Tendon
Tendon (from Me. Tent/o, Tendon, From Lat. Tendere. To Stretch, Extend). A Term Em Ployed In Anatomy To Desig,nate The Structure Of White Fibrous Tissue Reaching From The End Of A Muscle To Bone Or Some Other Structure Which Is To Serve As A Fixed Attachment For It, Or Which ...
Tendril
Tendril (fr. Tear/rifle, From Tendrr, Tender, From Lat. Teller, Delicate: Connected With Tenuis, Gk. Tam* Tanaos„ Skt. Tuna, Oh(1. Flunni. Ger. (mtn, As. Pynne. Eng. Thin), A Slender, Usually Eylindrical Organ Of Higher Plants Used For Climbing. As To Their Origin, Tendrils May Occupy The Position Of Leaflets, Or Of ...
Tenement House Problem
Tenement House Problem. The Problem Of The Making Possible A Healthful Hu Man Existence Under The Conditions Of Dense Popu Lation In Our Modern Cities. With The Growth Of Great Cities, A Double Movement Of Population• Takes Place. The Well-to-do Are Driven From Former Residential Districts By The Encroachments Of ...
Tennis
Tennis (of Uncer Tain Derivation; Possibly From Of. Tore; Impv. Of Tenir, To Seize, Take, I.e. The A Game Played With Racquet And Ball In A Covered Court. It Has Been Well Described As The Mother Of Lawn Tennis It Is Usually Played By Two Players, A Four-handed Game Being ...
Tent
Tent. A Portable Structure Of Canvas-, Skin, Rugs, Or Other Fabrics, Designed For Shelter. Ani Mal Skins And Foliage Doubtless Formed The Earli Est Coverings, For Which Textile Fabrics Were Sub Stituted As Civilization Advanced. Hi The Book Of Genesis The Patriarchs Are Represented As Dwelling In Tents, Probably Mud) ...
Tenure Of
Tenure (of., Fr. Tenure, From Lat. Tenure, To Hold, Retain). The Manner In Which A Person Holds Or Owns Real Property. The Word Implies Something Less Than An Absolute And Unqualified Ownership. Before The Development Of The Feudal System, An Individual Could Own A Piece Of Land Absolutely. And Such ...
Tenure Of Office Act
Tenure Of Office Act. A Term Some Times Applied To An Act Of Congress Passed In 1820, Chiefly Through The Influence Of W. Ii. Craw Ford. Secretary Of The Treasury, Creating A Four ;year Tenure For A Large Number Of Federal Offices, Previously Held By An Indefinite Tenure Of Good ...
Terborch
Terborch, Ter'bork (ter Borcii, Terr.urg), Gerard (1617-81 ). An Eminent Genre And Por Trait Painter Of The Dutch School. Born At Zwolle,. He Was First Instructed By His Father, A Draughts Man And Etcher Of Some Ability, And Went, In 1633, To Haarlem, Where He Became The Pupil Of Pieter ...
Terence Publics Tebentws Afer
Ter'ence (publics Tebentws Afer) (e.185-c.159 B.c.). A Roman Writer Of Comedies. He Was Born At Carthage, And Was Perhaps Of African (not Phrenician) Origin. He Was Brought To Rome And There Became The Slave Of The Roman Senator Publius Terentius Lucanus, Who, Out Of Regard For His Handsome Person And ...
Termite
Termite (from Lat. Termcs, Tonnes, Wood Worm; Connected With Tercre, Gk. Ve(petv, Teirein, Lith. Triti, Trinti, ()church Slay. Trycti, Trati, To Rub). Any One Of The Insects Of The Order Isoptera, Comprising Those Forms Known As White Ants. They Are Not At All Related To The True Ants, But Their ...
