Manufacture Of Carbonate
Manufacture Of Carbonate. Sodillill Carbonate Is Manufactured Commercially By Sev Eral Processes, Of Which Only Two Are Of Impor Tance--the Leblanc Process And The Solvay Pro Cess. Each Named From Its Respective Inventor. The Leblanc Process Consists Of Three Stages: (1) The Conversion Of Common Salt (sodium Chloride) Into Sodium ...
Manufacture Of Sugar
Sugar, Manufacture Of. Cane Sugar Is Found In Varying Quantities In Many Plants. But Sugar-cane (icceeliaruni Offieinarnin). The Sugar Beet (beta The Sugar Maple (acci Naccharinum), And Various Species Of Palms Are Its Only Commercially Important Sources. (see Table.) At One Time The United States Department Of Agriculture Experimented With ...
Manufactures
Manufactures. Prior To 1rs0 The Manufac Turing Industry Had Been Quite Insignificant. Its Growth Has Since Been Rapid. The Total Value Of Products Increased 90.7 Per Cent. From 1880 To 1890. And S4 Per Cent. In The Following Decade, Being Estimated In 1900 At $58,748,731. The Wage-earners Engaged In Manufactures ...
Manufactures_2
Manufactures. The Manufacturing Industries Do Not Supply The Home Demand. Catalonia Has Always Been The Home Of The Greater Part Of Spanish Manufactures. Next In Order Come Those Districts Of Galicia. Asturias, And Vizcaya In Which Water Power Abounds And Also A Few Towns In The Interior, Such As Madrid, ...
Maple Sugar
Maple Sugar. The Manufacture Of Maple Sugar Is Carried On More Or Less Wherever Sugar Maple Trees Are Abundant, Especially In The Northern Atlantic And Northern Central States, The Leading Producers, According To Census Re Turns, Being Vermont And New York. In Some Cases The Natural Groves Have Been Extended ...
Marine Engines
Marine Engines. Marine Engines Have Dur Ing Recent Years Tended To One General Type. For Special Services On Inland Waters A Great Num Ber Of Various Specialties Are Found, But In Sea Going Steamers The Type In Almost Universal Use Is The Vertical (i.e., The Piston Moves Vertically), Inverted (i.e. ...
Marine Signals
Signals, Marine. :marine Signals Now In Current Use May Be Divided Into Three Classes: (a) Day Signals, (b) Night Signals, And (e) Day And Night Signals. Day Signals Consist Of Set Combinations Of Flags Or Shapes, Moving Com Binations Of Arms Or Shapes, Or The Waving Of Shapes Or Flags. ...
Mathematical Symbols
Symbols, Mathematical. The Various Signs And Abbreviations Used To Facilitate Mathe Matical Expression. They Are Of The Following Kinds: The Question Of The Origin And Development Of Mathematical Symbols Is A Large One, And Science Has Not Yet Given Satisfactory Answers At Many Points. The Probable Origin Of The Remarkable ...
Method Of Business
Method Of Business. Stock Exchanges As At Present Constituted Are Limited In Member Ship And Governed By Strict Rules Which Cover Both Methods Of Business, Rates Of Commission To Be Charged, And Conduct On The Floor. The Rules Governing Methods Of Business In New York Prescribe A Minimum Commission Of ...
Methods Of Measurement I
Methods Of Measurement. I. Density. Two Courses May Be Pursued To Determine The Density Of A Substance: (1) Weigh A Portion Of It And Measure Its Volume; (2) Determine Its Specific Gravity Referred To A Substance Of Known Density. For Approximate Purposes The Former Is Best, Particularly In The Case ...
Military Rifle Contests
Military Rifle Contests. In 1sgs Captain Wingate, Of The Twenty-second Regiment, New York National Guard, Issued A Manual, Based On The English 'hythe' System. It Was Adopted In Many States. And Led To The Formation Of The National Rifle Association Of America.' The Legislature Of The State Of New York ...
Military Signaling And Telegraphing
Signaling And Telegraphing, Military. The Term Military Signaling Usually Refers To The Art Of Transmitting Intelligence By Visual Signals. While Telegraphing Applies To The Communication Of Messages By The Electric Cur Rent, And In Its Application To Military Operations Is Considered Here. From The Beginning Of Human Existence Signals Such ...
