Stillingia
Stillin'gia, A Genus Of Plants Belonging To The Natural Order Eupkorbiacecc, And Named In Compliment To Dr. Stillingfleet, An English Botanist. The Generic Character Istics Are: Flowers Moneecions; Males Aggregate; Calyx Cup-shaped, Creuulate, Or Bifid; Stamens Two, Inverted; Filaments United At The Base; Anthers Opening. Outward; Female Flowers Solitary; Calyx ...
Stirling
Stirling, A Market, T. River-port, And Royal, Parliamentary, And Municipal Burg, Capital Of The County Of The Same Name, Stands On The S. Bank Of The Forth, 29 In. N.e. Of Glasgow By Railroad. Like Edinburgh, To Which City It Bears, In Its Main Features, A Striking Resemblance, It No ...
Stirlingshire
Stirlingshire, A County Of Scotland, Forming The Border Between The Highlands And Lowlands Of The Country, Is Bounded On The N. By Pertshire, And By The River And Tali Of Forth. Area, 467 Sq. M.; Pop. In '71, 98,218. A Considerable Part Of Sterling Shire Is Occupied By The Carses ...
Stitend
Stitend, The Provision For The Support Of The Parochial Clergy Of The Church Of; Scotland. It Consists Et* Payments In Money Or Grain, Or Both, Made Out Of The Teinds' Or Tithes Of Their Parishes. The Teinds (q.v.), Originally The Tenths Of The Produce Of The Lands Drawn In Kind, ...
Stocicholk
Stocicholk, The Capital Of Sweden, Is Situated At The Eastern Extremity Of The Maelar Lake, In 59° 20' N. Lat., And 18° E. Long. The Pop. Was In 1877, 163,677. Stockholm, Which Is One Of The Most Beautiful Capitals Of Europe, Is Built Partly On The Continent, And Partly Ou ...
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange, An Organization Of Persons Whose Business It Is To Buy And Sell Stock, Bonds, And Other Securities, Municipal, State, Or National; Or Of Corporations Engaged In Mining, Transportation, Banking, Or Commerce, In Open Market At Specified Times, And Under Strict Rules The New York Stock Exchange Was First ...
Stocking Frame
Stocking-frame. The Machine With Which Stockings, Singlet Drawers, And Other Similar Garments Are Woven, Was First Invented By William Lee Of Woodbridge, Not Tinghamshire. At First, It Was A Very Simple Affair, But Has Now Become Extremely Com Plicated, Although The Simple Principle Upon Which It Was First Originated Is ...
Stockton
. Stockton (ante), A City In Central California, Co. Seat Of San Joaquin Co., Incor• Porated, 1850; Pop. 'so, 10,2e:7. It Was Set Off In 1s49 By Rapt. Charles M. Weber, The Owner Of A Mexican Grant, And It Then Served As A Convenient Starting-point For Miners Bound For Calaveras, ...
Stockton On Tees
Stockton-on-tees, A Municipal Borough And Sea-port In The County Of Durham, 11 M. E.n.e Of Darlington, On The Left Bank Of The Tees. The Broad And Handsome High Street Is Nearly A Mile In Length, And• From It Several Minor Streets Diverge At Right, Angles. A New T., Known As ...
Stoics
Stoics, The Name For The Sect Of Ancient Moralists Opposed To The Epicureans In Their Views Of Human Life. The Stoical System Dates From The End Of The 4th C. B.c.; It Was Derived From The System Of The Cynics, Whose Founder, Antisthenes, Was A Disciple Of Socrates. Indeed, The ...
Stole
Stole (gr. Stole, Lat. Sva, A Robe) Is The Name Of One Of The Sacred Vestmerts Used In The Latin Elmrch, And With Some Modification, In The Greek Church Also. It Origin Aced In A Wide And Flowing Robe Of Linen. Called Also Orariorn., Which Hung From The Shoulder, And ...
Stolen Goods
Stolen Goods, In Point Of Law, Stand In This Situation In England: A Bond Fide Pur Chaser Of Such Goods, Who Has Not Bought Them In Market Overt, Is Bound To Restore , Them To The True Owner; But If The Goods Are Sold In Market Overt, The Purchaser Is ...
Stomach
Stomach. The Anatomy And Physiology Of The Human Stomach Is Treated In The Article Dwegriox, Ante. This Organ, The Most Important For The Preparation Of The Nutriment Of The Body. Varies Greatly In Different Animals. Some Of The Protozoa, As Infusoria, May Be Said To Be All Stomach, As They ...
