Threadfish
Threadfish, Couuler-ftsit, Or Sunnsn. A Well-known Fish (alcctis Ciliaris) Allied To The Pompanos, Of Both Coasts Of Tropical America, Where It Has Some Commercial Importance. It Is Fine Mimic, Thus Resembling The Mocking Bird, To Which It Is Nearly Related. Its Nest Is Placed In A Low Bush Or On ...
Threshing
Threshing (from Thresh, As. Perscan, Paysenn, Goth. Priskan, Ohg. Drescan, Ger. Dreschen, To Thresh; Connected With Lith. Keti, To Rattle, ()church Slay. Thrycshtiti, To Strike) And Threshino Machines. Thresh Ing Is The Separating Of The Grain O• Seeds Of Plants From The Straw Or Haulm, A Process Which Has Been ...
Throat As
Throat (as. Protu, 011(i. Drozza, Ger. Drosscl, Throat; Connected With Aiiig. Strozze, Throat, Ger. Strotzen, To Swell, Eng. Strut), Af Fections Of Tiie. The Throat Includes Those Structures Lying Behind And Below The Anterior Pillars Of The Lances. In The Common Accepta Tion Of The Term It Also Means The ...
Thrush Sprite Infantile Sore
Thrush; Sprite; Infantile Sore Mouth. A Disease Of Early Infancy, Characterized By The Presence Of Small, Romidish, White Specks Or Patches On The Lining Membrane Of The Cavity Of 1 Be Mouth And Throat, On The Surface Of The Tongue, The Angles Of The Lips, Etc. These Patches, Which Are ...
Thrush As
Thrush (as. )'rysee, 011g. Drosea, Draseca, Drascelu. Bavarian I)rosehel, Thrush; Connected With As. ?route, Eng. Throstle, Ger. Drowse!, Thrush, And Ultimately With Lat. Turdus, Lith. Stnizdas, Lett. Strezds, Thrush). The Thrushes Comprise The Subfamily Turdinte Of The Family Turdithe, Usually Ranked As The High Est Group Of Birds. They Have ...
Thucydides
Thucydides, (lat., From Gk. 0outa31371s, Thoukydides) ( ?-c.399 N.c.). A Fa Mous Greek Historian, Son Of Olorus And Ilegesipyle, Born In The Attic Deme Halimus. The Date Of His Birth Is Unknown, But Was Cer Tainly Not Earlier Than B.c. 470 No• Later Than 454. Conservative Opinion Now Favors A ...
Thundering Legion
Thundering Legion. The Name Given To A Body Of Christian Troops Under Marcus Aurelius. From The Tradition That A Thunderstorm, Sent In Response To Their Prayers, Caused Great Destruction In The Opposing Army. Thitnen, Tu'nen, Johann Heinrich Von (1783-1850). A Celebrated German Economist, Born In Oldenburg. After Receiving A Thorough ...
Thuringia
Thurin'gia (ger. Thiiringen). A Pic Turesque Region Of Germany, Traversed By The Thfiring,er Wald (q.v.), Lying Between The Prus Sian Province Of Saxony On The North And Bavaria On The South, And Between The Kingdom Of Saxony On The East And The Prussian Province Of Hesse Nassau On The West. ...
Thurston
Thurston, Roberr Henry (1839.1903). An American Engineer And Educator, Born In Providence, R. I. Ile Graduated At Brown Uni Versity In 1859. During The Civil War He Served In The Federal Navy As An Engineer, And In 1865 He Was Appointed Assistant Professor Of Natural And Experimental Philosophy At The ...
Thyroid Gland
Thyroid Gland (from Gk. Oupeous77r, Thyreocides, Shield-shaped, From Ove6s, Thyrcos, Large Oblong Shield, From 06,9a, Thyru, Door + Clam., Chins, Form). One Of The Ductless Or Vas Cular Glands, Lying At The Upper Part Of The Trachea, And Consisting Of Two Lateral Lobes, Placed One On Each Side Of This ...
Tiahuanaco
Tiahuanaco, Te-lirwa-nin& A Ruined. City Of Bolivia, A Few Miles From The Peruvian Frontier, On An Arid Plain Midway Between Lakes Titicaca And Aullagas, At An Elevation Of 12,000 Feet. The Present Town Of The Same Name Stands A Short Distance From The Ruins And Is Built For The Most ...
