Storage Battery
Storage Battery. An Accumulation Of Energy Which Is Able To Produce Directly An Elec Tric Current. The Term Is A Misnomer, As Elec Tricity Itself Cannot Be Stored. A So-called Stor Age Battery Or Accumulator When Acted Upon By A Current Undergoes Certain Chemical Changes. The Chemicals Which Are Thus ...
Stork As
Stork (as. Store, Ohg. Storah, Ger. Starch, Stork; Connected With Gk. 76p7oc, Torgos, Vul Ture). The Popular Name For A Family Of Birds, The Ciconiidre, Allied To The Herons And Ibises. They Are Large Birds, With Long Legs, Half-webbed Toes; The Bill Longer Than The Bead, Straight, Strong, Pointed, And ...
Storm And Weather Signals
Storm And Weather Signals Flags, Semaphores, Lanterns, Steam Whistles, An( Other Devices Exhibited O• Sounded To Inforn Mariners And Others Of Storms Or Weather Condi Lions. The Display Of Such Warnings Results From The Personal Studies In More O Less Coope Rat Ion About The Middle Of The Nineteenth Cen ...
Storm As
Storm (as. Storm, 011g. Storm, Ger. Sturm, Storm; Probably Connected With Gk. Oppii, Attack, Skt. Sac, To Flow, Hasten). Any Unusual, Severe, Or Destructive Atmospheric Phenomenon, Such As A Windstorm, Sandstorm, Tornado, Ty Phoon, O• Hurricane, In Which The Wind Is The Destructive Agent; A Rainstorm, Hailstorm, Or Snowstorm, Monsoon, ...
Story
Story, Josern ( 1779-1845) . An Eminent American Jurist And Judge, Born At Marblehead, Mass. He Graduated From Harvard College In 1798, Studied Law, And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1801. For A Time He Gave Con Siderable Attention To General Literature And Poetry. In 1804 He Published The ...
Stoss
Stoss, Stns, Veit (e.1440-1533). A Celebrated German Sculptor And Engraver, The Chief Master Of In Germany. Beyond The Fact That Nuremberg Was His Birthplace, Nothing Cer Tain Is Known Of His Parentage. His Youth And Apprenticeship. But Very Probably He Was Reared In The School Of Michel Wohlgemuth. The First ...
Strabismus
Strabismus (neo-lat., From Gk. Argaika P6c, A Squinting, From Argailgc, Strabos, Crooked, From Arpiotiv, Strephein, To Twist, Turn About), Or Squint. A Well-known And Common Deformity Which May Be Defined As A Want Of Parallelism In The Visual Axes When The Patient Endeavors To Direct Both Eyes To An Object ...
Stradivari
Stradivari, Striv)16-vii'n% Or Strad'i Va'rius, Antonio (c.1644-1737). The Most Famous Violin-maker Of The Cremonese School. He Was Born In Cremona, And Was Probably Ap Prenticed At A Very Early Age To Nicola Amati, Who At That Time Was Regarded As The Greatest Of All The Cremonese Masters. His First Instru ...
Straits Settlements
Straits Settlements. A Crown Colony Of Great Britain, Comprising Some Of The British Possessions On The Malay Peninsula And A Few Of The Adjacent Islands, Viz. Singapore (q.v.), Ma Lacca (q.v.), Dindings (q.v.), Penang (q.v.), Or Prince Of Wales Island, The Province Of Welles Ley, The Keeling Islands (q.v.), And ...
Stramo
Stramo (lat.. From Gk. Rxrploimt, S Trab5n) (c. 64 N.c.-19 A.d.). A Famous Greek Geographer And Historian, Born At Amasia, In Pontus. Iie Received His Education First At Nysa, On The Meander, From The Grammarian Aristodemus And Appears To Have Come To Rome With The Peripatetic Xenarehus And The Grammarian ...
Strange
Strange, Sir Robert (1721-92). A Scot Tish Engraver. He Was Born In Kirkwall, On One Of The Orkney Islands. He Made An Attempt At Law, But Drawing Claimed His Chief Attention, And He Became An Apprentice To Richard Cooper, At Edinburgh, For Six Years. To Gain The Hand Of Isabella ...
