Swedenborg
Swe'denborg, Ste. Pron. Svii'den-lirwy*. Emanuel, (1118r-1772). A Swedish Scientist And Theologian. Ile Was Born In Stoekholni And Died In London. Ills Father Was Jesper Svedberg, Sub Sequently Bishop Of Skara. He Was Educated At Vps.ala, And Traveled For Four• Years In England, Holland, France. And Germany. On His Return To ...
Swedenborgians
Swedenborgians. The Name Popularly Applied To Those Who Accept The Doctrines Of Christianity And Of Philosophy As Set Forth In The Writings Of Emanuel They Do Not Call Themselves Swedenborgians. But Members Of The New Church. Swedenborg Formed No Ecclesiastical Organization, And Many Of His Followers Do Not Sever Themselves ...
Swedish Language And Litera
Swedish Language And Litera Ture. Swedish 'whams To I He Northern Eh Of The Germanic Family, 'within Which It Is All Eastern Development Of The Old Aust.. I Unga, 01' 1):111ish T011gile, A Name Ly Applied To The Language Spoken Not In Denmark Only, Hut In The Rest Of Scandinavia ...
Swift As
Swift (as. Swift, Fleet, Rapid; Connected With Eng. Swoop, Sweep, Oho. Swcifan, Ger. Se/hoc/fen, To Rove). A Bird Of The Family Cypselidx, Nearly Related To The Humming-birds. The Swifts Are Widely Distributed, And Sonic Are Only Found In Tropical Countries; Others Are Birds Of Passage, And Spend The Summer In ...
Swine As
Swine (as. Stria, Goth. 011g. Stein, Ger. Schircin, Swine; Connected With Lat. Suinus, Relating To Swine, From Sus, Gk. Us, Hys. Av. Ku, Pig, 0110. Sit, Ger. San, As. Saga, Sit, Eng. Sow, And Ultimately Connected With Skt. Sit, To Gen Erate, Produce. Or With Skt. Sakara. Swine, Lit. Sit, ...
Sword As
Sword (as. Sweord, 0110. Steer!. Ger. Schteert, Sword; Of Uncertain Etymology). In Its General Sense, Every Steel Weapon Of Offense Or Defense Larger Than The Dagger Or Poniard; In Modern Military Usage The Term Sword Is Used To Describe The Infantry Or Straight Neapomand Sabre For The Slightly Curved Weapon ...
Swordfish
Swordfish. One Of Several Fishes Having An Elongated Snout, Serviceable As A Weapon: Sp1.ci6eally, The Single Representative Of The Family Xipliiiffie, Related To The Mackerels And Common In The Warmer Parts Of The Atlantic And Occasional In The Pacific Ocean. This Fish Has A Round, Very Muscular Body (see Plate ...
Sybaris
Syb'aris (lat., From Gk.s.l4larns). A Cele Brated Greek Colony In Magna Gnecia (q.v.). It Was Situated In Northeastern Bruttium, Between The River Crathis (('rat;) And Sybaris (cosci/c), About Three Miles From The Tarentine Gulf. It Was Founded By Ach:cans And Trdezenians At An Early Period In The Colonization Of Magna ...
Sydney
Sydney. The Capital Of New South Wales And The Oldest City In Australia, On The Southern Shores Of Port Jackson: Latitude 33° 52' S., Longi Tude 151° 13' E. (map: New South Wales, F 3). It Is Situated About S Miles From The Sea, And The Whole Bay Round Which ...
Sydney 771 1s45 Smith
Smith, Sydney (]771-1s45). English Humorist, Born At Woodford, In Essex. Sydney Was Sent To Winehester School, From Which He Passed To New College. Oxford (1789). Tn 1794 He Was Ordained To The Curaey Of Nether Avon, Near Amesbury, In Wiltshire. From 1798 To 1803 He Lived In Edinburgh. During This ...
Syllogism
Syllogism (lat. Syllogismus, From Gk. Reasoning. Conclusion, From Cre?.?.o Yiceabot, Syllogizesthai, To Infer, Conclude, From Syn, Together + Logizestha), To Reason, From 2.6yoe, Logos, Word, Reason). The Name Of A Logical Operation When Expressed In A Certain Form In Accordance With The Principles Of Formal Logic. When We Reason, Or ...
