Sale
Sale Is That Transaction By Which The Ownership Of Property Is Transferred To The Buyer, In Consideration Of A Money Payment By Him, Or On His Behalf, To The Seller. Such Transfer Of Ownership May Some Times Be Made, Although The Property Does Not Belong To The Seller ; As ...
Salicylic Group
Salicylic Group. A Cluster Of Chemical Substances, Compounds Or Derivatives Of The Electronegative Radical Talky! The Members Of This Group—itself A Subdivision Of The Benzoic Series In Gerhardt's Arrangement—are Numerous ; Including The Odoriferous Oil Of Meadow-sweet And Of Winter-green, And The Bitter Principle Of Willow-bark. Sulicyl (c,,11,0,) Itself Ha ...
Salii
Sal'ii Were Twelve Priests Of Mars Gradivus, Who Formed An Ecclesiastical Collegium Or Corporation At Rome. They Were Chosen From The Patricians, And Established By Numa To Take Care Of The Twelve Ancilia, Or Sacred Shields Of Mars. The Original 'male Was Said To Have Been Found In The Palace ...
Salix
Salix, Medical Properties Of. The Barks Of Several Species Of Willow Have Been Long Celebrated For Their Astringent And Antifebrile Qualities; But From The Great Difficulty Of Determining The Species, It Is Not Ascertained Which Kind Is Entitled To The Preference. The Salix Rasselliana (bedford Willow) Appears To Possess The ...
Salsette
Salsette, An Island In The Indian Ocean, Close To The West Coast Of Ilinflustae, And Included In The British Presidency Of Bombay. It A Little To The North Of The Island Of Bombay, With Which It Is United By A Causeway Which Was Constructed In 1805, But Which Is So ...
Salt And Salt Trade
Salt And Salt Trade. The Chemical Nature Of Common Salt, As A Chloride Of Sodium, Is Treated Under Sodium. The Vast Mores Of Rock-salt And Salt-brine In Cheshire And Worcestershire, Whence England Obtains Her Supply, Are Described In The Geog. Div., Under Such Headings As Cheshire, Droitivicii, Nantwich, Nortidvich, &c. ...
Salt Of Lemons
Lemons, Salt Of, A Name Improperly Applied By Druggists To Binoxalate Of Potash. [oxalic Am.] Lens (latin For " A Small Bean "), A Name Given To A Glass, Or Other Transparent Medinm, Ground With Two Spherical Surfaces In Such Manner As To Be Generated By The Revolution Of One ...
Salta
Salta, The Most Northern Of The Provinces Of The Argentine Con Federation, South America, Extends Between 22° And 26 30' S. Bit, 61° And 68' W. Long. It Is Bounded S. By The Province Of Tucuman, E. By The Gran Chaco, N. And W. By The Republic Of Bolivia. Tho ...
Salts
Salts. The Term Salt, Originally Restricted In Its Application To Common Salt, Which It Still Means When Used Merely By Itself, Is Now Applied To A Vast Number Of Substances Which Have In Many Cases Few Properties In Common. Common Salt Is The Principal Of A Class Composed Of A ...
Salvius Julianus
Julia'nus, Salvius, Was Probably A Native Of Milan. Ile Was The Great-grandfather Of The Emperor Didius Julianus. (reliauus Spartistuus, 'didius Julianus.') Julianus Was Twice Consul, And Also Prasfectus Urbi. Ile Mentions His Own Consulship And Office Of Prxter Urbanus ; And Ho Also Of Having Been In Egypt (' Digest.' ...
Salzburg
Salzburg, A Crownland Of Austria, Formerly The Duchy Of Salz Burg, Is Bounded W. By The Tyrol And Bavaria; By Bavaria And The Crownlaed Of Upper Austria; E. By The Same Crownland And Styria; And S. By Illyria. The Area Is 2639 Square Mils; And The Population In 1850 Was ...
Salzburg_2
Salzburg, The Capital Of The Crovrnland Of Salzburg Iu Austria, Is Situated In 47' 49' 10' N. 1st., 13' 1' 32'f Long., On The Banks Of The Salta Or Salsach, Over Which There Is A Bridge 370 Feet Long And 40 Feet. Wide. The Situation Is One Of The Moss ...
Sam Ieli
Sam Ieli Is The Turkish Name Of A Wind Which The Arabs Call Samoom, Or Simoom, Which In Egypt Is Called Kltamsin, And In Sene Gambia And Guinea /damnation. It Occurs In Most Countries Which Are Situated At No Great Distance From Sandy Deserts, And It Blows Always From That ...
