Silicon
Silicon While The Element Silicon Does Not Occur Free In Nature, Its Compounds Make Up Approximately 88% Of The Earth's Crust. Silicon Is Found In The Form Of Silicon Dioxide, Either As Quartz Or As Silicates, Generally In Combination With Alumina (clay, Shale, Feldspar, Etc.). Industrially Useful And Commercially Important, ...
Silver
Silver Any Attempt To Evaluate The World's Resources In Silver Is Com Plicated By The Fact That So Much Of It Is Produced In Connection With Other Metals, Notably Lead, Copper And Gold; Almost Every Gold Mine Produces Some Silver And Every Silver Mine Some Gold. The Three Largest Silver-producing ...
Silvio 1788 1854 Pellico
Pellico, Silvio (1788-1854), Italian Dramatist, Was Born At Saluzzo, Piedmont, On June 24, 1788. At The Age Of Ten He Composed A Tragedy Under The Inspiration Of Caesarotti's Trans Lation Of Ossian. His Tragedy Francesca Da Rimini, Was Brought Out With Success By Carlotta Marchionni At Milan In 1818 (eng. ...
Sir Anthony 1797 1879 Panizzi
Panizzi, Sir Anthony (1797-1879), English Libra Rian, Was Born At Brescello, In The Duchy Of Modena, Italy, On Sept. 16, 1797. After Taking His Degree At The University Of Parma, Antonio Panizzi Became An Advocate. He Was Implicated In The Revolutionary Movement Of 1821, And Escaped Arrest By A Precipitate ...
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing English Dramatist, Was Born In London On May 24, 1855, The Son Of John Daniel Pinero, A Jewish Solicitor, Whose Family Was Of Portuguese Origin, Long Established In London. A. W. Pinero Was Engaged In 1874 As An Actor At The Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, And Came ...
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings, 1st Bart. Cr. 1902 (1848-1928), English Musical Composer, Second Son Of Thomas Gambier Parry, Of Highnam Court, Gloucester, Was Born At Bournemouth On Feb. 27, 1848. He Was Educated At Malvern, Twyford, Near Winchester, Eton (from 1860, And Exeter College, Oxford. While Still At Eton ...
Sir Harry Smith Parkes
Parkes, Sir Harry Smith English Diplomatist, Son Of Harry Parkes, Founder Of The Firm Of Parkes, Otway And Company, Ironmasters, Was Born At Birchills Hall, Near Walsall In Staffordshire, In 1828, And Was Educated At King Ed Ward's School, Birmingham. In 1842 He Received An Appointment In The Consular Service, ...
Sir Henry Parkes
Parkes, Sir Henry Australian Statesman, Was Born At Stoneleigh, In Warwickshire, On May 27, 1815. The Son Of Parents In Very Humble Circumstances, He Received Only A Rudimentary Education, And At An Early Age Was Obliged To Earn His Living As A Common Labourer. Failing To Make His Way In ...
Sir Henry Percy
Percy, Sir Henry, Called Hotspur (1364-1403), Eldest Son Of Henry, 1st Earl Of Northumberland, Was Born On March 20, 1364. He Saw Active Service When He Was Fourteen At The Siege Of Berwick. His Zeal In Border Warfare Won The Name Of Hotspur For Him From His Opponents. In 1386 ...
Sir James Paget
Paget, Sir James, Bart. (1814-1899), British Surgeon, Was Born At Yarmouth On Jan. Ii, 1814, The Son Of A Brewer And Shipowner. His Brother, Sir George, Became Regius Professor Of Physic At Cambridge And Also Had A Distinguished Medical Career. After Attending School At Yarmouth, James Was Apprenticed To A ...
Sir John Perrot
Perrot, Sir John (c. 1527-1592), Lord Deputy Of Ire Land, The Son Of Mary Berkley (afterwards Wife Of Thomas Per Rot) Was Generally Reputed To Be A Son Of Henry Viii., And Was Attached To The Household Of William Paulet, 1st Marquess Of Win Chester. Perrot Was Knighted At The ...
Sir Robert Peel
Peel, Sir Robert, Bart. (1788-1850), English States Man, Was Born On Feb. 5, 1788, At Chamber Hall, Near Bury, Lancashire, Or, Less Probably, At A Cottage Near The Hall. His Grandfather, Robert Peel, First Of Peelfold, And Afterwards Of Brookside, Near Blackburn, Was A Calico-printer, Who Took To Cotton-spinning With ...
