Satsuma
Satsuma, A Province In The S. Of Japan. On The Island Of. Kiushitt; Pop. 1,200,000. The Ancient. Possessions Of The Hereditary Lords Of Satsuma Extended Over A Large Part Of .tiushiti, But From The 16th C. Their Fief Was Greatly Restricted. They Were Humbled By T.iiko, And Again By Iyeyasu. ...
Saturn
Saturn, An Ancient Italian Divinity, Who Presided Over Agriculture. His Name, From The Same Mot As Sa Tem. (mero, To Sow), Indicates What Was Probably One Of. The Earliest Pi:ramifications In The Italian Religion. Saturn Being The God Who Blessed The Labors Of The Sower. Ilia Identification With T He ...
Saturn Planets
Saturn (planets, Ante). The Mean Distance Of Saturn From The Sun Is 872,137,000 M., But The Greatest And Least Distances Differ Nearly 49,000,000 M., Being 1)20,973,000 And 823,301,000 Miles. The Eccentricity Of His Orbit Is 1.055996, And He Completes A Circuit Around The Sun In A Periotl'of 29 Years 167.2 ...
Saturnalia
Saturna'lia, An Ancient Italian Festival, Instituted, According To The Common Belief Of The Ancients, In Memory Of The Happy Reign Of Saturn (q.v.). Discarding All Mythical Explanations Of The Institution Of The Saturnalia As Simply Incredible, And Not Worth The Trouble Of Refutation, We May Rationally Conjecture That The Saturnalia ...
Saturnian Verse
Satur'nian Verse, The Name Given By The Romans To That Species Of Verse In Which Their Oldest Poetical Compositions, And More Particularly The Oldest National Poetry. Were Composed. In The Usage Of The Later Pot Is And Grammarians The Phrase Has Two Different Signitications. It Is Applied In A General ...
Saubin
Saubin, Jaeques, A Celebrated French Protestant Preacher, Was B. At Nimes, Jan. 6, 1677, Studied At Geneva, And Was Chosen Minister Of A Walloon Church In London In 1701. But The Climate Of England Did Not Agree With His Delicate Health; And In 1705 He Settled At The Hague, Where ...
Saul
Saul, Time First King Of Israel, Was The Son Of Kish, A Wealthy Chief Of The T. The Of Ben Jamin. The Circumstances That Marked His Election To The Royal Dignity Are Familiar To All The Readers Of Scripture, And Need Not Be Repeated Here (see Jews, Samuel). Gigantic In ...
Sausage
Sausage, A Well-known Preparation Of The Flesh Of Various Animals For Culinary Pur Poses. It Is Made By Chopping -the Raw Meat Adding Salt And Other Flavoring Materials, And Often Bread-crumbs Also, The Whole Forming A Pasty Mass. This Is Pressed Into Portions Of The Intestines Of The Animal, Previously ...
Savage
Savage, An English Poet, Was B. In London, Jan. 16, 1696-97. He Was The Fruit Of An Illicit Intercourse Between Lord Rivers And The Countess Of Macclesfield. Which Resulted In The Divorce Of The Lady, And The Declared Illegitimacy Of Her Offspring. Lord Rivers, Though Permitting His Name To Be ...
Savannah
Savannah (ante), Co. Seat Of Chatham Co., Georgia, Terminal Station Of The Cen Tral, The Atlantic And Gulf, And- The Savannah And Charleston Railroads; Pop. '80, 30,761, About 4,000 Less Than Atlanta. The City Is Noted For Its Beautiful Streets And The Large Number Of Small Parks (about 25). Forsyth ...
Savings Banks
Savings-banks (ante). While In England No Laws Were Passed Affecting The Organization Of Savings-banks Until 1817, In Boston, Mass., One Was Incorporated Dec. 13, 1816, And Began Business In The Following Spring. In 1818 This Was Followed By The Incorporation Of Savings-banks In Salem, Mass., And Baltimore; And One In ...
Savings Banks
Savings-banks. The Application Of The Banking-system To The Middle And Humbler Classes Of Society Was Commenced By Individual Exertions Long Before The Legislature Took Cognizance Of The Matter. In 1799 The Rev. J. Smith, Rector Of Wen Liver In Busks. As A Means Of Inducing Habits Of Prudeuce And Frugality ...
