Shenandoah
Shenandoah, River Of The United States In Virginia, Rising At N. Lat. 56', In The Extreme Southern Angle Of Augusta County. The Various Sources, However, Spread Over, And Drain The Far Greater Part Of Augusta And Rockingham Counties. In The Latter Rises Also A Large Though Secondary Branch, The North-fork. ...
Shenstone
Shenstone, Wita.tast, An English Poet Of Sonic Celebrity, And The Eldest Son Of A Country Gentleman. Who Farmed His Own Estate, Called The Leasowes, Was Born At Hales Owen In Shropshire, In November 1719. He Received The First Elements Of Instruction From The Village " Schoolmistress," Whom He Has Made ...
Shields
Shields, Noit-rn, A Market And Seaport Town Of England. In ,the County Of Northumberland, Is Situ Ated On The Northern Bank Of The Tyne, About One And A Quarter Mile From Its Entrance Into The German Ocean. The Oldest Part Of The Town Is A Long Narrow Street On The ...
Shields_2
Shields, So•ru, A Market Town Of England, In The County Of Durham, Is Situated Near The Mouth Of The Tyne, Almost Opposite To North Shields. Most Of The Streets Of This Town, With The Exception Of Those On The Bank Top, And In The Market Place, Are Narrow And The ...
Shipbuilding 1 19
Shipbuilding. 1-19 Of The Part Below Section 21°, Amounting To 5489.05, Giving For The Moment Of The Entire Semi-displace Ment, The Number 392753.09. But By A Well-known Principle Of Mechanics, If The Moment Of The Semi-displacement Be Divided By That Semi-displacement, The Result Will Be The Required Depth Of The ...
Shipbuilding In
Shipbuilding In No Period Of The World Has The Subject Of Naval Architecture Had Higher Claims On Public Attention Than The Present, And To Our Own Country In Particu Lar, It Is An Art Of Such Transcendent Importance, That No Means Ought To Be Left Untried To Give To It ...
Shoe Machinery
Shoe Machinery. The Machines For Making Shoes, Of Which We Propose To Give A Brief And Gene Ral Account, Were Invented By The Celebrated Engineer Alt.. Brunel, With Whose Ingenious Inventions Our Readers Are Already Well Acquainted. During The Late War Mr. Brunel Established At Bat Tersea Bridge His Machinery ...
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, A Borough And Market Town Of England, In Shropshire, Is Situated On Two Gentle Eminences, Which Are Surrounded On All Sides But The North By The River Severn. At This Open Part Of The Peninsula, A Junction Is Formed On The North-east With The Shrewsbury Canal, And On The ...
Shuster
Shuster, A City Of Persia, And Capital Of The Province Of Khuzistan. It Is Situated At The Foot Of The Backtiari Range Of Mountains, And On An Eminence Which Commands A View Of The Rapid Course Of The Ramon, Which Is Here Crossed By A Bridge, Of An Arch 80 ...
Siam
Siam, A Kingdom Of Asia, Situated Beyond The Ganges, And Bounded On The West By The Birtnan Empire, On The South By The Gull Of Siam, On The East By Cambodia And Cochin China, And On The North By Portions Of China And Tartary. This Kingdom Con Sists Properly Of ...
Siberia
Siberia, An Extensive Territory In Asia, Which Includes The Whole Of The Northern Frontiers Of That Quarter Of The Globe. As A Part Of The Russian Em Pire It Has Received The Name Of Asiatic Russia. Si Beria Is A Flat Track Of Country, Declining Gradually To The Frozen Ocean, ...
Sicily
Sicily, The Largest Island In The Mediterranean Sea, Situated Close To The Southern Extremity Of Italy, From Which It Is Separated On The West By The Straits The General Aspect Of Sicily Is That Of A Highly Mountainous Country, Variegated With Numerous Val Lies. The Principal Chain Of Mountains Extends ...
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, The Name Of A British Settlement On The West Coast Of Africa. It Derives Its Name From The River Called The Mitomba, Or Sierra Leone, Which Traverses It, Hut The Origin Of Which Has Not Been Ex Plored. The Territory Of Sierra Leone Lies Both On The North ...
Silk
Silk, The Name Given To A Soft, Delicate, And Shill Ing Fibre, The Production Of Different Species Of Larva Or Caterpillar. It Is Most Commonly Produced By The Phalitena Bontbyx, Though The Phalacna Atlas Is Said To Yield It More Abundantly. The Ancients Knew Little Concerning This Substance. The Manufacture ...
Silver
Silver. The Only Preparation Of This Metal Likely To Act As A Poison Is The Nitrate, Which Has Been Used In Me Dicine; Particularly Of Late In Epilepsy. When Injected Into The Veins, It Produces Death Speedi Ly, And Without Our Being Able To Ascertain The Cause. But We Shall ...
Simon Browne
Browne, Simon, A Dissenting Minister In England, Was Born In Somersetshire About The Year 1680. En Dowed With Superior Powers Of Mind, Which He Had Cul Tivated By Early And Assiduous Study, He Was Found Qualified For The Ministry Before He Liad Attained The Twentieth Year Of His Age ; ...
Sinia
Sinia, And Egypt. The European Rivers Are Greatly Inferior In Magnitude To The Rivers Which Drain The Other Great Divisions Of The Globe ; But, Winding Through The Regions Where The Effects Of Human Industry And Civilization Have, In All Ages, Been Conspicuously Developed, Their Importance Is Not To Be ...
Sion
Sion House, Which Mr Adam, In 1762 Began To Fit Up For The Duke Of Northumberland, Consists Of A Square Of Old Buildings New Modelled, Within Which He Intro Duced A Magnificent Circular Saloon. The External Dimen Sions Of The Square, Exclusive Of The Towers At The Angles, Are 163x ...