Tian Shan
Tian-shan, Shiin', Or Celestial Mountain8. A Great Mountain System Of Cen Tral Asia. It Begins In The Southeastern Part Of Russian Turkestan, And Extends In An Eastward Direction For Nearly 1500 Miles Across East Turk Estan Toward The Desert Of Gobi, In Which It Is Gradually Lost (map: Persia, N ...
Tiber
Tiber (lat. Tiberis, Poetical Thybris; Ital. Tcrcre). The Principal River Of Central Italy. It Rises In Tuscany, At The South Of The Monte Film Join, In The Province Of Arezzo, About Thirty Miles East Of The Source Of The Arno, At An Altitude Of More Than 3600 Feet Above 'the ...
Tiberius Tiberius Claudiusnero
Tibe'rius ( Tiberius Claudius Nero Ce Sar ) ( B.c. 42-a.d. 37). The Second Emperor Of Rome (a.d. 14-37). He Was The Son Of Tiberius Claudius Nero And Livia Drusilla (q.v.), And Was Adopted By Augustus (q.v.) When He Married Livia In B.c. 38. After Her Compulsory Divorce. He Was ...
Tichborne Trial
Tich'borne Trial. A Celebrated Trial In Which An Impostor Attempted To Obtain Posses Sion Of The Tichborne Estates In Hampshire And Dorsetshire, England, By Assuming To Be The Heir, Roger Charles Tichborne. The Ease Was Remarkable For The Great Public Interest It Aroused, For The Length And Thoroughness Of The ...
Ticino
Ticino (ger. Tessin). A Southern Canton Of Switzerland, Bordering On Italy, Between Valais On The West And Grisons On The East. Area, Toss Square Miles (map: Switzerland, C 2). It Has A Very Mountainous Surface Intersected By The Valleys Of The Ticino, Maggia, Moesa, And Of A Few Other Streams. ...
Tick As
Tick (as. Ticia, Miswritten For Tiica, Tica, Ger. Zecke, Tick; Connected With Arm. Tiz, Tick). One Of Those Members Of The Order Acarina Which Belong To The Families Argasida. And Ixo Didfe, Which Have Been Grouped Together In The Superfamily Ixodoidea. The Ticks Or 'louse-flies' Are Eight-legged Creatures In Which ...
Ticket Of
Ticket (of. Cstiquette, Etiquette. Fr. Eti Quette, Ticket, Label, Etiquette, From Ohg. Steh Han, Ger. Stechen. To Stick; Connected With Lat. In-stigare, To Prick, Incite, Gk. Artypa, Stigma, Mark, Brand. Puncture, Skt. Tij, To Be Sharp). A Slip Of Paper Containing A Statement Or Certifi Cate That The Person To ...
Ticket Of Leave
Ticket Of Leave. In Great Britain And Its Australian Colonies, A Kind Of Permit Or License Granting A Prisoner His Liberty For Good Conduct, And Revocable For Subsequent Miscon Duct, Under T-he Terms Of Its Conditions. The Term Was First Applied To The License Of Liberty Granted To Convicts In ...
Ticonderoga
Ticon'dero'ga. A Village In Essex County, N. Y., 100 Miles North By East Of Al Bany: On The Stream Which Conveys The Waters Of Lake George Into Lake Champlain, And On The Delaware And Hudson And Other Railroads ()\lap: New York, G 2). It Is Rich In Reminiscences Of The ...
Tide Waters
Tide Waters. Waters Subject To The Ebb And Flow Of The Tides. The Term Is Of Legal Sig Nificance Because Synonymous In The Common Law With 'navigable Waters,' In Relation To Which Were Developed The System Of Rules Defining The Rights And Obligations Of Transportation And Commerce Thereon. The Open ...
Tides As
Tides (as. Tid, Ma. Et, Ger. Zeit, Time; Connected With Skt. E-diti, Boundless, And Ulti Mately With Eng. Lime). The Daily Rising And Falling Of The Waters Of The Ocean. When The Water Has Reached The Highest Point It Is High Water, And At Its Lowest Point Law Water. The ...
Tiele
Tiele, Tele, Cornelis Petrus 1s30-1902 ) . A Dutch Theologian. He Was Born Near Leyden, And Studied At Leyden And Amsterdam. He Then Entered The Ministry, Being Connected With The Remonstrant Or Radical Sect Of The Evangeli Cal Church, And Served Churches At Moordrecht And Rotterdam (1353-1872). Meanwhile He Con ...
