Stock Raising
Stock-raising. Texas Ranks Second In The Value Of Live Stock, And Far Exceeds All Other States In The Number Of Cattle. The State Is Probably More Widely Known For Its Grazing In Terests Than For Any Other Industrial Feature. There Is No Other Part Of The Country In Which Ranching ...
Stock Raising_2
Stock-raising. Compared With Crop-growing, Stock-raising Is Of Much More Importance In The United States Than In European Countries. The Per Capita Number Of Horses, Cattle, And Hogs Is Much Greater In The United States Than In Any Of The Principal European Countries. The United States Has Five Times As Many ...
Stone
Stone. Stone Suitable For Building And Other Industrial Purposes Is Abundant In Almost Every State. Because Of Its Hulk And The Consequent Shipping Expenses, Its Production Is Largely Lim Ited To A Comparatively Local Market. Hence In Many Of The States Which Have The Most Valuable Resources Of Stone The ...
Struction
Struction.) The Immediate Occasion Of The Passage Of This Resolution Was The Course Of President Johnson In Violating The "tenure Of Office Act" (q.v.), Which Made Requisite The Consent Of The Senate To Removals From Office By The President, And Of Which Congress Availed Itself To Prevent The Removal Of ...
Structural Fireproofing
Fireproofing, Structural, Or Hollow Tiles Are Rapidly Growing In Use (see Fireproof Construction) Particularly For Fitting Around Steel Columns And Girders Forming Partitions, Floor Arches, And Ceilings. Their Lightness Is Greatly In Their Favor. They Are Divided Into Three Classes: Dense, Porous, Or Terra Cotta Lumber, And Semi-porous. Dense Tiles ...
Structure
Structure. The Body Of A Turtle Is Invariably Short And Broad, And Is Protected Both Above And Below By More Or Less Bony Shields, With Spaces Between Them In Front And Behind, Into Which The Head And Legs May Be Drawn. The Conical Tail Is Usually Simply Bent Around Against ...
Submarine Telegraphy
Telegraphy, Submarine. In Submarine Telegraphy There Are Many Variations From The Practice On Land Lines. (see Telegraph.) This Is The Ease Because The Length Of The Line Between Stations Is Usually Great And Certain Conditions Attend The Construction And Laying Of The Cable Bearing The Conductor. The Problem Then In ...
Submarine Torpedo Boat
Torpedo Boat, Submarine. Modern Sub Marine Torpedo Boats Are Of Two Kinds, The Sub Merged And The Submergible. The Submerged, When In Light Cruising Condition, Moves With Only A Small Percentage Of The Hull Above Water; The Submergible Cruises On The Surface Much Like An Ordinary Torpedo Boat, Which It ...
Submarine Tunneling
Submarine Tunneling. Submarine Or Suba Queous Tunnels Are Tunnels Excavated Under The Bed Of A River Or Other Body Of Water, Generally For The Purpose Of Providing Land Communication Between The Opposite Shores. Inflowing Water. Which Is Always A Serious Difficulty In Tunnel Work Everywhere, Is Here The Most Serious ...
System
System Divaric Series 1 Scythic Series The Pacific Coast Beds Are Marine, While Those Of The Atlantic Border Are Estuarine. In The Eastern States The Triassic Formation Consists Of A Series Of Sandstones And Shales Extending More Or Less Unbrokenly From The Connecticut Valley To South Carrolina. The Rocks Were ...
Tabde
Tabde, Tuird, G B P. I El ( 143-1904 ) . A French Sociologist And Criminologist: Born At The Little Town Of Sarlat (dordogne), He Passed Nearly Twenty Years There As Magistrate And Juge D'instrurtion. In Isso He Began To Con Tribute To The Recur Chilasophique. And Gradu Ally Won ...
Tahiti
Tahiti, Ta/he-te Or T5-116/0, Or Otaheite. The Largest Of The Society Islands (q.v.). Situated In Latitude 17° 45' S., Longitude 149° 20' W. Area, 402 Square Miles (map: World, Western Hemisphere, L 6). The Island Consists Of Two Un Equal And Nearly Circular Portions Connected By A Narrow Isthmus. These ...
