Affections Of The Throat
Throat, Affections Of The. Common Inflammatory Sore Throat Has Been Already Described In The Article Quustsv; And Other Important Throat Diseases, Aphthae Or Thrush, And Diptheria, Have Also Been Discussed In Special Articles. The Malignant Sore Throat •of The Older Nosologists Is Now Recognized As A Modification Of Scarlatina. Another ...
Agnes Strickland
Strickland, Agnes, An English Authoress, The Daughter Of Thomas Strickland, Esq., Was B. At Her Father's Seat, Reydou Hall, Near Southwold, Iu Suffolk, In The Year 1806. She Was The Third Daughter Of A Family Of Six Daughters And Two Sous, Nearly All Of Whom Have Contributed Something To The ...
Alexander Siivorof
Siivorof, Alexander Vassimvrrsil, Count, Prince Italiiski, A Russian Field Marshal, And The Most Famous Of Russian Generals, Was Descended From A Family Of Swedish Origin, And Was Born In Finland, Nov. 13 (0. S.), 1729. His Father, Who Was An Officer Of The Russian Army, And Rose, In After Times, ...
Alexis Charles Clerel De
Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Clerel De, A French Statesman, And The Most Eminent Writer Of This Century On The Science Of Politics, Was Born At Verneuil, In The Department Of Seine-et-oise, July 29, 1805. His Father Was The Representative Of An Old Family, The Clerels, Proprietors Of Tocqueville, In Normandy. The ...
Alfred Tennyson
Tennyson, Alfred, Was Born In The Year 1809 At Somersby, In Lincolnshire, Of Which Parish His Father Was Rector. He Was The Third Of A Large Family, Several Other Members Of Which Shared With Him In Some Measure The Genius Which Has Won For Him Undisputed Rank As The First ...
Algernon Charles Swinbubne
Swinbubne, Algernon Charles, One Of The First Of Living English Poets, Is The Son Of Admiral Charles Henry Swinburne, By Lady Jane Henrietta, Daughter Of The Third Earl Of Ashburnham, And Was Born In London On April 5,1837. He Entered As A Commoner At Balliol College, Oxford, In 1857, But ...
Andrew Ure
Ure, Andrew, 31.d., A Distinguished Chemist, Was Born At Glasgow In 1778, Educated At Glasgow University, Subsequently Prosecuted His Medical Studies At Edinburgh And Returned To Glasgow, Where He Received The Decree Of M.d. In 1801. In 1802 He Became Professor Of Chemistry And Natural Philosophy In The Andersonian Institution ...
Animal
Animal, A Term Applied To The Great Primary Divisions Of The Ani Mal World. The Sub-kingdoms Are Also Named " Morphological Types," And This Latter Term Serves To Indicate Their Constitution More Definitely Than The Name "sub-kingdom." As An Example Of The Manner In Which A "sub-kingdom" Of Animals Is ...
Animal Tissues
Tissues, Animal, May Be Either Normal Or Pathological. The Most Important Of These Tissues Have Already Been Considered In Special Articles, And We Shall Here Merely Notice The View At Present Most Generally Adopted Regarding Their Classification (see Histology). The Normal Tissues Are Divisible, According To Virchow And His Fol ...
Anna Louisa Gertrude Toussaint
Toussaint, Anna Louisa Gertrude, One Of The Most Popular Living Dutch Novel Ists, Was B. At Alkmaar, Sept. 16, 1812, Where Her Father, A Highly Esteemed Lecturer On Chemistry, Died In 1859. After The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, Her Paternal Ances Tors Fled From France, And Took Refuge, ...
Anne Hilarion De Cotentin
Tourville, Anne Hilarion De Cotentin, Count De, Third Son Of Cesar De Cotentin, Seigneur De Tourville, Was Born At Tourville In 1642. Entering The French Navy When, About Eighteen, It Seems That His Somewhat Delicate And Effeminate Appearance Caused Him To Be Regarded As Anything But A Hopeful Seaman. He ...