Tien Tsin
Tien-tsin, Tyen'tsin'; Properly T'ien Tsin (heaven's Ford). A City And Treaty Port Of The Province Of Chihli. China, Situ Ated On The Eastern Edge Of The Great. Plain, In Latitude 39° 10' N., Longitude 117° 43' E., On The Right Bank Of The Pei-ho (alap: China, E 4). It Is ...
Tiepolo
Tiepolo, Te-vpi..)-16, Giovanni Battista (1096-1770). The Last Great Master Of The Venetian School Of Painting. Of His Life Hardly Anything Is Known. He Was Not A Member Of The Celebrated Family Of Tiepolo, As Has Been Sup Posed. He Was Born April 5. 1696, And At An Early Age Was ...
Tierra Del Fuego
Tierra Del Fuego, Te-er'ret Del Fw:vgo (sp. Land Of Fire; Formerly Often Written In The Corrupted Form Terra Del Fuego). An Archi Pelago Situated Between Latitude And 56° South, Off The Extreme Southern End Of South America, From Which It Is Separated By The Strait Of Magellan (map: America, South, ...
Tiger
Tiger (lat. Tigris, From Gk. Tiypes, Tiger; Probably Connected With Av. Tiyra, Arrow, Tiyra, Sharp, Skt. Tij, To Be Sharp, Gk. Stizein, To Mark, Puncture, And Ultimately With Eng. Stick). The Largest And Most Powerful Of Eats, Fells Tigris, And The Most Specialized And Efficient Of The Carnivora, Comparable Only ...
Tiger Beetle
Tiger Beetle. One Of The Active, Preda Tory Beetles Of The Family Cieindeliffir. Of The Carnivorous Beetles They Are Among The Most Active, Voracious, And Fierce, Whence They Receive Their Name. They Frequent Sandy Places And Earthen Paths, And Have The Habit When Ap Proached Of Running Rapidly For Some ...
Tiger Hunting
Tiger-hunting. Tiger-limiting Probably Taxes Man's Skill And Courage In A Higher Degree Than The Pursuit Of Any Other Sort Of Game, And May Justly Be Placed At The Head Of The List Of Sports Of The Chase. The Enormous Strength Of The Beast. Coupled With Savage Cunning, Renders It The ...
Tiglath Pileser
Tig'lath-pile'ser. The Old Testa Ment Form Of The Name Borne By Several Assyrian Kings, The Assyrian Form Of Which Is Tuinthi Apal-csharra, 'my Trust Is The Son Of Esharra:' Since Son Of Esharra (lit., The Good House) Is A Designation Of The God Ninib—a Solar Deity—the Name Is Equivalent To ...
Tigris
Tigris (greek, From The Old Persian Tigra, An Arrow). One Of The Two Large Rivers Which Inclose The Historic Region Of 'mesopotamia. In Asiatic Turkey (map: Turkey In Asia. M 6). It Rises By Two Main Headetreams In The Moun Tains Of Kurdistan, Near The Euphrates. Thence It Flows In ...
Tiie Confederation
Tiie Confederation. The Need Of More Unity Of Action Having Been Felt, Articles Of Confeder Ation, First Reported To Congress In July, 1776, Had Been Adopted By That Body In November, 1777, And By May, 1779, All The States Had Formally Ratified Them Except Maryland, Which Refused Its Assent So ...
Tiie Relay
Tiie Relay. There Are Several Methods By Which The Transmission Of Signals Is Facilitated Or Accelerated. First Among These May Be Placed • The Relay. In The Previous Description Of The Morse Sysiern, We Have Assumed The Instrument To Be Worked Directly By The Current Sent Along The Line. On ...
Tiie Staff
Tiie Staff. Next To The Training And Equip Ment Of The Line And The Selection Of Competent Leaders, The Question Of A General Staff Early Received The Attention Of The Board Of War. The Value Of The Services Of The Foreign Officers Who As Volunteers Organized, Drilled, And Inspected The ...
Tiiotiimes Iii
Tiiotiimes Iii Was One Of The Greatest Of All The Egyptian Monarchs. The Evidence As To His Parentage Is Not Altogether Clear, But In All Probability He Was The Son Of Thothmes Ii. By A Wife Named Jset, And The Nephew Of The Great Queen Hatshepset (hatasu). He Was A ...