Military Surgery
Surgery, Military. The Best Civil Have Proved The Best Military Surgeons, As Is Shown By The Great Names In Surgical History, Ambroise Pare, Larrey, Pirogoff, Von Bergman, Von Es March, T3illroth, And Lister. Not Until The Discov Ery Of Asepsis And Antisepsis Was The True Foun Dation Laid For The ...
Military Telegraph
Military Telegraph. The Electric Telegraph For The Transmission Of Signals Came Into Prac Tical Use About 1835. Its History And Develop Ment Will Be Found Discussed In The Article Ele Graph. Beyond Saying That The Morse System Makes Use Of A Code Of Three Elements. Dot, Dash, And Space, As ...
Molasses
Molasses. Molasses Is A Viscid, Usually Dark Colored Unerystallizable Liquid Which Seeps From The Massecuite Of Sugar-cane Or Is Thrown Out By The Centrifugal Machine. The Latter Kind Is Re Boiled As Noted Above; The Former, Being Highly Valued For Its Flavor And Sweetness. Is Used As A Food And ...
Naval Tactics
Tactics, Naval. The Science Of Arranging Combinations, Groupings, Movements, And Meth Ods Of Handling Of Ships And Other Naval Weapons, And The Art Of Carrying These Plans Into Effect. Roughly Speaking, Tactics May He Said To Solve The Question 'how' A Certain Operation May Be Per Formed; Strategy To Furnish ...
Night Signals
Night Signals Are Made With Lights, Rock Ets. Torches, Etc. By Waving A Lamp Or Torch Or Changing The Direction Of The Beam Of A Search Light From Side To Side The Win-wag Code May Be Used. In Very's Night Which Are Visi Ble At A Distance Of Ten Miles ...
Non Saccharine Sorghum
Sorghum, Non-saccharine. A Group Of Varie Ties Of Sorghum, Deficient In Sugar. The Plants, Which Are Very Leafy, Grow From 4 To 8 Feet High And Are Cultivated For Food And Forage. All Va Rieties Are Closely Allied And Belong To The Above Named Species. The Most Common Varieties Are ...
Occurrence
Occurrence. The Larger Number Of The Silver Minerals Given In The Above Table Occur Together In Many Deposits. So That The Ores Received At The Smelting, Leaching, Or Milling Works Usually Consist Of A Mixture Of Several Silver Minerals. Generally Native Silver And The Halogen Com Pounds (chlorides, Bromides, Or ...
Ohg Swan As
Swan (as., Ohg. Swan, Ger. Schwan, Swan; Probably Connected With Lat. Sonus, Sound, Skt. Scan, To Resound). A Water-bird Of The Duck Family, The Seven Or Eight Species Of Which Con Stitute The Subfamily Cygnime, Composed Mainly Of The Genera Cygnus And Olor, The Latter Dis Tinguished By The Great ...
Operations
Operations. The Purpose In View In Designing Operations Is Very Variable And Scarcely Admits Of Formulation With Any Accuracy. They May Be Planned In Case Of Injuries To Close Superficial Or Deep-seated Wounds, To Stop Bleeding, To Facili Tate The Adjustment Of Broken Bones Or The Re Duction Of Dislocated ...
Optical Isomerism
Optical Isomerism. Most Of The Cases Not Explained By The Doctrine Of The Linking Of Atoms Are Presented By Compounds Identical In All Their Chemical And Physical Properties Except The Power Of Rotating The Plane Of Polarized Light. It Is Well Known That This Power Is Possessed By A Number ...
Optically Active Sugars
Optically Active Sugars. The Property Pos Sessed By Sugars Of Rotating The Plane Of Polar Ized Light To The Right Or Left When Passed Through Their Solutions Has Long Served As A Basis For Classification. Sugars Possessing This Prop Erty Are Said To Be Optically Active.and Those Which Do Not ...