Stomata
Stomata (gr. Mouths), Are Minute Openings In The Epidermis Of Leaves And Other Green' Parts Of Plants Exposed To The Communicating With Intercellular Spaces. Their Existence Was First Noticed By Grew, Who Described Trim In His Amami, Of Plants In 1082. They Ere Generally Formed By Two Semilunar Cells, Which ...
Stone Cutting And Dressing Machines
Stone-cutting And Dressing Machines. Stone Is A Substance Which In None Of Its Varities Is Easily Operated On By Machinery, Owing Chiefly To Its Brittleness, Its Unequal Hardness, And The Natural Cracks Which So Frequeinly Impair Its Solidity. Accordingly, Though Many Ingenious Machines Have Been Invented For Working Stone. It ...
Stonehenge
Stonehenge (sax. Stanhengist, Hanging Or Uplifted Stones), A Very Remarkablo Structure, Composed Of Large Artificially Raised Monoliths, Situated On Salisbury Plain, Two Miles From The Town Of Amesbury, In Wiltshire. Its Neighborhood Abounds In Sepulchral Tumuli, In Many Of Which Ancient British Remains Have Been Found. The Fabric Of Stonehenge, ...
Stoppage Ix
Stoppage Ix (ante) Is In Reality An Extension Of The Right Of Lien, And Is A Remedial Right Of A Vender. The Stoppage In Tratu-ita, Does Not Do Away With The Sale, Nor Does The Seller Reacquire Absolute Ownership In The Property. If, After The Return Of The Property To ...
Stork
Stork, Oiconia, A Genus R Birds Of The, Same Family (ardeicks) With Herons And Bit Terns; Large Birds; With Long Legs, Four-toed, The Three Front Toes Welbed To The First Joint; The Tail Short; The Wings Large; The Bill Longer Than The Head, Straight, Strong, Pointed, Andwithout Any Groove, The ...
Storms
Storms Are Violent Commotions Of The Atmosphere, Occurring In All Climates, Partic Ularly In The Tropics, And Differing From Other Atmospheric Disturbances In The Extent Over Which They Spread Themselves, Their Destructive Power, And The Sudden Changes Which Take Place In The Direction Of The Wind. There Is, Perhaps, No ...
Stow
Stow, Jot's, One Of The Earliest And Most Diligent Collectors Of English Antiquities, Was B. In London In The Year 1.525. Lie Was Brought Up To His Father's Trade Of A Tailor In Coruhill, But Ultimately Abandoned It For Antiqnarian Pursuits. Writing In 1575. He Says: "it Is Now Ten ...
Stra Bo
Stra Bo, An Ancient Geographer, B. At A Masea In Pontes. About The Middle Of The ' 1st C. B.c. By The Mol Her's Side He Was Of Greek Descent. And Also Closely Connectethwith The Mithridatidfe: Of His Father Or His Frith( Vs Family Nothing Is Known. 1-low Tl:c Name ...
Strafford
Strafford, Tnomas Wentworth, Earl Of, Eldest Son Of Sir W. Wentworth Of Wentworth, Woodhouse, Yorkshire, Was H. April 13, 1593. In 1611 He Married Lady Margaret Clifford, Eldest Daughter Of The Earl Of Cumberland. Subsequently He Was Chosen Member Of Parliament For The Co. Of York. In 1615 He Was ...
Stramonium
Stramonium, The Specific As Well As Common Name Of Datura Stramonium, Other Wise Called Jamestown Weed, Jimson Weed, And Thorn-apple. The Datura Is /1 Genus Of Solanacete, Or The Nightshade Family, Which Includes The Common Potato, Tomato, Egg Plant, Bitter-sweet, Common Nightshade, Horse Nettle, Ground Cherry, And Tobacco. Stra Monium, ...
Strange
Strange, Sir Ronewr. Eminent As An Engraver, Was Born In Pomona. One Of The Orkney Islands„ July 14. 1721. After Some Little Abortive Study Of Law Tt Edinburgh, He Was Apprenticed To An Engraver There Of The Name Of Cooper, Under Whom He Made Rapid Progress. In 1745 He Deserted ...
Syphon
Syphon Is A Tube Bent So That The Two Legs Are Either Parallel, Or Incline At An Acute Angle, And Is Employed To Draw Off Liquids From Vessels Which It Is Not Convenient Or Desirable To Move. If The End Of The Short Leg Of A Siplioti Be Plunged Into ...
