Scire Facias
Scire Facias, Is A Writ Used To Enforce The Execution Of, Or Vacate, Some Already Existing Record. It Directs The Sheriff To Give Notice (" Scire Facies," Whence The Name) To The Party Against Whom It Is Obtained To Appear And Show Cause Why The Purpose Of It Shall Not ...
Scolia
Sco'lia (from Cricoan5s, Crooked) Were Short Drinking-songs, Which Were Invented And Cultivated By The Ancient Greeks. The Origin Of The Name "crooked Songs" Has Been Explained By The Ancients Them Selves In A Variety Of Ways, Of Which We Shall Mention Only Two. Some Supposed That These Songs Were Called ...
Scotland
Scotland. The General Description Of This Part Of The Kingdom Will Be Found Under The Head Of Great Britain. Under The Differ Ent Counties Are Mentioned The More Remarkable Historical Events Of Which Each Has Been The Theatre, With Occasional Notices Of, Or References To, The Early Settlers. We Propose ...
Scotland Poor Laws
Poor Laws, Scotland. The Foundation Of The Old Poor Law Of Scotland Was The Act Of Parliament 1579, C. 74, Which In So Many Respects Resembled The Celebrated English Atatute Of The 14th Of Elizabeth, Passed A Few Year. Earlier, As To Have Been Considered A Mere Adaptation From It. ...
Screen
Screen, In Architecture, A Partition Dividing Off Some Portion Of An Interior Or Room From The Rest, Without Similarly Contracting Or Shut Ting Up The Space Over Head ; A Screen Being A Partition Carried Up Only To A Certain Height, So As To Admit A View Beyond It. Screens ...
Screw
Screw. This Mechanical Power Generally Consists Of Two Parts, One Of Which Is A Solid Cylinder Of Wood Or Metal, On Whose Convex Surface Is Formed A Projecting Rib Ur Fillet, Frequently Called A Thread, Which Passes Spirally Round In Such A Manner As Constantly To Make Equal Angles With ...
Screw Manufacture
Screw Manufacture. The Blanks For Ordinary Screws Are Sometimes Made Of Round Rolled Iron, Cut Into The Required Lengths, And Pinched When Red-hot Between A Pair Of Dies In The Chaps Of A Vice ; While The Heads Are Formed With A Hammer, Or The Stamp Of A Fly.press. Another ...
Screw Press
Screw-press. This Machine Offers Great Facilities For The Appli Cation Of Power ; As The Force Applied May Be Almost Infinitely Multi Plied By Increasing The Length Of The Lever By Which It Is Turned, And Diminishing The Distance Between The Threads. It Is Also Very Convenient In Cases Where ...
Sculpture
Sculpture, In Its Strict Sense, Is The Art Of Carving Or Cutting Any Material Into A Proposed Form Or Shape. In Its More General Accepta Tion It Is The Art Of Representing Objects By Form ; And Is Thus Applied To Carving, Modelling (or The Plastic Art), Casting, Whether In ...
Scurf
Scurf Is A Material Composed Of Minute Portions Of The Dry External Scales Of The Cuticle. These Are, In Moderate Quantity, Con Tinually Separated By The Friction To Which The Surface Of The Body Is Subject, And Are In Duo Proportion Replaced By Others Deposited On The Inner Surface Of ...
Scurvy
Scurvy. This Word, As Well As Its Latin Synonym Seer/was, Has Been Used Very Vaguely, Both By Medical Men And By The Public At Large, To Designate Various Diseases Of The Skin, Often Differing Essen Tially From Each Other. Its Derivatives, Scorbutic And Ant Iscorbut Ie, Of Which The Former ...
Scythe
Scythe. The Common Scythe Is An Instrument Too Well Known To Require A Minute Description, But As Much Of Its Utility In Agriculture Depends On A Correct Adjustment Of Its Parts, We Shall Briefly Advert To Them. The Blade Of The Scythe, Which Is Always Curved, With The Cutting Edge ...
Scythia
Scy'thia Was A Name Originally Given To A Part Of Europe, And Was For A Long Time Restricted To That Country. This Scythia, Which Is Described As A Square Of 4000 Stadia By Herodotus (iv. 101), Extending From The Liter To The Palos Mnotis, And From The Sea (the Pontus) ...
Sea Defences
Sea Defences. When The Tidal Actiou, Or Littoral Currents Attack A Sea-shore, It Becomes Necessary To Protect The Latter From The Gradual Abrasion Thus Produced. The Mode In Which The Defences Thus Required Are Constructed, Must Depend Not Only On The Peculiar Form Of Destructive Action To Be Guarded Against, ...
Seal
Seal, An Intaglio Or Relief Impression On Wax, Clay, Paper, Or Other Substance Made From A Die Or Matrix Of Metal Or Other Material, By Which The Impression Is Produced, Derived From The French Sceau, Scene, Or Sale!, First Used In The 11th Century ; The Latin :vila Tn. Seals, ...
Sealing Wax
Sealing-wax. The Best Red Sealing-wax Is Composed Of Shell Lac, Venice Turpentine, And Cinnabar. The Shell-lac By Itself Is Rather Too Brittle, And The Turpentine Is Added To Remedy That Defect. The Proportions Are About Four Parts Of Lac, One Part Of Turpentine, And Three Parts Of Cinnabar, By Weight. ...
Sealing Wax
Wax, Sealing. [sealing-wax.] Way, Chimin (from The French Chemin), Is A Term Used To Denote Either A Right, In One Person Or More, Of Passing Over The Land Of Another, Or The Apace Over Which Such Right Is Exercisable. In The Former Sense A Way Is An Incorporeal Right Of ...
