Tibullus
Tibullus, Alb/us, The Roman Elegiac Poet, Was Born Of Equestrian Family, Probably 54 B.c., And Died Young, Not Long After Virgil, About 18 B.o. We Know Nothing Of His Youth Or Education. From His Equestrian Ancestors He Inherited An Estate At Pedum, Between Tibur And Prmneste, Which, Like The Estates ...
Ticiiborne Trial
Ticiiborne Trial, A Celebrated Conspiracy Case In The Legal Records Of England, In Which An Impostor, Who Assumed The Identity Of An Heir To Claim His Estate, Was Found Guilty And Sentenced To Fourteen Years' Penal Servitude. Roger Charles Tiehborne Was Born In 1829, And After His Education In France ...
Tick
Tick, The Popular Name Of A Great Number Of Acarides (see Acanns), Forming A Sec Tion Called Suctoria, Having The Mouth In The Form Of A Sucker, With No Apparent Man Dibles. They Live By Sucking The Juices Of Plants And Animals. Some Of Them Are Aquatic. The Harvest-bug (q.v.) ...
Tides
Tides. It Was Known, At Least As Early As The Time Of Caesar, Though Probably Long Before, That The Time Of High-water, And Also The Height Of The Tide, Are In Some Way Connected With The Age Of The Moon. And Even In The Present State Of Science, What Is ...
Tiecs
Tiecs, A Brilliant And Prolific German Novelist And Poet, Was Born At Berlin, 3iay 31, 1773, And Studied At The Universities Of Halle, Gottingen, And Erlangen. He Made His First Appearance As An Author In The Straussfeder (ostrich-feather) Magazine, Conducted By Musilus (q.v.) And J. G. Muller, For Which He ...
Tien Tsin
Tien-tsin, A Large And Important City And River-port Of China, In The Province Of Chih-le, On The Right Bank Of The Pei-ho, 34 Miles From The Mouth Of That River By Land, And 68 Miles By The Windings Of The Stream. It Is The Port Of The City Of Pekin, ...
Tiger
Tiger, Felis Figs-is, One Of The Largest Of The Felidee, Equal Perhaps To The Lion In Size And Strength, And Superior In Activity. It Has No Trace Of Mane. It Is More Slender Than The Lion, Its Whole Form More Cat-like, Its Head Smaller And Rounder. All Its Motions Are ...
Tiie Sun
Sun, Tiie, The Great Luminary Upon Which Not Only Our Well-being But Our Ence Depends, Has Been From The Earliest Ages A Source Of Wonder Ad Admiration, And Its Worship Was Probably The Very First Form Of Idolatry. See Siin-worship. When The True System Of The Universe Became Known, One ...
Tiinis
Tiinis, A Country Of Africa, And One Of The Barbary States, Is Bounded On The N. By The Mediterranean, On The W. By Algeria, On The S. By The Desert, And On The E. By Tri Poli And The Mediterranean. Its Greatest Length From N. To S. Is About 440 ...
Tile Great Synagogue
Synagogue, Tile Great (keneseth Haggedolah), An Assembly Or Synod, Supposed To Have Been Founded And Presided Over By Ezra, Consisting Of 120 Men, Said To Have Been Engaged In Remodeling The National And Religious Institutions Of The Jews After The Return Froth Babylon. The Palpable Chronological Discrepancies That Occur In ...
Tillotson
Tillotson, John, Archbishop Of Canterbury, Was The Son Of A Clothier, And Was Born At Sowerby, In Yorkshire, In 1630. His Father, 11ir. Robert Tillotson, Was A Zeal Ous Puritan—a Circumstance That Is Not A Little Curious, When We Consider That The Son Ultimately Turned Out The Most Catholic Churchman ...
Tilly
Tilly, Joins; Tzerclas, Count Of, One Of The Greatest Captains Of The 17th C., Was Born In 1559, At The Château Of Tilly In Brabant. A Pupil Of The Jesuits, His Natural -sternness Of Character Inclined Him To Embrace Their Fanatical Ideas; And This Bent Of Mind Was Fixed By ...
