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Schools of design for women, 344.

Schuyler copper mine, New Jersey, 18, 49.

Schuylkill, fron mines and furnaces on the, 26, 27.

Schuylkill region, coal produced in the, 1820-1860, 134.
Scientific schools, 484.

Scotch emigration to the colonies, 229.

Scotch hearth, the, description and illustration of, 88.
Sculpture and sculptors in the United States, 333.
Sedgwick, Miss Catharine M., works of, 285.

Steamers, ocean, introduction of, 188.

Stedman, E. C., 281.

Steel, qualities and manufacture of, 43; American methods of
making, 44.

Steel engraving and engravers, 331.

Stephens, Mrs. Ann S., 285.

Stereotyping, process of, 300.

Stewart & Co., New York, the business of, 190.
Stippling, process of, 342.

Seguin, Dr. Edward, labors of, for the instruction of idiots, Stirling Hill, N. J., zinc mine at, 97.
500,

Belligue, manufacture of coal oil by, 156.

Seneca Indians, use of petroleum by, 162.

Seneca oil, 162.

Sewing machines, introduction and benefits of, 261.
Shaking tables, in gold mining, 75.

Sharp Mountain, section of the coal-measure of, 132.
Shawangunk Mountain, lead mines of, 82.

Shaw, Joshua, landscape painter, 330,

Shear-steel, manufacture of, 44.

Sheathing, use of copper for, 61.

Sheet iron, manufacture and uses of, 40; production of, 41.

Sheet lead, manufacture of, 91.

Shelburne, N. H., lead mine at, 82.

Shepherd mountain, Mo., iron at, 32.

Shingles, use of, 246.

Shoes, fashions of, 253, 254, 257.

Shot, manufacture of, 92-3; towers for, 94.

Siberia, platinum in, 107.

Sicard, Abbé, 435; method of, for deaf-mute instruction, 438.
Sideboard, use of the, 250.

Siegenite, nickel ore, 118.

Sierra Nevada, the, gold mines of, 71, 72.
Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia H., 285.

Silesia, Upper, zinc works of, 101; their production, 102.
Silver, in the Lake Superior copper mines, 53; in Idaho, 71;
in lead ores, 81; methods of separating from lead, 90;
American mines of, 115; ores of, and their treatment,
116; coinage of, 214; circulation of foreign, 215; pieces
of, 216.

Silvering of mirrors, 114–15.

Silver-ware and forks, 251.

Simsbury, Conn., copper mine at, 18, 48.

Simms, William G., works of, 280.

Skirts, fashions of, 254, 258.

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Smith, Peter, 287.

Stirling's gas-regulator, 151.

Stocks, origin of the trade in, 194; method and amount of,
195, 196.

Stores in New York, 190.

Story, Joseph, works of, 276.

Stoves, manufacture of, at Albany, 36; use and kinds of, 248;

for cooking, 253.

Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, works of, 285.

Street, Alfred B., 281.

Street railroads in New York, 190. ·

Stuart, Gilbert, portrait painter, 318.

Subscription books, publication and sale of, 267.

Suffolk Bank system, 203.

Sully, Thomas, career and paintings of, 329.

Summit coal mine, open quarry, picture of, 138; account of,
143.

Sunday press, the, of New York, 307.

Superior, Lake, iron mines of, 29; copper mines of, history,
extent, working, and production of the, 51-58; shipments
of iron from, 57.

Susquehanna, iron mines on the, 26.

Sutter's mill, discovery of gold at, 71.

Swansea, copper-smelting at, 58; zinc works at, 96.
Sydney coal-mines, Cape Breton, 129.

Sykesville, Md., iron and copper mine at, 28, 49.

Table furniture, varieties of, 251.
Tables, old and new styles of, 250.
Tait, Arthur F., painter, 333.
Tar Lake, Trinidad, 161.

Tarentum, Pa., petroleum wells at, 162.
Taylor, Bayard, 281.

Taylor, Orville J., 518.

Teachers, training of, 479; associations of, 479; conventions
of, 480.

Teachers' institutes, 481.

Teaching, works on, 518.

Telegraph, the, introduction and extension of, 188; use of, by
newspapers, 303; principles of, and apparatus for, 308 es
seq., lines of, 313; the Atlantic, history of, 314.
Telegraphing, charges for, 314.

Temperance reform, the, 260.

Smithsonian Institute, library of the, 515; lectures, &c., of Tennessee, iron mines and furnaces of, 28; copper mines of,

the, 515.

Smithsonite, zinc ore, 96.

Smybert, John, portrait painter, 324; Nathaniel, 325.

Snowhill, Md., bog iron of, 22.

Social and domestic life, 245.

Social distinctions, former, 254.

Society, general progress of, 259.

Soda and its carbonates, use of, in making steel, 44.

Solder, soft, composition of, 120.

Somerville, N. J., copper mine near, 49.
Sonora Company's silver mine, Arizona, 115.
Southampton, Mass., lead mine at, 82.

South Carolina, iron mines of, 28; gold mines of, 63, 64, 69;
manganese in, 119: banks in, 208; colonial legislation of,
upon education, 358.

Southern States, the, iron mines and furnaces of, 28; domes-
tic architecture of, 247.

South Joggins cliffs, coal-measures at, 129.

