Manufacture
Manufacture. A Better Grade Of Clay Is Re Quired For Terra Cotta Than For Brick. Oftentimes Clays From Different Localities Must He Mixed To Secure The Right, Color, While Such Vitrifying In Gredients As Pure White Sand, Old Pottery Or Fire Lm•ick Finely Ground, And Burned Clay, Are Added To ...
Manufactures
Manufactures. Since 1880 The Manufactur Ing Industry Has Grown Rapidly, The Value Of Products Increasing 95.2 Per Cent. In 1880-90, And 48.5 Per Cent. In The Subsequent Decade, The Value In 1900 Being $107.437,879. There Were In The Latter Year 50,107 Persons Engaged As Wage Earners In The Industry. The ...
Manufactures_2
Manufactures. Manufacturing Was Quite Un Important Until After 1880. Between That Year And 1890 The Value Of Products Increased 239.9 Per Cent., And In The Following Deeade 69.5 Per Cent.; In 1900 The Product Was Estimated At 019,414.982. In The Latter Year There Were 48, 152 Persons Employed As Wage-earners, ...
Manufactures_3
'manufactures. The United States Is The Fore Most Manufacturing Country In The World. The Net Value Of Its Manufactured Products In 1900 Was Nearly Double That Assigned By Mr. Nulhall To The Manufactured Products Of Great Britain In 1894; And, According To The United States Census Estimate, Was Considerably Over ...
Medleval Universities
Medleval Universities. The University, In A Modern Sense, Originated During The Twelfth And Thirteenth Centuries, As An Outgrowth Of Schools Which Had Existed Prior To That Time In Connection With Cathedrals And Monasteries. Throughout The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries There Had Grown Up A New Interest In Dialectic, Logic, And ...
Medleval And Modern
Medleval And Modern. During The Middle Ages Theatrical Performances Consisted Almost Wholly Of Religious Or Semi-religious Allegories, Known As Mysteries And Miracle Plays, Which Were Given In Churches, Convents, Or Castle Halls And Without Any Elaborate Staging. When Per Formed Out Of Doors At Fairs, A Rude Booth Of Boards ...
Metallurgy
Metallurgy. The Only Ore Of Tin Which Is Used For The Extraction Of The Metal Is Tinstone Or Cassiterite. The Extraction Of Tin Is Usually Performed By Dry Methods—that Is, By A Process Of Calcining And Reduction In Furnaces, Hut Wet Methods And Electro-metallurgical Methods Are Also Employed To Some ...
Methods And Policies Of
Methods And Policies Of Trade Unionism. Trade Unionism And Monopoly. Probably No Social Institution In Existence Represents The Move Ment Away From The Old Economic Policy Of Laissez- Faire More Concretely And Forcibly Than The Trade Union. Almost, Every Method Or Policy Adopted By The Trade Unions Is In Essence ...
Military Tournaments
Military Tournaments. The Modern Military Tournament Embraces All The Personal Skill In The Use Of Arms Of The Ancient Chivalric Tournament And Has Much Of Its Pageantry. New Inventions And Contact With Many Nations Have Incorporated Into Military Necessities And Pastimes Many Nov Elties Unknown In Ancient Times, And These ...
Military And Naval Uniforms
Uniforms, Military And Naval. A Dis Tinguishing Dress Or Costume (q.v.) Appropriate To A Certain Group Or Organization, As An Army, Society, Etc. It Is Necessary To Go Back To The Crusades To Obtain Authentic Record As To The Employment Of Costume Devices. Armor (q.v.), Partly Because Of Its Expense, ...
Modern Establishment
Modern Establishment. The War With Spain (189s) Called Public Attention To Some Of The Imperfections Of The American Military Ad Ministration, And Discussion Of The Shortcom Ings Brought About A Plan Of Reorganization Un Precedented In The History Of The Army. The Philippine Insurrection, Requiring The Occupation Of The Archipelago ...
Moutfi Etc Lips
Lips, .moutfi. Etc. In Tuberculosis Of The Lips, Which Is A Rare Disease, There Develops On The Lip An Extremely Sensitive Ulcer. This Ulcer Has Much The Appearance Of An Epithelioma Or A Chan Cre. Tubercular Laryngitis Is Most Frequently Secondary To Tuberculosis Of The Lungs. Miliary Tubercles Form In ...
