Rob Roy
Rob Roy (gaelic, "red Robert"), The Scotch Robin Hood; Born In 1671; Sec Ond Son Of Lieut.-col. Donald Macgregor Of Glengyle. Till 1661 The "wicked Clan Gregor" Had For More Than A Century Been Constantly Pursued With Fire And Sword; The Very Name Was Proscribed. But From That Year Till ...
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil
Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-.cecil, Third Marquis Of, An English Statesman; Born In Hatfield, Herts, England, Feb. 3, 1830; Was Educated At Eton And Ox Ford. As Lord Robert Cecil He Entered Parliament As Member For Stamford In 1853. And Gradually Made His Way Till In 1866, On The Formation ...
Robin Hood
Robin Hood, The Hero Of A Group Of Old English Ballads, Represented As An Outlaw And A Robber, But Of A Gallant And Generous Nature, Whose Familiar Haunts Are The Forests Of Sherwood And Barnsdale, Where He Fleets The Time Care Lessly In The Merry Greenwood. He Is Ever Genial ...
Rochester
Rochester, A City Of New York, The County-seat Of Monroe Co. It Is On Lake Ontario, The Barge Canal, And On The New York Central, The Erie, The Lehigh Valley, The Pennsylvania, And The Buf Falo, Rochester And Pittsburgh Railroads. There Are Five Electric Lines Carrying Passengers, Express And Freight ...
Rochester_2
Rochester, A City Of Kent, Eng Land, 33 Miles E. S. E. Of London; Chiefly On The Right Bank Of The Medway, Contiguous To Chatham, And Joined To Strood By An Iron Swing Bridge Con Structed In 1850-1856 At A Cost Of $850, 000. The Castle Or Keep, Which Crowns ...
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation, A Trust, Incorporated By The Act Of The New York Legislature Of May 14, 1913, "to Promote The Well-being Of Mankind Throughout The World." The Foundation Has Devoted Its Resources Primarily To The Improvement Of Public Health And Medical Education Throughout The World. This Purpose Is Accomplished By ...
Rocket
Rocket, A Cylindrical Case Of Paste Board Or Metal, Attached To One Extremity Of A Light Wooden Rod, And Containing A Composition Which, Being Fired, Shoots The Whole Of The Arrangement Through The Air, By That Principle That An Unbalanced Reaction From The Heated Gases Which Is Sue From Openings ...
Roland
Roland (italian, Orlando; Spanish, Roldan), The Name Of The Most Prominent Hero In The Charlemagne Legend. Unlike Most Legendary Heroes, Roland Is A Figure In History As Well As In Poetry And Fable. All That We Know Of Him Is Contained In One Line Of Eginhard's "vita Karoli," Chap. Ix., ...
Roller
Roller (coraciidx), A Family Of Picarian Birds Characteristic Of The Ethi Opian And Oriental Regions, Though The Common Roller Is Extensively Distributed In The Palarctic Region And A Few Spe Cies Enter The Australian Region. None Are Found In The New World. Madagas Car Possesses Three Species Peculiar To Itself, ...
Roman Architecture
Roman Architecture. It Can Hardly Be Said That The Early Romans Had Any Style Of Architecture Of Their Own, Since They Borrowed Their Ideas Of Building First From The Etruscans And Afterward From The Greeks. In The Time Of Romulus Their Dwellings Were Of The Rudest Description, Being Chiefly Corn ...
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church, The Name Of That Community Of Christians Who Profess The Same Faith, Partake Of The Same Sacraments And Sacrifice, And Are United Under One Head, The Pope Or Bishop Of Rome And Successor Of St. Peter, And Under The Bishops Subject To Him. Its Essential Parts Are ...
Romance Languages
Romance Languages, A General Name For Those Modern Languages That Are The Immediate Descendants Of The Language Of Ancient Rome. In Those Parts Of The Empire In Which The Roman Dominion And Civil Institutions Had Been Most Completely Established The Native Languages Were Speedily And Completely Supplanted By That Of ...
Romanticism
Romanticism, A Movement In Feel Ing And Thought That Has Transformed The Literature And Art Of Most Nations, Has Been Defined By Theodore Watts As "the Renascence Of The Spirit Of Wonder In Poetry And Art." It Was A Revolt Against Pseudo-classicism; A Return From The Monotonous Commonplace Of Every ...
