Sine
Sine And We Separate From The Article Trioonouetity The Mere Description And Properties Of These Fundamental Terms, Which, Though Originally Derived From Simple Trigonometry, Are Now Among The Most Useful Foundations Of Mathematical Expresnion. For What We Have To Say On Their History, We Refer To The Article Just Cited. ...
Singapore
Singapore Is A British Settlement In The East Indies, Situated On The Southern Extremity Of The Malay Peninsula. It Consists Of The Island Of Singapore, And About 50 Islets Dispersed South And East From It Iu The Straits Of Singapore. The Territories Of This Settlement Embrace A Circumference Of About ...
Sintiialdo De Innocent Iv
Innocent Iv., Sintiialdo De' Fizsenr, Of Genoa, Succeeded Celestine Iv. In The Year 1243. In The Preceding Bitter Quarrels Between Gregory Ix. And The Emperor Frederick Ii., Cardinal Sini Baldo Had Shown Himself Rather Friendly Towards The Emperor ; And The Imperial Courtiers, On Receiving The News Of His Exaltation, ...
Siphon
Siphon (abase), A To Or Pipe By Which A Liquid Can Be Decanted From One Vessel To Another Without Inverting Or Disturbing The Vessel From Which The Liquid Is Withdrawn. This Machine Was Probably Invented In The Second Century B.c., By Hero Of Alexandria, Who, In The Or' Pneumatics,' Mentions ...
Siphon Gauge
Siphon Gauge, In Pneumatics, Is A Tube Of Glass Bent So As To Form Two Branches Equal And Parallel To One Another, And Each From 6 To 8 Inches In Length ; The Tube Is Hermetically Closed At One End And Left Open At The Other. One Of The Branches ...
Sir Alan Lundin
Lundin, Sir Alan, Of Lundin, Or Lundie, In Tho Shire Of Forfar, Was Sou And Heir Of Thomas De Lundio, Who Held The Office Of King's Hostiariue, Or Door Ward, And Was One Of The Magnates Scotiae Who Ratified The Marriage Of King Alexander Ii. With Joanna Of England. Sir ...
Sir Anthony Carlisle
Carlisle, Sir Anthony, Surgeon, Was Born Near Durham, In The Year 1768. He Commenced His Professional Education With An Uncle At York, And Thence He Was Transferred To Durham, Where He Remained For Some Time Under The Instruction Of Mr. Green, The Founder Of The Hospital In That City. Having ...
Sir Astley Cooper
Cooper, Sir Astley, Was Born In The Village Of Brooke In Norfolk, Where His Father, Dr. Cooper, Was Curate. His Mother Was A Popular Authoress In Her Day, Nod Published Several Novels And Other Literary Productions, The Object Of Which Was To Elevate And Dignify The Position Of Woman In ...
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott
Callcott, Sir Augustus Wall, R.a., Was Born At Ken Sington In 1779, And Died In The Same Place In The Close Of The Year 1844, Aged Sixty-five. He Was The Brother Of The Distinguished Composer, Dr. Callcott, And He Himself In Early Life Officiated For Several Years In The Choir ...
Sir Baltiiasar Uerbier Douvilly
Uerbier D'ouvilly, Sir Baltiiasar, A Miniature Painter Ud Architect, Was Born At Antwerp About 1593. He Came Young To 'siglaud, And Was A Retainer Of The Duke Of Buckingham'', As Early As 613. He Accompanied The Duke To Spain, And Painted A Miniature Of He Infanta For James I.; He ...
Sir Charles Fellows
*fellows, Sir Charles, Was Born In 1799, At Nottingham, Where His Father, John Fellows, Esq., Held A Property Which The Family Had Possessed During Four Previous Generations. In The Early Part Of The Year 1838 Mr. Charles Fellows Made A Tour In That Part Of Asia Minor Which Lies Betweeh ...
