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kp-eb0720-047406-0540 | SOLYMANIA, called also Shehr Zaur, a town of Kurdistan, the residence of the Pacha. The town had fallen into decay, but was rebuilt by Solyman the Pacha, who, in 1810, having taken up arms against the Pacha of Bagdad, defeated him and put him to death. Population, 6000; fifty-four miles east of Kerkook. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047407-0540 | SOMALPET, a town of Hindustan in the Nizam’s province of Nandere, fifty-two miles N.N.E. from the town of Nandere. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047408-0540 | SOMBOR, or Ζομβοr, a city of the kingdom of Hungary, in the province of the hither Danube, in the circle of Kozep Jaras. It contains 2980 houses, with 14,860 inhabitants, whose chief trade is in corn and cattle. Lat. 48. 8. 32. Long. 21. 10. 33. E. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047409-0540 | SOMERS, John Lord, high chancellor of England, was born at Worcester in 1652. He was educated at Oxford, and afterwards entered himself at the Middle-Temple, where he studied the law with great vigour. In 1688 he was one of the counsel for the seven bishops at their trial, and argued with great learning and eloquence a... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047410-0540 | SOMERSETSHIRE, a maritime county of England, lying in a crescent-like form on the Bristol Channel, to which its north-western side is turned. It is bounded to the north-east by Gloucestershire, on the east by Wiltshire, on the south by Dorsetshire and part of Devonshire, and on the west by the latter county. Its greate... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047601-0542 | SOMERTON, a town in the hundred of that name in the county of Somerset, 125 miles from London. It is pleasantly situated in a fertile country. The inhabitants were in 1801, 1145; in 1811, 1478; in 1821, 1643; and in 1831, 1786. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047602-0542 | SOMMEANY, a town of Persia, in the province of Mek ram, and the principal seaport of Lus. It is situated on an elevated bank, at the mouth of the river Pooralee, which forms a bar about a mile from the town, with three fathoms depth at low water, and boats can anchor close to the shore. It is an inconsiderable place, a... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047603-0542 | SOMMEE, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Gu; rat. It is a large place, but has a wretched appearance, and the wall by which it is surrounded is in many parts falling to pieces. It stands in a swamp, and is surrounded by numerous puddles, and in the rainy season is almost under water. It is situated to the southe... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047604-0542 | SOMME, a department of the north of France. It has been formed out of those parts of the ancient Picardy known as Amienois, Ponthieu, Vimieux, and Santerre, and extends over 1,460,932 acres, or 2284 square miles. It is bounded on the north by the Pas de Calais; on the east by the departments of the North and of the Ais... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047605-0542 | SOMNAMBULISM, or Sleepwalking. According to a report made to the Physical Society of Lausanne, by a committee appointed to examine a young man who was accustomed to walk in his sleep, the disposition to this singular habit seems to depend on a particular affection of the nerves, which both seizes and quits the patient ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047801-0544 | SOMNER, William, an eminent English antiquary, was oom at Canterbury in 1606. His first treatise was the Antiquities of Canterbury, which he dedicated to Archbishop Laud. He then applied himself to the study of the Saxon language; and having made himself master of it, he perceived that the old glossary prefixed to Sir ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047802-0544 | SOMPRE, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Cashmere, situated on the east side of the Jhylum river. Long. 73. 25. E. Lat. 34, 17. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047803-0544 | SONATA (Ital. ), a piece of music, consisting of various movements for a single instrument, with or without accompaniment. The name has sometimes been given to cer tain vocal compositions, in which all the voices are equally essential. Some of the most remarkable modern sonatas are for the pianoforte, such as those of ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047804-0544 | SONATINA (Ital. ), a short and easy sonata. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047805-0544 | SONDERHAUSEN, the capital of the principality of SchwartzburgSonderhausen, in Germany, stands on the river Wipper, at the junction of the Bebra with that stream. It is well built, and the castle on which the prince resides is situated on a hill overlooking the city; it is a venerable object, with some pleasing promenad... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 51 22' 33" N 10 45' 1" E | SONDERHAUSEN |
kp-eb0720-047806-0544 | SONDRE Grund, or Bottomless, an island in the South Pacific Ocean, discovered by La Maire and Schouten in 1616. It is about twenty leagues in circumference. Long. 148. W. Lat. 15. S. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 15 S 148 W | SONDRE |