Sameness Or Identity
Sameness Or Identity. This Term Is Generally Applied To What Is Called Personal Identity, Or The Sameness Of A Living And Intellectual Being, As Man. There Are Sonic Remarks On This Subject By Bishop Butler In His ' Dissertation Of Personal Identity. The Mammas Of Objects Which Are External To ...
Samos
Samos, An Island In The Archipelago, Situated Near The Omit Of Asia Minor, Between 37* 35' And 37' 48' N. Htt., 26' 36' And 27* 8' E. Long., At The Distance Of About A Mile From The Promontory Of Trogilium, Or Cape Santa Maria, Which Lies Betweou The Gulf Of ...
Samuel Cooper
Cooper, Samuel, A Very Distinguished English Miniature Painter Of The 17th Century, Was Born In London In 1609. Lie Was Brought Up Together With His Brother Alexander By His Uncle John Hoskins, Likewise A Miniature Painter, And Much Distinguished In The Reign Of Charles I. Having Displayed Remarkable Ability His ...
Samuel Daniel
Daniel, Samuel, Was Born In Someraetshiro In 1562, And Educated At Magdalen Hall, Oxford, Which However He Left Without A Degree, "lis Gent' Being," According To Anthony B Wood, "more Prone To Easier And Smoother Subjects Thau In Pecking And Hewing At Lozic." Ile Became Tutor To Lady Anne Clifford, ...
Samuel Foote
Foote, Samuel, Was Born At Truro, In The County Of Cornwall, In 1720. His Father Was A Joint Commissioner In The Prize Office, And Member Of Parliament For Tiverton. Samuel Foote Was Educated At Worcester College, Oxford. On Quitting The University, Which Lie Did On Account Of Some Extravagance Of ...
Samuel Garth
Garth, Samuel, Eminent As A Physician And A Wit, During The Reigns Of William Iii. And Anne, Was Descended Of A Good Yorkshire Family, Received His Academical Education At Peterhouse, Cambridge, And Graduated As M.d. In 1691. Having Settled In London, He Rendered Himself Distinguished By Hia Conversational Powers, Which ...
Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb, Nephew Of John George Gmelin, Was Born At Tubingen In 1744, Studied In That University, Where He Applied Himself Chiefly To The Natural Sciences, And Took His Degree Of M.d. In 1767 He Went To St. Petersburg, And In The Following Year Be Was Sent By The ...
Samuel Hahnemann
Hahnemann, Samuel, Founder Of The System Of Medicine Called Homosopathy, Was Born At Ideiesseu, In Upper Saxony, On The 10th Of April 1755. Ilis Father, Gottfried Hahnemanu, Who Was An Artist Of Considerable Merit, Was Employed In The Painting Of China In The Celebrated Porcelain Manufactory Of Meissen. He Was ...
Samuel Hood
Hood, Samuel, Viscount, Was Born December 12th 1724 At Butley In Somersetshire, Of Which Parish His Father Was The Incumbent. He Was Brought Up To The Navy, And After Passing With Credit Through The Iuferior Ranks Of The Service, Was Appointed In 1757 To Command The Antelope, 50 Guns, In ...
Samuel Horsley
Horsley, Samuel, A Distinguished Prelate Of The English Church, Successively Bishop Of St. David's, Rochester, And St. Ample, Was Born In 1733. He Was The Son Of John Horsley (whose Father Was Originally A Nonconformist), Who Was For Many Years The Clerk In Orders At St. Martin's-in-the-fields, And Who Held ...
Samuel Johnson
Johnson, Samuel, The Son Of Michael Johnson, A Bookseller At Lichfield, And Sarah, His Wife, Was Born At Lichfield On The 18th Of September 1709. As A Child He Was Afflicted With The King's Evil, Which Disfigured His Face And Impaired His Eyesight, And He Was Taken To Queen Anne ...
Samuel Klingenstierna
Klingenstierna, Samuel, A Swedish Mathematician And Philosopher, Was Born In 16s9 At Tolefors, Near Linkoeping, And Received His Educatiou At Upsal. It Was Intended By His Parents That He Should Follow The Law As A Profession; But, After Having Made Some Progress In The Study Of Jurisprudence, He Abandoned That ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, Was Born At Ottery St. Mary, In Devonshire, Of Which Parish His Father Was The Vicar, On The 21st Of October 1772. He Was The Youngest Of A Numerous Family, And Became An Orphan At The Age Of Nine. Owing To The Straitened Circum • Stances Of ...
