. 755, 765.

John, the dramatist's father, XXI. 745.

Judith, daughter of the dramatist, XXI. 755, 765.

Mary Arden, the dramatist's mother, XXI. 747, 765.

SHAMMAR, Arab tribe, Mesopotamia,

XVI. 49.

SHAMO, district, Central Asia, X. 713. SHAMOKIN, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., XXI. 771.

SHAMOY (or CHAMOIS) LEATHER, XIV. 390.

SHAMS, Sabæan goddess, XXIV. 741.
SHAMS-UDDIN, Persian teacher, XXI. 59.
Muhammed (Hafiz), Persian poet,
XI. 367; XVIII. 659.
SHAN-A-LIN, mountains,
XV. 465.

Manchuria,

SHANG DYNASTY, of China, v. 643. SHANGHAI, town, China, XXI. 771; V. 635; temple of Confucius at, II. 448. SHANKLIN, town, Isle of Wight, England, XXIV. 562.

Richard, the dramatist's grand- SHAN LANGUAGE, Asia, XXI. 774. father, XXI. 744. SHANNON, river, Ireland, XIII. 216.

Susanna, daughter of the dramatist, SHANS, people of Burmah and Siam, XXI. 755, 756, 765.

William, English dramatist, XXI. 737; VII. 430; Madden on the spelling of the name, XV. 176; his position in English literature, VIII. 418; his connexion with Edward Alleyn, I. 584; his influence on Beaumont and Fletcher, III. 470; in favour with Queen Elizabeth, VIII. 142; his use of Geoffrey of Monmouth's legends, X. 173; his connexion with the Globe Theatre, London, XXIII. 224; his borrowing plots from Greene, XI. 164; his influence on German literature, X. 532; the London of, XIV. 848; in relation to the Renaissance, XX. 393; his sonnets, XXII. 262; the forgeries of Ireland, XIII. 272; epitaph on, by Milton, VIII. 495; monument of, at Stratford, XXII. 590; bibliography, XXI. 768; Boydell's illustrations of, IV. 182; French renderings by Ducis, VII. 505; Johnson's edition of, XIII. 725; Milton on, XVI. 326.

SHAKHDARA, river, Central Asia, XVIII. 103.

XXI. 773, 854; IV. 553. SHAN-SE, province, China, v. 634. SHAN STATES, Burmah, XXI. 773. SHANTOW (Swatow), town, China, XXII. 733.

SHAN-TUNG, province, China, v. 633. SHAP, town, England, XXIV. 516. SHAPING MACHINES, machine tools, XV. 156.

SHAPINSHAY, island, Orkney, Scotland, XVII. 846.

SHAPUR I., king of Persia, XVIII. 608; XVII. 514.

514.

II., of Persia, XVIII. 609; XVII.

III., of Persia, XVIII. 610.
Shemuel, Talmudic writer, XXIII.

35. SHARI, valley, Soudan, XXII. 277. SHARJAH, district, Arabia, II. 254. SHARK, fish, XXI. 774; basking, XXI. 608; Beaumaris, XIX. 518; classification of the group, XII. 685.

OIL, XVII. 747.

SHARKS BAY, Western Australia, XXIV. 507.

SHAKI-SHAKI, town, Zanzibar, Africa, SHARON, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., XXIV. 768.

SHAKUDO, Japanese amalgam-work,

XIII. 591.

SHAL, fish, XXII. 68.

SHALE, mineral, XVI. 424; X. 238;

SHARP, James, archbishop of St Andrews,
Scotland, XXI. 779, 515; XIX. 683.
William, English line-engraver,
XXI. 780.

SHARPE, Mrs, on archery, II. 377.
Richard B., on birds, XVIII. 12.
SHARPSBURGH, U.S.A., Battle of (1862),
XXIII. 777.

SHASTA, Mount, Sierra Nevada, U.S.A.,
XXIII. 800.

