Series
a continued or connected succession of things in the same order, and bearing the same relation to each SERINGAPATAM other; a sequence. In mathematics, a number of arithmetical or algebraic terms in succession, increasing or diminishing according to a certain law. Series derive their names from the laws which govern the formation of their respective terms.
Thus, an arithmetical series is one whose consecutive terms have a common difference; a harmonic series one of which every three successive terms are in a harmonic proportion. A geometric series is one every term of which has a constant ratio to the preceding one; it belongs to the family of recurring series, in which each term is a constant function of one or more preceding terms.
In botany, a row or layer; in botanical classification, a grade intermediate between a class and an order. In chemistry, a group of compounds, each containing the same radical. Thus the hydrocarbon, CH4, methane, may take up any number of the molecules of the radical CH2, thereby giving rise to the series C2H6, Hs, ethane, C3H8, propane, C4H10, quartane, etc. In geology a term for subdivisions of sedimentary strata.
SERINGAPATAM (properly, Sriranga-pa-tana, "city of Vishnu"), a celebrated town and fortress in the province of Mysore, Madras presidency, India. It is on an island formed by two branches of the Kaveri, 245 miles S. W. of Madras, and is generally ill-built, with narrow, dirty streets. It was once the capital of Mysore. The palace, formerly extensive, is now in ruins. Other notable public buildings are the great mosque, and the pagoda of Sri Ranga, the arsenal and the cannon foundry. The massive fortifications were the work of Tippoo, the son of Hyder Ali, assisted by French engineers, and the fortress was three times besieged by the British, first in 1791, and afterward in 1792 and 1799.
On the last occasion it was carried by assault, Tippoo himself being slain while fighting desperately, together with 8,000 men. Pop. about 12,500.