Talent
Talent (lat. Talcntum, Front Gk. Rfxavrov, Talanton. Talent, Weight, Balance; Connected With Rxijrac, To Bear, Lat. Tonere, To Lift, Skt. Tuls. Balance). The Maximum Unit Of Weight And Value Among The Greeks; The Equivalent Of 60 Mime Or 6000 Drachnue. In The Homeric Poems The Word Is Used In A ...
Tallemant Des Beaux
Tallemant Des Beaux, Teipntlits' Dtt Ggaton (1619-92). A French Writer, Born At La Rochelle, And Connected Through His Mother With The Famous Rambouillet Family. He Took His Degrees In Law, But Refused To Fulfill His Father's Wish That He Should Go Into The Magis Tracy. He Employed His Leisure In ...
Tallien
Tallien, Tagyfix', Jean Lambert (1769 1820). A French Revolutionary Leader, Born In Paris. He Was Educated By His Father's Employer, The Marquis De Bercy. He Early Imbibed The Spirit Of The Revolution, Was Attached To The Moniteur, And Started A Journal, L'anii Des Citoyens, In Imitation Of Marat's Anti Du ...
Talmud
Talmud (aram. Taliniid, Instruction; Con Nected With Heb. Lantad, To Learn). The Name Given To The Comprehensive Compilation Of Laws And Ceremonial Regulations Pertaining To Rab Binical Judaism Together With The Elaborate Dis Cussion Of Those Laws And Regulations. As Al Ready Implied In This Definition, The Talmud Con Sists ...
Tamils
Tamils. A Dravidian People Of Southern Llindustan And Northern Ceylon, Who Number More Than 16,000,000. They Are, Perhaps, The Most Important Of The Civilized Dravidian Peo Ples Of India. The Filings Of The Seaports Of Farther India And Certain Parts Of Malaysia Are Tamils, Who Have Emigrated Temporarily Or Per ...
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall. The Name Applied (1) To A Powerful Political Organization In New York City; (2) To The Building Which Serves As The Organization's Headquarters; And (3) Sometimes Incorrectly To The Society From Which The Organ Ization Leases The Building. The Name Is Adapted From That Of An Indian Chief, ...
Tanager
Tanager (from Neo-lat. Tanagra, From Brazilian Tangara, The Native Name Of The Bird). The Popular Name For The Tanagridte, A Family Of Birds Having A Conical Beak, Triangular At The Base, The Upper Mandible Notched Toward The Tip, And Its Ridge Arched. The Family Is Closely Related To The Finches ...
Taney
Taney, Era, Roger Brooke (1777-1864). An Eminent American Jurist, Chief Justice Of The United States Supreme Court. He Was Born In Cal Vert County, Md.; Graduated At Dickinson Col Lege, Pa.; Studied Law At Annapolis; And In 1799 Was Admitted To The Bar. In 1s23 He Removed To Baltimore, Where ...
Tanganyika
Tanganyika, Tfin'gin-yelka. A Large Lake In Central Africa, Extending From Latitude 3° 16' To 8° 48' S., And From Longitude 29° 20' To 31° 20' E. (map: Africa, H 5). Its Northern End Is 175 Miles Southwest Of The Victoria Nyanza. And Its Southern End 190 Miles Northwest Of Lake ...
Tangent
Tangent (lat. Tangcns, Pros. Part. Of Tanycre, To Touch ; Connected With Goth. Tekan, Feel. Taka„ As. Tacan, Eng. Take). An Unlimited Straight Line Which Meets A Curve In But One Point, Without Cutting It. The Point Is Called The Point Of Contact Or Point Of Tangency. A Tangent May ...
Tangier
Tangier, Tlin-jer', Or Tangiers. The Chief Seaport Of Morocco, And The Capital Of The Province Of Ha5bat. On The Bay Of Tangier, In The Strait Of Gibraltar, 3 Miles East Of Cape Spartel And 35 Miles Southwest Of Gibraltar (map: Africa, D 1). It Is A Healthful Town In Spite ...