Origin Of Sex
Origin Of Sex. This Is An Unsettled Problem. We Do Not Understand How•, From Being At First Hermaphroditic Or Asexual, As Was Probably The Ease, The Male And Female Characteristics Became Gradually Established. What In The Higher Ani Mals Determines Sex Is Also An Unsolved Problem. Hundreds Of Theories Have ...
Osmotic Pressure
Osmotic Pressure. It May Be Seen From The Above That A Theory Of Solutions Does Not Yet Exist. Some Of The Most Important Questions With Regard To Solutions Remain Unanswered And The Known Facts Are Mostly Uncorrelated: In Brief, The Subject Is Largely Not Yet Rationalized. In One Of Its ...
Ossification
Ossification), Ap Proach One Another By Gradual Enlarge Ment And Become United In Various Ways, So As To Form A Continuous And Ultimately An Un Yielding Bony Case Admirably Adapted For The Defense Of The Brain, For The Accom Modation Of The Organs Of Special Sense, And For The Attachment ...
Other Silkworms
Other Silkworms. It Is Supposed By Sonic Entomologists That The Original Wild Silkworm From Which Descended The Silkworm Of Commerce Is A Species Known As Theophila Huttoni, Which Occurs In Japan, The Northwest Himalayas. And Assam. The Moth Is Of The Same Size As That Of Bombyx Mori, Is Light ...
Philip Henry 1831 83 Sheridan
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-83). A Distinguished American Soldier, Born At Albany, N. V. He Graduated At \vest Point In 1853. In May, 1862. He W•as Appointed Colonel Of The Second Michigan Cavalry, And Participated, With Success, In The Operations In North Mississippi. In July He Was Appointed Brigadier-general Of Volunteers ...
Physical Properties
Physical Properties. The Physical Proper Ties Of Soils Which Are Of Special Importance Are Color, Weight, Fineness Of Division Or Texture, Structure Or Arrangement Of Particles. Adhesive Ness, And Relations To Gases, Heat, Moisture, And Dissolved Solids. Variations In These Properties Determine To A Large Extent The Productiveness Of Soils. ...
Plate
Plate), Which Was A Screw Line-of-battle Ship Rebuilt In 1858-59 And Armored; They Also Commenced The First Iron-hulled Armorelad (the Coltronne). The Noire And Couronne Were Quickly Fol Lowed By The Warrior, Which Was Laid Down In England In 1859. In 1860 The Ital Ians Ordered The Armored Frigates Terribile ...
Poland
Poland. Much That Has Been Said About The Development Of The National Element In Russian Music Through The Folk Song And The General State Of Musical Affairs Applies To The Art Music Of Poland. But Whereas The Older Russian Songs Are Mostly Melancholy, Quiet. Of Even Rhythm, And Regular Periodic ...
Popular Names Of States
States, Popular Names Of. Badger State. Wisconsin, From The Animal. Bay, Or Old Bay, State. Massachusetts. The Name Massachusetts Bay, Though Later Used In A More Extended Sense, Was Originally Restricted To Boston Harbor, And As Early As 1622 Persons From Plymouth Spoke Of 'the Bay.' Under The First Charter, ...
Production
Production. Until Recent Years The Silver Mines Of :mexico Were By Far The Richest On Record, And In Spite Of Imperfect . Methods Of Mining And Transportation, Mexico Has Produced More Than One-third Of The Total Output Of Silver In The World, One-half Of The Production Of The Republic Having ...
Pumping Works
Pumping Works For Sewage Do Not Necessarily Differ Much From Those For Water, Except That They Generally Lift The Sewage But A Few Feet, And Should Be Of A Type Not Readily Damaged By Foreign Matter. Centrifugal Pumps Are Often Used To Lift Sewage, As Being Economical. With Low Lifts, ...
Richard Strauss
Strauss, Richard (1s64—). A German Composer, The Most Ingenious Disciple Of The So-called School Of Weimar. Born In Munich, He Mastered The Technics Of The Violin And Piano When Quite Young, And In 1875-80 Studied Theory And Composition With Kapellmeister Wilhelm Slayer. In October, 1885, Strauss Became Mu Sical Director ...
