Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands, Scotland, Form The Most Remote Group Of Islands Incorporated With Great Britain. They Are About 150 Miles W. From Bochanneas In Aberdeenshire, And Are Separated From The Orkneys, From Which They Lie N.w., By A Channel About 50 Miles Broad. Excluding The Two More Detached Islands, Called Foul's ...
Shield
Shield Was A Part Of The Ancient Armour Designed To Ward Off The Strokes Of The Sword And All Kinds Of Missiles. Shields Were Borne On The Left Arm, And Were Of Different Forms And Sizes, And They Were Accordingly Designated By Different Names. The Barge Circular Or Oval Shield, ...
Shiites
Shiites Is The Name Of A Sect Among The Mohammedans. The Word Comes From Abiah," A Faction, Party, Or Set Of Men Who Separate Themselves From The Rest Of The Community," And Who Entertain Religious Opinions Contrary To Those Of The .sunnites, Or People Who Belong To Any Of The ...
Ship
Ship. The Ships Of War Employed At First By The Maritime Nations Of Modern Europe Were Galleys, Moved Either By Whid Or Oars, And Were Similar, Probably, To Those Of The Greeks And Romans. In The Beginning Of The 15th Century, Vessels Of A Like Kind, But Of Greater Dimensions, ...
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding, As A Science, Has, Under The Term Naval Archi Tecture, Become So Extensive A Subject As To Render It Difficult To Condense Within The Limits Of A Concise Statement, Sufficient To Illus Trate Even Its Main Principles, Without Undue Intrusion Upon The Consistent Limits Of A Cyclopedia. The Precise, ...
Ships And Shipping
Ships And Shipping. The Law Applicable To English Merchant Ships Consists Of So Much Of The Common Law As Relates To Personalty, The English Maritime Law To Be Found In Statutes And Decisions Of Her Majesty's Courts, And The General Law Maritimo Recognised Less Or More By All Civilised Nations, ...
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks. That Wrecks Are Numerous, Is A Fact Well-known To A Seafaring Nation Like Ours ; That They Must Necessarily Be Consider Able In Number, Regard Being Had To The Perils Of The Deep, Will Of Course Bo Admitted ; Lint That Nothing Can Be Done To Lessen Their Frequency, ...
Shire
Shire, From The Saxon Schyras,.to Divide (whence Also To Shear), Is The Name Of Districts Into Which The Whole Of Great Britain Is Divided. The Word Shim Is In Most Cases Equivalent To County,a Name Often Substituted For It In Great Britain, And Always In Ireland. The Origin Of This ...
Shoddy Manufacture
Shoddy Manufacture. This Has Recently Become A Large And Important Branch Of Industry In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. Shoddy And Mango Are The Strange Names Given To Two Varieties Of Rag Wool; The One Being Obtained From Old Blankets, Carpets, Flannel, And Worsted Stockings ; And The Other From ...
Shoe Trade
Shoe Trade. Under •boot And Shoe Manufacture, Some Of The Mechanical Features Of This Branch Of Industry Were Noticed. In The Present Article We Shall Treat Briefly Of The Relation Between The Different Kinds Of Werkpeople, And Of The Changes Recently Effected Through The Introduction Of Sewing.machines. A Shoemaker, In ...
Shrapnel Shells
Shrapnel Shells, So Called From The Inventor, Major Shrapnel, R. A., Are A Most Destructive Description Of Projectile ; They Are Principally Used Against Skirmishers And Scattered Bodies Of Troops Beyond The Range Of Common Case, 300 Yards, Nr Of Grape Shot, About 600 Yards. A Shrapnel Shell Or Spherical ...
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury, The County Town Of Shropshire, A Market-town, Municipal And Parliamentary Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated On The Severn, In 52° 43' N. Lat., 2° 45' W. Long., Distant 153 Miles N.w. By W. From London By Road, And 161 Miles By The North-western Sod ...
Shyrna
Shyrna (jamie), One Of The Most Ancient Greek Cities In Asia Minor. There Was An Old Smyrna And New Smyrna. The Old Town Lay On The North-east Side Of The Herman Gulf Or Gulf Of Smyrna. According To Some Traditions It Was Originally An Leolian Colony, And Was Afterwards Taken ...