Anne Robert Jacques Tu2got
Tu2got, Anne Robert Jacques, French Statesman, B. In Paris, May 10, 1727, Was Descended From One Of The Oldest Families In Normandy. Turgot Was Destined For An Ecclesiastical Career, But Adopted By Preference The Profession Of Law. In 1761 He Was Appointed Intendant Of Limoges, And Administered The Affairs Of ...
Arendt Van Curler
Van Curler, Arendt, B. Holland; Cousin Of The Patroon Van Renssalaer Of Renssalaerwyck; Became Superintendent Of The Region Around What Is Now Albany As Early As 1642. Under Governor Stuyvesant He Began And Carried Out That Policy Of Peace And Justice To The Indians By Which The People Of New ...
Ation Needle
Ation-needle And Dipping-needle. The Element Of Intensity Is More Difficult To Determine. The Relative Horizontal Intensity Is Measured By The Number Of Oscillations That A Needle, Of Unit Size And Strength, When Disturbed Makes In A Given Time, The Intensities Of Two Places Being As The Squares Of The Oscillations. ...
Baron Franz
Baron Franz Was B. In Reggio, In Calabria, On Jan. 1, 1711, Where His Father Was An Austrian General. When 17 He Received A Commission As A Cavalry Officer, Fought Duels, And Cut Off The Head Of A Man Who Refused To Lend Him Money. He Had To Flee In ...
Bayard Taylor
Taylor, Bayard, An American Author And Traveler, Born At Kennett Square, Chester Co., Penn., Jan. 11, 1825. Having Received A Common School Education, He Was Appren Ticed At 17 In A Printing-office, When He Began His Poetical Contributions To Periodicals. In 1844 He Published A Volume Of Poems Under The ...
Bernardo Tasso
Tasso, Bernardo, An Italian Poet Of Considerable Distinction, But Most Famous As The Father Of The Illustrious Torquato, Was B. At Bergamo, Nov. 11, 1493. Both By His Father's And Mother's Side He Was Connected With The Ancient Family Of The Tassi, Known In The 13th C. For Having Organized ...
Board Of Trade
Trade, Board Of, A Department Of Government More Correctly Designated "the Lords Of The Committee Of Her Majesty's Privy Council Appointed For The Consideration Of All Matters Relating To Trade And Foreign Plantations." In 1660, Charles Ii. Created Two Sep Arate Councils For Trade And For Foreign Plantations, Which, In ...
Book Of Tobit
Tobit, Book Of, One Of The Most Curious And Interesting Of The Old Testament Apoc Ryphal Books. It Exists At Present In Greek, Latin, Syriac, And Hebrew Mss., The Texts Of Which Differ Considerably, Yet Not Materially, From Each Other. The Oldest And Most Valuable Is The Greek Septuagint; Indeed, ...
Brook Taylor
Taylor, Brook, A.celebrated English Mathematician, Was Born At Edmonton, In Mid Dlesex, Aug. 18, 1685, Of A Puritan Family Of Good Position; Entered St. John's College, Cambridge, In 1701, At A Time When Mathematical Science Was The Prominent Pursuit Among The Learned; Took His Degree Of Ll.b. In 1709; Became ...
Bull Unigenitus
Unigenitus, Bull, One Of The Most Important Documents In The History Of Jansen Ism. It Was Occasioned By The Publication Of The .rejlexion,s _morales Of Quesnel (q.v.), In Which All The Essential Principles Of Jansenism Were Revived, And Although Cautiously, Yet Systematically Explained, So As To Form The Basis Of ...
Cams Tranquillus Suetonius
Sueto'nius, Cams Tranquillus, Son Of Suetonius Lenis, A Tribune Of The 13th Legion Under Otho; Was Born Probably A Few Years After The Death Of Nero. He Is Known. To Us Chiefly As A Roman Historian And Miscellaneous Writer, For His Merits As Which He Is Highly Praised By The ...