Strangulation
Strangulation. The Mechanical Con Striction Of The Neck So As To Prevent The Passage Of Air And To Suspend Respiration. And Conse Quently Life. Strangulation May He Produced By Throttling Or Hanging. Death Is Sudden When The Obstruction To Respiration Is Complete. But Other Wise It Is Gradual In Its ...
Strassburg
Strassburg, A City Of Ger Many, The Capital Of Alsace-lorraine. It Is Situated At The Junction Of The Breusch And The Ill, Two Miles West Of The Rhine, 28 Miles East Of The French Frontier, And Ss Miles By Rail North Of Basel (map: Germany, B 4). The Ill Divides ...
Strategy Of
Strategy (of. Strategic, Fr. Strawgie, From Gk. Arparuyia, Stratgia, Generalship, From Crparu6c, Strategos, General, From Stra Tos, Army, Encampment, From Aropevvitat, Storen Nynai, Hat. Sternere, Skt. Star, To Spread, Extend, Strew + Wyetv,agein, To Lead). Strategy Is One Of The Two Great Subdivisions Of The Art Of War, And Comprises ...
Stratford Canning Stratford De
Stratford De Red'cliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount (1786-18s0). An English Diplomat, Born In London. The Influence Of His Famous Cousin, George Canning, Secured For Stratford In 1808 The Secretaryship Of The Em Bassy At Constantinople, Under Adair. And On The Latter's Resignation In 1810 Canning Was Made Ninister Plenipotentiary. In This ...
Straw Manufactures As
Straw Manufactures (as. Ntrea, Strrnw, Ottg, Stro, Ger. Stroh, Straw; Connected With As. Stnvmfiirn, Stn'ototan, Goth. Stray Jan, 0110. Stren-en, Ger. Stream, To Strew, And With Lat. Sternere, Gk. Aropevviwa, Storen Nynai, Stronnynai, ()church Slay. Streti, Skt. Star, To Scatter). Besides The Use Of Straw For The Manufacture Of Paper ...
Strawberry As
Strawberry (as. Streawberie, Str(3ate Herigc, Strawberry; Perhaps So Called Either Be Cause The Long Stems Resemble Straws, Or Because Of An Old Custom Of Stringing The Berries On Straws). Certain Perennial Herbs Of The Natural Order Rosacece, Widely Distributed Mostly In Tem Perate Regions Throughout The World. The Culti Vated ...
Street Railway
Street Railway. A Railway Laid Upon The Public Streets Of A City Or A Town, And Intended Principally For The Transportation Of Passengers. The Street Railway Had Its Origin In The Early Tramways Of Great Britain (see Rail Ways) , And Such Roads Are Still Denominated Tramways In All European ...
Street As
Street (as. Street, From Lat. Strata, Street, Highway, Fem. Sg. Of Stratus, P.p. Of Sternere, Gk. Arapcvviivai, Arptdvvitat, Stri7nnynai, ()church Slay. Streti, Skt. Star, Gott:. Streujan, 011g. Strewen, Ger. Streven, As. Streau•ian, Streowian, Eng. Strew). The Term As Here Used Denotes A Way For Foot And Vehicular Traffic In Cities ...
Strength Of Materials
Strength Of Materials. A Term Which May Be Defined As The Resistance Which Materials Offer Against Deformation. Every Load Produces In The Structure An Internal Resistance Which Balances It, And This Inter Nal Resistance Is Called A Stress. Three Kinds Of Direct Stress May Be Produced By Load, Viz. A ...
Strict Constructionists
Strict Constructionists. A Term In American Polities Applied To Those Who, For Various Reasons, Have Maintained That The Fed Eral Constitution Should Be Construed Strictly In Accordance With Its Letter, As Opposed To Those, Known As 'broad Constructionists.' Who Have Be Lieved That The Constitution Should Be Construed Liberally, And ...
