South Australia
South Australia, A State Of The Commonwealth Of Australia, Occupying 380,070 Sq. Miles (12.78%) In The Central Southern Portion Of The Continent. Its Southern Boundary Is The Coast-line Whose Absolute Length (1,540 M.) Somewhat Belies Its Geographical Significance. Vealed Good Supplies And The Results Of Recent Prospecting In The Vast ...
South Bend
South Bend, A City Of Northern Indiana, U.s.a., County Seat Of St. Joseph County; 86 M. E. By S. Of Chicago, At The "south Bend" Of The St. Joseph River, Where It Turns Northward To Lake Michigan. It Is On Federal Highways 20 And 31, And Is Served By The ...
South Carolina
South Carolina, Popularly Called The "palmetto State," Is An Atlantic Coast State Of America, And One Of The Original Thirteen. Its Area Is 30,989 Sq.m., Of Which 494 Sq.m. Are Water. Gum And Bay Trees. In Most Of The Uplands Of The Coastal Plain The Long-leaf Pine Is Predominant, But ...
South Dakota
South Dakota, The "sunshine State," Is One Of The North Central States Of The American Union. It Is Rectangular In Shape With An Average Length (east-west) Of 38o M. And An Average Width (north-south) Of About 200 Miles. Its Area Is 77,615 Sq.m., Of Which 747 Sq.m. Are Water Surface. ...
South Sea Bubble
South Sea Bubble, The Name Given To A Series Of Finan Cial Projects Which Originated With The Incorporation Of The South Sea Company. In 1711 The South Sea Company Was Formed, And Was Granted A Monopoly Of The British Trade With South America And The Pacific Islands. It Was Highly ...
South West Africa
South-west Africa. A Mandated Territory In South Africa, Formerly German South-west Africa. Its Area Is Sq.m., Excluding The Strip Extending To The Zambezi, And Known As The Caprivi Zipfel, Which Has Been Attached To The Bechuana Land Protectorate. The Country Extends From 17° S. To 28° 57' S., And From ...
Southampton
Southampton, Hampshire, England, 79 M. S.w. Of London By The S.r. The Town Stands Near The Head Of South Ampton Water, An Inlet Of The English Channel Which Forms The Estuary Of The River Test ; On A Peninsula Bounded East By The River Itchen. The County Borough Includes, Since ...
Southern Pacific Company
Southern Pacific Company, An American Trans Portation System, Comprising, With Its Affiliated Companies, 16,00o M. Of Railroad And 5,900 M. Of Water Lines. It Serves Directly A Large Part Of The United States West Of The Mississippi River (at New Orleans) Through To The Pacific Coast, Besides Steamships Plying Between ...
Southwark
Southwark, A Central Borough Of London. Pop. (1931) 171,657; Area 1,131 Acres. The Borough Is Connected With The City Of London By Blackfriars, Southwark And London Bridges; The Thoroughfares Converge At St. George's Circus; Another Important Junction Is The "elephant And Castle." The Name Is Taken From The Southward Works ...
Sovereignty
Sovereignty. While Society Is In A Rude State Or Only Tribally Organized There Is No Distinct Sovereignty, No Power Which All Persons Habitually Obey. Thus There Is No Sovereignty Among Wandering Groups Of Australian Savages : Each Family Is Isolated, Each Horde Is A Loose And Unstable Collection. When The ...
Soviet Banking System
Soviet Banking System. The Banking System Of The U.s.s.r. Was Introduced With The Establishment Of The State Bank Of The U.s.s.r., Which Commenced Operations On November 16th, 1921. It Was For A Time The Only Bank In The Union. The Reason For This Was, That The Civil War, The Decree ...
Soviet System
Soviet System. The Soviet System Was Not The Fruit Of Speculation Upon The Theory Of Representation And Government. It Had Its Origin In The Daily Needs Of A Revolutionary Struggle. It Was Evolved To Fit The Political Tactics Of A Subtle Realist. It Survived Because It Was Well Adapted To ...
Soviet Trade Organizations
Soviet Trade Organizations. The Control And Conduct Of The Foreign Trade Of The U.s.s.r. Are Carried Out By Narcomtorg (the People's Commissariat For Trade) And Its Local Branches. Trade Delegations Have Been Set Up In All Countries With Which The U.s.s.r. Has Diplomatic Relations. The Entire Foreign Trade Of The ...
Sowing
Sowing, In Agriculture, The Planting Of Seed For The Raising Of Crops. The Scattering Of Seed By Hand Is The Simplest And Oldest Method. The Seed Must Not Fall More Thickly At One Point Of The Cast Than At Another, And The Standard Of Seeding Per Acre Must Be Rigidly ...
Sozomen
Sozomen, The Name Of A Famous 5th-century Church His Torian. Hermias Salamanes (salaminius) Sozomenus (c. 40o 443) Came Of A Wealthy Family Of Palestine. He Tells Us That He Was Brought Up Under Monkish Influences. After Studying Law In Beira He Settled Down As An Advocate In Constantinople, Where He ...