Sialagooues
Sialagooues (from Siaaor, "saliva," And &aleph, "that Which Leads Or Brings"), Agent. Which Increase The Flow Of Saliva And Other Fluids From The Parotid And Other Glands In The Vicinity Of The Mouth. They* Operate In Different Ways, And Are Distinguished Into Local Or Remote. Of The Local, Some Are ...
Siam
Siam, In Asia, Including The Countries Tributary To Or Dependent On It, Extends From 4° To 22° N. Lat., 93° To 105° 20' E. Long. It Com Prehends A Vast Extent Of Country In The Peninsula Beyond The Ganges, And The Larger Part Of The Malay Peninsula. It Is Bounded ...
Siberia
Siberia Is The Name Of That Part Of The Russian Empire Which Is In Asia, And Extends From The Ural Mountains, Which Divide Europe From Asia, Eastward To The Sea. Of Okhotsk And Kamtehatka, Both Of Which Are Parts Of The Pacific Ocean. It Lies Between 45* 30' And 77' ...
Sibyl
Sibyl (iffhaaa) Is The Name By Which Several Prophetic Women Were Designated, All Of Whom Belong To The Mythical Ages Of Ancient History. But Pausaniaa (x., C. 12), Who Gives An Account Of The Sibyls, Applies Incorrectly The Same Name To The Female Soothsayers Of The Historical Times. (strabo, Xiv., ...
Sicily
Sicily, A Large Island In The Mediterranean Sea, Which Is Separated By The Narrow Strait Of Messina, From The Coast Of Calabria. It Is Of Triangular Form, And Obtained Its Ancient Name Trinacria From Its Three Principal Promontories :—lilybmum, Now Capo Bee°, The Most Western Point, Which Is About 90 ...
Side
Side. In Modern Mathematics This Term Means Nothing But One Of The Lines Which Bound A Figure, Extending From One Angle Or Corner To The Next. The Latin Word Lefties, Of The Same Signification, Is Pre Served In Composition : Thus A Figure Of Three Sides Is Trilateral ; Of ...
Sidney Godolpiiin Godolpiiin
Godolpiiin, Sidney Godolpiiin, Earl 01-', Was A Younger Brother Of A Family Said To Have Been Settled At Godolphin, Or, As It Was Anciently Called, Godolcan, In Cornwall, Before The Norman Conquest. His Father Was Francis Godolphin, Who Was Made A Knight Of The Bath At The Coronation Of Charles ...
Siege
Siege Is The Process Of Advancing Towards A Fortress Under The Cover Of Earth Thrown Up From Trenches Excavated In The Ground ; Silencing Its Fire By A Superior Fire Of Artillery And Musketry; And Finally, By Breaching The Ramparts, Either Obliging The Defenders To Surrender, Or Forcing An Entrance ...
Siena
Siena, A Province (compartlmento) Of Tuscany, Which Formerly Comprehended The Whole Southern Part Of The Grand-duchy, Corres Ponding To The Territory Of The Former Republic Of Siena, Is Bounded N. By Florence, W. By The Mediterranean. E. By Arezzo, And S. By The Papal Staten, From Which It Is Partly ...
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Is The Name Of A Cape On The West Coast Of Africa, In 8° 30' N. Lat., Of A River Or 'estuary Which Enters The Ocean On The North Side Of The Cape, And Of A British Colony Established On A Penin Sula Of Which The Cape Forms ...
Sight
Sight (vision, The Faculty Of Seeing). The Structure And Uses Of The Several Component Parts Which Enter Into The Formation Of The Organ Of Vision Have Been Already Described In The Article Eye, In Nat. Hisr. Div. We Have Now To Inquire By What Means The Images Of Objects Which ...
Silenus
Sile'nus (i.sarmoc), A Greek Deity. The Traditions Of His Birth Are Various : He Is Said To Be The Son Of Pan And Of A Nymph; Of Gtea ; And To Hate Sprung From The Blood Of Uranus. He Was The Instructor And Constant Associate Of Dionysos ; Was A ...