Terre Haute
Terre Haute, Ter'e Ha'. The County-seat Of Vigo County, Ind., 72 Miles West By South Of Indianapolis: On The Wabash River. And On The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago And Saint Louis, The Evansville And Terre Haute. The Terre Haute And Indianapolis, The Southern Indiana, And Other Railroads (alap: Indiana, B 3). ...
Terrestrial Temperature
Temperature, Terrestrial. The Distri Bution Of Heat In The Atmosphere Depends To Some Extent On Its Direct Absorption Of Solar Radiations, And Especially The Absorption At The Upper Surface Of The Clouds, But Is Principally Governed By The Angular Altitude Of The Sun And The Contact Of The Air With ...
Terrier Of
Terrier (of. Terrier, From Ml. Terrarius, Relating To The Earth, From Lat. Terra, Earth, Land, So From Its Habit Of Scratching The Ground In Pursuit Of Its Prey). A Small Active Domestic Dog, Used In Pursuit Of Vermin. Sixteen Distinct Breeds Of This Dog Are Officially Recognized, Sev Eral Of ...
Territorial Waters
Territorial Waters. Waters Subject To The Jurisdiction Of A Particular State, As Op Posed To The High Or Open Seas, Which Are Free To All Nations. Territorial Waters Comprise: First. Inclosed Waters, Such As (a) Lakes, Rivers, And Other Inland Waters Wholly Within The Confines Of A State; (b) Lakes ...
Territories Of
Territories (of. Territoric, Fr. Terri Toire, From Lat. Tcrritorium, District, From Terra, Earth, Land). The Name Given In The United States To Certain Parts Of The National Domain Which Have Not Been Erected Into States. In 1903 They Were Arizona. New Mexico. Oklahoma. The Indian Territory, The District Of Columbia. ...
Tertiary System
Tertiary System. A Term Applied In Geology To The Group Of Rocks Included Between The Cretaceous And Quaternary Systems. It Is One Of The Two Periods Constituting The Ceno Zoic Era, The Quaternary Being The Other Period. The Term Tertiary Was First Suggested When It Was Considered That All Strata ...
Tertullian
Tertul'lian (lat. Tertullianus). Quin Tus Septteius Florens (horn Before 100. Died After 220). One Of The Earliest Latin Church Fathers. A Prolific Writer, And The Creator Of Ecclesiastical Latinity. He Was Born In Car Thage, Of Heathen Parentage. And Trained For The Profession Of The Law, Which Lie Practiced In ...
Terza Rima
Terza Rima, Ter'tsit Rtyrna (it., Third Rhyme, Triple Rhyme). A Verse Form Of Italian Origin, Of Which The First And Most Notable Use Was Made By Dante In The Dininu C'ammedia. Each Stanza Consists Of Three Lines (usually Hendeeasyllables) With Two Rhymes; Lines 1 And 3 Repeat The Middle Rhyme ...
Tetanus
Tetanus (lit., Front Gk. Rerav6s. Spasm, Tension, From Reivetv, Teinrin, To Stretch. Strain), Or Lockjaw. An Infectious Disease Character Ized By Tonic Spasms Of The Voluntary Muscles, With Marked Exacerbations. The Contractions May Be Confined To The Muscles Of The Lower Jaw (trismus), To Certain Other Groups Of Muscles, Or ...
Tetragrammaton
Tet'ragram'maton (gk. Rerpa7panya Rov, Word Of Four Letters, Neu. Sg. Of Reronypoyya Roc, Tetragrammatos, Having Four Letters, From 7-17pa-, Tetra-, Four + Ypeiliya, Gramma. Letter. From Yplpfir, Graphrin, To Write). A Term Used To Designate The Name Of Israel's God, Consisting Of The Four Letters Li W H. In The ...
Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights (the Teutonic Knights Of Saint Mary's Hospital At Jerusalem). An Order Of Knighthood Which Originated In A Brotherhood Formed By German Knights In 1190 During The Siege Of Acre By The Crusaders And Recognized By Pope Clement Iii. In 1191. In 1198 This Association Was Changed Into An ...