Moving Torpedoes
Moving Torpedoes Are (1) Controlled Or (2) Uncontrolled. The Controlled Type Are (1) Spar, (2) Towing, Or (3) Dirigible—the Last-named Class Being Either (1) Extra-mobile Or Locomotive Or (2) Automobile. The Uncontrolled Type In Cludes (1) Automobile, (2) Projectile, (3) Rocket, And (4) D-rifting Torpedoes. Authorities Do Not Favor Greatly ...
N Administration Of John
N. Administration Of John Quincy Adams (1825-29). Cabinct.—secretary Of State, Henry Clay, Kentucky. March 7, 1825. Secretary Of The Treasury, Richard Rush, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1825. Secretary Of War, James Barbour, Vir Ginia, March 7, 1825; Peter B. Porter, New York, May 26, 1828. Secretary Of Time Yary, S. L. ...
Nat Turner
Turner, Nat (c.1800.31). An American Negro Slave And Insurrectionist, Who Was Born And Lived In Southampton County, Va. From His Childhood He Fancied Himself Set Apart From His Fellows For Some Great Purpose, And Claimed To Hear Voices And See Visions. In 1828 He Declared He Had A Command To ...
Natural Advantages
Natural Advantages. There Is Nothing Strange In The Large Proportions Which The Manufac Turing Industry Is Attaining. There Is No Other Territory Under One Government In The World With So Much Productive Power. The Abundance Of Raw Material Required By The Manufacturing Industries, The Degree Of Availability, Including Transportation Facilities, ...
Naval Uniforms
Naval Uniforms. • Modern Naval Uniforms Are Marked By The Same General Characteristics Throughout The Navies Of The World, And Resemble Each Other Quite Closely. This, Doubtless, Is Due To The Fact That Naval Officers And Men Are Universally Exposed To The Same Conditions And That The Ceremonies And Usages ...
Navy
Navy. The First Definite Provision For A Naval Establishment Was The Act Of Congress Of Octo Ber 13, 1775., Which Authorized The Building Of One Vessel Of 10 Guns And Another Of 14 Gulls To Be Equipped As National Cruisers. At The Same Time A Law Was Passed Establishing A ...
Neurotic Poisons
Neurotic Poisons. These Act Principally Through The Nervous System, And As A Rule Pro Duce Little Or No Tissue Change. Alcohol May Act As An Acute O• Chronic Poison. Its Effects Are Fully Considered Under Intoxica Tion. Opium And Its Chief Alkaloid Morphine, Lauda Num. Imajendie's Solution (of Morphine), And ...
Non Malignant Tumors
Non-malignant Tumors. These Are Composed Of Tissues Of The Types Found In The Adult And Are In Themselves Not Dangerous To Life. Although Sometimes Serious From Pressure Upon Or Involve Ment Of Important Organs. They Do Not As A Rule Grow As Rapidly As Do Malignant Tumors: They Do Not ...
Notable Tunnels
Notable Tunnels. The Number Of Tunnels Notable Because Of Their Length, The Difficulties Encountered In Their Construction Or For Other Reasons, Has Become So Great That Mention Can Be Made Here Of Only A Few Of Those Which Are Most Celebrated. The Mont Cenis Tunnel Through The Alps Places France ...
Nv Administration Of James
Nv. Administration Of James K. Polk (1845-49). Cabinct.—scerctary Of State, James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1845. Secre Tary Of The Treasury, Robert J. Walker, Missis Sippi, March 6, 1s45. Secretary Of I-var, William L. Marcy, New York, March 6. 1845. Secretary Of The Nary, George Bancroft, Massachusetts. March 10. 1845; ...
Occupations
Occupations. The Agricultural Industry Still Continues Well In The Lead With Respect To The Number Of Persons Engaged. There Has Been, However, A Marked Relative Decrease Since 1sso, As Will Lie Seen In The Table Below. In The Period 18s0-1900 There Was A Larger Absolute Gain•in The Number Engaged In ...
