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Shere Mi of Afghanistan : 1739 Sheridan, Philip Henry: 1739 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: 1740 Sherman, Texas: 1740 Sherman, James Schoolcraft: 1740 Sherman, John: 1740 Sherman, Roger: 1741

Sherman, William Tecumseh: 17415373,383, 754, 793-4, 976-7, 1108-9, 1304, 1683, I739-40 Sherry: 2094 Sherwood Forest. 1742 Shetland Islands: 1742, 1708 Shibboleth: 1742 Shiites: 1209, 1455

Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow (Mrs. Partington): 1742 Shiloh, Ky., Battle of: 1742 Shiloh. Palestine 1-742 Shintoism. 962, 1351

Ship: 1742- galley 730, ironclad 1313; monitor T25i. 1913: navy 13:3; privateer 1550; sail 655; steamship 1818; trireme 1943; yacht 2j19 Shipbuilding: 1743 Shipping: 1973 Shiras, George: 1746

Shiraz, Persia: 1746

Shishak or Sheshonk I: 1746

Shoercaking: 1746

Shoot: 1749

Shooting-Stars: 1212

Shorthand or Phonography: 1747

Shoshone Falls: 1747, 1773

Shoshone or Snake Indians: 1747

Shot: 1747, 1738

Shotgun: 1747

Showers of Fishes: 1747

Shreveport, La: 1748

Shrew (animal): 1748

Shrike: 1748

Shrimp: 1748

Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras: 1169

Shushan: 1852

Siam, Gulf of: 1748

Siam, Kingdom of: 1748; Anglo-Siamese Treaty 1748

Siamese Twins: 1748

Siberia: 1749, 938, 1645

Siberian Railroad: 1750

Sibyl: 1751

Sicilian Vespers : 1751

Sicily: 1751 342, 632, 830

Sickles, Daniel Edgar: 1752

Siddartha the Buddha: 284

Siddons, Sarah (Kemble) : 1752

Sidney, Sir Philip: 1752

Sidon, Phoenicia: 1753

Siegfried (myth.): 1347 1756

Siemens, Ernst Werner von: 1753, 569

Siemens, Sir William: 1753

Siena, Italy: 1753

Sienkiewicz, Henryk: 1753

Sierra Leone: 1753

Sierra Madre: 1754

Sierra Morefta: 1754

Sierra Nevada, Cal: 1754

Sierra Nevada, South America: 1754

Sierra Nevada, Spain: 1754

Sieve-Vessels (in plants) : 1754

Siéyès, Emmanuel Joseph: 1754

Sigel, Franz: 1754

Sigismund, Emperor: 1754, 758, 901, 2132

Signaling: 1755

Signal-Service, United States: 1755

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley: 1756

Sigsbee. Charles Dwight: 1756

Sigurd (myth ): 1756

Sikhs. 1756

Silas Marner (novel): 1756

Silesia: 1756, 1727

Silica: 1756, 362, 406, 682, 711, 772, 1385,

1571. 1757-Silicle. 1757 Silique: 1757 Silk: 1757, 390, 1128 Silkworm: 1757 Silliman, Benjamin: 1758 Silo: 30 Slioam: 1758

Silurian Period (geology) : 749 Silvas or Selvas: 1758 Silver: 1758

Silvio, Monte (Matterhorn) : 1189 Simcoe, John Graves: 1758 Simms, William Gilmore: 1758 Simonides: 1759, 130 Simoom or Simoon: 1759 Simple Harmonic Motion: 1759 Simplon, Mount: 55, 1951 Simpson, Sir James Young: 1760 Sinai, Mount: 1760, 1 Singapore, India: 1760, 1135, 1151 Single Tax: 1760

Sioux or Dakota Indians: 1761, 497 Sioux City, Iowa: 1761 Sioux Falls, S. D: 1761 Siphon: 1761 Siphonogamy: 1762 Sirenia: 1154 Sirens (myth.): 1762 Sirius the Dog-Star: 540, 1813 Sirocco: 1762

Sisyphus (myth.): 1762, 455-6 Sisters of Charity: 367 Sistine Chapel: 72, 764, 2006 Sitka, Alaska: 1762 Sitting Bull: 1762, 752, 1761 Sixtus IV (pope): 1762, 707 Sixtus V (pope): 1762, 707 Skager-Rack: 1762 Skate: 1763 Skating: 1763

Skeleton: 1763; skull 1764; teeth 1880 Skimmer: 1764 Skin: 1764 Skuld (myth.): 1356 Skull: 1764 Skunk: 1764 Skye, Island of: 1765 Skylark: 1765 Sladen, Douglas: 1765 Slate or Shale: 1733 Slater, Samuel: 1765