Samuel William Henry Ireland
Ireland, Samuel William Henry (though He Dropped The Samuel To All His Productions), Was The Son Of The Preceding, And Was Born In Norfolk-street, Strand, In 1777. He Would Be Scarcely Worth A Notice, Except In Connection With The Shakepere Forgeries, As To Which The Credulity Of Many Eminent Men ...
San Francisco
San Francisco, A City, Port Of Entry, And The Capital Of San Francisco County, State Of California, United States Of North America ; Is Situated On A Narrow Neck Of Land Forming The Southern Side Of The Entrance To San Francisco Bay, And Between That Bay And The Pacific Ocean, ...
San Juan De La
San Juan De La Frontera, One Of The Provinces Of The Argentine Confederation, South America, Extends Between 30' 30' And 32 S. Lat. ; 67' 30' And 7v 20' W. Long. It Is Bounded S. By The Province Of Mendoza; E. By That Of San Luis ; N. By La ...
San Luis De La
San Luis De La Punta, One Of The Provinces Of The Argentine Confederation, South America, Extends Between 31° And 35° S. Lat., 64° And 67' 30' W. Long. It Is Bounded S. By The Province Of Buenos Ayres, E. By Cordova, N. By La Rioja, N.w. By San Juan, And ...
San Salvador
San Salvador, Republic Of, Central America, Extends Along The Pacific Ocean From The Bay Or Gulf Of Conchagua To The Rio De Paz. It Lies Between 10' And 15' N. Lat., 45' And 45' W. Long. ; And Is Bounded E. By Nicaragua, N. By Honduras, W. By Guatemala, And ...
San Sebastian
San Sebastian, A City And Seaport Of Spain, Awl Capital Of Gulps:moos, One Of The Basque Provinces, Is Situated In 43' 19 N. Lat., 2' W. Long, On The Coast Of The Bay Of Biscay. The Town Is Built On A Low Peninsula, Or Tongue Of Land, Which Is Terminated ...
Sana
Sana Is The Capital Town Of The Province Of Yemen In Arabia, Situated In 15' 5' N. Lat., 44' 5' E. Long. Sans, Though The Chief Town Of Yemen, Is The Seat Of An Independent Chief, The Imam Of Sane, Who Exercises Authority Over A Wide District Around, And Is ...
Sanctuary
Sanctuary, A Consecrated Place Which Gave Protection To A Criminal Taking Refuge There. The Word Also Signifies The Privilege Of Sanctuary, Which Was Granted By The King For The Protection Of The Life Of An Offender. Under The Dominion Of The Normans There Appear Early To Have Existed Two Kinds ...
Sand
Sand. The Fine Angular Materials Derived From The Disintegration Of Rocks, And Deposited According To The Gravity Of The Various Particles Under The Action Of Running Water, Are Technically Known By The Generic Term "smiths" They Are, For The Purposes Of Classification, Subdivided Into River Sand, Sea Sand, And Pit ...
Sandarac
Sandarac Is A Secretion From The Callitris Quadriralris, A Tree Of Enormous Size, Native Of Marocco, And There Called Aran It Exudes Spontaneously Front The Bark, And Concretes On The Surface. It Occurs In Small, Irregular, But Rather Elongated, Seldom Perfectly Round Tears, Or In Ntasses Run Together, Of A ...
Sandor Kisfaludy
Kisfaludy, Sandor, Or Alexander, By General Consent The First Of The Hungarian Poets Of His Time, Was Born At Siimeg In The County Of Sealed, On The 22nd Of September 1772. His Full Name In The Hungarian Order Of Arrangement Is Kisfaludi Kisfaludy Sander Or Alexander Kisfaludy Of Kisfalud—in Scotland ...
Sandro Or Alessandro Filipepi
Filipe'pi, Sandro Or Alessandro, Commonly Called Botti Celli, From The Name Of A Goldsmith To Whom He Was Apprenticed, Was Born At Florence In 1437. He Studied Painting Under Filippo Lippi, And Became One Of The First Painters Of His Time, Though His Chief Excellence Was In His Invention And ...
Sandwich
Sandwich, Kent, A Cinque-port, Market-town, And Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The River Stour, In 51 16' N. Lat., 1' 20' E. Long., Distant. 12 Miles E. From Canterbury, 674 Miles E. By S. From London, And 93 Miles By The South-eastern Railway. It ...
Sandwich Islands
Sandwich Islands Are A Group Of Islands Situated In The Northern Part Of The Pacific, Between 18° 55' And 22° 20' N. Lat., 154' 50' And 160° 40' W. Lone. They Extend Within These Limits In A Slightly Curved Line From South-east To North-west, And Are Thirteen In Number; Eight ...
