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SiGiSMUND III., of Poland, xix. 294.

, king of Sweden, xxil. 748.

SlGLUS, ancient Persian coin, xvil. 659. SlGMARlNGEN, town, Prussia, XXII. 48. , Hohenzollern-, German princely

house, XII. 52. SIGMODON, genus of rodent mammals,

xvil. 6. SIGNAKH, town, Transcaucasia, Kussia,

xxm. 514. SIGNALLING, xxm. 112; heliographic,

XL 632. SIGNALS, as used in navy, xxn. 49;

xvil. 277; flag, IX. 279; railway, XX.

238; in surveying, xxil. 698; time

determined by, xxm. 395. SIGNATURES, Book, xxm. 700; quire

marks, xvm. 144. SIGNET, Writers to the, legal society,

Scotland, xxi. 535; xxil. 251.

LIBRARY, Edinburgh, xiv. 522.

RINGS, xx. 560.

SIGNORELLI, Luca, Italian painter, xxil.

50; xxi. 434, 442. SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, xxiv. 791. SlGOURNEY, Lydia Huntley, American

poetess, I. 731. SIGTUNA, ancient town, Sweden, xxil.

55 8. SIGURD, mythical hero, in Nibelungen-

lied, XVIL 474; xx. 657. , the Stout, earl of Orkney and

Caithness, xill. 254; xvn. 848.

, son of Hakon, Norse earl, xvil. 58^.

JORSALAFARI, Norwegian king,

VT7TT f QQ Q Q

XVIL 5o> 040.

Sl-HAMED, Algerine chief, I. 569. SIHANAKA, tribe, Madagascar, xv. 171. SlHUN (Syr-Daria, q.v.), river, Asia,

XXIL 8 1 8.

, river, Asia Minor, II. 708; v. 777.

SIKANDAR, ruler of Kashmir, xiv. 13. SIKANS, or Sicani, people, South Italy

and Sicily, XXIL 15. SIKELS, or Siculi, people, South Italy

and Sicily, XXIL 15. SIKES S HYDROMETER, xn. 540. SIKHOTA-ALIN, mountains, Eastern

Siberia, xv. 548. SIKHS, people of India, XL 844; XII.

746, 808; xx. 1 10. SIKH WAR (1846), xiv. 371. SlKKlM, or Sikim, state, India, XXII. 51 ;

XL 822; birds of, ill. 761. SIKUHA, town, Persia, xviil. 627. SILALAHI, lake, Sumatra, xxn. 638. SlLBERMANN, family of organ-builders,

xvn. 837. , Gottfried, his improvements on the

pianoforte, xix. 71. SlLBURY HILL, artificial mound, Wilts,

England, in. 144.

SlLENUS, in Greek mythology, xxil. 51. SILESIA, district, Germany, xxil. 51. SILESIAN WARS, in. 127; ix. 585, 736;

x. 503; xx. 10. Si LI AN LAW, Roman, xx. 68 1.

SILICA, oxide of silicon, xxn. 53; v. 522. SILICATES, in chemistry, XXIL 53; xvi.

61.

SILICEOUS SPRINGS, x. 271. SILICISPONGI^E, class of sponges, xxn.

421. SILICON, chemical element, v. 521; its

presence in steel, XIII. 283; as fuel, IX.

809; as plant food, xix. 49. SILICONEISEN, metal, xill. 351.

SlLICON-MANGANEISEN, metal, XIII.

352.

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

SILIQUA, form of fruit, IV. 152.

SILISTRIA, town, Bulgaria, xxn. 54.

SILIUS ITALICUS, Latin epic poet, XXIL 54 ; his place in Roman, literature, xx. 726.

SILK, xxil. 56 ; ancient fabrics of, xxm. 208 ; bleaching of, ill. 822; fibre of, IX. 133; ailanthus, Xiv. 216; Chinese, v. 638, 639, 640; manufac tures, England, vm. 232; production in France, ix. 520; xxi. 332; weaving of, in India, XII. 761; Indian, XII. 751; culture and manufacture, in Italy, xill. 442, 453; xvi. 292; from spiders, II. 295. HATS, XL 519.

SILK-TAIL, bird, xxiv. 460. SILKWORM, iv. 596; XXIL 57; moth

of, XIIL 151.