Teutonic Race
Teutonic Race. The Name Applied To A Division Of The European Peoples, Comprising Nearly The Whole Or The Bulk Of The Population Of The German Empire, The Scandinavian Countries, The Netherlands. Great Britain, Switzerland, The United States, Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand. And Cape Colony, About Two-thirds Of The Inhabitants ...
Textile Designing
Textile Designing (lat. Tcxti/is, Relat Ing To Weaving, From Text/is, Fabric, Composition, Text, From Texere, To Weave; Connected With Gk. Retool', Tch-rfin, Carpenter, Teekne, Art, Skt. Tats, To Cut, Form). That Branch Of Textile Manu Facturing Which Is Devoted To The Construction Edge Of Combining Colors And Drawing A Thorough ...
Textile Manufacturing In The
Textile Manufacturing In The United States.—statistics. The Importance Of The Textile Industry In The United States Is Seen From The Accompanying Table From The Twelfth Census, Which Shows 35.3 Per Cent. Increase In The Capital Invested, During The Last Decade Of The Last Century, Over The Decade Immediately Preceding; An ...
Textile Printing
Textile Printing. The Art Of Produc Ing Figured Designs Upon Textile Fabrics. By Dye Ing Or Staining, Can He Traced Hack 4000 Years To The Early Homes Of Textile Wearing. In India And Egypt. Probably The Earliest Figured Effects Were Produced By Securely Binding Up Spots All Over The Material ...
Textiles
Textiles. The Group Of Industries Called Tex Tile In 1900 Ranked First In The Number Of Wage Earners Employed, Second In The Amount Of Capi Ta] Invested, And Third In The Value Of Products. If Allowance Be Made For Duplications, The Value Of Products Given In The Table Of The ...
Textual Criticism Of
Textual Criticism (of., Fr. Tertue/, From Lat. Textus, Text, Composition, Fabric. From Texere, To Weave). The Criticism Of Existing Texts Of Literary Works With A View To The De Tection Of Errors Which Have Crept In, And The Restoration Of The Reading Intended By The Au Thor. Such Criticism May ...
Thaer
Thaer, Tar, Albrecht Daniel (1752-1828). A Noted German Agriculturist. Whose Work Revolu Tionized Certain Forms Of Farm Management And Animal Production Of His Day. Born At Celle, Hanover, He Studied Medicine And Philosophy At Gottingen, And Succeeded His Father As Court Physician, But Early Turned His Attention To Agriculture. He ...
Thames
Thames, Temz. The Most Important River In Great Britain. Flowing With A Southeastern Trend Through The Southern Portion Of The Kingdom And Passing Through London (map: England, G 5). Its Remotest Source, The Churn, Rises On The Southeast Slope Of The Cotswold Hills, In Gloucester, Five Miles South Of Cheltenham, ...
The Atlantic Lowland
The Atlantic Lowland. This Region, Although Not Large, Contains A Vast Population, And Is Historically The Most Important. It Made The Interior Of The Continent Accessible To Dis Covery From The East, Offered Hospitable Ground To The Colonists, And Is Rich In The Harbors That Have Led To The Building ...
The Catholic System
The Catholic System. The Older System Of Theological Education, That Prevailing In Catholic Institutions, Is The Result Of A Gradual Historical Development From The Beginning Of The Church. Although The Aim And Ideal Have Remained Unchanged, The Matter Has Broadened And The Lines Widened And Deepened In Response To The ...
The Constitution
The Constitution, Though Hamilton Had Been Among The Most Ardent Supporters Of Amer Ican Independence, Lie Was Not An Advocate Of The System Of Government That Had Been The Im Mediate Result Of The War. He Wished His Coun Trymen To Secure The Advantages Of A Strong Cen Tral Government, ...
