Seine (Ing in the department of C te)
ing in the department of Côte d'Or; 20 miles N. W. of Dijon, running N. through Champagne to Troyes, where it receives the Aube, and, turning W. is joined by the Yonne, and before reaching Paris, by the am, flowing Marne, becomes a larger stream, Ma from the W. At Paris the Seine varies from 300 to 500 feet in width, and it soon after receives an addition by the influx of the Oise, when, pursuing a winding course to the N. W., it passes Rouen, and discharges itself into the sea at Havre-de- Grace. Length, 482 miles, for 350 of which it is navigable.
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Seine (Smallest but most important)
the smallest, but most_important and wealthiest department of France, entirely surrounded by the department Seine-et-Oise; area, 185 square miles. The surface is generally level, with few hills-Mount Valerien, 450 feet (strongly fortified), and Montmartre, 344 feet, being the highest. The soil is calcareous, but rendered productive by manure supplied from the capital. It is traversed by the river Seine. Products, principally vegetables and fruits for the Paris markets; capital, Paris. Pop. about 4,150,000.
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Seine-Et-Marne
a department in E, a department the N. E. of France, comprising a part de-France, havof the old province of Ileing N. the departments Oise and Aisne, E. Aube and Marne, S. Yonne and Loiret, and W. Loiret and Seine-et-Oise; area, 2,275 square miles. The surface is undulating, and the soil fertile. Rivers, Seine, Marne, Yonne, and Ourcq. Products, wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, etc. Numerous cattle and sheep are raised. Manufactures before the World War, cotton and linen fabrics, hardware and cutlery, earthenware, leather and paper. Chief towns, Melun, the capital, Coulommiers, Fontainebleau, Meaux, and Provins. The department suffered severely in the German invasion of France in 1914. Meaux was the point nearest to Paris reached by the German armies. Pop. about 363,500.
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Seine-Et-Oise
a department of the N. of France, having N. the department of Oise, E. Seine-et-Marne, S. Loiret, and W. Eure and Eure-et-Loire; area, 2,184 square miles. The surface is undulating, and the soil generally fertile. Rivers, Seine, Marne, and Oise. Products, wheat, oats, fruit, vegetables, and cattle. Manufactures, woolens and printed fabrics, Sèvres porcelain, leather, chemicals, and Chemicals, hardware. Chief towns, Versailles, the capital, Mantes, Pontoise, Rambouillet, Etampes, and Corbeil. Pop. about 818,000. SEINE-INFÉRIEURE, maritime a department of the N. of France, formerprovince of ly comprising most of the Normandy, having N. and W. the British Channel, E. the departments of Somme and Oise, S. Eure and Calvados; area, 2,448 square miles. The surface is hilly and well wooded. The soil is generally fertile. Rivers, the Seine and its affluents. Products, wheats, oats, barley, rye, flax, hemp, hops, and fruits. Manufactures, woolens and cottons, shipbuilding. Chief towns, Rouen, the capital, Dieppe, Havre, Yvetot. Pop. about 877,000.
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Seipel (IGNATIUS others throughout)
IGNATIUS others throughout the world protested against these trials and convictions. Trade agreements were made with various countries during the year. On January 8, the Danish Government decided to ratify a trade agreement. Efforts to bring about a more conciliatory attitude toward Russia by the United States were continued during the year without success. On July 22, Secretary Hughes declared that the aims of the Soviets still included world-wide revolution and that property rights were still ignored. For these reasons he refused to entertain the suggestion of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations. Further efforts on the part of the Russian Government were again rebuffed in December, when Secretary Hughes revealed orders issued by the Third Internationale for bringing about revolution in the United States. He declared that this body was directly controlled by heads of the Soviet Govern- S
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Seir Fish
or SEER FISH, the Cybium gutatum, one of the Scombridæ from East Indian seas. In form and size it resembles a salmon, and its flesh, though white, is firm, and very similar to salmon in flavor.
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Seisin
or SEIZIN, a right to lands and tenements. In common law seisin signifies possession, as to seize is to take possession of a thing. Seisin is properly applied to estates of freehold only, so that a man is said to be seized of an estate of inheritance, but to be possessed a seisin of a chattel interest. There is in deed, or in fact, when an actual possession is taken, and a seisin in law where the lands have descended to a person but he has not yet actually taken possession of them. Seisin in deed is obtained by actually entering into the lands. In some of the States, as Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Connecticut, seisin means merely ownership; and the distinction between seisin in deed or in law is not known in practice.
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Seismology
the study of earthquakes. Though seismology can scarcely be said to have existed before the early part of the 19th century, it has a rapidly growing bibliography, and is accumulating a store of facts and observations on which generalizations may be based. See EARTHQUAKE.
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Seistan
or HAMOON, LAKE, a large, irregularly shaped, shallow lake or swamp in the W. of Afghanistan, close to the frontier of the Persian province of Khorassan, a division of which province (mainly steppe) is named Seistan after it. The lake is not a single expanse of water, but is divided into three depressions. A great part of the area is generally dry; but, as the basin has no outlet, t, when the Helmund and its other feeders are in flood this lake regularly overflows its boundaries, fertilizing large tracts of country.
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Sejanus
ÆLIUS, the son of a Roman knight, and noted as the favorite of Tiberius, was born at Vulsinii in Etruria. most important. (1) SELEUCIA ON THE He was commander of the prætorian bands, acquired the confidence of Tiberius, and aimed at the supreme power. He contrived to remove all the members of the imperial family who stood between him and power, but having awakened the suspicion of Tiberius he was executed in A. D. 31.
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Sel D'Or
a double hyposulphite of gold and sodium, used in photography for toning positive paper-proofs.
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Selden, John
John (1584-1654), a learned English jurist, antiquary, and author. He was born at Salvington, Sussex, and died at London. He studied at Hart's Hall, Oxford, and was afterward called to the bar of the Inner Temple. He established a large practice, but made a greater reputation as a scholar and writer than as a lawyer. His first work of importance related to the civil government of Britain previous to the Norman conquest. Other works were Titles of Honour, Concerning the Syrian Gods, History of Tithes, and Table Talk. The last is his best known work.
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