CONTENTS iii SpangentJerg, Friedrich Bpanheim, Ezechiel Spaniel Spanish Fly. See Cantharides Spanish Main Span Worm. See Canker Worm, and Caterpillar. Spar. See Baryta, Calcareous Spar, Feldspar, and Fluor Spar. Sparks, Jared .*> Sparrow Sparrow Hawk Sparta Spartacus Spartanburg co Spaulding, Levi Speaker Species Specific Gravity. See Gravity, Spe- cific. Spectacles Spectrum Spectrum Analysis Speculum Speke, John Manning : Spelman, Sir Henry Spence, Joseph Spence, William Spencer co., Ky Spencer co., Ind Spencer, Ambrose Spencer, John Canfield Spencer, George John, Earl Spencer, George (Father Ignatius) . Spencer, Herbert Spencer, Ichabod Smith Spencer, Jesse Ames Spener, Philipp Jakob Spenser, Edmund Speranski, Mikhail Spermaceti Spermophile. See Prairie Squirrel. Sperm Whale. See Whale. Speusippus Speyer. See Spire. Spezia, La Spezzia Sphagnum. See Mosses. Sphenograms. See Cuneiform In- scriptions. Sphere Sphinx Sphinx, in zoology Sphinx Caterpillar. See Hawk Moth. Sphygmograph. See Pulse. Spice Islands. See Moluccas. Spicewood. See Fever Bush. Spider Spider Crab Spider Monkey. See Monkey. Spiegel, Friedrich Spielhagen, Friedrich Spiess, Heinrich Spike. See Nail. Spikenard Spinach Spinal Cord. See Nervous System. Spinal Diseases Spindler, Karl Spine. See Skeleton, and Spinal Diseases. Spinel Spink co Spinning. See Cotton Manufac- ture, Linen, Eope, and Wool, Manufactures of. Spinola, Ambrosio de, Marquis Spinoza, Baruch Spireea Spiral Vessels. See Air Vessels. Spire Spirit of Salt. See Hydrochloric Acid Spiritualism Spitzbergen Spitz Dog.... Spleen Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth (Pres- cott) Spohr, Ludwig Spoleto _ PAGE Sponge 261 Spontaneous Combustion. See Com- bustion, Spontaneous. Spontaneous Generation 282 Spontini. Gasparo Luigi Pacifico... 285 Spoonbill 285 Sporades '..'..... 286 Spotswood, John 286 Spotted Fever. See Fevers, vof. vii., p. 168. Spottsylvania co 286 Spottsylvania Court House, Battles at. See Wilderness. Sprague, Charles 286 Sprague, William Buell '.. 286 Sprat 287 Sprat, Thomas 287 Sprengel, Kurt 287 Sprenger, Aloys 287 Spring 287 Spring, Samuel 287 Spring, Gardiner 287 Springbok 288 Springfield, Mass 288 Springfield, Ohio 289 Springfield, 111 289 Springfield, Mo 290 Spruce 290 Spurgeon, Charles Haddon 292 Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar 292 Spy 292 Squash 293 Squash Bug. 294 Squid 294 Squier, Ephraim George 295 Squill, in botany 295 Squill, in zoology 296 Squinting 296 Squirrel 297 Squirrel, Flying. See Flying Squir- rel. Squirrel Corn. See Dicentra. Staal, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay de, Baroness 298 Stade 298 Stadium 299 Stadtholder 299 Stael-Holstein, Anne Louise Ger- maine Necker de, Baroness 299 Staempfli, Jakob 300 Staffa 300 Stafford co., Va 301 Stafford co., Kansas 801 Stafford 301 Stafford, Henry, Duke of Bucking- ham. See Buckingham, Earls and Dukes of. Stafford, William Howard, Vis- count 301 Staffordshire 301 Stag 301 Stag. Beetle 802 Stag Hound. See Hound. Stagira 302 Stahl, Friedrich Julius 303 Stahl, Georg Ernst 303 Stahr, Adolf Wilhelm Theodor 303 Stair, Lord. See Dalrymple. Stamford 303 Stammering 303 Stamp Acts 304 Stanchio. See Cos. Standish, Miles 304 Stanfield, Clarkson 304 Stanford, John 305 Stanhope, James, Earl 305 Stanhope, Charles, Earl 805 Stanhope, Philip Henry 305 Stanhope, Lady Hester Lucy 305 Stanhope, Philip Dormer. See Ches- terfield. Stanislas I. Leszczynski 306 Stanislas Augustus, King. See Po- niatowski, and Poland, vol. xiii., Stanislaus co 306 Stanko. See Cos. Stanley co., N.C 30 Stanley co., Dak 306 Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn ........... 30T Stanley, Edward Henry Smith, Lord. See Derby, Earl. Stanley, Henry M .307 Stanley, Thomas 808 Stanstead co 808 Stanton co., Neb 808 Stanton co., Kansas 808 Stanton, Edwin McMasters 808 Star 808 Starch 817 Star Chamber, Court of the... ... 819 Star Fish 820 Stargard 821 Stargazer 821 Stark co., Ohio Stark co., Ill 822 Stark, John 822 Starke co 822 Starling 822 Star of Bethlehem 828 Starr co 828 Starvation. Stassfurt Staten Island. ........ ....[. ... '.'. '. 328 States General, French 828 States General, Dutch , . . 824 Statics, bee Mechanics. Statistics 824 Statius, Cfficilius. See Cseciliua Sta- tius. Statius, Publius Papinius 825 Statuary. See Sculpture. Statute of Frauds. See Frauds, Statute of. Statutes of Limitation. Bee Limi- tation, Statutes of. Staudenmaier, Franz Anton 825 Staudlin, Karl Friedrich 825 Staunton, a river 825 Staunton, a city 825 Staunton, Sir George Thomas 852 Staunton, Howard 326 Staupitz, Johann von 826 Stavanger 826 Stavropol 826 Steam 826 Steam Boiler 829 Steam Carriage 885 Steam Engine 889 Steam Navigation 852 StearicAcid 854 Stearns co 855 Steatite. See Talc. Stedman, Edmund Clarence 855 Steel 855 Steele co 868 Steele, Sir Richard 363 Steel Engraving. See Engraving. Steelyard. See Balance. Steen, Jan 868 Steering Apparatus 869 Steevens, George 869 Steffens, Heinrich 369 Stein, Karl, Baron. See Altenstein. Stein, Heinrich Friedrich Karl, Baron 369 Stein, Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von 870 Stein. Lorenz 870 Steinbock. See Ibex. Steinle, Johnnn Eduard 870 Steinthal, Heymann 870 Stellio 870 Stendhal. See Beyle. Steno, Nicolas 370 Stenography 87 Stentor 8 ? Stephen, Saint 871 Stephen, Popes 87 Stephen, King of England 871 Stephen I. See Hungary, vol. ix., p. 55. Stephen, King. See Bathori, and Poland, vol. xiii., p. 646. Stephen, Sir James 87 Stephen, James Fitzjames 87 Stephens co 8 ' Stephens, family of 372 Stephens, Henry Stephens, Francis 87 Stephens, Robert 1 8 < Stephens, Charles 873 Stephens, Paul | Stephens, Anthony Si3