Sphinx
Sphinx, A Greek Word, Signifying The Squeezer Or Strangler, Applied To Certain Symbolical Forms Of Egyptian Origin, Having The Body Of A Lion, A Human Or An Ani Mal Head, And Two Wings Attached To The Sides. Various Other Combinations Of Animal Forms Have Been Called By This Name, Although ...
Sphygmograph
Sphygmograph, An Instrument By Which We Ascertain, And Permanently Record, The Form, Force, And Frequency Of The Pulse-beat, And The Changes Which That Beat Undergoes In Certain Morbid States. This Instrument Consists Of Two Essential Parts: (1) Of Two Levers, One Of Which Is So Delicately Adjusted On The Vessel ...
Spider
Spider, Aranea, A Linntean Genus, Now Divided Not Only Into Man., Genera, But Into Many Families, And Constituting A Section (araneida) Of The Class Aracisnida, And Order Pulatonaria. The Species Are Very Numerous, And Are Found In All Parts Of The World, But Most Abundantly In Tropical Countries, Which Also ...
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord On Marrow, The Structure And Function's Of, The Spinal Cord Is That Elongated Part Of The Cerebrospinal Axis (see Systzm) Which Is Con Tained In The Spinal Canal From The Foramen Magnum, At The Base Of The Skull, Superiorly, To The First Or Second Lumbar Vertebra Inferiorly, Where ...
Spinning
Spinning Is The Art Of Combining Animal And Vegetable Fibers Into Continuous Threads Fit For The Processes Of Weaving, Sewing, Or The Most Primitive Spinning Apparatus Is The Spindle And Distaff, Representations Of Whichare To Be Seen On The Earl Iest. Egyptian Monuments. The Distaff Was A Stick Or Staff ...
Spiral Vessels
Spiral Vessels Are Those Very Delicate Air-tubes In The Cellular Tissue Of Plants Which Run Unbranched Through The Different Parts Of The Plant, And Whose Walls Are Composed Of Fibers Spirally Or Circularly Twined. Spiral Vessels Are Eitherfree,when Their Windings Are Unconnected With Each Other, Or When The Windings Are ...
Spire
Spire, A Acute Pyramidal Roof In Common Use Over The Towers Of Churches. The History Of Spires Is Somewhat Obscure, But There Is No Doubt That The Earliest Exam Ples Of Anything Of The Kind Arc The Pyramidal Roofs Of The Turrets Of Norman Date. Those Of St. Peter's, Oxford, ...
Spirima
Spirima., A Genus Of Polythamous, Decapodous, Dibranchiate Cephalopods, Com Prising Three Species, And Constituting Prof. Owen's Family, Spirnlida, In Which The Internal Skeleton Is In The Form Of A Nacreous, Discoidal Shell, The Whorls Of Which Are Not In Contact With One Another, And Which Are Divided Into A Series ...
Spiritualism
Spiritualism, Under The Head Of Animal Magnetism, An Account Is Given, From The Skeptical Point Of View. Of Some Of Those Mysterious Phenomena Which, Under The Name Of Modern Spiritualism, Have Recently Attracted So Much Public Attention. It Is Proposed Here To Give A More Complete Account Of These Phenomena ...
Spithead Forts
Spithead Forts. The Troubled State Of European Politics Which Gave Rise In 1859 To The Volunteer Movement, Led Also The Recommendation Of An Extensive Plan Of Defenses For The Arsenals And Coast. A Board Of Commissioners Drew Up A Scheme For These Defenses, To Cost About £5,000.000, Of Which A ...
Spitzbergen
Spitzbergen, A Group Of Islands In The Arctic Ocean, In Lat. 76* 30'-80° 40' N., And Long. 9°-22' E„ Lies 300 M. N. Of Scandinavia, And 325 E. Of Greenland. The Group, Which Is Estimated To Contain About 30,000 English Sq.m., Is Composed Of Three Large And Several Small Islands. ...
Splints
Splints, Iu Surgery, Are Certain Mechanical Contrivances For Keeping A Fractured Limb In Its Proper Position, And For Preventing Any Motion Of The Fractured Ends: They Are Also Employed For Securing Perfect Immobility Of The Parts To Which They Are Applied Ill Other Eases, As In Diseased Joints, After Resection ...
Spoes
Spoes (ant:). Ths Of Shoes Was One Of The Earliest Industries Introduced Into The American Colonies, The Town Of Lyun, Mass., Being Noted For Its Practice From The Time Of The Hindial. Of The Pilgrims. A Letter From London, Dated In 1629, Refers To The Sending Of " On Board ...
