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INDEX. 



PA OR 



Sound inaudible on 



mountains .... 147 

 South wind rainy 303, 320 



warm 303 



South-west wind rainy 304 

 Sparks from a fire ... 106 



a flint 97 



a horse-shoe 98 



Spectacles 389 



black 408 



blue 407 



for aged 390 



near sights .. 389 



Split bells 411 



Sponge swells when wet 339 

 SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION 



56, 57, 58, 85 

 Spoons become dull . . 26 



in water 387 



retard boiling .... 117 

 Speakingpromotes hunger 88 



Spring best late 307 



water cool 182 



sparkles 269 



Springs prevent freezing 356 

 Sprinkling to cool rooms 159 



Stagnant water 347 



full of worms .... 347 



Stale beer, &c. see beer 275 



Stars distance and size of 383 



invisible by day . . 368 



seem flat 384 



seen in a well 368, 374 

 seen on mountains 376 



twinkle 406 



Starvation 86 



produces madness 86 



STEAM 127 



engines burst .... 236 



Steam continued. 



invisible 116,235 



of a kettle 236 



why visible 117 



what becomes of it 117 



STEEL and flint 97 



rusts 259 



prevented .. 259 

 Stillness before a storm 146 

 Stirring cools broth, &c. 247 

 Stockings difficult to draw 



on when wet 340 



STONES broken by frost 350 



cold 169 



collect no dew . . 208 

 snap in flre .... 1 08 



unfit for fuel 43 



STORMS 146 



direction of .... 28 

 places of danger in 12 

 safety in 20 

 Straw covered over brick- 

 work 359 



Straw covered over trees 359 

 water-pipes 359 

 Street dark from a light 



room 194 



STOVES crack when 



lighted 123 



when cooling . . 123 



of bricks 174 



on a floor .... 52, 237 



rust 257 



not often 258 



prevented . . 258 

 settings fall away 124 

 warm a room .... 237 



Strata of air 9 



Stratus clouds 135 



