Thomas Crofton Choker
Choker, Thomas Crofton, Was Born January 15, 1793, In The City Of Cork, Ireland. He Was The Only Son Of Major Thomas Croker, Of The 3sth Regiment Of Foot. At The Age Of Fifteen He Became An Apprentice In A Mercantile Establishment Iu Cork. Between The Years 1812 And 1818 ...
Thomas Cromwell
Cromwell, Thomas, Was Born At Putney, Near London, Where, As Is Said, His Father Was A Blacksmith, And Afterwards A Brewer. The Date Of His Birth Is Not Recorded, But It Was Probably About 1490. He Was Taught Reading, Writing, And A Little Latin ; And As Soon As He ...
Thomas Cubit1
Cubit1', Thomas, Was Born In 1788, And Was The Son Of A Labouring Man At Buxton, A Village In Norfolk. Thrown Early Ou His Own Resources, And Denied The Advantages Of What Is Called A Liberal Education, He Nevertheless Rose Into Eminence By Skill And Industry Combined With Integrity, And ...
Thomas Day
Day, Thomas, Was Born At London Iu 1748. His Father Held A Place In The Customhouse, And Died When Thomas Was A Year Old, Leaving Him A Fortune Of 1200/. A Year. He Received His School Educa Tion At The Charterhouse, And At The Age Of Sixteen Was Entered A ...
Thomas De Quincey
"de Quincey, Thomas, One Of The Most Remarkable English Writers Of The 19th Century, Was Born In Manchester In Or About The Year 1786. Ile Was The Fifth Child And Second Son Of A Family Of Eight, Born To His Father, A Manchester Merchant In Wealthy Circumstances, Who Died While ...
Thomas Dempster
Dempster, Thomas, Was The Son Of Thomas Dempster, 01 Muiresk, In Aberdeenshire, Where He Was Beet, On The 23rd Of August 1579. His Life Is A Series Of Strange Adventures, Where The Literary Triumphs Of The Wandering Scholar Are Mingled With Fierce Controversy And Occasional Deeds Of Armed Violence. His ...
Thomas Digges
Digges, Thomas, Tho Only Eon Of Leonard Digges. He Was Educated By His Father With Great Care, And Afterwards At Oxford, Where He Much Distinguished Himself; Nud Ultimately Became One Of The First Mathematicians Of His Age. He Chose The Military Profession, And Was Appointed Muster-master General To The Forces ...
Thomas Durfey
D'urfey, Thomas, Was Born In Devonshire, But The Exact Time Of His Birth Is Uncertain. He Was Designed For The Law, But Quitted That Profession For Poetry. His Dramas Had Remarkable Success In The Days Of Charles Ii., But Were Soon Aftewarda Banished From The Stage On Account Of Their ...
Thomas Egerton
Egerton, Thomas, Lord Chancellor Of England, Was Born In 1540, In The Parish Of Doddlestone, Cheshire. He Was The Natural Son Of Sir Richard Egerton, Of An Ancient Family In That County. Having Been Well Grounded In Latin And Greek By Private Tuition, He Was Entered In 1556 Of Brazenose ...
Thomas Erastus
Erastus, Thomas, A Physician, And The Author Of Various Medical Works, But Better Known For The We Made Of His Name In Ecclesiastical Discussions Than In Connection With His Own Profession, Was Born At Baden Iu Switzerland, On The 7th Of September 1524. He Obtained The Rudiments Of His Education ...
Thomas Erpenius
Erpe'nius, Thomas, Or Thomas Van Erpen, The Cele Brated Orientalist, Was Born At Gorkum, Holland, On The 7th Of Sep Teinber 1534. At The Age Of Ten Years Ho Was Sent To Leyden,'where He Received His Education; And In 1608 He Took The Degree Of Master Of Arts In The ...
Thomas Erskine
Erskine, Thomas, Lord, Was The Third And Youngest Son Of David, Earl Of Buchan. Lio Was Born In 1748, End Received The Rudi Ments Of His Education Partly Iu The High-school Of Edinburgh, And Partly At The University Of St. Andrews. In 1764 Be Entered The Navy As • Midshipman, ...
Thomas Fantet De Lagny
Lagny, Thomas Fantet De, A French Mathematician, Was Born At Lyon In 1660, And Died At Paris 12th Of April 1734. At An Early Period His Scientific Attainments Led To His Being Appointed Hydrographer Royal At Rochefort. Subsequently He Became Sub Director Of The General Bank Of Paris, And Lost ...