The Great Plains
The Great Plains. 'phis Is The Name Usually Given To The Lands Which Rise Gradually From The Prairies To The Eastern Base Of The Rocky Moun Tains. But The Altitude Of These Lands Is Such That They Might He Called With Propriety A Pla Teau. From Altitudes Of About 1000 ...
The Line
The Line. The Wire Or Series Of Wires Are Usually Supported On Poles Placed Along The Sides Of A Road Or Railway. In Cities The Wires Are Sometimes Carried Over Houses Or In Underground Pipes Or Conduits, The Conductors In The ,latter Case Being Insulated By Means Of A Gutta-percha ...
The Mercurial Thermometer
The Mercurial Thermometer. This Consists Of A Glass Bulb Terminating In A Long Capillary Tube. The Bulb And Lower Portion Of The Tube Are Filled With Clean Mercury, While The Upper Portion Is Supposed To Be Quite Empty And To Be Hermet Ically Sealed. When The Bulb Is Warmed The ...
The Morse Alphabet
The Morse Alphabet. Before Going Further The Details Of The Alphabet May Be Given. The Only Elements Which Can Be Combined For Making Telegraphic Signals In The Morse System Are The Dot, The Clash, And The Space, And The Alphabet Is Made Up Of The Simplest Combinations Of These That ...
The National Period
The National Period. The Revolutionary War. Although It Ushered In An Era Of Complete Religions Toleration, So Far As State And Nation Were Concerned, Was Not On The Whole Favorable To The Development Of The Religious Life Of The Newly Created States. By The End Of The Century, When Spiritual ...
The Protestant System
The Protestant System. The Great Leaders Of The Protestant Reforma Tion Insisted Upon The Necessity Of Higher Edu Cation For The Clergy At The Universities, This Was Natural, As They Believed In An Established Church Supported By The State, And Strongly Emphasized The Duty Of Its Ministers To Inculcate Sound ...
The Regulation Of
The Regulation Of Apprentwesifir And Boy Labor. The Regulation Of Apprenticeship Was Not In Origin A Trade Union Policy; It Was Introduced, Adopted, And Sanctioned By Statute Law At A Time When The Trade Union Did Not Exist. Consequently, Although The Trade Unions Indorse The Regulation Of Apprenticeship With Striking ...
The Temple Service
The Temple Service. The Solomonic Temple Was Primarily Intended To Be A Yahweh-sanc Tuary, As Is Evident From I. Kings Viii. 13. But During The Period Of The Davidic Dynasty Many Other Divinities Were Worshiped In It. (see E.g. Ezek. Ii. Kings Xviii., Xx.) The Temple Of Zerubbabel Appears To ...
The Trade School
The Trade School Is An Institution That Has Come Into Existence Almost Entirely Since The Mid Dle Of The Nineteenth Century. The Industrial Conditions Produced By An Era Of Quantity Of Pro Duction And Division Of Labor Have Developed The Real Problem Of The Trade School. In The Days Of ...
The Urinary Deposits
The Urinary Deposits Are Of Rare Beauty And Interest Under The Microscope. Besides Blood, Pus, And Epithelial Cells Occurring During Grave Illness, Several Crystals Are Found In Ordinary Urine With Slight Variations In Health. After Standing For A Time At A Moderate Temperature. Amorphous Granular Matter Precipitates In Most Urine, ...
Theatines
The'atines. A Roman Catholic Religious Community, Which Played, Nett To The Jesuits. The Most Important Part In The Movement For Reform From Within The Church In The Sixteenth Century. Its Founders Were Saint Cajetan (gae Tano Da Tiene) And Giovanni Pietro Caraffa, At That Time Bishop Of Chieti, From The ...
Theatre Libre
Theatre Libre, Le'be (fr., Free Theatre). The Name Of A Dramatic Enterprise Founded In 1887 By Audit'. Antoine, Then A Young Parisian Clerk. With Some Fellow Amateurs Of The Gaulois Club He Arranged The Production (march 30, 1887) Of Four New One-act Plays At The Elysee Des Beaux-arts At Montmartre, ...