Od Labor Organizations
Od Labor Organizations. For A Time Trade Unionism Seems To Have Become Involved In The Cause Of General Reform; Wide-reaching And Am Bitious Federations Were Formed Which Worked At The Same Time For The Abolition Of Slavery, For Woman's Rights, Land Nationalization, And Cooper Ation, As Well As The Improvement ...
Open Cut Tunneling
Open-cut Tunneling. When A Tunnel Or Rapid Transit Subway Has To He Constructed At A Small Depth Below The Surface, The Excavation Is Generally Performed More Economically By Mak Ing An Open Cut, Building The Lining Inside It, And Filling In The Space Outside The Lining. Than It Is By ...
Other Influences As Causes
Other Influences As Causes. Aside From The Industrial Conditions That Have Led To The Organization Of Trusts, Certain Other Influences Are To Be Noted. (1) The Promoters Of The Large Enterprises Have In Many Cases Succeeded In Making Very Large Profits From The Organiza Tion. Likewise The Financiers Who Have ...
Pacific Drainage
Pacific Drainage. The Rocky Mountains In Colorado Offer The Most Compact Source Of Impor Tant Drainage Within The United States. To The South They Send Forth The Rio Grande. To The East Flows The Arkansas, While To The North And East Pass Important Branches Of The Missouri. From The Southwest ...
Pathology And Bacteriology
Pathology And Bacteriology. Tuberculosis Is Invariably Due To The Presence In The Body And To The Action Upon The Body Tissues Of A Specific Microorganism Known As The Tubercle Bacillus. The Tubercle Bacillus Is A Thin Bacillus From Three To Four Mieromillimeters Long, I.e. About One Half The Diameter Of ...
Peace Of Utrecht
Utrecht, Peace Of. The General Designa Tion For A Number Of Treaties Which Were Con Cluded Between The Years 1713 And 1715 And Brought To An End The War Of The Spanish Suc Cession. (see Succession Wars.) On April 13, 1713, Peace Was Signed At Lttrecht Between France On The ...
Penal Transportation
Transportation, Penal. Banishment From Society In The Form Of Exile, Ostracism, Or For Further Statistics And General Discussion Of This Subject, See Railways And Steam Navi Gation. Bibliography. Van Der Borght, Das Verbibliography. Van Der Borght, Das Ver- Kehrswesen (leipzig, 1894) ; Lindsay, History Of Merchant Shipping (4 Vols., London, ...
Petroleum
Petroleum. The Production Of Petroleum Be Gall In Western Pennsylvania In 1859. The United States Soon Became The Chief Source Of The World's Supply Of This Article. The Recent De Velopment In Russia, However, Has Since 1897 Placed That Country Ahead Of The United States In Rank. The Production Of ...
Pheotropisni
P.heotropisni. This Is Illustrated By The Ac Tion Of Fish In Heading Up Stream And By The Slime Protozoan In Creeping Against The Current. Stereontorism. This Form Of Tropism Is Con Tact-irritability, Which Forces The Animal To Bring The Ventral Side Of The Body In Contact With Solid Bodies. Thus ...
Phosphatic Slag Thomas Slag
Thomas Slag, Phosphatic Slag, Basic Slag, Odorless Phosphate, Or Thomas Phos Phate Powder. A By-product Of The Manufac Ture Of Steel From Phosphatic Ores By The Basic Or Thomas Process, In Which Phosphorus Is Elimi Nated From The Pig Iron By Means Of Basic (rich In Lime) Lining To The ...
Physical Features
Physical Features. Tibet Presents Two Dis Tinct Physical Divisions: (1) A Region Of Lakes In The North, And (2) A Region Of Rivers In The South And East. The First, Occupying The Greater Portion Of The Nvestern Half Of The Country, Is Known As The Chang Tang Or 'northern Plain.' ...
Population
Population. The Population Of The United States Constitutes Over One-half That Of The West Ern Hemisphere And Greatly Exceeds That Of Any European Country Except Russia. The Rapidity Of The Growth Of The Population Is Without Paral Lel Among Civilized Nations. In 1900 It Was Over Fourteen Times Greater Than ...