Cdef Gabc 5146
Cdef Gabc 51 46 28 51 46 51 28 We Have Here Three Species Of Intervals, Of Which Those Represented By 51 Are Called Major Tones; Those By 46, Minor Tones; And The Smaller Intervals Represented By 28, Semitones. These Intervals Will Evidently Only Serve With C As Keynote. If, ...
Cessions Ey Foreign Powers
Cessions Ey Foreign Powers. —sept. 3, 1783, By Treaty With Great Britain, The Territory Bf The United States Was Declared To Extend From The Atlantic Ocean W. To The Mississippi River, And From A Line Along The Great Lakes On The N. To The 31st Parallel And The S. Border ...
Charles Abbott Tenterden
Tenterden, Charles Abbott, Lord, A Distinguished English Lawyer, Was Born At Canterbury, On Oct. 7, 1762. He Was The Son Of A Hairdresser. Being Admitted On The Foundation Of The King's School Connected With The Cathedral, He Distinguished Himself By Perseverance And Extreme Accuracy. A Small Exhibition In The Gift ...
Charles Edward Lewis Casimir
Stuart, Charles Edward Lewis Casimir, Often Called The Younger Pretender, The Eldest Son Of James Francis Edward, Prince Of Wales, Known As The Elder Pretender, Or Chevalier St. George (see Ste:wart, Family Of), And His Wife Clementine Sobieski, Zranddaughter Of The Celebrated Polish Monarch, .john Sobieski. He Was Horn At ...
Charles Sumner
Sumner, Charles, American Statesman, Was Born At Boston, Mass., Jan. 6, 1811. His Father Was A Lawyer, And For Many Years Sheriff Of The County. He Was Educated At Harvard College, Where He Graduated In 1830; Studied Law At The Cambridge Law School; Was Admitted To The Bar In 1834, ...
Charles Sumner_2
Sumner, Charles (ante). A Man Of Great Personal Force And Indomitable Will, Mr. Sumner Made His Influence More Distinctly Felt By The American People, And More Directly Influenced The Course Of Events By His Personal Action, Than Did Most Of His Associates In The Senate. Frequently On The Unpopular Side ...
Charles Townshend
Townshend, Charles, Viscount English Statesman, B. 1676; Was Descended From A Very Ancient English Family, Which Has Been Settled At Raynham, Iu Norfolk, Since The Reign Of Henry I. His Father, Horatio, Had Been A Prominent Member Of The Presbyterian Party Before The Restoration, And Having Been One Of The ...
Chemical Types
Types, Chemical. The Idea Of Referring Organic Bodies To Some Simple Type Or Representative, Has Attracted The Attention Of Many Chemists, Among Whom Dumas, Sterry Hunt, Laurent, And Gerhardt, Especially Deserve Notice. As Our Limited Space Prevents Us From Attempting To Trace Out The History Of The Theory, We Shall ...
College Of Surgeons
Surgeons, College Of. The Present "royal College Of Surgeons Of England" Dates Its Origin From The Year 1460-61, When Edward Iv. "did, At The Supplication Of The Freemen Of The Mystery Of Bathers Of The City Of London Using The Mystery Or Faculty Of Surgery, Grant To Them That The ...
Cornelis Van Tromp
Tromp, Cornelis Van, 1629-91; B. Rotterdam, Holland; Son Of Maarten Ilarpert Zoon. When But 21 Years Old He Was Made A Vice-admiral, As A Reward For His Success In Fighting African Pirates And The English. In 1666 He Fought With Distinction In The First Battle With The English, But In ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877; B. N. Y.; Of Dutch Ancestry. He Received But Little Education, And While A Boy Earned A By Carrying Passengers And Produce In A Small Boat (periauger) Between New York And Staten Island, Where He Lived. The War Of 1812 Gave Him An Opportunity Of Enlarging His ...