Sylvester
Sylves'ter. The Name Of Two Popes. Sylvester I., Pope 314-335. His Reign Was The First In The New Period Of Church Freedom Under Constantine. In Ills Pontificate The Council Of Niewa Was Held, Which He Did Not Himself At Tend, But Sent Two Legates To Represent Him. Numerous Unhistorical Legends, ...
Symbiosis
Symbiosis (neo-lat., From Gk. Cettlii(datc, Life Together, From Are, Syn, Together + 3io5, Bias, Life.) That Condition In Which Two Or More Dis Similar Organisms Live Together In An Intimate Life Relation. Various Types Of Symbiosis Depend Upon The Type Of Relation Existing Between The Organisms, The So-called Symbionts. (1) ...
Symbolists
Symbolists. The Name Of A Class Of Writers Which Sprang Up After 1880 Notably In France And In Connection With Verse. The Sym Bolists Regard Symbolism As The Expression Of An Idea By The Introduction Of A Being Or An Object Merely For The Purposes Of Such Expression. The Characteristic ...
Symmetry
Symmetry (lat. Symmetric, From Gk. Araperpia, From Elpperpoc, Symmetros, Having A Common Measure, From Syn, Together + Mctron, Measure, From Perpeiv, Mctrein, To Measure). A Term Used In Geometry To Ex Press A Characteristic Property Of Two Congruent Or Quasi-congruent Figures Which Have A Certain Relation With Respect To A ...
Symonds
Symonds. Sinl'ondz Or Si'd.1011dz, John Ad Dington (1840-03). An English Critic And Lit Erary Historian, Born At Bristol. From Harrow He Passed To Balliol College, Oxford, Whore He Graduated With Distinction, Winning The Newili Gate Prize, With A Poem On The Escorial (1860), And A. Fellowship At Magdalen College (1862). ...
Symphony
Symphony (lat. Symphonia, From Gk. Crvi,(0covia, Unison Of Sound. Harmony, From Coa Owvos, Symphonos, Agreeing In Sound, Harmonious, From Afv, Syn, Together + Ocovh. Plain, Sound, Voice). In Music, A Word Used In Two Different Senses: (1) The Instrumental Introduction And Termination Of A Vocal Composition. Sometimes Called Ritornello: (2) ...
Synagogue
Synagogue (gk. Vuvaymyt Synagog€, As Sembly, Collection, From Crului-yeiv, Synagein, To Bring Together, From Adv, 8yit, Together &yew, Agcin, To Lead; Translation Of Heb. Bah-hak Keneseth, The House Of Assembly). The Name Applied To The Place Of Assembly Used By Jewish Communities Primarily For Public Worship. The Origin Of This ...
Synesius
Syne'sius (lat., From Gk. 7mmkon) (c.370-?). A Neo-platonic Philosopher And Christian Bishop. Lie Studied Philosophy In Alexandria, Under Ilypatia, To Whom He Was Ever Warmly Devoted, And His Life Well Illustrates The Combination Of Neo-platonism And Christianity So Characteristic Of The Fourth Century. For Three Years (397-400) He Served As ...
Syno Vial Membrane
Syno Vial Membrane And Fluid (from Neo-lat. Synorialis, From Synovia, Lubri Cating Fluid Secreted By A Synovial Membrane, So Called Because It Resembles The White Of An Egg, From Gk. Syn, Together + Lat. Ovum, Egg). In Every Joint In Which A Considerable Range Of Motion Is Required, The Osseous ...
Synod
Synod (lat. Synoelas, From Gk. Ativodos, Assembly, Meeting, Coming Together, From (rim, Syn, Together + 686s, Hodos, Way, Road). A Term Applied Almost Exclusively To Ecclesiastical As Semblies Convoked For The Discussion And Decision Of Ecclesiastical Affairs. Synods O• Church Coun Cils Are Of Five Kinds: Ecumenical, General, National, Provincial, ...
Synonym
Synonym (lat. Synonym/am, From Gk. Avvcir Rugov, Syndnymon, Neu. Sg. Of Au Voivtwos. Synony Mos, Having The Same Name Or Meaning, From Adz!, Syn, Together +' &owl, Onoma, Name). A Word Which Nearly Coincides In Meaning With An Other, As Clear, Transparent; Bright, Limpid ; Fair, Cloudless; Serene. Plain; Lucid, ...
