Test Pit
Test Pit. A Test Pit May Be Used For Many Purposes, But In Its Generally Accepted Meaning The Term Refers To A Heavily Lined Pit Sunk In The Floor Of An Industrial Factory Building, And Employed In Making Strength And Balancing Tests On The Revolving Parts Of Such Machines As ...
Testaments Of The Twelve
Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs. The Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs Are An Important Con Stituent Of The Apocryphal Scriptures Connected With The Old Testa Ment, Comprising The Dying Commands Of The Twelve Sons Of Jacob. They Were Written In Hebrew In The Later Years Of John Hyr Canus—in All ...
Testaments Of The Twelve_2
Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs. The Testaments Of The Twelve Patriarchs Are An Important Con Stituent Of The Apocryphal Scriptures Connected With The Old Testa Ment, Comprising The Dying Commands Of The Twelve Sons Of Jacob. They Were Written In Hebrew In The Later Years Of John Hyr Canus—in All ...
Testamentum Domini Testament Of
Testamentum Domini ("testament Of Our Lord"), One Of That Series Of Writings, Claiming To Embody The Fundamental Rules Of The Early Church, Which Culminates In The "apostolic Constitutions" (q.v.). Extracts From The Book Which Bears This Title, Contained In An 8th-century Ms. At Paris, Were Published By Lagarde In 1856; ...
Tetanus Or Lockjaw
Tetanus Or Lockjaw, A Disease Caused By The Toxin Of Bacillus Tetani (see Bacteria And Disease), An Anaerobic Bacillus Found In Soil Contaminated By Horse Dung And Therefore In The Dust Of Streets And Of Gardens And Other Cultivated Land. The Bacilli Or Their Spores Gain Access To The Body ...
Tetragrammaton
Tetragrammaton, The Hebrew Four-lettered Name Of God, Commonly Known As Jehovah Through A Misapplication Of The Vowels Belonging To Adonai (lord) To The Letters J.h.v.h. Possibly The Causative (hiph‘ii) Imperfect Reading, I.e., Yahweh (he Who Causes To Be Or To Fall) Is The Correct Form. As Early As The Time ...
Tetrahedrite
Tetrahedrite, A Mineral Consisting Typically Of Copper Sulphantimonite, But Often Of Complex Composition. The Copper Is Usually Isomorphously Replaced By Variable Amounts Of Silver, Iron, Zinc, Mercury, Lead Or Cobalt, And The Antimony By Arsenic Or Bismuth. Numerous Special Names Have Been Ap Plied To Varieties Differing In Chemical Composition ...
Teutonic Germanic Languages
Teutonic (germanic) Languages, A Compre Hensive Term For A Number Of Languages, Namely English, Frisian, Dutch, Flemish, German (both High And Low) Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, The Norwegian Dialects, And The Now Extinct Gothic, Formerly Spoken Over A Large Part Of Europe. The Written Rec Ords Of The Various Languages Date ...
Teutonic Peoples
Teutonic Peoples, A Comprehensive Term For Those Populations Of Europe Which Speak One Or Other Of The Various Teutonic Languages, Viz., The English-speaking Inhabitants Of The British Isles, The German-speaking Inhabitants Of Germany, Austria-hungary And Switzerland, The Flemish-speaking Inhabit Ants Of Belgium, The Scandinavian-speaking Inhabitants Of Swe Den And Norway, ...
Tewfik Pasha 1852 1892
Tewfik Pasha (1852-1892), Khedive Of Egypt, Son Of The Khedive Ismail, Was Born On Nov. 15, 1852. With The Altera Tion Of The Succession Law In 1866 Tewfik Became Heir Apparent. In 1878 He Was Appointed President Of The Council After The Dis Missal Of Nubar Pasha. He Held This ...
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury, A Town In Gloucestershire, England, 151 Mi. N.e. Of Gloucester By The L.m.s.r., On The Warwickshire Avon, Close To Its Junction With The Severn. Pop. (1931) 4,352. The Severn Is Crossed By An Iron Bridge Of 17oft. Span. Of The Benedictine Abbey, One Of The Richest Foundations In Eng ...
Texas
Texas, Popularly Known As The "lone Star State," Is A South Central State Of The United States Of America. It Extends From 93° 31' To Io6° 38' W. Long. And From 25° 51' To 36° 3o' N. Lati Tude. A Western Projection Is Bounded North By New Mexico, But The ...
Textile Printing
Textile Printing. The Application Of Art And Science In The Production Of Designs On Any Fibrous Materials Without Resource To Embroidering Or Appliqueing. (see Calico Printing.) Its Origin Is Unknown. Some Ascribe It To The Chinese, But It Is More Likely That India And Egypt Could Claim Earlier Knowledge Of ...
The Anglo Egyptian Sudan
The Anglo-egyptian Sudan Boundaries And Area.—the Region Which, Before The Revolt Of The Arabized Tribes Under The Madhi Mohammed Ahmed In 1881-84, Was Known As The Egyptian Sudan, Has, Since Its Re Conquest By The Anglo-egyptian Expeditions Of 1896-98, Been Under The Joint Sovereignty Of Great Britain And Egypt. It ...
The Austrian House
The Austrian House The Emperor Charles V.—only The Smaller Part Of The Reign Of Charles Was Spent In Spain. He Came To It From Flanders, Where He Had Received His Education, Unable To Speak The Spanish Language And Surrounded By Flemish Favourites. Furthermore, And This Was The Chief Cause Of ...
The Bourbon Dynasty
The Bourbon Dynasty The Decision Of Louis Xiv. To Accept The Inheritance Left To His Grandson By Charles Ii. Led To A War (see Spanish Succes Sion, War Of The), Which Was Only Ended In 1713 By The Peace Of Utrecht, And Resulted In The Loss Of Gibraltar And The ...