Savoy
Savoy, House: Or. The Small Territory Of Savoy Formed A Part Of Ancient Gaul, And After The Decline Of The Roman Power Was Seized By The Burgundians (407 A.d.), And Along With Burgundy Passed .under The Franks (534). On The Breaking Up Of The Frankish Empire, Savoy Was Joined To ...
Savoy Conference
Savoy Conference, The Name Given To An Ecclesiastical Conference Held In 1661 At The Savoy Palace (so Called Because Built In 1245 By Peter, Earl Of Savoy And Richmond [see Amadeus]; Burned By Wat Tyler In 1381, It Was Rebuilt And Endowed In 1505 As An Hospital For Poor Persons) ...
Savoy Confession
Savoy Confession, Named From The Hospital Building In The Strand, London, In Which It Was Drawn Up—a Document Adopted By An Assembly Of Congregational Min Isters. Who, By Cromwell's Permission, Unwillingly Given Just Before Bis Death, Met In The Savoy Palace, Sept., 1658, To Declare The Principles Of Their Faith ...
Savu Islands
Savu' Islands, Tim, Lie In The Indian Ocean. Pop, 35,000. They Are Small Except Savu, In 121°45' To 122°7' E, Long. And 10°25' To 10°36' S. Lat.; Area 237 Sq. Miles. It Is Healthy And Moderately Fertile, The Thermometer Ranging From 76° To Str Fakir. By Day And 68° To ...
Saw Fly
Saw-fly, Tenth•edo, A Linmean Genus Of Insects Of The Order Hymenoptera, Now Divided Into Many Genera; And Constituting A Family Of Which The Species Are Very Nume Rous. They Derive The Name Saw-fly From The Ovipositor Of The Females, Which Is Scaly, Serrated, Pointed, And Inclosed In A Sheath. Of ...
Sawdust
Sawdust. The Waste Made By Sawing Timber, Formerly Of Little Or No Use, Has Now Become A Material Of Some Value In Localities Where It Car. Be Applied. Its Mostinterest Ing Application Is One Very Recently Patented By Messrs. Dale & Co. Of It Is Converted Into Oxalic Acid, And ...
Saxe
Saxe, Iiimmann Maurice, Count Of, One Of The Greatest Warriors Of The 18th C., Was The Natural Son Of Augustus Ii. (q.v.), Elector Of Saxony And King Of Poland. And The Countess Aurora Von Konigsmark, And Was Born At Goslar, Oct, 28, 1696. When I Only Twelve Years Of Age, ...
Saxe 00burg G0111a
Saxe-00'burg-g0111a (in German, Sactisen-koburg-gotha), The Third In Point Of Size And 'population Of The Minor Saxon States, Is A Duchy Comprising The Duchy Of Gotha, Lying Between Prussia, Schwarzburg, Meiningen, And Weimar, And Containing 542 Eng Lish Sq.m.; Pop. '71, 122,630; And The Duchy Of Coburg, 18 M. South Of ...
Saxe Altenburg
Saxe-al'tenburg, The Smallest Of The Minor Saxon States, Is A Duchy Bounded By Saxe-weimar, Prussian Saxony, The Kingdom Of Saxony, Saxe-meiningen, And Schwarz Burg-rudolstadt, And Separated Into Two Nearly Equal Parts By The Interposed Principality Of Reuss-gera. The Eastern Portion, Or Circle Of Altenburg, From Its Being Watered By The ...
Saxe Meihingen
Saxe-meihingen (also Called Saxe-meiningen-hildburghausen), The Second In Size And Population Of The Minor Saxon States, Is A Duchy, Consisting Of One Large Cres Cent-shaped Territory, Which Lies Immediately U. Of Bavaria And Coburg, With The Horns Of The Crescent Pointing Northward And Contains 862 English Sq.m., And Two Small Isolated ...
Saxe Wei Mar Ei Senach
Saxe-wei Mar-ei Senach, The Largest Of The Minor Saxon States, Is A Grand-duchy, Consisting Of Weimer, Which Lies Between Prussia, Altenburg, And Stadt, And Contains (inclusive Of Allstildt, On The Tinstrut, Within Prussia, 45 English Sq.m., And Ilmenau, In The S.e. Of Gotha, 32 English Sq.m.) 683 English Sq.m., With ...