Council Vatican
Vatican, Council Of Errs (corer., Ante). In 1867, More Than 300 Years After The Council Of Trent, Pope Pius Ix. Announced His Purpose Of Bolding Another, The 20th Ecumenical Council. The Period Between This Announcement And The Publi Cation Of The Pope's Encyclical (june 29, 1868), Definitely Summoning The Council, ...
Council Of Trent
Trent, Council Of, The Most Celebrated Of The Assemblies Regarded By The Roman Catholic Church As Ecumenical Or General, And The Great Repository Of All The Doctrinal Judgments Of That Communion On The Chief Points At Issue With The Reformers Of The 16th Century. Very Early In His Conflict With ...
David Friedrich Strauss
Strauss, David Friedrich, Author Of The Famous Leben Jesu, Was B. On Jan. 27, 1808, At Ludwigsburg, In Wflrtemberg. His Education Was Begun In His Native Town, And Completed In The Theological Seminaries Of Blaubeuren And Tubingen. In 1830, His Head Filled With Hegel's Philosophy And Schleiermacher's Theology, He Entered ...
David Teniers
Teniers, David, The Younger, Son Of The Preceding, Was Born At Antwerp In 1610. He Received His First Lessons In Art From His Father, Who, It Is Said, Subsequently Placed Him In The Studio Of Adrian Brauwer; But This Statement Can Scarcely Be True, For Brauwer (q.v.) Was Only Two ...
Diseases Of Tue
Diseases Of Tue Teeth.—the Dangers To Which Infants And Children Are Exposed During The Process Of Teething, Are Noticed In The Article Dentition; And We Shall There Fore Here Confine Our Remarks To The Affections Of Permanent Teeth, Of Which The Follow Ing Are The Most Important: 1. Caries Of ...
Doctrine Of Trinity
Trinity, Doctrine Of Inn, Is The Highest And Most Mysterious Doctrine Of The Christian Religion. It Declares That There Are Three Persons In Tbs, Godhead, Or Divine Nature—the Nailer, The Son, And The Holy Ghost, And That " These Three Are One True, Eternal God, The Same In Substance, Equal ...
Eastern Turkistan
Eastern Turkistan, Known Also As Upper Tartary, Chinese Turkistan, Little Buk Haria, And Tit' Rfan, Is Bounded On The N. By The Thian-shan Mountains, On The W. By The Pamir Table-land, And On The S., By The Highlands Of Thibet Or Cashmere. Toward The E. It Sinks To The Desert ...
Edward Thitrlow
Thitrlow, Edward, Lord, An English Lawyer, Was Born In 1732, At Little Bracon Ash, In Norfolk. His Father, A Clergyman, Sent Him To School At Canterbury, Where He Obtained A Sound Knowledge Of The Latin And Greek Classics. Thence He Pro Eeeded To Cambridge, But In His Zeal, It Is ...
Elzar Alexandre Taschereau
Taschereau, Elzar Alexandre, B. Quebec, 1818; Educated At The Quebec Seminary. He Entered The Roman Catholic Priesthood In 1842; Was For Sonic Time Professor Of Mental Philosophy, And Superior In The Quebec Seminary, And Became Professor Of Canon Law At Laval University In 1856. He Became Administrator Of The Quebec ...
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swe'denborg, Emanuel, Was B. In Stockholm, Jan. 29, 1688, And Died In Lon Don, Mar. 29, 1772. His Father Was Jesper Svedberg, Subsequently Bishop Of Skara. Swedenborg's Lifetime Divides Itself Into Two Distinct Periods; The First, Ending With His' 55th Year, Was Given To Business, Science, And Philosophy; The Second, ...
Emericii Vattel
Vattel, Emericii, A Well-known Writer On The Law Of Nations, Was Born At Couret, In Neufchatel, Aug. 25, 1714. His Father, A Protestant Clergyman, Had Been Ennobled By The King Of Prussia, Whose Subject He Was. Vattel Studied For The Church At Bale And Geneva, Hut He Devoted Greater Attention ...
