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415

S PITT A, Karl Johann Philipp, German

hymns by, XII. 588. SPITTAL, town, England, in. 610. SPITTLER, Ludwig Timotheus, German

historian, x. 543. SPITZBERG, mountain, Germany, vin.

533- SPITZBERG EN, islands, Arctic Sea, xxn.

407; xvn. 593; xix. 317; exploration of, x. 196; seal fisheries of, XXI. 582; whale fishery, XXIV. 527.

S Fix, Johann Baptist von, German natur alist, xv. 586; on Brazilian fishes, I. 275.

SPLEEN, of mammals, xv. 365; in man, diseases of, xv. 317; xvm. 376; sur gical treatment of, XXII. 691.

, disease, xn. 598.

SPLENDID SHILLING, The, John Philips s poem, xvni. 754.

SPLENIC APOPLEXY, cattle disease, xvn. 58.

SPLICING, of ropes, xxi. 592; seamen s splices, xxi. 590.

SPLINT-BONE, of the leg, i. 829.

SPODUMENE, mineral, xiv. 697; xvi. 416.

SPOHR, Ludwig, German violinist and composer, xxil. 410; as symphonist, xvii. 97.

SPOKANE, river, Washington Territory, U.S.A., xxiv. 386.

FALLS, town, Washington Ter ritory, U.S.A., xxiv. 387.

SPOLETO, town, Italy, xxn. 412; aque duct near, II. 221.

SPONDYLUS, genus of Mollusca, xvi.

693- SPONGES, XXIL 412; xix. 859; histology

of, XII. 6; skeletal structures of, XXIL

106; distribution of, vn. 277, 283. SPONGY METAL, carbonized iron, xin.

336. SPONHEIM, Prussia, Library of, xiv.

514.

SPONSOR, in law, xxn. 429. SPONTANEITY, Bain s doctrine of, xx.

43- SPONTANEOUS GENERATION, i. 49;

xiv. 232, 411. SPONTINI, Gasparo Luigi Pacifico,

Italian composer, xxn. 429. SPOOL, of thread, vi. 502. SPOONBILL, bird, xxn. 430; xxi. 842. SPOONS, Wooden, Manufacture of, in.

697. SPORADES, islands, Greek Archipelago,

xxn. 431; coins of, xvn. 644. SPORANGIA, reproductive organs in

plants, XX. 424; of ferns, IX. 104. SPORES, reproductive organs in plants,

i. 508; IX. 101; xx. 423; of Schizo-

mycetes, XXI. 402. SPOROGONIUM, or Sporophore, in plant

reproduction, ix. 100; xvn. 65; XX.

43- SPOROZOA, class of Protozoa, xix. 852.

SPORTS, The Book of, King James I. s,

xxn. 431. SPOTSWOOD, or Spotiswood, John,

archbishop of St Andrews, xxi I.

431-

SPOTTISWOODE, William, English

mathematician and physicist, xxn.

43i-

SPRAIN, bodily injury, xxn. 652, 685. SPRAT, fish, xxn. 432; xn. 694; as

whitebait, xxiv. 550; fishery, IX.

255.

SPRAT- LOON, bird, xv. 2. SPREE, river, Germany, in. 593. SPREEWALD, district, Germany, x. 449. SPREMBERG, town, Prussia, xxn. 432. SPRENGEL, Carl, on the potato, xix.

594-

Kurt, German botanist and

physician, xxn. 432. SPRENGEL S AIR-PUMP, xvi. 31. SPRING, see article Elasticity; of watch,

xxiv. 394.

AND AUTUMN ANNALS, Chinese

work, v. 66 1. SPRING-BALANCE, in. 261. SPRINGBOK, antelope, n. 101. SPRINGBOKFONTEIN, town, Namaojia-

land, South Africa, xvn. 168. SPRING CLOCKS, vi. 24. SPRINGER, in architecture, II. 473. SPRINGETT, Gulielma, wife of William

Penn, xvni. 494. SPRINGFIELD, town, Illinois, U.S.A.,

xxn. 432. , town, Massachusetts, U.S.A., xxn.