Thebes
Thebes, Thtthz (lat: Theb(r, From Gk. Eiji3a(). A Celebrated City Of Ancient Egypt, Situ Ated On Both Sides Of The Nile In About Latitude 25° 50' N. Its Old Egyptian Name Was 1-1:e.sct, But In Later Times It Was Also Called Vu (t) .1 Men, 'the City Of Ammon,' Nu ...
Thebes_2
Thebes (0k. Eij(sat. Thebai). The Principal City Of Bieotia, In Ancient Greece, Situated In The Southeastern Part Of The Country, On The Northern Slope Of A Ridge Which Separates The Valley Of The Asopus From The Plain To The North. The Acropolis Or Cadmea, Now Occupied By The Little Town ...
Theism
Theism (from Gk. Ms, Thros, God). The Theory Which Assumes A Living Relation Between God And Ilis Creatures, Though It Does Not Neces Sarily Define It. It Also Carries With It, In Many Theories, The Personal Implication, And Explains The Universe In Terms Of Divine Reason And Will. The Intellectual ...
Themistocles
Themis'tocles (lat., From Gk. Eeµurro Xa S, Themistokhs) B.c.) . An Athe Nian General And Statesman, Born About B.c. 514, The Son Of Xeocles, An Athenian Citizen Of Middling Station And Circumstances. And A Ca Rian Or Tlr•acian Woman. After The Battle Of Marathon (n-c. 490), When The First In ...
Theocritus
Theoc'ritus (lat., From Gk. 43€6zpiros. Thcokritos) (e.310-c.245 N.e.). The First And Greatest Of The Greek Bucolic Poets. The Details Of His Life Are Not Clearly Known. He Was Com Monly Reckoned A Syracusan, Although There Is Reason To Believe That. Cos May Have Been His Birthplace. In Any Ease, He ...
Theodicy
Theodicy (from Gk. (k6s, Thcos, God + Ohm, Dike, Justice). The Exposition Of The Theory Of Divine Providence, And Particularly The Defense Of The Goodness And Wisdom Of God Against Ob Jections Drawn From The Existence Of Pain And Sin In The World. The Problem Is As Old As Human ...
Theodore Of Mopsuestia
The'odore Of Mop'sues'tia (c.350 428). The Most Noted Biblical Scholar And The Ologian Of The School Of Antioch. Lle Was Born In Antioch, Was Educated Under The Rhetorician Libanius, And Studied Theology With Diodorus. At The Age Of Thirty-two He Was Made Presbyter Of The Antiochian Church, And In 392 ...
Theodoret
Theod'oret (gk. Ocoupntos, Throdaredos) (c.393-457). A Greek Church Historian And Biblical Scholar. He Was Born At Antioch, Of Christian Parents, And Studied Theology Under Theodore Of Mopsnestia (q.v.). Theodoret Is To Be Ela-ssed With The Antiochian School, As Opposed To The Alexandrian. He Was Rational Rather Than Mystical In His ...
Theodoric
Theodoric (lat. Theodoricus), Surnamed The Great (c.454-526). The Founder Of The Ostro Gothic Kingdom In Italy. Ile Was Born On The Banks Of The Neusiedler See, In Pannonia. His Father, Theudemir, Was One Of The Three Brothers Who On The Death Of Attila (a.d. 453) Freed Their Nation From The ...
Theodosius
Theodosius, The'o-do'shi-us. The Name Of Three Roman Emperors.—tneonostus I., Sur Named The Great, Emperor From 379 To 395, Was Of Spanish Descent, And Was Born Either At Italica, Or More Probably At Cauca, Near Segovia. About A.d. 346. His Father, Also Named Theodosius, Was The Great General Of The Roman ...