Robert 1774 1843 Southey
Southey, Robert (1774-1843). An English Poet And Miscellaneous Writer, Horn August 12, 1774, At Bristol, Where His Father Was A Linen Draper. Southey Passed Much Of His Boyhood With An Aunt At Bath, Read Through Her Library, Containing Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, And Many Other Writers, And Tried His Own Hand ...
Robert 1s03 59 Stephenson
Stephenson, Robert (1s03-59). A Brit Ish Civil Engineer. He Was The Son Of George Stephenson (q.v.) And Was Born At Wallington Quay, Near Newcastle. He Was Educated At New Castle And Received Practical Engineering Experi Ence At The Killingworth Colliery And With His Father In Railway Surveying And The Construction ...
Robert Gould 1837 03shaw
Shaw, Robert Gould ( 1837-03). An Ameri Can Soldier. He Was Born In Boston And Was Educated In Switzerland And Germany And At Harvard. Upon The Outbreak Of The Civil War He Obtained A Commission As Second Lieutenant In The Second Massachusetts Volunteers. With This Regiment He Participated In The ...
Robert Spencer Sunderland
Sunderland, Robert Spencer, Second Earl Of (1640-1702). An English Statesman. He Was The Only Son Of Henry Spencer, Who Was Raised To The Peerage In 1643. After Some Diplomatic Ser Vice Abroad He Was Made A Member Of Temple's Reformed Privy Council Of Thirty Members, And Was One Of The ...
Robert Stevenson
Stevenson, Robert Louis (properly Rob Ert Lewis Balfour) ( 1850-94). A Scottish Romancer, Essayist, And Poet, Born In Edinburgh, November L3, 1s50, The Only Son, Of Thomas Stevenson, A Distinguished Lighthouse Engineer. After Beginning His Education At Various Schools And Under Private Tutors, He Entered Edinburgh University In 1867, With ...
Robert Stewart
Stewart, Robert, Second Marquis Of Lon Donderry, Best Known As Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822). An Eminent English Statesman. He Was The Eldest Surviving Son Of Robert, First Marquis Of Londonderry, And Was Educated At Saint John's College. Cambridge. He Entered The Irish Parliament In 1790 At The Age Of Twenty One. ...
Roger 1721 93 Sherman
Sherman, Roger ( 1721-93). An American Patriot, One Of The Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence, Born In Newton. Mass. He Was A Shoemaker For A Number Of Years: Removed To New Milford, Conn., In 1743: Became County Surveyor Of Lands In 1745; After 1750 Engaged In Mercantile Pursuits; Studied ...
Royal Of Supremacy
Supremacy, Royal (of. Suprematic, Fr. Suprdmnatie, From Of. Supreme, Fr. Supreme, Su Preme, From Lat. Supremim Highest, Superlative Of Superus, High, From Super, Gk. Brep, Hyper, Skt. Upari, Goth. Afar, Ohg. Ubar, Vbcr, As. Ofer, Eng. Over). A Phrase Specifically Applied To The Relation Of The Sovereign Of England To ...
Service Of Papers And
Service Of Papers And Process (of. Servisc, Service, Fr. Service, From Lat, Serri Limn], Service, Servitude, From Serrirr, To Serve). It Is A Fundamental Principle Of Law That No Final Jndicial Action Shall Be Taken Against A Person Unless He Is Notified Of The Proposed Steps To He Taken Against ...
Servitude
Servitude (lat. Scrritudo, From Serene, Servant, Slave). In The Roman Law, A Right To Use Property Which Belongs To Another. Servi Tudes Are Classified As `pnedial' And 'personal: The Former Are Annexed To Land: The Right Be Longs To The Owner Of A 'dominant' Piece Of Land, And Is Exercised ...
Sesostris
Sesos'tris (lat., From Gk. L'ecrwarpo). The Greek Name Of A King Of Egypt Whose Exploits Are Related By Derodotus, Dindorus, And Other Writers Of Antiquity. According To Them The Father Of Sesostris, Having Learned By An Oracle That His Son Was Destined To Attain Universal Em Pire, Had Him Educated ...