Tile Boycott
Tile Boycott. The American Union Has Done With The Boycott What It Has Done With The Strike: Made It Less Violent., But More Delib Erate And Systematic. The Old Form Of Boycott —the Fiery Crusade For The Social And Commercial Ostracism Of The Offending Employer—is Still Met With Occasionally, But ...
Tile Eartii Eartii Currents
Tile Eartii-eartii Currents. Mention Has Been Made Of The 'earth' In The Preceding Descrip Tion. This Is The Technical Term Used In Relation To The Tact, Discovered By Steinheil In 1833, That The Earth Itself Serves The Purpose Of Completing The Circuit, And Renders The Employment Of A Sec Ond ...
Tile Gulf Plains
Tile Gulf Plains. These Are Most Simply De Fined As A Continuation Of The Atlantic Coastal Plain, Or Another Part Of The Younger Fringe Of The Continent. In Central Georgia And Alabama The Younger Formations Abut On The Older Rocks Of The Southern Appalachians And Mark Approxi Mately The Encroachment ...
Tile Mountains And Valleys
Tile Mountains And Valleys Of Tiie Pacific Coast. The Features To Which Reference Is Here Made Belong To Three States, California, Oregon, And Washington. They Will He Best Understood If It Is Observed That A Single Lofty Range, The Sierra Nevada, Forms The Eastern Border Of Cali Fornia, And That ...
Tile Transmitting Key
Tile Transmitting Key. The 'key' By Which Signals Are Transmitted From The Operator At The Sending Office Is Shown Below In Its Usual Form. It Consists Of A Lever Pivoted Near The Mid Dle And Carrying At One End A Knob By Which It Is Manipulated By The Operator In ...
Tile Ultimate Form Of
Tile Ultimate Form Of Organization. One Of The Most Persistently Advocated Remedies For Jurisdiction Disputes Has Been That Of Amalga Mation, The Form Of Organization In Which All The Trades Are Coalesced In A Strong Central Union. Amalgamation Has Never Proved Practicable. United Action Is Plainly Necessary, But It Must ...
Tile As
Tile (as. Tigol, Tigcle, From Lat. Trguhr, Tile, From To Cover). Properly A Piece Of Ma Terial For Covering A Roof, But Limited To Harder Materials Than Wood. Slate, Marble And Other Hard Stones Which Can Be Cut Into Thin Slabs And Resist Ordinary Breakage Have Been Used For Tiles. ...
Tilefish
Tilefish (name Coined From Penultimate Syllable Of Generic Name). A Deep-sea Fish (lopholatilus Chameleonticeps) Chiefly Remark Able For Its Strange History. It Was Accidentally Discovered In Large Numbers In 1879 By Fishermen Trawling For Cod South Of Nantucket. And Was Found Again In 1sso And 1s81. In The Spring Of ...
Timbering And Lining
Timbering And Lining. The Purpose Of Tim Bering Or Strutting In Tunnel Work Is To Prevent The Caving In Of The Roof And Side Walls Of The Excavation Previous To The Construction Of The Lining. Timber Is Nearly Always Employed For Strutting In Tunnel Work, But Iron Strutting Of Special ...
Timbuktu
Timbuktu, Tim-buletir,i, Or Timbuctoo. A Town Of Africa, In The First Of The Three Mili Tary Territories Of French Sudan (q.v.), Situated 9 Miles North Of The Niger. In About Latitude 10° North. And Longtitude 5° West (map: Africa, D 3). The Climate Is Unhealthful. The Town, Near The Southern ...
Time As
Time (as. Time; Connected With Rid, 011g. Zit, Ger. Zeit, Time, Eng. Tide, Skt. A-dill, Boundless). In The Philosophical Sense, A Term Used In The Description Of The Succession Of Phenomena. Time Has Been Considered By Some Philosophers To He An Illusion; By Others To Be A Confused Idea ; ...
Timoleon
Timo'leon (lat., From Gk. Nualtuv, Tinto Icon) ( 337). A Greek General, And The Liberator Of Sicily From The Dominion Of The Tyrant Dionysius The Younger. He Was Born At Corinth, Perhaps About B.c. 394, And Was A Mem Ber Of One Of The Noblest And Most Illustrious Of Corinthian ...