Stricture
Stricture (lat. Stricture, From Stringere, To Draw Tight). A Contraction In The Calibre Of One Of The Mucous-membr•nue-lined Tubular Struc Tures Of The Body, Such As The Urethra, The Rectum, The (esophagus. Or The Larynx. The Most Common Form Of Stricture And The Variety Gen Erally Referred To When The ...
Strikes
Strikes And Lockouts. A Strike. In Industry. Occurs When There Is A Cessation Of Work On The Part Of A Body Of Employees Acting In Concert To Enforce Some Demand Upon The Employer, O• To Resist Some Demand Which The Employer Has Made. The Employees Are Here Assumed To Take ...
Strindberg
Strindberg, Strind'hery',atoust (1849— ). A Swedish Novelist, Dramatist, And Miscellaneous Writer, The Most Prominent Exponent In Swed Ish Literature Of The Modern Realistic Tendency. He Ryas Horn In Stockholm, And After Some Suc Cess As A Dramatic Author Became At Once More Widely Known Through His Novel Rada Runi M ...
Stroboscope
Stroboscope. An Instrument Used For Studying The Motion Of A Body Where By Means Of A Rapid Succession Of Slits Or Other Openings, Or Its Illumination At Regular Intervals, The Eye Receives A Series Of Images On The Retina. Where These Impressions Occur With Sufficient Rapidity The Illusion Of Motion ...
Strontium
Strontium (neo-lat., From Strontion, Argyllshire, Scotland). A Metallic Clement First Isolated By Davy In 1808, Its Earth Having Been Recognized As A Distinct Chemical Substance After ('rnikshank (1790), Hope (1792), And Klaproth (1793) Had Discovered That It Gives A Peculiar Coloration If Introduced Into A Flame. Strontium Occurs As The ...
Structural Details
Structural Details. Structurally The Steam Engine Consists Of The Working Parts And The Fixed Structure Or Frame By Which The Working Parts Are Supported And Maintained In Their Relative Positions. The Supporting Frame Is Usually A Structure Of Cast Or Forged Iron Or Steel Varying In Shape To Suit The ...
Struensee
Struensee, Stroo'hi-zn, Johann Friedrich Von, Count (1737-72). A Danish Statesman, Born August 5, 1737, At Halle. Saxony. He Studied Medicine, Became The Physician Of King Christian Vii. (q.v.) Of Denmark (1768), And Rose To The Highest Favor. In 1771 He Was Made Minister Of State With Unusual Powers. Since The ...
Stuck
Stuck, Stank, Franz (1863— ). A German Painter And Sculptor, One Of The Leaders Of The So-called Secessionists (q.v.). Born At Tetten Weis. Bavaria. He Studied At The Munich Academy Under Lindenschmit, And Became First Known Through His Drawings For The Fliegende Blutter, And The Two Series Of Art-industrial Designs ...
Sturgeon Af
Sturgeon (af. Sturjoun, Of., Fr. Ester Peon, Sp. Csturion, It. Storione, From Ml. Stmsrgio, Steno, From Ohg. Sturjo, Sturo, Ger. Slur, As. Styrin, Stiriga, Sturgeon; Perhaps Connected With 011g. St6ran, Ger. Stamen, As. Styrian, Eng. Stir). A Large Fresh-water Fish Of The Ganoid Family Acipenseridte. Sturgeons Have An Elongated, Subcylindrieal ...
Sturm
Sturm, St7irm, Jumus (1816-96). A Ger Man Poet, Born At K6stritz, Reuss. After Study Ing Theology At Jena (1837-41), He Was Private Tutor To The Hereditary Prince Henry Xiv. Of Reuss, Then Pastor At G6schitz, Near Schleiz, In 1851-57, And At Kdstritz From 1857 To 1885. He Died At Leipzig. ...
Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Stnt'gart. The Capital Of The Kingdom Of \ldiirttemberg„ Germany, Situated At An Elevation Of 890 Feet, About 2 Miles South Of The Neckar, And 45 Miles North Of Tubingen (map: Germany, C 4). Stuttgart Occupies A Delightful Site Surrounded By Attractive Suburbs And Amid Lovely Vine-clad Heights. The Pro ...