Esajas Tegner
Tegner, Esajas, A Swedish Poet Of High Reputation, Was Born In 1782 At Kyrkerud, In The Swedish Province Of Wermland, And Educated At The University Of Lund, Where He Took The Degree Of M A. In 1802. In 1805 He Was Appointed Sub-librarian To The Uni Versity, And Lecturer On ...
Evangelista Torricelli
Torricelli, Evangelista, A Celebrated Italian Mathematician And Philosopher, Was Born At Piancaldoli In The Romagna, Italy, Oct. 15,1608. He Was Brought Up By N Uncle Who Resided At Faenza, And Who Put Him Under The Tuition Of The Jesuits. When 20 Years Old, He Was Sent To Rome, And There ...
Extension Of Territory Of
United States, Extension Of Territory Of The. Prior To 1781 Only Six Of The 13 Original States, Viz. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsyl Vania, Maryland, And Delaware, Had Exactly Defined Boundaries. Of The Remaining Seven States, Some Claimed To Extend To The Pacific Ocean And Others To The ...
Feast Of Tabernacles
Tabernacles, Feast Of (heb. Succoth, Lxx. Ileorte Skenon, Vulg. Ferice Taber Naculorum). A Hebrew Feast Of Seven Days' Duration, Beginning On The Fifteenth Day Of The Seventh Month (tishri), And Instituted Principally In Memory Of The Nomad Life Of The People In The Desert, And The Booths Or Tents Used ...
Fhantis Joseph Talya
Talya, Fhantis Joseph, An Eminent French Tragedian, Was The Son Of A Dentist, And Was B. At Paris, Jan. 15, 1763 He Made His Debut As An Actor In 1787 At The Comedie Francaise, Where He Played The Part Of Seide In Mahomet. He Achieved Con Siderable Success, But Apparently ...
Fiiges
Fiiges. The Common Tapeworm May Cause Disease, And Even Death, By Its Aggressions, Either In The Adult Or In The Larval Stage Of Its Existence. A Mature Tapeworm In The Intestinal Canal May Give Rise To A Series Of Anomalous Symptoms, Including " Vertigo, Noises In The Ears, Impairment Of ...
First Epistle To The
Thessalo'nians, First Epistle To The, One Of The Earliest Epistles Of St. Paul— Perhaps The Very Earliest—was Probably Written At Corinth About The Close Of The Year 52 A.d., And Seems To Have Been Occasioned By The " Good Tidings" Which Timothy Brought Him Of The " Faith And Charity" ...
First And Second Epistles
Timothy, First And Second Epistles To, Form, Along With The Epistle To Titus (q.v.), The Three " Pastoral Epistles," The Authorship Of Which Is All But Universally Ascribed To St Paul. The External Evidence For Their Genuineness Is Very Strong, Yet Not Complete. They Occur In The Muratorian Canon And ...
Fort Sumter
Sumter, Fort (originally Spelled Sumpter, After Gen. Sumpter, In Whose Honor It Was Named), An American Fort Of The Second Class, Built 1845–'55, In The Form Of A Truncated Pentagon 50 Ft. High, On An Artificial Island, At The Entrance Of Charleston Har Bor, 2f M. Distant From Forts Moultrie ...
Francisco Suares
Suares, Francisco, The Most Celebrated Of The Modern Scholastic And Polemical Divines Of The Roman Catholic Church, Was Born At Granada In 1548. His Early Studies Were Singularly Unpromising; And It Is Remarkable, In The History Of A Man Afterward So Eminent, That It Was Not Without Great Difficulty, And ...
Franz Edward Todleben
Todleben, Franz Edward, Russian Gen. Of Engineers, Was B. At Mitau, Russian Province Of Courland, In 1818. After Studying At Riga, He Was Admitted As A Student In The College Of Engineers At St. Petersburg. He Was 2d Capt. In The Engineer Corps When The Russian Army Entered The Danubian ...
