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INDEX SEARCH RESULTS FOR: STERLINGS
 sterling (British currency)
 Sterne, Laurence
- brief biography
 - characterises 'Dr Slop'
sternpost rudder - introduction
stethoscope - invented by Laënnec
stethoscope - history
- and measurement of blood pressure
- as death detector
Stettin, Peace of - in 1570
Stevens, John F. - and the Panama Canal
Stevens, Siaka - president of Sierra Leone
Stevenson, Robert Louis
- and leprosy
Steventon - and Jane Austen
Stewart dynasty
- change of spelling to Stuart
- Stuarts in exile
still - development
Stillingfleet, Benjamin - and bluestockings
Stilton (cheese)
Stinger missiles - supplied to Afghans
Stirling - and Bannockburn
- brief account of town
Stirling, James (architect)
Stirling, James - and Western Australia
Stirling, Robert (inventor)
Stirling Bridge - battle in 1297
- brief account
stirrup - early development
Stir-Up Sunday - and Christmas pudding
stockbroking - in Jonathan's coffee house
Stock Exchange (London)
Stockholm - and the Hanseatic League
Stockholm Banco - founded in 1656
Stockholm Bloodbath - in 1520
stocking frame - invented in 1589
stocks and pillory
Stockton and Darlington railway
Stoffels, Hendrijke - and Rembrandt
Stoke - battle in 1487
Stoke Mandeville (hospital)
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke Poges - and Thomas Gray
- and Gray's Elegy
Stokesay Castle
Stolbova - peace in 1617
Stolypin, Petr
Stone Age - the concept
- in Britain
STONE AGE MAN
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