Sanskrit Language An1 Literature
Sanskrit Language An1) Literature. Lavaage. The Sanskrit Ie A Branch Of The Indo-germanic Family Of Languages. Of All Those Languages It Is That Which Approaches Nearest To The Primitive Type ; And By The Originality, Purity, And Abundance Of Its Fortes, Is Peculiarly Calculated To Throw Light On The Obscure ...
Santa Fe
Santa Fe, One Of The Riverine Provinces Of The Argentine Con Federation, South America, Extends Along The Right Bank Of The Rio Parantt, From About 29° To 33° S. Lat., And Between 59° 30' And 62 W. Long., But The Boundaries Are Not Very Distinctly Defined.. It Is Bounded S. ...
Santiago
Santiago, The Capital Of The Republic Of Chili, South America, Is Situated On The Mapocho, A Feeder Of The Maypfi, In The Plain Of Santiago (cirmil, At An Elevation Of 1690 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea, In 33 25' S. Lat., 70° 38' W. Long., Population About 50,000. ...
Santiago Del Estero
Santiago Del Estero, One Of The Provinces Of The Argentine Confederation, South America, Lies Between 27° And 30' S. Lat., 61° And 65° W. Long. It Is Bounded S. By The Province Of Cordova ; S.e. By That Of Santa F6. From Which It Is Separated By The Laguna Salados ...
Santonin
Santonin. [sasro.xle Aviv.] Sap Is A Mode Of Executing The Trenches At The Siege Of A Fortress, When The Besiegers Arrive Within Such A Distance From The Covered Way That The Fire From Thence Becomes Too Dangerous To Allow The Men To Work On The Ground Without Being Protected By ...
Saone Et Loiiie
Saone-et-loiiie, A Department Of France, Bounded N. By Cote D'or, E. By Jura, S. By Those Of Ain, Rhone, And Loire, And W. By Those Of Allier And Nievre. Its Greatest Length From North To South Is 68 Miles, Front East To West 85 Miles. The Area Is 3306-7 Square ...
Sara Coleridge
Sara Coleridge, The Only Daughter Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Was Born At Keswick In 1803. Until Her Marriage She Resided In The House Of Robert Southey, Who Married Her Mother's Sister. To His Influence And Paternal Kindness The Formation Of Her Mental Character Must Be Largely Ascribed, Though She Possessed ...
Saracen1c Architecture
Saracen1c Architecture, Is The Term Usually Applied In This Country To What Would Perhaps Be Better Named Mohammedan Archi Tecture, Since It Embraces The Architecture Of All Mohammedan Peoples, Or Arabian Architecture, From The Race With Whom It Originated. But Though The Style May Be Traced Back To Them, The ...
Sarah Margaret Fuller
Fuller, Sarah Margaret, Marchioness Ossoli, Was Born At Cambridge-port, Maesachuaet Te, United States Of North America, May 23, 1810. Her Father, A Solicitor And A Member Of The Congress, Perceiving Her Early Aptitude., Had Her So Highly Educated That He Was Accustomed To Speak Of Her While Quite A Child ...
Saratov
Saratov, A Government Of Asiatic Russia, Iles Between 48' And 53' N. Let., 42' 20' And 51' 20' E. Lonz. It Is Bounded N. By Penes, Simbirsk, And Orenburg; E. And S. By Astrakhan; And W. By Tambow, Voroneta, And The Country Of The Don Coesaks. The Northern Frontier Is ...
Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus, A 'word Derived From The Creek Lesh Eater, But Used To Designate Any Kind Of Coffin, Especially Large Ones Of Stone. This Name Was Given From Sarcophagi Being Originally Made Of A Kind Of Stone From Assoc In Mysia, Supposed To Bo Alumens Chisti, Or A Kind Of Pumice ...
Sardinia Sardegna
Sardegna, Sardinia, A Large Island In The Mediterranean Sea, Situated Between 3s' 52' And 41' 17' N. Lat., From Cape Spartivento, The Most Southern Point, To Cape Longosardo On The North, And Between 8' 4' And 9' 50' E. Long., From Cape Caccia Near Alghero, The Most Western Point, To ...
Sardinian States
Sardinian States, The Dominions Of The House Of Savoy, Constitute A Monarchy, The Head Of Which Derives His Title Of King From The Island Of Sardinia. These States Consist Of—i, The Duchy Of Savoy; 2, The Principality Of Prensioirr ; 3, The Duchy Of Genoa; 4, The County Of Naze; ...