kp-eb0720-047807-0544 | SONDRIO, a delegation of the Austrian kingdom of Lombardy, extending over 1139 square miles, is bounded on the north by Switzerland, on the east by the Tyrol, on the south by Bergamo, on the southwest by Como, and on the west by Switzerland. It comprehends an extensive valley, with lofty mountains on both sides, someti... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047808-0544 | SONEHUT, a small town and mudfort of Hindustan, in the province of Gundwana. Long. 82. 33. E. Lat. 23. 33. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 23 33' N 82 33' E | SONEHUT |
kp-eb0720-047809-0544 | SONEPOUR, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Orissa, situated on the west bank of the Mahanuddy, at its confluence with the Taile river. Long. 83. 30. E. Lat. 20. 47. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 20 47' N 83 30' E | SONEPOUR |
kp-eb0720-047810-0544 | SONG, in Music, in a general sense, applies to melody, whether vocal or instrumental. It is usually applied to an air adapted to the words of a short poem. Sometimes, with an adjunct, it means a particular form of melody, as plait; song (Fr. plain chant; Ital. canto piano, or canto ferma). Among songs, the most charact... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047811-0544 | SONGHUR, a town of Hindustan, in the Gujerat peninsula, situated in a wild country, twenty-five miles north west from Wankaneer. Near it is a very ancient temple dedicated to the sun, and adorned with a variety of sculptures, in a style greatly superior to any modern works by the Hindus. In the interior of this temple ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047812-0544 | SONGI, a small river on the eastern coast of Malacca, falls into the China Sea. Lat. 2. 10. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047813-0544 | SONGKIANG, a city of China, of the first rank, in the province of Kiangnan. It is situated on the great canal, very conveniently for trade, which is carried on to a considerable extent in calicoes and other cotton cloths. It has four large cities under its jurisdiction. It is 560 miles south of Pekin. Long. 120. 44. E.... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 31 N 120 44' E | SONGKIANG |
kp-eb0720-047814-0544 | SONG-MEN-CHAN, a small island near the coast of the province Tchekiang, in China. Long. 121. 21. E. Lat. 31. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 31 N 121 21' E | SONG-MEN-CHAN |
kp-eb0720-047815-0544 | SONGOA, an island in the Straits of Malacca. It is about fifty miles in circumference. Long. 100. 30. E. Lat.
2. 18. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 2 18' N 100 30' E | SONGOA |
kp-eb0720-047816-0544 | SOOLOO Isles. These isles, about sixty in number, derive their name from Sooloo, the principal island in the group. They form a chain which extends in a northeast and southwest direction, from the northeastern extremity of Borneo to the western extremity of Magindanao, and from the 4th to the 7th degrees of north latit... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047901-0545 | SOONDA, a town and district of Hindustan, in the pro vince of North Canara. The district, which is small, is situated between the 14th and 15th degrees of north lati tude, above the Western Ghauts. Formerly the country was well cultivated, and produced fine timber and pepper, betel nut, cardamoms, and plantains. Toward... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 14 34' N 74 58' E | SOONDA |
kp-eb0720-047902-0545 | SOONDIA, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Sinde, situated on the Indus, on the route from Tatta to Hyderabad. Lat. 24. 58. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047903-0545 | SOONEL, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Mal wah, belonging to the Mahrattas, 60 miles south by east from Kotah. It is regularly built, with streets at right angles, and is of considerable extent. Long. 76. 5. E. Lat. 24. 21. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 24 21' N 76 5' E | SOONEL |
kp-eb0720-047904-0545 | SOONERGONG, or Sunergong, a town of Bengal, situated on one of the branches of the Brahmapootra. It was once a large city, the provincial capital of the eastern division of Bengal, and famous for its manufactures of mus lin and other fine cottons. It is now reduced to a mere village, principally inhabited by weavers, a... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 23 39' N 90 43' E | SOONERGONG |
kp-eb0720-047905-0545 | SOONGUR, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Gujerat, 39 miles east by south from Surat. Long. 73. 38. E. Lat. 21. 8. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 21 8' N 73 38' E | SOONGUR |
kp-eb0720-047906-0545 | SOONPUT, a small town of Hindustan, in the province of Delhi. To the north is a handsome mausoleum of Khizer Khan, an Afghan nobleman of the family of Shere Shah. The adjacent country was greatly benefited by the canal dug by AIy Merdan Khan. Orders have been given by the British government to repair the canal, which w... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 29 N 76 53' E | SOONPUT |