Stuyvesant
Stuyvesant, Strve-sant, Peter ( 1592 1672). A Dutch Governor Of New York. He Was Born In Holland; Early Entered The Military Service Of The Dutch In The West Indies, And In 1634 Was Made Director Of The Colony Of Cura Cao. In 1646 The Dutch West India Company Appointed Him ...
Styria
Styria, Stir'i-s (ger. Steiermark). A Duchy And Crownland Of Austria, Bounded By Lower And Upper Austria On The North, Hun Gary On The East, Carniola And Carinthia On The South, And Carinthia And Salzburg On The West (map: Austria, D :3). Its Area Is 8670 Square Miles. Styria Is Very ...
Subliminal Consciousness
Subliminal Consciousness ( From Lat. Sub, Under + /men, Threshold). Literally A Degree Of Consciousness Below A Certain Theo Retical Limit Of Intensity And Clearness. Such A Consciousness Cannot Be Proved To Exist By Direct Introspection, But Has Been Assumed To Account Especially For Four Groups Of Facts. ( 1) ...
Subpcena
Subpcena (lat. Sub Perna, Under Penalty, The Initial Words; Of The Writ In Its Original Form). A Mandatory Writ Or Process Issued By A Court, A Quasi-judicial Body, Or An Official Hav Ing Judicial Powers, Commanding A Person Or Per Sons Named Therein To Appear At A Certain Time And ...
Subrogation Ail
Subrogation (ail. Subrogatio, From Lat. Slibrogare, Surrogare. To Substitute, From Sub, Under Rogare, To Ask). The Treatment Of One Who Has Paid The Debt Of Another, Which As Be Tween Himself And That Other Should Have Been Paid By The Latter, As Though He Were The As Signee Of The ...
Substance Of
Substance (of, Substance, Substaunce, Fr. Substance, From Lat. Substantia, Being, Essence, Material, From Substare, To Stand Under Or Among, From Sub, Under + Stare, To Stand). A Term Frequently Used In Logic And Metaphysics. Substance Is Correlative With Quality O• At Tribute. Every Substance Must Have Attributes, And Every Attribute ...
Substitution
Substitution (lat. Substitutio, A Putting In The Place Of Another, From Substituerc, To Put In The Place Of Another, From Sub, Under + Statucrc. To Place, From Stare, To Stand). A Mathematical Operation By Which One Expression Is Replaced By Another. The Term Has, However, Conic To Have A Technical ...
Subways For Pipes And
Subways (for Pipes And Wires ) . Under Ground Galleries Which Contain And Render Ac Cessible At Any Point The Multitudinous Pipes And Wires Beneath City Pavements; Or Else Duets For Inclosing Underground Wires Only, In Such A Way As To Make Them Accessible At Intervals. Subterranean Passages For The ...
Succession Ab Intestato
Succession Ab Intestato (lat., From One Intestate). I. Roman Law. In Early Ro Man Law, As In Early Law In General, Succession Was Governed By The Organization Of The Family. According To The Twelve Tables The Inheritance Vested (1) In The Sun, I.e. The Members Of The Decedent's Family, Who ...
Suckling
Suckling, Sir Join (1609-42). An Eng Lish Poet, Born At Whitton, In Middlesex, Where He Was Baptized February 10, 1609. His Father, Sir John Suckling (knighted 1616) , Held High Posts At The Courts Of King James And King Charles. In 1623 The Poet Entered Trinity Col Lege, Cambridge, Hut ...
Sudan
Sudan, S-57.-dait', Or Soudan. A Term Now Designating The Vast Region In Northern Africa Lying Between The Atlantic And The Red Sea, And Between The Sahara Desert, On The North, And The Gulf Of Guinea And The Watersheds Between Lake Chad And The Congo And Between The Nile And The ...
Suevi
Sue'vi. The Collective Designation Of A Great Number Of Germanic Peoples, As Mentioned In Cresar, De Bello Gallieo, Iv. 1. They Occupied A District Of Indefinite Extent On The Eastern Side Of The Rhine, And May Have Been The Same Tribes As Those Subsequently Known As Chatti, Longo Bardi, Etc. ...