Rome
Rome, The Most Powerful State Of An Tiquity; Founded About 753 B. C. By A Settlement From Alba Longa Led By Romulus (q. V.). At First The New City Was Ruled By Kings, But In 509 B. C. The People Established A Republic Which Last Ed For 500 Years. Its ...
Rome
Rome, The Capital Of Italy, As For Merly Of The Roman Empire, Republic, And Kingdom, And Long The Religious Center Of Western Christendom, Is One Of The Most Ancient And Interesting Cities Of The World. It Stands On Both Sides Of The Tiber, About 15 Miles From The Sea, The ...
Romulus
Romulus, Mythical Founder And First King Of Rome. According To The Legends, He Was The Son Of The Vestal Rhea Sylvia By The God Mars, Sylvia Being A Daugh Ter Of Numitor, Rightful Heir Of The King Of Alba, But Deprived By His Broth Er. Exposed With His Twin Brother ...
Root
Root, In Anatomy, That Part Of Any Organ Or Appendage Of The Body Which Is Buried In Another Part. Thus The Root Of A Nail Is The Portion Covered By The Skin; The Root Of A Tooth, The Base Of It Which Is Lodged In A Socket. In Astronomy, The ...
Rosary
Rosary, In Ordinary Language, Ft Chaplet, A Garland. Also, A Bed Of Roses; A Place Where Roses Grow; Or A Coin So Called From Bearing The Figure Of A Rose, Of Foreign Coinage, About The Size Of A Penny, But Worth Less Than A Halfpenny, Chiefly Smuggled Into Ireland. In ...
Rotation
Rotation, In Astronomy, The Turn Ing Round Of A Planet On Its Imaginary Axis, Like That Of A Wheel On Its Axle. In The Infancy Of Astronomy It Was As Sumed That The Earth Was At Rest, And That The Sun And Stars Moved Round It From E. To W. ...
Rothschild
Rothschild (red Shield), The Name Of A Jewish Family Of European Bankers And Capitalists, The Enormousness Of Whose Aggregate Wealth Has Passed Into A Proverb. The Founder Of This Race Of Financiers, Meyer Anselm Rothschild, Born At Frankfort-on-the-main In 1743, Died There In 1812, After Having Accumu Lated The Most ...
Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Chief Port And Second City Of Holland; On The Nieuwe Maas Or Meuse, At Its Junction With The Rotte; About 14 Miles From The North Sea, With Which It Is Also Directly Con Nected By A Ship Canal (nieuwe Water Weg) Admitting The Largest Vessels And Not Interrupted ...
Rouen
Rouen, A City Of France, Capital Of The Department Of Seine-inferieure, And Formerly Of The Province Of Normandy, On The Seine, 44 Miles From Its Mouth, And 86 Miles N. W. Of Paris. It Is Situate On The Right Bank Of The Seine, In A Fer Tile, Pleasant, And Varied ...
Rowing
Rowing, The Propulsion Of A Boat By Oars. Fresh Water Rowing Is, Of Course, Carried On Primarily By Individuals As A Means For Exercise Or As A Form Of Pleasure. Rowing, However, Has Also Developed Extensively As A Sport, With Competitive Races Between Highly Trained Crews, Mostly Of Amateurs. These ...
Royal Society London
Royal Society (london), A So Ciety For Prosecuting Research In General And_physico-mathematical Science In Par Ticular, Founded In 1660. Its First Jour Nal Opened Nov. 28, 1660, And The Members, In 1662, Obtained A Charter, And Were Incorporated As The Royal Society. The First Number Of The "phil Osophical Transactions," ...
Rubber
Rubber, Known Also As India Rubber, Or Caoutchouc, A Substance Of Increasing Use In The Arts And Industries For Its Combination Of Qualities. In Chemistry Rubber Is A Hydrocarbon With The Formula Ciohis, And Is Soluble Only In Carbon Disulphide, Carbon Tetrachloride, And In Volatile Oils Such As Ether, Turpentine, ...