kp-eb0720-047907-0545 | SOONTABURDAR, in the East Indies, an attendant, who carries a silver bludgeon in his hand, about two or three feet long, and runs before the palanquin. He is inferior to the chubdar; the propriety of an Indian newaury requiring two soontaburdars for every chubdar in the train. The chubdar proclaims the approach of visi... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | SOONTABURDAR | |
kp-eb0720-047908-0545 | SOOPOOR, a town of Hindustan, in the Rajpoot territories, province of Ajmeer. It is the capital of a small principality, and is 65 miles northeast from Kotah. Long. 76. 45. E. Lat. 25. 43. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 25 43' N 76 45' E | SOOPOOR |
kp-eb0720-047909-0545 | SOOROOTOO Isle, a small island in the Eastern Seas, situated off the western coast of Borneo, and separated from the island of Carimatia by a narrow strait, through which a ship might run if compelled by necessity. Long. 108. 40. E. Lat. 1.45. S. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 1 45' S 108 40' E | SOOROOTOO |
kp-eb0720-047910-0545 | SOOROPOOR, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Bejapoor, situated on the Krishna river, nearly 130 miles southwest from Hyderabad. Long. 77. E. Lat. 16.15. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 16 15' N 77 E | SOOROPOOR |
kp-eb0720-047911-0545 | SOORY, a town of Bengal, district of Birbhoom, 50 miles southwest from M∞rshedabad. Long. 87. 32. E. Let. 23. 54. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | SOORY | |
kp-eb0720-047912-0545 | SOOSNEER, a considerable town of Hindustan, in the province of Malwah, 57 miles north-north-east from Oojain. Long. 76. 10. E. Lat. 23. 55. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 23 55' N 76 10' E | SOOSNEER |
kp-eb0720-047913-0545 | SOOSO), a small town on the west coast of Sumatra, where pepper is sometimes exchanged for gold dust. Long. 97. 10. E. Lat. 3. 45. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-047914-0545 | SOOSOOHOONAN, a district in the island of Java, on the south coast, formerly extending to the north coast, and[7:20:480] including the territories of Cheribon, and the greater part of the island. It is now much fallen from its ancient gran deur, and in the last century was divided into two parts. The prince, embarrasse... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048001-0546 | SOOT, a volatile matter arising from wood and other fuel along with the smoke; or rather it is the smoke itself con densed, and gathered to the sides of the chimney. Though once volatile, however, soot cannot be again resolved into vapour, but, if distilled by a strong fire, yields a volatile al kali and empyreumatic o... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048002-0546 | SOOTY, a town of Bengal, in the province of Raujeshy, where an action was fought in 1763, between the British troops and those of Meer Cossim, in which the latter were defeated. Long. 88. 2. E. Lat. 24. 36. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048003-0546 | SOPHI, or Son, a title given to the emperor of Persia, importing as much as wise, sage, or philosopher. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048004-0546 | SOPHIS, or Sofees, a kind of religious order among the Mahommedans in Persia, answering to what are otherwise called dervises, and among the Arabs and Indians faquirs. Some writers suppose them to be called sophis from a kind of coarse camblet which they wear, called souf, from the city Sonf in Syria, where it is princ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048005-0546 | SOPHISM, in Logic, a specious argument, having the appearance of truth, but leading to falsehood. Sophisms are reduced by Aristotle into eight classes, an arrangement so just and comprehensive, that it is equally proper in present as in former times. 1. Ignoratio elenchi, in which the sophist seems to determine the que... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048006-0546 | SOPHIST, an appellation assumed in the early periods of Grecian history, by those who devoted their time to the study of science. This appellation appearing too arrogant to Pythagoras, he declined it, and wished to be called a philosopher; declaring that, though he could not consider himself as a wise man, he was indee... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048007-0546 | SOPHOCLES, the famous tragic poet, was the son of Sophilus, an Athenian, and was born in the year 495 before Christ. Although the father was only a mechanic, the son enjoyed the advantage of a good education. Superior vigour and address in the exercises of the palaestra, and skill in music, were the great accomplishmen... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048101-0547 | SOPING, a district or principality of the island of Cele bes, formerly one of the most extensive in the country. In 1775 it was governed by its own king. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048102-0547 | SOPRA, a river of Hindustan, which rises in the province of Malwah, and joins the Gilly Sinde river, after which their united streams fall into the Chumbul. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048103-0547 | SORA, a city of Italy, in the Neapolitan province of Terra di Lavoro, the capital of a district of its own name.
