Steatite
. See Talc
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These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Steatite, Stedman, Steel.
Stedman
EDMUND CLARENCE, an American poet and banker; born in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 8, 1833; was a student at Yale, but did not graduate. In 1852 he became editor of the Norwich "Tribune," and later of the Winsted "Herald." He was a war correspondent of the New York "World" during the American Civil War. In 1884 he became a stock broker in New York City. He wrote: "Poems Lyric and Idyllic" (1860); "Alice of Monmouth, and Other Poems" (1864); "The Blameless Prince, and Other Poems" (1869); "Hawthorne, and Other Poems" (1877); "Lyrics and Idylls" (1879); "Poems Now First Collected" (1897); and poems for special occasions, the "Dartmouth Ode"; "Gettysburg"; etc. The best known of his critical works are: "Victorian Poets" (1875; revised and supplemented, 1887 and 1891); "Edgar Allan Poe" (1880); and "Poets of America" (1885). He edited in collaboration with Ellen M. Hutchinson "A Library of American Literature" (1888-1890). He died Jan. 18, 1908.
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Stedman, Edmund Clarence
Edmund Clarence (1833-), an American poet and critic. He studied at Yale University and began early to contribute to various New York periodicals. In 1869 he went into business in New York, and was for many years a member of the stock exchange . He published several volumes of verse. Among them may be mentioned Poems Lyric and Idyllic, Hawthorne and Other Poems, and The Blameless Prince and Other Poems. Among his prose writings Victorian Poets, published in 1875, is the best and most widely known. It has passed through many editions. Poets of America, A Victorian Anthology, and An American Anthology are other prose works.
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Steel
MRS. FLORA ANNIE (WEB- STER), an English novelist; born in Harrow-on-the-Hill, England, April 2, 1847. At 21 she married an Indian civilian and went to Bengal, where she became prominent in educational affairs, and was appointed inspectress of female schools. On the expiration of her husband's term of service, she returned with him to England and devoted herself to literary work. Her published works include: "From the Five Rivers" (1893); "Miss Stuart's Legacy" (1893); "The Potter's Thumb" (1894); "Flower of Forgiveness" (1894); "Red Rowans" (1895); "On the Face of the Waters" 896); and (1895); ; "In the Tideway" (1896); 1897); "The "In the Permanent Way" (1897); Host of the Lord" (1900); "Voices of the Night," etc.
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Steel
Iron, when combined with a small portion of carbon. The varieties of steel are very great. Puddled steel is made from pig iron by a modification of the puddling process. Cast steel is made from wrought iron or blister steel by mixing it with powdered charcoal, after which it is melted in a crucible, cast into ingots and rolled or hammered into plates or bars. Blister steel is made from wrought iron by interlaying it with charcoal and keeping it at a high temperature for a number of days. Bessemer steel is made from the liquid cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace by blowing air into it, thus burning out a portion of the carbon.
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Steel (II)
FREDERIC DORR, an American illustrator, born at Marquette, Mich., in 1873.. He studied art at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students' League, New York. Beginning with 1897 he contributed illustrations to many of the leading periodicals, specializing in drawings for "direct process" reproduction. He was awarded the bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition, in 1904, and was a member of the Society of Illustrators.
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Steel Engraving
the art of engraving on steel plates for the purpose of producing prints or impressions in ink on paper and other substances. The process of decarbonizing steel so that it could be engraved was invented by Jacob Perkins, of Newburyport, Mass., in 1814.
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Steel Trust
. See United States Steel Corporation
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Steel-faced Castings
A face of steel may, under favorable conditions, be given to castings in iron, by making the steel red-hot, and placing it within a dry-sand mould. If possible, drop the molten iron immediately over the steel to be welded, by runners sufficient to cover the piece and effect a junction quickly; otherwise the process is rendered inoperative by the metal simply running over it and out at the escape, at a gradually decreasing temperature--just so much waste. A very superior union is always effected when the body of cast iron is large, the steel being under the influence of fluid metal for a less space of time in proportion as the body becomes thinner. Sometimes these junctions are effected, apparently, by forcing a large quantity of molten metal through the mould; but if the steel is not subjected to the abrading influence of a direct fall, it can hardly be expected that a solid weld will be made.
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Steel-press
Metallic moulds receive the molten steel through suitable runners, after which mechanical means are employed for exerting a pressure on the fluid metal to force out the gases and give greater density to the steel. See PRESSING FLUID STEEL. Steering-bar is generally a long iron shank, swaged on one end to fit either a round or square shaft which projects beyond the bale of a geared or other crane ladle, on the opposite side to the man who pours, to steer the ladle during the operation. Ladles are also steered with a long rod having two projecting fingers forged at the end at right angles with the rod. These clip the bale or beam of the ladle, and thus control or steer it. See LADLES.
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Steele
WILBUR DANIEL, an American author, born at Greensboro, N. C., in 1886. He was educated at the University of Denver and studied art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Académie Julien, Paris, and the Art Students' League, New York. He wrote "Storm" (1914); "Land's End" (1918); and many short stories in numerous monthly and weekly magazines.
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Steele
SIR RICHARD, a British author: born in Dublin, Ireland, in March, 1672; was educated at Charter House School and Oxford; entered the army and was promoted captain. He commenced his literary career in 1702 by writing for the stage. In 1709 he began the "Tatler," and four years later assisted with the "Spectator" and "Guardian"; soon after he entered the House of Commons as a member for Stockport, but was expelled for writing a satire, supposed to be a breach of privilege. On the accession of George I, he was knighted, given several lucrative posts and returned to Parliament. Steele is best known as an essayist. He wrote religious treatise, "The Christian a Hero" (1790). Ar Among his plays are: "The Funeral, or Grief à la Mode," "The Tender Husband," "The Lying Lover," 69 STEEL SKELETON CONSTRUCTION and "The Conscious Lovers." He died near Carmarthen, Wales, Sept. 1, 1729.
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