Tilsit
Tilsit, A T. Of Prussia, In The Province Of Prussia, On The Left Bankof The Memel 'or Niemen, 65 M. N. E. Of Konigsberg. Pop. '75, 19,787. It Stands In A Fruitful Dis Trict, Called The Tilsit Flat, Has Broad Streets And A Cleanly Appearance. Its Castle And Town-hall Are ...
Timber
Timber, In Point Of English Law, When Growing On Land, Belongs To The Owner Of The Land; Or In Case Of A Lease, To The Landlord. In The Case Of A Life-estate In The Lands, The Tenant For Life, Unless Restrained By Covenant Or Agreement, Is Entitled To Estovers Or ...
Timber Trees
Timber Trees. Trees Valuable For Their Timber Are Very Numerous, And Are Found In All The Warm And Temperate Parts Of The World, Except Where The Aridity Of The Soil, Or The Sea-breeze, Prevents Their Growth. They Belong To Very Many And Widely Differ Ent Natural Orders, All Of Which, ...
Timitr
Timitr, Called Also Timur-beg And Timuilleng, From His Lameness, And Vulgarly Known Among Western Writers As Tamerlane, Was The Second Of The Great Conquerors Whom Central Asia Sent Forth In The Middle Ages, And Was B. At Sebz, 40 M. From Samar Kand, April 8,1336. His Biographers Make Him The ...
Timoleon
Timo'leon, A Great Greek General, And The Liberator Of Sicily From The Dominion Of Tyrants," Belonged To One Of The Noblest Families Of Corinth, And Was Born There About 394 N.c. Timoleon's Brother, Tiraophanes, Having Made Himself Tyrant Of His Native City- Timeleon Either Killed Him With His Own Hand, ...
Timor
Timor, The Most Important Of The Chain Of Islands Which Stretch Eastward From Java, Lies In 8° 16' To 10° 25' S. Lat. And 125° 25' To 127° 10' E. Long., Has An Area Of 8,820 Sq.m., And Pop. Of About 400,000. A Chain Of Wood-clad Mountains Runs Throughout Its ...
Tin Plate
Tin-plate. The Manufactere Of This Article Forms A Branch Of The Iron Trade. The Art Of Tinning Plate-iron Is Said To Have Been Invented In Bohemia, About The Beginning Of The 16th C., Although The Tinning Of Copper Was Known Some Time Earlier. Tin-plate Was First Made In England About ...
Tinamid Ze
Tinamid Ze, A Family Of Gallinaceous Birds Inhabiting The Tropical Portions Of South America, Having Many Remarkable Features In Their Internal Organization, And With The Striking External Character That The Tail Is Exceedingly Short Or Entirely Absent. They Are Intermediate In Form Between The Phasianidee And The Bustards, Having The ...
Tindal
Tindal, Dr. Matthew, A Notable Deistical Writer, Was The Son Of A Clergyman At Beer-ferris, In Devonshire, Where He Was Born About 1657. He Was Educated At Lincoln: And Exeter Colleges, Oxford; Took The Degree Of B.a. In 1676; And Shortly After Was Elected Fellow Of All Souls' College. In ...
Tinea
Tinea Is A Term Somewhat Vaguely Employed To Designate Certain Parasitic Diseases Of The Skin, And Especially Of The Scalp. Three Of The Most Important Varieties Of Tinea, Viz., Tinea Circinatus (ringworm Of The Body), Tinea Tonsurans (ringworm Of The Scalp), And Nnea Sycosis (ringworm Of The Beard), Have Been ...
Tinoceras
Tinoceras, An Extinct Genus Of Herbivorous Mammals From The Eocene Formation Of Wyoming And Utah, The First Known Members Of The New Order Dinoeeraa, So Named From The Best Known Genus Dinoceras, Which May Be Regarded As The Typical One, And Characterized As Follows: Skull Long And Narrow; Facial Portion ...
Tintoretto
Tintoretto, A Venetian Historical Painter, So Called From The Fact Of His Father Being A Dyer (union), But Whose Real Name Was Jacoro Robusti, Was B. In 1512. He Studied For A Short Time Under Titian, Hut Appears To Have Been For The Most Part Self Taught. His Motto Was ...
