Stones
Stones (calculi) And Other Concretions Of Various Kinds, Are Every Now And Then Met With In The In Testinal Canal. They Are More Commonly Found Within The Large Guts. These Substances Differ In Composition, Magnitude, And Shape. Some Are Purely Calcareous; Others Are Resolvable Into What Appears To Be Nothing ...
Strafford
Strafford, County Of New Hampshire, Bound Ed, By Rockingham, S.; Merrimack Sw.; Grafton W. And Nw; White Mountains Separating It From Coos N.; Oxford County, Maine, Ne.; And York County, Maine, E. And Se. Length From Great Bay To The White Mountains 70 Miles; Mean Width 21, And Area, 1470 ...
Stralsund
Stralsund, Is A Sea-port Town Of Germany, And The Capital Of A Government Of The Same Name Be Longing To Prussia. It Is Situated In The Strait Which Separates The Island Of Rugen From The Main Land. From The Sea It Has A Good Appearance, But Upon A Nearer Approach ...
Strangles
Strangles. Generally, Between The 4th And 5th Years, Sometimes Earlier. Sometimes Later In Life, And More Particularly During The Vernal And Au Tumnal Seasons, The Horse Becomes The Subject Of A Diffused Swelling About The Throat And Betwixt The Jaw-bones, Which In The Farriers' Cant Is Denomi Nated " Strangles." ...
Strasburg
Strasburg, A City Of France, And Capital Of The Department Of The Lower Rhine, Is Situated At The Junc Tion Of The Brusche And The Ille, About Half A Mile From The Rhine. The Town Occupies A Space Of A Semi Circular Form, And Is Intersected By Canals Crossed With ...
Strategics
Strategics. As No Military Enterprise Can Well Succeed Without A Knowledge Of The Country In Which The Operations Are To Be Carried On, It Is Necessary That We Should Say Some Thing Respecting The Best Means Of Obtaining This Infor Mation. The Knowledge Of A Country Embraces Three Things, Viz. ...
Strength Of Materials
Strength Of Materials, We Have Taken A Con Cise View Of The Strains To Which Timber And Other Materials Are Exposed In Buildings And Other Con Structions, And Have Promised Our Readers To Enter Upon The Subject Again More At Large In A Subsequent Part Of Our Work, A Pledge ...
Streps1las
Streps1las, Illig. Tern. Vieill. Leach. Tringa, Lin. Ste. Bill Middle-sized, Hard-pointed, Strong, Straight, Slightly Bent Upwards, Ridge Flattened. Tip Straight And Truncated; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Half Closed By A Membrane ; Legs Of Moderate Length, A Short Naked Space Above The Knee; The Three Anterior Toes Connected At The Base ...
Strom13oli
Strom13oli, The Most Northerly Of The Lipari Isles. It Is About Ten Miles In Circuit. The Popula Tion Of The Island, Amounting To About 1000 Persons, Are Lodged In An Irregular Collection Of Cottages And Fishermen's Huts. A Small Portion Of The Island Is Cultivated, And The Inhabitants Arc Chiefly ...
Strtthio
Strt:thio, Lin. &c. Ostrich. Bill Moderate, Obtuse, Straight, Depressed At The Tip, Which Is Rounded And Unguiculated ; The Mandibles Equal And Flexible; Nostrils Situated Near The Surface, And About The Middle Of The Bill ; Legs Very Long, Very Robust, And Muscular, With Only Two Toes Directed Forwards, Both ...
Sturnlis
Sturnlis, Lin. Ste. Starling. Bill Of A Middle Size, Straight, In The Form Of A Lengtir Ened Cone, Depressed, Slightly Obtuse, Base Of The Upper Mandible Projecting On The Forehead, The Point Much De Pressed, And Without A Notch ; Nostrils Basal, Lateral, Half Concealed By An Arched Membrane ; ...
Sty
"sty - S Zing Variety Of Other Intervals (except Those Near To Any Of These Concords; As Above Mentioned) Within These Se Ven Octaves, Are Discords. Wherein It Is Observable, In Comparing The Terms Of The Ratios Of All These Concords In The Lowest Line, Ing To The Intervals Major ...
Styria
Styria, A Large Province Of The Austrian Empire, Is Bounded On The North By Austria, On The East By Hungary, On The South By Carniola, And On The West By Carinthia. It Extends About 110 Miles From East To West, And From 25 To 45 From North To South, And ...
Subdivision I Tethvdes
Subdivision I. Tethvdes. In This Subdivision The Inner Tunic Is Detached From The External Coveting, Except At The Two Orifices. The Branchix Are Large, Unequal, And Cover The Walls Of The Great Cavity. The Opening To This Cavity Is Surrounded On The Inside With A Mernbranaccous, Denticulated Ring, Or With ...
Suffolk
Suffolk, A Maritime County Of England, Is Bounded On The East By The German Ocean, On The South By Essex, On The North By Norfolk, And On The South By The County Of Cambridge. It Is About 47 Miles Long And 27 Broad, And Contains 1,512 Square Statute Miles, Or ...
Suffolk_2
Suffolk, A County In The State Of New York, Comprising The Eastern Part Of Long Island, Bounded By Queen's County W.; Long Island Sound N.; And The Atlantic Ocean Northeast And East. ' Length From W. To E. 80 Miles. The Width Varies From One To Near Eighteen Miles, But ...
Sugar
Sugar, The Name Of A Well Known Vegetable Pro Duct, Of The General And Chemical Nature Of Which We Have Given A Pretty Full Account In Our Article Chemistry, Vol. V. P. 747. The Art Of Refining Sugar, However, Which Is Not Described In That Article, Arid Which Has Been ...
Sullivan
Sullivan, County Of, New York, Bounded By Delaware County Of The Same State, Nw.; Ulster N. And Ne.; Orange Se. And S.; And By Delaware River, Separating It From Pike County Of Penn Sylvania, Sw.; And From Wayne County Of Pennsyl Vania, \v. The Longest Line That Can Be Drawn ...
Sulphur
Sulphur Vivum.—this Is The Sulphuret Of Lime Which Remains Alter The Ordinary Purifications Of Sul Phur By Inciting. It Will Scarcely Burn At All Alone, And Very Imperfectly With Nitre : Whence It Is Easy To Conjecture What Results Are To Be Expected From The Numerous Compositions Into Which It ...
Sulphuric
Sulphuric A Cid. This Is Unfortunately Too Common A Poi,on, Being Often Swallowed From Design, Or Taken Inadvertently. From Being So Much Used In Many Ma Nufactures And Arts, It Is Always Within Reach Of The Peo Ple. It Is By No Means An Uncommon Expedient Among Suicides, Extraordinary As ...
Sumatra
Sumatra, A Large Island In The Eastern Sea, And The Most Westerly Of The Sunda Islands. It Extends About Six Degrees On Each Side Of The Equator, And Is About 1050 Miles Long, And 165 Broad. A Chain Of Mountains In Double And Treble Ranges, Extends Through The Island. Mount ...
Sunderland
Sunderland, A Borough And Sea-port Town Of England, In The County Of Durham, Is Situated On The Southwest Bank Of The Wear. It Is United To Monk Wearmouth By The Celebrated Iron Bridge, Of Which We Have Already Given A Full Description And Drawing, (see Bridge, Vol. Iv., P. 479, ...
Surgery
Surgery Is That Branch Of The Medical Profession Wherein Manual Operations Form Part Of The Occupa Tion Of The Practitioner, And During Certain Periods Of Its History Constituted The Exclusive Department Of The Individual Who Professed It; Being Derived From Xop, A Hand, And Fay', A Work, Whence It Was ...