Spohr
Spohr, Lunwin, An Eminent German Musical Composer And Violinist, On Of A Physi Cian Of Brunswick, Was B. In That Town In 1784. He Began His Violin Studies In Boy Hood; At The Age Of 12 Lie Played A Violin Concerto Of His Own At The Court Of Brunswick; And ...
Sponge
Sponge, Sporgia, A Genus Which Originally Included All The Numerous Genera And Species Of The Family Spongiada, All Of Which Are Still Commonly Spoken Of By Natural Ists As Sponges, Although In Its More Popular Sense That Term Is Limited To A Few Kinds, Or To Their Fibrous Framework. The ...
Spontaneity
Spontaneity. The Name For The Doctrine, Referring To The Human Mind, That Mus Cular Action May, And Does, Arise From Purely Internal Causes, And Independent Of Tho Stimulus Of It Had Long Been The Tacit Assumption In Mental Philosophy, That We Are Never Moved To Action Of Any Kind, Except ...
Spontaneous Combustion
Spontaneous Combustion Is A Phenomenon That Occasionally Manifests Itself In Mineral And Organic Substances. The Facts Connected With The Spontaneous Ignition Of Mineral Substances Arc Well Known To Chemists, And Some Of Them Have Been Already Described In The Article Phyrophorus (q.v.). Ordinary Charcoal Does Not Undergo Com Bustion In ...
Spontaneous Combustion Of The
Spontaneous Combustion Of The Human Body. In Medico-legal Works, Cases Are Recorded, Generally Of A Somewhat Ancient Date, In Which It Was Supposed That The Body Was Either Spontaneously Consumed By Inward Combustion, Or Acquired Such Extra Ordinary Combustible Properties As To Be Consumed When Brought Into Contact With Fire. ...
Spoonbill
Spoonbill, Platalea, A Genus Of Birds Of The Heron Family (ardeidtr), Much Resem Bling Storks Both In Their Structure And Their Habits, But Distinguished By The Remarkable Form Of The Bill, Which Is Long, Flat, Broad Throughout Its Whole Length, And Much Dilated In A Spoon-like Form At The Tip. ...
Spore
Spore, In Botany, May Be Called The Seed Of A Eryptcgamotts Plant. As It Serves The Same Purpose Of Reproduction Es The Seed Of A Phanerogamous Ar Flowering Plant, And After Ramaining For A Time In A State Of Rest, Is Developed Into A New Plant On The Occurrence Of ...
Sports
Sports, Boon Of, The Name Popularly Given To A Declaration Issued By James I. Of England In 1618, To Signify His Pleasure That On Sundays, After Divine Service, "no Lawful Recreation Should Be Barred To His Good People, Which Should Not Tend To The Breach Of The Laws Of His ...
Spottiswood
Spottiswood, Jonx, Archbishop Of St. Andrews, Son Of John Spottiswood,super Intendent Of Lothian, Was Horn In The Year 1565. He Was Educated At The University Of Glasgow, And On His Father's Death, Succeeded Him As Parson Of Calder. In 1601, He Attended The Duke Of Lennox As Chaplain, When That ...
Sprain
Sprain. A Sprain Or Strain Is A Term Employed In Surgery To Designate P Violent Stretching Of Tendinous Or Ligansentous..pui:rts With Or Without Rupture Of Sqlne 'of .their Fibers. Srnins Are Very Frequent In All‘thei Joints Of Especially In The Wrist And The Articulations Of The Thutlib.* In Glecauxver Extfitmity-thc ...
Sprat
Sprat, Harengula Sprattus, Formerly Clupea Sprattus, A Fish Of The Family Elupenm Very Abundant On Many Parts Of The British Coast, And Elsewhere In The Northern Parts Of The Atlantic. It Is Smaller Than The Herring, Being Only About Six Inches In Length When Foil Grown, But Much Resembles It. ...
Spring
Spring, A Stream Of Water Issuing From The Earth. The Source Of Springs Is The Rain And Snow That Falls From The Clouds. Very Little Of The Water Precipitated In Any District Finds Its Way Immediately By Rivers To The Sea; The Great Proportion Is Either Evaporated From The Surface ...