Rudolf Ii
Rudolf Ii., Eldest Son Of The Em Peror Maximilian Ii.; Born In Vienna, July 18, 1552; He Was Educated At The Spanish Court By The Jesuits; Made King Of Hun Gary In 1572, King Of Bohemia, With The Title King Of The Romans, In 1575, And On The Death Of ...
Rugby
Rugby, A Town In Warwickshire, England; 83 Miles N. W. Of London And 30 E. S. E. Of Birmingham. At The Foot Of The Hill On Which It Stands The Swift Gave John Wyclif's Ashes To The Avon; Close By, At Ashby And At Dunchurch, The Gunpowder Plot Was Hatched; ...
Ruhr District
Ruhr District, The Principal In Dustrial And Mining District Of Germany, Located In The Prussian Province Of West Falen And Rhenish Prussia. It Contains The Ruhr Mountains, Which Yield Vast Quantities Of A Superior Grade Of Coal. The Coal Industry, Which Has Been Highly Developed, Has Resulted In The Establish ...
Rumania
Rumania, A European Kingdom. The Total Area In 1920 Was 122,282 Square Miles, As Against 53,489 Square Miles Prior To The World War. The Territory Added Following The War Included Bessa Rabia, Bukovina, Transylvania, Crisana, Maramuresh, And A Part Of Banat. Old Rumania Included The Principalities Of Wallachia And Moldavia, ...
Rural Credit
Rural Credit, Various Systems Of Extending Loans To Farmers For The Pur Pose Of Financing The Growing And Mar Keting Of Their Crops. Rural Credit May Be Divided Into Two Chief Forms: Co-opera Tive And State Aid. The Former Is By Far The Most Extensively Practiced. The Co-operative Method Had ...
Rusa
Rusa, A Genus Of Cervidx, Or A Sub Genus Of Cervus, With Several Species, From The East Indies. They Are Generally Of Large Size, And Have Round Antlers, With A Snag Projecting In Front Just Above The Base Of Each. There Are Several Species, Of Which The Best Known Is ...
Russia Leather
Russia Leather, A Kind Of Leather Originally Made In Russia From The Skins Of Goats And Sheep. War. After The Boxer Movement In China, Russia Ob Tained From China A Concession To Build A Railway In Manchuria, And Hence Al Lowed Russian Troops To Remain In That Province To Maintain ...
Sabbath
Sabbath, A Sacred Day Of Rest (the Word Being Derived From Shabath, Hebrew, To Rest), The Institution Of Which Is First Mentioned In Gen. Ii. 2-3: "and On The Seventh Day God Finished His Work Which He Had Made: And He Rested On The Seventh Day From All His Work ...
Saccharum
Saccharum, Sugar Cane; A Genus Of Grasses, Tribe Andropogonew; Inflores Cence In Loose Panicles, With Lanceolate Spikelets; Glumes Two-valved, Two Flow Ered, Enveloped In Long Wool; Lower Neu Ter With One Pale, Upper Hermaphrodite With Two; Mostly Tropical Or Sub-tropical; Known Species About 32. S. Officinarum Is The Common Sugar-cane. ...
Sacrament
Sacrament, The Military Oath Taken By Every Roman Soldier, Pledging Him To Obey His Commander And Not To Desert His Standard; Hence, An Oath Or Ceremony Involving An Obligation. In Protestant Theology The Church Of England And The Protestant Episcopal Church In The United States Define A Sac Rament As ...
Sacramentarians
Sacramentarians, A Term Used In Several Senses. (1) Ordinarily In England It Means One Who Holds A "high" Or Extreme Doctrine Of The Efficacy Of The Especially Of The Eucharist. (2) Technically, However, The Word Is Used In Church History In An Almost Dia Metrically Opposite Sense For Persons Holding ...
Sacramento
Sacramento, A City, Capital Of The State Of California, And County-seat Of Sacramento Co.; At The Confluence Of The Sacramento And American Rivers, At The Head Of Low Water Navigation, 96 Miles N. E. Of San Francisco. It Is Built On A Broad, Low Plain And Has Strong Levees As ...
Sacrifice
Sacrifice, The Offering Of Anything To God Or To Any Deity. Also That Which Is Sacrificed, Offered, Or Consecrated To God Or To Any Deity Or Divinity; An Im Molated Victim, Or An Offering Of Any Kind, Laid On An Altar Or Otherwise Re Ligiously Presented By Way Of Thanks ...
