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417

STASSFURT, town, Prussia, xxn. 458;

stilt mines of, xxi. 231. STASSFURTITE, mineral, xvi. 396. STASZOW, town, Poland, xx. 218. STATE, The, its relation to the church,

v. 758. , Great officers of, England, xxii.

458.

CHURCHISM, Calvin s theory of,

xix. 677. STATEN ISLAND, New York, U.S.A.,

xxn. 460; xvn. 459. STATEN ISLAND, Tierra del Fuego,

xxin. 383.

STATE LOANS, xvn. 243. STATE PAPER OFFICE, England, xx.

STATE PAPERS, xx. 310. STATER, Greek money, xvn. 632. STATES, Sovereign, xin. 191. STATES-GENERAL, of France, ix. 544,

546, 552, 560, 562; of Paris (1614), IX.

566; in 1787, IX. 596; in 1789, ix.

596; xx. 602; Mirabeau s influence in,

xvi. 945.

, of Holland, xn. 73.

STATESMAN, The (Politicus), Plato s

dialogue, xix. 207. STATESMEN, landowners, Cumberland,

England, vi. 698. STATES OF THE CHURCH, Italy, xxn.

460. STATE SOVEREIGNTY, American, xxin.

741, 746, 750, 756, 763, 774. STATICS, division of dynamics, XIX. 2;

xv. 728, 738. STATIELLI, Ligurian tribe, Italy, xin.

446. STATIONERS COMPANY, London, iv. 39;

their almanacs, I. 591. STATIONERS HALL, London, Copyright

registry at, VI. 358. STATIONERY, xxn. 460. STATIONS, Eailway, xx. 234. STATIRA, wife of Alexander, i. 484; xv.

142.

, Persian princess, xvin. 576.

STATISTICAL SOCIETIES, xxn. 226.

STATISTICS, xxn. 461.

STATIUS, Csecilius, Eoman dramatist,

vin. 448. , Publius Papinius, Eoman poet,

xxn. 466; xx. 726. STATUARY, methods of its production,

xxi. 571; in bronze, xvi. 72; iv. 366;

in terra-cotta, xxin. 193, 194. STATURE, as indication of race, II. in. STATUTE, in law, xxn. 468; in Eoman

law, xx. 670. MERCHANT, form of security,

xxn. 471.

OF LABOURERS, xiv. 168.

OF TREASONS, xxin. 527.

OF USES, xx. 403.

STATUTES OF ELTHAM, xxi. 36. STATUTE STAPLE, form of security, xxn. 471.

STAUBBACH, waterfall, Switzerland, xxn. 777.

STAUNTON, town, Virginia, U.S.A., xxn. 471.

, Howard, Shakespearian scholar

and writer on chess, xxn. 471; as chess-player, v. 603.

STAUPITZ, Johann von, Augustinian [ vicar-general, xv. 71.

STAURACHIOS, Byzantine metal-worker, xvi. 74.

STAURACIUS, son of emperor Nicephorus j L, xvn. 481.

STAUROLITE, mineral, xvi. 408.

STAUROTYPID^E, family of chelonian reptiles, XXIII. 457.

STAVANGER, town, Norway, xxn. 471.

STAVROPOL, government, Eussia, xxn. 472; town, xxn. 472; xxi. 243.

STEALING, in law, xxin. 231.

STEAM, Definition of, XL 560; properties of, XXII. 483; vin. 729; pressures of, at different temperatures, XI. 585; influence of its applications in com merce, vi. 206; Evans s application of, to land carriages, vin. 726.

STEAMBOAT, xxn. 478. See Steam- Ships.

STEAM COLOURS, for calico printing, iv. 690.

STEAM ENGINES, xxn. 473 (index, 526); Watt s invention of, XXIV. 412; use of, by Boulton, IV. 172; Murdock s improvements on, XVII. 53; Papin s experiments with, XVIII. 229; Tre- vithick s improvements on, XXIII.

554-

STEAM-HAMMER, xi. 425; for iron forging, xin. 328.

STEAM-PLOUGH, i. 313.

STEAM-SHIPS, xxi. 823; invention of, in. 542; ix. 270, 817; xxn. 478; engines for, XXII. 517; of British navy, xvn. 284.

STEAM-THERMOMETERS, XL 560, 568.

STEARINE, or Stearin, mixture of fatty acids, xxn. 527, 202; xvn. 740; xxin. 35; candles from, iv. 803; solar, xiv. 312.

STEATITE, mineral, xvi. 414.

STEATORNIS, genus of birds, XL 227.

STEEL, xin. 278 ; compressibility and rigidity of, VII. 815; fracture of, XXII. 600; industry in United States, xxin. 813; magnetization of, xv. 223, 260; strength of, xxii. 603; vn. 816; its use in building ships of war, xvn. 288; statistics of manufacture, xin. 358.

STEELBOYS RISING (1772), Ireland, xin. 269.

STEELE, Anne, English hymn-writer, xn. 593.

, Sir Richard, English dramatist

and essayist, xxn. 527; as dramatist, vn. 436; his place in English litera ture, vin. 426, 427; Addison s con nexion with, I. 148.

STEEL-PENS, xvin. 483; manufacture

of, in Birmingham, in. 784. STEEL PLATE ENGRAVING, vin. 439. STEEL WIRE, xxiv. 615. STEEL-YARD, weighing machine, in.

267.

, Merchants of the, Hanse merchants

in England, xxn. 528; xv. 32. STEEN, Jan Havicksz, Dutch painter,

xxn. 529.

STEEPLE, in architecture, n. 473. STEEPLE-CHASING, sport, xn. 203. STEERS ISLAND, Indian Archipelago,

xxn. 653. STEFAN, Josef, on the diffusion of gases,

xvi. 619. STEFANO, Tommaso, Italian painter, x.

608. STEFFANI, Agostino, Italian ecclesiastic,

diplomatist, and composer, xxn. 529. STEFFENS, Henrik, Danish writer, vn.

92; xvn. 730. STEGOSAURIA, order of fossil reptiles,

xx. 443. STEGOSTOMA, genus of sharks, xxi.

775- STEIBELT, Daniel, German pianist and

composer, XXII. 530. STEIER, town, Austria, xxii. 547. STEIERMARK (Styria), duchy, Austria,

xxii. 613. STEIN, Charlotte von, friend of Goethe,

x. 728. , Heinrich Friedrich Karl, Baron

vom, German statesman, xxn. 530;

XX. II.

, Johann Andreas, German piano forte maker, xix. 72. STEINAMANGER, town, Hungary, xxn.

53i-

STEINBART, Gotthilf Samuel, German rationalist, xx. 290.

STEINBOC, ungulate mammal, xn. 605.

STEINER, Jakob, Swiss geometrician, xxn. 531.

STEINHEIL, Karl August, his electric telegraph, xxin. 113; his micrometer, xvi. 251.

STEINHEILITE, mineral, xvi. 418.

STEINHUDER MEER, lake, Hanover, Germany, XL 446.

STEINITZ, Wilhelm, German chess player, v. 602.

STEINWAY, Henry Engelhard, piano forte maker, xix. 77.

STELIS, plant, xvi. 527.

STELLA, wife of Pontano, Italian poet, Xix. 454.

(Esther Johnson), friend of Dean

Swift, xxii. 763.

, Goethe s play, x. 727.

STELLAR PARALLAX, xvin. 252.

STELLETTA, genus of sponges, xxii. 415.

STELLO, De Vigny s book, vn. 136.

STELVIO PASS, North Italy, xxiv. 45.

STEM, in plants, iv. 95.

STENA, pass, in Macedonia, xv. 137.