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Soret, J. P., 89.

Sounds, symmetry of, 99 et seq.; generally, 22-47, 212.

Sound-waves rendered visible, 315 et seq.

Sources of the principle of energy, 179 et seq.

Space, 205; sensation of, 210.

Spark, electric, 117, 127, 132, 133, 190.

Spatial vision, 386.

Species, stability of, a theory, 216.

Specific energies, 291.

Specific heat, 166, 244.

Specific inductive capacity, 117.

Spectral analysis of sound, 27.

Spectrum, mental associations of the, 190.

Speech, the instinct of, cultivated by languages, 354.

Spencer, 218, 222.

Sphere, a soft rotating, 2; the figure of least surface, 12; electrical capacity of, 123 et seq.

Spherical shell, law of attraction for 124, footnote.

Spiders, the eyes of, 67.

Spirits, as explanation of the world 186, 243.

Spiritualism, modern, 187.

Spooks, metaphysical, 222.

Squinting, 72.

Stability of our environment, 206.

Stallo, 336.

Stars, the fixed, 90.

State, benefits and evils of its control of the schools, 372 et seq.; the Church and, 88.

Statical electricity, 134.

Stationary currents, 249.

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