Sir Benjamin Thomson
Thomson, Sir Benjamin, Count Of Rum Ford, A Celebrated Chemist, Was Born At Rumford, (now Concord,) New Hampshire, In 1753. Hav Ing Received, Besides The Ordinary Education Which The Village Afforded, Some Instruction In Mathe Matics From The Rev. Mr. Bernard, He Was Enabled To Discharge The Duties Of A ...
Sir Cloudsley Shovel
Shovel, Sir Cloudsley, A Celebrated British Naval Officer, Was Born About The Year 1650, Of Humble Parents. Having Been For Some Time Apprenticed To A Shoemaker, Lie Took A Dislike To His Profession, And Went To Sea As A Cabin Boy Under The Patronage Of Sir John Narborough. By His ...
Sir Edward Coke
Coke, Sir Edward, Lord Chief Justice Of England, And One Of The Most Distinguished Lawyers Whom His Country Has Produced, Was Born Of A Good Family, At His Father's Scat At Mileham In The County Of Norfolk, In The Year 1550. A Liberal Course Of Education, According To The Forms ...
Sir George Rooks
Rooks, Sir George, A Celebrated Naval Com Mander, Was Born In 1650. His Passion For The Navy Was So Strong, That He Entered The Service As A Volun Teer; And Having Distinguished Himself By His Courage And Attention To Business, He Soon Obtained The Post Of Lieutenant, From Which He ...
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, A Celebrated Portrait Pain Ter, Was Born At Lubeck About The Year 1618, And Was The On Of M. Kneller, Surveyor-general Of The Mines, And In Spector Of Count Mansfeld's Revenues. Having Exhibited An Early Passion For Painting, His Father, Though He Had Destined Him For A ...
Sir Henry Raeburn
Raeburn, Sir Henry, The Most Celebrated Por Trait Painter That Scotland Ever Produced, Was Born On The 4th March, 1756, And Was The Son Of Mr. Wil Liam Raeburn, A Respectable Manufacturer At Stock Bridge, One Of The Suburbs Of Edinburgh. Although He Had The Misfortune To Lose His Parents ...
Sir John Pringle
Pringle, Sir John, An Eminent Scottish Physician, And President Of The Royal Society Of London, Was Born At Stitchel-house, In Roxburghshire, On The 10th Of April, 1707. He Was The Youngest Son Of Sir John Pringle, Bart. Of Stitchel, And Of Magdalen Elliot, Sister Of Sir Gilbert Elliot. After Receiving, ...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, A Celebrated British Painter, Was Born On The 16th Of July, 172.3, At Plymp Ton, In Devonshire. His Father Was Master Of The Grammar School Of Plympton, And Though A Person Of Singular Character, He Perceived His Son's Early Passion For Drawing, Which He Encouraged With All ...
Sir Moore
Moore, (sir Jonx,) A Son Of Dr. Moor;., The Sub Ject Of Our Preceding Article, Was Born At Glasgow, On The 13th Of November, 1761. Being Destined For The Military Profession, He Was Educated Chiefly On The Con Tinent ; And Whilst His Father Was Abroad With The Duke Of ...
Sir Newton
Newton, Sir Isane, The Most Celebrated Mathema Tician And Natural Philosopher That Any Country Has Pro Duced, Was Born On The 25th Of December, 1642, At Woolsthorpe, A Village In The Parish Of Colsterworth, In Lincolnshire, About Six Miles South Of Grantham. His Father Was Descended From The Oldest Branch ...
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul, One Of The Most Distin Guished Painters Of Modern Times, Was Born At Cologne In 1577. His Father, Who Had Been A Counsellor Of State At Antwerp, Observing The Talents Of His Son At An Early Age, Cultivated Them With Peculiar Care; And By The Diligence ...
Sir Richard Arkwright
Arkwright, Sir Richard, A Celebrated Cotton Manufacturer, Who, From The Humble Occupation Of A Country Barber, Raised Himself To Rank And Fortune, By The Strength Of His Mechanical Genius, And The Perse Vering Exertions Of His Industry. This Is Not The Proper Place For Giving An Account Of The -inventions ...
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh, Sir Walter, A Distinguished Author And Adventurer, Was The Fourth Son Of Walter Raleigh, Esq. Of Fardel, In The Parish Of Cornwood In Devon Shire, Was Born In 1552 At Hayes, In The Parish Of Bud Ley, A Farm Which Formed Part Of His Father's Property. By His Mother's ...
Sir William Jones
Jones, Sir William, The Celebrated Orientalist, Was Born In London On The 28th Of September, 1746. Ills Fa Ther Mr. William Jones, Was An Eminent Mathematician, And The Cotemporary Of Sir Isaac Newton.t Iiis Mother Was The Youngest Daughter Of Mr. George Nix, A Respecta Ble Cabinet-maker In London. Having ...
Sitta
Sitta, Lin. &c. Nuthatch. Bill Straight, Prismatic, Pointed, And Fitted For Opening The Bark Of Trees; The Tail Composed Of Twelve Feathers. S. Europcsa, Lin. &c. European Nuthatch, Prov. Nzajobbcr, Nutbreaker, Or Woodcracker. Plumbeous Above, Sub-ferruginous Beneath ; A Black Streak Across The Eyes, And Black Lateral Tail Feathers, Whitish ...
Slave Trade
Slave Trade, Is The Name Given To That Com Merce In Slaves Carried On Principally Between Africa And The West India Islands. This Trade Was Begun By The Portuguese About The Year 1481, When They Es Tablished Their First Fort At D'elmina. The Other Na Tions In Europe Gradually Followed ...