page 29
flag volume 5 page 29
Independence Day parade picture, volume
6 page 122
Ross volume 11 page 98, picture, volume
11 page 99
Star-Spangled Banner, The (U.S.
national anthem)
Key volume 7 page 60
national anthem volume 9 page 12
sheet music picture, volume 7 page 60
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
(motion picture) picture, volume 12
page 50
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StarWars (United States defense system):
see in index Strategic Defense Initiative
state (U.S. political subdivision)
electoral college volume 4 page 119
State, Department of (U.S. government
agency)
government executive departments
table, volume 14 page 35
State College of Agricultural and the
Mechanic Arts (university in Orono,
Maine, U.S): see in index Maine, University
of
State Department (U.S. government
agency): see in index State, Department
of
state education: see in index public education
state government
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 181, picture,
volume 12 page 181, picture, volume
12 page 182
State House (building in Concord, New
Hampshire, U.S.) picture, volume 3
page 175
State House (building in Trenton, New
Jersey, U.S.) picture, volume 13 page 95
Staten Island (island and borough in
New York City, New York, U.S.)
New York City volume 9 page 60
State of Israel (country in the Middle
East): see in index Israel
states rights (government)
state government volume 12 page 182
static electricity (physics)
effect on a childs hair picture, volume 4
page 121
electricity volume 4 page 120
static equilibrium (physiology): see in
index equilibrium
statistician: see in index statistics
statistics (science of analyzing numerical
information)
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volume 12 page 182, table, volume
12 page 183
statue (sculpture)
Great Sphinx at Giza picture, volume 12
page 163
Lincoln picture, volume 12 page 169
merlion picture, volume 12 page 91
monument in downtown Ashgabat picture,
volume 1 page 199
Ramses II picture, volume 10 page 69
Statue of Liberty National Monument
(monument in New York City, New
York, U.S.): see in index Liberty, Statue
of
Staufer dynasty (German dynasty): see in
index Hohenstaufen family
stave (literature): see in index stanza
steam
boiling water picture, volume 4 page 166
states of matter picture, volume 8
page 78
water volume 15 page 22
steamboat (vessel) picture, volume 8
page 141
technology and invention volume 13
page 27
SteamboatWilly (animated film by
Disney)
animation volume 1 page 131
Disney volume 4 page 58
steam engine (machine)
Industrial Revolution volume 6
page 133
navy volume 9 page 26
railroad volume 11 page 21
Rocket steam locomotive picture, volume
11 page 21
technology and invention volume 13
page 26
transportation volume 13 page 92
steel (metal alloy)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 184, picture,
volume 12 page 184
MORE TO EXPLORE
alloy volume 1 page 87
architecture volume 1 page 168
iron volume 6 page 158
metal volume 8 page 106
skyscraper volume 12 page 104
steel sculpture by Picasso picture, volume
10 page 79
technology and invention volume 13
page 26
steel, stainless (metal): see in index stainless
steel
steel industry
fire picture, volume 5 page 25
Pennsylvania volume 10 page 57
steel rolls in a mill picture, volume 12
page 184
steeplechase (athletics)
track and field volume 13 page 86
Stegosaurus (dinosaur)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 184, picture,
volume 12 page 185
MORE TO EXPLORE
dinosaur volume 4 page 51, picture, volume
4 page 53
Ornithischian dinosaurs picture, volume
4 page 50
stem (plant part)
seed volume 12 page 62
vegetable volume 14 page 60
stem lettuce (vegetable)
lettuce volume 7 page 135
step (dance)
ballet volume 2 page 13
Stephen I (king of Hungary)
Hungary volume 6 page 101
statue in Budapest picture, volume 2
page 141
Stephenson, George (British inventor)
railroad volume 11 page 21
Rocket steam locomotive picture, volume
11 page 21
Stephenson, Robert (British engineer)
Rocket steam locomotive picture, volume
11 page 21
steppe (grassland)
grassland volume 5 page 143
Russia volume 11 page 105
Stepped pyramid (pyramid at Saqqarah
in Egypt): see in index Step Pyramid
Step Pyramid (pyramid at Saqqarah in
Egypt)
pyramid volume 10 page 171
steps (architectural feature): see in index
staircase
stern (watercraft part)
boat volume 2 page 97, picture, volume 2
page 97
ship volume 12 page 81
stethoscope (instrument) picture, volume
9 page 111
BRITANNICA STUDENT ENCYCLOPEDIA stethoscope 247
Steuben, FrederickWilliam, baron von
(U.S. military officer)
Valley Forge picture, volume 1 page 101
Stevenson, Robert Louis (British author)
Apia volume 1 page 149
Stewart, Henry (British lord): see in index
Darnley, Henry Stewart, Lord
stick insect (insect): see in index walkingstick
Stieler, Josef Karl (German painter)
Beethoven portrait picture, volume 2
page 47
still-life painting
painting volume 10 page 8
still rings (gymnastics): see in index rings
stingray (fish) picture, volume 11 page 30
ray volume 11 page 30
stink badger (mammal)
badger volume 2 page 6
stoat (mammal) picture, volume 15
page 27
stock (finance)
stock exchange volume 12 page 185
Stockbridge Indians (Native American
people)
Mohican volume 8 page 153
stock exchange (finance)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 185, picture,
volume 12 page 186
Stockholm (capital city of Sweden)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 187
MORE TO EXPLORE
Riddar Island picture, volume 12
page 187
Sweden volume 12 page 212, picture,
volume 12 page 213
Stockholm Bloodbath (Swedish history)
Sweden volume 12 page 214
stock market (finance): see in index stock
exchange
Stock Market Crash of 1929 (U.S. history)
stock exchange volume 12 page 186
Stoicism (philosophy)
human rights volume 6 page 97
stolen base (baseball)
Bell volume 2 page 59
stolon (plant part): see in index runner
stomach (anatomy)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 187, picture,
volume 12 page 188
MORE TO EXPLORE
digestive system volume 4 page 47
frog picture, volume 4 page 48
grasshopper picture, volume 4 page 48
human picture, volume 4 page 47
proximity to liver picture, volume 7
page 167
stone (material)
architecture volume 1 page 168
Stonehenge picture, volume 12
page 190
quarrying picture, volume 11 page 7
sculpture volume 12 page 55
Stone Age (prehistoric period)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 188
MORE TO EXPLORE
Bronze Age volume 2 page 134
prehistoric life volume 10 page 146
technology and invention volume 13
page 25, picture, volume 13 page 25
stone fruit (botany): see in index drupe
Stonehenge (ancient monument in
England, United Kingdom)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 12 page 190, picture,
volume 12 page 190
Stone Mountain Park (park in Georgia,
U.S.)
sculpture of Confederate leaders picture,