Prices
Prices. Competitive Prices, It Is Frequently Assumed, Will In The Long Run Be Fixed Mainly By The Cost Of Production Of That Part Of The Stock Which Is Produced At The Greatest Disad Vantage. Monopoly Price, On The Other Hand, Is Fixed At That Point Which Will Secure To The ...
Principles Of Taxation
Principles Of Taxation. Writers On Finance Are Accustomed To Lay Down Certain General Prin Ciples Of Justice And Of Administration To Which Practical Systems Should Conform. Taxes Should He Capable Of Yielding A Large Revenue; They Should Be Economical, I.e. The Cost Of Collection Should Not Materially Increase The Burden ...
Problems Of Organization
Problems Of Organization. The Great Diffi Culties Of Labor Organizations Show Themselves In Bitter Disputes Between Unions. In The First Place, There Are Disputes Between Dual Unions. This Is A Simple Trade War Between Rival Unions Which Openly Claim Control Of The Same Trade And The Same Field. Secondly, Jurisdiction ...
Progressive Proportional
Proportional, Progressive, And Degressive Taxation. .1 System Of Proportional Taxation Is One In Whieh The Contribution From Income Or Wealth Remains A Constant Percentage, Whatever The Size Of The Latter May Be. It Is Defended On The Ground That It Approximates The Ideal Of According To Ability. Progressive Taxa Tion, ...
Promoting And Financing
Promoting And Financing. If, As Is Often The Case, The Promoter Organizes A New Com Pany To Take Over The Various Plants Which He Is Intending To Combine Under One Management. Or To Develop Some New Patent, It Has Been The Common Practice For Him To Issue Stock Far Be ...
Public Ownership Of Telephones
Public Ownership Of Telephones. In Eu Rope Public Ownership Of Telephones Exists To A Certain Extent And There Has Been Agitation In This Direction In The United States. For The Most Part, Such Public Ownership Of Telephones Is National, Rather Than Municipal, And Is Chiefly Confined To Countries Where Private ...
Registration Of Title
Title, Registration Of. A System Of Of Ficial Examination And Registration Of Titles To Real Estate Prevailing In England And Some Of The United States. The Present English System Is The Result Of Agitation And Experimental Legis Lation For Upward Of Fifty Years. The Common Law Methods Of Land Transfer ...
Regulation Of Wages
Regulation Of. Wages. The Most Essential Function, As Well As The Explanation And Justifica Tion Of Trade Unionism, Is The Determination Of The Conditions Of Employment By Collective In Stead Of Individual Bargaining. The Most Im Portant Condition Of Employment Is The Rate Of Wages, As Is Well Illustrated By ...
Religion The Colonial Period
Religion-the Colonial Period. The Re Ligious Life Of The United States Has Been Pro Foundly Affected By The Fact That The Period Of The Early Settlement Of This Continent Coincided With The Great Religious Struggles In Europe Of The Seventeenth Century. It Was The Reform Within The Catholic Church, Following ...
Remedies
Remedies. The Arguments Advanced Against The Use Of Alcoholic Drinks Have Been: ( ) Scriptural, Based On A Supposed Distinction In The Bible Between Fermented And Unfermented Wine, As Shown By The Use Of The Hebrew Words Yayin And Tirosh; (2) Physiological, Which Claims Alcohol To Be A Poison And ...
Restriction Of Output
Restriction Of Output. The Preceding Section Makes It Plain That Trade Unions Do Restrict The Industrial Output Openly And Systematieally. The Restriction Of The Output Of Individual Work Ers Is Accomplished In Several Ways: By Adopting A Normal Day And Discouraging Or Prohibiting Overtime; By Limiting The Daily Task Or ...
Richard Chenevin 1807 86 Trench
Trench, Richard Chenevin (1807-86). Archbishop Of Dublin. Poet, And Scholar. He Was Born In Dublin. And Educated At Harrow And Trinity College, Cambridge, Where Lie Took His Degree In 1829, And Was Intimate With The Mem Bers Of The 'apostles' Club,' Including Tennyson, Hallam, And Sterling. He Was Ordained Deacon ...
