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S T A S T A

STAENFORD (Stamford), ancient town,

England, XXI I. 446. STAFF, in army organization, II. 567; of

British army, n. 577. STAFFORD, county, England, xxn. 442;

coalfields, VI. 50, 51; pottery ware,

xix. 631; town, xxn. 443. , William, English economist, xix.

356. STAG, deer, vn. 23; xv. 432.

BEETLE, vi. 131. STAGE, in architecture, II. 473. , of a theatre, early English, vm.

420; modern arrangements of, xxni.

226.

PLAYS, Licensing of, xix. 711.

STAGE-RIGHT, in relation to copyright,

vi. 361, 367. STAGHOUND, vn. 329. STAG- HUNTING, xn. 394. STAGIRA, or Stageira, town, Macedonia,

birthplace of Aristotle, II. 511. STAGNELIUS, Erik Johan, Swedish poet,

xxii. 757. STAHL, Georg Ernst, German chemist

and physician, XXII. 444; v. 460; XV.

812; on fermentation, IX. 94; his

theory of the soul, II. 55. STAIGUE FORT, Kerry, Ireland, xiv. 52. STAINED GLASS, Manufacture of, x.

666, 667. STAINER, Jacob, violin maker, xxiv.

245. STAIR, First Viscount, Scottish jurist

and statesman, xxii. 444. , First Earl of, Scottish lawyer and

politician, xxii. 446. , Second Earl of, British field- marshal, XXII. 446. STAIRS, in houses, iv. 454, 473, 497. STAKE, Hill of, Scotland, xx. 395. STALACTITES, Formation of, v. 266; in

cavern of Adelsberg, Austria, I. 151;

in Luray Cavern, United States, xv.

67.

STALAGMITE MARBLES, xv. 529. STALAGMITES, Formation of, v. 266; in Luray Cavern, United States, xv. 67. STALIMENE (Lemnos), island, ^Egean

Sea, Turkey, xiv. 436. STALL, in architecture, II. 472.

, in stable management, xil. 193. STALYBRIDGE, town, England, xxii.

446. STAMBOUL, or Constantinople (q.v.), vi.

303-

STAMEN, of plants, iv. 135; xx. 424. STAMFORD, town, Lincolnshire, Eng land, xxii. 446; newspapers of, XVII. 421. , town, Connecticut, U.S.A., xxn.

447- - BRIDGE, Yorkshire, England,

Battle of (1066), vm. 291; XI. 486. STAMMERING, defect of speech, xxn.447.

MICTURITION, xxiv. 191. STAMP ACT, English, of 1712, its effect

on newspapers, xvil. 416; of 1765, I.

708; its effect in American colonies,

vm. 357, 358; xxni. 737. STAMP-COLLECTING, xix. 588. STAMPS, STAMP DUTIES, xxn. 448. , Postage, XIX. 585; collection of,

xix. 588.

STANCHES, on rivers, xx. 573. STANCHIO (Cos), island, Asia Minor, vi.

444.

STANCHION, in architecture, II. 473. STAND (Whitefield), town, England,

xxiv. 551. STANDARD, London newspaper, xvn.

419. , Battle of the (i 138), England, xxi.

483- BAR, Expansion of, in surveying,

xxii. 697. STANDARDS, of area, xxiv. 485 ; of

length, xxiv. 483; of volume, xxiv.

485; of weight, XXIV. 486.

, Military, IX. 276.

STANDARD UNIT OF VALUE, for money,

xvi. 730, 735. STANDGALE, bird, xiv. 53. STANDING ARMIES, Rise of, n. 564. STANFIELD, William Clarkson, English

painter, XXII. 449.

STANHOPE, Third Earl, English politi cian and scientist, XXII. 449. , Lord, English postmaster, xix. 563.

, Lady Hester Lucy, companion of

William Pitt, xxii. 449.

, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of

Chesterfield, v. 606. STANISLAU, town, Galicia, Austria, xxn.