Timor
Timor, T.-mor'. The Largest And Most South Eastern Of The Lesser Sunda Islands, Situated 330 Miles Southeast Of Celebes And 700 Miles East Of Java, Between Which And Timor The Plain Chain Of Lesser Sunda Islands Intervenes (map: Aus Tralasia. F 3). It Has An Extreme Length From Northeast To ...
Timotheus
Timotheus, Tl-mtyth-iis (lat., From Gk. Tip,61kos,), Of Milerus. A Greek Poet And Mu Sician, Son Of Thersander; Lie Lived About N.c. 450-357. Ile Was First Of All A Citharodes, I.e. One Who, While Singing, Played His Own Accompani Ment On The Cithara. The Special Form Of Lyric Poetry Used For ...
Timothy
Timothy (gk. Ttubecos, Timotheos). One Of The Trusted Disciples And Assistants Of The Apostle Paul. He Was A Native Of Lystra, In Lyeaonia, The Son Of A Gentile Father And A Jewish Mother (acts Xvi. 1). As A Child He Was Earefully Instructed In The Old Testament Scripture (ii. Tim. ...
Timothy
Timothy And Titus, Epistles To. Three Letters Of The New Testament Commonly Known As The Pastoral Epistles, Bearing In Their Open Ing Passages The Claim To Have Been Written By Paul. The First Two Are Addressed To Timothy, Paul's Companion And Fellow Worker, Whom The Apostle Associated With Himself At ...
Timur Beg Timur
Timur, Timur-beg, Tamerlane, Or Timur-leng (timur The Lame) (1336-1405). A Mongol Conqueror, Born At Kesh Or Sebz, 40 Miles From Samarkand. At This Time The Real Power Over Turkestan Was In The Bands Of In Dependent Chiefs Of Alongol Blood. Each Of Whom Chose A Prominent City Of The Kingdom. ...
Tin As
Tin (as. Tin, 011g. Zin, Ger. Zinn, Tin; Con Nected With Goth. Tains, As. Tan, Org. Zero, Twig, Thin Leaf Of Metal). A Metallic Element Known Since Ancient Times. Implements Formed Of An Alloy Of Tin And Copper Have Been Found Among Ancient Assyrian Remains. And The Tin Employed In ...
Tinamou
Tinamou. The Native, And Now The Pop Ular. Name For Birds Of The Family Tinamithe, Inhabiting The Tropical Portions Of South America, Having Many Remarkable Features In Their Internal Organization, And The Striking External Character That The Tail Is Exceedingly Short Or Entirely Absent. Like Partridges In General Appearance, And ...
Tinea
Tin'ea (lat., Gnawing Worm). A Name Given To Several Varieties Of Vegetable Parasitic Skin Diseases. For Linen Farosa, See F.tvits. Tinea Triehophytina Or Ringworm May Appear As An Eruption On Several Parts Of The Body, Receiving A Modification Of The Name In Each Ease, As Corpo•is, Cruris, Capitis, Barber, Etc. ...
Tippu Sahib
Tippu Sahib, Saga ( 1749-99 ) . Sultan Of Mysore, In India. Ile Was A Son Of Hyder Ali (q.v.). He Was Actively Engaged In The Wars Of His Father, And Routed The British At. Perimbakum (september 10. 1780). And On The Banks Of The Kolerun In Tanjore (february 18, ...
Tiryns
Ti'ryns (lat.. From Gk. Ttpvvs). An An Cient City Of Argolis, In The Peloponnesus, Situ Ated A Short Distance Southeast Of Argos, Near The Head Of The Argolie Gulf. According To Tradition It Was Founded By Prcetus, A Mythic King Of Argo Lis; And Its Massive Walls, Like Other Rude ...
Tischbein
Tischbein, Da/bin. A German Family Of Artists Who Lived In Hesse During The Eighteenth Century. Johann Limxincu, The Elder (1722-89), A Painter, Born At Hains, Was First A Pupil Of The Court Painter Freese, In Cassel, And Then Studied Under Van Loo, Boucher, And Watteau At Paris. In 1748 He ...
Tisserand
Tisserand, Francois Felix ( 1845 96) . A French Astronomer, Born At Nuits-saint Georges, Ctite-d'or. In 1863 He Entered The Ecole Normale Superieure. In 1806 He Became Pro Fessor In The Lycee At Metz, Where He Only Re Mained One Month, Being Called By Leverrier To The Paris Observatory As ...
