Tontine
Tontine. A Tontine Exists Whenever Sev Eral Persons Are United In A Group On Such Terms That On The Death Of Any Member Of The Group Certain Specified Advantages Previously Enjoyed By Him Are Distributed Among The Surviving Mem Bers. The Principle Has Been Employed In Many Kinds Of Transactions. ...
Topaz
Topaz (lat. Topazion, Topazes, From Gk. T Oir Possibly Connected With Skt. Papas, Heat, But, According To Pliny, De Rived From The Name Of An Island Topa:us, Con Jectured To Be In The Red Or In The Arabian Sea, From Gk. Ratrgetv, Topazein, To Conjecture). A Mineral Aluminum Fluosilicate, Crystallized ...
Topeka
Topeka. The Capital Of Kansas, And The County Seat Of Shawnee County, 66 Miles West Of Kansas City; On The Kansas River, And On The Missouri Pacific, The Union Pacific, The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe, And The Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroads (map: Kan Sas, G 2). It ...
Topete Y Carballo
Topete Y Carballo, T4-p5't5 E Lya,jcan Bai:vsta (1821-s5). A Spanish Admiral And Politician, Born At San Audi-6s De Turtla, Mexico. Ile Entered The Navy At The Age Of Seven Teen And Became Midshipman In 1s43 And Lieu Tenant Two Years Later. From 1846 To 1849 He Served In Cuban Waters ...
Topmrapiiy
Topmrapiiy. Turkey In Europe Shares The Topographic Characteristics Of The Whole Balkan Peninsula. It Is Chiefly Covered With Mountains, Which. Generally Speaking. Extend In Parallel Chains From Northwest To Southeast, Often. How Ever, Interrupted By Short. Transverse Ranges. There Are No Large Plains Excepting Those Of The Maritza Valley And ...
Topography
Topography. In General The Land Rises Gradu Ally Toward The Western Boundary By A Succession Of Broad And More Or Less Terraced Slopes Running Parallel With The Gulf Coast. Five Or Six Well Marked Topographical Regions May Be Distin Guished. The First Is The Coastal Plain, A Con Tinuation Of ...
Toronto
Toronto. The Capital Of The Province Of Ontario, Canada, On The North Shore Of Lake On Tario, 333 Miles Southwest Of Montreal (map: Ontario, D 4). It Is Situated On The North Side Of A Spacious Inlet Called The Bay Of Toronto, Has A Water Frontage Of About Eight Miles ...
Torpedo
Torpedo (lat. Torpedo, Numbness, Cramp Fish, Torpedo, From Torpera, To Be Numb, Stupid). A Naval Torpedo Is An Explosive Device Designed To Destroy Or Injure A Ship By Blowing A Hole In Her Hull At Or Below The Water Line. It Consists Essentially Of The Explosive Charge, The Fuse (which ...
Torpedo Boat
Torpedo Boat. A Small War Vessel Fitted To Use The Torpedo As Its Primary Weapon Of At Tack. The Principal Requirements Of A Torpedo Boat Are High Speed, Efficient Means Of Launching Torpedoes, Handiness, And Fair Seaworthiness. To Attain These Essentials The Boats Are Long, Slender, Very Lightly Built, And ...
Torpedo Net
Torpedo Net. A Net Made Of Heavy Wire Rings Connected With One Another By Small Steel Rings And Surrounding A Vessel Of War Below Water As A Defense Against Torpedoes. The Net Is Made Up In Sections About 15 By 20 Feet In Size, And These Sections Join To Make ...
Torquato 1544 95 Tasso
Tasso,. Torquato ( 1544-95). A Famous Ital Ian Poet, Son Of The Preceding, Born At Sorrento, March 11, 1544. Accompanying His Father On His Various Military And Diplomatic Missions, He Received His Early Training In Naples, Rome, And Venice. Fired By The Re Ports Of The Inroads Made By The ...
Tortoise
Tortoise, Toetus (of. Tortue, Tortug-ue, Fr. Tortue, Tortoise, From Lat. Tortes, Twisted, So Called On Account Of Its Crooked Feet; Prob Ably Influenced Its Termination By Eng. Por Poise). A Turtle Of Terrestrial Habits. The Term Is Rather Indefinite, But Usually Dis Tinguishes Land Chelonians From Marine Spe Cies, Although ...
