Shot
Shot Is The Term Applied To All Solid Projectiles Fired From Any Sort Of Firearms; Those For Cannon And Carronades Being Of Iron, Those For Small-arms, Of Lead. The Latter Are Known As Bullets And Small-shot. The Shot Used For Guns At Present Vary.from Tho 3-pounder, For Boat And Mountain ...
Showers Of Fishes
Showers Of Fishes Have Occasionally Fallen In Different Parts Of The World, Exciting Great Astonishment. Instances Of This Kind Have Occurred In Britain. A Few Years Since, A Shower Of Small Three-spined Sticklebacks Fell Near Merthyr-tydvil In Wales, Sprinkling The Ground And Honse-top.s Over An Area Of At Least Several ...
Shrew
Shrew, Sorer, A Genus Of Small Quadrupeds Of The Family Sorecide. They Are Often Popularly Confounded With Mice And Rats, But Are Really Very Different, Having Insect. Vorous And Not Rodent Teeth. The Head Is Very Long; The Snout Elongated, Attenuated, And Capable Of Being Moved About; The Eyes Small; ...
Shrewsbury
Shrews'bury, A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough And Market T., The Capital Of Shropshire, Stands On The Severn, By Which It Is Nearly Surrounded. 163 M. N.n.w. Of London By The London And North-western Railway. It Is Irregular In Plan, Contains Many Inferior Houses, Partly Built Of Timber, But Often Of ...
Shunt System Of Riflin9
Shunt System Of Riflin9 Is A Very Ingenious Arrangement For Securing The Accu Rate Centering Of A Projectile Discharged From It •rifled Canon. To Obtain Precision Of Aim And Range, It Is Absolutely Essential That Time Axis Of A Projectile Should, At The Moment Of Discharge, Coincide Exactly With The ...
Sialiese Twins
Si'aliese Twins, A Name Given To Two Youths, Bug And Chang, Born Of Chinese Parents Iu Siam, In 1811, Having Their Bodies United By A Band Of Flesh, Stretchiug From The End Of One Breast-bone To The Same Place In The Opposite Twin. The Survival To Advanced Life Of Such ...
Sialogogues
Sial'ogogues Are Substances Which, By Local Stimulating Action, Increase The Secre Tion Of Saliva. Among The Substances Which Thus Act As Direct Stimulants To The Sali Vary Glands (q.v.). We May Especially Mention Horse-radish Root, Mezereon Bark, And Pellitory Root. Horse-radish Root When Chewed, Produces A Copious Flow Of Saliva, ...
Siberia
Siberia, A Vast Territory In Northern Asia, Belonging To Russia. In England The Name Is Generally Applied To All The Russian Possessions In Asia, With The Exception Of The Transcaucasian And Armenian Provinces. Siberia So Defined Is Bounded On The N. By The Arctic Ocean; On The E. By The ...
Sibyl
Sibyl (gr. Sibulla, According To The Old Derivation From Dias Louie; Doric, Sins Bolla The Will Or Counsel Of God "), The Name Anciently Given To Several Prophetic Women, Whose History, In So Far As They Have Any, Has Come Down To Us In A Wholly Mythical Form, If, Indeed. ...
Sicilian Vespers
Sicilian Vespers, The Name Given To The Massacre Of The French In Sicily, On The Day After Easter (march 30), 1282, The Signal For The Commencement Of Which Was To Be The First Stroke Of The Vesper-bell. In The Articles Naples, Konradin, Manfred, Etc., It Is Related How Charles Of ...
Sicily
Sicily, The Largest, Most Fertile, And Most Populous Island In The Mediterranean Sea, Lies Between Let. 36' 38' And 38° 18' N., And Between Long. 12° 25' And 15° 40' E., And Is Sepa Rated From The Main-land Of Italy By The Strait Of Messina. Its Shape Roughly Resembles A ...
Sidioda
' Sidio'da (lowland), A Harbor Of Japan, At The Southern Extremity Of Cape Idzu, And About 80 At. From Yedo, Opentd To Foreign Commerce By The Americans In 1854. In 1854 The Town Was Nearly Destroyed By At Earthquake. 1,‘ Idle The Harbor Was So Scoured Out That Hardly Any ...