Theology
Theology (lat Theologia, From Gk. &an/a, A Speaking Concerning God, From Oth, Theos, God -login, Account, From Niyciv, Lcgein, To Say). A Term Which, In The Larger Sense, May Be Used As Equivalent To The Science Of Religion, And Will Then Include All The Various Theological Disciplines, The Sacred Languages, ...
Theosophical Society
Theosophical Society. A Society Founded By Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (q.v.) In New York, November 17, 1875, Assisted By Colonel Henry S. Olcott, William Q. Judge, And Others. Its Objects Were: (1) To Form The Nucleus Of A Universal Brotherhood Of Humanity; (2) To Study And Make Known The Ancient Re ...
Theosophy
Theosophy (gk. Ocoavola, Theosophia, Wis Dom In Divine Things, Knowledge Concerning God, From Ococrocpos, Theosophos, Wise Concerning God, From 0e6s, Theos, God + Woods, Sophos, Wise). A Term Used To Denote A System O• Systems Of Phi Losophy Based On An Inwardly Revealed And Mystic Knowledge Of God And The ...
Therakenes
Therakenes, Th6-r5m'e-nez (lat., From Gk.enpaµhe,)s) (9-404 U.c.). An Athenian Poli Tician. In B.c. 411 He Was A Leading Member Of The Oligarchy Of The Four Hundred At Athens, But Soon, Going Over To The Opposition, Took A Leading Part In The Deposition Of That Body. In B.c. 410 He Took ...
Therapeutics
Therapeutics Gk. Ocpa1evroc6s, Therapeutikos, Relating To Medical Treatment, From &pavan-7)s, Therapeutes, Attendant, Serv Ant). The Branch Of Medicine Which Has As Its Object The Cure Of Disease. The Conception Of Dis Ease Which Is Found Among Primitive Races Is Associated With The Idea Of Demon Possession. The Earliest Therapeutic Measures ...
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics ( From Gk. Eipaa, Thernie, Heat + .36papas, Dynavni,s, Power). The Application Of The Principles Of Mechanics To Heat-phenomena. It Is Shown In The Article Heat That All Heat-effects Can He Traced For Their Cause To Work Having Been Done Against The Molec Ular Forces Of The Body—e.g. Friction, ...
Thermoelectricity
Thermoelectricity. It Was Observed By Seebeck In 1822 That, If The Two Junctions Of A Closed Metallic Circuit Made Up Of Two Differ Ent Wires In Series Were At Different Temperatures. There Was Produced An Electric Current. As The Difference Of Temperature At The Junctions Is In Creased, The Current ...
Thermometry
Thermometry (from Gk. (wpm?, Theme, Heat + -metria, Measurement, From Alrpow, Metron, Measure). The Science Of As Signing Proper Numerical Values To The Tempera Ture Of Bodies. As Explained In Heat, This In Volves Several Steps, The Arbitrary Selection Of: (1) Some Substance As The Thermometric Body, (2) Some Property ...
Thermoscope
Thermoscope (from Gk. 0/feln, Theme, Heat -f. Ecorcn', Skopein, To Look). A Device To Indicate Relative Temperatures By Making Use Of The Property Possessed By Substances Of Changing Their State Or Volume Under The Influence Of Heat. Thus, Knowing The Fusing-point Of A Solid, We Are Enabled To Determine Whether ...
Theromorpha
Theromorpha (neo-lat. Now. Pl., From Gk. Oip, Tiler, Wild Beast + Aopcp), Morphe, Form). A Name Applied To Several Widely Dissimi Lar Groups Of Fossil Reptiles Which Possess Certain Common Characters Of Skull, Vertebra, Limb Girdles, And Digital Formula. Another Ordinal Name, Ationtodantia, Is Often Used Synonymously With Theromorpha. The ...