Spain
Spain (espana), A Former Kingdom In The South-west Of Europe, Comprising About Eleven-thirteenths Of The Iberian Penin Sula, In Addition To The Balearic Islands, The Canary Islands, And Ceuta, On The Moroccan Coast Opposite To Gibraltar. In 1920 The Kingdom, Apart From Colonies, Had A Population Of 21,338,381, And A ...
Spanish American Architecture
Spanish-american Architecture. A Brief Study Of Architecture In Spanish-america Must Include A Glance At The Monumental And Impressive Architecture Of The Mayas Made Up Of Receding Terraced Pyramids Flanked With Stairways And Sur Mounted By Temples Of Delicate Proportions, Of Pure And Refined Design, With Richly Carved Ornament Decorating Their ...
Spanish American Literature
Spanish-american Literature. For More Than 30o Years After Its Discovery Hispanic America Was Cultur Ally As Well As Politically An Iberian Colony. The Conquistadores And The Missionaries Who Accompanied Them Wrote The First Hispanic-american Literature In The Letters And Reports Which They Sent Back To Spain And Portugal Telling Of ...
Spanish Language And Literature
Spanish Language And Literature. The Iberian Peninsula Was, Up To The Fifteenth Century, Linguistically More Diversified Than At Present. The Chief Languages And Dialects Were Castilian, Asturian-leonese, Navarro-aragonese, Mirandese, Catalan And Galician-portuguese (northern And Southern Dialects). The Mirandese Dialect Acquired At An Early Date Galician-portuguese Characteristics; Catalan Is A Provençal ...
Spark Photography
Spark Photography, In Which The Illumination Is Provided By An Electric Spark Of Such Short Duration That Even The Most Rapidly Moving Objects Appear Stationary, Has Many Applica Tions In The Investigation Of High Speed Phenomena. The Record Ob Tained Is Not An Image, No Lens Being Used, But Is ...
Sparrow
Sparrow, A Word Originally Meaning Any Small Bird, Now Restricted To Those Of The Types Enumerated Below. (1). The House Sparrow (passer Domesticus) Is "the Sparrow" Par Excellence. Thriving Best In The Neighbourhood Of Man, This Bird Is Common Throughout The Northern Parts Of Europe And Asia And Has Been ...
Sparta
Sparta (gr. Er-6.prn Or Aakesaimcov), An Ancient City In Greece, The Capital Of Laconia And The Most Powerful State Of The Peloponnese. The City Lay At The N. End Of The Central Laconian Plain, On The Right Bank Of The Eurotas, S. Of Its Junction With The Oenus (mod. Kelefina), ...
Speaker
Speaker, A Title Of The Presiding Officer In The Legislatures Of Various Countries. In The English Parliament The Lord Chan Cellor Acts As Speaker Of The House Of Lords, But Should His Office Be In Commission The Crown Usually Appoints A Speaker To Supply His Place, A Case In Point ...
Special Applications Of Sulphur
Sulphur, Special Applications Of. Sulphur Is A Convenient Source Of Sulphur Dioxide Gas, Which Is The Basis For The Manufacture Of Sulphuric Acid And Sulphite Pulp. In A Number Of Industries Sulphur Plays An Essential Part And Has No Substitute. This Is The Case In The Vulcanization Of Rubber, And ...
Species
Species. The Nature Of Species Is A Question Of Considerable Importance In General Biology And The Species Is Regularly Employed As A Classificatory Unit In Systematic Botany, Zoology And Miner Alogy. The Word Species Has, However, An Important History Out Side Those Sciences. It Was The Latin Equivalent Of The ...
Spectacles
Spectacles, The Name Given To Lenses Of Any Required Form Which Are Supported In Front Of The Eyes To Assist Vision. They May Be Required To Correct Errors Of Refraction, Or To Cor Rect Imbalance Of The Ocular Muscles, Or To Cut Off Injurious Or Unpleasant Light Or Glare. The ...
Spectra And The Periodic
Spectra And The Periodic Table General Relationships.—the Spectra Of A Large Number Of Elements Have Now Been At Least Partially Analysed, And It Is Possible To Draw Some General Conclusions With Regard To The Rela Tions Between Spectra And The Periodic Table. That Some Relations Exist Was Indeed Evident Many ...
Spectra Of Other Elements
Spectra Of Other Elements Series Formulae.—evidence That Series More Or Less Resembling Those Of Hydrogen Occur In The Spectra Of Other Elements Came From The Pioneer Investigations Of J. R. Rydberg, H. Kayser And C. Runge. The Spectra Of The Alkali Metals (lithium, Sodium, Po Tassium, Etc.) In Particular Can ...
Spectroheliograph
Spectroheliograph, An Instrument For Photograph Ing The Sun With Monochromatic Light. In Its Simplest Form It Consists Of A Direct-vision Spectroscope, Having An Adjustable Slit (called "camera Slit" Or "second Slit"), Instead Of An Eyepiece, In The Focal Plane Of The Observing Telescope. This Slit Is Set In A Position ...
Spectroheliographic Investigation
Spectroheliographic Investigation It Has Been Said That The Absorption Lines In The Solar Spectrum Contain Light Emitted By The Glowing Atmospheric Gases; It Is The Photospheric Light That Is Absorbed. The Spectroheliograph Is An Instrument Which Gathers The Light In A Particular Spectrum Line And Builds Up A Picture Of ...