Sidney
Sidney, Sir Philip, The Son Of Sir Henry Sidney, And Mary, Sister To Robert Dud Ley, The Favorite Of Queen Elizabeth, Was B. At Penshnrst, In Kent, On Nov. 29, 1554. "%then 10 Years Old, He Was Sent To School At Shrewsbury, Whence, In 1569, Lie Went To Christ Church, ...
Siege
Siege (fr. A Seat, A Sitting Down) Is The Sitting Of An Army Before A Hostile Town Or Fortress With The Intention Of Capturing It. With Certain Elements, The Success Of A Siege Is Beyond Doubt; The Result Being Merely A Question Of Time. These Elements Are: First, The Force ...
Sienna
Sien'na, A City Of Central Italy, 60 M. S. Of Florence By Railway. Pop. '72, 22,965. It Is Situated On Three Little Hills, Separated From Each Other By Three Valleys, And Higher Than The Other Hills Surrounding Them. Its Climate Is On This Account Very Salubrious, Notwithstanding The Deficiency Of ...
Sigillabia
Sigilla'bia, A Genus Of Fossil Plants Which Are Of Importance Because Of Their Sings Lar Structure, And Their Remarkable Abundance In The Coal Measures. They Seem To Hay. Contributed More Than Any Other Genus Of Plants To The Formation Of Coal. The Roots Of Sigillaria Are Found Preserved In The ...
Sigismund
Sigismund, Emperor Of Germany (1411-37), Was The Son Of The Emperor Karl Iv. He Was Well Educated, And Having Married Maria Of Anjou, On Her Accession To The Throne Of Hungary He Became Chief Administrator Of That Kingdom. The Death Of His Wife In 1392 Made Him King Of Hungary; ...
Sigismund_2
Sigismund, Worthily Surnamed The Great, King Of Poland, Was The Youngest Son Of Casimir Iv. And Was Born At Kozienic6, 1467. He Was Chosen Grand Ifuke Of Lith Uania, 1506, And Succeeded To The Kingdom Of Poland On Dec. 8 Of The Same Year. The Affairs Of Poland And Lithuania ...
Signal Service Of The
Signal Service Of The United States. At The Time Of The Organiza Tion Of The Department Of Meteorology Of The Army Signal Office (see 3ieteonolooy) There Was No General System In Operation For " Simultaneous Meteorology," And The One Ever Since In Use.was Devised And Carried Into Effect By Gen. ...
Signals
Signals Are The Means Of Transmitting Intelligence To A Greater Or Less Distance By The Agency Of Sight Or Hearing. Incomparably The Most Powerful Medium Yet Known For This Purpose Is The Electric Current. See Telegraph. Sound Signals Have Obviously But A Short Circuit. The Electric Current Requires Fixed Apparatus ...
Siiiinuggur Serinagur
Serinagur, Siiiinuggur, Or Cashmere, The Capital Of The Valley Of Cashmere, Stands On Both Sides Of The Jhelum, Which Is Here 100 Yds. Wide. 170 M. N.n.e. Of Lahore. It Is Quaint And Picturesque-looking Almost Beyond Conception. The Streets, Or Rather Narrow Lanes, Lead To The River, And The Houses, ...
Siiimonoseki
Siiimonose'ki, A Sea-port City Of Japan, At The Extreme S. End Of The Province Of Nagato (choshiu), Commanding' The Narrow Straits Of The Same Name; Lat. 33° 56' Ri. Long. 131° E.; Pop. '75; 19,532. It Is The Terminus Of The Great High Road That Traverses' The Entire Main Island, ...
Sikh Wars
Sikh Wars, Two Brief But Desperate Contests Waged Between The British Power In India And The Sikhs In 1845-46, 1848-49, Which Resulted In The Destruction Of The Latter As An Independent Nation. The First Had Its Origin In The Dissensions Which Convulsed The Sikh Country After The Death Of Runjeet ...
Sikhs
Sikhs. The Term Sikh, A Corruption Of The Sanskrit S'ishya, Signifying "disciple," Is Applied To A Community Of Which The Punjab, In Northern India, Constitutes, Sub Stantially, The Confines. Less Commonly, Even Among Themselves, The Members Of This Community Are Also Known As Sikhs (vulgarly Singhs), That Is, "lions," A ...
Silesia
Sile'sia, A Province Of The Kingdom Of Prussia, Included In The Limits Of The German Empire, Lies S. Of The Provinces Of Brandenbure. And Posen, And Is Bounded On The E. By The Polish Provinces Of Russia And Austria, And On The S. And W. By The Austrian Prov Inces ...