Syphilis
Syphilis (from Syphilis, In The Latin Poem Entitled Syphilus, Sire Jlorbi Gallici Libri Fres, By The Italian Physician And Poet Hieronimo Fracastoria (1453-1553), A Shepherd Who Was Afflicted With The Disease By Apollo As A Punish Ment For Offering Homage To His King Instead Of To The God; Of Uncertain ...
Syracuse
Syracuse (lat. Syracusa-, From Gk. L'upd Icouinzi, Surakonsai). Anciently The Most Famous And Powerful City Of Sicily, Situated On The Southeastern Coast Of The Island, 33 Miles Sonth Southeast Of Catania. It Was Founded By A Body Of Corinthian Settlers Under Archias, One Of The Bacchiathe, Near The End Of ...
Syracuse University
Syracuse University. A Coeduca Tional Institution Of Higher Learning At Syracuse, N. Y.. Founded In 1s70. In Its Academic Depart Mcnt It Is A Continuation Of Genesee College, Which Was Conducted At Lima, N. Y., From 1849 To 1871, And In Its Medical Department Of The Geneva Medical College (1835-72), ...
Syracuse_2
Syracuse. The Fourth City In Population Of The State Of New York, And The County-seat Of Onondaga County, 148 Miles West Of Albany And 149 Miles East Of Buffalo (map: New York, D 2). It Is Situated At The Mouth Of Onondaga Valley, 35 Miles South Of Lake Ontario, In ...
Syria
Syr'ia. Traditionally, The Region Lying Be Tween The Euphrates River And The Syrian Desert On The East And The Mediterranean On The West, And Between The Alma Dagh (the Ancient Ama Nus) In The North And Egypt In The South. This Region Now• Forms A Part Of Asiatic Turkey (map: ...
Syriac Language And Litera
Syriac Language And Litera Ture. The Aramaic Dialect Anciently Spoken In Edessa And Western Mesopotamia (see Ara Maic), In Which Many Literary Productions Have Been Preserved. This Name Is Derived From The Greek .z,epra, Which Is Either An Abbreviation Of 'aaavpia, Or A Survival Of The Old Designation Suri Found ...
Szujski
Szujski, Shwys'kr. J6zef (1835-83). A Po Lish Historian And Dramatist, Born At Tarnov, Galicia. He Studied In Cracow And Vienna, Be Came With Tarnovski In The Estab Lishment And Redaction Of The Przeglad Polski In 1867 And Was Appointed Professor Of Polish His Tory At The University Of Cracow In ...
Tabernacle
Tabernacle ( La T. Tabernaculum, Dimin Utive Of Toberna, Hut, Booth; Connected With Plink, Board, Table, Tablet, Tulle, On A Table). A Portable Sanctuary Which, Ac Cording To The Traditional View, Was Carried About By The Israelites In The Wilderness. The Coin Manil To Build This Structure Is Found In ...
Taboo
Taboo' (samoan Tape, Hawaiian Hope, For Bidden). An Object Or Act Religiously Interdicted, And The Religions System Based Upon Such Inter Diction. Under Various Names And In One Form Or Another, The Practice Of Taboo Is Found All Over The Earth; But It Has Nowhere Else Been So Sys Tematized ...
Tabriz
Tabriz, Tii-brz', Tat Ri S. Or Mums. The Second Largest Town Of Persia. Capital Of The Province Of Azerbaijan, Situated In A Wide Val Ley, On The Aji. A Tributary Of Lake Crumiah, 35 Miles East Of The Lake. In About Latitude 38° 4' N., Longitude 46° Is' E., Over ...
Tabular Standard
Tabular Standard. A Proposed Stand Ard Of Value Which Should Obviate Difficulties Due To Changes In The Purchasing Power Of Money. The Proposal Involves The Preparation, By Public Authority, Of A Table Of Relative Values Of Cer Tain Selected Commodities After The Fashion Of An Index Number, And The Permissive ...
Tachygenesis
Tachygenesis, (nco-lat., From Gk. Null-, Tachys, Swift + }freers, Genesis, Origin, Production, Generation). A Term Proposed By Hyatt For Rapid Evolution, Or Evolution By Leaps, I.e. Without The Vast Series Of Intermediate Forms Postulated By Darwin. In His Own Words Hyatt Defines Tachygenesis As "the Law Of Acceler Ation In ...