Sestri Ponente
Sestri Ponente, Pi-ne'n't5. A Seaport In The Province Of Genoa, Italy, Five Miles By Rail West Of Genoa (map: Italy, C 3). It Has Fine Villas, A Technical School, And A Music School. It Manufactures Machinery, Matches, And Tobac Co. And Carries On Shipbuilding. Population (com Mune), In 1881, 10,872; ...
Set Off
Set-off. A Claim Which Is Due From A Plaintiff To A Defendant In An Action. And Which .the Latter Is Allowed To Interpose As Total Or Partial Defense To The Plaintiff's De Mands, And Which May Result In A Judgment In Favor Of The Defendant. The Doctrine Originated In Equity ...
Sett
Sett, Saw (gk. E(tiwc, Gethos, Egypt. Retoy). The Name Of Two Egyptian Kings Of The Nine Teenth Dynasty.—seti 1., The Second King Of This Dynasty, Was The Son And Successor Of Itame.es I. (q.v.), And Reigned For Some 11) Years From About B.c. 350. In The First Year Of His ...
Seven Weeks War
Seven Weeks' War. The Name Given To The Brief War In 1866 Between Prussia And Italy On The One Side And Austria And Her German Allies On The Other. Bavaria, Wiirttemberg, Baden, Sax Ony, Hesse, Hesse-cassel, Hanover, And Nassau Were On The Side Of Austria. The War Was The Culmination ...
Seven Wise Masters
Seven Wise Masters. A Collection Of Stories Of Oriental Origin And Of Wide Currency In Europe In The :middle Ages. Although The Details Vary, The General Framework Is The Same In All The Recensions. And Is As Follows: A King Has His Son By A Former Marriage Reared By Seven ...
Seven Years War 1756 63
Seven Years' War (1756-63). Primari Ly A Continuation Of The Contest Between Freder Ick The Great Of Prussia And Maria Theresa Of Austria For The Possession Of Silesia. This War Became Of World Importance, As In It France And England Fought Out Their Struggle For Su Premacy In North America ...
Seven As
Seven (as. Scofon, Goth., Ohg. Sibun, Ger. Sieben, Seven; Connected With Lat. Scptem, Gk. Irrci,hcpta, Orr. Sccht, ()church Slay. Scrim/. Lith. Srptini, Skt. Saptan, Seven). A Mystieal And Symbolical Number In The Bible, As Well As Among The Principal Nations Of Antiquity (the Persians, Indians, Egyptians. Greeks, Romans, Etc.). The ...
Seville
Seville, Se-vu' (sp. Sevilla, Sit-veflyn). The Capital Of The Province And Of The Former Kingdom Of Seville, In Ndalusia, Spain, Ated On The Left Bank Of The Guadalquivir, 53 Miles North-northeast Of Cadiz, And 75 Miles Southwest Of Cordova (map: Spain. C 4). Al Though The City Lies 60 Miles ...
Sewage
Sewage (from Sew-, The Apparent Base Of Sewer) Disposal. The Question Of The Best Means For Removing Household Wastes From Indi Vidual Premises Was Only Beginning To Receive General Attention In 1850; But To-day Collection And Removal May Be Considered As No Longer In Question. The Sanitary Emancipation Of Hun ...
Sewage Farming
Sewage Farming. The Utilization Of Sewage In The Growth Of Field, Orchard, And Gar Den Crops. The Most Noted Farms Are At Paris, Berlin, Danzig, Breslau, And Birmingham, In Europe, And At Pullman, Ill., Los Angeles, Cal., South Framingham, Mass., And Plainfield, N. J., In The United States. Sewage Farming. ...
Sewerage Of
Sewerage (of. Seurriere, Canal, From Ml. Exuquatorium, Drainage-canal, From Lat. Ex, Out + Aqua, Water) And Drainage (from As. Drehman, Dreahnian, Drenian, To Drain, From As., Goth. Drayait, To Draw, 01l(. Frugal?, Ger. Tragen, To Carry). The Removal And Disposal Of Liquid And Water-borne Solid Household Wastes, The Free Ing ...
Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine (from Seta, As. Scow Ion, Goth. Sinjan, Ohg. Siimer+, To Sew; Connected With Lat. Sucit, Oc'hursh Slay. Shiti, Lith. Siu/i, Lett. Shut, Skt. Sir, To Sew). It Is Probable That The First Sewing Machine Was Made By An Englishman Named Thomas Saint, And Was Patented July 17, 1790. ...
Sex Of
Sex (of, Scxe, From Lat. Sexus, Secus, Sex, From Secure, To Cut ; Connected With Ohg. Saga, Sega, Ger. Sage, As Saga, Eng. Sac) (in Ani Mals). The Capacity, In All But The Lowest Organ Isms, Of Each Individual Producing Either Eggs Or Sperm Cells (or Both), I.e. Germ Cells ...
Sextant
Sextant (from Lat. Sextons, Sixth Part, From Sextus: Sixth, From Sex, Six). An Instru• Meat Used For Measuring Angles Between Distant Objects. The Sextant Finds Its Greatest Field Of Usefulness In Navigation, Hut It Is Also Employed In Marine Surveying. It Consists Of A Fame In The Form Of A ...
Sexual Dimorphism
Sexual Dimorphism. This Is Clue To The Rise Of Secondary Characters. Such Features Are The Male Lion's Mane, The Horns Of The Busk, The Gay Plumage Which Distinguishes The Cock From The Hen, And The Plumes, Colored Combs And Wat Tles. Top-knots, Brilliant, Conspicuous Bands And Spots, Spurs, And Those ...
Sexual Selection
Sexual Selection (lat. Segta/is, Re Lating To Sex, From Serifs, Secus, Sex). This Prin Ciple Depends, As Darwin States, Not On A Strug Gle For Existence, But On A Struggle Between The Males For Possession Of The Females. The Result Is Not Death To The Unsuccessful Competitor, But Few Or ...
Sexual Spores
Sexual Spores. Only Two Names. Zygospores And Zygotes, Are Used To Designate Sexual Spores Which Result From The Anion Of Similar Gametes (fig. 5, 7). (see Sogam Y. ) 06spores, Duced By All But The Lowest Plants, Are Formed By The Union Of Dissimilar Gametes (see Hetero Gamy ) Known ...
Seychelles Islands
Seychelles Islands. A Group Of Small Islands Belonging To Great Britain. And Situated In The Indian Ocean 650 Miles Northeast Of Mada Gascar, Between Latitudes 3° 3s' And 5° 45' S., And Between Longitudes 52° 55' And 53° 50' E. (map: Africa, K 5). With The Dependent Groups. The Amirante, ...
Seymour
Seymour. A Noble English Family Of Nor Man Descent, Originally Settled At Saint-maur In Normandy. In 1497 The Head Of The Family, Sir John Seymour, Was Employed In Suppressing The Insurrection Of Lord Audley And The Cornish Rebels, And Subsequently Accompanied King Henry Viii. On His Wars In France, And ...
Sforza
Sforza, Sftetsa. A Celebrated Ttalian Fam •ily. The Founder Of The Fortunes Of The Family Was A Peasant Of Cotignola, In The Romagna, By Name Giacomo Or Muzio (sometimes Combined By Historians Into Giacomuzzo) Attendolo. He Was Born June 10, 1369, And Followed The Trade Of Wood-cutting, But Left It ...
Or Batatas Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato, Or Batatas (iponicea Batatas). A Perennial Plant Of The Natural Order Coivol•ulace:r. With Long Creeping Stems, Heart Shaped Leaves On Long Stalks, And Variously Lobed, Large Purple Flowers Much Resembling Those Of The Best Known Species Of Convolvulus, And Large Oblong Or Elongated Roots. Authorities Differ As To ...
Or Etienne Stephanus
Steph'anus, Or Etienne, A Famous French Family Of Printers And Scholars. Henracus (c.1460-1520), The Founder Of The Es Tablishment With Which The Family Is Identified, Set Up A Press In Paris In 1501. His Publications, About 120 In Number, Of Which Only One Was In French, Were Mostly Seientific.—his Second ...
Or Shingkingi
Shing=kingi, Or More Properly, Sheng King (map: China, F 3). The Wealthiest And The Most Important, Though The Smallest, Of The Three Provinces Which Compose Manchuria (q.r.). Area, About 60,000 Square Miles. It Is Roughly Triangular In Shape, The Apex Pointing Southward And Ending In The Peninsula Of Lao-vieh Shan ...