Tipperary
Tippera'ry, An Inland County Of The Province Of Munster, Ireland, Bounded On The A. By Waterford; And On The Iv. By Cork, Limerick, Clare, And Galway. Area, 1659 Sq.m., Or 1,061,731 Acres, Of Which 843,837 Are Arable, 178,183 Uncultivated, 2,359 In Towns, And The Rest Under Plantations And Water. Pop., ...
Tippoo Sahib
Tippoo Sahib, Sultan Of Mysore, And Son Of Hyder Ali (q.v.), Was B. In 1749. Efforts Were Made To Carefully Instruct Him In The Various Branches Of Learning Culti Vated By _mohammedans; But Tippoo Much Preferred The Practice Of Athletic Exercises, And The Companionship Of The French Officers In His ...
Tiraboschi
Tiraboschi, Gineramo, An Eminent Italian Author, Was B. At Bergamo, Dec. 28, 1731, Studied At Monza, And Afterward Entered The Order Of The Jesuits. Toward 1766 He Was Appointed Professor Of Rhetoric At Milan, Where He Wrote His First Work, Vetera Aumiliatorum Monurnenta (1766); And In 1770 Succeeded Father Granelli ...
Tiryns
Tiryns, An Ancient City Of Argolis', In The Peloponnesus, One Of The Very Oldest Cities Of Greece, Situated A Short Distance S.e. Of Argos, Near The Head Of The Argolic Gulf. According To The Common Tradition It Was Founded By Prcetus, A Mythic King Of Argo Lis; And Its Massive ...
Titanium
Titanium (sym. Ti, Eq. 25—new System, 50—sp. Gr. Undetermined) Is A Compara Tively Rare Metal, Which, According To The Method By Which It Is Procured, Occurs As A Gray, Heavy, Iron-like Powder, Which Burns With Brilliant Scintillations In The Air, And Is Converted Into Titanic Acid, Or In Prismatic Crystals. ...
Titanotherium
Titanothe'rium, An Extinct Genus Of Mammals From The "bad Lands" Of White River Of Dakota, Probably Of The Miocene Formation. They Were Discovered By Dr. H. A. Prout, And Named By Dr. Leidy Titanotheriuni They Belong To The Extinct Family Brontotheridte, Which Includes As Many As Four Genera, Titanotheriurn, Rneyacerops ...
Titeodore Strong
' Strong, Titeodore, Ll.d., 1790-1869; B. Mass. ; Graduated At Yale In 1812, Taking The Mathematical Prize; Tutor In Mathematics At Hamilton College, 1812-16; Professor Of Mathematics At Hamilton, 1816-27. A New Geometrical Demonstration By Him Of The Values Of Sines And Co-sines Of The Sum And Difference Of Two ...
Tithes A S
Tithes (a. S. Teotha, A Tenth; Lat. Decima, I.e., Pars, A Tenth Part), The Tenth Part Of The Produce Of The Land, Which, By Ancient Usage, And Subsequently By Law, Is Set Aside For The Support Of ,the Clergy, And Other Religious Uses. This Provision For The Clergy Passed At ...
Titles Of Honor
Titles Of Honor, Designations To Which Certain Persons Are Legally Entitled, In Consequence Of Possessing Particular Dignities Or Offices. King And Emperor Are Titles Of Honor Belonging To The Sovereigns Of Different Countries; And Your Majesty Is The Form Of Address To Which, By The Usage Of Most European Countries, ...
Titular
Titular One Who Enjoys The Bare Title Of An Office, Without The Actual Possession Of That Office. Thus, The English Kings Styled Themselves Kings Of France From The Time Of Henry Iv. Down To The Year 1800; And Previous To The Recent Changes In Italy, The King Of Sardinia, As ...
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus, Emperor Of Rome. Was The Eldest Son Of Vespasianus (q.v.) And Flavia Domitilla, And Was Born At Rome, Dec. 30, 40 A.d. Brought Up At The Court Of Nero Along With 13ritannicus, The Son Of The Emperor Claudius, He Received An Excellent Training Both Of Body ...