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
* Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock, P.r.a., Was Born In 1793 At Plymouth, Devonshire. Having, After The Usual Course Of Educa Tion At The Grammar Schools Of Plymouth And Plympton, And For A Brief Apace At The Charterhouse, Decided On Adopting Painting As A Profession, He Entered As A Student At ...
Sir David Lindsay
Lindsay, Sir David, A Scottish Poet, Was Born At Garmylton, In Haddingtonshire, About The End Of The 15th Century. He Inherited From His Father The Estate Of The Mount,' In Fifeshire, Whence, To Distinguish Him From Many Others Of The Same Name, He Is Usually Called Sir David Lindsay Of ...
Sir Edward Codrington
Codrington, Sir Edward, Admiral, G.c.b. Was Born In 1770. He Was A Grandson Of Sir Edward Codringtou, First Baronet, Of Dodington, Gloucestershire. He Entered The Navy July 18, 1783, And Served In Several Ships Till He Became Lieutenant, May 28, 1793. He Served As Lieutenant On Board The Queen Charlotte, ...
Sir Edward George Earle
* Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, Bart., Was Born In 1805, The Youngest Son Of General Bulwer, Of Woodalling And Haydon Hall, Norfolk. His Mother Was Elizabeth Barbara, The Only Daughter Of Richard Warbenton Lytton, Esq., Of Knebsworth, Herta—a Splendid Property, Which Had Belonged To The Lytton Family ...
Sir Francis Ciiantrey
Ciiantrey, Sir Francis, Was Bora On The 7th Of April 1782, At Nortoo, In Derbyshire, Where His Father Was A Farmer. Chantrey'a Father Wished To Make An Attorney Of Him, But He Preferred Being An Artist, And His Predilection Was For Carving. He Wen Accordiugly Bound For Three Years To ...
Sir Francis Drake
Drake, Sir Francis, Was Born In Or After The Year 1539 (barrow's ` Life Of Drake,' Eh. L) In An Humble Cottage On The Banks Of The Tavy, In Devonshire. His Father, Who Was, According To The Common Accounts, A Poor And Obscure Yeoman, Had Twelve Eons, Of Whom Francis ...
Sir Fulke Grevile
Grevile, Sir Fulke, Afterwards Lord Brooke, Was Born In 1554. He Was The Only Son Of Sir Fulke Grevile Of Beauchamp Court In Warwickshire, And His Mother Was A Daughter Of Ralph Neville, Earl Of Westmorland. He Became A Fellow-commoner Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Hut Afterwards Studied At Oxford. Having ...
Sir George Grey
*grey, Sir George, K.c.b., Was Born In Ireland, And After Receiving A Careful Education, Entered The Army, In Which He Ultimately Obtained The Rank Of Captain. In 1836, In Conjunction With Lieutenant Lushington, He Offered Himself To Lord Glenelg, Then Colonial Secre Tary, To Undertake A Journey Of Discovery In ...
Sir George Head
Head, Sir George, Knight, Was Born In 1782 At The Ilermi Lege, A Few Miles North From Rochester, In Kent. James Roper Head, Father Of Sir George Head And Sir Francis Bond Head, Was Descended From Fernando Mendez, A Jew, Who Came From Portugal To England, And Was Physician To ...
Sir Henry Thomas De
De La. Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, An Eminent Geologist. He Was The Only Son Of Colonel Thomas De La Beebe Of Balsa Hall, Jamaica, And Repreaented The Old Family Of De La Beebe, Who Lived At Alilworth, Near Reading, In The 13th And 14th Centuries. Sir Henry Was Born Near ...
Sir Humphry Davy
Davy, Sir Humphry, Was Born At Penzance, In Cornwall, On The 17th Of December 1778. His Ancestors Had Long Possessed A Small Estate At Varfell, In The Pariah Of Ludgvan. His Father Was A Carver In Wood. At The Time Of His Father's Death Humphry Was Sixteen Years Old, But ...