SQUARE, Magic, xv. 213.

ROOT, in algebra, I. 528; in

433-

, town, Missouri, U.S.A., xxn. 433.

, town, Ohio, U.S.A., xxi I. 433.

SPRINGING BEETLE, vi. 132.

SPRING LAKE, town, New Jersey,

U.S.A., xvii. 397. SPRINGS, of water, x. 223, 270; xxiv.

403; mineral springs, xvi. 431; XXIV.

399-

SPRING TIDE, xxni. 353. SPRINTING, in running, xxi. 61. SPROSSER, bird, xvn. 499. SPRUCE, tree, ix. 222; 11. 316, 320; of

United States, xxin. 809. SPUN SILK, xxn. 62. SPURGE-LAUREL, plant, xiv. 349. SPURRED RYE, or Ergot, vin. 521; ix.

834- SPURS, Day of the, battle (1302) near

Courtrai, Belgium, IX. 544. SPURZHEIM, Johann Kaspar, phreno logist, xxn. 433; xvni. 844; x. 37. SPUYTEN DUYVIL CREEK, New York,

U.S.A., xvn. 457.

SPUZH, town, Montenegro, xvi. 781. SPYES DE ORTHENBERG, early German

printer, xxin. 685. SQUALODONTID/E, family of fossil

Cetacea, xv. 397. SQUARCIONE, Francesco, Italian painter,

xv. 501.

arithmetic, II. 532. SQUARES, Tables of, xxin. 8. SQUARING OF THE CIRCLE, xxn. 433. SQUASH, gourd, XL 4. SQUATAROLA, genus of birds, xix. 227. SQUEEZERS, in iron manufacture, xin.

327-

SQUIB, in pyrotechny, xx. 136. SQUID, cuttle-fish, xxi. 609. SQUILL, medicinal plant, xxn. 437. SQUILLACI, Count, minister of Charles

III. of Spain, xxn. 341. SQUINT, in architecture, II. 473. SQUINTING, ocular defect, xvn. 785:

spectacles for, XXIL 372. SQUIRE, in feudal times, xiv. 117. SQUIRREL, rodent mammal, xxn. 437:

xv. 418; skins of, ix. 839. SQUIRTING CUCUMBER, vn. 825. SRAVASTI, ancient town, India, xvni.

73- SRIDHARA DASA, compiler of anthology

of Sanskrit poetry, xxi. 286. SRINAGAR, town, Kashmir, xiv. 11. SRI RANG AM (Seringham), town, India,

xxn. 438. SRIRANGAPATAM (Seringapatam), town,

India, XXI. 682.

SRIVILLIPUTUR, town, India, xxin. 405. SRONG-BTSAN SGAM-PO, or Srong Tsan

Gampo, Tibetan king, xxin. 345;

xiv. 228, 502.

SRYETENSK, town, Transbaikalia, Rus sia, xxin. 511. SSE, ancient Asiatic people, xvni. 593,

599- STAAL, Baronne de, French memoir

writer, xxn. 439. STABILI, Francesco degli, mediaeval

Italian writer, v. 282. STABILITY, of forms of matter, vi. 313. , of buildings, IV. 447; xv. 750; of

ships, xxi. 812, 597. STABLE MANAGEMENT, xn. 192. STABROEK, or Georgetown, town, British

Guiana, x. 430. STACKING, of corn, i. 363. STACTE, incense, xn. 718. STADE, town, Germany, xxn. 439. STADION, Count, Austrian statesman,

xvi. 199. STADIUM, or Stadion, for gymnastic

contests, at Athens, in. 7; at Olympia,

xvn. 768; at Rome, xx. 824. STADJAN, mountain, Sweden, xxn. 736. STADLER, Rodolph, English martyr in

Persia, xvni. 638. STADT-AM-HOF, suburb of Ratisbon,

Bavaria, xx. 291. STAEL, Madame de (Anne L. G. Xecker,

Baroness of Stael-Holstein), French

authoress, xxn. 439; IX. 672, 673;

xvn. 312. STAEL-HOLSTEIN, Baron de, Swedish