science (continued), 94, 99, 102, 113–115, 135, 142, 160, 174, 209, 222, 231

science education, 2, 36, 40, 42, 45, 56

science teachers, 34, 42–43, 47, 62

scientific principles, 57, 106

Second Reform Act, 35, 68

Seine, 87, 217–219

Select Committee, xii, 35–38, 43, 45–46, 48–50, 53, 65–68, 136, 257

Select Committee on Scientific Instruction, xii, 37, 46, 66, 108

Sharpey, William, 43

Sheffield, 32, 103, 105–106, 110, 140, 179, 225

Siam, 157

Sibthorp, Charles (Colonel), 5

Sidney, Philip, 91

Siemens, 158

silk industry, 118–119

Sisters of Charity, 223

Slagg, John, 101–102, 166

Smith, Adam, 56

Smith, Cecil Clementi, 222

Smith, Swire, 101, 103–104, 124, 172, 240

Smithsonian Institution, 80, 83

Society of Arts, 4–5, 43, 93–94, 101, 152–153, 156, 206, 220, 244

South Africa, 199, 221

South Kensington, 11, 62, 108, 110, 136, 154, 162–163, 173, 212, 225

Spielmann, Isidore, 241, 248

St. Louis, 224

St. Petersburg, 204

Stainer, John, 154–155

Stanley, Edward Lyulph, 140, 143

Steeg, Jules, 211

Storr, Francis, 140, 143, 150

Strange, Alexander, 51, 53, 58

submarine telegraphy, 82

Suez Canal, 102

Sweden, 31, 85, 202, 213

Switzerland, 7, 26, 28, 30–31, 33, 58, 99, 110–111, 141–142, 157, 247

tailoring, 105

Taunton CommissionSee also the Schools Inquiry Commission, 25, 30, 33, 35, 39, 53

teachers, 11, 47, 61, 107, 115–116, 147

Technical Education Board, 183, 229

technical education, xii, 2–4, 8–11, 20, 30–31, 33, 36, 41, 44, 48, 50–51, 53, 56, 58, 61, 67–68, 95, 97–99, 103, 107, 109, 111–113, 116, 118–119, 121, 123, 125, 135–136, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 164, 167–168, 170–171, 174–176, 178, 182–187, 210, 213–214, 226, 231, 241, 246, 248–250, 253–254, 257–258, 260, 262

Technical Educationists, 3, 10, 12, 20, 26, 50, 66, 95, 164–165, 167, 171, 184–185, 187, 253–257, 259–261

Technical Institute, 188

Technical Instruction Act, xii, 171, 176, 179, 181–182, 187, 200, 231, 257