SHATRANJ, Oriental game, v. 598.
SHATSK, town, Russia, XXIII. 41.
SHAWENEGAN, waterfall, Canada XX.
165.

SHAWL, article of dress, XXI. 781; Cash-
mere, XIV. 12; Persian, XVIII. 626;
of Kirman, XIV. 100.

| SHAWM, musical instrument, XVII. 707. SHAWMUT, peninsula, Massachusetts, U.S.A., IV. 72.

SHAWNEES, American-Indian tribe, XII.
832.

SHEA BUTTER, vegetable fat, XVII. 744,
747.
SHEADINGS, districts, Isle of Man, xv.
452.
SHEAR, SHEARING, in mechanics, XV.
694; XIX. 797; in bridges, IV. 286;
shearing stress, XXII. 594.
SHEARING, of sheep, I. 396.

MACHINE, for iron plates, XV.

157. SHEARS, cutting tool, XI. 439; in iron manufacture, XIII. 330; XV. 157.

in seamanship, XXI. 593, 604. SHEARWATER, bird, XXI. 781; XX. 102; XXII. 120.

SHEATHBILL, bird, xxI. 782.
SHEATH-FISH, XXII. 68.
SHEAVES, in mechanics, XV. 763.
SHEBA, of Scripture, XXIV. 738.
SHEBBEARE, Dr John, his trial for
libel, IV. 735.

SHEBOYGAN, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.,
XXI. 782; population, XXIV. 617.
SHECHEM, town, Palestine, XXI. 783,
243.
SHEE, Sir Martin Archer, Irish painter,
XXI. 783.

SHEELIN, Lough, Ireland, XXIV. 512.
SHEEMOGA, town, India, XXI. 803.
SHEEP, XXI. 784; XV. 432; management
of, I. 391; IV. 250; diseases of, XXIV.
204, 205; liver-rot, XXIII. 539; pox,
XXIV. 204; milk of, XVI. 303; shear-
ing of, I. 396; skins of, for tanning,
XIV. 380, 388; wool, XXIV. 654;
Dorset breed, VII. 371; Herdwick's,
VI. 698; South Downs, XXII. 725;
merino, of Spain, XXII. 300; wild,
of India, XII. 742; wild, of Turkestan,
XXIII. 635.
SHEEP-DOGS, VII. 326.

SPRINGS, spa, New York, U.S.A., SHEEPSHEAD, fish, XXI. 785.
SHEEP'S OIL, XVII. 744.

XXI. 779.

XVI. 436.

XIV. 779.

SHARP, Abraham, English logarithmist, SHEERNESS, town, England, XXI. 785;

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SHEFFIELD, town, England, XXI. 785.

, John, duke of Buckinghamshire,

IV. 419.
SHEIKH-AL-JEBAL (Old Man of the
Mountains), chief of the Assassins, II.
723.

SHEIKHIS, Mohammedan sect, XXII.
665.

SHEIKU 'L-ISLAM, head of the ulema, or Moslem clergy, XXII. 661, 664; XXIII. 654.

SHEOL, in eschatology, VIII. 536; XX.

114.

SHEPHERD KINGS, of Egypt, VII. 735.
SHEPHERD OF HERMAS, early Christian
writing, II. 180, 197; X. 815.
SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR, Spenser's
poem, XVIII. 345; XXII. 393.
SHEPHERD'S WEEK, Gay's pastoral,
XVIII. 347.

SHEPPEY, Isle of, Kent, England, XIV.
37.

SHEIL, Richard Lalor, Irish politician, SHEPTON MALLET, town, England, XXI.
XXI. 787.

SHEKEL, ancient coin and weight, XXI.
788; XVII. 650; XXIV. 486.
SHEKSNA, river, Russia, XXI. 116; XXIV.

279.

SHELBURNE, Earl of, English statesman,
VIII. 358; XIV. 289; his relations with
Pitt, XIX. 138.
SHELD-DRAKE, bird, XXI. 788.
SHELDONIAN COMPACT (1664), in
English history, VI. 327.