Sadducees
Sadducees, One Of The Three Jewish Sects. The Current Tradition, Which Was First Published By Rabbi Nathan In The 2d Century, Is That The Sadducees Derived Their Name From A Certain Zadok, A Dis Ciple Of Antigonus Of Soko (200-170 B. The Zadok From Whom They Derive Their Name Was ...
Safe
Safe, A Receptacle For Valuables, Of Iron Or Steel, Or Both Combined. A Safe To Answer All Requirements Should Be Fire, Explosive, Acid, Drill, And Wedge Proof. A Fireproof Safe Need Only Be So Constructed That, Though Exposed To The Intense Heat Of A Conflagration, Its Inner Recesses Re Main ...
Safety Engineering
Safety Engineering, The Name Given To The Study Of Methods And Ap Pliances For The Prevention Of Accidents In Industry. Of Recent Years The Matter Has Received Much Attention And Has Pro Duced A Nation-wide "safety First" Cam Paign. Its Purpose Is To Reduce Injury And Loss Of Life Caused ...
Safety Lamp
Safety Lamp. It Has Been Long Known That When Methane, Marsh Gas, Or Light Carbureted Hydrogen, Which Is Fre Quently Disengaged In Large Quantities From Coal Seams, Is Mixed With 10 Times Its Volume Of Atmospheric Air, It Becomes Highly Explosive. Moreover, This Gas— The Fire Damp Of Miners—in Exploding ...
Safety At Sea
Safety At Sea. The Principal Dangers To Life At Sea Are Connected With Stranding, Foundering, Collision And Fire. These Dangers Are Being Reduced Year By Year Through Improvements In The Design, Construction And Equipment Of Ships And Through Inventions And Im Provements In The Conditions Of Naviga Tion, Many Of ...
Sago
Sago, A Nutritive Farinaceous Sub Stance Obtained From The Pith Of Several Species Of Palms, Principally, However, From Sagus (metroxylon) Rumphii, The Spiny, And S. /xvis, Which Is Spineless. For The Natives Of The Eastern Archipel Ago This Palm Is A Source Of Vegetable Food Naturally More Abundant And Less ...
Sahara
Sahara (arabic Sah'ra), The Vast Desert Region Of North Africa, Stretching From The Atlantic To The Nile, And From The S. Confines Of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, And Tripoli S. To The Vicinity Of The Niger And Lake Tchad. It Is Usual To Regard The Libyan Desert, Lying Between Egypt, The ...
Saint
Saint, A Name Applied In The New Testament To The Members Of The Chris Tian Community Generally, But Restricted By Ecclesiastical Usage From Very Early Times To Those Who Have Been Specially Remarkable For Their Personal Virtues And Their Eminent Services To The Cause Of Re Ligion. In The Ages ...
Saint Paul
Saint Paul, The Capital Of Minnesota. It Is On The Mississippi River, And On The Great Northern, The Northern Pacific, The Chicago, St. Paul, The Minneapolis And Omaha, The Rock Island, Burlington, Great Western, The Chicago, Milwaukee And St. Paul, The Minneapolis And St. Louis, And Other Railroads. The City ...
Salamanca
Salamanca, A City Of Spain; On And Between Three Low Hills Beside The River Tormes, 110 Miles N. W. Of Madrid. From The Middle Of The 13th To The Close Of The 17th Century It Was The Seat Of One Of The Most Celebrated Universities In Eu Rope. In Salamanca's ...
Salamander
Salamander, A Genus Of Reptiles, Order Batrachia, Allied To The Frog, From Which It Differs In Having An Elongated Body Terminated By A Tail, And Four Feet Of Equal Length. There Are No Gills In The Adult Animal. Salamanders Are En Dowed With An Astonishing Power Of Reproduction; And, When ...
Salem
Salem, A City, Port Of Entry, And One Of The County-seats Of Essex Co., Mass.; On Massachusetts Bay And On The Boston And Maine Railroad; 17 Miles N. E. Of Boston. It Contains A State Normal School For Girls, Court House, A Reforma Tory, Custom House, An Orphan Asylum, Hospital, ...