Tanis
Tanis (lat., From Gk. Tcfris., Egyptian Za'net, Hebrew Zo`an). A City Of Ancient Egypt In The Northeastern Corner Of The Delta. It Was Situated On The Right Bank Of The Tanitic Branch Of The Nile, Near The Site Of The Modern Fishing Village Of San. Tanis Was The Capita] Of ...
Tankage
Tankage. A Name Applied To A Product, Used Mainly For Fertilizing Purposes, Which Is Prepared From The Residue Resulting From The Treatment Of Abattoir And Slaughter-house Re Fuse With Steam And Hot Water In Closed Tanks For The Removal Of Fat, A Process Commonly Known As 'tanking'. Tankage Is Variable ...
Tannhauser
Tannhauser, A German Knight And Minnesinger Of The Thirteenth Century, Probably A Bavarian By Birth, Who Enjoyed The Favor Of Duke Frederick Of Austria. Little Is Known Historically Of His Career, And He Dis Appears Entirely After The Death Of Conradin (1268). His Verses Are In The Main Mocking And ...
Tannin
Tannin (from Tan., Of., Fr. Tan, Oak-bark For Tanning, From Ohg. Fauna, Ger. Tanne, Fir, Oak; Probably Connected With Skt. Dhanran, How), Tannic Acid, Gallotannic Acid, Or Di Gallic Acm, An Odorless And Almost Colorless Substance, Sol Uble In Water. Alcohol, Acetone, Glycerin, And Various Oils, Occurring In Turkish And ...
Tantra
Tantra, (skt., Ceremony, Woof, From Tan, To Stretch, To Weave). The Sanskrit Term For A Ceremony Or A Ceremonial Treatise, And Thus For A Systematic Treatise Of Any Kind. The Word Is Used In English, However, Only As The Designation Of A Late Class Of Sanskrit Works Which Are Related ...
Taoism
Taoism, Tit' -ism (from Chin. Tao, Path, Way, Proper Method, Word, Principle, Reason). A Religion In China Which Must Have Existed There Since Prehistoric Times And Has Even At Present A Very Strong Hold Upon The People. The Term Tao Itself Is Clothed With A Religious Awe And Always Spoken ...
Tapestry Me
Tapestry (me. Tapeccry, Tapecerye, From Of. Tapisseric, Tapestry, From Tapisser, To Furnish With Hangings, From Tapis, Tapestry, Carpet, From Tapetiom, From Gk. Tar'rjnov, Diminutive Of Rams, Tapes, Figured Cloth, Tapestry). A Decora Tive Textile Fabric Formed By A Process Inter Mediate Between Embroidery And True Weaving. It Differs From Embroidery ...
Tapir
Tapir (sp. Tapiro, From Tupi Brazilian Tapyra, Tapir). A Tropical Ungulate Mammal Of The Family Tapiridie, Allied To The Horses And Rhinoceroses. It Has A Bulky Form, With Mod Erately Long Legs; The Front Feet Four-toed, The Hind Feet Three-toed; The Skin Thick, The Hair Short; The Tail Very Small; ...
Tappan Arthur 1786 1865
Tappan. Arthur (1786-1865). An Ameri Can Merchant, Philanthropist, And Reformer, The Brother Of Benjamin And Lewis Tappan, Horn At Northampton, Mass. He Entered Business In Portland, Maine, Removed To Montreal, Canada, And After The War Of 1812 Established Himself In The Importing Business In New York City. In 1827 He ...
Tapuya
Tapuya, Ta-potqa (alien). A Collective Designation For A Group Of Tribes Holding An Ex Tensive Area In Eastern Brazil, Constituting A Dis Tinct Stock, And Apparently More Ancient In Oc Cupancy Than Any Of The Surrounding Tribes. Their General Territory Extends From Latitude 5° To 20° S., And From The ...