Tacking
Tacking ( From Tack, From Of. Toque, Tache, Dialectic Fr. Tache, Nail, Tack; So Called Because Of The Part Of The Sail To Which The Rope Is At Tached), And Wearing (from Wear, As. ?cer Ium Goth. Wasjan, 011g. Merjan, To Clothe; Con Nected With Lat. Nestis, Gk. Eo-thjs, Csthes, ...
Tacoma
Taco'ma. The County-seat Of Pierce County, Wash., 140 Miles North Of Portland, Ore., At The Head Of Commencement Bay, Puget Sound (map: Washington, C 2). It Is A Terminus Of The North Ern Pacific Railway, And Is On The Great North Ern, The Canadian Pacific, And Other Railroads. Many Steamship ...
Tactics Of Cavalry
Tactics Of Cavalry. The Prominent Characteristic Of Cavalry Is Rapidity Of. Movement, And Its Greatest Duty Is The Service Of Security And Information: A Cavalry Which Is Superior To The Enemy's In Screening Its Own Army And Clearing Up That Of Its Adversary Will More Than Pay For Itself. Its ...
Tactics Of Field Artillery
Tactics Of Field Artillery. The Artillery Is The Arm Of Destruction, And, On Account Of Its Great Moral Effect And The Fact That It Can Reach Troops In Every Part Of The Field, In All Kinds Of Ground, And Behind All Artificial Field Cover, It Is Essentially The Arm For ...
Tactics Of Infantry
Tactics Of Infantry. Infantry, Except During A Single Period, Name Ly, The Era Of Knights Or The Age Of Chivalry, Has Always Been The Principal Arm, That Is To Say Numerically The Strongest, And In Its Action The Most Decisive, And Ever Since The Introduction Of Firearms The Infantry Has ...
Taras Crtc Ortevitch Sheftchenko
Sheftchen'ko, Taras Crtc Ortevitch . The Greatest Poet Of Little Russia. He Was Born In Serfdom In The Government Of Kiev. He Was, Upon His Own Urgent Request, Ap Prenticed To A House Decorator, Whom He Accom Panied To Saint Petersburg In 1833. Some Young Writers Took A Great Interest ...
Thaddeus 1792 1868 Stevens
Stevens, Thaddeus ( 1792-1868). An American Statesman And Congressional Leader, Born At Danville, Vt., April 4, 1792. He Gradu Ated At Dartmouth College In 1814; Taught School In York. Pa., And Studied Law: Began To Prac Tice In Gettysburg, And Removed To Lancaster, Pa., In 1842. In 1833 He Became ...
The Appendicular Skeleton
The Appendicular Skeleton. Appendages In Vertebrates May Be Divided Into Two Kinds: (1) Paired, And (2) Unpaired Or Median. Paired Appendages Are Represented By The Lateral Fins Of Fishes, And The Legs And Wings Of Higher Animals. Unpaired Appendages Are Confined Chiefly To Fishes, And Occur In The Sagittal Plane ...
The Heliograph
The Heliograph (sun-writer) Is An Instru Ment Designed For Signaling By Reflected Sun Flashes. The United States Army 'field Kit' Contains Two 4-inch Mirrors, Two Tripods, A Ment To A Post, Stump, Or Other Firm Base Instead Of Tripods. In Setting Up And The Posi Tion Of The Sun Is ...
The Literature
The Literature. About 160 Of The Runic In Scriptions Of Sweden, The Oldest Dating From The Tenth Century, Contain Alliterating Verses Evi Dently Quoted From Preexisting Sagas. This And Other Lines Of Evidence Show That The Poetic Art Was Widely Cultivated In The Viking Age. But This 'literature,' Which May ...
The Period Of Independence
The Period Of Independence. The Revolution Ary Days Of The Early Nineteenth Century, Which, Ill Spanish America, Substituted The Radical Phi Losophy And Sentiment Of The Progressive French Branch Of The Latin Stock For The Unswerving Loy Alty And Religions Mysticism Of The Conservative Spaniard, Did Not Wholly Release American ...
The Septic Tank
The Septic Tank Is Designed To Provide The First Stage Of Bacterial Action, Mentioned Just Above, Without The Intervention Of Filtering Ma Terial. The Sewage First Enters A Small Grit Chamber. Where Sand And Like Heavy Matter Is Speedily Deposited On Account Of Its Relatively Great Weight. The Sewage Then ...
The United States
The United States. Although Communism (q.v.) Gained An Early Foothold In The United States, It Exercised Practically No Influence Upon The Movement Now Represented By The Socialist Parties. American Socialism Proper Begins With The German Influence. As A Result Of The Politi Cal Disorders Of 1848 Many Men Of Learning ...