Saxifrage
Saxifrage, Sax(fraga, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Saxifrageoe, Or Saxi Fragacem. This Order Has A Calyx, Usually Of Five Sepals More Or Less Cohering At The Base; A Corolla Usually Of Five Perigynous Petals, Alternate With The Sepals, Rarely Want Ing; Perigynous Stamens; A Hypogynous 'or Perigynous ...
Saxons
Saxons (lat. Saxaes, Ger. Sachsen), A German People, Whose Name Is Usually Derived From An Old German Word Salts, Meaning A "knife," Are First Mentioned By Ptolemy, Who Makes Them Inhabit A District S. Of The Cimbrian Peninsula. Toward The End Of The 3d C., A " Saxon League" Or ...
Saxony
Saxony (ger. Sachsen), Kingdom Op, The Second In Importance And Population Of The Minor German States, Though Inferior To Three Of Them In Extent, Is Bounded On The N. And N.e. By Prussia, S.c. And S. By Austria, And W. By Bavaria, Thuringia (q.v.), And Prussia. It Is Divided, For ...
Say Jean Bapttste
Say. Jean Bapttste, An Eminent French Economist, Was B. At Lyon, Jan. 5, 1767. Being Destined By His Father For A Commercial Career, He Passed A Part Of His Youth In England; And On His Return To France, Obtained A Situation In A Life Insurance Company, About Which Time He ...
Scala No Va
Scala No Va, A Sea-port Of Asiatic Turkey, On An Eminence At The Head Of A Gulf Of The Same Lame, 40 In. S. Of Smy-rea. The Ruins Of The Ancient City Of Ephesus (q.v.) Are In The Vicinity. An Important Export Trade Is Carried On. Pop. Stated At Lo.000. ...
Scale1er
, Scale:1er, Josarit Justus, The Tenth Son Of J. C. Sealiger And Andietta De Roques Lobejac, And Much His Father's Superior In Learning, Was Born In 1540 At Ageu, Whence, At The Age Of 11, He Was Sent, Along With Two Of His Brothers, To The College Of Bordeaux, Where ...
Scales Of Fishes
Scales Of Fishes. They Are Divided By Agassiz, Whose Classification Is Generally Adopted, Into The Placoid, Ga Noid, Ctenoid, And Cycloid Forms. Placoid Scales (from The Gr. Plax A Broad Plate) Lie Side By Side Without Overlapping Or Imbricating. They Are Often Elevated At The Center So As To Form ...
Scales Of Notation
Scales Of Notation Are The Various "radicles" Which Determine, As Explained Under Notation (q.v.), The Form And Digits Of The Number Expressing Any Numerical Quantity. Thus The Number 289, In The Decimal Or Common System Whose Radix Is 10, Signifies 9 Units, 8 Tens, And 2 Hundreds, Or 2 X ...
Scaliger
Scaliger, Jumrs At:sar, One Of The Most Famous Men Of Letters That Have Appeared Since Their Revival, Was Born In 1484. In After-life He Created For Himself A Noble Pedi Gree, And Made Out That He Was Descended From The Princely Family Of The Scalas Of Verona, And That His ...
Scammony
Scammony Is A Gum-resin Of An Ashy-gray Color, And Rough Externally, And Having A Resinous, Splintering Fracture. Few Drugs Are So Uniformly Adulterated As Scammony, Which, When Pure, Contains From 81 To 83 Per Cent Of Resin (which Is The Active Purgative Ingredient), 6 Or 8 Of Gum, With A ...
Scandinavia
Scandinavia, A Large Peninsula In The N. Of Europe, Bounded On The N. By The Arctic Ocean; On The W. By The Atlantic, North Sea, Skager Rack, Cattegat, And Sound; And On The S. And E. By The Baltic Sea, Gulf Of Bothnia And Finland, With Which It Is Con ...
