Strabismus – Stry
Strabismus
squinting arising from the optic axes of the eyes in certain individuals not being as in normal cases, POSITION OF THE EYES IN STRABISMUS parallel. Strabismus may affect one or both eyes, and may be upward, downward, inward, outward, or in the intermediate direction.
Straight College
an institution for the higher education of negroes, founded in 1869, at New Orleans. It is co-educational. It has an endowment of about $25,000. It is supported chiefly through voluntary contributions. 1919 there were 474 students and 26 members of the faculty. President, Rev.
H. A. M. Briggs. tributions. In
Strain
in mechanics, the force which acts on the material, and which tends to STRALSUND disarrange its component parts or destroy their cohesion, or the charge resulting from application of such force. See STRESS: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS.
Stratford
a city of Connecticut, in Fairfield co. It is on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. It has important manufactures, including silverware, paint, brass goods, and wireforming machinery. Pop. (1910) 5,712; (1920) 12,347.
Straw Bail
worthless security furnished by an offender against the law for his appearance for trial, the bonds given being fraudulent statements of property owned by the person offering it.
Strehlenau
NICOLAUS NIEM- BSCH VON. a German poet, born in 1802.
Strobilus
in botany, a catkin the carpels of which are scale-like, scale-like, spread open, and bear naked seeds, as in the fruit of the pine; a cone.
Stry
or STRYI
Strozzi
the name of a wealthy and Allied armies in the Balkans, during the illustrious Florentine family. Palla, Filippo, and Piero were the three most renowned members of this princely house, between 1432 and 1537, and who were either exiled or lost their lives in the struggle for liberty against the power of the Medici family.
Strumnitza
a town and fortress in Macedonia, held by the Bulgarians
Stry
or STRYI, a town of Austria, against the British contingent of the in Galicia; on a river of the same name;
Stry
or STRYI April, 1886, which destroyed over 600 houses and most of the public buildings. The chief manufactures are leather goods April, 1886, which destroyed over 600 houses and most of the public buildings.
The chief manufactures are leather goods and matches. Pop. 33,400.