Spring Balance
Spring-balance, Tne, For Determining The Weight Of Bodies, Consists Of A Spring In The Form Of A Eyiindrical Coil, Through Wilidh Passes Freely A Graduated Bar, Having A Hook Attached To Its Under End, And A Plate To Its Upper. The Spring Is Inclosed Iu An Oblong Or Cylindrical Box, ...
Springbok
Springbok, Antilope Euchore, Or Antidoreas Euchore, A Species Of Antelope, Nearly Allied To The Gazelles, Very Abundant In South Africa. It Is An Extremely Beautiful Creature, Of Graceful Form And Fine Colors. It Is Larger Than The Roebuck, And Its Neck And Limbs Much Longer And More Delicate. The General ...
Springfield
Springfield (ante), A City And Co. Seat Of Hampden Co., Mass., Is The Junction Of The New Haven, Hartford And Springfield, The Boston And Albany, The Connecticut River, The New York And New England, The Springfield And New London, And The Springfield And North-eastern Railroads; 138 M. N,n.e. Of New ...
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Spuyten Duyvil Creek, The Channel Throu2.11 Which The Hudson River Passes Into The Harlem River, And Thence Into Long Island Sound. Its S. Margin Is The N. Shore Of Manhattan Island, And It Is Included Within The Limits Of New York City. Being Nar Row And Subject To Sudden Flaws ...
Square And Square Root
Square And Square Root Are Particular Cases Of Involution And Evolution (q.v.), In Which The Second Power And Root Are Alone Involved. The Process By Which The Square Root Of A Number Is Obtained Resembles Division, Differing Only By The Circumstance That The Divisor Is Changed At Each Successive Step. ...
Squill
Squill, Scilla, A Genus Of Bulbous-rooted Plants Of The Natural Order Liliacem, Nearly Allied To Hyacinths, Onions, Etc., And Having A Spreading Perianth, Stamens Shorter Than The Perianth, Smooth Filaments, A 3-partedovary, And A 3-cornered Capsule With Three Many-ceded Cells, Many Of The Species Are Plants Of Humble Growth, With ...
Squirrel
Squirrel, A Linnrean Genus Of Rodent Quadrupeds, Now The Family Scinrithr. They Belong To The Section Of Rodentia Having Perfect Clavicles, And Are Farther Charac Terized By Bushy Tail: The Fore-paws Furnished With Four Toes, Which Have Curved Claws, And A Tubercular Thumb; The Hind-legs Long, Their Feet With Five ...
Stability And
Stability And 'i/stability. When A Body Rests Upon A Sprface In Such A Man Ner That A Vertical Lrom Its Center Of Gravity Falls Within The Largest Polygon Which Can Be Formed By Joining The Various Points Of Contact Of Base And Surface, It Will Stand; But If The Contrary ...
Staff
Staff, In A Military Sense, Consists Of A Body Of Skilled Officers, Whose Duty It Is To Combine Anal Give Vitality To The Movements And Mechanical Action Of The Several Regi Ments And Drilled Bodies Composing The Force. The Distinction Between An Officer On The Staff Of An Army And ...
Stairens
Stairens Are Those Parts In The Flowers Of Phanerogamous Plants Which Excite The Pistil To The Formation Of The Fruit, And Thus Effect Fertilization Or Fecundation (q.v.). A Stamen Consists Of A Receptacle—the Anther ; Which Contains A Dust—the Pollen—various In Color, But Generally Yellow, And Is Generally Supported On ...
Stalactites And Stalagmites
Stalactites And Stalagmites Are Found In Caves And Other Places Where Water Charged With Carbonate Of Lime Is Subject To Evaporation. Water Impregnated With Car Bonic Acid Is Able To Dissolve Lime, And As All Rain And Surface Water Contains More Or Less Carbonic Acid, It Takes Up In Its ...
Stammering And Defective Speech
Stammering And Defective Speech. Stammering Is An Affection Of The Vocal And Enunciative Organs, Causing A Hesitancy And Difficulty Of Utterance, And Respecting The Nature And The Origin Of Which A Variety Of Different Opinions Has Been Entertained. Stammerers Themselves Often Attribute The Varying Conditions Of Their Impediment To Causes ...
Stamping Of Metals
Stamping Of Metals. There Are Different Kinds Of Stamping. The Plan Adopted For Producing Coins Or Medals Is Described Under Mint, And The Preparation Of The Dies Used, Under Die-sinkino. For The Ordinary Stamped Brass-work, So Extensively Made In Birmingham, A Stamping-machine Is Employed, Of Which The Essential Parts Are ...
