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INDEX. 



Shairp, John C., obit., x, 669. 



Shakespeare, E. O., x, 798, 800. 



Shaler, Gen. Alexander, x, 641. 



Shanahan, Jeremiah P., xi, 69. 



Shand, Peter J., obit., xi, 700. 



Shandley, Edward J., obit., i, 623. 



Shanghai Custom-House, illustra- 

 tion, iv, 146. 



Shannon, Wilson, obit., ii, 588. 



Shan States, the, xiv, 429. 



Shari Eiver, the, iii, 363. 



Sharkey, observations, viii, 634. 



Sharp, Jacob, trial of, xii, 555; 

 obit., xvii, 574. 



Sharp, Martin, sketch, xiv, 670. 



Sharpstein, John E., obit., xvii, 

 574. 



Sharswood. G., obit., viiij 594. 



Shattuck, G. C., obit, xviii, 568. 



Shaw, Aaron, obit., xii, 611. 



Shaw, B. F., obit., xy, 665. 



Shaw, Henry W., obit., x, 654. 



Shaw, J. B.", obit., xv, 665. 



Shaw, Richard, obit., i, 642. 



Shawe, Charles A., obit., i, 643. 



427 ; in Australia, vi, 46. 



Sheldon, George, obit., vi, 688. 



Sheldon, James, obit., xii, 611. 



Sheldon, Smith, obit., ix, 611. 



Shell-Heaps, aboriginal, ix, 14. 



Shelton, John T., obit., i, i'c'4. 



Shelton, William, obit., viii, 594. 



Shendy, captured by Arabs, ix, 

 297 ; by Gordon, 301 ; bombard- 

 ed, x, 314. 



Shepard, C. A. B., sketch, xiv, 648. 



Shcpard, E. F., obit., xyiii, 569. 



Shepard. observations, iv, 53. 



Shephard, C. U., obit., xi, 700. 



Shepherd, T. P., obit., ii, 588. 



Shepley, G. F., sketch, iii, 767. 



Shepstbne, Sir Theophilus, obit., 

 xviii, 586. 



Sherbrooke, Quebec, xii, 130. 



Shore Ali, i, 8 ; negotiations with 

 Russia, ii ? 6, 42 ; disputed suc- 

 cession, ih, 6 ; answer of, to the 

 British Government, iii, 437 ; 

 flight from Cabul, iii, 437 ; flight 

 of, iv, 7 ; death, iv, 9 ; secret 

 correspondence of, captured, vi, 

 2; ix, 4; x, 2, 12. 



Sheridan, Gen. Philip IT., sketch 

 and steel-plate portrait, viii, 715 ; 

 x, 427, 428, 429 ; his recommen- 

 dation as to Indian lands, 763 ; 

 death of, xiii, 652. 



Sheridan, M. M., sketch, xiii, 652. 



Sherif Pasha, vii, 239. 



Sheriffs, convention of ; v, 683. 



Sherman act, the, xviii, 226. 



Sherman, John, sketches, ii, 692 ; 

 iv, 794 ; portrait. 794. 



Sherman, Mrs. S. M. G.,obit., iii, 

 645. 



Sherman, T. W., obit., iv, T 695. 



Sherman, Mrs. Thonus W.,obit., 

 iv, 695. 



Sherman, Gen. Willii.m T., charge 

 against Jefferson Davis, x, 235, 

 424, 425, 426, 431 ; sketch and 

 port., xvi, 791. 



Sherman. Tex., xvi, 169. 



Sherwood, J. M., obit., xv, 665. 



Shibergan, district of, x, 4. 



Shields, James, sketch, iv, 796. 



Shields, J., experiments, vii, 660 



Shiho, engagement near, x, 173. 



Shilder-Shuldner, obit , iii, 661. 



Shillaber, B. P., obit, and port., 

 xv, 665. 



Sbilleto Rev. R., obit., i, 643. 



Shiloh, battle of, x, 424. 



Shimose, experiments by, viii, 111. 



Shinar, King of, xiv, 23. 



Shinwarri rebellion, viii,"l. 



Ship-building, xiii, 510; xvii, 190; 

 in Delaware, xviii, 255. 



Ship canal, Norwegian, xvii, 250. 



Ship channel in Lake St. Peter, 

 xiii, 283. 



Shipka Pass, contest for, ii, 741. 



Shipley, H., x, 401. 



Shipman, G. E., obit., xviii, 569. 



Shipman, V. J., nominated, xiii, 

 341. 



Shipping, acts on, in Great Britain, 

 i, 358 ; decline of American, ii, 

 110; iv, 837 j y, 125; vi, 786; 

 vii, 520 ; statistics of American, 

 viii, 150 ; committees on, vii, 522, 

 523 ; bill on, in Congress, viii, 

 220 : fines on, in foreign ports, 

 vi, 777 ; restrictions in Spanish 

 West Indies, viii, 263 ; deduc- 

 tions to British, ibid. ; French 

 bill, vi, 308 ; American, xvi, 193 ; 

 on the Great Lakes, xvii, 697. 



Shipping-law ^Conference, x, 420. 



Ship railway, xiv, 615. 



Ship-railway, Tehuantepec. See 

 Tehuantepec. 