Richard Talbot Tyrconnel
Tyrcon'nel, Richard Talbot. Earl And Titular Duke Of (1630-91). Viceroy Of Ireland. He Was The Youngest Son Of Sir William Talbot, Of County Kildare, Ireland, A Prominent Roman Catholic Politician During The Reign Of .tames F. He Fought Against Cromwell At Drogheda And After The Death Of Charles 1. Lived ...
Robert H10 85 Toombs
Toombs, Robert (h10-85). An American Statesman, Born At Washington, Ga. He Studied At The State University At Athens And Graduated (1828) At Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. Lie Studied Law At The University Of Virginia, And Began Practice In Wilkes County. Ga. After Service Against The Creeks In 1836 And ...
Russian Turkestan
Russian Turkestan. This Region Embraces The Territories Of Ferghana, Samarkand, Semi Ryetchensk, And Syr-darya (nap: Asia, F 4). Total Area, About 411,500 Square Miles; Total Population, About 4,888,200. Together With The Transcaspian Province And A Portion Of The Pamir, It Constitutes The General Government Of Russian Turkestan. It Is Bordered ...
Saint 1515 32 Teresa
Tere'sa, Saint (1515-32). A Famous Car Melite Nun And Mystical Writer. She Was Born At Avila, In Old Castile. In Her Eighteenth Year She Entered A Convent Of The Carmelite Order In Her Native City, Making Her Solemn Vow On November 3, 1534. In This Convent She Con Tinued To ...
Saint Ursula
Ur'sula, Saint. A Saint And Martyr Of The Roman Catholic Church. She Is Held In Especial Reverence At Cologne, The Reputed Place Of Her Martyrdom. October 21st Is Her Day In The Church's Calendar, And The Date Of Her Martyr Dom Is Variously Given As 237. 283. And 451. The ...
Samuel Jones Tilden
Til'den, Samuel Jones An American Lawyer And Statesman, Born At New Lebanon, N. Y. De Attended Yale College And The University Of The City Of New York, Where He Graduated In 1837; Studied Law, And In 1841 Was Admitted To The Bar Of New York City. As A Lawyer He ...
Sentation
Sentation. ) In All The States Members Of The Legislature Receive Salaries, Which Are The Same For Members Of Both Houses. The Amount Ranges From One Dollar A Day And Mileage At 8 Cents A Mile In Rhode Island To $1,500 A Year And Mile Age At Ten Cents A ...
Sheet
Sheet. Sheep Hold A Much Lower Rank In The Agricultural Economy Of The United States Than In That Of Most Modern Nations. The Industry Has Labored Under The Disadvantages Of A Vacillat Ing Tariff Policy, And For A Number Of Years Has Had To Compete With The Growing Mocks Of ...
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding. Shipbuilding Was, After Agri Culture, The First Industry To Develop In Colonial America. The Possession Of An Abundance Of Timber Has Always Given The United States A Great Advantage In The Building Of Wooden Ves Sels. Vessels Constructed In The United States Carried The Bulk Of The American Trade ...
Shipping On The System
Shipping On The System. Prior To The Civil War The Mississippi River System Played A Much More Important Part In The De Velopment Of The Interior Of The Country Than Did The Great Lakes. While The Tonnage Carried Upon It Is Greater Than Ever Before, The Nature Of The Traffic ...
Sir Charles Wtyille 1830
Thomson, Sir Charles Wtyille (1830 82). A British Naturalist, Born In Scotland As Wyville Thomas Charles, Which Name Was Changed When Lie Was Knighted. He Was Edu Cated In Medicine, Hut Turned His Attention To Botany, And Afterwards To A Broader Considera Tion Of Natural History, And Became In 1s53 ...
Size Of Farms
Size Of Farms. From The Following Table It Will Be Seen That The Size Of Farms Varies Greatly In Different Parts Of The Country: Was 212.4 Acres, And Considerably Over Three Fourths Of The Total Number Of Farms Contained Less Than 100 Acres Each. The Average Given For The North ...