The War Of Ti1e
The War Of Ti1e Polish Succession. Iii 1733 Augustus Il Of Poland And Saxony Died And Stall Islas Leszczynski (q.v.), Whose Daughter Had Married Louis Xv. Of France, Was Elected King By The Diet Through French Influence. Some Of The Nobles, However, Were Determined That The Crown Should Pass To ...
The War Of Tile
The War Of Tile Bavarian Succession. The Elector Maximilian Joseph Of Bavaria Died Without Issue On December 30, 1777. The Natural Heir Was Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Head Of The Elder Line Of The House Of Wittelsbach. This Prince Had No Legitimate Heirs, And With A View Of Furthering The ...
The War Of The
The War Of The Spanish Succession Ar0sc Um The Death Without Male Heirs Of Charles Ii. (q.v.). King Of Spain. Of The Ilouse Of Hapsburg, November 1, 1700. The Nearest Natural Heir To The Throne Was Of The Royal Bourbon Line Of France, Charles's Elder Sister Having Married Louis Xiv.; ...
The War Of The_2
The War Of The Austrian Succession. This Struggle Arose After The Death Of The Emperor Charles Vi. (q.v.), In 1740. In Accordance With The Pragmatic Sanction (q.v.) Charles Vt.'s Daughter And Heiress, Maria Theresa, Had Re Ceived Assurances Of Support. From Most Of The European Powers, But Hardly Had She ...
Theodor 1817 88 Storm
Storm, Theodor ( 1817-88). A German Poet And Novelist, One Of The Great Masters Of That Peculiarly German Creation, The Short Story Of Character And Sentiment. He Was Born At Husum, Schleswig, On September 14, 1817, Studied Jurisprudence At Kiel And Berlin, And, Returning To Kiel In 1839, Became Intimate ...
Theory
Theory. The United States Census Reported In 1890 22,329,990 Persons In The Country Over 15 Years Of Age And Married; In 1900 This Class Of The Population Numbered 27,765.707. On Computing The Ratios It Is Found That Among Each 1000 Adults 553 Were Married In 1890 And 557 In 1900. ...
Thomas 1734 1832 Sumter
Sum'ter, Thomas (1734-1832). An Ameri Can Soldier, Born In Virginia. He Early Removed To South Carolina ; Accompanied Several Expedi Tions Against The Cherokee Indians; Served Under Braddock In 1755, And In March. 1776, Became Lieutenant-colonel Of The Second Regiment Of South Carolina Riflemen. Until The Capture Of Charleston (i7s0). ...
Thomas Shadwell
Shad'well, Thomas (c.1640-92). An Eng Lish Dramatist And Poet Laureate, Now Little Re Membered Except As The Macflecknoe Of Dryden's Satire. Ile Was Born In Norfolk And Was For A Time A Student At Cambridge. Entered At The Middle Temple In London, He Found The Law Little To His Taste ...
Thomas Shelton
Shel'ton, Thomas Id. 1612). The First Translator Of Don Quixote Into English. He Is Thought To Have Been The Thomas Sheldon Who Was Entered At Oriel College, Oxford, In 1581. Shelton E As Later Connected In Someway With Lo•d Howil Rd Of Walden. In 1607 He Translated The First Part ...
Thomas Wentworth Strafford
Straf'ford, Thomas Wentworth, First Earl Of (1593-1641). An English Statesman. He Was Born April 13, 1593, In London, Of An Old Yorkshire Family. He Was Educated At Saint John's College, Cambridge. And Later (1607) Be Came A Student Of The Inner Temple. He Was Married In 1611 And Knighted In ...
Tiie Coytact Process
Tiie Coytact Process. In The Contact Process The Method Of Production Is Directly Synthetical, And Acids Of Any Desired Strength May Be Made In One Operation. In This Process The Burner Gas Must Be First Rendered Absolutely Free From Everything Other Than Sulphur Dioxide. Oxygen, And Inert Nitrogen, The Usual ...
Tiie Scotch Collies
Tiie Scotch Collies. The /imo-haired Va Riety Of The Scotch Collies Is The Traditional And Typical Sheep-clog Of The World. He Stands From 22 To 24 Inches High At The Shoulder, Has A Skull Quite Flat, With A Fine Tapering Muzzle, And Brains That Often Act With Better Judgment Than ...