Salmon
Salmon (salmo Salar), A Well-known Fish, Forming The Type Of The Family Sal Inonidw. The Salmon Inhabits Both Salt And Fresh Waters, And Ranks Prominent Among The Food Fishes Of The United States And Other Countries. It Generally Attains A Length Of From Three To Four Feet, And An Average ...
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, A City Of Utah, The Capital Of The State And The County Seat Of Salt Lake Co. It Is On The Great Salt Lake And Hot Springs, And On The Oregon Short Line, The Los Angeles And Salt Lake, The Denver And Rio Grande, The Western Pacific, ...
Salutes With Cannon
Salutes With Cannon. Salute To The Union. This Is One Gun For Each State, And Is Commemorative Of The Dec Claration Of Independence. It Is Fired At Noon Of The Fourth Of July At Every Mili Tary Post And On Board Commissioned Na Val Vessels Belonging To The United States. ...
Samarcand
Samarcand, A City Of Turkestan; In The Valley Of The Zerafshan; About 4 Miles S. Of That River, And Among The W. Spurs Of The Tian-shan Mountains; 130 Miles E. By S. Of Bokhara And 150 Miles N. By E. Of Balkh In Afghanistan. It Is The Ancient Marcanda, The ...
Samoan Islands
Samoan Islands, A Group In The South Pacific Ocean, Formerly Known As The Navigator's Islands. Location. — They Are Located About 2,000 Miles S. And 300 Miles W. Of The Hawaiian Islands And 14° S. Of The Equa Tor. The Group Consists Of 12 Inhabited And 2 Uninhabited Islands, With ...
Samuel Richardson
Richardson, Samuel, An Eng Lish Novelist; Born In Derbyshire, In 1689. He Was The Son Of A Joiner. The Man Who Was Afterward The Moralist Of Salis Bury Court Was As A Boy The "gravity" And "serious" Of His School-fellows; The Novelist Who Penned The Interminable Epistles Of Clarissa And ...
San Antonio
San Antonio, A City And County Seat Of Bexar Co., Tex.; On The San Pedro And San Antonio Rivers, And On The Southern Pacific, The International And Great Northern, The San Antonio And Gulf Shore, And The San Antonio And Aransas Pass, And Other Railroads; 80 Miles S. W. Of ...
San Francisco
San Francisco, A City Of Califor Nia, On San Francisco Bay And On Many Railroad Lines. It Is The Western Terminal For Three Trans-continental Systems And Three Coast Trunk Lines, The Southern Pa Cific, The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe, And The Western Pacific., Its Advan Tageous Situation Has Made ...
San Marino
San Marino, The Smallest Republic In Europe, And One Of Its Most Ancient States; Is Inclosed By The Provinces Of Forli And Pesaro And Urbino, Of The Kingdom Of Italy; Situated 9 Miles S. W. Of Rimini. The Legislature Of The Re Public Is A Senate Of 60 Members, Elected ...
Sanitary Science
Sanitary Science, The Science Which Deals With The Preservation Of Health And The Prevention Of Disease. Considered Broadly, Disease Is Due To Environmental Conditions Which Cause In Jury Of The Living Body. The Causes Of Disease Are Usually Divided Into The Ex. Ternal, Which Act From Without, And The Internal, ...
Sanskrit
Sanskrit, The Name Of The Ancient Literary Language Of India. It Forms The Extreme Branch Of The Great Indo-ger Manic (indo-european, Aryan) Stock Of Languages, And The One Which, Thanks To Its Early Literary Cultivation (from 1500 B. C.) And Grammatical Fixation, And Its Consequent Transparency Of Structure And Fulness ...
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, A Republic Occupy Ing The E. Part Of The Island Of Haiti, One Of The Greater Antilles, West Indies. There Are Several Mountain Ranges Run Ning E. And W., Between Which Are Large And Fertile Plains. The Country Is Well Watered, The Most Important Rivers Being The Yaqui, ...
Saprophytic Plants
Saprophytic Plants, Plants That Feed On Decaying Organic Matter. In Common With Many Of The Parasitic Plants (q. V.), Which Are Plants That Live On Or In And At The Expense Of Other Organisms, They Are Often Devoid Of Chlorophyll. The Reason Of This Pecu Liarity Is Obvious; Chlorophyll Being ...