Sir James Phillips Kay Shuttleworth
Kay-shuttleworth, Sir James Phillips, Was Born July 20th 1804; And Having Received His Early Education At Scotch And Foreign Universities, He Took His Degree Of Doctor Of Laws. He Entered The Public Service At An Early Age, And When The Committee Of The Privy Council On Education Was Nominated, Dr. ...
Sir John Bolt
Bolt, Sir John, Lord-chietjustice Of The King's Bench, Was The Eldest Son Of Sir Thomas Bolt, Kut., A Bencher Of Gray's Inn, And A Gentleman Of Property In Oxfordshire. Sir John Molt Was Born At Theme In Oxfordshire, On The 30th Of December 1642, And After Spending Some Years At ...
Sir John Denham
Denham, Sir John, Born At Dublin In The Year 1615, Was Son Of Sir John Denham, Who Was Some Time Chief Baron Of The Court Of Exchequer In Ireland. His Father Being Afterwards Made A Baron Of The Exchequer In England, He Was Brought To London In 1617, Where He ...
Sir John Fortescue
Fortescue, Sir John, K.stones An Eminent Lawyer, Lord Chief Justice Of England In The Reign Of Henry Vi., And Afterwards Chan Cellor. The Date Of His Birth Is Unknown, And Of The Place It Is Only Conjectured That It Was Somewhere In Devonshire, To Which County His Family Belonged. Lie ...
Sir John Haivkins
Haivkins, Sir John, A Distinguished Seaman Of The Reign Of Elizabeth, Was Born At Plymouth, About 1520. His Youth Was Spent In Trading To Spain, Portugal, And The Canaries; And The Information And Experience Which He Thus Obtained Made Him Well Aware Of The Gain To He Derived From Supplying ...
Sir John Harinuton
Harinuton, Sir John, Was Born At Kelaton Near Bath, In The Year 1561. His Mother Was A Natural Daughter Of Lieury Viii., And His Father Held An Office In The Court Of That Monarch. This Pair Having On One Occasion Shown Great Fidelity To The Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth, She ...
Sir John Hawkins
Hawkins, Sir John, The Senior Of The Two Chief Historians Of Music., The Friend And Executor Of Dr. Johnson, And A Desecudant Of The Sir John Iiiirkins Who Commanded The Victory, As Rear-admiral, At The Destruction Of The Spanish Armada, Was Born In 1719. Ilia Father, A Surveyor And Builder, ...
Sir John Jeiiemie
Jeiiemie, Sir John, Was Born In Guernsey, August 19th 1795, And Was The Eldest Son Of John Jeremie, A Distinguished Advocate Of The Royal Court Of That Island. At An Early Age He Was Sent To The Blundell Grammar School, Tiverton, But His Studies Were Soon Inter Rupted By The ...
Sir John Leslie
Leslie, Sir John, Was Born On The 16th Of April 1766, At Largo, A Village On The Coast Of Fifeshire. Wheu A Child Lie Was Weak And Sickly, Which Occasioned Frequent Interruptious In His Elementary Education. He However Evinced At An Early Age A Decided Partiality For Geometrical Exercises, And ...
Sir John William Lubbock
* Lubbock, Sir John William, Bart., A Distinguished Mathematician And Physical Astronomer, The Only Child Of The Late Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart., Merchant And Banker Of London, Was Born On The 26th Of March 1803, And Succeeded To The Title As Third Baronet On The Demise Of His Father ...
Sir Martin Frobisher
Frobisher, Sir Martin, An Enterprising English Navigator, Who, As Stow Informs Us, Was Born At Doncaster, In Yorkshire, Of Parents In Humble Life, But It Is Not Known In What Year. Being Brought Up To The Sea, He Very Early Displayed The Talents Of A Great Navigator, And Was The ...
Sir Matthew Decker
Decker, Sir Matthew, Bart., Was Born At Amsterdam Iu The Latter Part Of The 17th Century, Of A Protestant Family Originally From Flanders, Where His Ancestors Had Been Engaged In Commerce Till They Were Driven Out In The Spanish Persecution Under The Duke Of Alva, Leaving Their Estates To Their ...
