Strangury
a symptom of various affections of the urinary organs. It consists in a frequent and irresistible desire to pass water, the urine being discharged in small quantity and accompanied with scalding, cutting pains in the urethra, which sometimes extend to the bladder, the kidneys, and the rectum. Strangury may be caused by idiopathic urethritis, by gonorrhea, or by such irsu ritating ing substances as cantharides and oil of turpentine, or by gravel or calculus in the bladder.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Stransky
JOSEF, an orchestral conductor, born in Czecho-Slovakia, in 1872. He was educated in the universities of Prague and Leipzig, and studied music at the latter city and at Vienna. From 1898 to 1903 he was conductor at the Opera in Prague. From 1903 to 1910 he was conductor of the Opera at Hamburg. He followed this with service in orchestras in Berlin and Dresden. In 1911 he was appointed conductor of the Philharmonic Society of New York. He composed songs, many operas, and much orchestra music.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Strap
The belt, of leather or other material, used for lifting cores into the mould. Also, a strip of flat iron screwed fast to a pattern for the purpose of pulling it out of the sand. A hole at the top serves to insert the hook, and a toe set in under the bottom materially assists the short screws which bind it to the pattern. Straps are always best when they are inlaid flush with the face. Long iron straps with two or more tapped holes are to be preferred for securing sweeps to the spindle-arm; they are better than washers and nuts, especially when each bolt has a hole forged at the end for a pointed bar, instead of the usual head for the wrench. See BELT; SWEEP-BOARD.
Only in The Encyclopedia of Founding
Strassburg
UNIVERSITY OF, a university of Alsace-Lorraine. The institution was first founded as a German university, in 1621, maintaining much of its German character, after Strassburg became French territory in 1681. During the French Revolution it disappeared, but was reopened in 1802 as a Protestant academy, and, in 1808, under the university reforms instituted by Napoleon the First, became part of the Uniporeo versity of France. After the Franco- Prussian War it once more became a German university and was reopened in 1872. While the Germans were in possession of Alsace-Lorraine, the imperial government expended large sums of money on the university and it soon became a center of German influence and one of the most flourishing universities. Previous to the outbreak of the World War, it had about 2,100 students and an annual budget of $400,000. Its library contains more than 600,000 volumes. As a result of the Peace Treaty of Versailles the institution again became a French university.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Strategy
the science, as distinguished from the art of war; the direction of a campaign; the combination and employment of his available forces, by a commander-in-chief, to bring a campaign to an end, end, as distinct from the minor operations by which it is sought to effect that result, and which are subsidiary to the general plan (See TAC- TICS). Also the use of artifice, stratagem, or finesse in carrying out any project.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Strathmore
the general name given to the extensive valley of Scotland which stretches N. E. from Dumbartonshire to Kincardineshire, having on one side the Grampians and on the other the Campsie, Ochil, and Sidlaw Hills; but it is popularly limited to the district which stretches from Methven in Perthshire to Brechin in Forfarshire.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Stratigraphy
that department of geology which deals with the disposition or arrangement of strata, or the order in which they succeed each other.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Straus
OSCAR SOLOMON, an American diplomatist; born in Ottenberg, Rhenish Bavaria, Dec. 23, 1850; came to the United States in 1854 and was graduated at Columbia University in 1871. Subsequently he entered mercantile life. In 1887 he was appointed United States minister to Turkey. He was president of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation; a member of several historical and sociological societies, and the author of a number of books dealing with religion and history. In 1898 he was again appointed ministe1 to Turkey, which office he held till 1900; and on Jan. 14, 1902, President Roosevelt appointed him a permanent member of the Committee of Arbitration at The Hague, to succeed the late ex-president Benjamin Harrison. In 1906 he was appointed Secretary of Commerce and Labor in the Roosevelt cabinet; ambassador to Turkey 1909-1910 and Progressive candidate for governor of New York; arbitrator in the dispute between engineers and managers of Eastern railroads in 1914; chairman of the New York Public Service Commission in 1915; president of the American Jewish Historical Society. Publication: "The United States Doctrine of Citizenship."
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Strauss
Johann, the name of two celebrated Austrian composers, father and son. Johann Strauss the elder (1804-1849) was violinist and assistant conductor in Lanner's orchestra. Later he organized an orchestra of his own with which he made a number of tours. He composed many waltzes, raising the standard of dance music to a high artistic level. Johann Strauss, the son (1825-1899), composed more than 400 waltzes and several successful operettas. His waltzes are well and widely known. The Beautiful Blue Danube is the most famous among them.
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
Strauss (ALBERT an American banker)
ALBERT, an American banker and public official, born in New York City in 1864. He was educated at New York City College and from 1882 to 1918 was a member of the banking firm of J. & W. Seligman & Company. He was also a director of several banks and industrial corporations. During the World War he acted in an advisory capacity on international affairs to the United States Treasury. In September, 1919, he was appointed a member of the Federal Reserve Board for the term expiring October, 1928, and was designated as vice-governor of the Federal Reserve Banks. He resigned in March, 1920.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia
Strauss (JOHANN an Austrian musician)
JOHANN, an Austrian musician; born in Vienna Oct. 25, 1825; began the composition of waltzes at age of six, and before he was 18 organized and conducted an orchestra and captivated the Vienna public with waltzes and polkas of his own composition. After composing dance music for JOHANN STRAUSS many years, he undertook an operetta, "Indigo," which was produced in 1871, and met with instantaneous success. Subsequently he produced "The Forty " Thieves"; "Cagliostro"; "A Night in Venice"; "The Gipsy Baron" Bar (operettas) and numerous waltzes, waltzes, the best known being "The Beautiful Blue Danube." He died in Vienna June 3, 1899.
Only in Collier's New Encyclopedia