Silicand
Silicand The Name Silk Is Derived By The Not Unusual Substitution Of I For R, From Let. Sericum (gr. Serikon), So Called As Coming From The Country Of The Seres Or Chinese. The Sms-wousr Is The Caterpillar Of The Stix-woust Mom, Of Which There Arc Numerous Species Belonging To The ...
Silk Silk And Silk Woiiii
Silk (silk And Silk-woiiii, Ante). There Would Certainly Appear To Have Been No Lack Of Encouragement Of The Silk Industry In The Early Days Of American Colonial His Tory. James 1. Was Enthusimic On This Subject (see D1astwaerunes), And The Colonists Themselves Devoted Much Time And Labor To The Growth ...
Sillcotton
Sillcotton. Under This Name, Various Silky Fibers Are From Time To Time Brought From Tropical Countries In Europe; They Are All Of The Same General Character, And Are Produced By The Trees Composing The Genus Bombax And Other Genera •recently Separated From Bon5a.r, Of The Natural Order Slerculiarem, Known As ...
Silturide
Silturide, A Family Of Malaeopterous Fishes, Divided Into Many Genera, And Induct. Ing A Great Number Of Species, Mostly Inhabitants Of The Hikes And Rivers Of Warm Coun Tries. V The Siloridw Exhibit Great Diversity Of Form. Their Skin Is Generally Naked, But Some Have A Row Of Bony Plates ...
Silurian Rocks
Silurian Rocks (ante). The Lower Silurian In North America Embrace, I. The Primordial, Or Cambrian Period, Which Again Embraces The Acadian And The Potsdam Epochs. Ii. Canadian Period, Which Embraces The Calciferous, The Quebec, And The Chazy Epochs. Iii. Trenton Period, Embracing The Trenton, Utica, And Hudson Ricer Epochs. The ...
Silver
Silver (ante). The Great Silver-mining Industry Of The United States Had No Exist Ence Before 1860. While, Before That Date, It Was Well Known That A Few Ounces Of Silver Could Be Extracted From A Ton Of Almost Any Of Thearneriean Galena Ores; And While Silver In Combination Lead Had ...
Silver
Silver (syrali. Ag, Equiv. 108, Sp. Gr. 10.z3) Is A Metal Which. In Its Compact State, Is Of A Brilliant White Color, Possesses The Metallic Luster To A Remarkable Degree, Is Capa Ble Of Being Highly Polished, And Evolves Is Clear Ringing Sound When Struck. It Is Harder Than Gold, ...
Simonides
Simo'nides, A Celebrated Greek Lyric Poet, Was Born At Inds, In The Island Of Ceos, In The Year 556 B.c., And Educated Probably With A View To Making Music And Poetry A Profession. He Left Ids Native Island On The Invitation Of Hipparcrius, Who, By Means Of Great Rewards, Induced ...
Simony
Simony, In English Law, Is The Corruptpresentation Of Any One To An Ecclesiastical Benefice For Gift Money Or Reward, And Is So Called From Its Resemblance To The Sin Of Simon Magus. In The Canon Law It Was Congidered A Heinous Crime, And A Kind Of Heresy. As The Canonical ...
Simpson
Simpson, Sir .james Youno, Was H. At Batligate, In 1811. He Early Showed Ti Peculiar Talent For Medical Observation And Research; And In The Prosecution Of His Professional Studies At The University Of Edinburgh, So Attracted The Notice Of His Teachers As To Inspire All Of Them With An Active ...
Sinaitic Codex
Sinaitic Codex,, A Very Valuable Biblical Manuscript, Discovered In 1859 By Tisehendorf In The Convent On Mount Sinai, And Presented By The Monks To The Russian Emperor Alexander Ii. A Part Of It Had Been Consumed In Lighting Fires, But There Still Remained 380 Leuyes, Containing It Large Part Of ...
Sinclair
Sinclair, Sir John, An Eminent Agricultural Improver, And Patriotic Scottish Gentle Man,. Was B. At Thurso Castle In 1754. He Represented The Sinclairs Of Ulbstcr, A Branch Of The Noble House Of Caithness. After A Careful Education, Completed At Oxford, He Studied Law, And Was Admitteded A Member Of Both ...