Standard
Standard. In Its Widest Sense, A Standard Is A Flag Or Ensign Under Which Men Are United For Some Common Purpose. The Use Of The Standard As A Rallying-point Iu Battle Takes Us Back To Remote Ages. The Jewish Army Was Marshaled With The Aid Of Standard: Belonging To The ...
Standing Stones
Standing Stones. Large Rude Unhewn Blocks Of Stone, Artificially Raised To An Erect Position At Some Remote Period, Have Been Found In Almost Every Part Of The World Where Man Has Fixed His Habitation. We Find Them In Britain, In Continental Eurtipe, Iu Assyria, India, Persia, And Even In Mexico. ...
Stanhope
Stanhope. Lady Eiesten. Lucy, The Eldest Daughter Of Charles. Third Earl Stanhope, And His Wife Hester, Daughter Of The Great Lord Chatham, Was B. Mar. 12, 1776. She Grew Up To Be A Woman Of Great Personal Charm, And Of Unusual Force And Originality Of Character. Very Early She Went ...
Stanley
Stanley, The Very Rev. Artiier Penrryn, D.d., An Eminent Scholar And Divine Of The Church Of England, Is The Son Of The Late Edward Stanley, D.d., Bishop Of Nor Wich, And Nephew Of The Late Bird Stanley Of Alderley. He Was Born Dec. 13, 1815, While His Father Was Rector ...
Stanley_2
Stanley, The Right Hon. Edward Henry Smith, Now Earl Of Derby, An Eminent English Statesman, Eldest Son Of The Fourteenth Earl Of Derby (q.v.), Was Born At The Family-seat, Knowsley Park, Lancashire, July 21, 1826; Was Educated At Rugby, And At Trinity College, Cambridge, Where He Concluded A Distinguished University ...
Stannaries
Stannaries (lat. Stannum, Tin), The Mines From Which Tin Is Dug. The.term Is Most Generally Used With Reference To The Peculiar Laws And Usages Of Tin Mines Iu The Counties Of Cornwall And Devon. By An Early Usage Peculiar To These Counties, The Prerogative Of The Crown, Elsewhere Reaching Only ...
Staple
Staple (ang.-sax. Etapel, A Prop, Support; A Heap, And Hence A Place Where Goods Are Stored Up Or Exposed For Sale), A Term Applied, In The Commerce Of The Middle Ages, In The First Instance, To The Towns In Which The Chief Products Of A Country Were Sold, And Afterward ...
Star Fish
Star-fish, Asteriada, A Family Of Echinodermata (q.v.) Having In The Center Of The Body A Stomach With Only One Aperture, But Extending, By Two Much-branched Caeca, Into Each Of The Rays Into Which The Body Is Divided. In Some The Central Disk Extends So As To Include The Rays, So ...
Starling
Starling, Stumm, A Linnman Genus Of Birds Of The Order Insessores; Now The Fam• Ily Sturaidx; Nearly Allied To Cornidee, But In General Of Smaller Size; The Bill More Slen Der And Compressed, Its Point Nail-like; The Wings Long And Pointed. They Are Natives Of Almost All Parts Of The ...
Stars
Stars Are Distinguished From Planets By Remaining Apparently Immovable With Re Spect To One Another, And Hence They Were Early Called Fixed Stars, A Name Which They Still Retain, Although Their Perfect Fixity Has Been Completely Disproved In Numerous Cases, And Is No Longer Believed In Regard To Any. Twinkling, ...
States Evidence
States Evidence, A Term In Common Use To Describe The Testimony Of An Accom Plice In A Crime Against The Other Principals, Given Under An Agreement, Expressed Or Understood, With The Prosecuting Officer, That The Informer Shall Go Unpunished In Con Sideration Of His Aid To The State. Such Evidence ...
Statics
Statics (gr. Root Sta, To Stand), The Science Of The Equilibrium Or Balancing Of Forces; On A Body Or System Of Bodies, Has Gradually Advanced From The Days Of Archimedes To The Vast Developments It Has Now Acquired. Singularly Enough, Though Most Of Its Simpler Theorems Are Very Generally Known, ...
Stations
Stations (lat. Statio), A Name Applied In The Roman Catholic Church To Certain Places Reputed Of Special Sanctity, Which Are Appointed To Be Visited As Places Of Prayer. The Name Is Particularly Applied In This Sense To Certain Churches In The City Of Rome, Which, From An Early Period, Have ...