Ships, machinery for lifting, ii, 

 497 ; for conveying cars, 498 ; 

 speed indicator,* 499 ; sounding 

 instrument, 498; steering large, 

 iii, 724 ; rules for preventing col- 

 lisions, vi, 778 ; building, 246 ; 

 viij '521 ; statistics of, in Maine, 

 \ iii, 510 ; armored, iii, 591 ; 

 classes of war, vi, 547 ; history 

 of " Old Ironsides," vi ? 620 ; the 

 " Grosser Kurfiirst," iii, 385 ; iv, 

 441 ; lists, of war, and descrip- 

 tions of the "Calliope," "Te'me'- 

 rairc," "Inflexible," "LepantOj" 

 etc., sec Navies of Europe, vii, 

 568 ; separable, xv, 282. 



Shiras, George, Jr., sketch and 

 port., xvii, 745. 



Shirley, Com. Paul, obit., i, 624. 



Shoa, ii, 3 ; iv, 2 ; xi 1 ; Italian 

 mission to, xiv, 2. 



Shoemaker, John L., obit., i, 624. 



Sholes, C. L., obit., xv, 666. 



Shoring of bridge, ix, 313. 



Short-hand writing, physiology of, 

 xii, 670. 



Shot-guns, xv, 772. 



Shrevcport, xiv, 159. 



Shufeldt, Com. E. W., x, 265. 



Shufeldt, M. A., obit., xvii, 574. 



Shugnan, state of, x, 2; taken by 

 Abdurrahman, 4. 



Shurtleft, Stephen C., nominated, 

 xiii, 834. 



Shuvaloff, Count, sketch, ii, 692; 

 x, 2; sketch, xiv, 670. 



Siam, xviii, 687 ; conflict with 

 France. 687. 



Siamen, King, ix, 20. 



Siberia, Northern, difficulties of the 

 new ocean route to, iii, 358 ; trade 

 in, x, 397 ; influence of the pres- 

 ence of Russians iDj 398. 



Sibi, annexation of, xiii, 7. 



Sibi-Quetta railroad, the, x, 4, 12. 



Sibiriakof, Alexander, x, 397. 



Siblcy, Henry H., obit., xvi, 655. 



Sibley, Hiram, sketch, xiii, 652. 



Sicilian Disturbances, xviii, 415. 



Sicilian Vespers, anniversary of, 

 vii, 438. 



Sickel, H. G., obit., xv, 666. 



Sickcls, John B., obit., i, 624. 



Sicyon, excavations in, xiii, 26. 



Sid'el-Hadj'-Abd-es-Salaam, obit., 

 xvii. 603. 



Sidcrsky, experiments, viii, 113. 



Sidi Hadji, sherif of Wazau, ix, 

 339. 



Sidi Mohammed Ben Ali es-Se- 

 noussi, x, 316. 



Sidi Muley Hassan, obit., iii, 661. 



Sidmouth, Viscount, x, 60. 



Sidon, rock-cut tombs of, xii, 24. 



Siemens, C. W., sketch, viii, 718. 



Siemens, D., xi, 539. 



Siemens, Frederick, experiments 

 by, iv, 419; viii, 378. 



Siemens, Werner, invention by, 

 iii. 276 ; experiments, v, 237 ; 

 vii, 528. 



Siemens, W. von, obit. ; xvii, 603. 



Siemens, Sir William, inventions 

 by, i, 519 ; vi, 255, 258, 400 ; viii, 

 676 ; theory of the sun, vii, 32. 



Sierra Nevada Mountains, ix, 539. 



Sight and touch, relative accuracy 

 of, vi, 751 ; experiments on the 

 sight, x, 690, 691. 



Sight, Buffington's, xiv, 739. 



Signal Service, Meteorological 

 Division of the United States, 

 with weather-maps and map of 

 coast telegraph, iv ; 797; station 

 of Mount Washington, 800 ; 

 illustrations, 800, 804, 806-810, 

 813, 815, 816. 



Siguais, sound-, viii, 719. 



Signol, fimile, obit., xvii, 603. 



Sigurson, Jon, vi, 212. 



Sikkim, war in, xiii, 434; xiv, 

 428 ; xv, 436. 



Sila (Corea), x, 263. 



Silchester, discoveries at, xvi, 15. 



Silicate tablet, the, xii, 688. 



Silicon, discoveries, ix, 809. 



Silk, weighing of, iii, 229 ; substi- 

 tute for, 724; commerce in, iv, 

 173 ; reduced yield in China, 

 viii, 126 ; industry in Lyons, ix, 

 345 ; in Italy, ix, 415 ; in Mexico, 

 xi, 555 ; artistic, ix, 246. 



Silk-worm gut, xiv, 762. 



Sill, Edward R., obit., xii, 611. 



Silliman, Benjamin, invention by, 

 i, 522 ; obit, and portrait, x, 732 ; 

 statue of, x, 361. 



Silos, their construction and uses, 

 vi, 808 ; illustrations, 809, 810. 



Silva, Francis A., obit., xi, 700. 



Silver bill, xv, 232. 



Silver certificates and coins, vi, 

 "T79. 



Silver coinage, Lon Say on, in, 

 314; in Germany, iv, 440; as 

 leiral currency, ii, 235, 291 ; iii, 

 138-164 ; effects of depreciation, 

 iv, 163, 613;. vi, 626; ix, 783; 

 x, 275, 282; Cleveland on, x, 

 755; the question in India, xi, 

 437. See Bimetallic Standard. 



Silver, mining of, xii, 504; in 

 Bolivia, x, 99 ; xi, 91 ; in Aus- 

 tralia, ix, 59; working of, see 

 Metallurgy. 



Silver purchase, xviii, 207. 



Silver, salts of, ii, 91 ; reduction 

 of, from ore, viii, 521 ; in lead 