Titans
Titans (lat., From Gk. Terctv, Titan, And Ttravls, Titanis. Connected With Lat. Titio, Fire Brand, And Perhaps With Lith. Titnagas, Flint, Skt. Titha, Fire. Glow). The Offspring In Greek Myth Ology Of Uranus(heaven)and Glpa (earth). Their Names As Given By Hesiod Were: Oceanus, Cceus, Crius, Ityperion, Iapetus, Cronos, Theia, Rhea, ...
Tithes As
Tithes (as. Teopa, A Tenth Part, From Tf'on, Lien, Tin, Ten, Goth. Taihun, 011g. Zchan, Ger. Zchn, Ten; Connected With Lat. Decent, Gk. Sika, Deka, Lr. Dcich, Skt. Daga, Ten). A Tenth Part Of The Produce Of The Land, Which Has From The Earliest Times Been A Rate In A ...
Titian
Titian, Tish'un (it. Tiziano Vceelli Or Vecellio) (1477-1576). The Most Celebrated And Important Painter Of The Renaissance In Venice. Ile Was Born At Pieve Di Cadore, A Small Town In The Alps Of Friuli. The Year Of His Birth Has Been Variously Given, The Most Probable As Sumption (1477) Being ...
Titicaca
Titicaca, Te'tit-kiitkii, Lake. The Largest Lake In South America (map: America, South, C 4). It Is Situated On The Boundary Of Peru And Bolivia, Being About Equally Divided Between The Two Countries. It Lies In A Large And Lofty Lacustrine Basin Inclosed Between The Main Andean Range And The Cordillera ...
Title Insurance
Title Insurance. An Agreement Or Undertaking By Which The Insurer, For A Valua Ble Consideration, Contracts To Indemnify The Insured In A Specified Amount Against Loss Or Damage Suffered Because Of Defects Of Title To Real Estate In Which He Has Some Insurable In Terest. The Business Of Title Insurance ...
Title Of
Title (of. Title, Titre, Tiltre. Fr. Titre, Title, From Lat. Titalus, Title, Superscription, Token). The Union Of All The Elements Which Constitute Legal Ownership Of Property, Or The Means By Which A Person Holds Property. The Common-law Authorities Are To The Effect That There Are Three Essential Elements To A ...
Titles Of Honor
Titles Of Honor. Designations To Which Certain Persons Are Legally Entitled In Conse Quence Of Possessing Particular Dignities Or Of Fices. Titles Of Honor May Be Divided Into Those Of Sovereignty, Superior And Inferior, No Bility, Greater And Lesser, And Titles Of Peculiar Ly Official Significance. Superior Sovereign Titles Are ...
Titus
Ti'tus. One Of The Most Trusted And De Voted Of The Disciples And Fellow-wworke•s Of The Apostle Paul. Nothing Is Said Of Titus In The Acts, And All We Know Of Him Is Contained In Scattered Notices In Paul's Epistles, Especially Galatians And 11. Corinthians. He Was Of Gen Tile ...
Titus 1806 77 Tobler
Tobler, Titus (1806-77). A Swiss Oriental Scholar. He Was Born At Stein, Canton Of Appen Zell, Studied And Practiced Medicine, Traveled In Palestine. And After Taking Part In The Political Affairs Of Switzerland, Settled In 1871 At Mu Nich. His Principal Work Is Topographic Jerusalem And Seinen Umgebungen (1853-54), Which ...
Titus_2
Titus (titt S Flavit's Sabinus Vespa (c.40-si A.d.), Roman Emperor (a.d. 79-si). He Was The Eldest Son Of The Emperor Vespasian And Flavia Domitilla, And Was Horn At Rome. Brought Up At The Court Of Nero, He Received An Excellent Training, And Subsequent Ly, As Tribunus Militum In Germany And ...
Tlaxcala Or Tlascala
Tlaxcala Or Tlascala, Fin S-kii!in ( Land Of Maize). The Smallest State Of Mex Ico, Hounded By The State Of Hidalgo On The North, Puebla On The East And South, And Mexico On The West. Area, 1.595 Square Miles (slap: Mexico, K 8). The State Lies Within The Central Plateau ...