Taranto
Taranto, Ta-riin'tt. (lat. Turentum, From Gk. Dipac, Taras). A Town Of South Italy, In The Province Of Lecce, At The Northern End Of The Gulf Of Taranto. Tt Is Situated On A Rocky Islet, Formerly An Isthmus, Between The Mare Piccolo (little Sea), An 'extensive Harbor On The East Or ...
Tarasco
Tarasco, Ta-riis/k(). An Ancient Nation Of Michoacan. Mexico, Constituting A Distinct Lin Guistic Stock. According To Their Traditions They Migrated From The North About The Same Time As The Aztec Tribes (see Nav Ija Tlan Stock ) , And About The Year 1200 Established Their Kingdom In Michoacan, Maintaining Their ...
Tardigrada
Tardigrada (lat., Slow-going). A Group Of Little Animals Of Uncertain Affinities, Repre Sented By The Bear-animalcules. They Are Minute, Slowly Moving, Soft-skinned Animals, Not More Than A Millimeter In Length, And Are Often Referred To The Class Arachnida, As Distantly Related To The Mites. The Body Is Short And Thick, ...
Target
Target And Target Practice. By Target Practice Is Meant The Method By Which Proficiency Is Attained In Marksmanship. In Its Military Aspect, Target Practice Is De Signed To Give A Thorough Individual Train Ing To Every Soldier In The Fighting Use Of His Rifle. The Prescribed Course Of Instruction Usual ...
Targum
Targum (aran). Targam, Translation. Ex Planation, From Targem, To Interpret). The Gen Eral Term For The Aramaic Versions Of The Old Testament, Sometimes Less Correctly Referred To As The Chaldee Paraphrase. The Origin Of The Targum Is To Be Looked For In The Persian Period Of The Jews. When Hebrew ...
Tariff Of
Tariff (of., Fr. Tariffe, Fr. Tarif, From Sp. Tarifa. Price-list, Rate-book, From Ar, Ta'rifa, Tariff, Notification. Inventory. From 'arafa, To Know). A Schedule Of Duties Or Imposts Levied Upon Goods As They Pass From One State To An Other. A Tariff May Be Levied Upon Foreign Goods: (1) Simply As ...
Tarleton
Tarleton, Tiirl'ton, Sir Banastre (1754 1833). An English Soldier In The American Revolutionary \\ Ar, Born In Liverpool, And Edu Cated At Oxford. In 1776 He Took Part In Clin Ton's Operations Against Fort Moultrie (q.v.). Later In The Year, Under Sir William Erskine, Lie Served In The Successful Operations ...
Tarquinius
Tarquin'ius. The Family Name Of Two Kings Of Rome, With Whose History, Or Rather With The Legends Regarding Whom, The Fortunes Of The City Are Closely Interwoven. Demaratus, A Co Rinthian Noble, Emigrated Front Greece, And Set Tled At Tarquinii, In Etruria, Where He Married An Etruscan Wife. A Son, ...
Tarrytown
Tar'rytown. A Village In Westchester County, N. Y.. 25 Miles North Of New York City; On The East Side Of Tappan Bay, An Expansion Of The Hudson River, And On The New York Cen Tral And Hudson River Railroad (map: New York, G 4). It Is Picturesquely Situated On Ground ...
Tarshish
Tarshish, Tar/shish. According To The Old Testament, A Region Which Was The Resort Of Phcenieian Commerce, And The Source Of Valuable Mineral Products. The Earliest Mention Is In Genesis X. 4, Where It Is Associated With Lands Probably Identical With Crete. Cyprus. And Rhodes. Its Special Trade Was With Tyre, ...
Tarsus
Tarsus (lat., From Gk. Tapak, Torsos, Tapaoi, Tarsoi). The Chief City Of Ancient Cilicia, And Of Eastern Asia Minor, Situated On Both Sides Of The Navigable River Cydnus, In The Midst Of A Beautiful And Productive Plain, About 10 Miles From The Sea. From Its Situation Tarsus Commanded The Pass ...