Suffrage
Suffrage (lat. Sit/frog/um, Vote). In A Representative Government, The Act Of A Qualified Voter In Participating In The Choice Of Govern Ment Officials Or In Voting On Laws Or Constitutions Submitted To The Electorate. There Are Two Views As To The Basis Of Suffrage. One Holds That It Is A ...
Sufiism
Sufiism, St)tlft!-iz'm (from Am Snfi, Mystic, Clad In Woolen, From /1/', Wool ; Less Plausibly De Rived From Gk. 0.0496s, Sophos, Wise). A Coherent And Organized System Of Mohammedan Mysticism. Formerly Sufis Were Called U;-afu, 'gnostics' Or `theosophists.' To-day The Most Co111111011 Name Is Fakirs, Or Dervishes, 'the Poor,' But ...
Sugar Beet Insects
Sugar-beet Insects. The Recent Intro Duction And Rapid Spread Of The Sugar Beet Have Resulted In The Attacks Of Several Insects Not Be Fore Known As Injurious And Have Given A New Food To Others. A Leaf-miller (pegomyia Dieina), 30 Or 40 Larvae Of Which May Be Found In A ...
Sugar Cane
Sugar-cane (socellarum Officinarum). A Tropical And Subtropical Grass, Originally A Na Tive Of The East Indies. It Was Brought To Europe By The Crusaders, And In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries Found Its Way Into All The European Colonies In The Tropics. In Europe The Cultivation Of The Sngar-cane Has ...
Sugar Cane Insects
Sugar-cane Insects. The Principal Enemies Of The Sugar-cane In The 'united States Are The Sugar-cane Beetle (ligyrus Rugiceps) And The Sugar-cane Borer (diatran Saccharalis). The Former Belongs To The Family Scarabxithe. And Breeds In The Ground. The Adult Beetles Make Their Appearance In Early Spring, Bore Into The Stubble Or ...
Sugars Of
Sugars (of., Fr. More, From Me. Sucearunt, Saccharam, From (;k. Mikxap, Sakehar, Aak,iapov, Sakcharon, Sugar, From Ar. Sakkur, From Pers. Shukur, Shafrkar, From Prak. Sakkara, Sugar, From Skt. Izt-karu, Candied Sugar, Gravel, Grit). A Term Applied To Various Substances Composed Of Carbon, Hydrogen, And Oxygen (see Car110 Hydrates ), Which ...
Suggestion
Suggestion (lat. Suggcstio, Intimation, Suggestion, From Suy Li( Rere, To Suggest, Supply, From Sub, Under + Ycrerr, To Carry). A Term Used In Four Different Senses In Psychology. (1) In Its Broadest Significance Suggestion Is A Hint, A Prompting, The Insinuation Of An Idea Into Consciousness. An Orator May Suggest, ...
Suicide
Suicide (from Lat. .30, Of One's Self + -ci Dium, A Killing, From Effdere, To Kill). The In Tentional Taking Of One's Own Life. Among Uncivilized Peoples Suicide Is By No Means Un Known, Though It Has Generally Been Regarded As Uncommon. It Is Favored By The Teaching Of Some ...
Sullivan
Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymoltr ( 1842 1900). A Distinguished English Composer. Ile Was Born In London Of Irish Parents. Sir George Smart Accepted Him As One Of The Children Of The Chapel Royal, And During The Choristership He Wrote Several Anthems. His Earliest Pub Lished Composition Was A Song "0 ...
Sully
Sully. Si) 'w. I\ 1ax Im Ilien De Bktiiune, Duke, De ( 1560-16.41) . The Great Minister Of Henry Iv. Of France. He Was Born At Rosny, Near Mantes, The Second Son Of Francois, Baron De Rosny. He Belonged To A Protestant Family And Was Educated With The Young Henry ...
Sulphur
Sulphur (lat. Sulphur, Sulfur, Sulphur; Possibly Connected With Goth. Szeibls, 011g. Swchal, Ger. Sehirefcl, As. Swell, Sulphur). A Non-metallic Element That Has Been Known Since Ancient Times. Owing To The Fact That It Burns Readily, It Was Called Hi-cam-stone O• Brimstone, And Was Regarded By The Alchemists As The Prin ...