Tivoli
Tivoli (anc. Tibia.), A Poor T. Of Central Italy, Province Of Rome, 18 M.e. From Rome, Stands On The Slope Of Monte Ripoli, One Of The.apennines. Tivoli Is Walled, And Has A Fortress. The Streets Are Steep, Narrow, And Beset By Beggars. There Is A Fine Cath Drat Formerly A ...
Toad
Toad, Bufo, A Genus Of Batrachia, Of The Anaurous Or Tailless Section Of The Eadueibran Chiata. See Batractiia. The Original Genus Has Been Subdivided, And Is Now Consti Tuted Into A Family, Bufonicke, To All Which The Popular Name Toad Is Often Extended. The Form Resembles That Of The Frogs, ...
Toast
Toast (lat. Tostus, Scorched Or Roasted) Is The Name Given To Bread Dried Or Scorched Before The Fire. So Early As The 16th C. Toasted Bread Formed A Favorite Addition To Eng Lish Drinks. Sack Was Drunk With Toast, And So Was Punch. The Practice Of Drinking Healths, Particularly That ...
Tobacco
Tobacco (ante). The Culture Of Tobacco Began In Virginia With The First Settle Ment Of The Colony. It Is Recorded That In 1615 The Gardens, Fields, And Even The Streets Of Jamestown Were Planted With Tobacco; Which Immediately Became, Not Only The Staple Crop, But The Principal Currency Of The ...
Tobacco
Tobacco (of Uncertain Derivation, But Most Probably From The Native American Name), A Genus (nicotiana) Of Plants Of The Natural Order Solanacea, Having Large Broad Leaves; A Five-parted Calyx; A Funnel-shaped, Five-lobed Corolla, And Five Stamens; The Flowers Growing In Panicles At The Top Of The Stem; The Fruit A ...
Tobacco Pipes
Tobacco-pipes, Are Made Of Various Materials, The Commonest In Europe A Fine White Clay, Which Has Consequently Received The Name Of Pipe-clay. Their Usual Form Is Too Well Known To Need Description, But The Manufacture Of A Clay Tobacco-pipe Is By No Means A Simple Affair. The First Part Of ...
Tobago
Toba'go, One Of The Windward Islands (see Antilles) Belonging To Britian, Lies 60• M. S.e. Of Grenada, And 18 M. N.e. Of Trinidad, Is 32 M Long, From 6 To 9 Broad, And Has An Area Of 97 Sq. Miles. The Island Was Discovered By Columbus In 1498, And Named ...
Tobay
Tobay, A Species Of Wine Obtained From The Vines Which Grow On The Hegyallya Mountains, A Group Stretching D. And N.e. Of Tokay. The Tokay Wine-district Com Prises About 15,000 English Imperial Acres, The Produce From The Mezesmali, A Detached Rounded Eminence Near Tokay, Being Most Esteemed. Great Care Is ...
Todawars Todars
Todars, Todawars, Or A Remarkable Race Inhabiting The Upper Part Of Neilgherry Mountains (q.v.), In Southern Hindustan. They Are Rapidly Diminishing • "written Also Toda, Thoda, Thodawur. The Name Of A Pastoral People Inhabiting The Nilghlri Mountains, And Claiming To Be The Original Occupants And Proprietors Of The Whole Of ...
Toland
Toland, Jolts, A Well-known Deistical Writer, Of The 17th And 18th C., Was B. Near The Village Of Redcastle, In The Co. Of Londonderry, Ireland, Nov. 30, 1669 (or 1670). His Parents Were Roman Catholics, And He Was Brought Up In That Religion. His Baptismal Name Was James Junius; But ...
Tole Do
Tole Do, A Famous City Of Spain, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, And Long The Capital Of The Whole Country, Stands On The N. Bank Of The Tagus, By Which It Is Encompassed On Three Sides, 55 In. S.s. W. Of Madrid By Railway. It Is Situated ...