Thersites
Thersites, Ther-setk (lat., From Gk. Oepo(rns). In The Iliad, The Ugliest And Most Im Pudent Talker Among The Greeks Assembled Be Fore Troy. He Is Represented As Reviling Aga Memnon And Achilles. And Is Beaten By Odysseus For His Insolence. Later Writers Said He Was A Son Of Agrios, Brother ...
Theseus
Theseus, The's.6-fis Or The'sfis (lat.. From Gk. Encreifs). The National Hero Of The Athenians, And, Next To Hercules, The Most Famous Character Of Greek Legend. His Story Owes Its Prominence Largely To The Influence Of Athens In Greek Art And Literature, For In The Epic Theseus Has But Small Place. ...
Thessaly
Thes'saly (lat. Thessalia, From Gk. Oea. Cra?,ia, Attic Oerra2,ia, Thettalia, Thessaly, From Oeuaa2.6c, Thessalos, Attic Oerra).6g, Thet Talus, Thessalian). The Largest Division Of An Cient Greece, Bounded On The North By Macedonia, From Which It Was Separated By The Cambunian Monntains. On The West By Epirus. With The Pin Due ...
Thiosulphuric Acid
Thiosulphuric Acid (from Gk. Tkiov, Melon, Sulphur + Eng. Sulphuric), Less Properly 'hyposulphurous Acid.' Au Acid Pound Unknown In The Isolated State And But Little Known In The Form Of Dilute Aqueous Solu Tions, But Well Known In The Form Of Its Salts, Called Thiosulphates (or Hyposulphites), Espe Cially Its ...
Thirst As
Thirst (as. J-'urst, Goth. Padrstei, Ohg. Durst, Ger. Hurst, Thirst; Connected With Lat. Torrere, To Parch, Gk. Rifwevoat, Tersesthai, To Become Dry, Skt. Tars, To Thirst). A Sensa Tion Normally Due To A Lack Of Wafer In The Tis Sues Of The Body. Although The Sensation Of Thirst Is Referred ...
Thirty Years War
Thirty Years' War. The Name Given To The Great European Struggle (1618-48) Which Marked The Climax Of The Reformation (q.v.), Closing The Period Of Distinctively Religions Poli Tics And Opening That. In Which Secular Statecraft Took The Place Of Ecclesiastical. The Religious Peace Of Augsburg (1555) Afforded No Permanent Settlement ...
Thistle As
Thistle (as. Pistc/, Ohg, Distula. Distil, Ger. Distel, Thistle). A Popular Name For Va Flow; Plants Of The Natural Order Composite. They Have Either Stout, Spiny Herbage Or Flower Ing Bracts. They Are Widely Distributed, Mostly A, Weeds. In The United States The Name Applies To The Species Of Cnicus, ...
Thomas 1757 1834 Telford
Telford, Thomas (1757-1834). An Emi Nent Scottish Engineer, Born In Eskdale, Dumfries Shire. At The Age Of Fourteen He Adopted The Trade Of A Stone-mason. In 1780 Lie Removed To Edin Burgh, And In 1783 He Repaired To London, Wbere He Was Appointed In 1784 To Superintend The Erec Tion ...
Thomas De Talmage
Tal'mage, Thomas De Wm (1832-1902). An American Clergyman And Pulpit Orator, Born At Bound Brook, N. J. After Taking A Partial Course At The University Of The City Of New York (now New York University) Lie Entered The Theological Seminary Of The Dutch Reformed Church At New Brunswick, N. J., ...
Thomson
Thomson, ,tames (1834-82). An English Poet, Born At Port Glasgow•, Scotland. In 1840 His Father Was Disabled By A Paralytic Stroke And Two Years Later His Mother Died. Lie Was Edu Cated At The Royal Caledonian Asylum (1s-t2 1s50) And Then Entered (1850) The Mili Tary Asylum, Chelsea, To Qualify ...