Tartaric Acid
Tartaric Acid, An Acid Com Pound Of Carbon, Hydrogen, And Oxygen, Of Which Four Different Modifications Are Known. Ordinary Tartaric Acid Is Usually Seen In The Form Of Color Less, Transparent Crystals, Which Are Not Affected By The Action Of The Air, Have An Agreeable Acid Taste, And Are Soluble ...
Tarumari
Tarumari, Tii!roo-mii're, Or Taraiiitmart. A Numerous Tribe Of Piman Stock (q.v.) Occupy Ing The Sierra Madre Region Of Central And Southern Chihuahua, And Extending Into The Ad Jacent Seetions Of Sonora And Sinaloa, Mexico. No Reliable Statement Of Their Number Can Be Given, But They Are Variously Estimated At From ...
Tasmania
Tasmania. A State Of Australia Occupy Ing The Island Of Tasmania With Its Neighbor Ing Islands. The Island Of Tasmania, Formerly Called Van Diemen's Land, Lies Between Latitudes 40° 33' And 43° 39' S. And Longitudes 144° 39' And 148° 23' E. It Is Separated From The South Eastern Portion ...
Tassoni
Tassoni, Ta-siro'n6, A Lessandro ( 1565 1635). An Italian Diplomat, Critic, And Poet. Ile Was Born In Modena Of An Old Patrician Fam Ily. About 1595 He Published At Rome A Dialogue In Defense Of Alessandro Magno And Obizzo D'este, An Effort Which Was Dedicated To Cardi Nal Alessandro D'este, ...
Taste
Taste. At The Back Of The Surface, Just Be Hind The Circumvallate Pa Pilhe, Are Large Mu Cous Glands, Extending Into Long And Capacious Canals, And Helping To Secrete Tie- Fluid That Moistens The Tongue. On The Inferior Surface, The Longitudinal Furrow. Whit•h Extends From The Tip To The Fnenum, ...
Taste Of
Taste (of. Taster, F. Toter, To Taste, Front Lat. *taxitare, Frequentative Of Ta.rare, To Touch, Intensive Of Tangere, To Touch; Connected With Tekan, Icel. Take, As. Taean, Eng. Take). The Tongue Is Supplied With Nerve Endings Which Not Only (like Those Of The Skin) Mediate Sensa Tions Of Pressure, Temperature, ...
Tatars
Tatars (less Correctly Tartars, Fr. Torture, From Sil. Tartarus, From Pers. Tatar, Chin. Tab Tar, Tah-dzfi, Tatar, Possibly From A Tungusic Or Manchu Word Meaning Archer, Nomad; Probably Confused By Popular Etymology With Lat. Tar Tarus, Hell, On Account Of Their Atrocities). A Term Loosely Applied To Certain Tungusic Tribes ...
Tatian
Tatian, Ta'shan. A Christian Apologist Of The Second Century. He Was A Native Of Assyria, Received A Greek Education, And Came To Rome In The Time Of Justin Martyr, With Whom He Was Intimately Assoeiated, Probably About The Year 152. Under The Instruction Of This First Christian Philosopher, Tatian Early ...
Tatiptiluz
Tatiptiluz, A Deity Of Babylonian Origin Whose Cult Is Referred To By The Prophet Ezekiel (viii. 14), Who Describes His Horror At Seeing Wo Men Sitting In The North Gates Of The Temple And Weeping For Tammuz. The Worship Of Tammuz (under The Form Dumu-zi) May Now Be Traced Back ...
Tattooing
Tattooing (from Tattoo, From Tahitian Tate, Tattooing, Tattooed). The Practice Of Deco Rating The Surface Of The Body By Introducing Pigments Under The Skin. The Process Consists In Pricking The Skin With A Sharp Instrument And Inserting The Pigments, Usually Powdered Charcoal, In The Pumtures. The Design Appears In A ...
Taunton
Taunton. One Of The Eounty-seats Of Bristol County, Mass., 36 Miles South Of Bos Ton; On Taunton River, And On The New York, New Haven And Ilartford Railroad (map: Mas Sachusetts, E 4). It Is Regularly Laid Out With Finely Shaded Streets, And Has Many Handsome Residences, Among Its Institutions ...