Sinde
Sinde, An Extensive Province Of British India, Lies In The Extreme W. Of That Territory, And Is Bounded On The Il By Beloochistan And The Punjab. C. By Llajmitima, W. By Beloo Chistan, And S. By The Arabian Sea And The Great Western Minn, An Extensive Lacustrine Inlet Which Separates ...
Sindia
Sindia, The Name Of A Powerful Family Of Mahratta Chiefs And Princes. Which Occu Pies A Conspicuous Place In The History'of India During The 18th And 19th Centuries. The Founder Of The Family Was Ranojee Sindia, A Sudra Of The Iambi ("cultivator") Tribe, Who From A Menial Station In The ...
Singapore
Singapore', One-of The Straits Settlements (q.v.), Belonging To Great Britain, Consists Of An Island Lying Off The S. Extremity Of The Peninsula Of Malacca, In Lat. About 1° 17' N., Long. 103' 50= E., And Having A City Of The Same Name On Its S. Side. The Island Is 25 ...
Singing
Singing, The Art Of Producing Music From The Human Voice, Generally, Though Not Necessarily, Combined With Speech. The Mechanism Of The Vocal Organs, As Applicable To Singing, Has By Some Physiologists Been Likened To A Reed, By Others To A Stringed Instrument, In Point Of Fact, The Human Voice Is ...
Sinus
Sinus (let. A Bend Or Hollow) Has Two Significations In Antdomy, And One In Surgery. The Cells Or Cavities Contained In Certain Bones—as The Frontal, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, And Superior Maxillary—receive This Desiguation. The Frontal Sinuses Are Two Irregular Cavities Extending Upward And Onward, From Their Openings On Each Side Of ...
Sioux
Sioux (ante), Or Dakotas, A Race Or Collection Of Indians, Inhabiting Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming. Etc. Comprising The Santees. Yanktons, Minikonges, Brules, Sis Setons, Unkpapas, Ogulaliahs, Aldewakantons, Wahpetons, And Tetons. When Found By The French In 1640, Near The Head-waters Of The Mississippi, They Were Called The Nadowessioux, Whence The Name ...
Sipunculus
Sipun'culus, A Genus Of Echinodemnata, Giving Its Name To A Family, Mpuncsdacee, And To An Order, Sipunculide. The Sipunculide, Although Ranked Among The Radieke, And Having The Essential Characters Of That Division Of The Animal Kingdom, Resemble The Annelida In Form, General Appearance, Motions, And Habits, As Well As In ...
Sirene
Sirene, An Instrument For The Production Of Musical Sounds In Such A Manner As To Enable Us To Discover Their Ultimate Nature. In The Simplest Form Of Sirene A Vane Con Sisting Of Four Equal Plates, Attached To A Delicately Supported Axle, Is So Fixed In A Metal Tube As ...
Sirius
Sirius, Otherwise Called Eanicula, Or The Dog-star, Is A Star Of The First Magnitude, The Brightest In The Heavens, And Is Situated In The Constellation Of Cards Major, Or The "great Dog." It Is About 123 Billions Of Miles Distant From The Earth. See Stars. It Has Long Been Known ...
Sisterhoods
Sisterhoods, In The Roman Catholic Church, Began In The 4th Century. Slowly At First, But With Great And Rapid Increase In The 17th And 18th Centuries, They Became The Right Arms Of Charity, And At Last Organized Bulwarks For The Preservation And Propagation Of The Church Faith By Assuming The ...
Sixtus
Sixtus, The Name Of Five Popes, Of Whom Two Call For Particular Notice, Sixtus Iv. And Sixtus V. The Former (originally Named Francesco Della Rovere), B. July 22, 1414, Was A Native Of A Small Village Near Savona, And A Member Of A Very Humble Family. He Was A Scholar ...
Skate
Skate, The Popular Name Of Several Species Of Ray Common Skate (raja Batis), Known In Scotland As The Blue Skate Or Gray Skate, And In The South Of England As The Tinker, Isplentiful On Most Parts Of The British Coasts; The Breadth Of The Body Is To Its Length In ...
Skehryvore
Skehryvore Is The Chief Rock Of A Reef Which Lies About 10 M, S.s.w. Of The S.w. Point Of The Island Of Tiree (q.v.), And 24 M, W. Of Iona. This Reef, Which Stretches From 8 To 10 In. In A W.s.w. Direction, Is Composed To Compact Gneiss, Worn Smooth ...