Frederick Von Der Trenck
Frederick Von Der Trenck, Was Born At Konigsberg, In 1726, And Was The Son Of A Maj.gen. In The Prussian Service. He Distinguished Himself At The University. At 16 He Became A Cornet In The Guards; And Two Years Afterward The Princess Amelia, Who Saw Him At A Ball, We ...
Friedr Aug Gottreu Tholitck
Tholitck, Friedr. Aug. Gottreu, A German Protestant Theologian Whose Reputa Tion Is Perhaps Greater In England And America Than At Home, Was Born At Breslau, March 30, 1799, And Studied, First, At The University Of His Native City, And Afterward At Berlin, Where Oriental Studies Claimed His Special Regard, The ...
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve
Struve, Friedrich-georg-wilhelm, A Celebrated Astronomer, Was B. At Al Tuna, April 15,1793, Edttcated At The University Of Dorpat (russia), And Appointed To A Post In The Observatory Of That Place In 1813. He Became Director Of The Dorpat Observatory In 1s17, And Continued With The Utmost Assiduity His Observations And ...
George Henry Thomas
Thomas, George Henry, 1816-70, B. Va. ; Was Of Mixed Welsh And French Descent; Entered The U. S. Military Academy At West Point In 1836, And Graduated In 1840. He Was Employed In Garrison Duty For A Brief Period, And Was Then For Two Years In Active Ser Vice In ...
Gift Of Tongues
Tongues, Gift Of, A Gift Of The Apostles And Other Christians In The First Ages Of The Church. The Main Passages In The New Testament Relating To It Are Acts Ii. 3-21; Corinthians Xii. 10, 28; Xiii. 1, And Particularly Xiv. Allusions To It Will Also Be Found In Mark ...
Heinricti Gottlteb Tzschirner
Tzschir'ner, Heinricti Got'tlteb, 1778-1828; B. Mittweida, Saxony; Studied Theology At Leipsic; Ordained To The Ministry, 1801; Professor Of Theology, Wittenberg, 1805; At Leipsic, 1809; Superintendent At Leipsic, 1815; Prebendary Of Meissen, 1818. He Strongly Opposed Roman Catholic Reaction In Germany. Ile Published Protestantis Mus And Katholicismus Aus Dem Standpunkte Der ...
Henri De La Turenne
Turenne, Henri De La Torn D'auvergne, Vicomte De, One Of The Most Emi Nent Of France's Military Heroes, Was The Second Son Of Henri, Duke Of Bouillon, And Elizabeth Of Nassau. The Daughter Of William I. Of Nassau-orange, The Great Assertor Of The Liberties Of The Netherlands, And Was Born ...
Hill
Hill One Of The Walilvildten Or Forest Cantons Of Switzerland, Forms Part Of The Hill Country (see Switzerland) Which Surrounds The Lake Of Lucerne, And Is Hounded On The W. By The Cantons Of Untenvalden, Bern, And Valais. It Has An Area Of 414 Sq.m.. And Its Pop. In '70 ...
Hyposulphurous Acid
Hyposulphurous Acid As Yet Is Only Known In A State Of Combination With Bases; For On Attempting To Separate The Acid From The Base, The Former Becomes Deem Posed Into Sulphur And Sulphurous Acid. The Most Important Of Its Salts Is The Hypo .sulphite Of Soda 5aq), Whose Mode Of ...
Iii
Iii. A Third Objection Is That Men In All Ages Have Distinguished Between The Right And The Expedient, That Is, The Useful; The Two Are In Most Languages Put In Opposition Or Contrast. The Reply Is That The Expedient, When Thus Opposed To The Right, Commonly Means What Is Expedient ...
Iinitarians
Iinita'rians, A Name Applied Generally To All Who Maintain That God Exists In One Person Only, And Specially To A Small Christian Sect Of Recent Times, Whose Distin Guishing Tenet Is The Unity As Opposed To The Trinity Of The Godhead. In The More General Sense, The Name Of Course ...