Sir Matthew Hale
Hale, Sir Matthew, Was Born On The Let Of November 1609, At Alderley, In The County Of Gloucester. His Father Had Been Educated For The Bar, But He Abandoned The Practice Of The Law Because Ho Could Not Understand The Reason Of Giving Colour In Plead Ing, Which As He ...
Sir Philip Francis
Francis, Sir Philip, Was The Eon Of The Rev. Dr. Philip Frauds, And Was Born In Dublin On The 22nd Of October 1740. When Hie Father Canto Over To England In 1750, He Was Placed On The Foundation Of St. Paul's Sohool, London, Where He Remained About Three Years. Here, ...
Sir Robert Bruce Cotton
Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, An Eminent English Antiquary, Descended From An Ancient Family, Was The Son Of Thomas Cotton, Esq., And Born At Denton, In Huntingdonshire, January 22, 1570. He Was Educated At Trinity College, Cambridge, Where Be Took The Degree Of Ila. In 1555. Ilia Taste For Antiquarian Studies ...
Sir Robert Tarry Inglis
Inglis, Sir Robert 'tarry, Beni., Many Years M.p. For The University Of Oxford, Was The Only Son Of Sir Hugh Iuglis, Bart., Formerly Chairman Of The East India Company. He Was Born In 1786, And Received His Early Education At Winchester, And Christ Church, Oxford. Soon After Taking His Degree, ...
Sir Symonds De1ves
D'e1ves, Sir Symonds, Was Born At Coxden, In Dorsetahire, December 18, 1602. From The Grammar School Of Bury St. Edmunds He Proceeded To St. John's College, Cambridge, And Having Completed The Usual Course Of Study There, Wcut To Loudou, Entered Upon The Study Of The Law, And In Due Time ...
Sir Thomas Chaloner
Chaloner, Sir Thomas, Father And Son. The Elder Sir Thomas Chaloner Was Born In Loudon About 1515, And Educated At Cambridge. He Was Sent, When A Young Man, With Sir Henry Knevet, To Germany, And Attracted Attention In The Court Of Charles V. He Accompanied Charles On His Expedition To ...
Sir Thomas Craig
Craig, Sir Thomas, Of Iticcarteu, Was, According To Baillio's Biogriphical Notice Of Him Prefixed To The Last Edition Of His Celebrated Treatise On The 'feudal Law,' The Son Of Mr. Robert Craig, Merchant In Edinburgh, And Born About The Year 1548 ; But This Is Plainly A Mistake, For In ...
Sir Thomas Elyot
Elyot, Sir Thomas, One Of The Beat Writers Of The Time Of Henry Viii., Was The Son Of Sir Richard Elyot, Of The County Of Suffolk, According To The Received Accounts, But As It Would Seem From A Passage In Leland's Collectanea; Iv. 141, And An Inquisition In The Exchequer ...
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Fairfax, Sir Thomas, Afterwards Lord Fairfax, The Son Of Ferdinando Lord Fairfax And His Wife, Mary, Daughter Of Edmund Sheffield, Lord Mulgrave, Was Born At Denton, About Twelve Miles N.w. From Leeds. He Was Sent From School To St. John'e College, Cambridge ; But His Disposition Inclined Him To Military ...
Sir Thomas Herbert
Herbert, Sir Thomas, Was Born At York About 1606, And Entered Jesus College, Oxford, In 1621, Whence He Removed To Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1626 He Went Abroad In The Suite Of Sir Dodmore Cotton, Ambassador From Charles I. To The Shah Of Persia, Through The Interest And At The ...
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, Was Born At Bristol, May 4th, 1769. Ills Father Bad Been Brought Up To The Legal Profession, Which He However Never Followed. Of A Somewhat Improvidentand Unsettled Disposition, He Tried Various Avocations Without Much Success In•any. Ile Had Married A Beautiful And Accomplished Young Lady, Daughter Of ...