Or Shintoism Shinto
Shinto, Or Shintoism Sinico-jap. Sh Int 5, Jap. Jiagii-no-ntiebi, The Way Of The Kami (in Chinese Shin) Or Gods). The Ancient Religion And Mythology Of The Japanese. The History Of The Religion Falls Into Three Periods: The First Terminating In The Sixth Century A.d., The Second In The Eighteenth Century ...
Or Shovel Board Shuffle Board
Shuffle-board, Or Shovel-board. An Indoor Game Played By Two O• Four Persons With Iron Weights. These Weights Are Slit] Along A Board Sprinkled With Fine Sand. The Board Is About Thirty Feet Long; The Weights O• Pieces Used In The Game Are Two Sets Of Four Each, Weighing About A ...
Or Social Com Pact
Social Contract, Or Social Com Pact. Terms Used Interchangeably By Ninny Writers And Having Reference To A Theory Of The Origin Of Human Society. The Theory Was First Systematically Enunciated By Hobbes In The Sev Enteenth Century. But Received Its Fullest Develop Ment At The Hands Of Rousseau Toward The ...
Or Sokotra Socotra
Socotra, Or Sokotra, So-ko'tra Scile 4-tra. An Island In The Indian Ocean, At The Entrance To The Gulf Of Aden, About 147 Miles Cast Of Cape Guardafui (slap: Africa, K 3). It Is 80 Miles Long And 55 Miles Broad. Area, 1382 Square Miles. The Centre Of The Island Is ...
Or Suabia Swabia
Swa'bia, Or Suabia (ger. Schwaben, Lat. Sueria). A Medieval Duchy In The Southwest Of Germany. It Took Its Name From The Snevi. By Which The Germanic People Of The Alemanni (q.v.). Who Occupied Southwestern Germany In The Third Century, Were Also Known. The Name Suevia Alternates With That Of Alemannia ...
Or Sze Chuan Sze Chuen
Sze-chuen, Or Sze-chuan, Se'chwiin' (chin., Four Rivers). The Largest Of The Eighteen Provinces Of China. It Is Bounded On The North By Kan-su And Shen-si, On The East By Hu-pelf, On The South By Kwei-chow And Yunnan, And On The West By Tibet (map: China, B 5). Area, 220, 000 ...
Or Tahiti Arcm Pelaw
Society Islands, Or Tahiti Arcm Pelaw. A Colonial Possession Of France In The South Pacific, Consisting Of An Archipelago Of Eleven Islands, Extending From Di° To Is° South Latitude. And From 148° To 153° West Longi Tude (map: The World, Western Hemisphere, L 6). It Is Divided Into The Leeward ...
Or Thioctanic Acid Sulphocyanic
Sulphocyanic Acid, Or Thioctanic Acid, Hons. A Powerful Organic Acid Analogous In Its Composition To The Well-known Cyanic Acid (q.v.), Hcno, From Which It Differs In Contain Ing Sulphur Instead Of Oxygen. Sulphoeyanutes, I.e. Salts Of Sulphoeyanie Acid, May Be Obtained By The Direct Action Of Sulphur On Cyanides (i.e. ...
Or Variola Smallpdx
Smallpdx, Or Variola. A Specific Con Tagious Fever Having A Characteristic Eruption Fol Lowed By Permanent Scarring. The First Accurate Description Of Variola Was Given By Rhazes, An Arabian Physician, Who Lived In The Ninth Cen Tury. After The Crusades It Prevailed In Most Of The Southern Countries Of Europe, ...
Or Ydrosulp Iicric Acid
Sulphide, Or Ydrosulp Iicric Acid, It„s. A Gaseous Acid Compound Of Sulphur And Hydrogen, Known Since The Sixteenth Century, Hut First Care Fully Investigated By Scheele In 1777. It Occurs Uncombined In Certain Mineral Waters And Is Formed In The Decomposition Of Albuminous. Sub Stances Containing Sulphur. It Also Occurs ...