Tlemcen
Tlemcen, Tlem-sen'. The Capital Of An Arrondissement In The Department Of Oran, Al Geria, Near The Moroccan Frontier. It Is 80 Miles Southwest Of The City Of Oran, With Which It Is Connected By Rail, And Stands In An Undulating Country, Everywhere Irrigated And Highly Cul Tivated (map: Africa, D ...
Tlinkit
Tlin'kit (people), Or Kolosti (russ., From .aleut Kalosh, Kaluga, Little Trough, In Allusion To The Enormous And Peculiarly Shaped Labrets Worn Among Them, Especially By The Sitka). A Group Of Tribes, Of Which The Chileat, Sitka, Stikine, And Yakutat Are The Most Important. They Constitute A Distinct Linguistic Stock Known ...
Toad As
Toad (as. Tadige, Tadie, Toad: Of Unknown Etymology). The Common Name Applied To Any One Of The Numerous Species Of Tailless Amphihia Belonging To The Family Bufonidee And A Few Kin Dred Families. More Than 100 Species Belong To The Typical Genus Bufo, Which Is Nearly Cosmo Politan, But Most ...
Toba
Toba, Tuba (opposite, So Called By The Guarani, As Living On The Opposite Or Western Bank Of The Paraguay). A Powerful And Savage People Of Guaycuran Stock, The Most Important Tribe Of The Chaco Region Of Northern Argentina. They Rove Along The Pilcomayo And Vermejo Rivers. Their Language Is A ...
Tobacco Diseases
Tobacco Diseases. Among The Various Dis Eases Of Tobacco Perhaps The Best Known Is Calico Or Mottled Top, A Connecticut Name For The Mosaic Disease Of Holland. The Of Tobacco In Connecticut, The Spot Disease Of Rus Sia, And The Niche Of France Are Somewhat Simi Lar. The Mosaic Disease ...
Tobacco Pests
Tobacco Pests. The Tobacco Flea-beetle (epitrix Paruula) Is Generally Distributed Throughout The United States, It Is A Minute, Oval, Reddish-brown Species Occurring Upon Many Solanaceous Plants, Which Makes Its Appearance In July, Attacking The Tobacco Leaves. Which Soon Present A Spotted Appearance. Afterwards These Spots Become Holes And The Leaf ...
Tobacco Pipe
Tobacco Pipe. An Implement For The Smoking Of Tobacco. The Use Of A Pipe For Smok Ing Herbs Of Various Sorts Dates From A Period When These Plants Were Burned In A Container And The Smoke Employed For Sacrifices Or For Heal Ing. Aside From The Specimens Discovered In Ancient ...
Tobit
To'bit, Boot( Of (gk. Twiftet-r, Tobcit, Twpd0, Tobeith, From Heb. Taiyizh, Yahweh Is Good). One Of The Books Of The Old Testament Apocrypha. The Catholic Church Regards It As In The Canon And Historical. The Personage Around Whom The Story Of The Hook Centres Is Tobit Of The Tribe Of ...
Tobolsk
Tobolsk', Russ. Pron. T4-1,41'y'sk. A Gov Ernment Of Western Siberia, Bounded By The Arctic Ocean On The North, The Governments Of Tomsk And Yeniseisk On The East, The Territories Of Akmolinsk And Semipalatinsk On The South, And European Russia On The West (map: Asia, G 2). Area, Estimated At 539,659 ...
Tocqueville
Tocqueville, Iok'vw, Alexis Charles Henri Clerel De (1805-59). A French States Man And Political Philosopher, Born At Verneuil, In The Department Of Seine-et-oise. At The Res Toration His Father Was Made A Peer Of France. His Mother Was A Granddaughter Of Malesberbes, The Academician, Political Writer, And Magistrate, Who Defended ...
Todmorden
Tod'morden, Locally A Mar Ket-town In Lancashire, England• On The Border Of Yorkshire, 6 Miles North-northeast Of Roch Dale (map: England, D 3). Cotton Manufac Tures Form The Staple Industry; Coal Abounds In The Neighborhood, And There Are Foundries And Machine Works. It Owns Gas And Water-works, Maintains A Public ...
Toland
To'land, Jorix (1670-1722). A Deistical Writer. Ile Was Born Near The Village Of Red Castle, In The County Of Londonderry. Ireland. He Was Brought Up As A Roman Catholic, Hut In His Sixteenth Year Was A Protestant. He Entered The University Of Glasgow In 1687, But Removed To That Of ...
