Tactics
Tactics, We Regret That Our Limits Will Not Permit Us To Do Justice To This Very Important Subject, Associa Ted As It Is With All That Is Glorious In Our Beloved Eountry,—with The Most Illustrious Names Of Mo Dern Times; And Calling Up In Glowing Colours The Victories Of St. ...
Tactics An
Tactics. An Army Consists Of An Indefinite Number Of Armed Assembled Together And Placed Under A Certain State Of Discipline, For The Purpose Of Carrying On War. It May Be Divided Into Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers. The Infantry Consists Of Regular Infantry Of The Line, . _ And Light ...
Tain
Tain, A Royal Burgh And County Town Of The Shire Of Ross, Is Situated On The South Side Of The Firth Of Taira Or Dornoch, Which Separates Ross From Suth Erland. It Is Conjectured That The Name Is Derived From The Term Thane, As The Thanes Of Ross Are Said ...
Tain
Tain, In This Encyclopaedia, Will Be Found A History Of The Island From Its First Population By The Celts, Until The Arri Val Of The Saxons In The Year 449. As Our Constitution, Our National Character, The Tone Of Our Manners And Feel Ings, And Our Language, Are, In A ...
Talbot
Talbot, County Of Maryland, Bounded S. And Se. By Choptank River, Separating It From Dor Chester County, Maryland; E. By Choptank And Tuckahoe Rivers, Separating It From Caroline Coun Ty; N. By Queen Anne County; And Nv. And Sw. By Chesapeake Bay. Greatest Length Almost Ex Actly On One Degree ...
Tallahasse
Tallahasse, Post Town, Scat Of Justice For Leon County, And Seat Of Government For The Terri Tory Of Florida, Is Situated About 30 Miles Inland And North Of St. Mark's Bay Of The Gulf Of Mexico; About 50 A Little E. Of N. From Ocklockonne Bay, 200 Miles Nw. By ...
Tanagra
Tanagra, Lin. &c. Tanager. Tangara Of Tern. &c. Bill Short, Strong, Hard, Triangular At The Base, Slightly Depressed, More Or Less Conical, Much Compressed At The Point, Which Is Bent, The Upper Mandible Longer Than The Under, And Notched, Edges Of The Mandibles Bent Inwards, Ridge Elevated, Under Mandible Straight, ...
Tanning
Tanning Is The Art Of Converting Into Leather The Gelatinous Parts Of The Skins Of Animals By Im Pregnating Them With Tannin. The Skins Chiefly Employed Are Those Of Bulls, Oxen, Cows, Stc. Which Are Converted Into Leather For The Soles Of Shoes, And Those Of Calves, Seals, Etc. Which ...
Tantalus
Tantalus, Lin. Tern. Who Has Much Circumscribed Its Range. Couricaca, Ibis, Of Former Ornithologists. Bill Very Long, Straight, Without A Nasal Foss, A Little In Flected At The Tip, Which Is Curved, The Upper Mandible Arched, The Base Broad, Sides Ciliated, Tip Compressed And Cylindrical, Edges Of' Both Mandibles Much ...
Tappahanoc
Tappahanoc, Post Village, And Seat Of Jus Tice, Essex County, Virginia, Situated On The Right Bank Of Rappahannoc River, By Post Road 109 Miles A Little E. Of S. From Washington City, And 50 Miles Ne. From Richmond. N. Lat. 58', Long. 0° 10' E. From The Meridian Of W. ...
Tartary
Tartary, A Name Given To A Very Extensive Tract Of Country In Central Asia, Bounded By Ara Bia And Russia On The North, And The Confines Of China, India, And Persia On The South. It Is Di Vided Into Two Great Portions, Independent Tartary And Chinese Tartary. Independent Tartary Is ...
Tasso
Tasso, Tonquato, A Celebrated Italian Poet, Was Born At Sorreno On The 11th March 1544. At A School Of The Jesuits At Naples, To Which He Went At The Age Of Five, He Made Such Rapid Progress, That In The 7th Year Of His Age He Recited Composi Tions Of ...
Taste Of Touch
Of Touch, Taste, And Smell The Sense Of Touch Is The Most Important After Those Of Sight And Hearing. The Term Has Been Frequently Applied Indefinitely, To Express Every Sensation Of Impression Which Could Not Be Referred Either To Sight, Hearing, Smell, Or Taste. The Sensations Of Touch Are, However, ...
Taunton
Taunton. Capital Of Bristol County, Massa Chusetts, On The West Side Of Taunton River, 21 Miles East Of Providence And 36 South Of Boston. It Is A Pleasant Town. Population In 1830, 5798. In 1652, The First Extensive Iron Works In North America Were Erected In This Town. The Nail ...
Tazewell
Tazewell, One Of The South-eastern Counties Of Virginia, Bounded On The North By The Tug Fork Of Sandy River, Separating It From Logan County ; North-east By Giles; East And South-east By Walk Er's Mountain, Separating It From \vythe ; South By Clinch Mountain, Separating It From Washington ; South-west ...
