Ss H O 
Shepard, C. U., reply to a notice of 
his mineralogy, xlvili, 168. 
, private school of mineralogy, 
xxv, 431; xxvi, 215. 
Shepherd, F., on the fall of a 
meteorite, in Missouri, xxxvil, 
385. 
, experiments on the solar spec- 
trum, xlvill, 137. 
Sherwin, T., Algebra of, noticed, 
xliii, 190. 
Sherwood, H. H., discoveries by, in 
magnetism, xxxiv, 210. 
Sherwood, J. D., on the valley of 
the Jordan and the Dead Sea, 
xlvin, I. 
Shetland Islands, minerals of, iv, 
25. 
, New South, minerals from, 
xii, 161. 
Shillaber, J., description of a mer- 
maid, vi, 195. 
Ships, best form for, J. S. Russel, 
xxxv, 290. 
, sheathing for, of leather, xv, 
365. 
, fastenings and sheathings for, 
xvi, 180. 
,» ——,H. Davy’s experiments 
on, xvil, 244. 
, improvements in the keels of, 
O. Lang, xxxiv, 35. 
, lightning conductors for, xx1, 
347. 
, steam, without masts, xxxv, 
332. 
Shooting stars, in the years 1768, 
and 686 B.C.; A. D.'7, 5382, 558, 
585, 611, '744 or 747, 750, 764, 
765, 829, 855, 899, 901, 902, 912 
or 918, 931 or 984, 935, 1029, 
1060, 1090, 1094, 1095, 1096, 
1106, 1122, 1199, 1202, 1243, 
1366, 13898, 1399, 1635, 1636, 
1748, 1799, 1808, 1832, 1833, 
notices of, E. C. Herrick, xl, 
349 to 363. 
, of August in the years 
1800, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1836, 
232 
$s H O 
Shooting stars, of December, 1692, 
E. C. Herrick, xiii, 400. 
, of December, 1798, H. 
W. Brandes, xxxv, 361. 
, of November, 1799, no- 
ticed by Humboldt, S. P. Hil- 
dreth, xxvi, 87. 
, ——» ibid, £. C. Her- 
rick, xl, 363. 
, of June, 1799, 1812, 
1817, E. C. Herrick, xlii, 201. 
ey , 1777, Messier, 
XXXill, 364. 
, of April 20, 1803, D. 
Olmsted, xxvi, 135. 
——, E. C. Herrick, 
XXXVI, 358 ; fal 363. 
4 of INoveribent 1803, a 
large meteor in England,xxvi, 137. 
, of December, 1809, E. 
C. Herrick, xxxvi, 357. 
, of December, 1824, E. 
C. Herrick, xxxvi, 357. 
EE 
,of November, 183], 
Berard, xxx, 374. 
, of November, 1882, 
notices by D. Olmsted, xxvi, 
134, 136. 
189) is 
, in Russia, xxxi, 
sot Pernambuco, 
G. C. Schaeffer, Xxxill, 188. 
notices of, B. C. Herrick, xxxvil, 
330, 336. 
ee 5 » Gautier, xxxiii, 
364. 
—, , in England, xxvi, 
136. . 
——, —,in the Tyrol, 
xxvi, 134. 
: , at Mocha on the 
Red Sea, xxvi, 136. 
, of November, 18338, E. 
Hitchcock, xxv, 354. 
; , D. Olmsted, xxv, 
3638; xxvi, 1382; xxix, 376. 
> ——, A. C. Twining, 
xxvi, 320.f 
> —, A. D. Bache, 
xxix, 383. 
, of November, 1834, A. 
D. Bache, xxvii, 335 ; xxviii, 305 ; 
xxix, 388. 
