Treaties
Treaties. A Treaty Is A Contract Between Two Or More States. The Word Is Derived, Through The French Traite (fr. And Fishery Conventions, And Slave Trade And Navigation Treaties; 3) Social, Such As The Conventions Establishing The International Telegraphic Union (1865), The Universal Postal Union The International Bureau Of Weights ...
Treaty Of Trianon
Trianon, Treaty Of. The Treaty Of Peace Between The Allied And Associated Powers And Hungary Was Signed At The Trianon On June 4, 192o. Owing To The Outbreak Of Bela Kun's Revolution In Hungary, The Delegates Of That Nation Were Not Sum Moned To The Peace Conference Till Nov. 1919. ...
Trebia
Trebia (mod. Trebbia), A River Of Cisalpine Gaul, A Tribu Tary Of The Padus (po), Into Which It Falls Some 4m. West Of Placentia (piacenza). Its Valley Is Followed Past Bobbio By The Modern High Road From Piacenza To Genoa (88m.). It Is Remark Able For The Victory Gained On ...
Trebizond
Trebizond (gr. Trapezus), A City Of Asia Minor, Situated On The Black Sea, Near Its South-eastern Angle. From The Time Of Its Foundation As A Greek Colony To The Present Day It Has Always Been A Considerable Emporium Of Commerce, And It Was For Two Centuries And A Half The ...
Tree Creeper
Tree-creeper, One Of The Smaller British Birds, And Generally Distributed. It Is Certhia Familiaris, And Is Remarkable For The Stiffened Shafts Of Its Long And Pointed Tail-feathers, Aided By Which, And By Its Large Feet, It Climbs The Trunks Or Branch Es Of Trees, Proceeding Upwards Or Outwards, Generally In ...
Tree Frog
Tree-frog. Many Groups Of Tailless Amphibia (see Frog) Are Adapted To Arboreal Life, Which Is Indicated By Adhesive Discs On The Tips Of The Fingers And Toes. These Discs Adhere By Rapid And Intense Pressure Of The Distal Phalanx And Special Muscles Upon The Lower Surface, Which Is Also Provided ...
Tree Marriage
Tree Marriage. In Chota Nagpur, The Tribes Who Speak Languages Of The Munda Group, And In Bengal, Low Castes Such As The Rautias, Bagdis And Murmis, Perform The Rite Of Tree Marriage As An Integral Part Of The Marriage Service. The Nuptial Pair Are Fastened To Trees By Thread. The ...
Tree Planting
Tree Planting. The Quality Of The Soil In Which Trees Are Planted Exerts A Considerable Influence Upon Their Development, But, Given The Best Possible Soil Conditions They May Fail Through Indifferent Planting. Where The Soil Is Naturally Deep And Good, Planting Operations Are Less Burdensome Than In Places Where The ...
Trematodes
Trematodes (flukes), A Class Of Platyhelminthes (q.v.) In Which The Body Is Unsegmented And Without A Cellular Epidermis Or External Cilia, And An Alimentary Canal Is Present. All The Mem Bers Of The Group Are Parasitic. General Morphology.—the Body Is Generally Flattened And Leaf-like Or Ribbon-like In Shape, But May ...
Trent
Trent, The Chief River In The Midlands Of England, The Third In Length In The Country, Exceeded Only By The Thames And Severn. It Rises In North Staffordshire, And Discharges Through The Humber Into The North Sea, Having A Course Of About 170 M. The Source Is On Biddulph Moor. ...
Trente Et Quarante
Trente Et Quarante (called Also Rouge Et Noir), A Game Of French Origin Played With Cards And A Special Table. It Is One Of The Two Games Played In The Gambling Rooms At Monte Carlo, Roulette Being The Other. The Diagram Illustrates One Half Of The Table, The Other Half ...
Trentino
Trentino, A Mountainous Area Of North Italy, Extending E. And W. Of The Middle Course Of The Adige. Before The World War It Was Part Of The Austrian Province Of Tirol. The Trentino Frontier, Which Had Been Delimited After The War Of 1866, Was Strategically Most Unfavourable To Italy, As ...
