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Si-Kiang

or WEST RIVER, China, by far the most important of the streams which unite to form the Canton river. It is navigable for vessels drawing 12 feet 75 miles from the sea.

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Siagonium

in entomology, the typigenus of cal Siagoninæ. They have porrected horns on the head and thorax. The males are in two sets, differing greatly in the size of their bodies and in velopment of their horns. The females are the more numerous sex.

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Siamese Twins

The (1811-1874), natives of Siam. Eng, "right," and Chang, "left," were connected in their abdominal regions by a ligature several inches long and about two and one-half inches in diameter. The livers of the twins lay close to the extremities of the ligature, and were so connected with veins running from one to the other that surgeons did not dare to cut the twins apart. The band was long enough so that the twins could face each other or stand side by side. In 1829 Eng and Chang were brought to the United States and exhibited as wonders. They differed in size and habits. Chang was intemperate and irritable. Eng was quiet and sober. Under the name of Eng and Chang Bunker they lived at Mt. Airy, North Carolina , for twenty years. They married sisters and had large families of children, many of whom died young, but none were deformed. Chang died first of a paralytic stroke while Eng was asleep. Surgeons were hoping to free Eng and to keep him alive, but he expired in great terror inside of a few hours.

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Siang-Tan

a prefectural city of China. It is in Hu-nan, on the Siang river, and though small, has large suburbs which extend for four miles along the bank of the river. It is the trade center of Hu-nan, and the river route between Peking and Canton is open to foreign vessels. Pop. about 300,000. Departmental

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Siang-Yang-Fu

a city of China. It is situated in the province of Hu-peh, at the junction of the Pai and Han rivers, and is opposite Fanching, which has silk and other industries. Both towns figured in the resistance to the campaign of Kublai Khan in 1268-73. Pop. about 50,000.

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Sibelius

JEAN JULIUS CHRIS- TIAN, a Finnish composer, born at Tavastehus, Finland, in 1865. He was educated at Helsingfors and studied music at Berlin and Vienna, becoming a member of the Musical Academy of Stockholm. He was a chevalier of the Legion of Honor and Accademico onorario di Santa Cecilia, Roma, and received other honors. His compositions include: music to the tragedy "Kaolema" (containing the "Valse Triste"); music to the tragedy of "King Christian II.," and the following orchestra pieces: "Carelia," "Dance Intermezzo," "Der Schwan von Tuonela," "Eine Sage," etc.

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Siberian Dog

a variety of the Eskimo dog , but of larger size and more docile temper. They do not stand so high as the pointer, but their thick hair, three or four inches long in the winter, gives them an appearance Under this hair is a coating of soft, fine wool, which begins to grow in the winter and drops off in the spring . Muzzle sharp , generally black; ears erect. of greater stoutness. SIBERIAN RAILWAY. See TRANS- to let him have the remaining three at the

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Sibyllae

The name by which several prophetic women are designated. The first Sibyl, from whom all the rest are said to have derived their name, is called a daughter of Dardanus and Neso. Some authors mention only four Sibyls, but it was more commonly believed that there were ten. The most celebrated of them is the Cumaean. Sicilia (Sicily). One of the largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea .

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Sickle

. See Reaping

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Sicyon

a once celebrated city and small state of Greece, situated a few miles S. of Corinth, in the Morea. It was a chief seat of painting and statuary (tradition asserting that the former was invented there), it having given its name to a school of painting which included among its disciples Pamphilos and Apelles, both natives of Sicyon. It was also the native city of Aratus, the noted general of the Achæan League. There exists at the present day a few remains of the ancient city, as well as of the more modern buildings erected by the Roman conquerors of Greece, near which stands a small modern village named Vasiliko.

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Sidereal Clock

A clock adjusted to measure sidereal time. It usually numbers the hours from 0 to 24. See Time.

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Sidereal Day

The interval of time between two successive transits over the same meridian of the vernal equinox, or first point of Aries. It is the true period of the earth's rotation. See Time.

The interval between two successive transits of a given star. It is uniformly equal to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.099 seconds, or 3 minutes, 55.901 seconds less than the mean solar day.

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Siderit

Another name for the magnet.

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Sidgwick

HENRY, an English philosopher; born in Skipton, Yorkshire, May 31, 1838. He was Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, and has done much for the promotion of higher education of women, having assisted in the foundation of Newnham College. His valuable works include: "The Methods of Ethics" (1874); "The Principles of Political Economy" (1883), one of the most important works on the subject; "History of Ethics" (1886); "Elements of Politics" He died in 1900.

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Sidis

BORIS, an American psycho- , born in Russia, in 1867. He pathologist came to America in 1887 and received from Harvard the degrees of A.B. in 1894; A.M. in 1895; Ph.D. in 1897; and M.D. in 1908. From 1896 to 1901 he served as associate psychologist and psychopathologist of the Pathological Institute of the New York State hospitals. Practicing his profession in Boston, he was also medical director of a psychotherapeutic institute bearing his name, at Portsmouth, N. H., and at various times an associate editor of the "Archives of Neurology and Psychopathology," and of the "Journal of Abnormal Psychology." His numerous publications include "Multiple Personality" (with Goodhart, 1905); "Experimental Study of Sleep" (1909); "Studies in Psychopathology" (1909); "The Psychology of Laughter" (1913); "The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology" (1914); "The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases" (1916); "The Source and Aim of Human Progress" (1919), etc.

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