Skeleton
Skeleton (ante). The Chemical Composition, Structure Of Hone And Cartilage, And Their Relations, Will Be Found In The Articles Bone, Cartilage, Ossification, And Seele ,ton, Ante. The Human Skeleton Is Composed Of 200 Distinct Bones, Exclusive Of The 32 Teeth And The Three Ossicles In Each Tympanum. See Ear, Ante. ...
Skeleton
Skeleton (gr. Skeletos, Dry) Is The Term Applied In Anatomy To Designate The Hard Parts Or Frame-work Of Animals. In The Invertebrate Animals The Skeleton, Except In The Case Of Certain Corals, Is Tegumentary Or Dermal, Forming The Outer Hard And Protective Cov Ering, As In The Eekinodermata, Mollasea, And ...
Skelton
Skelton, Jolts, An Early English Satirical Poet, Is Supposed To Have Been Born About The Year 1460, But Whether In Norfolk Or Cumberland Is Uncertain. He Studied At Both Cambridge And Oxford, And Received From Each The Academical Honor Of Laureate. His Sovereign, Henry Vii, Appointed Him Tutor To The ...
Skim
Skim. Considered In Its General Physiological And Histological (or Textural) Relations, The Skin Is Merely A Part Of The Great. Mucous. System To Which The Mucous Membrane And Secreting Glands Also Belong, And Which Consists Of Two Essential Elements—a Base Ment Tissue, Composed Of Simple Cutaneous Membrane, And An Epithelium ...
Skimmer
Skimmer, A Name Applied- To Several Species Of The Genus /lip/chaps Of The Gull ' Family (lridte, Q.v.). The Genus Has The Following Characteristics: Bill Longer Than The Head, Nearly-or Quite Straight, Compressed To The End. Lower Mandible Nearly One Inch Longer Than The Upper, And Square At The Point. ...
Skull
Skull. The Skull Is Divided Into Two Part's, The Cranium And The Face. In Human Anatomy, It Is Customary To Describe The Former As Consisting Of 8 And The Latter Of 14 Bones; The 8 Cranial Bones, Which Constitute The Twain-case. Being The Oceipita/, Two Parie 1(4 Frontal, Two Temporal, ...
Skullcap
Skullcap, A Genus (scutellaria) Of Herbs Of The Mint Family (labiate). The Generic Characters Are: Calyx Bell-shaped When In Flower, Two-lipped, The Upper Lip With A Helmet Like Appendage; Calyx Splitting At The Base At Maturity, The Upper Lip Usually Falling Away; Corolla Having An Elongated Curved Ascending Tube, Dilated ...
Skunk
Skunk, Mephitis, A Genus Of Quadrupeds Of 1116 Weasel Family (innstelithr), Hut Departing Very Considerably From The Typical Characters Of That Family, And Approaching To The Badgers And Gluttons In General Appearance, In Habits, In The Lengthened Claws Of The Fore-feet. In The Plantigrade Hind-feet, And In Some Of The ...
Skunk Cabbage
Skunk Cabbage, Sometimes Called Dracontium, And By The Stinkende Dracheatourzel. It Is The Symplompus Fatklus, A Plant Belonging To The Arum Family, Growing In Bogs And Moist Ground In Many Parts Of North America. It Blossoms In April And May. • The Spathe, Which Precedes The Leaves, Is Hooded, Shell ...
Slang
Slang, A Word Originally Borrowed From The Gypsy Tongue, Where It Is Used For The Secret Language Of That Tribe. In Its Usual Signification It Denotes A Burlesque Style Of Conversational Language, Originally Found Only Among The Vulgar, But Now More Or Less In Use In This Country Among Persons ...
Slate
Slate, Olt Clay-slate (fr. Celat, A Shiver Or Splinter), Is A Highly Metamorphosed Argillaceous Rock. Fine-grained And Fissile, And Of A Dull Blue, Gray, Green, Or Black Color. It Splits Into Thin Dentine Or Plates, That Are Altogether Independent Of The Lavers Pf Deposit; Though Sometimes Ceinciding With Them, They ...
Slate Ite
Ite, Slate, Etc.), The Following General Remarks May Be Added Here. The Desirable Properties In A Building-stone Are, That It Should Be Compact, Insoluble In Water, Not Easily Altered By The Atmosphere, And Not Liable To Take On A Vegetable Coating. These Qualities Depend Upon Its Chemical Composition And On ...