Tiistorical Sociology
Tiistorical Sociology. In Historical Sociology We Again Study The Phenomena Of The Social Popu Lation, The Social Mind, The Social Organization, And The Social Welfare, Hut On A Larger Scale. We Inquire Into The Evolutionary Origins Of Society And We Find That Long Before Man Appeared Upon The Earth Social ...
Tile Morphology Of The
Tile Morphology Of The Skull Is The Highest And Most Difficult Problem Of Comparative Anat Omy. Huxley Destroyed The Archetypal Theory, Previously Held By Owen And Others, And Estab Lished The Newer Theory On Sure Grounds Of Actual Observation. Taking First The Unsegmented Cra Nium Of A Skate Or Dogfish, ...
Tobia S George 1721 71
Smol'lett, Tobia S George ( 1721-71). A British Novelist, Descended From An Old And Re Spectable Scotch Family Having A Seat Called Bonhill Iu The Beautiful Valley Of The Leven, Near Dumbarton, Scotland. Ilis Grandfather, Sir James Smollett, Often Sat In The Scottish Parlia Ment. Was A Judge Of The ...
Topography
Topography. Excepting In The Amur Basin And The Immediate Region Of The Mountains The Whole Country Slopes Gently From South To North, Carrying The Drainage To The Arctic Ocean. Most Of The Arctic Coast Is Low And Flat, And, Unlike Most Arctic Shores, It Is Little Intersected With Hays And ...
Topography_2
Topography. The Predominating Natural Fea Ture Of Spain Is The Great Iberian Tableland Which Occupies The Middle And Much Of The Northern Portion Of The Peninsula—a Very Compact, Lofty, And Mainly Treeless Plateau Sloping As A Whole To The West. The Surface Of The Tableland Rises From 1000 To 3000 ...
Topography_3
Topography. The Construction Of The Canal Was Greatly Facilitated By The Existence Along The Route Of Four Dried-up Depressions Which Were Formerly And Hare Again Become Lakes Of Considerable Area, Namely, The Two Bullah Lakes, The Great And Small Bitter Lakes, And Lake Timsah. (see Map Of Egypt.) These Low-lying ...
Topography_4
Topography. Switzerland Is The Most Moun Tainous Country Of Europe, Three-fourths Of Its Area Being Covered With Mountains. The Central And Southern Parts Ore Occupied By The Swiss Alps, W•lhich Spread Over Nearly Three-fifths Of The Entire Area. The Jura Mountains Cover The Northwestern Portion Of The Country. Between The ...
Toy Spaniels
Toy Spaniels. The Best Known Of The Small Pet Or 'fancy' Spaniels Is The King Charles—a Black And Tan Breed, Which Was Maintained Pure Blooded For Many Generations With Jealous Care By The Dukes Of Norfolk. In Early Times They Were Broken To Hunt. Now They Are Only Pets. They ...
Transportation And Communication Id
Transportation And Communication. Id 1900 There Were 132 Steamers Of 8555 Tons On The Rivers Of The Oh System And 207 Steamers Of 19.257 Tons On The Rivers Of The Yenisei, Lena, And Amur Systems. On The Amur Proper With Its Tributaries There Were 163 Steamers Of 16.945 Tons. The ...
Travel Description
Travel: Description. Hay, Castilian Days (boston, 1882) ; F. Hopkinson Smith, Well Worn Roads Of Spain, Holland, And Italy (boston, 1886) ; Flock, Spain And Morocco: Studies In Local Color (new York, L891) ; De Amicis, Spain And The Spaniards, Trans. (new York. 1892) : Hme, Wanderings In Spain (6th ...
Troop Leading
Troop Leading. The Principles Of Troop Leading Belong Mainly In The Domain Of Strategy; That Of Tactics Is Far More Limited, Because The Subordinate Commander Usually Receives The Plan Of Operations From Higher Authority; Nevertheless, He Must Often Act Independently. Every Action Of A Commander Should Be Based On A ...
U S Army Signal
Signal Corps, U. S. Army. That Branch Of The Army To Which Is Assigned The Duty Of Maintaining Communication Between Headquarters And All Branches Of The Military Service. In The United Str‘tes Army This Duty Is Assigned To A Special Corps, Who Are Expert In The Use Of Flag, Heliograph, ...
