Straw covered over brickwork, 359 over trees, 359 water-pipes, 359 Street dark from a light room, 194 STOVES crack, when lighted, 123 when cooling, 123 of bricks, 174 on a floor, 52, 237 rust, 257 not often, 258 prevented, 258 settings fall away, 124 warm a room, 237 Strata of air, 9 Stratus clouds, 135 Streets seem to meet at bottom, 381 watered, 159 Stucco peels off in frost, 358 Sublimates, 426 Sublimation, 426 Sudden light painful, 365 SUGAR at top of tea melts quickly, 421 left at the bottom of a cup melts slowly, 420 melted by water, 345 especially by hot water, 346 retards boiling, 118 stirred melts quickly, 420 white, 402 of lead, 426 Sulphate of lime, 426 magnesia, 426 soda, 426 zinc, 426 Sulphuric acid, 426 and water, 30 boils, 110 Summer allays hunger, 90 clothes for, 187 creates dislike of grease, 92 love of fruit, 92 lightning, 11 Sun-beams full of mites, 248 SUN affects eyes, 407 dazzles, 364 dulls fire, 40 largest at horizon, 149, 377 not seen in a well, 373 seems flat, 384 source of heat, 2 reflected in water, 375 Sun-rise red, 139 Sun-set gray, 140 red, 138 yellow, 139 Super-acetate of lead, 426 Swallows fly low, 152 Swan dry in water, 224 Swimmers sink, 361 Swimming, 262 Syrup boils, 119 Table salt, 426 Tainted meat cured, 72, 422 water, 72 Tallow, 74 Tarnish, 259 Tartar emetic, 426 Tartrate of potash, 426 Tarts have a cup inside, 120 full of juice, 121 TEA cooled by blowing, 248 by stirring, 247 in a saucer, 163 green deleterious, 423 poison for flies, 423 TEA-POT, bright metal, 197 tarnishes, 260 black earth, 197 preferred by some, 198 set on a hob, 198 Telescopes, 385 Tempest, 146 affects weather, 326 _See storms._ Thaumatrope, 406 THAW affects barometer, 329 cold, 320, 356 dulls fire, 50 Thermometer, 307 Thick clothing unhealthy, 164 THUNDER, 8 after lightning, 12 bolts, 11 deep growl, 10 irregular roar, 9 one crash, 8 rolling, 10 _See danger, safety, storm._ Tigers prowl by night, 367 sleep all day, 367 see in the dark, 367 Tiles broken by frost, 350 Timber charred, 73 Tin blowers, 70 foot-warmers, 173 reflectors, 193 _See reflectors._ Tinder blown, 97 Toast and water, 73 for the sick, 73 Tomb-stones frosted, 230 Tongs rust, 258 prevented, 258 Trade-winds, 198 Transparency, 405 Treble, 412