Thomas Francklin
Francklin, Thomas, D.d., Was Born At London In 1721. Being The Son Of A Well-known Printer, Richard Francklin, Who, For His Paper ' The Craftsman,' And Other Services To Walpole's Enemies, Expected Or Had Been Promised A Provision In The Church For Hia Son, He Was Educated At Westminster School, ...
Thomas Fuller
Fuller, Thomas, Was The Eon Of The Rev. Thomas Fuller, Rector Of St. Peter's Aldwinckle, In .northamptonshire, Where He Was Born In Juno 1603. He Was Educated Uuder Hie Father, And Was Sent In His Thirteenth Year To Queen's College, Cambridge, Of Which His Uncle Davenent Bishop Of Salisbury Was ...
Thomas Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Thomas, Born In 1727, At Sudbury In Suffolk, Was One Of The Most Eminent English Landscape-painters Of The Last Century. His Father Being A Person In Narrow Circumstances, The Education Which His Son Received Was Very Scanty ; And It Is Probable Enough That In His Boyish Days He ...
Thomas Gataker
Gataker, Thomas, Born In London In 1574, Studied At Cambridge, Where He Took His Degrees, Was Afterwards Chaplain To Sir William Cook, And Also Preacher To The Society Of Lincoln's Inn. He Applied Himself Especially To The Study Of The Scriptures In The Hebrew And Greek Text, And Wrote Several ...
Thomas Godfrey
Godfrey, Thomas, Was Born In The City Of Philadelphia, Where Be Carried On The Business Of A Glazier. His Attention Having Been Accidentally Directed To The Study Of Mathematics, He Seems To Have Devoted Himself To It With Great Ardour And Perseverance ; And In Order That He Might Read ...
Thomas Gray
Gray, Thomas, Was Born In Cornhill On The 26th Of December, 1716. He Was The Fifth Among Twelve Children Of A Respectable Citizen And Money Scrivener In London, And The Only One Of The Twelve Who Survived The Period Of Infancy. Gray Was Sent To Be Educated At Eton, Where ...
Thomas Harriot
Harriot, Thomas, An Eminent Mathematician And Astronomer, Was Born At Oxford In The Year 1560.. He Took His Degree Of Bachelor Of Arts In 1579, And In 1584 Be Accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh In His Expedition To Virginia, Where Be Was Employed Iu Surveying And Mapping The Country, And Upon ...
Thomas Harrison
Harrison, Thomas, Generally C Tiled Harrison Of Chester,' From His Residence Iu That City, Was Born At Wakefield In Yorkshire, In 1714. While Yet Little More Than A Mere Lad, He Was Sent To Italy, Then Considered Almost The Only Efficient School For Architectural Study. During His Stay At Rome, ...
Thomas Hearne
Hearne, Thomas, An Eminent English Antiquary And Editor Of Books And Manuscripts, Was Born At White Waltham, In Berkshire, Iu 1678, Where His Father Was The Pariah Clerk. In 1692, Under The Patronage Of Francis Cherry, Esq., Of That Place, With Whom He Had Lived As A Servant, He Was ...
Thomas Henderson
Henderson, Thomas, Was The Son Of A Respectable Tradesman At Dundee, Where Ho Was Born December 28, 1798. After Au Educa Tion Such As Hia Native Town Could Afford, He Vms Apprenticed To A Writer (or Attorney) For Six Years. At The End Of This Term Ho Was Sent To ...
Thomas Heywood
Heywood, Thomas, Was A Well-known Dramatist Who Lived In The Reigns Of Elizabeth, James I., And Charles I., Though, Like Many Of Hie Contemporaries, The Dates Of His Birth And Death Are Unknown. He Has Been Compared To Tho Spaniard Lope De Vega For Fertility, And In His Preface To ...
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes, Thomas, Was Born At Malmesbury, In Wiltshire, On The 5th Of April 1588, And Was The Son Of A Clergyman Of That Town. At The Age Of Fifteen He Was Sent To Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; And After He Had Gone Through The Usual University Course, He Became In ...
Thomas Holcroft
Holcroft, Thomas, Was Born December 10, 1745 (old Style). His Father Kept A Shoemaker's Shop In Leicester Fields, And Occasionally Dealt In Horses. The First Six Years Of His Life Were Spent At His Birth Place, But Some Change In His Father's Circumstances Brought Him Into Berkshire, And At Last ...
