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Stamp Act in America, ii. 66 Star‐fish from the Atlantic; voyage of the _Challenger_, i. 31; iv. 125, 128 Stations, Naval: American, i. 102; Pacific, 156; Australian, 119, 131, 150; China, 119, 137; East India, 119; Southeast American, 175; West Indian, 178; North American, 198; African, 202 Steam‐power essential in deep‐sea sounding, i. 29, 30 Steam as a motive‐power for ships: early history, ii. 79–97 Steam‐ships first used for Arctic exploration, iii. 186 Steam war‐ships first introduced, i. 225 Steel ships, i. 84 Stephens, F. G.: “History of Gibraltar and its Sieges,” i. 90 Stephenson, Captain H. F.: winter quarters of the _Discovery_, iii. 100, 101; _ Alert_ and _Discovery_ expedition, iii. 92 Stevenson, Allan: the Skerryvore lighthouse, ii. 175–178; revolving and other lights, 186 Stevenson, Robert, Rennie’s assistant at the Bell Rock Lighthouse,