Slavery
Slavery (ante). In 1776 There Had Been About 300,000 Africans Imported Into The _ British Colonies In America, From The Time Of Their First Settlement. The Number Exist Ing In The United States, According To The First Census, 1790, Was 697,897; Every State In The Union Contributing Except Massachusetts, Which ...
Slavery
Slavery. A Slave Is An Individual Who Is The Property, Or At The Disposal Of Another, Who Has A Right To Employ Or Treat Him As He Pleases. Such Is The State Of The Slave In The Most Absolute Sense Of The Term; But Slavery Has Been Subjected To Innumer ...
Slavi0 Language And Literature
Sla'vi0 Language And Literature, The Term Slavic, As Applied To Language Or Race, Is A Generic Name (like Celtic Or Teutonic) For A Group Of Kindred Languages And Peoples Belonging To The Great Indo-germanic Or Aryan Family. In Its Roots And Struc Ture The Slavic Language Exhibits A Remarkable Similarity ...
Sleep
Sleep. This Term Is Employed To Designate That State Of Suspension Of The Sensory And Motor Functions Which Appear To Alternate In All Animals With The Active Condition Of Those Functions, And Which May Be Made To Give Place To It By The Agency Of Appro Priate Impressions Upon The ...
Sleswick
Sles'wick, A Duchy Known Till The 14th C As South Jutland, Formed Part Of The Danish Dominions Till 1864, When It Fell Into The Hands Of The Austrian And Prussian Sovereigns. In Terms Of Tire Treaty Of 1867 It Was Incorporated With Prussia. The Pop. In 1s64 Was 400,480. Within ...
Slfhium
' S[lfhium, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Order Composite'. Generic Characteris Tics: Heads Many-flowered, Radiate; Rays Numerous, Pistillate And Fertile; Ovaries In Two Or Three Rows; Disk Flowers Apparently Perfect, But With Undivided Style And Sterile; Scales Of The Broad And Flattish Involuere Imbricated In Several Rows, Broad, ...
Sliding Rule
Sliding Rule, An Instrument Invented By The Rev. William Oughtred, An English Divine And Mathematician, For The Purpose Of Solving Arithmetical Problems Mechani Cally, Consists Of Three Pieces Of Wood, Of Which Two Are Fastened Together By-slips Of Brass At A Sufficient Distance From Each Other To Permit Of A ...
Sligo
Sligo, A Maritime Co. Of The Province Of Connaught, Ireland, Bounded On The N. By The Atlantic And The Bay Of Donegal, S. By Roscommon And Mayo, E. By Roscommon And Leitrim, And W. By Mayo. It Is 41 M. From E. To W., And 38 From D. To S.; ...
Slim
Slim I=i„ Sultan Of Turkey, The Only Son$of Mustapha Iii., Was B. Dcc. 14, 1761, And Ascended The Throne On The Death Of His Uncle, Abdul-h•mid. In 1789. Seeing Clearly The Causes Of The Decadence Of The Empire, And The Proper Remedies, He Inaugu Rated A Policy Of Renovation And ...
Sloane
Sloane, Sir }lans, An Eminent Physician And Naturalist, Of Scotch Parentage, His Father Having Been The Chief Of The Scottish Colony Which Was Settled In Ulster By James I. Of Great Britain, Was Born At Killyleagh, In County Down, Ireland, Apr11 16, 1660. He Devoted Himself During His Boyhood To ...
Sloth
Sloth, Bradypus, A Genus Of Mammalia, Of The Order Edentata, And Family Tardigrada. The Name Was Given From Observation Of The Very Slow And Awkward Movements Of The Animals Of This Genus On The Ground; But A Better Acquaintance With Their Habits, And Observation Of Their Movements Among The Branches ...
Small Debts
Small Debts Is A Phrase Current In Scotland To Denote Debts Under £12, Rectivera Ble In The Sheriff Court. See Sheriff. In England The Same Debts Are Recoverable In The County Court (q.v.). Or Variola, Is One Of The Most Formidable Of The Class Of Febrile Diseases Known As The ...
Smeaton
Smeaton, Joirs, An Eminent Civil Engineer, Was B. At Austhorpe, Near Leeds, In 1724, And Early Showed A Bent Toward Mechanical Pursuits. At The Age Of 15, He Had Constructed A Machine For Rose•engine Turning. About 1750, He Removed To London, To Commence Business As A Mathematical Instrument Maker; But ...