Scandinavian Language And Literature
Scandinavian Language And Literature. The Language Which Was Spoken Durine.the Heathen Ages In All The Northern Or Scandinavian Lands, And Which, In Accord Ance With Traditionary Belief, Had Been Introduced By Odin And His Companiens. When The Gothic Tribes Supplanted The Morn Ancient Races Of The Finns And Lapps, Is ...
Scandinavian Mythology
Scandinavian Mythology. Our Knowledge Of Scandinavian Mythology Is Mainly Derived From The Collections Of Ancient Northern Sagas Known As The Eddas (q.v.), Which Constitute The Wilde Bible, As It Were, Of Heathen Scandinavia. The Value And Interest Attaching To These Records Of The Ancient Faith Of The Northmen Are Enhanced ...
Scaptla
Scaptla. Tins Or Snotn.nee Blade, Is A Flat Triangular Bone, Which, When The Arm Hangs Loosely Down, Extends Posteriorly And Laterally From The First To About The Seventh Rib. It Presents For Examination An Outer Convex And An Inner, Smooth, And Concave Surface, Three Borders (a Superior, An Inferior Or ...
Scarareijs
Scarareijs, The Name Of A Beetle Held Sacred By The Egyptians, Commonly Known In Entomology As The *marabous Or Ateachns Sneer. It Was Called Hellocantharus Or Can Mares, By The Greeks, And Scarabtens By The Latins. Searaba2i Were Employed For Rings, Necklaces, And Other Purposes By Theegyptians, Phenicians, And Etruscans ...
Scarborough
Scarborough (i.e., Fortified Rock), A Seaport And Municipal And Parliamentary Borough In Yorkshire, In The North Riding, 42 In. Me. Of York, And About 20 In. N.w. Of Flamborough Head. It Is Built Aroundar A Charming Bay Open To The S. And S.w,. And Protected On The D.c. By A ...
Scarpa
Scarpa, An'ronm, A Celebrated Anatomist. Was Born On June 13, 1747, At Castello Motta, A Village In The Friuli. He Was Educated At Padua, Where His Ardor Attracted The Attention Of The Octogenarian Morgagni, Who, Having Lost His Sight Shortly After The Arrival Of Scarpa At The University, Engaged The ...
Schall Johann Adam Von
Schall. Johann Adam Von, A Celebrated Jesuit Missionary To China, Was B. Of Noble Family At Cologne In 1591, And Having. Male His Studies And Entered The Jesuit Order In Rome In 1611, He Was Selected, Partly In Consequence Of His Great Knowledge Of Mathematics And Astronomy, To Form One ...
Scheffer
Scheffer,' Ally, A French Paidter, B. At Dort, In Holland, Feb. 10, 1795; Studied Under Guerin Of Paris, And Made His Debut As An Artist In 1812. Some Years Later Appeared His "mort De Saint-louis," "le Devouement Des Bourgeois De Calais:: And Several Genre Pieces, Such As " La Veuve ...
Scheldt
Scheldt, Tit (pron. Skeit; Lat. Scaldiq, Fr. L'escaut) Rises In The French Dep. Of Aisne, Flows Northerly To Cambrai, 'valenciennes, Bonchain, And Conde, When, Entering Belgium, It Passes I)oornik, Oudenarde, Ghent, Dendermonde, Rupehnontle, And Ant Werp, Having Received, Among Other Tributaries, The Lys, Dender, And Repel. Navigable From Its Entrance ...
Schlegel
Schlegel, Kant Wilhelm Friedricti Von, Distinguished Both For His Scholarship And Intellectual Ability, Was A Brother Of The Preceding, And Was H. At Hanover, Mar. 10, 1772. He Studied At Gottingen And Leipsic, And In 1797 Published His First Work, Griechen Und Mow (the Greeks And Romans), Which Won Praise ...
Schwarzenberg
Schwarzenberg. A Princely Family Of Germany, Dates From 1420, When Erkinger Ton Sein.sheim Purchased The Lordship Of Schwarzenberg In Franconia, And Was Raised (1429) By The Emperor Sigismund To The Dignity Of Baron Of The Empire. Two Of This Family' Have Acquired A European Reputation; The First, Adam, Count Of ...