Thoreau
Thoreau, Thniro Or Tho-ro', Henry David (1817-62). An American Naturalist And Author. He Was Of French And Scotch Extraction And Was Born At Concord, Mass., Where His Father Was A Manufacturer Of Lead Pencils. At This Trade The Younger Thoreau Worked At Intervals. He Gradu Ated From Harvard College In ...
Thornycroft
Thorn'ycroft. A Family Of English Sculptors. Mary (1814-95). Born In Thornham, Norfolk, Was A Pupil Of Her Father, John Francis, The Sculptor, And Exhibited Her First Work At The Royal Academy In 1835. In 1s40 She Mar Ried Thomas Thornyeroft, A Fellow-pupil In Her Father's Studio. With Whom She Went ...
Thorwaldsen
Thorwaldsen, Trevald-zen (dan., Tuon Yalnsen), Bertel ( 770-1844 ) . An Eminent Danish Sculptor, The Chief Exponent In The Nine Teenth Century Of Antique Tendency In The Plastic Arts. He Was Born At Copenhagen. November 19, 1770, The Son Of An Icelandic Carpenter And Carver Of Figures Used Upon Galleons. ...
Thothmes
Thothmes, Thoth/mez Or T6vmes (egyptian Dhuti-mose, Son Of Thoth; Gk. Tohtlywaic, Touth Mosis) Or Taiiutiases. The Name Of Four Of Egypt Of The Eighteenth Dynasty. Tinrritstes 1. Was The Son And Successor Of Amenophis I. (q.v.) And Ascended The Throne About B.c. 1560. According To Manetho, As Cited By Africanus. ...
Thrace
Thrace, Thr5s (lat. Thracia, From Gk. Opdxn, Thrake, Thrace, From Threat., Thra Cian). The Ancient Name Of An Extensive Region In The Eastern Part Of The Balkan Peninsula, Whose Boundaries Varied At Different Periods. At First The Designation Seems To Have Included Part Of Macedonia, Where Early Story Knows Of ...
Thread Worms
Thread-worms. The Thread Or Round Worms Are Members Of The Class Nematelminthes, Order Nematoidea, And Are So Called From Their Slender Round Thread-like Body. The Dense Skin Is Not Segmented, And The Body-cavity (ecelome) Is Not Lined With Epithelium, But Is Directly Bounded By The Muscles Of The Body. There ...
The General Fed Eration
Trade Unions, The General Fed Eration Of. The Central Labor Organiza Tion Of Great Britain. It Was Organized July 1, 1899, Under The Auspices Of The Brithili Trades Union Congress For The Purposes Of Upholding "the Rights Of Combination Of Labor," Promoting Industrial Peace, And Establishing A Fund For Mutual ...
The Times
Times, The. A Famous Daily Newspaper Of London, England. Its Publication Really Began January Is, 1785, With The First Number Of The London Daily Universal Register, The Present Name Being First Applied To The Issue Of January 1, 1785, By Its Founder, John Walter (1735-1812). The Paper Has Ever Since ...
The Union Theologicalseminary
Union Theological Seminary In The City Of New York, The. A Presby Terian Institution Founded In 1836, Independent Of All Ecclesiastical Control, And Open To Students Of Every Evangelical Denomination. It Offers A Regular Course Of Three Years Leading To A Di Ploma, A Three And A Four Years' Course ...
The United Brethrenin
United Brethren In Christ, The. A Religious Denomination Which Arose Among The Germans Of Pennsylvania. Under The Preaching Of Philip William Otterbein (q.v.), An Ordained Pastor Of The German Reformed Church, And Mar Tin Boehm, A Preacher Among The Mennonites. As Their Converts Increased, Laymen Were Licensed To Preach. Their ...
The United Evangelicalchurch
United Evangelical Church, The. A Religious O•ganization Formed In Is94 As The Result Of A Division Which Had Occurred In The Evangelical Association (q.v.). A Meeting At Tended By Delegates From Six Annual Conferences Was Held At Naperville. November Of That Year, And Constituted The First General Confer Ence Of ...