Statistics
Statistics, That Branch Of Political Science Which Has For Its Object The Collecting And Arranging Of Facts Bearing On The Condition, Social, Moral, And Material, Of A People. The Word Statistics Was First Employed In The Middle Of Last Century By Prof. Achenwall Of Gottingen, Who May Be Considered The ...
Steam
Steam. Steam Is Water In The Gaseous Form (see Heat) When Dry, It Is Invisible And Transparent, Like Air, And Is Not To Be Confounded With Vapor, Which Is Steam' Returned To The State Of Water, And Thus Become Visible—water-dust, As It Were. As Steam Has Become The Most Important ...
Steam 17aticiati077
Steam-17aticiati077. When Once Steam Was Known As A Moving Power, Its Ap Plication To Navigation Was Obvious Enough: It Was Even To This Purpose That The First Attempt Was Made To Apply It At All—that Of Blasco De Garay—namely, In The Harbor Of Barcelona In 1543. Sec Steam-engine. The Only ...
Steam Carriage
Steam-carriage. Very Early In The History, Of Steam-locomotion, Projects Were Formed For Running Steam-earriages On Common Roads—not To Draw A Train Of Vehi Cles After Them, But Each Carriage To Have Passenger-accommodation As Well As Steam Power. Robison Suggested Such A Thing To Watt So Far Back As 1759. A ...
Steam Crane
Steam-crane. The Application Of Steam To The Working Of Cranes Was An Obvious One, And Is Now Universal Where Much Hoisting Work Has To Be Done; It Not Only Effects A Great Saving In Labor, But Causes The Work To Be Much More Quickly Done, A Consider. Anon Quite As ...
Steam Engine
Steam-engine. Steam-engines, In Their Infancy, Were Known As "fire" (that Is, Heat) Engines;. And In Point Of Fact Thi Older Term Is The More Correct, Because The Water Or Steam Is Only Used As A Convenient Medium Through Which The Form Of Energy Which We Call Heat Is Made To ...
Steam Pump
Steam Pump. The Simplest Steam Pump Is The Siphon Pump, Which Acts Upon The Principle Of The Tromp (q.v.), Except That The Motion Of Steam Causes The Motion Of The Water, While In The Tromp The Motion Of The Water Propels The Air. A Tube Through Which The Steam Is ...
Stearic Acid And
Stea'ric Acid And Btearine. The Composition Of Stearic Acid Is Represented By The Formula Ho; This Acid Beingone Of The Solid Fatty Acids Represented By The General Formula C„11,0,,110. It Exists As A Glyceride (stearine) Iu Most Fats, And Is Especially Abundant In The More Solid Kin•ls, Sack As Mutton-seet. ...
Steele
Steele, Sir Richard, Was Born In Dublin In The Year 1671. His Father, Who Held The )ffice Of Secretary To The Duke Of Ormond, Was Of An English Family, But His Mother Was Yrish; And The Son Appears To Have Inherited From Her The Impulsive Ardor, Tenderness, Bright Fancy, And ...
Steeple Chase
Steeple-chase. This Singularierm Is Used To Designate A Kind Of Horse-race, Run Not On A Prepared Course, But Across Fields, Hedges, Ditches, And Obstacles Of Every Kind That May Happen To Be Iu The Way. The Name And Practice Are Said To Have Both Originated In A Party Of Unsuccessful ...
Steering Apparatus
Steering Apparatus, In Antiquity, Was Always Of One Or Usually Two Long Gil's, The Rudder And Helm Having Probably Been Invented By The Scandinavians, As All The Words Descriptive Of Their Parts Are Old Components Of Our Language. A Rudder With Tiller Is Found On A Seal As Early As ...
Step11e1mm
Step:1.1e1mm, Bonner, Only Son Of George Stephenson. Was B. On Oct. 16. 1803. 'hen A Boy He Attended A School In Newcastle. In 1820 His Father's Improving Cir Cumstances Enabled Him To Send Robert To The University Of Edinburgh, Where Lie Seems To Have Made Excellent Use Of His Time. ...
Stephen
Stephen, The Name Of Ten Popes Of The Roman Catholic Church. It Is Only Neces Sary To Refer In Detail To The Following. Stephen I. Was The Successor Of Lu Ins Hi. In And His Pontificate (253-257) Is Memorable As Affording A Topic For The Historians Who Discuss The Question ...
Stephen_2
Stephen. King Of England, Was The Third Son Of Stephen, Count Of Blois, By Adele Or Alise, Daughter Of William The Conqueror, And Was Consequently Nephew Of Henry I., And Cousin Of Matilda, Daughter Of Henry. He Was Born In 1105, Brought Over To Eng Land At An Early Age, ...