Sir Thomas 1758 1815 Picton
Picton, Sir Thomas (1758-1815), British General, Born At Poyston, Pembrokeshire, Joined The Army In 1773 As An Ensign. On The Disbandment Of The 75th Regiment In 1783 Picton Quelled A Mutiny Amongst The Men By His Prompt Personal Action And Courage. After Living In Retirement On His Father's Estate For ...
Sir William 1623 87 Petty
Petty, Sir William (1623-87), English Statistician And Political Economist, Born On May 26, 1623, The Son Of A Clothier At Romsey In Hampshire, Received His Early Education At The Grammar School There. He Studied For Some Time At Caen, And On His Return To England, Seems To Have Entered The ...
Sir William Edward Parry
Parry, Sir William Edward (179o-1855 ) , Eng Lish Rear-admiral And Arctic Explorer, Was Born In Bath On Dec. 29, 179o, The Son Of A Doctor. At The Age Of 13 He Joined The Flag Ship Of Admiral Cornwallis In The Channel Fleet As A First-class Volunteer, In 1806 Became ...
Sir William Henry Perkin
Perkin, Sir William Henry English Chemist, The Discoverer Of Aniline Dyes, Was Born In London On March 12, 1838. He Attended The City Of London School And Devoted All His Spare Time To Chemistry; In 1853 He Entered The Royal College Of Chemistry And Studied Under A. W. Von Hof ...
Sir William Matthew Flinders
Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders (1853– ), English Egyptologist, Was Born At Charlton On June 3, 1853, The Son Of William Petrie, C.e., And Anne, Daughter Of Captain Matthew Flinders (q.v.). He Took An Early Interest In Archaeological Research, And Between 1875 And 188o Studied An Cient British Remains At ...
Sir William Pepperrell
Pepperrell, Sir William , American Soldier, Was Born In Kittery, Me., Then A Part Of Massachusetts, On June 27, 1696. He Studied Surveying And Navigation, And Joined His Father In His Ship-building, Fishing And General Trading Business, Quickly Becoming One Of The Wealthiest And Most Influ Ential Men In The ...
Sir William Phips Or
Phips Or Phipps, Sir William Colo Nial Governor Of Massachusetts, Was Born On Feb. 2, 1651, At Woolwich, Me., Near The Mouth Of The Kennebec River. He Was A Shepherd Until He Was 18 And Then A Ship Carpenter's Apprentice For Four Years; Worked At His Trade In Boston For ...
South America
South America. ) Climate.—there Is Abundant Rainfall On The West Coast And The Chilean Archipelago. In The Andes The Precipitation, A Large Part Of Which Is Snow, Is Very Heavy. The Annual Mean Increases From 8o To 200 In. On The Islands And The Coast Of The Mainland To Over ...
St Patrick
Patrick, St., The Patron Saint Of Ireland,' Was Probably Born About The Year 389. He Was The Son Of A Deacon, Calpurnius, And The Grandson Of A Presbyter Named Potitus. His Father Was A Middle-class Landed Proprietor And A Decurion, Who Is Represented As Living At A Place Called Bannauenta. ...
St Peter
Peter, St., The Apostle Who Is Referred To In The New Testament By Several Names. Most Commonly He Is Called Peter, But We Also Find Simon, Simon Peter, Cephas, And Once Symeon. We May Infer That The Apostle's Name Was The Common Hebrew "symeon" (iiyo) Which Was Generally Rendered By ...
Submarine Photography
Submarine Photography Water Is Often So Calm And Clear That It Might Seem Easily Possible For One Above Its Surface To Photograph Fishes Or Other Objects Beneath It. This May, Indeed, Sometimes Be Done, But Usually The Attempt Results In Complete Failure. The Explanation Is Simple. At The Moment Of ...
Substitutes For Natural Resources
Substitutes For Natural Resources Any Discussion Of Substitutes For Natural Resources Must Be Prefaced By A Discussion Of The Meaning Of The Term Substitute. When Whale Oil Was An Important Illuminant There Was Much Concern As To Its Future Supply And Some Search Was Made For Possible Substitutes. The Development ...