Toledo
Toledo, Tei-15'nti. The Capital Of The Prov Ince Of Toledo, Spain, 42 Miles South-south West Of Madrid, On The Tagus (map: Spain, D 3). The Hundred-towered City, Situated On A Bold Promontory, Bordered On Three Sides By A Bend Of The Tagus And Surrounded By A Lofty Wall, Preserves Almost ...
Toledo War
Toledo War. A Boundary Controversy Which Arose In 1835 Between The State Of Ohio And The Territory Of Michigan. Congress In The Ordinance Of 1787 Had Reserved The Right To Form New States Out Of That Part Of The Territory Northwest Of The Ohio River "lying North Of An East ...
Toledo_2
Toledo. The Third City Of Ohio And The Comity-seat Of Lucas County, Situated At The Mouth Of The Maumee River Where It Enters Lake Eric By Way Of Maumee Day; 130 Miles North Of Columbus (map: Ohio, C 2). The Maumee Through The City Averages Half A Mile In Width, ...
Tomahawk
Tomahawk (algonquian Tomehagan, Mo Began Tumnahegan, Delaware Lantoihecan, Toma Hawk; Probably Connected With Cree Otomattuk, Knock Him Down, Atiiinahlrow, He Is Knocked Down). In General, The Hatchet Or Axe Made And Used By The American Natives. The Aboriginal Implement Was Usually Of Stone, Either Flaked And Chipped, Or Battered And ...
Tomas De 1420 95 Torquemada
Torquemada, Tomas De (1420-95). A Spanish Inquisitor-general. Ile Was Born At Valladolid, Of The Same Family As That To Which The Famous Theologian, Better Known As Tur Recremata, Belonged. He Entered The Dominican Order, And Became Prior Of The Monastery At Segovia, A Post Whieh He Held For Twenty-two Years. ...
Tomato
Tomato (sp., Port. Testate, From Mexican Tornatl, Tomato), Lyeepersieum Eseutentnin. A Semi-vine-like Annual Herb Of The Natural Order Solanaceie, Native To South America In The Region Of The Andes. It Was Formerly Called Love Ap Ple And Was Considered Poisonous. It Is Now Widely Cultivated In All Temperate Regions And ...
Tomb Or
Tomb (or Tombe, Tumbe, Fr. Tombe, From Lat. Tumba. From Gk. Nippoc, Tyntbos, Sepul Chral Mound, Grave, Tomb; Connected With Oir. Tonn, Little Hill, Skt. Lunge, Vaulted). A Cham Ber O• Structure For The Burial Of The Dead. In All Ages The Belief In Immortality And The De Sire To ...
Tonality
Tonality (from Tonal, From Tone, Of. Ton, From Lat. Foams, From Gk. Rovoc, Tone, Sound, Tension, Strength, Cord, From Reiretv, Teincin, Lat. Tendere, Skt. Tan, To Stretch). In Music, The Grouping Of Certain Chords Around A Central Tonic Chord. The Principle Rests Upon The Relationship Which Various Chords Bear To ...
Tongue As
Tongue (as. Hinge, Goth. Tuggo, Ohg. Zunga, Ger. Zunyc, Tongue; Connected With Olat. Dingua, Lat. Lingua, Tongue). A Sym Metrical Muscular Organ, Extending From The Hyoid Bone Forward And Downward, To The Lips In Front, And Occupying The Buccal Cavity. The Superior Surface, Borders, And Anterior Third Of The Inferior ...
Tonic
Ton'ic (from Gk. Rov1sr5c, Tonikos, Relating To Tone, From Raves-, Tonos, Tone, Sound, Tension, Strength, Cord). A Medicine Which Acts Upon The Nutrition Of The Various Tissues So As To Re Store Lost Tone, Not By Increasing Their Contractil Ity, But By Increasing Their Power. They Are To A Certain ...
Tonkawa
Tonkawa, Tong-1:5.'1yd (from Hueco Tonkaweyn, Many Staying Together). A Peculiar Tribe, Apparently Constituting A Distinct Linguistic Stock, Originally Occupying The Coun Try About The Lower Colorado And Guadalupe Rivers In Southeastern Texas. They Call Them Selves Titskan-walieh, 'indigenous Men.' They Were Chiefly Noted For Their Cannibalism. They Roved From Place ...