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STENCILLING, in house-painter s work,

iv. 512.

STENDAL, town, Prussia, xxn. 532. STENDHAL, De (Marie Henri Beyle),

French writer, ill. 621. STENERSEN, Peder Cristofer, Norse

poet, xvii. 590. STENHOUSEMUIR, town, Scotland, xxn.

554-

STENIA, Greek festival, xxm. 295. STENKIL, Swedish king, xxn. 745. STENNESS, Stones of, Orkney, Scotland,

xvii. 848; xxi. 51. STENO, Michele, Venetian nobleman,

IX. 12.

, Nicolaus, Danish anatomist, I. 810;

on crystals, VI. 672. STENODERMATA, group of bats, xv.

414. STENOGRAPHY, or Shorthand Writing,

xxi. 836; in ancient MSS., xvin.

164. STENOPHONOGRAPHY, A. Melville Bell s

shorthand system, xxi. 840. STENORHYNCHIN^E, subfamily of carni vorous mammals, xv. 443. STENOSTOMA, genus of snakes, xxn.

192; xx. 454. STENOSTOMATA, group of Actinozoa, i.

132-

STENYCLARUS, town, Messenia, Greece,

xvi. 53. STEPHANITE, mineral, xvi. 395; xxn.

69. STEPHANOCEROS, genus of Rotifera,

xxi. 4. STEPHANOVICH, Vuk, Servian writer,

xxi. 691.

STEPHAN S COMET, vi. 193. STEPHANURUS DENTATUS, animal

parasite, xxiv. 206. STEPHANUS, Roman sculptor, n.

366. , Estienne, or Stephens, French

family of scholars and printers, xxn.

534- BYZANTIUS, Greek writer, xxn.

532-

STEPHEN, St, of Scripture, xxn. 532. , St, of Thiers, founder of order of

Grandimontanes, XI. 47. I., pope, xxn. 532.

- II., pope, xxn. 532; xx. 785.

- III., pope, xxn. 533; xix. 495.

- IV., pope, xxn. 533; xx. 786.

- V.-VI., popes, XXII. 533.

- VII., pope, xxn. 533; xix. 497. VIII., pope, xxn. 533.

- IX., pope, xxn. 533; xix. 497; xx. 791.

, king of England, xxn. 533; vin.

302.

I., king of Hungary, xn. 367.

, the Great, voivode of Moldavia,

xxi. 19. , leader of the children s crusade, VI.

627.

STEPHEN, Sir James, English historical

writer, xxn. 534. BAR SUDH-AILE, Syriac writer,

xxn. 832.

DUSHAN, king of Servia, xxi. 688.

NEMENYA, king of Servia, xxi.

STEPHENS, or Estieune, French family of scholars and printers, xxn. 534. , Alexander Hamilton, American statesman, XXII. 536; xxni. 773. , James, Fenian leader, Xin. 271. , James Francis, on birds, xvin.

13-

, John Lloyd, American traveller, xxn. 536; on ancient American build ings, II. 450; on ruined cities of Central America, I. 693. -, Thomas, first English visitor to

India, XII. 798. STEPHENSON, George, English engineer, xxn. 537; his application of steam to locomotives, xxn. 478; promoter of railways, XX. 224.

, Robert, English engineer, XXII.

537 ; engineer of Britannia Bridge, 1V - 334 > promoter of railways, XX. 225. STEPPES, of Spain, xxn. 297.

, Region of the, Russia, XXI. 77.

STERADIAN, unit of measurement of solid angles, xvi. 25.

STERCORARIUS, genus of birds, xxn. 125.

STEREOCHROMY, process of painting, xxn. 54.

STEREOGNATHUS, fossil mammal, xv. 376.

STEREOMETER, hydrometer for soluble bodies, etc., XII. 542.

STEREOSCOPE, optical instrument, xxn. 537; Porta s anticipation of, XIX. 526; lenticular, Brewster s, IV. 276; reflect ing, Wheatstone s, xxiv. 588.

STEREOSCOPIC MICROSCOPE, xvi. 272.

STEREOTYPING, in printing, xxni. 702; invention of, x. 127; v. 27; revival of, vn. 196.

STERILITY, Human, xv. 778.

STERLET, fish, xxn. 612.

STERLING, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xxn. 541.

, Captain Edward, English jour nalist, xvii. 418; xxn. 541.

, John, English author, XXII. 541.

MONEY, xvn. 656.

STERLITAMAK, town, Russia, xxni. 717.

STERNA, genus of birds, xvii. 531; xxni. 189.

STERNBERG, town, Moravia, Austria, xxn. 541.

STERNBERGITE, mineral, xvi. 393.

STERNE, Laurence, English humorist, xxn. 541; his place in English litera ture, vin. 431.

STERNHOLD, Thomas, translator of the

Psalms, xn. 589. STERNUM, Anatomy of the, i. 822; xxn.

112; of Amphibia, I. 752; of birds,

in. 720; xvin. 23; of mammals, xv.

358. STESICHORUS of Himera, Greek poet,

xxn. 543, 16. STETHOMETER, STETHOGRAPH, for

measuring movements of the chest,

xx. 477. STETHOSCOPE, medical instrument, in.

100; its invention, xiv. 200; XV. 816. STET PROCESSUS, in law, xix. 789. STETTIN, town, Prussia, xxn. 543. STEUART (Stuart, q.v. Scottish royal

family, xxn. 609.

, Sir James Denham, Scottish poli tical economist, xxn. 544; xix. 365. STEUBEN, Baron von, German-American

general, xxni. 790. STEUBENVILLE, town, Ohio, U.S.A.,

xxn. 544. STEVENS, Alfred, English sculptor, xxi.

561. , Thaddeus, American politician,

xxn. 544. STEVENSON, Alan and Thomas, their

lighthouse improvements, xiv. 620,

621. , David, Scottish civil engineer,

xxn. 545; on reclaiming marsh lands,

I. 405. -, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Mrs Gaskell),

English novelist, X. 103.

, John Hall, English humorist, xxn.

542.

, Robert, Scottish civil engineer,

XXII. 545.

STEVINUS, Simon, Dutch mathematician, xxn. 545; on decimals, II. 526.

STEWARD, Lord High, England, xxn. 458.

, Royal, England, XXL 37.

STEWART, or Stuart (q.v.), Scottish royal family, xxn. 609.

, Balfour, on radiation of heat, xx.

214.

, Dugald, Scottish philosopher, XXII.

546; his ethics, vin. 604; on the sub lime, I. 223; his place in English literature, vin. 432.

, Fanny, her relations to Charles

II., v. 806.

, J. C., on fly fishing, II. 36.

, Matthew, Scottish mathematician,

xxn. 546.

, Robert, second marquis of London derry, XIV. 853. - ISLAND, New Zealand, xvn. 466.

STEWING, of meat, vi. 333.

STEYR, or Steyer, town, Austria, xxn.

547-

STIBICONITE, mineral, xvi. 388. STIBNITE, mineral, n. 129; xvi. 394. STICHOMETRY, in ancient MSS., i. 496;