Sulu
Sulu, Sst-157i', Or Jou"). The Capital Of The Island And Archipelago Of The Same Name In The Philippines, Situated On The Northwest Coast Of The Island Of Sulu, 580 Miles Almost Due South Of Manila, And 99 Miles Southwest Of Zambo Anga, Mindanao (map: Philippine Islands, F 13). The Old ...
Sumach Of
Sumach (of. Sumac, Sumach, Fr. Sumac, Som Mac, Sumach, From Ar. Su M Mug, Sumach, From Smarm, To Come Of Good Stock), Rhus,. A Genus Of About 100 Species Of Shrubs And Small Trees Of The Natural Order Anacardiacee, Dis Tributed Over Almost All The World, Except Its Coldest Regions. ...
Sumatra
Sumatra, Siiro-mliqra. One Of The Sunda Islands, The Most Western, Also The Largest, Not Reckoning Borneo, Of The Dutch East India Isl Ands, Separated From The Malay Peninsula By The Malacca Strait, And From Java By The Sunda Strait (map: East India Islands, B 5). It Ex Tends In A ...
Sumerian Language
Sumerian Language. The Language Supposed To Have Been Spoken By The Non-semitic Inhabitants Of The Euphrates Valley Who Were Gradually Absorbed By The Invading Babylonians. This Language. According To The View Of A Ma Jority Of Assyriologists, Has Been Preserved In A Number Of Inscriptions. The First Successful Decipherers Of ...
Sumptuary Laws
Sumptuary Laws (lat. Sumptuarius, Relating To Expenditure, From Minipills, Expendi Ture, Expense, From Sumere, To Take Up, Choose, Apply, Spend, From Sub, Under 4- Mere, To Take, Buy). Laws To Prevent Extravagance In Private Expenditure, And Indirectly To Prevent Immoral Ity And Crime. The Purposes Of Sumptuary Legis Lation May ...
Sun Dance
Sun Dance. The Great Annual Religious Ceremony Common To All The Tribes Of The Plains With The Exception Of The Comanche And Perhaps One Or Two Others. In Purpose It Is A Thanksgiv Ing And Invocation To The Sun God And His Rep Resentative The Buffalo. Although Anticipated As A ...
Sun As
Sun (as. Auntie, Goth., 011g. Sunno, Ger. Sonne; Connected With As. Sol, Goth. Lat. Sol, Gk. Ows, Halos, Ir. Sal, Lith., Lett., Opruss. Slat. Sear, Aura, Av. Hrm•a, Sun). The Central Governing Body Of The Solar System (q.v.), And The Chief Source Of Our Light And Heat. To Us The ...
Sunday As
Sunday (as. Sunnanderg, 011g. Sunnuntag, Ger. Sonntag, Sunday, From As. Sunnan, Sunnun, Gen. Sg. Of As. Sunna, Org. Sunno, Ger. So-nne, Sun + As. Da'g, Ger. Tag, Day). The First Day Of The Week, Observed By Christians Almost Universally As A Holy Day In Honor Of The Resur Rection Of ...
Sunflower
Sunflower (probably So Called From Its Yellow Radiate Disk), Helianthus. A Genus Of Large Herbs Of The Order Composite, Containing Numerous, Mostly Perennial Species, All Natives Of America. The Common Sunflower Annuus), An Annual, One Of The Most Important Species, Is A Native Of The Tropics, Where It Some Times ...
Sunna
Sun'na (ar. Sunnah, Custom, Legal Usage, Tradition, From Sauna, To Establish A Usage Or Law). In The Original Meaning Among Moslems, The Sayings And The Example Of Mohammed And His Community, Provided They Are In Accordance With The Koran, The Meaning Of Which, However, Is Itself Explained By The Sunna: ...