Toledo
Toledo (ante), The Co. Seat Of Lucas Co., Ohio, On The Toledo, Canada Southern And Detroit, The Toledo And Maumee Narrow Gauge, The Toledo, Delphos And Burlington, The Toledo And Grand Rapids, The Toledo And North-western, The Toledo, Peoria And Warsaw, The Toledo And Ann Arbor, The Lake Shore And ...
Toledo War
Toledo War, A Dispute Between The State Of Ohio And The Then Territory Of Michigan, Which Arose In 1835 From Questions As To Boundary. Congress In The Ordi Nance Of 1787 Had Reserved The Right To Form New States Out Of The Part Of Territory N.w. Of The Ohio River ...
Toleration
Toleration Is The Liberty Which, In Some Countries Where A Particular Form Of Religion Is Established By Law, Is Allowed To Nonconformists To Publicly Teach And Defend Their Theological And Ecclesiastical Opinions, And To Worship Whom And How They Please, Or Not At All. But No Permission Is Thereby Given ...
Tollens
Tollens, Hendrlx, The Most Popular Dutch Poet Of Modern Times, Was Born At Rot Terdam, Sept. 24, 1780. At The Early Age Of 14, His Father, A Merchant In Dyestuffs, Placed Him In His Counting-house, And First Looked Favorably Upon, But Afterward Discouraged The Boy's Poetical Efforts. The Sympathies Of ...
Tomato Or Love Apple
Tomato Or Love-apple, Lyeopersicum Esculentum, A Plant Of The Natural Order Solanacex, Formerly Ranked In The Genus Solanum, And Known As S. Lycoperiscum. The Genus Lycoperiscum Is Distinguished By A 5-6-parted Calyx, A Wheel-shaped 5-6-cleft Corolla, 5 Stamens, And A 2-3 Celled Berry, With Hairy Seeds. The Tomato Is An ...
Tomboocto Timbuct00
Timbuc't00, Tomboocto, Or Timmiktu, A Famous City Of Sudan, Occupies A Position Of The Highest Commercial Importance On The Great North-western Bend Of The Niger; Lat. 17° 37' N., Long. 3° 5' West. It Stands Only A Few Feet Above The Level Of The Niger, And At A Distance Of ...
Tomsk
Tomsk, A Trading T. Of Siberia, Capital Of The Government Of The Same Name, On The Tom, A Tributary Of The Ob, 2,809 M. E. Of St. Petersburg, In Lat. 56° 30' N., And Long. 84° 58' East. Situated On The Great Trading Highway Of Siberia, It Is The Seat ...
Tongue
Tongue, Trre, Is A Symmetrical Muscular Oroan, Extending From The Hyoid Bone Backward And Downward, To The Lips In Front, And Occupying The Buccal Cavity. The Superior Surface, Borders, And Anterior Third Of The Inferior Surface Are Free; While The Remaining Parts Are Attached To Adjacent Parts By The Investing ...
Tonic Solfa
Tonic Solfa. Various Attempts Have Been Made At Different Times To Introduce A Musical Notation In Which The Staff With Its Lines And Spaces Is Dispensed With. Jean Jacques Rousseau Suggested, But Afterward Discarded, A Notation Where The Notes Of The Scale Were Indicated By The Arabic Numerals. A System ...
Tonnage
Tonnage, In Regard To Ships, Is The Measure Of Capacity, The Ton Being One Not Of Weight, But Of Cubic Content—i.e., 40 Cubic Feet. Very Early In The History Of Naviga Tion, Some Scale Must Have Been Established By Which The Relative Capacity Of Different Vessels Could Be Determined. In ...
Tonnage_2
Tonnage (more Properly Tunnage) And Poundage, Certain Duties On Wine And Other Merchandise, Which Began To Be Levied In England In The Reign Of Edward Iii. They Were At First Granted To The Crown By The Vote Of Parliament For A Limited Number Of Years, And Renewed On Their Expiry. ...
Tonsure
Tonsure (lat. Tonsura, A Shaving, From Tondeo, I Shave), A Religious Observance Of The Roman Catholic And Oriental Churches, Which Consists In Shaving Or Cutting The Hair As A Sign Of The Dedication Of The Person To The Special Service Of God And Commonly To The Public Ministry Of Religion. ...
