INDEX OF ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA, FKOM 1876 TO 1888. 857 



Sofcnerby.G. A., obit, iv, 696. 



Sophia. Queen of the Netherlands, 

 obit, ii, 611. 



Sophocles, E. A., obit., viii, 595. 



Sorby, H. C., investigations by, 

 vii, 532. 



Sorghum, experiments with, iv, 

 841. 



Sosnovski, expedition to China, i, 

 329. 



Sothern, E. A., sketch, vi, 811. 



goto, M. A., sketch, iii, 424. 



Soudan, the, Col. Gordon appoint- 

 ed, ii, 269 ; his intentions re- 

 garding slavery, ibid. ; slave- 

 trade in, v, 235 ; exploration of, 

 vi. 326 ; rebellion m, vii, 255 ; 

 viii, 298, 507 ; history and pro- 

 ductions, 290 ; commerce, 386 ; 

 British policy, 301; Gordon's 

 mission, 399. 



Souillart, Prof., prize to, viii, 28. 



Soule. G. L.. obit, iv, 696. 



Souli6, E., obit., i, 643. ^ 



Sound, aberration of, viii, 724. 



Sound-Signals, viii, 719. 



Soust de Borckenfeld, A. van, obit., 

 ii, 611. 



South Africa. See Cape Colony, 

 etc. 



South African Confederation, dis- 

 cussed in Parliament, v, 338. 



South America, boundaries in, i, 

 333. See Boundaries, Disput- 

 ed. 



Southard, W. F., experiments by, 

 vi, 751. 



South Carolina, in every volume. 



Spafford, M. H. G., sect founded 

 by, vi, 707. 



Spain, in every volume. 



Sparkman, J. D., obit., i, 624. 



Spaulding, Judge A., obit., i, 624. 



Specie Resumption, in Italy, viii, 

 451; inU. S., ii, 237, 290, 663; 

 iii, 164, 175, 325, 801 ; iv, 28, 

 367. See also Eesumption of 

 Specie Payments, iv, 763. 



Spectra of vapors and gases, v, 95. 



Spectroscopic Observations, i, 49. 



Spectrum, the solar, evidence from, 

 iv, 130. 



Spelling Reform, Faculty of Uni- 

 versity of Miss, on, iv, 637. 



Spence, J. B., discovery by, v, 93. 



Spence, T. A., obit, ii, 589. 



Spencer, Herbert, on the nature of 

 the elements, iii, 91. 



Spicer, W. F., obit., iii, 645. 



Spinoza, statue of, v, o5. 



Spleen, the, function of, vi, 751 ; 

 viii, 635. 



Splenectomy, viii, 751. 



Spofford, H. M., obit, v, 596. 



Spooner, A. J., obit, vi, 688. 



Spottiswdode, W., obit., viii, 605. 



Spotts, J. H., obit., vii, 644. 



Sprague, J. J., obit., iii, 646. 



Sprague, Peleg, sketch, v, 673. 



Sprague, W. B., sketch, i, 733. 



Sprpat, M. L.j obit., i, 624._ 



Spring, experiments by^ viii, 113. 



Spring, Samuel, obit., ii, 589. 



Stafford, Conn., broken dam in, ii, 

 227. 



Stahl, on lichens, iii, 476. 



Stahr, A. W. T., sketch, i, 733. 



Stampfli, J.,obit, iv, 701. 



Stanley, A. P., sketch, vi, 822. 



Stanley, H. M., sketch, ii, 701 ; ex- 



plorations of, i, 833; ii, 823, 

 829; iii, 868; vii, 336; viii, 

 385. 



Starkweather, H. H., obit., i, 624. 



Starr, Chandler, obit., i, 624. 



Star-Route Trials, vii, 753; viii, 

 163 \ viii, 777. 



Stars, discoveries of, i, 49 ; ii, 47, 

 48 ; double, ii, 37 ; v, 86 ; vii, 

 36 ; viii, 26 ; red, iii, 38 ; vari- 

 able, iii, 38 ; v, 36 ; vi, 39 ; vii, 

 40 ; viii, 27 ; motion of, vi, 39 ; 

 charts of, viii, 27. 



State Claims, Fla., against Federal 

 Government, v, 269 ; Mo., vii, 

 565; Ga., viii, 387. 



State judges, indictment of, v, 703. 



State officials, suits against, in Ga., 

 v, 304. ' 



State RightSj Congress on, i, 166 ; 

 as to suits against municipali- 

 ties, iii, 10 ; conflict between 

 U. S. and Ark. courts, 25 ; al- 

 leged Federal interference with, 

 v, 203 ; decisions on, vi, 477. 



States, claims against, v, 479 ; New 

 York law on, vij 516 ; proposed 

 amendment, vii, 462 ; obliga- 

 tion of contracts, vii, 648 ; viii, 

 493 ; Board of Claims, 570. 



Statistical Congress, International, 

 i, 734. 



Steam, exhaust, utilization of, iii, 

 723 ; pressure, vi, 546. 



Steamboat Accidents, v, 580 ; vi, 

 220. 



Steam- Engine, Wells's Balance, iii, 

 774. 