Theory Of Salts
Salts, Theory Of. Any Substance Which Is Produced By The Combination Of A Base With An Acid, Is Commonly Termed A Salt. The Base Is In Most :oases A Metallic Oxide, Which Is Capable Of Uniting With An Acid, And Of More Or Less Completely Neutralizing The Distinctive Properties Of ...
Thomas Stothad
Stothad, Thomas, 13.a., An Eminent Designer And Painter, 'was The Son Of A Lon Don Publican, Who Kept The Black Horse In Lout. Acre, And Was B. There In 1755. He Received A Respectable Education In Different And On His Father's Death, 1.s.ving Shown A Predilection For The Use Of ...
Tiie Construction Of Houses
Tiie Construction Of Houses, Especially Of Dwdling-places For The Poor, And Public Lodging-houses, Next Claims Our Notice. There Can Be No Doubt That The Fre Quency And Fatality Of The Epidemics Of The Middle Ages Were In A Great Measure Due To Unhealthy Habitations. The Houses Were Usually Closely Packed ...
Tiie South Sea Scheme
South Sea Scheme, Tiie, Commonly Designated The South Sea Bimble, A Term Peculiarly Expressive Of Its Hollow And Ephemeral Splendor And Sudden Collapse, Was Originated By Harley (q.v.), Earl Of Oxford, In 1711. With The View Of Restoring Public Credit, And Providing For The Extinction Of The Floating National Debt, ...
Tiiistle S
Tiiistle (s. O'era,eev8) Abounds In Britain And In Most Parts Of Europe, As A Weed In Gardens And Cultivated Fields. It Is An Annual Plant, Delighting In Rich Soils, Grows To The Height Of Two Or Three Ft., With Somewhat Branching Stein, And Small Yellow Flowers Almost In Umbels. The ...
Tile Scalp
Scalp, Tile, Is The Term Employed To Designate The Outer Covering Of The Skull Or Jrain-case. Except In The Fact, That Hair In Both Sexes Grows More Luxuriantly On The Scalp Than Elsewhere, The Skin Of The Scalp Differs So Slightly From Ordinary Skin That It Is Unnecessary To Enter ...
United States Sanitary Commission
Sanitary Commission, United States, An Organization Created From Among The People Of The Northern States During The War Of The Rebellion, Which Supplemented The Medical Service Of The Union Army.. Its Duties And Labors Comprehended The Choice And Inspection Of Camps; The Transportation Of The Wounded From The Field Of ...
Vegetable Secretions
Secretions, Vegetable. In The Vegetable Kingdom The Term Secretion Has A Wider Application Than In The Animal Kingdom, And All Substances Which Have Been Formed By The Action Of Cells Upon The Compounds Taken Up As Food (such As Carbonic Acid, Water, And Ammonia)—whether These Substances Form A Part Of ...
Wart Stf
Stf,wart, Alexander Turney, 1802-76; B. Ireland; Educated At Belfast, And At Trinity College. Dublin; Came To New York About 1823, And Was Usher In A Private School, But In 1824 Engaged In The Dry-goods Business. In 1841 He Married Miss Cornelia M. Clinch; And In 1848-49 Erected The Magnificent Store ...
William Gilmore Simms
Simms, William Gilmore, American Author, Was B. At Charleston, S. C., April 17, 1806, Of Irish Extraction. He Made Verses At The Age Of 7; And During The War Of 1812. Celebrated In Rhyme The Exploits Of The American Army And Navy. Left In Charge Of His Grandmother At Charleston; ...
William Henry Seward
Seward, William Henry, American Statesman, Was Born At Florida, N. Y., May 16, 1801, Of Welsh And Irish Descent. His Father Was A Physician And Merchant, Who, After Accumulating A Moderate Fortune, Was Appointed Judge Of One Of The Inferior Courts. Seward Entered Union College At 15; In 1819 He ...
William Henry Seward_2
Seward, William Henry, Ll.d. (ante), 1801-72; B. N. Y. Mr. Seward Was The Senior Member Of What Horace Greeley Termed The Firm Of " Seward, Weed & Greeley," Which From 1839, When It Succeeded In Breaking Down The "albany Regency;" Until 1854; When Mr. Greeley Withdrew, Controlled Politics In The'state ...