Stephens
Stephens (fr. Enienne). The Family Of The Celebrated Printers And Publishers Of This Name (descended From A Noble Provencal Family) Is Found Settled At Paris Toward 1500 In The Person Of Henry Stephens, Supposed To Have Been Born About 1470, And Died In 1520. In Paris Henry Carried On The ...
Steppes
Steppes, The Distinctive Name Applied To Those Extensive Plains Which, With The Occasional Interpolation Of Low Ranges Of Hills, Stretch From The Dnieper Across The S.e. Of European Russia, Round The Shores Of The Caspian And Aral Seas, Between The Altai And Ural Chains, And Occupy The Low Lands Of ...
Stereoscope
Stereoscope (gr. Stereos, Solid, And Skopein, To See), An Optical Instrument Of Modern Invention, By Means Of Which Pictures Of Objects Possessing Three Dimensioes Are Seen Not As Plane Representations, But With An Appearance Of Solidity Or Relief, As In Ordinary Vision Of The Objects Themselves. The More Recond,te Principles ...
Stereotyping
Ste'reotyping (gr. Stereos, Fixed, Solid), The Art Of Fabricating Metal Plates Resembling Pages Of Type, From Which Impressions May Be Taken As In Ordinary Letter-press Printing. Tae 'auks, Which Are Composed Of Type-metal, Are About Three-sixteenths Of An Inch Thick, Perfectly Smooth On The Back, And Having A Face Exactly ...
Sternum
Sternum, A Portion Of The Skeleton Of Animals. It Is Present In The Articulates (arthropoda) And Crustaceans, As Well As Arachnides And Insects, And In Those Vertebrates Having Exoskeletons, As Tortoises, Although Mivart And Many Others Hold That The Plas Tron Does Not Form (or Contain) A Sternum—in Other Words, ...
Stettin
Stettin', An Ancient T. Of Prussia, Capital Of The Province Of Pomerania (pommern), And, After Danzie, The Most Important Sea-port In The Kingdom, Is Situated On The Left Bank Of The Oder, Where It Flows Into The Stettiner-haff, 83 M. N.e. Of Berlin, With Which It Is Connected By Railroad. ...
Stevens Institute Of Technology
Stevens Institute Of Technology At Hoboken, N. J., A School Of 'mechanical Engineering, Founded In 1871 By Edwin A. Stevens, Who Left For It In His Will The Sum Of $650,000, And A Lot Of Land Suited To Its Uses. It Has An Annual Income From All Sources Of Over ...
Stewart
Stewart, Tux Family Of. The Origin Of The Stewarts, Long Obscured By Myth, Was Rediscovered In The Beginning Of The Present Century By The Indefatigable Antiquary, George Chalmers. Alan, Son Of A Flahald. A Norman, Accompanied The Conqueror Into England, And Obtained By His Gift The Lands And Castle Of ...
Stickleback
Stickleback, Gasterostens, A Genus Of Acanthopterous Fishes, Referred By Many Naturalists To The Family Of Mailed Cheeks (q.v.) (sderogenidee Or Triglidce); By Others, To A Distinct Family (gasterosteider), In Which The First Dorsal Fin Is Represented By A Number Of Detached Spines, A Single Strong Spine Occupies The Place Of ...
Stigmatization
Stigmatization (let. Stigmatizatio, A Puncturing, From Gr. Stigma, A Puncture), The Name Applied, By The Mystic Writers Of The Roman Catholic Church, To The Supposed Miraculous Impression On Certain Individuals Of The " Stigmata," Or Marks Df The Wounds Which Our Lord Suffered During The Course Of His Passion. These ...
Stiiiitlants
Stiiiitlants May Be Defined As Agents Which Produce A Sudden, But Not A Per Mauent, Augmentation In The Activity Of The Vital Functions. They Give Increased Euergy To The Circulatory And Cerebrospinal Nervous Systems, The Primary Effect Being Probably On The Nervous System, While The Circulation Is Only Secondarily Affected. ...
Stilicho
Stilicho, A Celebrated Roman Gen., The Mainstay Of The Western Empire After The Death Of Theodosius (q.v.) The Great, Is Said To Have Been A Vandal, And Was The Son Of A Rapt. Of Barbarian Auxiliaries In The Imperial Army. He Rose Through His Military Talent To High Rank In ...