SHELDONIAN THEATRE, Oxford, XVIII.
95.

SHELDRAKE, bird, XXI. 788.
SHELL, of birds' eggs, III. 774.

795.

SHEPWAY, Cinque Port, England, Parlia-
ment of, v. 787.

SHER ALI KHAN, ruler of Afghanistan,
I. 240, 241.

SHERBORNE, town, England, XXI. 795;
abbey church at, VII. 372; manor of,
XX. 263.

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SHERERO (Sherboro), island, Sierra SHEYKHI, of Kermiyan, Ottoman poet,
Leone, West Africa, XXII. 44.
SHERBROOKE, town, Canada, XX. 167.
SHERE, or Remedy, in coining, XVI.
482.

SHEREEF (Sherif), Mohammedan officer,
XV. 672.

projectile, XI. 304; for rifled guns, SHERIBON (Cheribon), town, Java, V.

I. 744. SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft, English woman of letters, XXI. 789; X. 717.

Percy Bysshe, English poet, xxI.
789; as dramatist, VII. 439; his place
in English literature, VIII. 433; his
place as poet, XIX. 268.
SHELLIF, river, Algeria, I. 563.
SHELL LAC, resin, XIV. 182.
SHELLS, of brachiopods, IV. 189; of mol-
luscs, XVI. 635.

SHELOMOH IBN GEBIROL (Avicebron),
Jewish philosopher, III. 152; II. 268;
VIII. 758; XXI. 426.

SHEM, of Scripture, XVII. 511, 523; XXI.
641.

,

585.

SHERIDAN, Caroline Elizabeth (Mrs
Norton), XVII. 574.

Frances, novelist and dramatist,
XXI. 796.

SHIAHS, Moslem sect, XI. 509. See
Shiites.

SHIAN, shah of Persia, XVIII. 636.
SHIBRGHAN (Sapurgan), province, Af-
ghanistan, I. 243.

SHIELD, Ancient forms of, II. 554
in heraldry, XI. 685, 694.
William, English musical com-
poser, XXI. 802.

OF SCIPIO, ancient plate, XIX. 181.

-, Philip Henry, American general, SHIELDS, North, town, England, XXIII. XXIII. 780.

Richard Brinsley Butler, Irish
dramatist and politician, XXI. 797;
VII. 438; his place in English litera-
ture, VIII. 429, 431.

Thomas (1684-1738), Irish school-
master and writer, XXI. 795.
Thomas (1721-1788), Irish actor
and elocutionist, XXI. 796.
SHERIF, Mohammedan officer, xv. 672.

Israel Baal, or Besht, founder of SHERIFF, law officer, XXI. 800; VI. 513. modern Jewish sect, XIII. 681.

SHEMAHA, or Shemakha, town, Trans

caucasia, Russia, XXI. 794; XXIII. 515. SHEMARYAH, rabbi, Talmudist, XXIII.

39.

SHEMUEL, Talmudic writer, XXIII. 35.
SHENANDOAH, town, Pennsylvania,

U.S.A., XXI. 794.

Laurence, founder of Rugby School,
England, XXI. 55.

SHERIFF-CLERK, Scottish law officer,
XXI. 801.

SHERIFF-DEPUTE, Scottish law officer,
XXI. 801.
SHERIFFDOMS, Scottish, XXI. 483, 488,
535.

675.

South, town, England, XXI. 802. SHIFTING PIECES, in mechanics, XV.

755.

SHIGATZE, town, Tibet, XXIII. 340.
SHIGHNAN, state, Central Asia, XVIII.
104.

SHIITES, Moslem sect, XXII. 663; XVI.
564, 568, 592; II. 722; XI. 509.
SHIKARPUR, district and town, India,
XXI. 803.

SHI KING, Chinese poems, VI. 263.
SHIKOKU, island, Japan, XIII. 569.
SHILKA, river, Siberia, I. 746; XXIII.
510.