William Scott Stowell
Stowell, William Scott, Lord, The Eldest Brother Of Lord Eldon (q.v.). Was B. At Heworth, Durham, Oct. 17, 1745. He Was Educated At Newcastle; Went To Oxford In 1761, And Became A, College Tutor. In 1779 He Took The Degree Of D.c.l., Removed To London, Was Called To The Bar ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William, The Chief Literary Glory Of England. Was B. At Stratford On-avon, In Warwickshire, It Is Believed, April 23, 1564. Certain It Is. As By The Parish Register, That His Baptism Took Place Three Days After, On The 260. His Father, John ,slialtespeare, Seems To Have Belonged By Birth ...
William Sherman
Sherman, William Tecumsert, (ante), B. Ohio, 1820; Graduated At West Point In 1840, And In The Same Year Was Appointed 2d Lieut. Of The 3d Artillery. He Was Engaged In The Florida War, And In 1847 Was Sent To California, Where He Was Acting Ass't.adjteen. Until 1850. In 1853 He ...
William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman, William Tecumseh, An American Gen.; B. In Ohio In 1820; Was Educated For The Army At The Military Academy Of West Point, And Received A Commission As 1st Lieut. In 1s41. During The War With Mexico, He Served In California, And Was Promoted To The Rank Of Capt. In ...
Winfield Scott
Scott, Winfield, American General, Was B. At Petersburg, Va., Of Scottish Ances Try, Jan. 13, 1786, Was Educated At William And Nary College, And Studied Tho Pro Fession Of Law; Hut In 1808, Having A Genius For Military Pursuits, Lie Was Appointed Rapt, Of Light Artillery In Gen. Wilkinson's Division, ...
Zetland Shetland
Shetland, Zetland, Or Anciently Hialtland, And Likely The Ultima Thule Of The Romans, A Group Of About 100 Islands, Islets, And Rocks, 23 Of -which Are Inhabited. They Lie Between The Atlantic And The North Sea, Between Lats. 59° 51' And Go° 50' N„ And Between Longs. 0° 53' And ...
Zhemitic
Zhemitic (semitic") Languages, The General Name Of A Certain Number Of Dialects Supposed At One Time To Have Been Spoken By The Descendants Of Shcm. The Term Is Of Recent Origin (sehllizer, Eichhorn), And A Misnomer; For, In The First Place, Not All The Nations Derived In Genesis From Shem ...
The Most Exalted Star
Star Of India, The Most Exalted, The Order Of Tne, An Order Of Knighthood Instituted By Queen Victoria In June, 1861, With The View Of Affording The Princes, Chiefs, And People Of The Indian Empire A Testimony Of Her Majesty's Regard, Commemorating Her Majesty's Resolution To Take On Herself The ...
The Savoy
Savoy, The, On The Thames, In London, Is The Site Where Once Stood The Magnifi Cent Palace. Built In 1215 By Peter, Earl Of Savoy And Richmond. A Century Later It Became The Property Of John Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster. In This Building The French King .tenn Was Royally ...
The Seven Years War
Seven Years' War, The, Was The Third, Last, And By Far The Longest (1756-63) And Most Terrible Of The Contests For The Possession Of Silesia (q.v.). During The Two Former Wars, The Empress Maria Theresa Had Plenty Of Other Work On Hand In Maintaining Her Claims To The Austrian Dominions ...
The Shoulder 70int
Shoulder-70int, The, Is A Ball-and-socket Joint. The Bones Entering Into Its Com Position Are The Humerus Or Arm-bone, And The Scapula Or Shoulder-blade, The Large Globular Head Of The Former Being Received Into The Shallow Glenoid Cavity Of The Latter, An Arrangement By Which Extreme Freedom Of Motion Is Obtained, ...
The Spleen
Spleen, The, Is The Largest And Most Important Of The So Called Ductless Glands, Whose Chief Object Is Supposed To Be To Restore To The Circulation Any Substances That May Have Been Withdrawn From It. It Is Of An Oblong Flattened Form, Soft, Of Very Brit Tle Consistence, Highly Vascular, ...
The Steam Hammer
Steam-hammer, The, Has Doubtlessly Contributed More Than Any Other Mechanical Invention Of Modern Times In Developing The Wonderful Resources Of The Iron Trade, And Is Still Looked Upon As A Marvel Of Engineering Skill And Ability. The First Idea Of A Steam-hammer Appears To Belong To James Watt, The Great ...