450. STANISLAUS, or Stanislaw, St, of Poland,

his murder, xix. 286. , or Stanislaw Leszczynski, king of

Poland, XXII. 450; IX. 585; XVII.

171; XIX. 297.

AUGUSTUS, of Poland, xxn. 450;

xix. 298, 453.

STANKO, town, Cos, Asia Minor, vi. 444.

STANLEY, town, Falkland Islands, ix. 14.

, Arthur Penrhyn, dean of West minster, XXII. 450.

, Edward Geoffrey Smith, earl of

Derby, VII. 109; VIII. 366. -, Henry M., African explorer, I. 248;

x. 195; his search for Livingstone,

xiv. 722. POOL, lake, Congo river, Africa,

xxiv. 765. STANNARY COURTS, Cornwall, England,

vi. 426.

STANNEL, bird, xiv. 53. STANNITE, mineral, xvi. 393. STANNIUS, on reptiles, xx. 437. STANNOUS COMPOUNDS, in chemistry,

xxni. 401. STANS FORELAND, island, Spitzbergen,

xxn. 408. STANTHORPE, tin mines, Queensland,

xx. 173.

STANTON, Edwin M Masters, American

statesman, xxn. 455. STANZ, town, Switzerland, xxn. 778;

xxni. 858.

STANZA, in poetry, xix. 271. STAPHYLOMA, eye disease, xvi I. 781. STAPLES, Bishop, of Meath, xni. 263. STAPLING, Wool, xxiv. 656. STAPULENSIS (Jacobus Faber), French

Protestant writer, vm. 835. STAR, n. 744. See Stars. STAR-ANISE, incense, xn. 718. STARAYA RUSSA, town, Russia, xxn.

455; fair of, xvil. 607. STAR CATALOGUE, of Hipparchus, n.

749; Ulugh Bey s, n. 751; xxni. 722;

Sir W. Herschel s, XI. 765; Sir John

Herschel s, XL 769; Hessian, xxiv.

582. See also article Observatory. STARCH, xxn. 455; xix. 54; in plants,

iv. 88; xn. 12; in lichens, xiv. 558;

in malt, XV. 338; in nutrition, xvil.

676. See also article Dietetics. STAR-CHAMBER, English court of justice,

xxn. 456; v. 405; vin. 341. STARCHING, in bleaching, in. 817. STARCH SUGAR, or Grape Sugar, xxn.

628.

STAR-FISHES, vn. 632; xvi. 844. STAR-FORTS, ix. 434, 439. STARGARD, town, Prussia, xxn. 457. STARING, Antoni Christiaan, Dutch

poet, xn. 98.

STARITSA, town, Russia, xxni. 672. STARKWEATHER, G. B., his theory of

sex, XXI. 722.

STARLING, bird, xxn. 457. , The, Norman Macleod s work, XV.

163.

STAROBYELSK, town, Russia, xiv. 57. STARODUB, town, Russia, xxn. 458. STAR OF INDIA, Order of the, xiv.

124. STARO-KONSTANTINOFF, town, Russia,

XXII. 458.

STAR PEAK, mountain, Great Basin, U.S.A., xxni. 798.

STAR-ROUTES, mail scandals, United

States, xxni. 783.

I STARS, n. 744, 823; evolution of, xxn. 651; velocity of light from, Xiv. 586; classification of, according to, magni tude, XVIII. 840; measurements of, xvi. 250 ; new and variable, xxn. 651; parallax of, xvni. 252; photo metry of, xvni. 840; their position us seen from the earth, X. 198; shoot ing, XVI. 106, no; spectroscopic analysis of, n. 817; x. 215; xxn. 651; the sun considered as a star, xxn. 645.

STARTER, Jan Janssen, Dutch poet, xn.

94- STARVATION, vn. 208; death from, xv.

781.

STAR-WORSHIPPERS, xxi. 128; i. 697;