Sir William Chambers
Chambers, Sir William, Is Said To Have Derived His Descent From A Scotch Family Of The Name Of Chalmers, Who Were Barons Of Tartan In France. He Was Born However In 1726 At Stockholm In Sweden, Whither His Grandfather, En Eminent Merchant, Had Proceeded Some Time Before To Prosecute Certain ...
Sir William Conoreve
Conoreve, Sir William, Ihnoser, Was The Son Of The First Baronet, An Artillery Officer Of The Same Name, And Was Born In Middle Sex May 20, 1772. He Was Destined By His Father To A Military Life, And In 1816 Had Attained The Rank Of Lieutenant-colonel Of Artillery, When He ...
Sir William Gell
Gell, Sir William, Was Born In 1777, And Was A Younger Son Of Philip Cell, Esq., Of 'lepton, Derbyshire. He Was Educated At Jeans College, Cambridge, And Took His Degree Of Ha. In 1793 And Of M.a. In 1304. He Was Fur Some Time A Fellow Of Emanuel College. He ...
Sir William Hamilton
Hamilton, Sir William, A Well-known Diplomatist And Lover Of Art, Was Born In Scotland In 1730. He Began Life, He Says, "with An Ancient Name And 1000l;" But He Removed The Discrepance Between His Name And His Fortunes By Marrying In 1755 A Lady Of Very Large Property, As Well ...
Sir William Hamilton
Hamilton, Sir William, As Bead Of The Old Family Of The Ilamiltons Of Preston, In Haddingtonshire, Inherited A Baronetcy Created In 1673, But For A Time Dormant. He Was Born On The 8th Of March 1783, In Glasgow, Where His Father, Dr. Hamilton, Was A Pro Fessor In The University ...
Sir William John Codrington
Codrington, Sir William John, K.c.b., Was Born In 1800. He Is The Eldest Surviving Son Of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. He Entered The Army In 1821, And In 1836 Became Lieutenant-colonel In The Coldstream Guards. In 1846 He Attained The Rank Of Colonel, And In 1854 That Of Major-general. During ...
Sir William Jones
Jones, Sir William, Was Born In London, September Tho 28th, 1746. William Jones, His Father, Who Was A Mathematician Of Some Eminence, Was Born In 1680, And Died Iu 1749. Ile Was The Author Of ' A New Compendium Of Navigation,' 8vo, London, 1702; ' Synopsis Palwariorum Matheseos, Or A ...
Siripind
Siripind, Hindustan, A District In The Protected Sikh Territory, At The North-weetern Extremity Of The Province Of Delhi, Is Situated Between 30 And 31• N. Lat., Re And 77° E. Long., Having The River Sutlej On The North, And On The East The Head Branches Of The Jumna. It Consists ...
Sirius
Sirius And Procyon (vinos And Ilpetnfoo), The Greek Names Of The Bright Stars In The Constellations Of The Great And Little Dog [cams Major And Minor.]. These Are Orion's Dogs, According To ;some, And Those Of Minor Personages, According To Ethers; The Whole Of Their Mythic Explanations Form A Strong ...
Sisibirsk
Sisibirsk, A Government Of Asiatic Russia, Is Situated Between Sr And 57' N. Lat., 42' 20' And 50° 5' E. Long. It Is Bounded N. By Kann, E. By The Riser Volga, Which Separates It From The New Govern Ment Of Samara, S. By Saratov And Penn, And W. By ...
Siwah
Siwah Is The Modern Name Of The Oasis In The Sahara, Which Was Called By The Greeks And Romans Ammonium, Ammonia, Or Ammoniaca, From The Celebrated Oracle And Temple Of Jupiter Ammon, With Whose Worship The Greeks Became Acquainted Through The Cyrenteant The Town Of Siwah Is Iu 29° 12' ...