Tortoise Shell
Tortoise-shell. The Semi-transparent And Beautifully Mottled Material Of The Scales Covering The Carapace Of The Hawksbill (q.v.), A Marine Turtle Found In All Tropical Seas. In This Species The Thirteen Shield-plates Do Not Join At The Edges, But Overlap Posteriorly; The Larger Cen Tral Ones Are Broadly Triangular In Outline, ...
Torts And Crime
Torts And Crime. Strictly All Torts Com Mitted By The Agents Of A Corporation While Act Ing For The Corporation Are Ultra Rites, Since A Corporation Has No Express Or Implied Authority To Commit Tortious Nets. Following This Course Of Reasoning, The Early Tendency Of The Courts Was To Hold ...
Torture
Torture (lat. Tortura, A Twisting, Tor Ture, From Torquere, To Rack, Twist, Torment). The Infliction Of Severe Bodily Pain Either As Punishment Or For Purpose Of Revenge Or For The Purpose Of Compelling The Person Tortured To Give Evidence Or Make Confessions In Judicial Pro Ceedings. Among Primitive And Savage ...
Totemism
Totemism (from Totem, From Algonquin At' Otcm, My Family Token). The Worship Of A Totem. Primarily A Totem Is A Natural Object Employed By The American Indians To Designate A Certain Relationship Between Groups Of Human And Non-human Individuals. The Relationship Is Always Peculiarly Close, But Not Always Of The ...
Totleben
Totleben, Tottla-ben, Or Todleben, Franz Eduard Ivanovitci!, Count (181s-84). A Russian General Of Engineers. He Was Born At Mitau, Courland, May 20, Isis, And After Study Ing At Riga Was Admitted As A Student To The College Of Engineers At Saint Petersburg. He Served As A Lieutenant Of Engineers In ...
Toucan
Toucan (brazilian Toucano, Probably Nose Bone, Less Plausibly Explained As Meaning Feather, Or Of Onomatopoetic Origin). A Bird Of The Family Rhamphastithe, Related To The Barbets, Jaea Mars, And Puff-birds (qq.v.), And Not Very Distantly To The Woodpeckers, And Containing About 50 Known Species, All Natives Of Tropical America, And ...
Touch Of
Touch (of, Toucher, Tochel, Fr. Toucher, It. Toccare, From Germ. "tukkon, Ohg. Zuckan, Ger. Ziieken, To Twitch; Connected With 014g. Ziohan, Ger. Ziehen, Goth. Tinhon, As. Teon, To Draw). One Of The Five Special Senses; The Tactile Sense. The Sense Of Touch Is Widely Dis Tributed, But It Must Be ...
Toulon
Toulon, Tu6'15ni. The Capital Of An Arron Dissement In The French Department Of Var, A Fortress Of The First Class, And The Second Naval Station In France (map: France, M 8). It Is Situated On A Fine And Well-protected Bay Of The 'mediterranean, 42 Miles East-southeast Of Mar Seilles, And ...
Toulouse
Toulouse, A City Of France, The Former Capital Of Languedoc, And The Present Capital Of The Department Of Haute-garonne. It Is Situated 130 Miles Southeast Of Bordeaux (map: France, H 8). Toulouse Lies In A Rich Valley On The Right Bank Of The Navigable Ga Ronne. It Is Subject To ...
Tournament Of
Tournament (of. Tournoyemcnt, Tour Noiement, From Tournoier, To Joust, Tilt, Tourney, Wheel About, From Tourner, To Turn, From Lat. Tornare, To Turn In A Lathe, From Tornus, From Gk. Rouvoc, Compasses, Carpenter's Chisel ; Con Nected With Rtipew, Teirein, To Pierce. Lat. Terere, Ochurch Slay. Lith. Triti, To Rub). A ...
Tours
Tours, Tour. A City Of France, The Capital Of The Department Of Indrc-et-loire. It Is 147 Miles Southwest Of Paris, In The Rich Level Valley Of The Loire, On The Left Bank Of That Stream, And Extends Two Miles Southward To The Cher (map: France, G -1). The Pleasant Situation ...