Steamships, line from Rio Janeiro 

 to New York, iii, 63 : to Hali 

 fax, v, 16 ; from Hudson Bay, 

 218. 



Steam-tugs, for canals, vi, 250. 



Stearns, Onslow, obit., iii, 646. 



Stearns. W. A., obit., i, 624. 



Steel, rerro-manganese process, i, 

 515 ; new theory, vi, 100 ; use 

 and manufacture, vi, 542 ; vii, 

 530. 



Steere, Bishop, African journey of, 

 i, 332. 



Steifensand, X., obit., i, 643. 



Steinmetz, K. F. von, obit., ii, 611. 



Steinway, Albert, obit., ii, 589. 



Stein wehr, A. A., Baron von, obit., 

 ii, 589. 



Stenhouse, C. F., observations by, 

 viii, 526. 



Stephens, Alex. H., sketch^ ii, 702 ; 

 inaugural address, vii, 346; 

 sketch and portrait, viii, 741. 



Stern, Daniel. See Agoult. 



Stewart, Alex., obit., i, 643. 



Stewart, A. T., sketch,!, 735. 



Stevens, Ambrose, obit., v, 596. 



Stevens, L. I., experiments by, viii, 

 632. 



Stevens, W. B., sketch and portrait, 

 vii, 767. 



Stever, G., obit., ii, 611. 



Stigmata, case of Louise Lateau, 

 viii, 694. 5 



Stille, R. B., obit., iv, 696. 



Stillman, J. M., expenments by, 

 vi, 100: vii, 86. 



Stillman, W. J., observations by, 

 viii, 526. 



Stillwell, S. M.. obit,vi, 689. 



Stirling-Maxwell, Sir W., obit., ui, 

 661. 



Stinted, Sir H. W., obit, i, 648. 

 Stock Exchange, the London, r- 



port on, iv, 176. 



Stockley, C. C., sketch, vii 189. 

 Stock Market vii, 117 ; viii. 885. 

 Stockton, J. D., obit, ii, 589. 

 Stockton, R., obit, i, 624. 

 Stone, Prof., observations by, vi. 89. 

 Stone, Dr. W., opinions on yellow 



fever, iii, 816. 

 Stoney, G. J., observations by, iv, 



Stoney, G. M., explorations by, viii, 

 888. 



Storm-Signals, cautionary, iv, 806. 



Storer, Prof., extract from, vi, 676. 



Stoughton, E. W., sketch, ii. 708. 



Strandberg, C. W. A., obit, ii, 612. 



Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount, 

 obit., v, 603. 



Stratton, J. W obit., i. 624. 



Street, A. B., sketch, vi, 825. 



Street, G. E., obit, vi. 696. 



Street-Cars, law regarding, iii, 528 ; 

 modes of traction, ii, 4!f> ; iv, 

 346. See Railroads, Elevated. 



Stremayr, Dr. von, iv, 60. 



Strikes. See Labor-Strikes. 



Stringham, S. H., sketch, i, 736. 



Strong, water-gas process, viii, 875. 



Strype. W. G., experiments by, 

 viii, 113. 



Stuart, Sir J., obit., i, 648. 



Stubbs, W. C., experiments by, vi, 

 280. 



Sturgeon, D., obit., iii, 646. 



Suakin, expedition in, viii, 800. 



Subsidies, Congress on, i, 166. 



Successions, intervention in cases 

 of, vii, 627. 



Suez Canal, effect of, ii, 263 ; prof- 

 , its of, 270; affected by the 

 Turkish War, 271 ; cost of, to 

 Egypt, 271: profits in 1878, 

 iii, 268; value to Egypt, vii, 

 236 ; Granville's proposal, 363 ; 

 enlargement of, viii, 307 ; con- 

 dition in 1883, viii, 743. 



Suffrage, resolutions on interference 

 with the right of, i, 180, 181 ; 

 Garibaldi on universal, iv, 526 ; 

 property qualification for, 771 ; 

 agitation in Belgium for uni- 

 versal, vi, 59. See Reforms 

 and Women. 



Sugar, culture in Minnesota, iii, 

 568 ; commerce in, iv, 169 ; test 

 for, v, 94 ; culture in Queens- 

 land, vii, 44 ; in Cuba, viii, 

 264; duty on, 219 ; tests, etc., 

 viii, 745. 



Suleiman Bey Sami, obit, viii, 605. 



Suleiman Pasha, sketch, ii, 708; 

 obit., viii, 605. 



Sulphur, new oxide of, i, 98 ; as a 

 mordant, 99; new process, vii, 

 90; test for, viii, 112; from 

 alkali waste, 115. 



Sulphurets, reducing action of, ii, 

 93. 



Sulu, cession of, to North Borneo 

 Company, vi, 829. 



Sumatra, revolt in, iii, 597, 598 ; 

 vii, 590 ; viii, 557. 



Sun, the, observations on, i, 44, 45; 

 utilizing the heat of, 519 ; oxy- 

 gen in, ii. 42 ; iv, 130 ; spots, 

 cycle of, ii, 42; explosion, ii, 

 43 ; total eclipse, in. 83 ; vii, 

 83 ; viii, 20 ; spots, iii, 85 ; iv, 