Six Clerks
Six Clerks. The Office Of Six Clerks Was An Office Of Great Anti Quity Connected With The Court Of Chancery, Probably As Ancient As The Court Itself. The Number Of The Six Clerks Was Limited To Six As Long Ago As The 12th Rich. 11. The History Of This Office ...
Sixth
Sixth, A Musical Interval, A Concord, The Ratio Of Which Is 5 : 3. [concord; Hannosr.) Of The Sixth There Are Three Kinds : The Minor Sixth, The Major Sixth, And The Extreme Sharp Sixth. The First (e, C). Is Composed Of Three Tones And Two Semitones; The Second (c, ...
Sjido
Sjido Were Written In His Youth And In Exile, Others Doting His Deimos! Tepee.. And Adventure& No Other Works Of The Port So Irresistibly Command The Reader's Regret For His Misfortunes, And Regard For Him As A Man. A Few Poems Widely Differing From Each Other, Are Printed Under The ...
Skewbridge
Skew.bridge, A Bridge In Which The Passages Over And Under The Arch Intersect Each Other Obliquely. In Conducting A Road Or Railway Through A District In Which There Are Many Natural Or Artificial Water Courses, Or In Making A Canal Through A Country In Which Roads Are Frequent, Such Intersections ...
Skin Dressing Leather Manufacture Sky
Skin-dressing. [leather Manufacture.] Sky Is The Name Commonly Applied To The Infinite Space Which Surrounds The Earth, And Of Which The Visible Portion, Above The Horizon Of A Spectator On Any Part Of The Earth's Surface, Appears To Have The Form Of A Concave Segment Less Than A Hemisphere. The ...
Skylight
Skylight. In The Arts, The Word Skyli' Ht Is Sometimes Used To Express The Frame Or The Window By Which The Direct Light From The Upper Regions Of The Atmosphere Is Allowed To Enter A Room ; At Other Times, And Especially In Cases Connected With Architectural Jurispru Dence, Skylight ...
Skyros
Skyros (scyros), An Island In The /egean Sea, Belonging To Turkey, Lies East Of The Island Of Eubcoa, In 39° 10' N. Lat., 25° 12' E. Long. The Earliest Inhabitants Were Pelasgians Rind Carians, And Dolopcs. Homer Records The Capture Of It By Achilles (' Il,' X. 664), Who Is ...
Slakino Lime
; Slakino. Lime, 3fedital Properties Of.—though Lime Exists In Almost All Plants, Yet It Is More Particularly The Characteristic Element Of Animal Structured, Into Which It Is Introduced With The Food, As Well As Often By The Water Drank, Especially When Hard. It Is Present In Small Quantity In Soa-water ...
Slander
Slander Consists In The Malicious Speaking Of Such Words As Render The Party Who Speaks Them In The Hearing Of Others Liable To An Action At The Suit Of The Party To Whom They Apply. The'mere Speaking Of The Defamatory Words Instead Of The Writing Of Them Is That Which ...
Slate Quarries
Slate Quarries Are Noticed In A Separate Article. The Atone Most Extensively Diffused Over Euglaud And Ireland Is That Which Is Denominated Limestone, And Which, From The Facility It Affords Working It, Is Most Generally Called Freestone. It Is Quarried To Some Extent In Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Derbyshire, And Oxford Shire, ...
Slate Working
Slate-working. Referring To Shave, In Nal.. Hisr. Dry., For An Account Of The Geological Formation And Structure Of This Valuable Rock, We Here Add A Few Words Concerning Its Practical Working. The Quarrying Of Slate Is Comparatively Easy, Seeing That The Lamel Lated Structure Enables The Substance To Split Easily ...
Slavery Slave
Slave, Slavery, Slave-trade. The Word Slavery Has Various Acceptations, But Its Complete Meaning Is The Condition Of An Individual Who Is The Property Of Another Or Others. Such Was The Condition Of The " Servi," Or Slaves Among The Romans And Greeks ; Such Is Still That Of The Slaves ...