Slatgiitering And Meat Packing
Slat'giitering And Meat-packing. In 1850 Slaughtering And Meat-packing Was Of Little Im Portance As A Specialized Industry, The Value Of The Product For That Year Being Only $11,981,042. Before 1890, However. The Industry Had Become The Most Important Of The Industries Manufactur Ing Food Products, And In 1900 Was Far ...
Snuff
Snuff Was Originally Made In Spain, And Later In England, Scotland, Holland, And Belgium. It Was At First Made By Grinding The Leaf Tobacco In Mortars, And Scenting The Powder In Various Ways. It Is Now Ground In Metal Mills By Steam Power. The United States Produces A Small Amount ...
Social Effects
Social Effects. It Has Often Been Charged That The Great Corporations And Trusts Exert A Corrupting Influence Upon Legislatures And The Courts. It Is Probable That In Individual Cases This Charge Is True. On The Other Hand, Legis Latures Have Not Been Free From Such Charges Under The Competitive System, ...
Society Of United Irishmen
United Irishmen, Society Of. An Irish Revolutionary Society Founded In 1791. It Was An Outgrowth Of The Sentiments Inspired In Ireland By The French Revolution, Which Found Earliest Acceptance Among The Presbyterians Of Ulster, Especially Belfast. Its (1?ject Was To Obtain Com Plete Political Emancipation Of Both Catholics And Dissenters, ...
Sometimes Malignant Tumors Sometimes
Tumors Sometimes Benign, Sometimes Malignant. Endothelioma.—these Tumors Orig Inate From That Type Of Connective Tissue Known As Endothelium Which Forms The Linings Of Blood Vessels, Lymphatics, Etc. On Account Of Their Extremely Cellular Character And On Ac Count Of The Reduction Of Their Intercellular Base Ment Substance To A Minimum, ...
Standard Time
Time, Standard. The Time In Common Use For Regulating The Ordinary Affairs Of Life. It Is Derived From The Sun. Leaving Out Of Account Small Irregularities Of The Solar Motion That Are Of No Consequence For Our Present Purpose, When That Celestial Body Is On The Meridian Of Any Place ...
State Government
State Government. The Constitution Of The United States Provides That All Powers Not Delegated To The United States Nor Prohibit Ed By It To The States Are Reserved To The States, Respectively, Or To The People. Those Powers Absolutely Prohibited To The States Are The Conclusion Of Treaties, Alliances, Or ...
State Taxation
State Taxation. In The Majority Of Ameri Can States The Basis Of The Fiscal System Is Found In The General Property Tax, Levied Both For State And Local Purposes, Upon The Realty And Per Sonalty Of The Inhabitants Of The State. This Tax, Although General, Is Now Being Abandoned Or ...
Statistics Of Trade Unions
Statistics Of Trade Unions In The United States. These Are Collected By The Labor Bureaus Of A Few States, But No Complete Enu Meration For The Whole Eountry Has Ever Been Made. Estimates Of The Membership Of American Unions Vary Widely. In .january, 1903, President Gompers Of The American Fed ...
Statistics Of The Utility
Statistics Of The Utility Of Vaccination. During The Pandemic Of Smallpox Which Raged Through Europe From 1870 To 1873 An Excellent Opportunity Was Afforded For A Test Of The Utility Of Vaccination. The Greater Part Of The German Army Had Been Vacci Nated In Childhood, And All Upon En Tering ...
Or Atlantosaurcs Titanosaurus
Titanosaurus, Or Atlantosaurcs. A Genus Of Extinct. Sauropodons. Herbivorous Ditto• Saurs Found Fossil In The Jurassic Rocks Of The Rocky Mountain Region And Dakota. Whose Species Were Among The Most Gigantic Land Ani Mals That Over Existed, One Specimen. Exhumed In Colorado By 0. C. Alorsb. Measuring About 60 Feet ...
Or Austria Above Tile
Upper Austria, Or Austria Above Tile Enns. An Archduchy And Crownland, Occupying The Western Part Of The Original Archduchy Of Austria—the Nucleus Of The Austrian Empire. It Is Bounded On The North By Bavaria And Bo Hemia, On The East By Lower Austria, On The South By Styria And Salzburg, ...