Tdomas Heywood
Heywood, Tdomas. This Author Was An Actor As As Well As A Writer, And Flourished In The Reigns Of Elizabeth, Lanes I. And Charles 1. The Date Of His Birth And Death, (we Might Almost Add, The Whole History Of His Life,) Is Unknown, Except His Profession And Character As ...
Teche
Teche, River Of Louisiana, Rising In The North Ern Prairies Of Opelousas, N. Lat. 40'. The Drains Of These Savannahs, After Flowing 7 Or Is Divides Into Two Channels ; One Flows Northwardly Into The Courtableau River, Whilst The Other Pursues A Southeastern Course. This Remarkable Separation Of Currents Is ...
Tegin Bender
Bender, T.egin, Or Tekin, A Fortified Town Of European Turkey, And The Capital Of Bessarabia, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Dniester, And Is Celebrated As The Residence Of Charles Xii., When He Threw Himself On The Protection Of The Turks After The Battle Of Pultowa. Bender Received ...
Telegraph
Telegraph From 'm X'at A Distance, And Netlew To Write, Is The Name Given To A Piece Of Mechanism For The Rapid Communication Of Intelligence By Sig Nals. When We Find That Some Of,,the Most Savage Na Tions Of Modern Times Are Acquainted With The Use Of Signals, It Would ...
Teneriffe
Teneriffe, The Name Of One Of The Canary Islands, Situated On The West Coast Of Africa. In A Long Article On The Canary Islands In Vol. V. P. 259-265 We Have Already Treated Most Of The General Topics Which Relate To This Island, And It Remains Only To Notice Some ...
Tennant
Tennant, Smurnson, A Celebrated English Chemist, Was Born At Selby In Yorkshire, On The 30th November 1761, And Was The Son Of The Reverend Calvert Tennant, Vicar Of Selby. After Receiving The Elements Of His Education At Scerton, 'i'adcaster, And Bromley, He Went To Edinburgh In 1781 To Study Medicine, ...
Tennessee
Tennessee, River Of The United States, Drain Ing The Much Larger Portion Of The State Of The Same Name, And Also A Part Of Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, And Mississippi. Speaking Generally, Tennessee River Is Composed Of Powell's, Clinch, Holston, French Broad, Ten Nessee Proper, Hiwassee, Duck, And ...
Terceras Azores
Azores, Terceras, Or Isles, Are A Group Of Islands Lying In The Atlantic Ocean, About 800 Miles West Of Cape St Vincent, And Almost At An Equal Distance From Europe, Africa, And Ame Rica. They Are Discovered From A Great Distance At Sea, On Account Of A High Mountain, Called ...
Tetrad
Tetrad, Lill. Grous. Bill Short And Thick, Arched Above, Convex, Bent Down Towards The Tip ; Nostrils Basal, Half Closed With An Arch Ed Scale Above, And Invested With Small Feathers ; Eye Brows Naked, Warty, And Scarlet ; Tarsi Feathered; Wings Short And Rounded. An Appropriate Characteristic Of The ...
Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury, A Market And Borough Town Of England In Gloucestershire, Is Situated In The Vale Of Evesham, On The East Bank Of The Avon. The Town Consists Of Three Spacious Streets Composed Chiefly Of Brick Houses. The High Street Is Long, Spacious, And Elegant. The Houses Which Are Good, Are ...
Texas
Texas. Previously To The Revolution Which Se Cured The Independence Of Mexico, Texas Formed One Of The Internal Provinces (provincias Interims) Of New-spain, Which, With The Adjoining Province Of Coahuila, Constituted An Important Part Of The Intendancy Of San Luis Potosi. This Sub-division Of New•spain, Then So Called, Comprehended The ...
The Elephant
The Elephant. This Has Long Been One Of The Most Remarkable, As It Is One Of The Most Widely Distributed Of The Fossil Mammalia. Many Of The Skeletons Particularly, Those Of Asia And America, Have Been Popularly Called Mammoth, A Term Borrowed From The Russains. It Is Not Supposed That ...
The Head
The Head, The Second Division Of The Skeleton, Fig. 6. The French Shoe. Comprehends The Cranium And The Face. Fig. 7. The Persian, Tuskish, And Arabian Shoe. The Cranium, Skull, Or Brain-case, Is Composed Of Fig. 8. The Barbary Shoe. Ten Bones, Or Separable Pieces; Six Of Which Fig. 9. ...
The Huhs
The Huhs, From Whom The Kingdom .of Hungary Derives Its Name, Are The Hiong-nau Of The Chinese, And Were A Na Tion Of Tartars, Who Had Their Ancient, Perhaps Their Origi Nal, Seat In An Extensive Barren Tract Of Country, Immedi Rtely On The North Side Of The Great Wall ...