Sebacic Grout
Sebacic Grout'. A Small Chase Of Chemical Compounds Belong Ing To The Pelargouic Series In Gerhardee Arrangement. The Principal Member Is Sciatic Acid. Schack Add 2110) Or Evade Acid Is Always Obtaiued When Oleic Acid Or An Oil Containing Oleic Acid Is Distilled. It Is Most Advantageously Prepared By The ...
Sebastian Castalion Or Chasteillon
Castalio'n Or Chasteillon, Sebastian, Was Born In Dauphiu6, Some Say In Savoy, About 1515. He Applied Early To The Ancient Languages, And Became A Great Proficient In Greek And Hebrew. Being At Strasbourg In 1540-1, He Mado The Acquaintance Of John Calvin, Who Invited Him To Geneva, And Had Him ...
Sebastien Le Clerc
Clerc, Sebastien Le, A Celebrated French Designer And Etcher, Was Born At Metz In 1637. His Father, Who Was A Clever Goldsmith, Instructed Him In The Rudiments Of Drawing And Engraving. Sebastieu Le Clere Commenced His Career As A Civil And Military Engineer; But, Having Met With Some Unjust Treatment, ...
Second Stout
Second-stout, A Power Believed To Be Possessed By Some Persons In The Highlands And Islands Of Scotland, Of Foreseeing Future Events, Especially Of A Disastrous Kind, By Means Of A Spectral Exhibition Of The Persons Whom These Events Respect, Accompanied With Such Emblems As Denote Their Fate. Jamieson Says, " ...
Secret Poisoning
Poisoning, Secret. When The Knowledge Of The Nature Of Mineral, Vegetable, And Animal Compounds Was. Less Known Than At Present, It Was Not Uncommon For Individuals To Become Acquainted With The Poisonous Properties Of Bodies, And To Keep This A Secret For The Purpose Of Exercising A Control Over The ...
Secretary Of State
Secretary Of State. The Office Of Secretary Of State Is One Of Very Ancient Date, And The Person Who Fills It Has Been Called Variously "the King's Chief Secretary, " Principal Secretary," And, After The Restoration. " Principal Secretary Of State." Lie Was In Fact The King's Private Secretary, And ...
Sect Il Spruce Fire
Sect. Il Spruce Fire. Leaves Growing Singly Round The Branches, And All Spreading Equally. Abies Excelsa, The Norway Spruce Fir (de Candolle; Pines Abies, Lin Naeus). Leaves Scattered, Some What Four-cornered, Mueronate. Cones Cylindrical, Pendulous, With Blunt, Wavy, Slightly-toothed Scales. It Is A Native Of The Mountainous Parts Of The ...
Sector
Sector (drawing Instrument), An Instrument Invented By Gunter, Which Has The Appearance Of A Small Carpenter's Rule, Marked With Scales In Every Part ; The Greater Number Of These Scales Not Being Laid Down Parallel To The Edges Of The Rule, But Converging Towards The Pivot Oar Which The Moving ...
Sedatives
Sedatives Are Agents Which Produce A Direct Depression Of The Action Of The Vascular System, With Little Sensible Evacuation. They Differ From Narcotics, Inasmuch As Their Depressing Effects Arc Not Pre Ceded By Any Obvious Excitement Or Increased Action Of The Heart And Arteries. Whether They Act Primarily On The ...
Segment
Segment (part Cut Off), A Term Which, In Its General Sense, Needs No Explanation. It Is, In Mensuration. Most Frequently Applied To The Part Cut Off From A Circle By A Chord, And The Measurement Of This Segment Of A Circle Is The Only Point For Which Reference Is Likely ...
Seine
Seine, The Roman Sequena, A River In France, Rises In The Heights Of Langres, Near The Town Of Cbanosaux In The Department Of Cote D'or, And Flows North-west Past Chatillon-surseine, Bar-sum-seine, Troyes, Romilly, 3lootereau, Melun, Corbeil, Paris, Mantes, Elbcouf, Rouen, And Havre, Just Below Which It Falls Into The Sea ...
Seine
Seine, The Metropolitan Department Of France, Is Surrounded By The Department Of Seine-et-oise. It Lies Between 48° 43' And 48° 58' N. Lat., 2' 30' And 2' 33' E. Long., And Is Nearly Circular In Form. Its Greatest Length Is 18 Miles, Its Breadth 16 Miles ; Its Area Is ...
Seine Et 3iarne
Seine-et-3iarne, A Department Of France, Bounded N. By The Department Of The Oise, N.e. By That Of Aisne, E. By Those Of Marne And Aube, S.e. By Those Of Yonne And Loirat, And Iv. By Seine-ct Oise. Its Greatest Length From North-north-east To South-south-west Is 74 Miles; Its Greatest Breadth ...
Seine Et Oise
Seine-et-oise, A Department In France, Bounded N. By The Department Of Oise, E. By Seine-ct-marne, S. By Loiret, \v. By Eure Et-loir, And N.w. By The Department Of Euro. The Department Of Seine Is Entirely Inclosed By This Department The Greatest Length Of Seine-et-oise, From North-west To South-east, Is About ...
Seisin
Seisin Is A Term Properly Applied To Estates Of Freehold Only, So That A Man Is Said To Bo Seised Of An Estate Of Inheritance Or For Life, And To Be Possessed Of A Chattel Interest, Such As A Term Of Years. This Distinction Does Not Appear To Have Existed ...
Seismology
Seismology, From (mews, An Earthquake (that Is, A Movement Like The Shaking Of A Sieve), And Ad-yos, A Discourse, The Science Of Earthquakes ; And Seis310metry, From The Same, And Oerploato Measure, The Science Of The Mensuration Of All The Phenomena Of Earthquakes Which Can Be Expressed In Numbers, Or ...