Sardinia
Sardinia, An Island Of Italy, After Sicily The Largest In The Mediterranean; 135 Miles W. Of The Mouth Of The Tiber, And Immediately S. Of Corsica, Being Separated From It By The Strait Of Boni Facio, 71/2, Miles Wide. In Shape It Re Sembles An Oblong Set On End, With ...
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, A Province Of Can-. Ada Which Receives Its Name From The Saskatchewan River, Which Flows Through The Northern Part. It Comprises The For Mer Territorial Districts Of Assiniboya East, Assiniboya West, Saskatchewan, And The Eastern Portion Of Athabaska. Prior To Sept. 1, 1905, It Was A Part Of The ...
Saturn
Saturn, In Astronomy, The 6th Of The Major Planets In Order Of Distance From The Sun, And The Outermost Known To The Ancients. With Its Ten Satellites And Wonderful Ring System It Is To Be Regarded As The Most Remarkable Body In The Solar System, As Well As The Most ...
Savannah
Savannah, A City And County-seat Of Chatham Co., Ga.; On The Savannah River, 18 Miles From Its Mouth, And On The Central Of Georgia, The Atlantic Coast Line, The Seaboard Air Line, And The Southern Railroads; 90 Miles S. W. Of Charleston. It Is Built On A Bluff Of About ...
Saxons
Saxons, A Germanic People, Whose Name Is Usually Derived From An Old Teu Tonic Word Saps, Meaning "knife," Though Some Authorities Believe It To Be Another Form Of Sassen, "the Settled People," Are First Mentioned By Ptolemy As Dwelling In The S. Of The Cimbrian Peninsula. In The 3d Century ...
Saxony
Saxony, A State In The German Re Public, Formerly A Kingdom, Now A Re Public; Bounded On The N. W., N. And E. By Prussia; S. E. And S. By Bohemia; S. W. By Bavaria ; And W. By Reuss, Saxe-weimar, And Saxe-altenburg; Area, 5,787 Square Miles. For Administrative Purposes ...
Scale
Scale, A Measure, Consisting Of A Slip Of Wood, Ivory, Or Metal, Divided Into Equal Parts, Usually Main Divisions And Subdivisions; As, Inches Or Octonary Frac Tions For Carpenters' Work, Decimal Divi Sions And Subdivisions For Chain Work, Duodecimal For Plotting Carpenters' Work, Which Is In Feet And Inches. The ...
Schamyl
Schamyl (i. E., Samuel), Chief Of The Lesghians And Leader Of The Independ Ent Tribes In The Caucasus In Their 30 Years' Struggle Against Russia; Born In Aul-himry, Northern Daghestan In 1797. He Became A Priest Or Mollah, And Labored With Zeal And Religious Fervor To Compose The Numerous Feuds ...
Schley
Schley (s11), Winfield Scott, An American Naval Officer; Born In Fred Erick Co., Md., Oct. 9, 1839. He Entered The United States Naval Academy In 1854, Served With Distinction In The Civil War; Was Present At The Bombardment Of Valparaiso And Callao By The Span Ish Fleet, And During The ...
Schwarzenberg
Schwarzenberg, A Princely Family Of Germany, The Head Of Which Was Raised (1429) By The Emperor Sigismund To The Dignity Of Baron Of The Empire. Three Of This Family Have Acquired A European Reputation. Adam, Count Of Schwarzen Berg, Born In 1584, Became (1619) Prime Minister And Adviser Of George ...
Science
Science, In Its Widest Significance The Correlation Of All Knowledge. To Know A Truth In Its Relation To Other Truths Is To Know It Scientifically. For Example, The Recognition That The Alternation Of Day And Night Depends On The Apparent Daily Motion Of The Sun Is A Distinct Sci Entific ...
Scientific Management
Scientific Management Refers To The Administration Of Industrial And Other Organizations According To Methods Based On Laws Deduced From Facts Accumu Lated By Systematic Observation. Its Aims Are Many, Among The Most Important Being The Elimination Of Wasted Effort, Increased Output, The Utilization Of The Special Qualifications Of Every Worker ...