SHILOH, town, Palestine, XXI. 803.
SHIMIYN, river, Africa, XVII. 505.
SHIMOGA, district, India, XXI. 803;
town, XXI. 803; XVII. 123.

VALLEY, U.S.A., Campaigns of, SHERIFFMUIR, Scotland, Battle of (1715), SHIN, Loch, Scotland, XXII. 726.

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SHING-YANG (Moukden), town, Man- | SHOA, district, Abyssinia, I. 64.

churia, XV. 466. SHOADING, in mines, XVI. 442. SHINTO, Japanese religion, XIII. 581; SHOCK, or Collapse, physical condition,

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SHREVEPORT, town, Louisiana, U.S.A.,

XXI. 843.

SHREW, insectivorous mammal, XXI. 843; XV. 403.

SHIP, Ancient and mediæval, XXI. 804; SHOCKS, Effects of, on magnetization, SHREWSBURY, town, England, XXI. 845; Phoenician, XVIII. 804.

SHIPS, Modern, XXI. 809, 589; chains and anchors for, II. 4; derelict, XXIV. 686; log for ascertaining speed of, XIV. 769; XVII. 264; management of, XXI. 589; quarantine of, XX. 153; registration of, XX. 343; resistance of water to, XII. 518; sails, XXI. 153; salvage, XXI. 237; steam-engines for, XXII. 517; unseaworthy, in law, XXI. 606; whaling vessels, XXIV. 526; wreck of, in law, XXIV. 686; yachts, XXIV. 723.

SHIPBUILDING, XXI. 809.

SHIP CANALS, IV. 787.

XV. 268.

SHODDY, variety of cloth, I. 176; XXIV.
661; factories, in England, VIII. 233.
SHODER, Goldbeater's, X. 753-
SHOE-BILL, bird, XXII. 578.
SHOEBURYNESS, England, School of
gunnery at, II. 586.

battle of (1403), XI. 660; XVIII. 523. Earls and Duke of, XXIII. 25. SHRIKE, bird, XXI. 845.

SHRIMP, crustacean, XXI. 846; fisheries,
X. 265.

-, Opossum, crustacean, VI. 658. SHRINE, in architecture, II. 473.

SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY, Dekker's play, SHROPSHIRE, county, England, XXI.

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SHIP HARBOUR, lake, Nova Scotia, SHOGUN, Japanese ruler, XIII. 582.
XVII. 601.

SHIPLEY, town, England, XXI. 826.

William Davies, Erskine's defence of, VIII. 530.

SHOLAPUR, district and town, India,
XXI. 832.

SHOMER, Mountains of, Arabia, II.
239.

SHIP-MONEY, tax, IX. 177; Hampden's SHO01 (Skua), bird, XXII. 125.

resistance to, VIII. 346.

SHIP OF FOOLES, Barclay's satire, III.
368.

SHIP OF FOOLS, Brandt's satirical poem,
IV. 215; X. 527.
SHIPPEN, William, American surgeon,
XXII. 677.

SHIPPING, British, XXI. 826; European,
VIII. 707; of United States, XXIII.
826; Lloyd's list of, XIV. 741.
SHIP-WORM, or Teredo, XXIII. 184.
SHIPWRECK, Life-saving apparatus for,
XIV. 570; law relating to, XXIV. 686.
The, poem by Falconer, IX. 4.
SHIRABAD, town, Central Asia, XII. 3.
SHIRAZ, town, Persia, XXI. 829; XVIII.
627, 628.

SHOOTING, for sporting purposes, XXI.
832; gun-sights for, XXII. 46.

847.

SHEEP, I. 392.

SHROVE TUESDAY, XXI. 648.

SHRUBS, Garden, XII. 260; culture of,
II. 319.

SHU, Egyptian divinity, VII. 716.
SHUBENACADIE, river, Nova Scotia,
XVII. 601.