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kp-eb0720-048104-0547 | SORAU, a circle of Prussia, in the government of Frankfurt, which extends over 513 square miles, with 46,400 inhabitants. The capital is the town of the same name. It stands on a large plain, is well built, and contains 430 houses, with 4060 inhabitants, who manufacture large quantities of cotton goods. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048105-0547 | SORBONNE, or Sorbon, the house or college of the faculty of theology established in the old university of Paris. It was founded in 1252, by St Louis, or rather by Robert de Sorbon his confessor and almoner, first canon of Cambray, and afterwards of the cathedral of Paris; who gave his own name to it, which he himself t... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048106-0547 | SORCERY, or Magic, the power which some persons were formerly supposed to possess, of commanding the devil and the infernal spirits, by skill in charms and invocations, and of soothing them by fumigations. See Magic and Ap PARITIONS. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048107-0547 | SORIA, one of the four departments into which the pro vince of Old Castille, in Spain, is divided. Its extent is 341 square leagues, and its population amounts to 257,537 souls. It is in general a hilly district, and in some parts very mountainous. The plains are fertile, especially that of Rioja, and yield abundance o... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048108-0547 | SORIANG, a river of Celebes, on the west coast, which falls into the sea. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048109-0547 | SORITES, in Logic, a species of reasoning, in which a great number of propositions are so linked together, that the predicate of the one becomes continually the subject of the next following, till at last a conclusion is formed by bringing together the subject of the first proposition and[7:20:482] the predicate of the... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048201-0548 | SORRENTO, a city of Italy, in the province of Naples. It is finely situated among olive, citron, and pomegranate trees, and is the seat of an archbishop. It is on the sea coast, and has some foreign trade. The chief occupation is collecting and spinning silk. It was the birthplace of the poet Tasso. The surrounding hil... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048202-0548 | SORTILEGE (Sortilegivm), a species of divination per formed by means of sortes or lots. The sortes Praenestinae, famous in antiquity, consisted in putting a number of let ters, or even whole words, into an urn; and then, after shaking them together, they were thrown on the ground; and whatever sentences could be made o... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048203-0548 | SORTINO, a city of the island of Sicily, in the province of Noto. It stands on a healthy spot on a gentle elevation, the ancient Xuthinum, 130 miles from Palermo, and is watered by a small stream. It contains 7300 inhabitants. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048204-0548 | SORTINSKOI, a village of Tobolsk, in Asiatic Russia, seventy-two miles southsouthwest of Beresof. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048205-0548 | SOSVA, the name of two considerable rivers in Asiatic Russia, in the government of Tobolsk. The first has a course of 160 miles. It rises in the Oural Mountains, about the sixtyfifth degree of north latitude, and running almost due east, falls into the Obi near Beresof, after receiving a smaller river of the same name,... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048206-0548 | SOTERIA, in Antiquity, sacrifices offered to the gods for delivering a person from danger; as also poetical pieces composed for the same purpose. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048207-0548 | SOUDAN, a kingdom of Africa, situated between 11° and 16° north latitude, and 26° and 30° east longitude. See Africa. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048208-0548 | SOUERICK, a town of Armenia, in the pachalic of Ourfa, and on the road from Ourfa to Diarbekir. It contains about 500 inhabitants, with three mosques and a strong castle. It is sixty miles northeast of Ourfa. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048209-0548 | SOUGH, among miners, denotes a passage dug under ground to convey off waters from mines. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048210-0548 | SOUI-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, situated at the confluence of the rivers Yan and Kincha, in a fertile though mountainous country. Long. 104. 23. E. Lat. 28. 40. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048211-0548 | SOUL, the principle of perception, memory, intelligence, and volition, in man; which, since the earliest era of philo sophy, has furnished questions of difficult investigation, and materials of keen and important controversy. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048212-0548 | SOUND. So many things relating to this subject have been already treated at considerable length under the arti cle Acoustics , that what we now propose shall be chiefly confined to the propagation of sound in the atmosphere, which, as Laplace observes, affords the most important ap plication which has yet been made of ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048601-0552 | SOUNDS, Musical. See Music. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048602-0552 | SOUNDING, the operation of trying the depth of the sea and the nature of the bottom, by means of a plummet sunk from a ship to the bottom. There are two plummets used for this purpose; one of which is called the hand·lead, weighing about eight or nine pounds; and the other the deep-sea lead, which weighs from twenty-fi... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048701-0553 | SOURABAYA, a large and flourishing town of Java, on the northeastern coast, and capital of a government of the same name, subordinate to that of Java. It is situated at the mouth of a river, navigable for vessels of 100 tons one mile and a half from the seashore. The harbour is one of the most convenient in the island;... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048702-0553 | SOURERA, a town of Hindustan, province of the Cir cars, and district of Ganjam. Long. 84. 37. E. Lat. 19. 53. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048703-0553 | SOURGOUTE, a small town of Asiatic Russia, situ ated on the Obi, in a climate so severe that no grain can be raised in the neighbourhood. The town consists of 168 houses, and contains two churches. It is the residence of a commissary, who collects an annual tribute of furs from the Ostiaks, the inhabitants of the count... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048704-0553 | SOUTCHEOUFOU, a large city of China, and capital of the province of Kiangnan, situated on the great canal, not far from its southern termination at Hangtcheoufou. It is one of the finest cities in China, noted for the beauty of its site, which is intersected by rivers and canals, and is compared by Europeans to Venice.... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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... | 31 22' N 120 E | SOUTCHEOUFOU |
kp-eb0720-048705-0553 | SOUTH, one of the four cardinal points from which the winds blow.
South, Robert, an eminent divine, was the son of William South, a merchant of London, and was born at Hackney, near that city, in 1633. He was educated at Westminster school, and afterwards in ChristChurch College, Oxford. In 1654, he wrote a copy of La... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048801-0554 | SOUTHAM, a small town of the hundred of Knightlow, in the county of Warwick, eighty-three miles from London. It has little or no trade. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 935, in 1811 to 1007, in 1821 to 1161, and in 1831 to 1256. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048802-0554 | SOUTHAMPTON, a town of Hampshire, seventy seven miles from London. It is finely situated at the junc tion of the river Test with the Itchen; these form an ex panse of water, by which vessels may approach the town. It was anciently fortified, and the remains of its walls and castle still exist. It is one of the bestbuil... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048803-0554 | SOUTHEND, a hamlet in the parish of Prittlewell, in the hundred of Rochford and county of Essex, forty-two miles from London. It stands at the mouth of the Thames, opposite to Sheerness; and from its easy communication with the metropolis, it has of late years been resorted to by considerable numbers for seabathing. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048804-0554 | SOUTHERNE, Thomas, an eminent dramatic writer, was born at Dublin in 1660, and received his education in Trinity College. He came young to London to study law; but instead of that, devoted himself to poetry and the writing of plays. His Persian Prince, or Loyal Brother, was introduced in 1682, when the Tory interest wa... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048901-0555 | SOUTH-MOULTON, a markettown, in the hundred of the same name, in the north part of the county of Devon,
179 miles from London, and twelve miles from Barnstaple. It stands on the river Moule, and contains many good houses, a large and handsome church, a commodious guildhall, and a free grammarschool. The population amo... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048902-0555 | SOUTHWARK, a borough in the county of Surrey, but one of the suburbs of London, being only separated from it by the river Thames. The means of access have been greatly increased by a new bridge, and by the re building of London Bridge. It contains six parishes, and, as to its police, is in a great degree under the cont... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048903-0555 | SOUTHWELL, a town of the hundred of Thurgarton, in the county of Nottingham, 139 miles from London. It is situated on a pleasing elevation above the plain water ed by the river Trent. The parish church is collegiate, and well endowed, having sixteen prebendaries, besides choristers and singing boys. The chapter has jur... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048904-0555 | SOUTHWOLD, a seaport town of the hundred of Blything, in the county of Suffolk, 105 miles from London. It is situated on the river Blythe. It is connected with the port of Yarmouth, but has a corporation of its own. The herringfishery is extensively carried on in it, and of late years it has been resorted to for seabat... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048905-0555 | SOVEREIGN, in matters of government, is applied to the supreme magistrate or magistrates of an independent government or state; because their authority is only bound ed by the laws of God and the laws of the state: such are kings, princes, &c.