Thomas Hope
Hope, Thomas, Adescendant Of The Wealthy Family Of The Hopes Of Amsterdam, Was Born About The Year 1770. "from An Infant," As He Himself Tells Us, "architecture Was Always My Favourite Amusement No Sooner Did I Becomo Master Of Myself, Which Unfortunately Happened At The Early Age Of Eighteen, Than ...
Thomas Hopper
Hopper, Thomas, Architect, Was Born At Rochester, In Kent, On July 6th 1775 Or 1776, And, According To A Family Tradition, Was Descended From A Natural Daughter Of Richard Iii. Thomas Hopper, When Very Young, Was Placed Under His Father, A Clever Measuring Surveyor, And It Is Believed He Very ...
Thomas Hudson
Hudson, Thomas, Was Born In Devonshire In 1701. He Came To London And Became The Pupil Of Richardson The Painter, And Married His Daughter. After The Death Of Gervas And Richardson, Hudson Was The Most Successful Portrait-painter In London, And, Not Withstanding The Rivalry Of Vanloo And Liotard, He Enjoyed ...
Thomas Hyde
Hyde, Thomas, D.d., Was Born On The 29th Of June 1636, At Billingsley, Near Bridgenorth, In Yorkshire. He Received His First Instruction In The Oriental Languages From His Father, And Afterwards Studied Them Under Wheelock, Professor Of Arabic In The University Of Cambridge. He Only Remained At Cambridge About A ...
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson, Thomas, Was Born April 2, 1743, At Shadwell, Now In The County Of Albemarle, In Virginia. He Was Educated At The College Of William And Mary, At Williamsburg, Then The Capital Of The Colony, Where, Under Dr. Small, A Native Of Scotland, Who Was Pro Fessor Of Mathematics In ...
Thomas K1lligrev
K1lligre\v, Thomas, A Younger Eon Of Sir Robert Killigrew, Was Born At Llanworth In Middlesex In 1611. He Travelled In His Youth, Was Present At An Exorcism Of The Nuns Of Loudon, Was Appointed A Page Of Honour To Charles L, And Attended Charles Ii. During His Exile, Marrying One ...
Thomas Linley
Linley, Thomas, A Composer Who Ranks High In The English School Of Music, Was Born At Wells, About The Year 1725. He Was First The Pupil Of Chilcot, Organist Of The Abbey, Bath, And Finished His Studies Under Paradies, An Eminent Venetian, Who Had Become A Resi Dent In This ...
Thomas Littleton
Littleton, Thomas, Was The Eldest Son Of Thomas Westcote, Of The County Of Devon, Esq., By Elizabeth, The Daughter And Sole Heiress Of Thomas Littleton, Or Luttloton, Lutteltou, Or Lyttelton (the Last Being The Mode In Which He Himself Appears To Have Written It : See The Extract From His ...
Thomas Lodge
Lodge, Thomas, Is Supposed To Have Been Born About The Year 1556. He Was Entered At Trinity College, Oxford, In 1673, Took A Degree, And Then, Going To London, Became An Actor And Play-writer. About 1580, In An Answer To Gosson's 'school Of Abuse,' He Wrote A 'defence Of Stage-plays,' ...
Thorough Base
Thorough-base, The Art Of Playing (on Keyed Instruments, And According To The Rules Of Harmony) An Accompaniment From Figures Representing Chords, Ouch Figures Being Placed Either Over Or Under The Notes Of The Instrumental Base Etaff: This Is One Of The Many Absurd Terms Employed In Music, And Its Meaning ...
Thrace
Thrace Was In Earlier Times The Name Of The Country Bounded N. By The Danube, S. By The Propontis And The /egean Sea, E. By The Black Sea, And W. By The River Strymon And The Chain Of Mountains Which Form The Continuation Of Mount Rhodope. This Country Is Divided ...
Thread And Yarn
Thread And Yarn. The Distinction Between Thread And Yarn Is Such As To Render It Desirable To Describe Them Together Under The Present Howling. Yarn Is The General Name Given To The Threads Which Are Woven Intc The Various Kinds Of Textile Fabrics, Whether Cotton, Silk, Flax, Hemp, Wool, Or ...