Tax Of
Tax (of., Fr. From Ml. Taxa, Lasea, Taxation, Tax, From Lat. Tasare, To Touch, Rate, Appraise, Estimate), And Taxation. A Tax Is A Compulsory Contribution From Private Income Or Wealth To Meet The General Expenses Of Govern Ment. The Purpose Of Taxation Is Primarily The Securing Of Revenue, Although It ...
Taxidermy
Taxidermy (from Gk. Raps, Taxis, Ar Rangement 34,4a, Derma, Skin). The Art Of Skinning, Preserving. And Stuffing The Skins Of Animals, And Of Mounting Them For Exhibition. Before Skinning All Animals Should Be Carefully Measured. When Possible Make The Measure Ments Prescribed By Taxidermists. Also Make Drawings And If Possible ...
Taxonomy
Taxonomy (from Gk. Rd,scs, Taxis, Ar Rangement + Vo.los, 73.0»10s, Law, From Vl,tatv, Nen,ein, To Distribute) In Plants. The Classi Fication Of Plants. Probably The First Scientific Study Of Plants Was The Attempt At Classification. Artificial Classifications, Beginning With The Most Ancient One Into Herbs, Shrubs, And Trees, And Culminating ...
Tchuvashes
Tchuvashes, Ehtn-vilsh'ez. A People Of Eastern Russia, Probably Of Finnic Origin, And Now With A Strong Tatar Admixture. Their Seat Is Near The Volga And They Number Somewhat Over 500,000. Their Language, Which Is Distinct, Is Assigned To The Ural-altaic Stock. They Are Industrious And Orderly, Their Chief Occupations Being ...
Tea Insects
Tea Insects. The Tea Plant Is Attacked By Several Injurious Insects, As The Faggot-worm (enmete Carmerii), One Of The Bagworms, Whose Larva Carries A Case Made Up Of Fragments Of Twigs And Feeds Upon Leaves Of The Plant. The Tea Borer (zeuzere Coffete) Is The Larva Of A Cossid Moth; ...
Teachers College
Teachers College. An Institution In New York City For The Training Of Teachers And School Administrators, Founded In 1888, And Made A Part Of The Educational System Of Columbia University (q.v.) In 1898, Taking Academic Rank With The Schools Of Law, Medicine, And Applied Science. The College Is Represented In ...
Teaching Of The Twelve
Teaching Of The Twelve Apos Tles (gk. Alaaxil 3thafka Di Duch.tontt Dodaa Apostol5n), Also Called The Didache. An Ancient Christian Document, Writ Ten In Greek, Probably Before 150, Of Great Value For The Study Of Organization, Belief, And Worship In The Early Church. It Was Found In 1873 By Bryennios ...
Technical Education
Technical Education (from Technic, From Gk. Texylk6s, Tcc7nik0s, Relating To Art Or Handicraft, From R/xim, Techne, Art, Handicraft, From T1ktely, Tiktcin, To Bring Forth, Produce). The Term Technical Education, Strictly Speaking, Embraces All Instruction That Has For Its Object The Direct Preparation For A Career Or Vocation. In Common Use, ...
Technical And Applied Art
Technical And Applied Art Schools; Con Tinuation Schools. All The Types Of This Group Of Institutions Have Reached A High Point Of Or Ganization On The Continent Of Europe. Tech Nical Schools, In Which To Practical Training In The Methods Of A Special Craft Is Added Instruc Tion In The ...
Technique And Course Of
Technique And Course Of Vaccination. Virus For Vaccination Should Be Procured From Well-developed Typical Vaccine Pocks On The Abdo Men Of A Healthy Young Heifer. While They Are Still In The Vesicular Stage. The Virus May He Received Upon Ivory Points Or Split Quills. An Other Method Consists In Removing ...
Tecumseh
Tecumseh (flying Panther, Meteor), Te Cumthe, Or Tecumtha (c.1775-1813). A Famous Indian Chief, Born Near The Site Of The Present Town Of Springfield, Ohio. His Father Was A Shawnee Warrior, And His Mother A Creek Or Cherokee Squaw Captured And Adopted By The Shawnees. Having By His Unusual Talents For ...