Scilly Islands
Scilly Islands, A Group Of Islands Belonging To Cornwall, England; 25 Miles W. S. W. Of Land's End. They Oc Cupy About 30 Square Miles Of Sea Room, And Consist Of Six Large Islands—st. Mary's (1,528 Acres), Tresco (697 Acres), St. Martin's (515 Acres), St. Agnes (313 Acres), Bryher (269 ...
Scintillation
Scintillation, A Twinkling Of The Stars; A Familiar Phenomenon To All Who Have Directed Their Attention To The Firma Ment Above Us. Under Ordinary Atmos Pheric Conditions This Flickering Is Pos Sessed Only By The So-called Fixed Stars. A Planet Shines Steadily And By This Mark Can Readily Be Picked ...
Scotland
Scotland, The Northern Division Of The Island Of Great Britain; Separated From England Substantially By The Sol Way, Cheviots, And Tweed, The Border Isthmus Being About 60 Miles Across; But The Irregular Boundary Line Measures Fully 100 Miles. On All Other Sides It Is Bound Ed By The Sea. Area, ...
Scranton
Scranton, A City And County-seat Of Lackawanna Co., Pa.; On The Lackawanna River, And On The Lackawanna, The New York, Ontario, And Western, The Erie, The Delaware And Hudson, And The Cen Tral Of New Jersey Railroads; 18 Miles N. E. Of Wilkes-barre. The City Is The Third Largest In ...
Scrofula
Scrofula ("king's Evil"), A Tedious Disease, Tubercular In Its Nature, One Of The Most Characteristic Marks Of Which Is A Tendency To Swelling Of The Glandu Lar Parts, Which Sometimes Suppurate, And Discharge A Curdy, Mixed Matter, And Are Very Difficult To Heal. The Persons In Whom Scrofulous Disease Is ...
Sculpture
Sculpture, The Art Of Cutting Or Carving Any Material So As To Represent Form. Sculpture May Be Broadly Divided Into Relievo And Round. In The Former, Single Figures Or Groups Are Represented As More Or Less Raised, But Without Being Entirely Detached From A Background. According To The Latter Method, ...
Scythians
Scythians, A Name Very Vaguely Used By Ancient Writers. It Was Some Times Applied To All The Nomadic Tribes Which Wandered Over The Regions To The N. Of The Black And The Caspian Seas, And To The E. Of The Latter. In The Time Of The Roman Empire The Name ...
Seal
Seal, In Zoology, The Family Phocidx Or Seal Tribe, Are, Of All Four-limbed Mam Miferous Animals, Those Which Display The Most Complete Adaptation To Residence In The Water. The Head Is Round, And The Nose, Which Is Broad, Resembles That Of A Dog, With The Same Look Of Intelligence And ...
Seattle
Seattle, The Largest City Of Wash Ington, And The County-seat Of King Co. It Is A Port Of Entry And Is On The E. Shore Of Puget Sound. It Is The Terminus Of 8 Transcontinental Railways, Four Of Which, The Great Northern, The Northern Pacific, The Chicago, Milwaukee And St. ...
Seaweed
Seaweed, A Plant Growing Wholly In Water, Fresh Or Salt. Some Are So Small And Delicate That They Can Be Seen Only With A Microscope, And Others Are Of Such Immense Growths That They Almost Fill Up The Seas In Which They Live. The Great Seaweeds Called Sea Aprons Are ...
Sebastopol Or Sevastopol
Sebastopol Or Sevastopol, A Fortified Town And Seaport Of European Russia, On The W. Coast Of The Crimea. It Stands On A Creek On The S. Side Of One Of The Finest Bays In The World, The Etenus Of Strabo, Which Is Defended By Strong Forts On Both Sides. In ...
Secession
Secession. Whenever A State Has Claimed The Right To Withdraw From The Union, It Has Based Its Claim On The Doc Trine Of State Sovereignty. This Claim Must Be Considered As Emphatically Dis Tinct From The Right Of Revolution, Insur Rection, Or Violent Revolts, In All Of Which There Is ...
Second Adventists
Second Adventists, A Religious Organization Having Six Slightly Differing Branches In The United States. They Are Protestants And Their Belief Is Character Ized By Faith That At Some Time In The Future There Will Be A Visible Reappear Ance Of Christ. They Do Not Agree Among Themselves Whether This "divine ...