Sulphur
Sulphur Native Sulphur, Or Brimstone, Occurs In Many Places Throughout The World, Generally Either In Beds Of Gypsum, Limestone And Associated Rocks Or In The Vicinity Of Active And Extinct Volcanoes. The Principal Extensive Deposits Are Found Along The Gulf Coastal Plain Of The United States, In Two Places In ...
Sulphur And Nitrogen Compound
Sulphur And Nitrogen Compound Sulphur Compounds.-phosphorus And Sulphur Combine Energetically To Form A Series Of Sulphides, Three Of Which Are Well Defined, Viz., P4s7 And P2s5 (see A. Stock, Berichte, 1908 Et Seq.) ; The First Is Sometimes Used As A Substitute For Phosphorus In Matches, And The Last Finds ...
Synod Of Pistoia
Pistoia, Synod Of, A Diocesan Synod Held In 1786 Under The Presidency Of Scipione De' Ricci (1741-1810), Bishop Of Pistoia, And The Patronage Of Leopold, Grand-duke Of Tuscany, With A View To Preparing The Ground For A National Council And A Reform Of The Tuscan Church. The Synod Was Attended ...
Tecture
Tecture.) During The 13th And 14th Centuries The Piers Of French Gothic Churches Were Kept Comparatively Simple In Plan, With Great Importance Given To The Capital At The Level Of The Spring Of The Pier Arch. Often It Took The Shape Of A Circular Column With A Few, Large, Simple ...
Tertiary Plants
Tertiary Plants Introduction.—the Great Geological Divisions Into Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Eras Are Based Chiefly Upon The Observa Tions Of Marine Strata And Marine Organisms. The Reason For This Classification Lies In The Fact That Oceans Are More Continuous Than Land, And Sea Organisms Therefore Present A More Universal Basis ...
Tertiary Plants In Relation
Tertiary Plants In Relation To World History Summary.—the Tertiary Floras Of Europe, America And The Arctic, And The Living Floras Of The Far East And North America, Are All Intimately Related. What Little Is Known Of The Tertiary Floras Of Russia And Asia Indicates That They, Too, Were Related. It ...
The Age Of Enlightenment
The Age Of "enlightenment" The Ath Century Was The Period Of The Greatest Difficulty For The Papacy. Infidel Philosophy, The Insincere And Superficial "en Lightenment" Movement, And A Spirit Of Frivolous And Mocking Scepticism Bid Against One Another For Ascendancy Over The Minds Of Men. The Revolt Against Authority Spread ...
The Branches Of Photography
The Branches Of Photography Amateur Photography.—the Use Of Photography For Mak Ing Personal Records Has Extended Very Greatly Since Portable Cameras And Sensitive Materials Were Introduced, And The Tendency Is Continually Towards A Simplification Of The Work To Be Done By The User And A Diminution In The Amount Of ...
The British In Persia
The British In Persia During The Winter, The Position In Mesopotamia Entirely Changed. Instead Of Weak, Ill-equipped Columns, Severely Handi Capped By Unfavourable Climate Conditions, Failing Before Kut Al 'amara, There Was The Pleasant Picture Of Overwhelming Forces Under The Inspiring Leadership Of Gen. Sir Stanley Maude Re Capturing Kut ...
The Eastern Polynesian Chains
The Eastern Polynesian Chains The First Chain. The First Eastern Polynesian Chain May Be Taken To Include The Island Of Niue (savage I.) The Cook (hervey) Is. And Austral (tubuai) Is. Niue (savage Island) 40 M. In Circumference; Pop. 3,949, Eastward From The Friendly Group, And Nearer To That Than ...
The French Revolution
The French Revolution The Greatest Source Of Trouble And Difficulty To Pius Vi. Was The French Revolution, Which Was A Consequence Of The Revolt Against The Church. The Pope Fought Courageously Against The Terror, When The Worship Of Reason Was Proclaimed (1793). Napoleon Bonaparte Revenged Himself For The Assistance Which ...
The Golden Age Of
The Golden Age Of Greek Philosophy The Sophists.—after Their Victory Over The Persians, The Greeks Experienced Something Similar To The Change Of General Outlook That Was Brought About By The Great World War Centuries Later. The Desire For The Good Things Of Life Spread Among Wider Circles Of People. And ...
The Great Age Of
The Great Age Of Catholic Restoration Three Successors Of Pius Iv. Inaugurate The Heroic Age Of The Catholic Restoration. All Three Were Of Humble Extraction, And Sprang From The People In The Full Sense Of The Phrase. Pius V. (1566-1572), Formerly Michele Ghisleri And A Member Of The Dominican Order, ...