Iiniversalists
Iiniversalists, A Body Of Christians Whose Distinctive Peculiarity Consists In Their Belief That " Evil " Will Ultimately Be Eradicated From The World, And That All Erring Crea Tures Will Be Brought Back To God Through The Irresistible Efficacy Of Christ's Divine Love. The Grounds On Which Their Faith In ...
Iirsitlines
Iirsitlines, A Religious Order Of Females In The Roman Catholic Church, Taking Their Name From The Saint And Martyr Who Forms The Subject Of The Above Article. They Take Their Origin From Angela Merici, A Saint Of The Modern Church, B. According To The More Received Account, At Desenzano, In ...
Iitilitailianism
Iitilitailianism, The Name Of The Peculiar Theory Of Ethics, Or Of The Ground Of Moral Obligation, That Adopts, As The Criterion Of Right, The Happiness Of Mankind. The Word "utility" Was Employed, In This Acceptation, By Jeremy Bentham; The Form "utilitarianism" Was First Used By John Stuart Mill. The Doctrine ...
Isaac Taylor
Taylor, Isaac, B. At Lavenham, In Suffolk, 1787, D. At Stanford Rivers, In Essex, 1865, Eminent As A Christian Philosopher, Artist, And Mechanician, Was The Third Of His Name Who Attained Distinction—his Grandfather And Father (known As 'isaac Taylor Of Ongar) Being Both Named Isaac, And Each In His Way ...
Isthmus Of Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec', Isthmus Of, That Geographical Division Of Mexico Which Ex Tends Between The Gulf Of Mexico And The Pacific Ocean, In An E. And W. Direction, And Includes The Political Divisions Vera Cruz And Oaxaca. It Comprises The Atlantic Plains, Which Lie Along The Foot Of The Cordilleras, On The ...
Itmbellifere
Itmbellifere, Apiaccee Of Lindley, A Large And Important Natural Order Of Exogen Ous Plants, Containing More Than 1000 Species, Abounding Chiefly In The Temperate Regions Of The Northern Hemisphere. A Peculiar Regularity Distinguishes The Inflorescence Of Most Of This Order; A Number Of Stalks, Radiating From A Common Center At ...
Itpas
Itpas (the Malay Word For Poison) Is The Name Given To A Number Of Vegetable Poisons In The Eastern Archipelago And. The Philippine Islands. The Most Celebrated Poison Of This Kind Is Produced By The Anyar (aatiaris Toxicaria), A Tree Which Grows In The Sunda And Philippine Islands. It Attains ...
Itusa Major
Itusa Major, " The Greater Bear," And Ursa 31ecor, " The Lesser Bear," Are Two Celebrated Constellations In The Northern Hemisphere Of The Heavens. Ursa .major Was Distinguished As Early As The Time Of Homer By The Names Arktos, " The Bear," And Hamaza, "the Wagon," The Vivid Imagination Of ...
Jacques Auguste De Thou
Thou, Jacques Auguste De, Or, As His Name Is Frequently Written, Jacobus Augus Tus Thuanus, Son Of Christophe De Thou, First President Of The Parlement De Paris, Was Born In That City, Oct. 8, 1553. He Was Originally Designed For The Church, But When Old Enough To Judge For Himself, ...
Jacques Nicholas Augustin Thierry
Thierry, Jacques Nicholas Augustin, An Eminent French• Historian, Was Horn At Blois, May 10, 1795. He Received His Education In The Normal School Of His Native Town, And Became A Teacher In A Provincial School. In 1814 He Resigned This Charge, Came To Paris, And Published His First Work, Entitled ...
James Syme
Syme, James, Was Born In 1799, In The County Of Fife, And Received A Thorough Educa Tion In Art And Medicine, In The University Of Edinburgh. In His 19th Year He Began His Anatomical Studies Under Liston, Who Appointed Him His Demonstrator. From 1825 To 1832, Be Lectured On Surgery ...