Teeth As
Teeth (as. Ttip,goth. Tun)) Us, Ohg. Zan, Ger. Zahn, Tooth; Connected With 01r, Dot, Bret., Welsh Dant, Lith. Duntis, Lat. Dens, Gk. 65ogs, Odors, Bouiv, Odoa, Skt. Danta, Tooth, Probably Originally The Pres. Part., With Loss Of The Initial Vowel,of Skt. Ad. Gk. Neu', Eilein, Lat. Edere, To Eat, Ochurch ...
Tegea
Te'gea (lat., From Gk. Tryia), An Ancient City Of Southeastern Arcadia, Greece. Its Ter Ritory Included The Southern Part Of The Great Eastern Plain Of Arcadia, Of Which The Northern Part Was Occupied By Mantinea (q.v.). It Was A Place Of Considerable Size, And It Appears To Have Included The ...
Teh Uantepec Route
Teh Uantepec Route. The Well-known Geo Graphic Conditions At Tehuantepec And Between The Nicaragua And Panama Canal Routes Made It Unnecessary To Explore Those Parts Of The Ameri Can Isthmus For Other Possible Locations For An Interoceanic Canal, And The Commission Mentioned Limited Its Investigations To What Is Generally Known ...
Telautograph
Telautograph (from Gk. Toe, Tole, Afar + Ain-6s, Autos, Self + Yfidoetv, Graphein, To Write). An Instrument Invented By Elisha Gray For Electrically Reproducing At A Distance Handwriting, Drawings, Figures, And The Like. A Transmitter And Receiver Are Associated Together For Use At Each Station. And Are Connected By Two ...
Telegraph
Telegraph (from Gk. Tole, Afar ± Packu, Graphei-n, To Write). The Transmission Of Messages By Means Of Electricity. With The Discovery That Electric Currents Could Be Trans Mitted Instantly Over Long Distances Came The Idea Of Employing Them For Signaling, And In 1774 Bishop Watson Made Sonic Experiments In Dis ...
Telemeter
Telemeter (from Gk. Ripte, Te/c, Afar + Pirpov, Metron, Measure). An Instrument For Measuring The Distance To A Remote Object, Used In Surveying And In Military Operations By Engi Neers And Artillerists. In The Boulange Telemeter, The Distance From The Observer To A Cannon Or Ex Ploding Shell Is Ascertained ...
Teleology
Teleology (from Gk. /47km Tc/os, End, Completion + -xoyta, -logia, Account, From Legcin, To Say). A Term Used In Philos Ophy To Denote Any Theory Which Explains The World As In Some Way Controlled By Intelligent Purpose. The Question Teleology Answers In The Affirmative Is Whether In The Universe As ...
Telepathy
Telepathy (from Gk. 7-06, Me, Afar + Irdoeia, -patheia, From Vcieos, Pathos, Feeling). A Term Coined By Members Of The Society For Psychical Research: "we Venture To Introduce The Words Tehrsthesia And Telepathy To Cover All Cases Of Impression Received At A Distance Without The Normal Operation Of The Recognized ...
Telephone
Telephone (from Gk. Toe, Ulc, Afar --i Cpcoph, Pkonc., Voice, Sound). An Instrument For The Transmission Of Speech Or Musical Or Other Sounds By Means Of Electrical Vibrations Corre Sponding To The Original Sounds. The First Use Of The Word Telephone Is In A Description Of Ex Periments By Wheatstone ...
Telephus
Tel'ephus (lat., From Gk. T7)xecpoil In Greek Legend, A King Of Tenthrania, In Southern Mysia. Auge, The Daughter Of King Aleos Of Tegea, Was Loved By Hercules And Bore Him A Son, Telephus. In Anger Her Father Inclosed Mother And Child In A Chest And Cast Them Into The Sea. ...