Scicli
Sci'cli, A T. Of Sicily, In The Province Of Syracuse, On The Small River Seicli, 21 M. W.s.w. From Soto. The Woolen Manufacture Is Carried On. Scicli Is Supposed To Be The Ancient Cuminen(e. Pop. 10,029. Scirnces, The Name For Such Portions Of Human Knowledge As Have Been More Or ...
Scilly Islands
Scilly Islands. These Islands, Situated A Little W: Of 6° W. Long., And About 50 N. Lat., Are. The Most Southern Parts Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain, If We Except The Channel Islands. The Group Consists Of About 40, Comprising A Circuit Of About 30 M.; And Their ...
Scintillation
Scintillation (lat. Scintilla), A Term Applied To Denote The Sparkling Or Flickering Of The Stars. The Phenomenon Is Not Yet Quite Explained, Bat That It Is Certainly Due To The Earth's Atmosphere Is Proved By The Following Facts, Which Embrace Nearly All That Is Known On The Subject. If, On ...
Scioppius
Scioppius (latinized Form Of Sehoppc). Kaspae, A Noted Classical Scholar And Troversialist, Was B. At Neumark, Iii The Palatinate, May 27, 1576; Stintied At Heidel Berg, Altdorf, And Ingolstadt; And In 1597, Visited Italy, Bohemia, Poland, And Holland. Already Lie Had Become Celebrated By His Latin Verse And His Notes ...
Scipio Emilianus
Scipio Emilianus, Prisurs Cornelius, Surnamed Africanus Minor, B. 185 B.c., %vas A Younger Son Of Lucius Jemilius Paulus, Who Conquered Macedon. But Was Adopted By His Kinsman, Publius Scipio, Son Of The Great Scipio. Who Had Married The Daughter Of That Lucius Iemilius Paulus Who Fell At Canntc. Scipio Accompanied ...
Sclerostoma
Scleros'toma (from The Gr. Seleros, Hard, And Stoma, The Mouth) Is The Term Applied To A Well-known Genus Of The Family Strongylidce, Belonging To The Order Of Round Worms Or Nematoidea (q.v.). One Species, The Selerostoma Syngarons, Is Of Special Interest, As Being The Cause Of The Disease In Poultry ...
Scomberesocide
Scombereso'cide, A Family Of Fishes, Of The Order Ple.ctognathi, Having The Maxillary Bones United With The Elongated Premaxillaries At The Corners Of The Mouth. The Dying Fish (exocetus) Belongs To ,this Family. 'lite Ear-fish And The Saury Pike Are The Only Species Common On The British Coasts. Until The Plectognathi ...
Scone
Scone (pronounced Scoon), A Parish In Perthshire, Lying On The Left Bank Of The Tay, About 2 M. From Perth. It Is Famous As The Seat Of One Of The Most Venerable Of Scot Tish Abbeys. Scone Is First Mentioned In The Beginning Of The 10th C., When A Council ...
Scoresby
Scoresby, Wit.mam, D.d., A Celebrated Arctic Explorer And Savant, Was The Son Of William Scoresby, The Most Distinguished Whale-fisher Of His Time, And Was Born At Crop Ton In Yorkshire, Oct. 5, 1789. He Commenced A Sea-faring Life At The Age Of 10, And In His 21st Year Succeeded His ...
Scorpion
Scorpion, Scorpio, A Genus Of Arachnida, Of The Order Pmelmonaria, Formerly Includ Ing The Whole Of The Family 'scorpion/dm, To All Of Which The Popular Name Is Still Extended. Scorpions Are Natives Of Warm Climates, Both In The Eastern And Western Hemispheres. The Species Are Numerous. They Have The Body ...
Scotland
Scotland. For The Geography, See Great Britain. History.—an Account Has Been Given Under The Article Picts (q.v. Of The Early Inhabitants Of The Country Which Has Iong Been Known By The Name Of Scotland. The Original Scotia Or Scotland Was Ireland, And The Semi Or Scots, At Their First Appearance ...
Scott
Scott, Sir Michael, A Medizeval Scholar And Philosopher Of The 13th C., Whose Real History Is Not Only Obsenre Hut Positively Unknown. Bone Identifies Him With A 'michael Scott Of Bid Weary, In The Parish Of Kirkealilv, In Fifesliire, Who, Along With Sir Michael De ‘vemyss, Was Sent To Norway ...