SHUI, town, Lew-Chew Islands, North
Pacific, XIV. 490.

SHUISKI, Basil, Russian revolutionist,
XXI. 95.

SHUJA, shah of Afghanistan, XX. 111;
assassination of, 1. 240.

SHULUH, race of people, Africa, 1. 261.

SHORE, Jane, mistress of Edward IV., SHUMADIA, district, Servia, XXI. 687.
XXI. 835.
SHUMLA, town, Bulgaria, XXI. 648.

160.

John, inventor of tuning-fork, SHUMSHU, island, Kuriles, Asia, XIV.
XXIII. 619.
SHORT, James, telescope-maker, XXIII.
137.

SHORTEST WAY WITH DISSENTERS,
Defoe's work, VII. 27.

SHORTHAND, XXI. 836; for the blind,
III. 828; in ancient MSS., XVIII. 164.
SHORTHORN CATTLE, I. 388.
SHORTREDE, Robert, Scottish logarith-
mist, XIV. 776; his tables, XXIII. 11.
Short-Sight, VIII. 820; XVI. 259;
XVII. 785; spectacles for, XXII. 372.

SHIRE, or County, English administra- SHOSHONE, Lake, Yellowstone Park, tive division, VIII. 273.

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U.S.A., XXIV. 737.

SHUN-CHE, emperor of China, v. 650. SHUSH, or Shushan (Susa), ancient town, Persia, XXII. 722; XXI. 849; II. 400.

SHUSHA, town, Caucasus, Russia, XXI.
648.

SHUSHAN (Susa), ancient town, Persia,
XXII. 722; XXI. 849; II. 400.
SHUSTAR, town, Persia, XXI. 849.
SHUTE, John, Viscount Barrington, III.

393.

SHUTTLE, for weaving, XXIV. 464; early
Greek, XXIII. 206.

FALLS, Snake River, U.S.A., XXII. SHUWAS, people, Bornu, Central Africa,

798.
SHOSHONES, American Indians, XII.
827, 832.

IV. 61.

SHUYA, town, Russia, XXI. 849.
SHWEDOUNG, town, Burmah, XIX. 807.

SHOSHONG, town, Bechuanaland, South SHWE-GYENG, district and town, Bur-
Africa, XXI. 842.

SHOT, military projectiles, 1. 745; XI.
294, 304; sporting, XI. 280; XXI. 835.
SHOTOVER HILL, Oxford, England,

mah, XXI. 849.

SIAH-POSH, tribes, Kafiristan, Asia,
XIII. 821.

SIAK, residency, Sumatra, XXII. 639. SIALIDÆ, group of insects, XIII. 151. SHOULDER-BLADE, Anatomy of the, I. SIALKOT, district and town, India, XXI.

XVIII. 93.

826.

SHOULDER-GIRDLE, of mammals, XV.

358.

SHOULDER-JOINT, Anatomy of the, I.
838.
SHOVEL,

850.

SIAM, kingdom, Eastern Asia, XXI. 850; forests of, IX. 405; Pali language in, XVIII. 183; Shan language of, XXI. 774; weights and measures, XXIV. 490.

Sir Cloudesley, English SIAMANG, ape, II. 150.
admiral, XXI. 842.

SHOVELER, bird, XXI. 842.
SHOWBREAD, Hebrew, XXI. 133.

SHRAPNEL SHELL, in gunnery, I. 744;

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SIBBALD, Sir Robert, Scottish scientist, | SICYON, town, Achaia, Greece, XXII. 31; | SIEGE, Operations in a, IX. 455; artillery for, 11. 663; XI. 314.

XXII. I.

SIBENIK, town, Dalmatia, Austria, XXI.

616.

SIBERIA, region, Asia, XXII. 1; II. 687; acquisition of, by Russia, XXI. 93; Russian explorations in, X. 191; Friar William's travels in, XXI. 47; birds of, III. 756; forests, IX. 405; penal institutions, XIX. 762; Tartar population, XXIII. 70.

school of sculpture at, II. 349.

