Sierra Morena
a chain of mountains in Spain, between New Castile and Andalusia, separating the Guadiana on the N. and the Guadalquivir Guadalquivir on the S., and attaining a height of 5,500 feet above sea-level.
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These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Sierra Morena, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada.
Sierra Nevada
a chain of mountains in southern Spain, the most elevated in the peninsula. The greater part of it is in the province of Granada, running E. and W., and the highest peak in Mulahacen, which has an elevation of about 11,678 feet, and is capped with everlasting snow. The range is rich in fertile valleys and picturesque scenery.
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Sierra Nevada
a mountain range of California, extending N. and S. along the E. boundary of the State. It consists of an aggregate of ranges, on an average some 70 miles wide, with numerous peaks reaching an elevation of 10,000 and 15,000 feet. Gold mining, timber cutting, and sheep rearing are important industries in these ranges.
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Siesta
the name given to the practice indulged in by the Spaniards, and the inhabitants of hot climates generally, of sleeping two or three hours in the middle of the day, when the heat is too oppressive to admit of their going from home.
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Sieve
A fine riddle, usually made from brass wire, and used for mixing and separating the finer grades of sand, etc., in the foundry. See RIDDLES.
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Sieyes
EMMANUEL JOSEPH, better known as the ABBÉ SIEYÈS, a French revolutionist; born in Fréjus, France, May 3, 1748, and pursued his studies for the Church at Paris. He was active in furthering the progress of the Revolution, and soon acquired great influence in the National Assembly. He originated the idea of the new geographical division of France into departments, arrondissements, and communes. In 1791 he became a member for the Seine department, and in 1792 deputy for the department of Sarthe. During the Reign of Terror he withdrew into the country, but after Robespierre's downfall he returned to the convention and took an active part in affairs. In 1799, on his return from a mission to Berlin, by which he secured the neutrality of Prussia, he became a member of the directory. He subsequently suppressed the Jacobin Club, and was active in bringing about the overthrow of the directory and the substitution of the consular government by the revolution of the 18th Brumaire, the new constitution being devised by him. Sieyès soon found his speculations completely overmatched by Bonaparte's practical energy, and though a consul provisionally, he saw it desirable to terminate his political career. He retired with the title of count, and obtained grants of land and property to the value of at least $250,000. He was exiled at the restoration, but returned on the July revolution of 1830, and died in Paris, June 20, 1836.
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Sieyes, Emmanuel Joseph
se-yas', Emmanuel Joseph (1748-1836), a French writer. He was educated for the Jesuit priesthood and became connected with the famous Cathedral of Chartres. He is known as the Abbe Sieyes. When the call for the convening of the States General was announced in 1789, Sieyes startled the French by a pamphlet calling for the assumption of authority on the part of representatives of the people, or the Third Estate as they were called, in distinction from the nobility and clergy. He put three questions and gave three replies that have become historic. "What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it hitherto been in politics? Nothing. What does it demand? To become something." It was at the Abbe's suggestion that the three estates sat together that the Third Estate might outvote or intimidate the other two. In the Assembly, to which he was sent, he stood silent, having no power of oratory, but none the less he was one of the thinkers of the Revolutionary period. Later, Napoleon Bonaparte seemingly won him over to his views. An account of Sieyes' timidity during the Reign of Terror, and of the way in which he discharged the duties of various important offices under the republic and the empire, his flight from France on the return of the Bourbons, and his final return to France and quiet death at last, would be of interest, but too extensive for the limits of this sketch. See French Revolution
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Sifton
SIR CLIFFORD, a Canadian lawyer, born in Middlesex, Ontario, in 1861. He was educated at the High School, London, Ont.; the Boys' College, Dundas; and Victoria University, Cobourg. In 1882 he was called to the Manitoba bar and in 1895 became Q. C. He was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for North Brandon in 1888 and continued a member until 1896. He entered Sir Wilfred Laurier's administration as Minister of the Interior in 1896 and resigned in 1905. He represented Canada at the International Conference of Conservation of Resources at Washington in 1909, and resigned as chairman of the Commission for Conservation of Natural Resources in 1918.
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Sigel
FRANZ, an American military officer; born in Sinsheim, Baden, Nov. 18, 1824; was graduated at the military 1824, school at Carlsruhe in 1843 and commissioned a lieutenant in the army. When the Baden revolution began he raised troops; assumed the leadership of the insurrection; and was made Secretary of War and Commander-in-Chief of the in army. He came to the United States 1852, and when the Civil War broke out, organized a regiment and went to the front, where he served with unusual distinction, being promoted Major-General. Subsequently he settled in New York City, where he entered politics; was made collector of internal revenue in May, 1871; FRANZ SIGEL register of the city in October, 1871, and pension agent in 1886; later was head of an advertising bureau and editor and publisher of the "New York Monthly." Died August, 1902.
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Sign
in astronomy, a portion of the ecliptic or zodiac, containing 30 degrees, or a 12th part of the complete circle.
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Signature
in music, in writing music in any key with sharps or flats, the sharps and flats belonging to the key, instead of being prefixed to each note as required, are placed together immediately after the clef on the degrees of the staff to which they belong; and this collection of sharps or flats is called the signature. In printing, a letter or figure at the bottom of the first page of each sheet, to denote the order of the sheet and to facilitate the arrangement of them for binding.
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