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belief in progress which pervaded his age." He 

 was essentially a thinker and writer, rather than 

 an active worker in scientific fields. 



Spurzheim, Dr. Kasper, iv, 248. Born at Long- 

 wich, near Treves, Dec. 31, 1776; died at Boston, 

 Nov. 10, 1832. A German phrenologist. He was 

 a disciple of Gall, and wrote a physiognomical 

 system with him. He wrote also on philosophy 

 and anatomy. 



Stahl, George Ernst, iv, 6, 185. Born at Aus- 

 pach, 1660; died at Berlin, 1734. German physi- 

 cian and chemist. Famous as the author of the 

 phlogiston theory (q.v.). Champion of the 

 "Animist" theory in medicine. 



Stephenson, George, vi, 114; vii, 124. Born at 

 Wylam, near Newcastle, June 9, 1781 ; died near 

 Chesterfield, Aug. 12, 1848. English inventor, 

 the perfecter of the locomotive. As early as 1814 

 he constructed a locomotive that could propel 

 itself along the rails, and in 1825 a locomotive 

 made by him actually hauled a train of cars with 

 passengers. His locomotive "Rocket," made in 

 1829, however, is the prototype of modern loco- 

 motives. 



Stevinus, Simon, ii, 102. Born at Bruges, 1548; 

 died at The Hague (on Leyden), 1620. Cele- 

 brated Dutch mathematician. About 1600 he in- 

 vented a carriage propelled by sails, in which he 

 carried the Prince of Orange and six other pas- 

 sengers at a speed said to have been much faster 

 than that of horses. In the history of science he 

 is remembered as one of the founders of the 

 science of dynamics and the science of statics. 



Strabo, i, 255. Born at Amasia, Pontus, about 

 63 B.C.; died about 24 A.D. Celebrated Greek 



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