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SIBOGA, town, Sumatra, XXII. 639. SIBSAGAR, district and town, India, XXII. 13.

SIBSIB, ground squirrel, Morocco, XVI. 833.

SIBUYAN, island, Philippines, XVIII. 752.

SIBYL, of Greek and Roman legend, XXII. 13.

SIBYLLINE BOOKS, of ancient Rome, XXII. 13.

SIBYLLINE ORACLES, Greek poems, XI.

144.

SIBYLLINES, The, apocalyptic books, II.

177, 179.

SICCA VENERIA (Keff), ancient town,
Tunis, XIV. 27.
SICELS, people, South Italy and Sicily,
XXII. 15.

SICILIAN OIL, XVIII. 713.
SICILIAN VESPERS, massacre of French
in Sicily (1282), V. 423; XX. 798;
XXII. 27.
SICILIES, Two, Kingdom of the, XIII.

478; XVII. 191; conquest of, by the Normans, XIII. 470; XVII. 191. SICILY, island, Mediterranean, XXII. 14; XIII. 440; XV. 820; part of kingdom of the Two Sicilies, XIII. 471; XVII. 191; under the Athenians, XI. 104; invaded by the Carthaginians, V. 161; historical connexion of Malta with, XV. 342; its connexion with Naples, XVII. 191; Norman settlement in, XIII. 470; XVII. 548; its connexion with Phoenicia, XVIII. 806; conquest of, by Rome, XX. 747, 750; Spanish connexion, XXII. 322, 324, 327; ancient, coins of, XVII. 638; modern, coins of, XVII. 657; dialect of, XIII. 494; plague in, XIX. 166; sulphur mines, XXII. 634; wine industry, XXIV. 610. SICK HEADACHE, XVII. 364. SICKINGEN, Franz von, German baron, XXII. 31; XV. 78. reaping

SICKLE,

574.

reaping implement, XXI.

SIDEROSILICITE, mineral, XVI. 425. SIDEROSTATIC TELESCOPE, XXIII. 152. SIDE-WALKS, of streets, XX. 588. SIDGWICK, Henry, on political economy, XIX. 399.

SIDI-BEL-ABBÈS, town, Algeria, XXII.

33.

-, Ludwig, inventor of mezzotint engraving, VIII. 445.

SIEGENITE, mineral, XVI. 391.
SIEGE OF RHODES, English opera, XVII.
88.
SIEGFRED, English missionary
Sweden, XXII. 745.

in

SIEGFRIED, hero of the Nibelungenlied,

XVII. 475; X. 522, 524; XX. 657. SIEMENS, Ernst Werner, inventor of electric railway, XXIII. electrical experiments, VIII. 37.

495; his

Sir William, inventor and natural philosopher, XXII. 37; his gas-engine, XXII. 526; his gas-producer, IX. 845; XXII. 182; his differential governor, XXII. 508; his heat-regenerator, IX. 846; on iron and steel, XIII. 282.

SIDI IBN ISA, Shrine of, Kairwan, Tunis, SIEMENS-MARTIN PROCESS, of steelXIII. 824.

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RABBA, book of the Mandæans, SIGHING, abnormal form of respiration, XV. 468. SIDYMA, town, Asia Minor, XV. 94. SIEBENBÜRGEN, or Transylvania (q.v.), Austria-Hungary, XXIII. 521. SIEBOLD, Carl Theodor Ernst von, German physiologist and zoologist, XXII. 36.

Philipp Franz von, German ex-
plorer of Japan, XXII. 36.
SIÈCLE, Le, Paris newspaper, XVII. 426.
SICULI, people, South Italy and Sicily, SIEDLCE, government, Russian Poland,

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SICULUS, Diodorus, Greek historian, SIEG, river, Rhenish Prussia, XX. 20, 519.