University Of The South
South, University Of The. An Institution Of Learning At Sewanee, Tenn.. Founded In 1857 By The Protestant Episcopal Church In The South. A Tract Of Nearly 10.000 Acres Was Secured As A Site, $500.000 Was Subscribed For An Endowment Fund, And The Cornerstone Of The Central Building Was Laid When ...
Ventilation Of Sewers
Ventilation Of Sewers Is A Thing Which Has Given Rise To Much Discussion. The Simplest Means Are Generally The Best, And It Is Rarely The Case In Sewers That Any Improvement Can Be Made Over Thoroughly Good Design And Execution In The Way Of Grade, Alignment, And Smooth Inte Riors. ...
Vertebral Column
Vertebral Column. The Axial Skeleton In Cludes The Vertebral Column, Ribs, Sternum, And Head-skeleton. The Vertebral Column, Or `back Bone,' First Appears In Cyclostomes, Where It Oc Curs As Fibrous Tissue, Surrounding The Notochord, Which Thus Comes To Lie As A Rod In The Axis Of The Primitive Vertebrate Column ...
Visual Signal Apparatus
Visual Signal Apparatus. The Signal Corps Of The United States Army Employe, Two Standard Signal Flags, 4 And 2 Feet Square Respectively, With White Ground And Red Centre, Or The Re Verse. They Are Attached To Light Jointed Rods And Swung To The Right, Left, And Centre When Signaling. Any ...
Walter William Skeat
Skeat, Walter William ( 1835—). An English Philologist. He Was Horn In Park Lane, London, But Passed His Boyhood In Sydenham, London Suburb, Then Well In The Country. It Was Here That He Became Familiar With The Kent Ish Dialect. He Attended King's College School, A School At Highgate, And ...
Wet Processes
Wet Processes. Of The Various Combined Wet And Dry Processes For Extracting Silver, The Amalgamation Process Is The First Which Demands Consideration. In The Amalgamation Process, The Silver In Ores Or Metallurgical Products Is Con Verted Into A Mercury Alloy, Or Amalgam, Which Is Subsequently Distilled, The Silver Being Left ...
William 1689 1755 Stith
Stith, William (1689-1755). An American Colonial Historian, Born In Virginia. He Went To England. Studied Theology, Was Ordained Priest In The Established Church, And On His Return (1721) Was Made Master Of The Grammar School At Wil Liam And Mary College, Williamsburg, Va. He Won A Distinguished Place Among The ...
The Great Synagogue
Synagogue, The Great (heb. Hakkene Sent, /warp:w(316h). An Alleged Assembly Or Synod, Said To Have Been Founded And Presided Over By Ezra And To Have Controlled The National And Religious Fortunes Of The Jews After The Re Turn From Babylon, C.450-200 B.c. Its Bership Is Generally Given As 120, But ...
The Societies For Ethical
Societies For Ethical Culture, The. The First Society For Et Heal Culture Was Formed In New York City In May, 1876, By Prof. Felix Adler And Several Associates. The Purpose Of The Movement Was To Provide A Centre For Per Sons Who Had Lost Their Attachment To The Tradi Tional ...
The South Sea Company
South Sea Company, The. An Eng Lish Commercial Company Incorporated In Lin. It Was A Financial Scheme Organized By The Lord Treasurer Harley For The Purpose Of Extinguishing The National Debt, Which Then To £10, 000,000. The Company Assumed The Debt On Condi Tion Of Receiving From The Government Au ...
The Star Spangled Banner
Star Spangled Banner, The. The National Hymn Of The United States, Written By Francis Scott Key (q.v.) On Hoard The Frigate Surprise During The Bombardment Of Fort Mc Henry, Md., By The British, In 1814. He Di Rected That The Words Should Be Sling To The Tune Of "anacreon In ...
The Supreme Court Of
Supreme Court Of The United States, The. The Supreme Court Of The United States Is The Head Of The National Ju Diciary. In Our System Of Government There Are Three Eoiirdinate Departments—executive, Legis Lative, And Judicial. The Latter Is The Last Named In The National Constitution, Was The Last Brought ...
The Of Stage
Stage, The (of. Estage, Fr. Etage, Stage, Floor, Loft, From Lat. Stare, To Stand; Ultimately Connected With Eng. Stand). A Term Frequently Employed To Designate The Profession Of The Actor. This Will Accordingly Be Discussed In The Present Article, With Reference Especially To The Life And Training Of Actors, Past ...