Threats And Threatening Letters
Threats And Threatening Letters. Threats Of Personal Violence, Or Any Other Threats By Which A Man Of Ordinary Firmness And Prudence May Be Put In Fear, And By Means Of Which Money Or Other !tay Is Extorted From Him, Amount In Law To The Crime Of Robbery. Itorteenr.] And By ...
Threshing
Threshing. The Separation Of The Grain From The Ear In Corn Has Always Been One Of The Most Laborious Operations On A Farm. Where The Quantity Grown Is Merely Sufficient To Supply Food For The Cultivators Of The Eoil, The Simplest Methods Answer The Purpose Suffi Ciently. The Corn, Taken ...
Thrush Or Aphtile
Thrush Or Aphtile Is A Disease To Which Young Children Are Particularly Liable. It Is A Disease Of The Mucous Membrane Of The Mouth And Fences, And Manifests Itself In The Form Of Small Points, Rings, Conical Or Hemispherical Elevations. These Some Times Increase In Size, And Become Large Spots, ...
Thunder
Thunder Is An Explosion Accompanied By A Loud Noise, Which Is Heard After A Discharge Of Lightning From The Clouds. The Character Of The Noise Is Variable : It Sometimes Resembles That Which Is Produced When A Single Piece Of Ordnance Is Fired ; At Other Times It Is A ...
Thurgau
Thurgau (taurgovie), A Canton Of Switzerland, Bounded N. Partly By The Lake Of Constanz, And Partly By The Rhine, Which Divides It From The Canton Of Schaffhausen; F.. And S. By The Canton Of St. Gallen, And W. By That Of Zurich. The River Thur, Which Come. From The Canton ...
Thurles
Thurles, County Of Tipperary, Ireland, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated On The River Suir, In 52' 42' N. Lab., 7' 47' W. Long., Distort 29 Miles N. From Clonmel, 90 Miles S.w. From Dublin By Road, And 364 Miles By The Great Southern And ...
Tiberius Cavallo
Cavallo, Tiberius, A Distinguished Electrician, Was Born At Naples In 1749, And In The University Of That City Ho Completed His Education. In 1771 He Was Sent To London, In Order That He Might Obtain • Correct Knowledge Of The Mode In Which Mercantile Trans Action. Era Conducted In England, ...
Tiberius Gracchus
Gracchus, Tiberius, Was Born A.c. 163, And Was The Son Of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, A Man Of Some Celebrity In The Annals His Country, And Of Cornelia, Daughter Of Scipio Africanus. T. Gracchus Tho Elder Died While His Sone Were Yet Young; Having Twice Served The Office Of Consul, And, ...
Tiberius Iiemsterruys
Iiemsterruys, Tiberius, The Son Of A French Physician, Was Born At Groningen In 1635. Lie Entered The University Of That Town In His Fourteenth Year, And Studied Theology And Analogy Under Braun, Oriental Literature Under Schultens, And Mathematics Aud Sophy Under Bernouilli. Ile Afterwards Went To Leyden To Hear The ...
Tibet
Ti'bet Is The Most Southern Of The Three Great Table-lands Of Middle Asia. The Bolos Mountains, A Branch Of The Hindu Kush, Which Stretthea Towards The North-west, In 72° 30' E. Long., Form The Western Boundary. The Length Of This Frontier Is About 87 Miles. It Is Bounded On The ...
Tic1no
Tic1'no, One Of The Swiss Cantons Situated On The Italian Slope Of The Alpe, Takes Its Name From The River Ticino, Which Has Its Souroes In The Great Central Group Of The St-gothard, Flows Southward Along The Vol Levantine, Passes By Belliozona, And Then Enters The Lago Maggiore At Its ...
Tidal Harbours
Tidal Harbours. The Enclosures For The Protection Of Vessels Which Are Situated Upon The Sea Shore, Or The Portions Of Rivers Affected By The Rise Of The Tides, Are Usually Known By The Distinguishing Name Of Tidal Harbours, On Account Of The Peculiar Arrangements Adopted In Them In Consequence Of ...
Tidal Waters And
Tidal Waters And Currentri. The Partial Streams Of Water Set In Motion By The Great Tidal Waves, Which Frequently Flow In Directions Different From, Or Even Directly Opposed To, The Advance Of The Great Tide Waves Themselves, Are Known Technically By The Name Of Tidal Currents ; And They Are ...
