Stereopticon
a magic lantern having two objective tubes that can be focused on the same part of a screen, and by the alternate projection of pictures from the separate tubes produce the well-known phenomena of " "dissolving views." the Caspian and Aral seas, between the popular optical contrivance, by which two Altai and Ural chains, and occupy the low lands of Siberia. In spring they are covered with verdure, but for the great part of the year they are dry and barren.
Breater There are three different kinds of steppe, viz., grass, salt, and sand steppes, each maintaining peculiar forms of vegetation.
STERE (star), the French unit for solid measure, equal to a cubic meter, or 35.3156 cubic feet.