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S I B S I G

SIBBALD, Sir Kobert, Scottish scientist,

XXII. I.

SIBENIK, town, Dalmatia, Austria, xxi.

616.

SIBERIA, region, Asia, xxil. i; n. 687; acquisition of, by Russia, XXI. 93; Eussian explorations in, x. 191; Friar William s travels in, xxi. 47; birds of, in. 756; forests, IX. 405; penal insti tutions, xix. 762; Tartar population, xxm. 70.

SIBERIAN BOIL-PLAGUE, cattle disease, xvn. 58.

SIBILLA, Monte della, mountain, Italy,

437-

SIBOGA, town, Sumatra, xxil. 639. SIBSAGAR, district and town, India,

xxn. 13. SIBSIB, ground squirrel, Morocco, xvi.

833.

SIBUYAN, island, Philippines, xvm. 752.

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

SIBYLLINE BOOKS, of ancient Rome, XXIL 13.

SIBYLLINE ORACLES, Greek poems, xi. 144.

SIBYLLINES, The, apocalyptic books, n. 177, 179.

SICCA VENERIA (Keff), ancient town, Tunis, xiv. 27.

SlCELS, people, South Italy and Sicily, XXIL 15.

SICILIAN OIL, xvm. 713.

SICILIAN VESPERS, massacre of French in Sicily (1282), v. 423; XX. 798; xxil. 27.

SICILIES, Two, Kingdom of the, xill. 478; XVII. 191; conquest of, by the Normans, xin. 470; xvn. 191.

SICILY, island, Mediterranean, xxil. 14; xin. 440; xv. 820; part of kingdom of the Two Sicilies, xm. 471; xvn. 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, Xill. 470; xvii. 548; its connexion with Phoenicia, xvm. 806; conquest of, by Rome, XX. 747, 750; Spanish con nexion, XXII. 322, 324, 327; ancient, coins of, xvn. 638; modern, coins of, xvii. 657; dialect of, xm. 494; plague in, xix. 1 66; sulphur mines, xxil. 634; wine industry, xxiv. 610.

SICK HEADACHE, xvn. 364.

SICKINGEN, Franz von, German baron, XXIL 31; xv. 78.

SICKLE, reaping implement, XXI.

574-

SICKNESS, Diet in, vn. 205. SlCULl, people, South Italy and Sicily,

xxn. 15. SiCULUS, Diodorus, Greek historian,

vii. 245.

SICYON, town, Achaia, Greece, xxil. 31;

school of sculpture at, 1 1. 349. SlDDHARTHA GAUTAMA (Buddha, q.V.),

in. 375; iv. 426. SIDDHI KUR, Calmuck collection of

stories, IV. 710.

SIDDIM, Vale of, Palestine, VII. 2. SlDDONS, Sarah, English actress, XXII.

32; xiv. 31.

SIDE, town, Asia Minor, xvm. 207. SIDEREAL MONTH, n. 774. SIDEREAL TIME, n. 765; xxm. 392. SIDERITE, mineral, x. 228; xvi. 397. SIDEROSCHISOLITE, mineral, xvi. 414. SlDEROSlLIClTE, mineral, XVI. 425. SIDEROSTATIC TELESCOPE, xxm. 152. SIDE-WALKS, of streets, xx. 588. SIDGWICK, Henry, on political economy,

xix. 399. SIDI-BEL-ABBES, town, Algeria, XXIL

33-

SIDI IBN ISA, Shrine of, Kairwan, Tunis, xm. 824.

SIDI MOHAMMED BEN ALI ES-SENUSI, leader of Mohammedan fraternity in Sahara, xxi. 151; xxm. 575.

SIDLAWS, hills, Scotland, xvm. 666.

SlDMOUTH, Viscount, English states man, I. 145; vm. 363.

SIDNACESTER (Newark), Saxon town, England, xvn. 370.

SIDNEY, town, Cape Breton, xvn. 603.

, Algernon, English statesman, xxn.

33-

, Sir Henry, viceroy of Ireland,

xm. 264; xxn. 35.