Tontine
Tontine'. This Term Is Derived From The Name Of Tonti, A Neapolitan, Who Seems To Have Been The First Propounder Of A-scheme For A Financial Association Of Which The Prize Or Prizes Were To Accrue To The Longest Liver Or Livers. Generally, In An Association On What Is Called The ...
Tooke
Tooke, Jofot Horne, A Celebrated Etymologist And Political Adventurer, Was The Son Of John Home, A London Poulterer, And Was B. In That City, June, 1736. He Was Edu Cated First At Westminster And Eton, And Afterward At St. John's College, Cambridge, Where He Took The Degree Of B.a. In ...
Topaz
Topaz, A Mineral, Ranked By Mineralogists Among Gems (q. V.), And The Finer. Varieties Of Which Are Much Valued Both For Their Luster And The Beauty Of Their Colors. It Is Composed Chiefly Of Alumina And Silica, The Former, In General, More Than 50 Per Cent Of The Whole, With ...
Tope
Tope Is The Vernacular Name Of Buddhistic Monuments Intended For The Preservation Of Relics. In Ceylon And Elsewhere They Are Also Called Dagops; And Another Of Their Desig Nations Is Chaitya. The Difference Between These Terms Results From Their Meaning. Tope Is The Pali Thilpa, And The Sanskrit Stapa ' ...
Toronto
Toronto, The Capital City Of The Province Of Ontario, Canada, Stands On The N. Shore Of Lake Ontario, In Lat. 43° 39' N., Long. 79° 23' W.. 165 M. From Kingston, And 323 M. From Montreal. It Is Over 2 M. In Length Between E. And W., Is Bounded On ...
Torpedo
Torpedo. During The War Between Great Britain And The United States In 1812-14, This Name Was Applied To Certain Mysterious Boats Invented By Fulton And Other Ameri Cans For The Purpose Of Navigating Beneath The Surface Of The Water, And Injuring The Bottoms Of Hostile Vessel's. In Those Days Of ...
Torpedo_2
Torpedo (ante). The Machine Is A Development Of An Idea Which Dates Back To The Invention Of Gunpowder—the Petard On Land, The Powder-ship At Sea ; But Bushnell, Of Connecticut, Appears To Have Invented At Once, During Our War Of The Revolution, The Two Factors Of Success—a Sunken Boat And ...
Torquato Tasso
Tasso, Torquato, One Of The Greatest Poets Of Italy, Was The Son Of The Preceding, And Was Born At Sorrento In Naples, Mar. 11, 1544. His Earliest Education Was Received From The Jesuits. During His Childhood, Tasso's Father Was An Exile, But The Affectionate Solicitude Of His Mother Well Supplied ...
Torquay
Torquay, A Watering-place On The S. Coast Of Devon, Occupying A Cove On The N. Side Of Tor Bay, 23 M. From Exeter, And About 210 From London. The Name Is Derived From The Celtic "tor" (q.v.), A Hill, Which Occurs In The Appellations Of The Neighboring Peaks Of Dartmore ...
Tortoise
Tortoise, Testudo, A Genus Of Chelonian Reptiles, Which Once Included The Whole Order, But Is Now Much Restricted. The Popular Name Tortoise Is Never Given To Ties Marine Chelonians, Which Are Called Turtles (q.v.), And Although It Is Sometimes Given —generally With A Prefix,:as Marsh Tortoise, River Tortoise, Fresh-water Tortoise—to ...
Tortoise Shell
Tortoise-shell, The Large Scales Of The Carapace, Or Shield, Of A Species Of Sea Turtle, The Chelonia Imbricata And Testudo Mbricata Of Several Authors—caretta Imbricate& Of Dr. Gray. It Is Found In The Indian Ocean, Amboyna, New Guinea, Seychelles, Havana, And The Red Sea. Tortoise-shell Is So Called Because Formerly ...