Sunnites
Sunnites, Sfln'its (from Ar. Sitnnah, Cus Tom, Legal Usage, Tradition, From Sauna, To Estab Lish A Usage Or Law). The Orthodox Sect In Islam; Politically It May Be Described As The Centre, In Contrast To Extreme Theories Concerning The Headship Of The Church. The Term Arose In Distinction To Several ...
Superior
Superior. A Port Of Entry And The County Seat Of Douglas County, Wis., Adjacent To Duluth, Minn.; At The Mouth Of The Saint Louis And Nemadji Rivers, On Three Bays, Inlets Of Lake Superior, And On The Northern Pacific, The East Ern Minnesota, The Saint Paul And Duluth, The Duluth, ...
Superstition
Superstition (lat. Superstitio, Excessive Religious Belief, Superstition, Possibly Originally A Standing Over A Thing In Amazement Or Awe, From Superstars, To Stand Above Or Over, From Super, Above, Over + Stare, To Stand). A Term Loosely Used To Include All False Faith Or Belief, Its Distinguishing Characteristic Being Its Irra ...
Suretyship
Suretyship (from Surety, From Of. Surety, Seurte, Fr. Surety, From Lat. Sccuritas, Freedom From Care, From Sccuitr, Free From Care, From Se-, Apart + Cure, Care, Anxiety). The En Gagement By Which One Person Becomes Legally Bound To Another For The Liability Of A Third. It Therefore Involves Three Parties: ...
Surface Oe
Surface (oe, Fr. Surface, From Lat. Superficics, Upper Side, Surface, From Super, Above Facics, Form, Figure, Face). The Boundary Between Two Portions Of Space. As A Point In A Plane Is Determined In General By Two Inter Secting Lines, So A Point In Space Is In General Determined By Three ...
Surgery Of
Surgery (of. Eirurgerie, Cirurgie, Sirurgie, Fr. Chirurgic, Surgery, From Of. Eirurgien, Scrur Glen, Fr. Chirurgicn, Surgeon, From Lat. Chiral- Gus, From Gk. Xeyoury6s, Cheirourgos), Surgeon, Handicraftsman, From Xcfp, Choir, Hand Fryov, Argon. Work). In Contradistinction To Medicine Surgery Embraces A Consideration Of Those Disease Conditions That Are Treated Chiefly By ...
Surrogate
Surrogate (lat. Surrogates, Subrogatus, P.p. Of Subrogare, Surrogate, To Substitute, From Sub, Under + Rogarc, To Ask). A Judicial Officer Having Jurisdiction Over The Probate Of Wills, The Administration And Settlement Of Decedents' Es Tates, And In Some States The Power To Appoint And Supervise Guardians Of Infants And Other ...
Surveying
Surveying (from Survey, From Af. Stir Vccr, Survoir, From Lat. Supervidcre, To Overlook, Oversee, From Super, Above + Videre, To See). The Art Of Ascertaining By Measurement The Shape And Size Of Any Portion Of The Earth's Surface, And Representing The Same On A Reduced Scale On Maps In A ...
Suryasiddhanta
Suryasiddhanta, Smir'ya - Sed -1ilin'ta (skt., Text-book Of The Sun). The. Earliest Hindu Astronomy That Has Been Preserved. It Is Written In Verse And Contains Fourteen Chapters, Furnish Ing A Complete System Which Remains The Chief Authority In India For The Adherents Of The Hindu Science Of Astronomy. The Work ...
Susanna
Susan'na (gk. Fokavya, Sousanna, From Heb. Shushan, Lily), History Of, Also Known As The Judgment Of Daniel, And As Susanna And The Elders. One Of Three Apocryphal Addi Tions To The Book Of Daniel In The Greek Bible, The Others Being 7'he Song Of The Three Holy Children And The ...
Sutra
Sutra, S7f/tr5 (slot., Thread, String, Clew). In Sanskrit Literature, The Technical Name Of More Or Less Brief, Aphoristic Rules, And Works Consisting Of Such Rules. The Sutra Style Of Writ Ing Is Preflminently The Scientific Style Of India. The Object Of The Sutras Is To Supply A Short Sur Vey ...