Trento
Trento (lat. Tridentum; Ger. Trent Or Trient), The Capi Tal Of A Province In The District Of Venezia Tridentina, Italy. Pop. 0930, 38,176, Town; 56,76o, Commune. It Stands On The Left Bank Of The Adige Where This River Is Joined By The Fersina, And Is A Station On The Brenner ...
Trenton
Trenton, The Capital City Of New Jersey, U.s.a., And The County Seat Of Mercer County ; On The Lincoln Highway And The East Bank Of The Delaware River, 3o M. N.e. Of Philadelphia And 55 M. S.w. Of New York City. It Has A County Airport, And Is Served By ...
Trespass
Trespass, In Law, Any Transgression Of The Law Less Than Treason, Felony Or Misprision Of Either. The Term Includes A Great Variety Of Wrongs Committed To Land, Goods Or Person. Up To 1694 The Trespasser Was Regarded, Nominally At Any Rate, As A Criminal, And Was Liable To A Fine ...
Tresviri Or Triumviri
Tresviri Or Triumviri, In Rome, A Board Of Three, Either Ordinary Officials Or Extraordinary Commissioners. Epulum Lovis (banquet Of Jupiter) On The Capitol, But Their Services Were Also Requisitioned On The Occasion Of Triumphs, Im Perial Birthdays, The Dedication Of Temples, Games Given By Pri Vate Individuals, And So Forth, ...
Treviso
Treviso (anc. Tarvisium), A Town And Episcopal See Of Venetia, Italy, Capital Of The Province Of Treviso, 49 Ft. Above Sea-level. Pop. In 1931, 18,089 (town) ; 53,952 (commune). It Is Situated On The Plain Between The Gulf Of Venice And The Alps, 18 M. By Rail North Of Venice, ...
Triangle
Triangle. A Triangle, Or More Precisely A Plane Triangle, Is The Geometrical Figure Composed Of Three Points Called The Vertices (not Lying In One Straight Line), And The Three Straight Lines Joining These, Called The Sides. Since No Part Of A Plane Can Be Inclosed By Fewer Than Three Straight ...
Triassic System Or Trias
Triassic System Or Trias, Geological Terms Used To Designate The Lowest Major Division Of The Mesozoic Era—given By F. Von Alberti (1834) Owing To The Division Of The System Into A Threefold Series In Germany, In Contradistinction To The Twofold Division (dyas) Of The Underlying Permian. Like The Permian (q.v.) ...
Triballi
Triballi, In Ancient Geography, A Thracian People Whose Earliest Home Was Near The Junction Of The Angrus And Brongus (the East And West Morava), And Included Towards The South "the Triballian Plain" (herodotus Iv. 49), Which Corresponds To The Plain Of Kossovo In Turkey. In 424 B.c. They Were Attacked ...
Tribe
Tribe. A Tribe Is Defined By Dr. Rivers As "a Social Group Of A Simple Kind, The Members Of Which Speak A Common Dialect, Have A Single Government, And Act Together For Such Common Pur Poses As Warfare." In This Definition It Is Necessary To Understand By Single Government A ...
Tribonian
Tribonian, The Famous Jurist And Minister Of Justinian, Was Born In Pamphylia In The Latter Part Of The 5th Century. Adopting The Profession Of An Advocate, He Came To Constan Tinople And Practised In The Prefectural Courts There, Reaching Such Eminence As To Attract The Notice Of The Emperor Justinian, ...
Tribune
Tribune [lat. Tribunes, Connected With Tribes, Tribe], A Name Assigned To Officers Of Different Descriptions In Ancient Rome. Was Valid Without The Express Sanction Of The Senate. ...
Trichinosis Or Trichiniasis
Trichinosis Or Trichiniasis, A Disease, In Man And Other Animals, Caused By Infection By The Parasite Trichina Or Trichinella Spiralis. The Presence Of Encysted Trichinae In The Muscles Was Discovered By Sir James Paget (q.v.) In 1835, And They Were Named By Sir R. Owen; But It Was Not Until ...
Trichoptera
Trichoptera, The Term Used In Zoological Classification For That Order Of Insects Whose Members Are Commonly Known As Caddis-flies. They Are Sombrely Coloured Insects, Being Generally Some Shade Of Brown Often With Darker Markings, And Are Of Small Or Moderate Size. Caddis-flies Are Weakly Flying Insects Of Moth Like Appearance ...