SlLL, in architecture, II. 473. SILLA, Pico de la, mountain, Venezuela,

xxiv. 139.

SILLEDA, town, Spain, xix. 455. SlLLERY, Marquis of, husband of

Madame de Genlis, x. 153. SlLLIMAN, Benjamin (1779-1 864), Amer ican chemist and geologist, XXIL 66. , Benjamin (1816-1885), American

chemist and physicist, xxi I. 66. SILLIMANITE, mineral, xvi. 408. SiLLUSTANl, Peru, Stone circles at, n.

451.

SILO, pit for ensilage, xxn. 67. SlLOAM, Pool of, Jerusalem, XIII.

638. Si LOW, his experiments in magnetism,

xv. 268.

SlLSILIS, hills, Egypt, VII. 783. SILURES, ancient British people, xvi.

754- SILURIAN ROCKS, in geology, x. 331;

XVIL 51.

SILURID.E, family of fishes, xxn. 67. SlLVA, Feliciano de, Spanish romancist,

xx. 655. , Jean Baptiste, French physician,

XX. 176. , Ruy Gomez de, Spanish minister,

xvm. 744.

SILV^E, Statius s poems, xxn. 467. SILVANECTES (Senlis), Roman station,

France, xxi. 664. SlLVANUS, Italian divinity, XXII. 69.

SILVER, metal, xxn. 69 ; xvi. 382 ; as chemical element, v. 529; cyanide of, xx. 23; adulteration of, I. 176; assay of, n. 727; extraction of, from alloy with lead, xiv. 376; mines in Austria, in. 120; in Bolivia, IV. 13; in Chili, v. 622 ; of Laureium, Greece, III. 59; in Mexico, xvi. 216; XXIV. 761; in New South Wales, xvn. 409; of Nertchinsk, Siberia, xvi I. 352; in United States, xxm. 814; in Colorado, U.S.A., VI. 161; in Nevada, U.S.A., xvn. 368; ores, xvi. 58; dressing of ores, xvi. 465; production, iv. 518; xvi. 467, 728 ; production in England, vm. 229; in Peru, XVIIL 675; spec trum of, xxn. 376; wire, xxiv. 615.

COINAGE, xvi. 482, 723; xxn.

71; in relation to exchange, vni. 790;

comparative value of silver and gold,

xvi. 731, 735; xxn. 73. SILVER-EYE, bird, xxiv. 824. SlLVER-FlR, tree, IX. 224. SlLVER-FlSH, insect, xin. 154. SILVER GLANCE, mineral, xxn. 69. SILVERING, coating with silver, XXII.

71; of mirrors, xvi. 501. SILVER INK, xin. 81. SILVERIUS, pope, xxn. 74; xix. 493. SILVER LACE, x. 753. SILVER MINING, xvi. 470. SILVER PITS, depressions in North Sea,

XVIL 563. SILVER PLATE, xxn. 71; Roman, n.

366; works in, xix. 178. SILVER REEF DISTRICT, Utah, U.S.A.,

xxm. 815.

SILVERSMITHS, Roman, n. 366. SILVESTER I., pope, xxn. 74.

II., pope, xxn. 74; xix. 497; as

scholastic philosopher, XXI. 421. - III., pope, xxn. 76; xix. 498. SILVIID^E, family of birds, xxiv. 366,

553-

SiMANCAS, town, Spain, XXIL 76. SIMBA, one of the Solomon Islands,

South Pacific, xxn. 252. SIMBIRSK, government, Russia, xxn.

76; town, XXIL 77. SIMEON, son of Jacob, xxn. 77.

, Israelitish tribe, xin. 400.

, grand -duke of Russia, xxi. 91.

of Beth Arsham, Syriac writer,

XXIL 832.

of Durham, English historian, xxi I.

811. BAR TABBAKHE, Syriac writer,

xxn. 844. KARKHAYA, Syriac writer, xxn.

KUKAYA, Syriac writer, xxn. 832. SHANKELAWI, Syriac writer, XXIL

852. STYLITES, Syrian monk, xvi. 701 ;

XXIL 830; temple of, n. 132. SIMFEROPOL, or Sympheropol, town,