Southworth, Mrs. E. D. E. N., 285.

Spain, quicksilver mines of, 111.

Spanish colonization in America, 229.

Sparks, Jared, works of, 283.

Specie, amount of, 217.

Specie circular, the, 202.

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50; gold mines of, 70; zinc in, 97; banks in, 207.
Territories, the, surveys and sales of land in, 169.
Theologians, colonial, 274.

Theological schools, 477; table of, 518.

Thèvenet, Dr., account of iridium gathering by, 110.

Thomas Iron Company, description of the furnaces of, 34.
Thompson, Launt, sculptor, 336

Tidioute Island Oil Company, 163.
Tight-lacing, 258.

Tin, alloys of, with copper, 63; sources and uses of, 119-20;
alloys with, 120; sheet, preparation of, 120.
Titusville, Pennsylvania, petroleum at, 162; operations at,

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Trimming machine, book and paper, 270 (illustration), 272.
Trinidad, petroleum and asphaltum in, 161.

Trinity School, New York, origin of the, 369.

Trowsers, introduction of, by the Duke of Wellington, 257.
Troy, iron foundries of, 36.

Stamps for copper mining, 53; for gold-crushing, picture of, 68. Trumbull, Colonel John, career and paintings of, 327.
Statesmen, American, 276.

State Teachers' Associations, 518.

States, new, effect of land speculation upon the increase of,
171.

Steam, use of, in coal-oil making, 158; house-warming by,
248; social importance of, 260.

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Tuomey, M., on iron ore in South Carolina, 28.
Tuscarora, Pa., colliery slope and breaker at, picture of, oppo
site 139; account of, 142, 144.

Type-founding, process of, 298; machine for, 298.
Type-revolving press, the, construction and operation of
288; illustrations of, 292–3.

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cation and influence of, 263, 264; aggregate sale of, 267;
Spelling Book, specimens of, 416–19.

Weir, Robert W., painter, 823.

Welby, Mrs. Amelia B., 286.

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Welland canal, construction of the, 179; and railway, effect
of, upon the trade of Buffalo, Oswego, and Cleveland. 176.
Wellington, Duke of, trowsers, frock-coats, and boots intro-
duced by, 257-8.

Wells, petroleum, the boring of, 164-5; pipes for, 166.
Wells, John, printing-press inventor, 287.

West, the, coal-fields of, 124, 183; surveys and sales of land
in, 169; early trade and settlement of, 170; effects of
Speculation in, 172; canals in, 172; railroads in. 178;
railroads, population, and corn crop of, 1850 and 1857, 174
(table); Importance of corn to, 175; use of agricultural
machinery in, 175.

West, Benjamin, career of, 817; chief pictures of, 818.
West, Wilfani E., pafntér, 820.

West Point, Military Academy at, 895.
Whaling business, decline of the, 154.

Wetherill, Samuel, manufacture of zine by, 99, 104.
White, Edwin, painter, 825.

Whitefeld, George, Orphan House in Georgis founded by,
850, 445.

Wharton, Joseph, manufacture of zinc by, 99.
Wheatley fead mine, Pennsylvania, 88.

Wheaton, Henry, work of, on international law, 276.
Wheelock, Dr., first president of Dartmouth College, 845.
White lead, manufacture and uses of, 94 ;adulteration of, 95;
works, table of, 96.

Whittier, John Greenleaf, career and works of, 281.
Wigs, former use of, 257.

Wilbrahim, Mass., Methodist Conference Seminárŷ at, 400.
Wilbur, Dr. H. B., 448.
Wilkesharre, open coal-mines at, picture, opposite 187, ao-
count of, 144.

Willard, Mrs. Emma, works of, 284; the female seminary of, 405.
William and Mary College, foundation of, 842.
Williams, Mr., painter, 817.

Willis, N. P., career and works of; 280.

Willson's "School and Family Readers," specimens of, 420–21.
Windham County Teachers' Convention, 898.

Windows, weights and catches for, 247,

Winthrop, Governor, mining grant to, 17.

Winthrop, John, mineral specimens collected by, 18.
Wire, iron, manufacture and uses of, 41; brass, 62.
Wirt, Willium, works of, 276.

Washington, Houdon's statue of, 826; extract from, upon ed- Wisconsin, iron mines and furnaces of, 30; lead mines of, 84;

Wood, manufacture of gas from, 152; for engraving, 392.
Wood's chrome mine, 118.

Woodworth, William, planing machine introduced by, 247.
Worcester, Mass., wire made at, 41.

Writers, American, 274, female, list of, 285.

Wrought fron, manufacture of, 86; plans for the direct pros
duction of, 87.

Wyoming region, the coal produced in, 1829–1860, 184.

Wythe lead mine, Virginia, 83.

Yale College, foundation of, 844; Scientific School of, 400.
Yankee curiosity, useful results of, 262.

Webster, Daniel, speeches of, 277; extract from, upon educa- Zinc, use of, in coating iron, 40; in brass-making, 62; ores of,

rities of, 99-100; European manufacture of, 101; total
production and consumption of, 102; uses of, 103; manu2
facture of white oxide of, 108.

Zinc paint, manufacture of, 108; American process of mak-
ing, 104-5; cost of, 106; importance of, 106

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