Trier
Trier (french Treves), An Ancient City Of Germany, For Merly Capital Of An Archbishopric And Electorate Of The Empire, And Now Seat Of A Roman Catholic Bishop And Chief Town Of A Governmental Department In The Prussian Province Of The Rhine. Pop. (1933) 76,652. It Stands On The Moselle, About ...
Trieste
Trieste, Formerly Austrian, But Ceded To Italy Under The Treaty Of S. Germain In 1918, A Seaport In The District Of Venezia Giulia, Italy, Capital Of The Province Of Trieste And An Episcopal See, Situated At The North-east Angle Of The Adriatic Sea, On The Gulf Of Trieste, Is Picturesquely ...
Triforium
Triforium, In Architecture, A Longitudinal Passage Or Gallery Of A Church Or Other High Veiled Interior, The Triforium Floor Being Usually Above A Side Aisle Vault Or Ceiling. The Usage Of The Term Is Loose ; By Some It Is Applied To Any Second Floor Gallery Opening On To A ...
Trilobita
Trilobita, A Group Of Extinct Arthropoda Of Which The Fossil Remains Are Found In The Rocks Of The Palaeozoic Era. Many Species Are Found In The Lower Cambrian, Among The Earliest Known Fossils. They Are Abundant In The Ordovician And Silurian When They Begin To Decline And Only A Single ...
Trinidad
Trinidad, The Most Southerly And, Next To Jamaica, The Largest Of The British West Indian Islands. Pop. (1931) Including Tobago, 412,783. It Is Situated 6m. E. Of The Coast Of Venezuela, Between O° 3' And O° 50' N. And 60° 39' And 62° W. Aver Age Length, 48m. ; Breadth, ...
Trinity
Trinity. The Christian Doctrine Of The Trinity Can Be Best Expressed In The Words "the Father Is God, The Son Is God, And The Holy Ghost Is God, And Yet They Are Not Three Gods But One God . . . For Like As We Are Compelled By The Christian ...
Triolet
Triolet, One Of The Fixed Forms Of Verse Invented In Mediaeval France, And Preserved In The Practice Of Many Modern Literatures. It Consists Of Eight Short Lines On Two Rhymes, Ar Ranged A B A A A B A B, And In French Usually Begins On The Mas Culine Rhyme. ...
Triphenylmethane
Triphenylmethane, A Hydrocarbon, Which Gives Its Name To An Important Group Of Synthetic Colouring Matters Which Includes Magenta, Paramagenta (rosanilines), Mala Chite Green, Brilliant Green, Patent Blue, Aurin And Rosolic Acid. (see Dyes, Synthetic.) It Is A White Crystalline Solid Melting At 92° C And Boiling At 358° C/76o Mm. ...
Tripoli
Tripoli, The Ancient Oea, Formerly Capital Of The Turkish Vilayet Of Tripoli, And Now Of The Italian Colony Of Tripolitania, North Africa, Situated In 32° 53' 4o" N. And 13° Iii 32" E. On A Promontory Stretching Out Into The Mediterranean And Forming A Small Crescent-shaped Bay Which Shelters The ...
Tripoli_2
Tripoli, A City In Syria, And The Seat Of Administration Of The Sanjak Of North Lebanon In French Mandated Territory, Mod. Tarcibulus. It Is Situated About 2 M. Inland From Its Port El-mina, To Which It Is Joined By A Tramway. Pop. 36,000 (26,00o Muslims). Although There Is No Harbour, ...
Tripolitania
Tripolitania, An Italian Colony In North Africa, With An Approximate Area Of 360,00o Sq.m., Mostly Desert. It Is Bounded On The North By The Mediterranean, On The West And South By Tunisia And French West And Equatorial Africa, And On The East By Cyrenaica (q.v.). Population (1931) : Europeans 29,749, ...