, Sir Philip, English statesman and

writer, xxn. 35; vm. 417, 421; as pastoral poet, xvm. 346; his relations with Spenser, xxn. 393; his death in Holland, XII. 77.

SUSSEX COLLEGE, Cambridge, iv.

73i-

SIDON, town, Phoenicia, XXII. 35; xvm. 804, 808; capture of, by Artaxerxes III., xvm. 580; coins of, xvii. 650.

SIDONIAN INSCRIPTIONS, xm. 116.

SlDONiUS, C. Sollius Apollinaris, Chris tian writer and bishop, n. 184.

SIDRA (Hydra), island, Greece, xn. 430.

, Bay of, Tripoli, North Africa,

xxm. 575.

RARE A, book of the Mandaeans,

xv. 468.

SIDYMA, town, Asia Minor, xv. 94. SIEBENBURGEN, or Transylvania (q.v.

Austria-Hungary, xxm. 521. SIEBOLD, Carl Theodor Ernst von,

German physiologist and zoologist,

xxn. 36.

, Philipp Franz von, German ex plorer of Japan, xxn. 36. SiECLE, Le, Paris newspaper, xvn. 426. SlEDLCE, government, Russian Poland,

XXII. 36; town, xxn. 37. SlEG, river, Rhenish Prussia, XX. 20,

519.

SIEGE, Operations in a, IX. 455; artil lery for, n. 663; XL 314. SlEGEN, town, Prussia, XXII. 37. , Ludwig, inventor of mezzotint

engraving, vm. 445.

SIEGENITE, mineral, xvi. 391.

SIEGE OF RHODES, English opera, xvn. 88,

SlEGFRED, English missionary in Sweden, xxn. 745.

SIEGFRIED, hero of the Nibelungenlied, xvn. 475; x. 522, 524; xx. 657.

SIEMENS, Ernst Werner, inventor of electric railway, xxm. 495 ; his electrical experiments, vm. 37.

, Sir William, inventor and natural

philosopher, xxn. 37; his gas-engine, xxn. 526; his gas-producer, IX. 845; xxn. 182 ; hie differential governor, xxn. 508 ; his heat-regenerator, IX. 846; on iron and steel, xm. 282.

SIEMENS-MARTIN PROCESS, of .steel- making, xm. 347.

SIEMENS PRECIPITATION PROCESS, of steel-making, Xin. 337.

SIENA, town, Italy, xxn. 38; cathedral pavement, ill. 476; cathedral pulpit, Xix. 124; majolica ware, xix. 628; school of painting, XXI. 433, 442 ; pictures in, xxi. 446 ; university, xxm. 837.

, St Catherine of, v. 229.

SlERADZ, town, Russian Poland, xxil.

44-

SIERPCE, town, Poland, XIX. 227. SIERRA, envelope of the sun, 11. 788. LEONE, West Coast, Africa, xxn.

44; I. 269.

NEVADA, mountains, United States,

iv. 697, 700; xvn. 367; xxm. 799.

SIERRAS, mountain chains, Spain, xxn. 294.

SIETE PARTIDAS, Spanish code of laws, xxn. 318, 354.

SIEVES, Emmanuel Joseph, French politician, xxn. 45; IX. 612; his rela tions with Napoleon, xvn. 202.

SlFAN, nomad tribes of Tibet, xxm.

344-

SIFATITES, Moslem sect, xvi. 592. SlGALON, Xavier, French painter, xxn,

46. SIGHING, abnormal form of respiration,

xx. 479. SIGHT, Organ and sense of, vm. Si 6; i.

885; defective, XVII. 784; loss of, III.

826; short and long, VIII. 820; XVII.

785; organs of, in Amphibia, I. 768;

in birds, in. 725 ; in Crustacea, vi.

637; in fishes, xn. 652; in mammals,

xv. 367; in reptiles, xx. 461; in. 725. SIGHTS, Gun, xxn. 46. SIGISMUND, emperor, xxn. 48; xn. 368;

x. 495.

, duke of Hapsburg, xxn. 786.

I., king of Poland, Xix. 290.