INDEX. 



Star-system, remote, discovered by Herschel, 7, 



1 6. 

 Stars, their magnitudes, characters, &c. described, 



in Astronomy, 1 5 ; falling, in Meteorology, 48. 

 Statics, 198. 



Stays, effects of, as an article of dress, 732. 



Steam, its nature and production, 417 ; expansive 

 action of, 418 ; used for heating, 485. 



STEAM-ENGINE, 417-432 ; its history, 422 ; at- 

 mospheric engine, 423 ; Watt's inventions, 424 ; 

 varieties of, now in use, 428-430 ; Cornish 

 engine, 428 ; rotary engine, 429 ; locomotive, 429 ; 

 history of steam locomotion, 430 ; traction- 

 engine, 430 ; marine, 430 ; horse-power of, 431 ; 

 duty of, 432. 



Steam-hammer engine, 431. 



Steam-ploughing, in Agriculture, 520. 



Stearine, the solid constituent of oils and tallow, 

 335, 349- 



Steatite or Soapstone, 395. 



Steel, varieties and manufacture of, 409. 



Steelyard, a balance or lever having unequal arms, 

 by which the weights of bodies are determined 

 by means of a single standard weight, 211. 



Stems or stalks, their functions and forms, 72. 



Stephanite, a silver ore, called otherwise the 

 brittle sulphide of silver, 403. 



Steppes, in Physical Geography, 54, 59. 



Sternum, in anatomy, the Os pectoris, or breast- 

 bone. 



Stethoscope, 773. 



Stews, in Cookery, 754. 



Sthupas or topes, in Architecture, 477. 



Stigmaria (Gr. stigma, a point), figured, 27. 



Stock, in Cookery, 754. 



Stocking-frame, invented by Lee in 1599, 795. 



Stockings introduced in British costume, 795. 



Stocks, in Gardening, 565. 



Stomach of man, 115, 770. 



Stomachics and Tonics, in Medicine, 779. 



Stones, artificial manufacture of, 367. 



Stoneware, composition and manufacture of, 359. 



Stork (Ciconta alba), in Ornithology, 170. 



Storms, their cause and course, 43-46. 



Stoves, Arnott's and others', 484-485. 



Strait or channel, in Physical Geography, 52. 



Stratum and (plural) strata, in Geology, 18. 



Stratus, in Meteorology, a species of cloud, 36. 



Straw, straw-plait, straw-hats, &c. 381. 



Strawberry, character and cultivation of, 587. 



Strontia, natural history and uses of, 328, 398. 



Struthio, hence Strnthionida, the Ostrich family, 

 170. 



Stucco, stuccoes, composition of, 366. 



Sturdy, a disease in sheep, 653. 



Sturgeon, family Sturiones, in Zoology, 160. 



Style, old and new, in Chronology, 291. 



Styptics, medicines that check bleeding, 781. 



Sublimation, the process of, in Metallurgy, 414. 



Subsidence and upheaval, 21, 58. 



Subsoil plough, 520. 



Succinic acid, 335. 



Suckers and layers, propagation by, in Horticul- 

 ture, 563. 



Suez Canal, 440. 



Suffocation, surgical treatment of, 782. 



Sugar, in Chemistry, 33 1 ; manufacture and diet- 

 etic use of, 742. 



Sugar-cane (Saccharum offictnarum), in Botany, 

 1 10. 



Suiclse (Pigs), order Pachydermata, in Zoology, 181. 



Sulphate of lime, 327 ; sulphate of lime, in Water, 



499 ' n Chemistry, 307. 

 Sulphate of magnesia, Epsom salts, 307. 

 Sulphate of soda, Glauber's salt, 307 ; in Water, 



500. 

 Sulphur or brimstone, 325 ; its natural history and 



uses, 398. 



Sulphuretted hydrogen, in Chemistry, 325. 

 Sulphuric acid, 307 ; how procured, 325, 337. 

 Sulphurous acid, 325, 337. 

 Sumptuary laws on the subject of dress, 794. 

 Sun, the, distance, dimensions, motions, &c of, 5. 

 Sun-birds (Prontfropida\ 174. 

 Sun-dials, in Horology, 294. 

 Sunfish, in Zoology, 160. 

 Sunn-hemp, 371. 



Superficial accumulations, in Geology, 32. 

 SUPPLY OF WATER, DRAINAGE, BATHS, 497-512. 

 Surface-condenser, the, in Steam-engine, 431. 

 SURGERY, household, 781-784. 

 Surtout, introduction of the, 798. 

 Swallow family (Himndinida\ in Zoology, 174. 

 Swans, in Zoology, 168 ; domesticated, 670. 

 Swarming of the honey-bee, 680^83. 

 Sweet-williams, in Gardening, 565. 

 Swifts (Clypselida), 175. 

 Swine (Lat. sus)\ hence Snida t the Pig family, 



181. 



Sword-fish (Xiphias), its habits, in Zoology, 159. 

 Sycamore or plane, nature and culture ol, 599. 

 Syenite (Syene in Egypt), a variety of granite, 395. 

 Sylviadae (Warblers), in Ornithology, 174. 

 Sympathetic system, in Human Physiology, 123. 

 Synchronous (Gr.), occurring at the same period 



of time, 203. 

 Synthesis (Gr. a joining or putting together), in 



Chemistry, 307 ; the operation of joining or 



uniting simple substances ; opposed to analysis. 

 Syphons (Gr. siphon, a tube), inverted syphon ; in 



Pneumatics, 239. 



Syren, a kind of amphibious newt, in Zoology, 162. 

 SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, 81-112. 



Tabasheer, a silicious concretion found in the 



joints of the bamboo, 80. 

 Table-lands and mountains of the globe, 55-56. 

 Tabular chronology, 294. 

 Talc and Mica, in mineral economy, 395. 

 Talpidae (Lat. tatpn, mole), the Mole family, i8& 

 Tannin and tanning, in leather manufacture, 347. 

 Tape- worm (Tcrniada), in Zoology, 140. 

 Tapioca, manufacture and dietetic use*, 741 ; in 



Cookery, 764. 



Tapir (order Pachydtrmata\ in Zoology, 180. 

 Tartans, in Highland costume, 799. 

 Tartar emetic, a poison, 783. 

 Tartaric acid, in Organic Chemistry, 335. 

 Tarts, in Cookery, 764. 



Taste, sense of, physiologically considered, 124. 

 Tattooing, barbarouspractice of, 789. 

 Tawing, in Applied Chemistry, J47- 

 Taxaceac, order in Botany, 108. 

 Tea, in Botany, 92 ; in Dietetics 750. 

 Teazle, use of, in woollen manufacture, 379. 

 Teeth of man and other animals, 114, 177. 

 Telegraph, Cooke and Whcatstone's needle, 280 ; 



Morse's recording, 278 ; submarine telegraphy, 



280. 



Tclemones, in Architecture, 470. 

 Telescopes, refracting and reflecting. 25OX 

 Tellurium, one of the metallic elements, 327^ 



