Thermo Electricity
Thermo-electricity Is A Term Introduc Ed A Few Years Ago Into Natural Philosophy, To Sig Nify The Electrical Current, Excited In A Circuit Of Conductors, When The Equilibrium Of Its Heat Is Dis Turbed In Such A Manner As To Cause Therein A Circu Lation Of Caloric. Thermoelectricity Being A ...
Thermometer
Thermometer; From The Greek Words Beglzos, Heat, And Pprg", A Measure ; An Instrument Adapted For The Comparative Estimation Of The Temperature Of Bodies. That The Idea Of Any Instrumental Measurement Of Heat Is Wholly Of Modern Invention Seems Beyond A Doubt, Since In The Writings Of The Ancients We ...
Third Class Lo Oal
Third Class. -lo Oal Diseases. These, For The Most Part, Are Diseases Connected With Those That Are Not, We Shall Con Sider First. Poi.r.-evm Is The Name Given To A Tumor Or Ab Scess Which Forms Behind The Poll, In The Cavity Be Tween The Occiput And First Cervical Vertebra:. ...
Thomas Augustine Arne
Arne, Thomas Augustine, A Celebrated Composer Of Music, Was Born In 1710, And Was The Son Of A Cele Brated Upholsterer In King Street, London. After Re Ceiving A Good School Education, Be Was Sent To Eton, Where His Talents For Music First Began To Display Them Selves. When He ...
Thomas Ba Rlow
Ba Rlow, Thomas, Was Born At Langhill, In Westmoreland, In The Year 1607 ; And Was Descend Ed From The Ancient Family Of Barlow-moore In Lan Cashire. He Received The First Elements Of His Educa Tion At The Free School Of Appleby ; And, In The Six Teenth Year Of ...
Thomas Birch
Birch, Thomas, Was Born In London In The Year 1705. His Parents Were Quakers ; And His Fa Ther, Who Was A Maker Of Coffee-mills, Intending To Instruct Him In His Own Profession, Consented With Re Luctance To Indulge His Predilection For Literary Pur Suits. He Received The Elements Of ...
Thomas Chatterton
Chatterton, Thomas. This Astonishing Young Man Was Born On The 20th Of November 1750. His Father Was Originally A Writing Usher To A School In Tol ; Afterwards A Singer In The Cathedral ; And Lastly Ter Of A Free School In The Same City. He Died Three Months Before ...
Thomas Edwards
Edwards, Thomas, A Critic And A Poet, Was Born In London Or Its Vicinity, In The Year 1699, And Received Isis Grammatical Education At Eton School. Ile Entered Upon The Study Of The Law At Lincoln's Inn, With The View Of Practising At The Bar ; But Was Discouraged By ...
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes, Thomas, Celebrated As A Literary And Philo Sophical Character, But Chiefly For The Peculiarities Of His Moral And Political Doctrines, Was The Son Of A Plain Unlet Tered Clergyman Of Maimesbury, Wiltshire. He Was Born On The 5th Of April, 1588, At The Crisis When This Country Was Menaced ...
Thomas Otway
Otway, Thomas, A Celebrated Tragic Poet, Was Born At Trotton, Near 'midhurst, In The County Of Sussex, In The Year 1651. His Father Was Rector Of Woolbedding ; And, After Receiving His Education At Wykeham School, Near Winchester, He Was Entered A Commoner Of Christ's Church, Oxford, In 1669. Upon ...
Thomas Pennant
Pennant, Thomas, Distinguished As A Tourist, And For His Acquaintance With Natural History And Antiquities, Was Born At Downing, In Flintshire, In The Year 1726. His School Education Commenced At Wrexham, And Was Com Pleted At Fulham, From Whence He Removed To Oxford, For The Purpose Of Studying Jurisprudence, Though ...
Thomas Reid
Reid, Thomas, D.d. A Celebrated Scotch Metaphy Sician, Was Born At Strachan, In The County Of Kincar Dine, In April 1710. His Father, Lewis Reid, Was Minis Ter Of That Parish ; And His Mother, Who Was The Daughter Of Mr. Gregory Of Kinnairdie, In Banffshire, Was The Sister Of ...
Thomas Simpson
Simpson, Thomas, A Celebrated English Mathe Matician, Was Born At Market Bosworth In Leicester Shire, In 1710. He Was Brought Up To His Father's Profession Of A Weaver, But Such Was His Love Of Study, That He Soon Quitted His Profession And Supported Him Self By Teaching A School. An ...
Tiberius Cla Atticus
Atticus, Tiberius Cla Vows Herodes, An •opulent And Munificent Citizen Of Athens. He Was Descended From A Noble Family Of Large Possessions In The District Of Marathon, Whose Lineage Was Traced Back As Far As Miltiades, The Great Hero Of The Place. His Grandfather, Hipparchus, Having Been Proscrib Ed, And ...
Tiberius Claudius Drusus Claudius
Claudius, Tiberius Claudius Drusus C/esar, The Fifth Of The Roman Emperors, Was Born At Lyons, About Ten Years Before The Birth Of Christ. His Father, Nero Claudius Drusus, Was The Second Son Of Livia, The Wife Of Augustus ; And Antonia, His Mother, Was The Daughter Of Antony And Octavia. ...