_Shepherd, F._, on the fall of a meteorite, in Missouri, xxxvii, 385. ----, experiments on the solar spectrum, xlviii, 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, xlviii, 1.
Shetland Islands, minerals of, iv, 25. ----, New South, minerals from, xii, 161.
_Shillaber, J._, description of a mermaid, 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, xvii, 244. ----, improvements in the keels of, _O. Lang_, xxxiv, 35. ----, lightning conductors for, xxi, 347. ----, steam, without masts, xxxv, 332.
Shooting stars, in the years 1768, and 686 B.C.; A.D. 7, 532, 558, 585, 611, 744 or 747, 750, 764, 765, 829, 855, 899, 901, 902, 912 or 913, 931 or 934, 935, 1029, 1060, 1090, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1106, 1122, 1199, 1202, 1243, 1366, 1398, 1399, 1635, 1636, 1743, 1799, 1803, 1832, 1833, notices of, _E. C. Herrick_, xl, 349 to 363. ---- ----, of August in the years 1800, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1836, notices of, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxvii, 335, 336. ---- ----, of December, 1692, _E. C. Herrick_, xlii, 400. ---- ----, of December, 1798, _H. W. Brandes_, xxxv, 361. ---- ----, of November, 1799, noticed by Humboldt, _S. P. Hildreth_, xxvi, 87. ---- ----, ----, ibid, _E. C. Herrick_, xl, 363. ---- ----, of June, 1799, 1812, 1817, _E. C. Herrick_, xlii, 201. ---- ----, ----, 1777, _Messier_, xxxiii, 364. ---- ----, of April 20, 1803, _D. Olmsted_, xxvi, 135. ---- ----, ----, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxvi, 358; xl, 363. ---- ----, of November, 1803, a large meteor in England, xxvi, 137. ---- ----, of December, 1809, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxvi, 357. ---- ----, of December, 1824, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxvi, 357. ---- ----, of November, 1831, _Berard_, xxx, 374. ---- ----, of November, 1832, notices by _D. Olmsted_, xxvi, 134, 136. ---- ----, ----, in Russia, xxxi, 189. ---- ----, ----, off Pernambuco, _G. C. Schaeffer_, xxxiii, 133. ---- ----, ----, _Gautier_, xxxiii, 364. ---- ----, ----, in England, xxvi, 136. ---- ----, ----, in the Tyrol, xxvi, 134. ---- ----, ----, at Mocha on the Red Sea, xxvi, 136. ---- ----, of November, 1833, _E. Hitchcock_, xxv, 354. ---- ----, ----, _D. Olmsted_, xxv, 363; xxvi, 132; xxix, 376. ---- ----, ----, _A. C. Twining_, xxvi, 320.^f ---- ----, ----, _A. D. Bache_, xxix, 383. ---- ----, of November, 1834, _A. D. Bache_, xxvii, 335; xxviii, 305; xxix, 383. ---- ----, ----, _A. C. Twining_, xxvii, 339. ---- ----, ----, _D. Olmsted_, xxvii, 417; xxix, 168. ---- ----, ----, seen in California, xxxii, 195. ---- ----, of November, 1835, _D. Olmsted_, xxx, 375. ---- ----, ----, Cape of Good Hope, _J. F. W. Herschel_, xxx, 374. ---- ----, of November, 1836, _D. Olmsted_, xxxi, 386. ---- ----, ----, at Hingham, Mass., _J. L. Russel_, xxxii, 392. ---- ----, ----, foreign accounts of, xxxii, 181. ---- ----, of August, 1837, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxiii, 176, 354, 401; xxxiv, 180. ---- ----, ----, _G. C. Schaeffer_, xxxiii, 133. ---- ----, of November, 1837, _D. Olmsted_, xxxiii, 379. ---- ----, of April, 1838, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxiv, 398. ---- ----, of August, 1838, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxv, 167. ---- ----, of November, 1838, _D. Olmsted_, xxxv, 368. ---- ----, ----, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxv, 362. ---- ----, ----, at Cambridge, Mass., _J. Lovering_, xxxv, 323. ---- ----, ----, in Europe, xxxvi, 179. ---- ----, of December, 1838, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxv, 361; xxxvi, 355; xlii, 398. ---- ----, ----, in Europe, xli, 403; xlii, 398. ---- ----, of April, 1839, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxvi, 361. ---- ----, of August, 1839, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxvii, 325; xxxviii, 203. ---- ----, ----, at Canton, China, _P. Parker_, xxxviii, 301. ---- ----, of October, 1839, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxviii, 377. ---- ----, of November and December, 1839, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxviii, 377. ---- ----, of November, 1839, _D. Olmsted_, xl, 202. ---- ----, of August, 1840, _E. C. Herrick_, xxxix, 328, 332; xl, 201. ---- ----, of November, 1840, nothing unusual, _D. Olmsted_, xl, 202. ---- ----, of October and December, 1840, _E. C. Herrick_, xl, 203. ---- ----, of April, 1841, _E. C. Herrick_, xlii, 397. ---- ----, of August, 1841, _E. C. Herrick_, xli, 399; xlii, 202. ---- ----, of August and November, abstract of _S. C. Walker's_ paper on, xlii, 401. ---- ----, of November, 1841, xliii, 399. ---- ----, of April, 1842, _E. C. Herrick_, xliii, 212. ---- ----, of August, 1842, _E. C. Herrick_, xliii, 377; xliv, 208. ---- ----, of August 22, 1842, seen in the day time, at Winchester, Va., _C. Chase_, xliv, 418. ---- ----, of November, 1842, _E. C. Herrick_, xliv, 209.