Scott
Scott, Sir Walter, The Fourth Child Of Walter Scott, Writer To The Signet In Edin Burgh, Was Born In Ilea City On Aug. 15. 1771. He Came Of The Old Border Family, The Scotts Of Harden, An Offshoot From The House Of Bncelench. • Though He Matured, Into Nun Or ...
Scottish Language And Literature
Scottish Language And Literature. As The Scots Were Originally Irish Celts Who Settled In The Western Highlands Of Alban, The Phrase " Scottish Language" Ought To Denote, And Did Originally Denote, Ersch, Or Gaelic; But The Gradual Extension Of The Authority Of The Scottish Kings, First Over Their Celtic Neighbors ...
Scottish Music
Scottish Music. Scotland Is Famed For A Class Of National Airs Of A Peculiar Style And Structure, Possessing A Wild, Dignified, Strongly Marked, And Expressive Character. They Are Generally Considered To Be Of Great Antiquity; The Few Notes On Which The Oldest Of Them Turn, And The Character Of The ...
Screw
Screw, One Of The Mechanical Powers (q.v.), Is A Modificatio»,of The Inclined Plane (q.v.). As May Be Shown By Wrapping A Piece Of Paper In The Form Of An Inclined Plane Round A Cylinder. In The Screw, The Spiral Line, Formed By The Length Or Slope Of The Plane, Is ...
Screw Pine
Screw-pine, Pandan718, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Pandanacew, Natives Of The Tropical Parts Of The Cast And Of The South Sea Islands. Many Of Them Are Remark Able For Their Adventitious Roots, With Large Cup-like Spongioles, Which Their Branches Send Down To The Ground, And Which Serve ...
Screw_2
Screw (ante). The Common Screw Indispensable For Carpentry, Fitted With A Coarse Thread For Insertion In Wood. Is Called • The Wood-screw. Machine Screws, Or Otherwise Fine-thread Screws, Are Used In Metals. Screws Were Little Known Or Used Before 1s36, Being Rudely Made By Hand With Imperfect Tools. The Head ...
Scribe
Scribe (lieb, Si R; Gr. Grammatetm, Ivornoclidaskaloo, Amone. The Jews, Originally A Kind Of Military Officer, Whose Business Appears To Have Been Tile Recruiting And Organ Of Troops, The Levying Of Water-taxes, And The Like. At A Later Period, Especially At The Time Of Christ, It Had Come To Designate ...
Sculpture
Sculpture, The Process Of Graving Or Cutting Hard Materials; From The Lat. Sculpo, In Gr. Glyph°. Its Common Application Is To Artistic Carving Or Cutting. Sculpture Is The Art Of Expressing Ideas Or Images In Solid Materials. In This Sense Processes Which Do Not, Strictly Speaking, Involve The Cutting Of ...
Sculptured Stones
Sculptured Stones. In Norway, Denmark, The Isle Of Man, Wales, Ireland, And Scotland, A Class Of Monuments Is To Be Found Decorated With Rude Sculpture, And Belonging To The Early Periods Of Christianity—sometimes, Indeed, Showing The Symbolg Of Paganism In Conjunction With Those Of Christianity. By Far The Most Remarkable ...
Scutari
Scutari (italian Or Levantine Form Of The Turkish A T. Of Asiatic Turkey*, On Tha Eastern Shore Of The Bosporus, Immediately Opposite Constantinople, Of Which It May Be Considered A Suburb. It Is Built On The Sides And Summit Of A Bill. :loping Irregularly Upward From The Water's Edge, And ...
Scylla And Chartivdis
Scylla And Chartivdis. Scylla (gr. S7cullaion), A Rocky Cape On The W. Coast Of S. Italy, Jutting Out Boldly Into The Sea So As To Form A Small Peninsula J.ist At The Northern Enhance To The Straits Of Messina. About The Beginning Of The 5111 C. (n.c.), A Fort Was ...
Scythopolis
Scythop'olis, The Biblical Bethshan Or Bethshean, Belonging To The Tribe Of Manasseh; 2 M, W. Of The Jordan, And 12 M. S. Of The Sea Of Galilee. The Name Sey T:iodolis Is Not Known At The Present Day, But The Ancient Town And Name Are Found In The Modern Beis:tn. ...
