Sextans
one of the 10 new constellations added to the 14 1 2 8 12 13 " e 10 6 8 SEXTANT 11. Reading Glass. 12. Vernier Shade. 13. Vernier. 14. Mirror Adjusting Screw. heavens by Hevelius in his "Prodromus Astronomia" (Forerunner of Astronomy), in 1690, of which eight_have survived to the present day. It is surrounded by Leo, Crater, and Hydra. Not having been known as a constellation in Bayer's time, it has gone without Greek letters attached to its stars till recently, when Gould assigned them to five of its brightest stars. It is a very inconspicuous constellation, the brightest star being only of the 4.9 magnitude.
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Sexton
an under officer of the church, whose duty is to take care of the sels, vestments, etc., belonging to the vessels, church, to attend on the officiating minister, and perform other duties pertaining to the church, to which is, in England, added the duty of digging and filling up graves in the churchyard.
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Sey
an American educator; born in Vernon, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1851; was graduated at Hamilton College in 1872 and at the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1876. Subsequently he held pastorates in Auburn, N. Y.; Ithaca, N. Y.; Holyoke, Mass.; and Chicago, III.; and in 1892 became president of Hamilton College, serving until 1917. He was the author of numerous hymns and poems ar, funnel-shaped, limb ems including, "Song of Miriam"; "Lattermath"; "Letter of James"; "English Bible Versions and Origins" (1915); "Three Addresses on Lincoln" (1917).
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Seychelles Cocoanut
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) the Lodoicea Sechellarum, a remarkable palm found only on two or three small rocky islands of the Seychelles group. The fruit takes several years to come to maturity, when it attains a gigantic size, weighing often 40 to 50 pounds, and consists of a thick fibrous rind inclosing one or more nuts divided half-way down into two lobes. The unripe fruit is eaten, and the hard black shell of the nut is carved into ornaments and fakirs' drinking cups. The leaves when young yield a beautiful material for basket and plaited work; hats, fans, etc., are made from them; when full grown they are used for partitions and roofs of houses. See PALM.
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Seymour
a town of Connecticut, in New Haven co. It is on the Naugatuck river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad. It is an important industrial city and has manufactures of paper, iron castings, wire, tools, submarine cables, copper, fountain pens, etc. Pop. (1910) 4,786; (1920) 6,781.
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Seymour
LADY JANE, the third wife of Henry VIII., and the mother of Edward VI.; born in England , about 1510. She was at first maid of honor to Anne Boleyn, whom she supplanted in 1536. She died Oct. 24, 1537 , a few days after giving birth to her son.
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Seymour
SIR EDWARD HOBART, a British admiral, born 1840. He was educated at Radley and entered the navy in 1852. He became commander in 1866, reaching the grade of admiral in 1901. He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War and was present at the bombardment of Odessa , Sebastopol, and Kinburn in 1854-5. He was in the China War, was present at the capture of Canton, and was wounded on the coast of Africa in 1870. He was commander-inchief at Devonport in 1903-5 and represented England at New York for the Hudson Fulton celebration in 1909. He wrote: "My Naval Career and Travels."
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Seymour (City of Indiana in Jackson co)
a city of Indiana, in Jackson co. It is on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, Southwestern, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis, ouis, and and the Chicago, Ch Terre Haute, and Southeastern railroads. Its industries include woolen mills, flour mills, printing houses, saw mills, furniture factories, carriage factories, etc. It has the repair shops of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad. Its public buildings include a public library and a farmer's club building. Pop. (1910) 6,305; (1920) 7,348.
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Seymour (HORATIO an American statesman)
HORATIO, an American statesman; born in Pompey Hill, Onondaga co., N. Y., May 31, 1810. After serving three terms, with marked ability, in the New York Legislature, in 1852 he was elected governor on the Democratic ticket. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was decidedly in favor of the supremacy of the Constitution , and as governor a second time (1863-1865 ) showed conspicuous energy and ability in raising troops. His second incumbency of the governorship was marked by the draft riots in 1863. In 1868 he was defeated for the presidency by General Grant. As an orator, Mr. Seymour was easy, agreeable, and powerful, rising often into true eloquence. He died in Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1886.
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Sfax
a town on the E. coast of Tunis, situated in the midst of fruit gardens. It is surrounded by walls and bastions, and has a strong citadel. It exports large quantities of fruit, wool, sponges, alfa, etc. Sfax was captured by the French after a two days' bombardment on July 16, 1881. Pop. about 45,000.
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Sgraffito
or SCRATCHED WORK, the name given to a mode of external wall decoration practiced in Italy, and of which examples have been found in Pozzuoli near Naples , of the date of about 200 B. c. The process is accomplished by means of superimposed layers of plaster applied and operated on in the following manner: First, the wall having been thoroughly moistened to insure adhesion, a 4-inch coat of plaster is floated on, and before it is perfectly dry a 4-inch skin of black, red, or any other colored plaster that will not fade is applied; when this is set and while it is still wet , we a finishing coat of white plaster is added. A full-sized drawing of the design that is to be realized is then transferred to this outer coating, and the outline cut through to the second coat with a sharp instrument, and made broad or narrow according to the effect desired, and where necessary these incisions are enforced by additional lines as shading . Examples of the system are to be found in the choir boys' school of St. Paul's Cathedral, the inner court of the Science Schools at South Kensington, and the interiors of some churches in England . There are 15th-century specimens of sgraffito pottery in the South Kensington Museum. The examples of house decoration in Italy are of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries.
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