Silesia
Silesia (schlesien), A Province Of Prussia, Is Situated Between 49°40' And 52° 8' N. Lat., 14° 25' And ]9° 15' E. Long. It Is Bounded N.w. By Brandenburg; N.e. By Posen ; E. By Poland; S.e. By Austrian Galicia; S. By Austrian Silesia; And S.w. By Bohemia. The Province Is ...
Silhouette
Silhouette, A Name Applied To The Black Profile Portraits, Com Monly Known Simply As Profiles Or Shades. The Latter Name Indicates The Origin Of This Simple Class Of Pictorial Representations, They Having Been Probably Suggested By The Shadow Thrown Upon A Wall. The Name Silhouette Has Been Said To He ...
Silicon
Silicon (si). Silicium. With The Exception Of Oxygen, Silicon Is The Most Abundant Constituent Of Our Earth's Crust. Its Name Is Derived From Silts, Latin For " Flint," Of Which The Essential Component Is Silicon. The Element Silicon Has Great Affinities For Other Elements, And Hence Does Not Exist, In ...
Silk
Silk Manufacture« This Subject Naturally Divides Itself Into Four Parts :—the Rearing Of The Insect Which Yields The Silk ; The Extrication Of The Filament In A State Fitted For The Manufacturer; The Spinning And Weaving Into Textile Fabrics; And The Commercial Arrangements Arising Out Of The Manufacture. Such Portions ...
Silver
Silver, Medical Properties Of. In A Purely Metallic State Silver Has No Action On The Animal Frame, And The Only Salt Much Used Is The Nitrate, Termed Also Lunar Caustic. This Is Always Fused In Proper Moulds, From Which It Is Turnedf Out In The Form Of Cylinders, About Three ...
Silver
Silver (ag., From The Latin Argentum). This Metal Has Been Known From The Earliest Times, Frequent Mention Being Made Of It In The Writings Of Moses. Occurring Naturally In The Metallic State, Though Not So Frequently As To Render It Common, And Being Easily Worked, It Must, No Doubt, Have ...
Silver Working
Silver Working. Silver-ores Are Found Chiefly In Veins Which Traverse The Primary And The Older Of The Secondary Stratified Rocks, But Especially The Former ; And Also The Unstratified Rocks, Such As Granite And Porphyry, Which Are Associated With The Above. Some Of The Richest Mines In South America Are ...
Silvering
Silvering, As A Handicraft, Is Not Always An Example Of Eilver Working, As The Name Would Seem To Imply ; For In Silvering Looking. Glass, No Silver Whatever Is Used, In The Ordinary Methods. One Mode Of Silvering, First Adopted At Sheffield, Is That Of Rubbing An Amalgam Of Silver ...
Similar Figures Similar
Similar, Similar Figures (geometry). Similarity. Resem Blance, Or Likeness, Means Sameness In Some, If Not In All, Particulars. In Geometry, The Word Refers To A Sameness Of One Particular Kind. The Two Most Important Notions Which The View Of A Figure Will Give Are Those Of Use And *ave, Ideas ...
Simone Canton1
Canto'n1, Simone, A Recent Milanese Architect Of Considerable Note, Was Born At Maggio, A Small Village In The North Of Italy, And Received His First Instruction In Architecture From His Father Pietro, Who Was Of That Profession, And Did A Good Deal At Genoa. Ho After Ward. Went To Rome ...
Simple Contract
Simple Contract Debts Are Those Which Are Contracted With Out Any Eugagement Under The Seal Of The Debtor Or Of His Ancestor [deed], And Which Are Not Of Record By Any Judgment Of A Court. Money Duo For Goods Bought By The Debtor Is The Most Usual Of Simple Contract ...
Sinapis
Sina'pis. Two Species Of This Genus Are Used In This Country To Yield The Mustard Of Commerce, S. A/ba And S. ?tiara, Or White Mustard And Black Mustard. Both Are Annuals, The Latter Extensively Cultivated In Yorkshire And 1)urliarn. Of The Former The Seeds Are Large, Smooth, Not Veined Or ...