Suture
Suture ( From Lat. Sutura, Seam, From Sucre, To Sew; Connected With Slat. Sty, Goth. Siu Fan, 0110. Siuwan, Siwan, As. Siwian, Eng. Sew). A Term Employed Both In Anatomy And Surgery. In Anatomy It Is Used To Designate The Modes Of Connection Between The Various Bones Of The Cranium ...
Suvaroff
Suvaroff, Su-vit'r6f, Or Suvoroff, \ Lenei Vassilien11(111, Count ( 1721)-1800 ) . A Russian Field-marshal. 11c Was Of Swedish De Scent And Was Born In Finland. 11e Served In The Campaigns Of The Seger Years' War And Was Made A Colonel Alter The Battle Of Nunersdorf (1759). His Services In ...
Swallow As
Swallow (as. Swalewe, 011g. Swahttca, Ger. Schwalbe, Swallow; Perhaps Connected With Gk. Axkuu5ro, Aikyon, Lat. ,teem, Kingfisher). A Passerine Bird Of The Family Ilirundinida% A Fam Ily Represented By Many Similar Species In Almost All Parts Of The World. This Family Consists Of Birds Which Prey On Insects, Catching Them ...
Swallowtail
Swallowtail. Any Member Of A Family Of Large Butterflies, Papilioni&e, With Tail-like Prolongations Of The Hind Wings. Black, Yellow, Blue, And Green Are The Prevailing Colors. About 25 Species Occur In The United States. South America Is Most Rich In These Luiterflies. About 700 Species Have Been Described In All. ...
Swamp As
Swamp (as. Swainm, Swain, Swamp, Gott]. Siva In Ins, Sponge, Swains], Ditch, Oe O. Swain, Id Hg. Swain, Swanip, Ger. Schwainni, Sponge; Connected With Ohg. Suinpft, Ger. Sumpf, Swamp, And With Gk. Coi.406s, Somphos, Spongy). Au Area Of Wet Ground Usually Covered With Certain Coarse Grasses, Trees, And Other Plants ...
Swansea
Swansea, Swon'si. A Seaport In Glamo• Ganshire, South Wales, At The Mouth Of The Tawe, 60 Nines West-northwest Of Bristol (map: Wales, B 5). Swansea Is The Chief Seat Of The Tin-plate Trade Of England, And One Of The Most Important Copper Smelting And Refining Centres In The World. The ...
Swastika
Swastika ( Skt., Weal-making). A Fylfot Or 'four-foot' Cross, A Monogrammatic Sign Having Four Branches, Of Which The Ends Are Bent, Gen Erally At Right Angles, Thus J I Or T. It Is A I Sign Of Benediction Or Of Good Luck, And In One Form Or Another Has Been ...
Sweat As
Sweat (as. Swat, 011g. Siceiz, Ger. Sehweiss, Sweat; Connected With Lat. Sndor, Gk. Ispuis, Hidro8, Lith. Swidrs, Skt. Sreda, Sweat). The Fluid That Is Excreted Through The Pores Of The Skin; Perspiration. The Nature, Composition, And Uses Of This Fluid In The Normal State Have Been Noticed In The Article ...
Sweating Sickness
Sweating Sickness. An Extremely Fatal Epidemic Disease Which Prevailed In Europe, And Especially Englanfi, During The Fifteenth, Six Teenth, And Early Part Of The Seventeenth Cen Turies. From The Fact That The English People Both At Home And Abroad Were Chiefly Attacked. The Malady Was Known As The 'english Sweat' ...
Sweating System
Sweating System. The Practice Pur Sued By Certain Manufacturers, Particularly Of Clothing, Of Giving Out Piece Work To Individuals On Which The Work Is To Be Done At Home And At Starvation Wages. The System Is A Survival Of The Household Form Of Industry That Still Exists In Certain Trades ...
Sweden
Swe'den ( Sw. ,c:rcrige) . The Eastern And Larger Part Of The Scandinavian Peninsula. It Is Separated From Denmark On The Southwest By The Cattegat And On She West, North, And East Is Bounded By Norway, Finland, And The Baltic Sea. It Extends From Latitude 55° 20' N. To 00°, ...