The Civil War 1936 39
The Civil War (1936-39) And After The Beginning Of The Civil War.—everywhere Garrisons Re Volted : In The South, Seville, Cordoba, Granada And C5.diz Sup Ported The Rebels; In The North, The Whole Of Galicia, Most Of Le6n And Part Of Asturias, With Burgos (for Three Years The Nationalist "capital"), ...
The Hydrogen Spectrum
The Hydrogen Spectrum The Balmer Series.—as A General Rule The Spectrum Of An Element Presents No Obvious Regularity Of Structure. It Appears To Be A Miscellaneous Collection Of Lines With No Element Of Order In Their Positions Or Intensities. The Spectrum Of Hydrogen, How Ever, Furnishes A Conspicuous Exception To ...
The Hydrogen Spectrum_2
The Hydrogen Spectrum The Nucleus Atom.—from The Earliest Days Of Spectroscopy The Question Of The Origin Of Spectra Has Engaged The Attention Of Theoretical Physicists, But It Was Not Until 1913 That The Line Of Investigation Which Has Since Proved So Fruitful Was Inaugurated By Bohr. The Earlier Work Can ...
The Life And Writings
The Life And Writings Of Spinoza Early Years Was Born In Amsterdam On November 24, 1632. The House In Which He First Saw The Light, And In Which He Passed His Early Years, Occupied The Site Of What Is Now No. 41, Waterlooplein. His Grandfather (abraham) And His Father (michael) ...
The Manufacture Of Sugar
The Manufacture Of Sugar From The Beet The Diffusion Process Extracts Sucrose In Preference To Other Con Stituents Of The Juice. The Roots Are Reduced To Thin Shreds (slices Or Cossettes) And The Slices Immersed In Warm Water In Vertical Cylindrical Vessels (diffusers). These Have A Capacity Of From 50o ...
The Philosophy Of Spinoza
The Philosophy Of Spinoza General Account.—the Pioneers Of Modern Thought Were Inspired By A Revulsion From The Mediaeval Reliance On Authority, And The Subordination Of Reason To It. The Humanists Of The Renaissance Attempted To Vindicate The Autonomy Of Reason As Against The Authority Of Books And Institutions. This Rationalist ...
The Restored Monarchy
The Restored Monarchy Alphonso Xii.—the First Act Of Alphonso Was A Royal Decree Confirming The Appointment Of Co,novas Del Castillo (the Most Prominent Leader Of The Alfonsins) As Prime Minister. A Strong Administration Was Formed, Which Gave Its Attention For 15 Months To The Pacification Of The Peninsula, Adopting A ...
The Stereochemistry Of Carbon
The Stereochemistry Of Carbon The Most Symmetrical Arrangement Possible For The Valencies Of A Quadrivalent Element Is That In Which Their Relative Directions Correspond With Those Of The Four Axes Of A Regular Tetrahedron (fig. 2). This View Of The Spatial Distribution Of The Carbon Valencies Was Adopted By F. ...
The Stereochemistry Of Open Chain
The Stereochemistry Of Open-chain Compounds Mirror-image Isomerism.—as Regards Their Isomerism, Open-chain Compounds May Be Considered According To The Number Of Carbon Atoms That Their Molecules Contain. Dissymmetric Compounds With One Or Two Carbon Atoms In The Molecule Suitable For Resolution Are Not Easy To Obtain, And It Was Not Until ...
The Teak Trade
The Teak Trade While It Is True That By Far The Largest Volume Of The Teak Wood Produced Is Used In India And Burma, Ceylon, And The East, Nearly All Of The Best Quality Is Exported To Other Parts Of The World, The Demand From All Countries Having Been On ...
The South
South, The, A Large Area Of The United States Which Pre Sents Certain Distinctive Characteristics. The South-eastern Quarter Of The Country Includes 6 Of The Original 13 States, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia, And It States Added Since The Forma Tion Of The Union, Viz., Kentucky ...
The Straits Question
Straits Question, The. The Straits Question Is Composed Of Diverse Elements—political, Economic, Sentimental. In Its Simplest Form It Consisted In The Desire Of Russia To Control The Straits Of The Bosphorus And Dardanelles—the Doors To The Black Sea—and To Obtain The Sacred City Of Her Religious Dreams —constantinople. Although Forming ...
The Sulphonal Group
Sulphonal Group, The. This Group Of Hypnotics Includes Sulphonal, Methyl Sulphonal Known Under The Trade Name Of "trional" And Ethyl Sulphonal Known As "tetronal," Both Of Which Are Scheduled As Poisons. Sulphonal, Or Acetone Diethyl Sulphone (ch3)2c(s02c2/15)2, Crystallizes In Prisms Melting At 125° C, Which Are Practically Insoluble In Cold ...
The Supreme Court Of
Supreme Court Of The United States, The. The Supreme Court Of The United States Is The Highest Judicial Tribunal Of That Government. A New Government In Federal Form Was Established By The Constitution Of The United States. That Instrument Confined The Authority Of The Central Government To Those Powers Specifically ...
The Symbolists
Symbolists, The, The Name Given To A Large But Loosely Connected Group Of French Poets (many Of Them Of Foreign Ex Traction) Writing In The 188o's. The Term Decadent Was Often Used As An Alternative, Especially Of The Extreme Manifestations Of The Movement. In 1888 The Critic Brunetiere Suggested That ...
The Teutonic Order
Teutonic Order, The, Or Teutonic Knights Of St. Mary's Hospital At Jerusalem (der Deutsche Orden, Deutsche Ritter) Was One Of The Three Great Military And Religious Orders Which Sprang From The Crusades (q.v.). Later In Birth Than The Templars And Hospitallers, The Teutonic Order Traces Its First Beginnings From The ...