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kp-eb0720-048906-0555 | SOZOMENUS, Hermias, an ecclesiastical historian of the fifth century, was born at Gaza or Bethelia, in Pales tine. He was educated for the law, and became a pleader at Constantinople. He wrote an abridgment of Ecclesiastical History, in two books, from the ascension of our
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kp-eb0720-048907-0555 | SPA, a town of the Netherlands, in the province of Liege and arrondissement of Verviers. It is one of the oldest, and was the most frequented, of the continental wa tering places. Its name has become generic for similar springs. It is situated in a narrow valley watered by a rapid and clear brook. The town consists of ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048908-0555 | SPACAFORNO, a city of the island of Sicily, in the province of Noto. It stands in a healthy situation on a hill, near the seaports of La Marza, and Santa Maria. It contains 8100 inhabitants, employed in various trades. Near to it is the Troglodyte town of Ispica, where the houses are excavated in calcareous rocks on bo... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048909-0555 | SPAGIRIC Art a name given by old authors to that species of chemistry which works on metals, and is employed in the search of the philosopher’s stone. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-048910-0555 | SPAHIS, horsemen in the Ottoman array, chiefly raised in Asia. The great strength of the grand signior’s army formerly consisted in the janisaries, who were the foot, and the spahis, who were the cavalry.[7:20:490] | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-049001-0556 | SPAIN.
Τηε kingdoms of Spain and Portugal together form what is called the Pyrenean Peninsula, the most southerly, and at the same time the most westerly, portion of Europe. Ex cept on the northeast, where it is connected with the rest of Europe by an isthmus about one hundred miles in breadth, this peninsula is wholl... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052301-0597 | SPALATRO, a city of the ancient province of Dalmatia, and the capital of a circle of the same name, which ex tends over 2060 square miles, and contains 84,980 inhabi tants. This city is situated on a peninsula, and is powerfully fortified both by nature and art. It incloses the space where formerly stood the extensive ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052302-0597 | SPALDING, a town in the district of Holland, and county of Lincoln, ninety-seven miles from London. It stands near the mouth of the river Welland, which is navi gable to the town. Of the adjacent district, the soil is rich, but marshy. Besides corn, chiefly oats, it produces much flax and hemp. Spalding has a fine old ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052303-0597 | SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro, a celebrated naturalist, was born at Scandiano, in the duchy of Modena, on the 12th of January 1729∙ He began his studies in his native country, and at the age of fifteen, went to Reggio de Mo dena, where he was instructed in rhetoric and philosophy by the Jesuits, who contended with the Dominican... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052501-0599 | SPALMADORI, a small island situated between the continent of Asia Minor and the island of Scio. Long. 26. 7. E. Lat. 38. 36. N. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052502-0599 | SPAN, a measure taken from the space between the thumb and the tip of the little finger when both are stretched out The span is estimated at three hands breadths, or nine inches. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052503-0599 | SPANDAU, a town of Prussia, in the government of Potsdam. It is a strongly fortified place, and is the chief arsenal of the kingdom. It stands on a peninsula, formed by the junction of the river Spree with the Havel. There are manufactures of all descriptions of arms, for the use of the government, and some private est... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052504-0599 | SPANDRELL, the solid work on each haunch of an arch, to keep it from spreading. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052505-0599 | SPANHEIM, Ezekiel, a very learned writer, was born at Geneva on the 7th of December 1629. His father, Frederic Spanheim, a distinguished theologian, was successively professor of divinity at Geneva and Leyden. The son accompanied him to the latter university, and there distinguished himself by his proficiency in solid ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052506-0599 | SPAR, in Mineralogy, a name given chiefly to some of the crystallized combinations of lime, as the carbonate and the fluate; the former being called simply lime spar, the latter fluor spar, or Derbyshire spar, from the name of the place where it is found in greatest abundance. | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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kp-eb0720-052507-0599 | SPARTA, or Lacedaemon, the capital of the country of Laconia in Greece, an ancient and most renowned state, the inhabitants of which have been in all ages celebrated for the singularity of their laws and character. The his tory of Sparta for many ages is entirely fabulous; and the authentic accounts commence only with ... | ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, SEVENTH EDITION: A MACHINE-READABLE TEXT
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