SIGHT, Organ and sense of, VIII. 816; I. 885; defective, XVII. 784; loss of, III. 826; short and long, VIII. 820; XVII. 785; organs of, in Amphibia, 1. 768; in birds, III. 725; in Crustacea, VI. 637; in fishes, XII. 652; in mammals, XV. 367; in reptiles, XX. 461; III. 725. SIGHTS, Gun, XXII. 46. SIGISMUND, emperor, XXII. 48; XII. 368; X. 495.

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SIGISMUND III., of Poland, XIX. 294.

king of Sweden, XXII. 748. SIGLUS, ancient Persian coin, XVII. 659. SIGMARINGEN, town, Prussia, XXII. 48. Hohenzollern-, German princely house, XII. 52.

SILICA, Oxide of silicon, XXII. 53; V. 522. | SILVER, metal, XXII. 69; XVI. 382;
SILICATES, in chemistry, XXII. 53; XVI.

61.

SILICEOUS SPRINGS, X. 271.

SILICISPONGIÆ, class of sponges, XXII.

421.

SIGMODON, genus of rodent mammals, SILICON, chemical element, V. 521; its
XVII. 6.
presence in steel, XIII. 283; as fuel, IX.
809; as plant food, XIX. 49.
SILICONEISEN, metal, XIII. 351.

SIGNAKH, town, Transcaucasia, Russia,
XXIII. 514.

SIGNALLING, XXIII. 112; heliographic, SILICON-MANGANEISEN, metal, XIII.

XI. 632.

SIGNALS, as used in navy, XXII. 49;

XVII. 277; flag, IX. 279; railway, XX. 238; in surveying, XXII. 698; time determined by, XXIII. 395.

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352.

SILICO-SKELETA, subclass of Protozoa,
XIX. 849.

SILIQUA, form of fruit, IV. 152.
SILISTRIA, town, Bulgaria, XXII. 54.

SIGNATURES, Book, XXIII. 700; quire SILIUS ITALICUS, Latin epic poet, XXII.
marks, XVIII. 144.
54; his place in Roman literature, XX.
726.

SIGNET, Writers to the, legal society,
Scotland, XXI. 535; XXII. 251.

LIBRARY, Edinburgh, XIV. 522.
RINGS, XX. 560.

SIGNORELLI, Luca, Italian painter, XXII.
50; XXI. 434, 442.

SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, XXIV. 791. SIGOURNEY, Lydia Huntley, American poetess, 1. 731.

SIGTUNA, ancient town, Sweden, XXII. 558.

SIGURD, mythical hero, in Nibelungen

lied, XVII. 474; XX. 657.

as chemical element, v. 529; cyanide of, XX. 23; adulteration of, I. 176; assay of, II. 727; extraction of, from alloy with lead, XIV. 376; mines in Austria, III. 120; in Bolivia, IV. 13; in Chili, v. 622; of Laureium, Greece, III. 59; in Mexico, XVI. 216; Xxiv. 761; in New South Wales, XVII. 409; of Nertchinsk, Siberia, XVII. 352; in United States, XXIII. 814; in Colorado, U.S.A., VI. 161; in Nevada, U.S.A., XVII. 368; ores, XVI. 58; dressing of ores, XVI. 465; production, IV. 518; XVI. 467, 728; production in England, VIII. 229; in Peru, XVIII. 675; spectrum of, XXII. 376; wire, XXIV. 615.

COINAGE, XVI. 482, 723; XXII. 71; in relation to exchange, VIII. 790; comparative value of silver and gold, XVI. 731, 735; XXII. 73.

SILK, XXII. 56; ancient fabrics of,
XXIII. 208; bleaching of, III. 822;
fibre of, IX. 133; ailanthus, XIV. 216; | SILVER-EYE, bird, XXIV. 824.
Chinese, v. 638, 639, 640; manufac- | SILVER-FIR, tree, IX. 224.
tures, England, VIII. 232; production
in France, IX. 520; XXI. 332; weaving
of, in India, XII. 761; Indian, XII.
751; culture and manufacture, in
Italy, XIII. 442, 453; XVI. 292; from
spiders, II. 295.