Tide Mill
Tide Mill. A Mill Driven By The Water Which Is Affected By The Rise And Fall Of The Tides Is Called A Tide Mill, Whether The Wheel Be Affixed To A Building On The Land, Or To A Yeasel Floating In The River. 1n The Former Case The Water Sometimes ...
Tigranocerta
Tigrano'certa, For Some Time The Capital Of Armenia. Was Built By King Tigranes After Be Had Extended His Dominion Over Meso Potamia, Syria, And Phoenicia, About Ne. 80. Artaxata, The Old Capital On The Araxes, Was Situated In The North And In The Neighbourhood Of The Caucasian Nations. Tigranocerta Was ...
Tigris
Tigris And Euphrates, Two Largo Rivers Of Western Asia, Unite Their Waters At Kunst]. In The Lower Part Of Tho Plain Of Bahylonia, And Take The Name Of Shatt-el-arah, Which Falls Into The Persian Gulf Near 30° N. Lat., 48° 30' E. Long. Both Rivers Rise In The Central Table-land ...
Tiie Books Of Kings
Kings, Tiie Books Of, The Name Of Two Books Of The Old Testament. They Originally Formed Only One Book In The Hebrew Text, And Are Entitled R.,''tht, That Is, ' Kings.' In The Septuagint They Aro Divided Into Two Books, And Are Entitled 'the Third And Fourth Books Of Reigns' ...
Tiiermometer
Tiiermo'meter (from The Greek Words Otp4s, Hot, And Mirpov, A Nusincre) Is An Instrument By Which The Temperatures Of Bodies Are Ascertained. It Consists Of A Glass Tube With A Capillary Bore Containing, In General, Alcohol Or Mercury, Which Expanding Or Contracting By Variations In The Temperature Of The Atmosphere, ...
Tiiessaionyca
Tiiessaionyca (saloniki), An Ancient City Of Macedonia, In The District Of Mygdonia, Was Formerly Called Thermo Or Therma : It Is In 40' 33' N. Lat., 22' 57' E. Long., About Ten Miles East Of The Ancient River Echedoras, At The Head Of The Modern Gulf Of Saloniki, Formerly Called ...
Tile Right Honourable Benjamin
* Disraeli, Tile Right Honourable Benjamin, One Of The Eons Of The Subject Of The Preceding Notice, Was Born In London In December 1805. He Showed Great Precocity Of Talent; Which How Ever Was For Some Time Kept In Check By Drudgery Iu An Attorney's Office, Where He Had Been ...
Tile Tabernacle
Tabernacle, Tile ("pin And Sometimes, Chiefly In Numbers, Rvinn Or N:evn; Lxx., Awns*, Or Onivausa , Tea Lacarruproo; That Is, The Tabernacle Of The Testimony), Was A Sacred Building, Partaking Of The Nature Of A Tent, Which Was Net Up By The Lamelittes In The Wilderness For The Worship Of ...
Tiles And Pavements
Tiles And Pavements. A Tile Is A Kind Of Thin Brick, Or Plate Of Baked Clay, Used Chiefly For Covering Roofs, But Occasionally For Paving Floors, Constructing Drains, &c. The English Name, Aud Those By Which Tiles Are Known In Other European Languages, Are Derived From The Latin Tegula, Which ...
Tillage
Tillage, Applied To Arable Land, Is The Stirring And Preparing Of The Surface Of The Soil, Eo As To Render It Fit For The Vegetation Of The Seeds Committed To It : Its Object Also Is The Destruction Of Noxious Weeds. Tho Whole Art Of Cultivation Consists In Tillage And ...
Timber And Timber Trade
Timber And Timber-trade. It Is The Purpose Of This Article To Treat Briefly Of Several Matters Relating To Timber-trees, Wood-working, And The Thnber-trade, And To Refer To Such Portions Of The Subject As Lave Been Noticed In Other Articles. Timber-tree ; Wood.—the Botanical Characteristics Of Timber-trees Are Given Under The ...
Timber And Timber Trees
Timber And Timber-trees. Timber-trees Are Those The Wood Of Which Is Used For Building Or Repairing Houses. Oak, Ash, And Elm, Of The Age Of Twenty Years And Upwards, Are The Trees Most Generally Included Under That Denomination ; But There Are Many Other Kinds Of Trees, Such As Beech, ...