The Hague Peace Conferences
The Hague Peace Conferences The First Time That A Gathering Of Nations Ever Assembled For Discovering Means To Maintain Peace Occurred In 1899 At The Hague Conference At Which Twenty-six States Participated. The Chief Outcome Of Their Deliberations Was The Convention For The Pacific Settlement Of International Disputes. The Second ...
The Holy Places
The Holy Places To The Vast Majority Of Jews, Muslims And Christians, The Religious Associations Of Palestine Predominate Over Every Other, And At All Ages Have Attracted Pilgrims To Its Shrines. We Need Allude Only To The Centralization Of Jewish Ideas And Aspirations In Jerusalem, Especially In The Holy Rock ...
The Island Groups Cutting
The Island Groups Cutting The Hawaii–new Zealand Deep These Islands Fall Into Four Groups, The Samoan Archipelago, The Wallis Archipelago And The Tokelau And Phoenix Groups. The Samoan Archipelago, An Insular Series Of Much Importance, Is A Chain Of Many Island-groups, The Five Principal Of Which, Are From West To ...
The League Of Nations
The League Of Nations The League Established As An Integral Part Of The Treaties Of Peace Which Terminated The War Of 1914-18 Represents A Serious Effort To Organise The Community Of States Through A Written Charter—the Covenant Of The League Of Nations. Before This War, No Organised Body Was In ...
The Life Cycles Of
The Life Cycles Of Parasites The Parasitic Mode Of Life Is By No Means Uniform And Unevent Ful. It Is, At Least, As Full Of Events And Perilous Adventures As The Life Of Any Free-living Organism. The Main Types Of Life Histories Of Parasites Can Be Illustrated Easily By A ...
The Modern British Periodical
The Modern British Periodical The Modern Periodical Burst Upon The World With A Singular Glory At The Very Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century. The Three Outstanding Periodicals Were The Edinburgh (1802-1929), The Quarterly (1809), And Blackwood (1817). The Story Of The Founding Of The Edinburgh Is Recorded In Full In ...
The New Pictorial Movement
The New Pictorial Movement Dr. Emerson's "naturalistic Photography" (1887).—the Expansion Of A Lecture By Dr. P. H. Emerson, "naturalistic Pho Tography," To The Camera Club In 1886, Was The Beginning Of The New Movement. Unquestionably This Book Struck A Powerful Blow At The Many Conventionalities Which Had Attached Themselves To ...
The Outlying Groups
The Outlying Groups Within This Section Fall The Marquesas Islands, Palmyra, Wash Ington, Fanning And Christmas Islands, The Hawaii Islands, Easter Island, Sala-y-gomez, Etc. The Marquesas Archipelago, East From Caroline Atoll, Consists Of Two Somewhat Distinct Groups Of High Volcanic Islands, Peculiar In The Comparative Rarity Of Coral Fringes To ...
The Pageant In America
The Pageant In America In America Began In 1905 With Percy Mackaye's Pageant In Honour Of Augustus Saint-gaudens, At Cornish, New Hampshire. Within Three Years The Educational Pageant At The Boston Normal School, The Philadelphia Pageant In Honour Of The 250th Anniversary Of The Founding Of The City, And The ...
The Pageant In England
The Pageant In England The 20th Century Has Seen In England What May In Some Re Spects Be Looked On As A Revival But In General As A New Departure In The Shape Of Semi-dramatic Spectacles Illustrative Of The History Of A Town Or Locality; To Such Spectacles The Name ...
The Athenian Philostratus
Philostratus, "the Athenian" (c. The Author Of The Life Of Apollonius Of Tyana, Which He Dedicated To Julia Domna, Wife Of Alexander Severus And Mother Of Cara Calla (see Apollonius Of Tyana). He Wrote Also Mot (lives Of The Sophists), Gymnasticus And Epistolae (mainly Of An Erotic Character). Very Little ...
The Pan Pacific Union
Pan-pacific Union, The, An International Organiza Tion Which Took Out Its Charter In 1917. It Is The First Of A Num Ber Of Similar Organizations Born In Hawaii And Throughout The Pacific Area. The Union Called Several Small Conferences Prior To The World War; In 1921 It Called And Financed ...