Triptolemus
Triptolemus, An Agricultural Hero Of Eleusis, First Priest Of Demeter, And Founder Of The Eleusinian Mysteries. His Name Is Of Doubtful Meaning ("he Who Ploughs Or Toils Thrice"; I.e., Dili Gently?) ; In Some Legends He Is The Inventor Of The Plough. In The Best Known Legend (apollodorus, I.) Triptolemus ...
Tripura
Tripura (formerly Called Hill Tippera), A Feudatory State Of India, Adjoining The British District Of Tippera, In Bengal. Area, 4,116 Sq.m.; Pop. (1931) 382,450; Estimated Revenue Rs. 2,971,000 (including Revenue Trom Estates In British India). Tripura Comprises Six Parallel Ranges Of Hills Running From North To South, At An Average ...
Tristan Da Cunha
Tristan Da Cunha, The General Name For A Group Of Three Small Volcanic Islands Belonging To Great Britain, Situated In The South Atlantic, The Summit Of The Largest Being In 37° 5' 50" S., 12° 16' 4o" W. They Are Midway Between Cape Colony And South America. The Islands Rise ...
Tristan Or Tristram
Tristan Or Tristram, One Of The Most Famous Heroes Of Mediaeval Romance. In The Earlier Versions Of His Story He Is The Son Of Rivalin, A Prince Of North-west Britain, And Blanche Flor, Sister To King Mark Of Cornwall. Rivalin Is Killed In Battle, And Blancheflor, After Giving Birth To ...
Triumph
Triumph, The Highest Honour Bestowed In Rome Upon A Victorious General (lat. Triumphus). It Was Only Granted On Certain Conditions, Relaxed In Special Cases. Only Those Who Held The Office Of Dictator, Consul, Or Praetor Were Entitled To The Dis Tinction ; The War Must Have Been Brought To A ...
Triumphal Arch
Triumphal Arch, Originally An Arch Built To Commem Orate A Victory Of A Roman General, But More Commonly Used, In A Broader Sense, For Any Monumental Arch Built For Purely Com Memorative Or Even Decorative Purposes. The Term Is Also Used For The Great Arch Between The Nave And Apse ...
Trnovo
Trnovo [rirnovo], A City And Capital Of A Department In Bulgaria; 124 M. E.n.e. Of Sofia, On The River Yantra, On The Trans-balkan Railway, Which Joins The Sofia-varna Line At Gorna Orehovitsa, 8 M. N. Of Trnovo. Pop. (1934) 14,100. The City Is Remarkably Situated. The Yantra Runs In A ...
Troglodytes
Troglodytes, "cave-dwellers," A Name Applied By Ancient Writers To Different Tribes In Various Parts Of The World. Strabo Speaks Of Them In Moesia, South Of The Danube (vii. 318), In The Caucasus (xi. 506), But Especially In Various Parts Of Africa From Libya (xvii. 828) To The Red Sea. The ...
Trogon
Trogon, The Name Of Birds Forming The Family Trogonidae. The Trogons Are Birds Of Moderate Size, The Smallest Hardly Bigger Than A Thrush, The Largest Less Bulky Than A Crow. The Bill Is Wide At The Gape, Which Is Beset By Recurved Bristles. They Seize Most Of Their Food On ...
Troitsokosavsk
Troitsokosavsk, A Town Of Asiatic Russia, In The Buriat-mongol A.s.s.r., In Sr° 28' N., 106° E., On The Kiakhta River Near Its Junction With The Navigable Selenga, Which Forms A Waterway From Asiatic Russia To Mongolia. Two Miles South Of It Is Russian Kiakhta, On The Frontier, Which Adjoins Chinese ...
Trojan Planets
Trojan Planets, A Group Of Asteroids Revolving Round The Sun In The Same Period As Jupiter. Joseph Louis Lagrange, In His Essay On The Problem Of Three Bodies (1772), Noted Certain Simple Cases In Which An Exact Solution Could Be Found By Elemen Tary Methods. In Some Of These The ...
William Makepeace 181 I
Thackeray, William Makepeace (181 I 1863), English Novelist, Only Son Of Richmond And Anne Thack Eray (whose Maiden Name Was Becher), Was Born At Calcutta On The 18th Of July 1811. His Father And Grandfather (w. R. Thack Eray) Had Been Indian Civil Servants. His Mother Was Nineteen At The ...