Sea Kale
Sea-kale, Crconbe Mmitima ; See Cradibe, A Perennial Plant With Large Roundish Sinuated Sea-green Leaves, Found On The Sea-shores In Various Parts Of Europe, And In Britain. The Blanched Sprouts Have Become A Very Favorite Esculent In Britain, Although As Vet Little Known On The Continent. The Common People, On ...
Sea Serpent
Sea-serpent, The Name Given To Gigantic Animals, Presumedly Of Serpentine Form, Which Are Believed By Many Naturalists To Exist In The Sea-depths, Especially In Tropical Oceans. The Question Of The Existence Of A Sea-serpent Has Long Formed One Of The Knotty Problems Of Zoological Science. But It Seems Reasonable To ...
Sea Sickness
Sea-sickness Is A Variety Of Vomiting Deserving Of Special Notice. It Is Often Preceded By Premonitory Symptoms, Which Appearalmost Immediately After A Suscepti Ble Person Is Exposed To The Motion Of Rolling Water In A Vessel Or Boat, And Are As Dis Tressing As The Vomiting Itself. Amongst These Symptoms ...
Seamen
Seamen Are Technically Those Persons Below The Rank Of Officer., Who Are Employed In Navigating Decked Vessels On The High Seas—men Working On Lakes And Rivers Being Styled " Watermen." Two Opposite Conditions Are Essential To The Well-being Of The Vessel—first, The Absolute Subordination And Perfect Obedience Of The Crew ...
Seamen_2
Seamen (ante), As A Class Supposed To Be Especially Subject To Imposition While On Shore And Subject To Cruel Treatment While At,sea, Arc Protected By Statutes Regulating The Method Of Their Employment, Their Rights As To-pay, Their Treatment While At Sea, And Their Return To This Country After Discharge. Sailors ...
Seasons
Seasons. In The Article Earth The Motions Of The Earth On Which The Changes Of The Seasons Ultimately Depend Are Explained. The Chief Cause Of The Greater Heat Of Summer And Cold Of Winter Is That The Rays Of The Sun Fall More Obliquely On The Earth In The Latter ...
Sebastiani
Sebastiani, Fnancore-honuce-bagnox, Marshal Of France, Was B. Nov. 10, 1772, At Porta D'ampugnano, A Village Near Bastia, In Corsica. He Was The Son Of A Tailor, But His Extreme Vanity Led Him To Declare Himself Of Noble Descent And A Distant Relative Of The Bonapartes. He Entered The Army As ...
Seckendorf
Seckendorf, An Old And Noble Family Of Franconia.—veit Ludwig, 1626-92; B. Near Erlangen;stndied At The Gymnasia Of Coburg In 1638, And At Gotha, Under The Pat Ronage Of Ernest, Duke Of Gotha. In 1643-46 Lie Studied In The University Of Strasbourg, And Traveled In The He Rose Through Successive Grades ...
Seclusion
Seclu'sion (of Tim Insane). This Term Has Recently Been Narrowed So As To Apply To The Removal Of The Violent Insane From The Ordinary Wards And Fellowship Of An Asylum To An Airing Court, Gallery, Or Room So Situate And Furnished That Its Solitary Occupant Can Neither Injure Himself, Nor ...
Second Sight
Second Sight, A Superstition Or Belief Once Common In The Scottish Highlands And Isles, Where It Is Known By The Gaelic Appellation Taibhsearaehd, Signifying A Spectral. Or Shadowy Appearance. Certain Persons, Called Seers Or Wizards, Were Supposed To Pos.. Eess A Supernatural Gift, By Which They Involuntarily Foresaw Future Events, ...
Secretary Falcon Secretary
Secretary, Secretary Falcon, Secretary Bird, Ot Serpent-eater, Gypo Geranue, A Genus Of Birds Of Prey, Which Has Been Variously Placed By Naturalists Among The Falconiche And The Vulturidce, And Has Been Also Constituted Into A Distinct Family, Gypogeranidce. The Legs Are Very Long, As In The Grace, To Which, However, ...