Or Black Bulb Thermometer
Solar Radiation Thermometer, Or Black Bulb Thermometer. This Is Essentially An Or Dinary Mercurial Thermometer, Whose Bulb Is Covered With A Thin Layer Of Non-reflecting And Almost Perfectly Absorbing Lampblack. Under The Assumption That The Black Bulb Thermometer Absorbs And Radiates More Easily Than The Plain Glass Bulb, And Especially ...
Or Friendly Islands Tonga
Tonga Islands, Or Friendly Islands. A Group Of Polynesian Islands In The Pacific Ocean, About 350 Miles Southeast Of Samoa, Ex Tending From 5' To 29' South Latitude And From 173° 52' To 176° 10' West Longitude, The Fiji Islands Being On The East (map: Austra Lasia, L 4). The ...
Or Tehran Teheran
Teheran, Or Tehran, Te-h'-ran'. The Capital Of Persia And Of The Province Of Teheran, 70 Miles Due South Of The Caspian Sea, In Lati Tude 35° 41' N., Longitude 51° 25' E.. On A Sandy And Stony Plateau 90 By 40 Miles In Extent (map: Persia, D 3). Its Elevation ...
Or Thomas The Rhymer
Thomas The Rhymer, Or More Correctly Thomas Of Erceldoune (c.1220-c.1297). A Scottish Seer And Poet, About Whom Very Little Is Positively Known. Erceldoune (now Called Earlston) Was A Village In Berwickshirc On The River Leader, About Two Miles Above Its Junction With The Tweed. The Earliest Extant Mention Of Thomas ...
Or Tirol Tyrol
Tyrol, Or Tirol, Ger. Pros?. Te-r6v. A Erownland Of Austria, United With Vorarlberg Under One Administration. It Is Bounded On The North By Bavaria, On The East By Salzburg And Carinthia, On The South By Italy, And On The West By Switzerland And Vorarlberg (map: Austria, B 3). Area About ...
Or Tokyo Tokio
Tokio, Or Tokyo (formerly Yeno) (jap., Eastern Capital). The Capital Of Japan, Situated On The Southeast Side Of The Island Of Hondo, On The Bay Of Tokio, In Latitude 35° 41' N., Longitude 139' 46' E. (map: -lapan. F 6). The City Covers A Wide Area, And Is Exceedingly Irregular ...
Or Tonquin Tongking
Tongking", Or Tonquin, Ton'kfi', Fr. Pron. Tofs'k5n'. A French Protectorate In French Indo-china (q.v.), Situated Just South Of The Tropic Of Cancer, In Southeastern Asia, Bor Dered By China On The North, The Gulf Of Tongking On The East, Annam, Laos, And Siam On The South And Southwest, And Laos ...
Or Tree Toad Tree Frog
Tree-frog, Or Tree-toad. A Frog Of The Family Hylidte, Connecting The Toads With The Typical Frogs, And Of Prevailingly Arboreal Habits. Tree-frogs Have Teeth On The Upper Jaw And Vo Mers, And In Some Genera Elsewhere In The Mouth. The Toes Are Invariably Claw-shaped And Swollen At The Base; And ...
Or Tristan Tristrem
Tristrem, Or Tristan. The Hero Of A Welsh Or Armorican Romance Origi Nally Distinct From The Arthurian Cycle, But Early Incorporated With It. Tristram Was The Son Of Roland Of Ermonie By Blaneheflenr, Sister To King Mark Of Cornwall. His Father Slain, His Mother Dead Of Grief (which She Expressed ...
Or Tupian Stock
Tupian Stock, Or The Most Widespread And Important Linguistic Stock Of South America. When The Portuguese Took Possession Of Brazil The Tupfan Tribes Held The Greater Portion Of The Territory From The Rio De La Plata (paraguay Or Parans) On The South To The Amazon On The North, And Extended ...
Or Unalash Ka Unalaska
Unalaska, Or Unalash Ka. The Second Largest And Most Important Of The Aleutian Islands. It Is Situated In Lati Tude 53° 30' N., Longitude 167° W., 135 Miles Southwest Of The Extremity Of The Alaska Penin Sula (map: Alaska, B 5). It Is About 75 Miles Long And From 10 ...