Torture
Torture. Examination By Torture, Otherwise Called "the Question," Has Largely Used In Many Countries As A Judicial Instrument For Extracting Evidence From Unwilling Witnesses, Or Confessions From Accused Persons. In Ancient Athens, Slaves Were Always Examined By Torture, And Their Evidence Seems On This Account To Have Been Deemed More ...
Totem
Totem. The Ruder Races Of Men Are Found Divided Into Tribes, Each Of Which Is Usually Imbed After Some Animal, Vegetable, Or Thing Which Is An Object Of Veneration Or Worship To The Tribe: This Animal, Vegetable, Or Thing Is The Totem Or God Of The Tribe. From The Tribe ...
Toucan
Toucan, Ramphastos, A Linnwan Genus Of Birds Now Forming The Family Ramphas Tide, Which Belongs To The Order Scansores, And Contains Nearly Forty Known Species, All Natives Of Tropical America, And Remarkable For The Magnitude Of The Bill. They Are Divided Into Two Groups, The True Toucans (ramphastos), And The ...
Touch
Touch Is The Sense Through Which We Take Cognizance Of The Palpable Properties Of Bodies. It Is Used In Two Senses. In Its Extended Acceptation, It Implies, Says Dr. Car Penter, "our Consciousness Of All Those Sensory Impressions Which Are Neither Visual, Auditory, Nor Gustative: And It Is Therefore Designated ...
Toulon
Toulon, A Great Sea-port And Naval Arsenal Of France, In The Dep. Of Var, Stands On The Shore Of The Mediterranean, 37 In. S.e. Of Marseilles, With Which It Is Connected By Railway. It Stands At The Head Of A Deeply Penetrating Inlet Or Gulf, Rises In The Form Of ...
Toulouse
Toulouse (anc. Tolosa), An Important City In The S. Of France, Capital Of The Dep. Of The Haute-garonne, Is Situated In A Broad And Pleasant Plain, On The Right Bank Of The River Garonne, 160 M. By Railway S.e. Of Bordeaux. Pop. '76, 120,208. The Canal Du Midi Sweeps Round ...
Tourniquet
Tourniquet, An Instrument For Compressing The Main Artery Of The Thigh Or Arm, Either For The Purpose Of Preventing Too Great It Foss Of Blood In Amputation, Or To Check Dangerous Hemorrhage From Accidental Wounds, Or To Stop The Circulatiou Through An Aneurism. The Common Tourniquet Consists Of Three Parts—viz., ...
Tours
Tours, A City Of France, Capital Of The Dep. Of Indre-et-loire, And Formerly Capital Of Touraine, Stands In The Midst. Of A Fertile But Fiat Valley, 146 M. S.w. Of Paris. Along Its N. Side Runs The Loire, And Along Its S. Side The Cher—these Two Rivers Uniting About 25 ...
Toussaint
Toussaint, Fitaxgois Doltrmclue, Surnamed L'ouverture, Was B. At Buda, In St. Domingo In 1743. His Father And Mother Were Both African Slaves. When The French Revolution Broke Out, It Found Him In The Position Of Coachman To A M. De Libertat, Who Appears Also To Have Employed Him As A ...
Tow1t Cotincil
Tow1t-cotincil Is The Governing Body In A Municipal Corporation, Elected By The Rate-payers. The Town-council Administers The Affairs Of The Borough In Relation To Its Common Property And To A Variety Of Other Matters, Appointihg The Several Officers Required For This Purpose. It Is Also Charged With Important Functions In ...
Tower Of London
Tower Of London, In Feudal Days, A Powerful Fortress; Then, And Long After, A State Prison Of Gloomy Memories; Now, A Government Storehouse And Armory, And Still, In Some Sense, A Stronghold. Is An Irregular Quadrilateral Collection Of Buildings On Rising Ground Adjoining The Thames, And Immediately To The E. ...
Town Clerk
Town-clerk Is The Clerk To A Municipal Corporation, Elected By The Town Council. In England, He Holds His Office During Pleasure, And His Salary Is Paid Out Of The Borough Funds. His Duties Are: To Take Charge Of The Voting Papers In The Election Of Councilors, To Keep The Records ...