HATS, XI. 519.
SILK-TAIL, bird, XXIV. 460.

SILVER-FISH, insect, XIII. 154.
SILVER GLANCE, mineral, XXII. 69.
SILVERING, coating with silver, XXII.
71; of mirrors, XVI. 501.
SILVER INK, XIII. 81.

SILVERIUS, pope, XXII. 74; XIX. 493.
SILVER LACE, X. 753.

SILVER MINING, XVI. 470.

the Stout, earl of Orkney and SILKWORM, IV. 596; XXII. 57; moth SILVER PITS, depressions in North Sea,

Caithness, XIII. 254; XVII. 848.

son of Hakon, Norse earl, XVII. 585. JORSALAFARI, Norwegian king, XVII. 588, 848.

SI-HAMED, Algerine chief, 1. 569.
SIHANAKA, tribe, Madagascar, XV. 171.
SIHUN (Syr-Daria, q.v.), river, Asia,
XXII. 818.

river, Asia Minor, II. 708; V. 777. SIKANDAR, ruler of Kashmir, XIV. 13. SIKANS, or Sicani, people, South Italy and Sicily, XXII. 15.

of, XIII. 151.

SILL, in architecture, II. 473.

SILLA, Pico de la, mountain, Venezuela,
XXIV. 139.

SILLEDA, town, Spain, XIX. 455.

XVII. 563.

SILVER PLATE, XXII. 71; Roman, II.
366; works in, XIX. 178.

Silver Reef DISTRICT, Utah, U.S.A.,
XXIII. 815.

SILLERY, Marquis of, husband of SILVERSMITHS, Roman, II. 366.
Madame de Genlis, X. 153.
SILVESTER I., pope, XXII. 74.
SILLIMAN, Benjamin (1779-1864), Amer-
ican chemist and geologist, XXII. 66.
Benjamin (1816-1885), American
chemist and physicist, XXII. 66.
SILLIMANITE, mineral, XVI. 408.

II., pope, XXII. 74; XIX. 497; as scholastic philosopher, XXI. 421.

SIKELS, or Siculi, people, South Italy SILLUSTANI, Peru, Stone circles at, II.

and Sicily, XXII. 15.
SIKES'S HYDROMETER, XII. 540.
SIKHOTA-ALIN, mountains, Eastern
Siberia, XV. 548.

SIKHS, people of India, XI. 844; XII.
746, 808; XX. 110.

SIKH WAR (1846), XIV. 371.

451.

SILO, pit for ensilage, XXII. 67.
SILOAM, Pool of, Jerusalem, XIII.
638.

III., pope, XXII. 76; XIX. 498. SILVIIDE, family of birds, XXIV. 366, 553

SIMANCAS, town, Spain, XXII. 76.
SIMBA, one of the Solomon Islands,
South Pacific, XXII. 252.

SIMBIRSK, government, Russia, XXII.
76; town, XXII. 77.

SILOW, his experiments in magnetism, SIMEON, son of Jacob, XXII. 77.
XV. 268.
SILSILIS, hills, Egypt, vII. 783.

SIKKIM, or Sikim, state, India, XXII. 51; SILURES, ancient British people, XVI.

XI. 822; birds of, III. 761.

SIKUHA, town, Persia, XVIII. 627.
SILALAHI, lake, Sumatra, XXII. 638.
SILBERMANN, family of organ-builders,
XVII. 837.

-, Gottfried, his improvements on the
pianoforte, XIX. 71.

SILBURY HILL, artificial mound, Wilts,
England, III. 144.

SILENUS, in Greek mythology, XXII. 51.
SILESIA, district, Germany, XXII. 51.
SILESIAN WARS, III. 127; IX. 585, 736;
X. 503; XX. IO.

SILIAN LAW, Roman, XX. 681.

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