Telescope
Telescope (from Gk. .7-7/xeas6a-or, Tele Slcopos, Far-seeing, From Rithe, Tile, Afar + Crkoweiv, Skopein, To Look). Essentially A Lens Or Mirror To Form An Image Of A Distant Object And A Miscroseope To Enable The Observer To Examine This Image In Detail. The Invention Of The Tele Scope Was Doubtless ...
Telugus
Tel'ugus. The Northeastern Division Of The Dravidian Family, Numbering More Than 20,000, 000. They Present The Typical Aspect Of The Race —medium Statured, Mesocephalic To Dolichoceph Alic In Head-form. The Yanadis Of Nellore, Con Sidered By Sonic Authorities To He The Primitive Telugus, Both With Respect To Physical Character Istics ...
Tempera
Tempera (it., From Lat. Temperare, To Proportion, Modify), Or Distemper. In Hs Or Iginal Sense Tempera Signifies Any Fluid Medium With Which Pigments May Be Mixed; But The Term Is Usually Restricted To A Glutinous Medi Um,such As Egg, Size, Or Gums, As Distinguished From Oil; And Especially To That ...
Temperance
Temperance (lat. Ternperantia, Modera Tion, Sobriety, Self-control, From Ternperare, To Proportion, Modify). Primarily. A Moderate Use And Enjoyment Of All Good Things. In Modern Days The Word Is Often Used To Designate Great Moderation In The Use Of Alcoholic Beverages, Or Even Total Abstinence Front Them, Among Uncivilized Races, Ancient ...
Temperature Varieties
Temperature Varieties. Varieties, Races, Or Sub-species Are Largely Differentiated By Variation Resulting From Being Subjected To Dif Ferent Influences, Principally In The Nature Of Temperature And Comparative Moisture. It Is A Matter Of Universal Observation That Widespread Species Present A Great Range Of Variability In Size, Proportion Of Parts, Color ...
Temperature Of The Body
Temperature Of The Body. The Temperature In The Healthy Human Adult Aver Ages From 98.4° To 98.6° F., But 97.5° And 99° F. Are Within Normal Limits. Tn The New-born Child The Temperature Is Slightly Above The Aver Age, As It Is In Old Age. Race Has But A Slight ...
Temple
Temple, Sir William ( 628-99 ) . An Eng Lish Statesman And Essayist, Born In London. He Was Reared By An Uncle, Dr. Henry Hammond, Rector Of Penshurst, In Kent. He Entered Em Manuel College, Cambridge, In 1644; But He Left Four Years Later Without A Degree, And Set Out ...
Temple At Jerusalem
Temple At Jerusalem. The Central Shrine Of Judaism After The Establishment Of The Davidic Monarchy, Situated On Mount No Riall In Jerusalem. The First 'house Of God' Was The Tabernacle Or Tent Of Meeting, Described In Exodus Xnv.-xxvii.; But This Was Replaced During Solomon's Reign (c.977-937 N.c.) By A Permanent ...
Tempo
Tempo (it., Time). The Degree Of Rapidity With Which A Piece Of Music Is To Be Executed. The Rhythmical Proportions Of Notes, As Indicated By Their Form, Give Them Only A Relative Value, And Have No Reference To The Absolute Speed At Which The Entire Composition Is To Be Played. ...
Temporal Power
Temporal Power (tat. Tcmporalis, Re Lating To Time, From Tempos, Time, Season; Con Nected With Icel. Paint), An Out-stretching, Lith. Temphi, I Extend) Of The Pope. The Sovereign Power Which The Pope Possessed As Ruler Of The Papal States (q.v.), Which, Although Modified In Its Exercise By His Spiritual Character, ...
Tender
Tender (from N E. Tender. Of., Fr. Tendre, From Lat. Traticre, To Stretch, Extend: Eonnected With Gk. Telenp, Teincinn. Skt. Tan. Guth. Nf-pan Jun, As. Ohg. (knelt, Denncn. Ger. Dchnen, To Stretch Out). Asa Legal Term, The Formal Offer To Perform Some Legal Obligation Incumbent On The Person Tendering Performance ...