James Usher
Usher, James, Archbishop Of Armagh, And By Common Consent The Most Learned Prelate That Ever Adorned The Irish Protestant Church, Belonged To One Of The Oldest Anglo-irish Families, And Was Born In Dublin, Jan. 4, 1580. His Father, Arnold Usher, One Of The Clerks In Chancery, Was A Gentleman Of ...
Jan Swammerdam
Swammerdam, Jan, A Distinguished Naturalist, Was B. At Amsterdam, Feb. 12, 1637. Swammerdam, Almost From His Boyhood, Showed The Greatest Eagerness In The Study Of Natural History. Having Entered Upon The Study Of Medicine, He Particularly Occupied Himself With Anatomy, And Continued Unremittingly To Collect Insects, To Inves Tigate Their ...
Jean Baptiste Tavernier
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, Baron N'atmonne, A Celebrated French Traveler, Was The Son Of A Flemish Engraver Who Had Settled In Paris, And Was Born There In 1605. The Conversation Of The Sevens Who Frequented His Father's Shop Inspired Him With All Ardent Curiosity To Visit Other Countries, And Prompted Him ...
Jean Lambert Tallien
Tallien, Jean Lambert, A French Revolutionist, Was Born At Paris In 1769, And First Became Notable In The Beginning Of 1792 As The Editor Of A Jacobin Journal, Called .l'ami Des Ciloyens, Meant To Be A Friendly Rival Of Karat's Ami Du Peuple. From This Date His Influence Over The ...
Johann Struensee
Struensee, Johann Frtrenfuctr, Count Of, A Man Who, In Last Century, Attracted The Attention And Excited The Sympathy Of The Whole Of Europe, By His Elevation And Downfall At The Danish Court. Strnensee Was Born Aug. 5, 1737, At Halle On The Salle, Where His Father, Adam Struensee, The Author ...
John Paizisot De La
Valette, John Paizisot De La, A Grand Master Of The Knights Of St. John, Cele Brated For His Gallant Defense Of Malta Against A Powerful Fleet Of The Turks, Which Must Be Regarded As Mainly Instrumental In Checking The Westward Progress Of The Arms Of Solyman The Great, Long The ...
John Tyndall
Tyndall, John, Physicist, Was B. Aug. 21, 1820, At Leighlin Bridge, County Car Low. He Had Few Educational Advantages. On Returning From The Continent, Where Lie Received Part Of His Education, He Found Employment In One Of The Subordinate Grades Of The Ordnance Survey. He Was Afterward Appointed Teacher Of ...
Jonathan Swift
Swift, Jonathan, The Greatest Of English Satirists, And The Most Original Writer Of His Age, Was Born In Dublin, But Of English Parents, On Nov. 30, 1667. He Was A Pos Thumous Child, Reared Amid Circumstances Of Abject Poverty And Dependence, The Rec Ollection Of Which Galled His Proud Irascible ...
Joseph Parrish Thompson
Thompson, Joseph Parrish, D.d., Ll.d., 1819-79; B. Philadelphia; Graduated At Yale College 1838; Studied Theology At Andover And New Haven; Ordained Pastor Of Chapel Street Congregational Church, New Haven, 1840 ; Minister Of Broadway Tabernacle Church (cong.), New York, 1845-71. He Was One Of The Originators Of The New Englander ...
Knights Templars
Templars, Knights, A Celebrated Religious And Military Order, Founded At Jeru Salem In The Of The 12th C., By Hugues Paganes, Geoffroy De St. Omer, And Seven Other French Knights, For The Protection Of The Holy Sepulcher, And Of Pilgrims Thither. Baldwin Ii., King Of Jerusalem, Bestowed On This Order ...
L Cornelius Sulla
Sul'la, L. Cornelius, Surnamed By Himself Felix, The Ablest Roman After The Younger Scipio Until The Appearance Of Julius Cmsar, Was B. 138 B.c. His Family Was A Member, But Not A Distinguished One, Of The Cornelian Bens, Or "clan." In 107 B.c., He Was Elected Questor, And Sent To ...