Tower As
Tower (as. Tur, From Lat. Turris, Gk. -r6ppa, Tyrris, T 6,9o1 , Tyrsis, Tower). Generally, Except In Fortresses (see Fortification), A Building Higher Than Its Horizontal Dimensions. The Round Towers Of Ireland Have Been Much Dis Cussed, And Various Fantastic Explanations Have Been Given For Their Appearance In The Island ...
Tower Of London
Tower Of London. In Feudal Days A Powerful Fortress, And Long Afterwards A State Prison Of Gloomy Memories. It Is Now A Govern Ment Storehouse And Armory. It Is A Collection Of Buildings In The Form Of An Irregular Quadri Lateral On Rising Ground Adjoining The Thames, On The North ...
Towers Of Silence
Towers Of Silence. Tile Structures Upon Which The Parsis (q.v.) And Gliebers (q.v.) Expose The Bodies Of Their Dead To Be Devoured By Vultures Or Dogs In Accordance With The Precepts Of Their Religion As Taught By Zoroaster (q.v.). The Prescription For Building These Structures Is As Old As The ...
Town Hall
Town Hall. A Building For The Legislative And Administrative Business Of A Town Or City. In The Wider Sense It Comprises Two Chief Divi Sions, The Public Offices Of The Mayor And Various Municipal Administrations. And The Chambers For The Meetings Of The Legislative Bodies Of The City (aldermen And ...
Town As
Town (as. Tan, Ohg. Ger. Zaun, Hedge, Inclosure; Connected With Ir. (inn, Welsh Din, Hill Fort). The Name Applied Generally Throughout The United States To Small Munici Palities Or Urban Communities Between The Village And The City. In New England It More Often Denotes A Quasi-corporate Area, Either Urban Or ...
Townshend
Townshend, Toun'zend, Charles, Second Viscount (1674-1738). An English Statesman. A Descendant Of A Very Ancient English Family Of Norfolk, He Succeeded To The Peerage In 1687, Was Educated At Eton And King's College, Cambridge, And Took His Seat As A Tory In The House Of Lords In 1697. He Was ...
Township As
Township (as. Tfinseipe, From Ton, In Closure, Town + -scipe, Eng. -ship). A Minor Political Or Territorial Division In England And The United States. In England, In Anglo-saxon Times, As A Political Unit It Was Known As The Tunscipc; As An Area It Was The Parish. As A Political Unit ...
Toxicology
Toxicology (from Gk. Ro,fau5c, Toxikon, Poison. Nem Sg. Of To,;iseic, Toxikos, Relating To The Bow, From 76.=ov, Toson, Bow, So Called Be Cause First Used To Poison Arrow-points + -login, Account, From I.e)eir, Leqein, To Say). The Branch Of Medical Science Which Treats Of The Nature Of Poisons, Of Their ...
Toxin
Toxin. A Specific Bacterial Poison Whose Absorption Into The Body Causes An Infectious Dis Ease. Though Formerly Used, As Suggested By Brieger, To Designate The Poison Members Of The Ptomaine Group (see Ptomaines) Of Bacterial Bases, It Was Fortunately Not So Restricted. Tox Ins Are Not Albumins; They Are Not ...
Tracery
Tracery (from Trace, Of. Tracer, Trasser, Fr. Tracer, To Trace, Track, Delineate, From Ml. *trartiare, Frequentative Of Lat. Trahcre, To Draw, Drag). A Term Used Of The Kind Of Architectural Detail That Is Connected With Pierced Or Open Ornamentation Of Any Member Or Unit Such As A Window, Arcade, Or ...
Tracheotomy
Tracheotomy (from Gk. Rpavia, Eheia, Trachea, Windpipe, Rough Artery + Tomo, A Cutting, From Repetr, Temnein, To Cut) And Laryngotomy ( From Gk. Tarynx, Larynx ± 704, Tom, A Cutting). Opening The Trachea By Incision In Order To Admit The En Trance Of Air When Suffocation Is Threatened. Among The ...
Tract Societies
Tract Societies (lat. Tractus, Treat Ment, Discussion, Handling, I Irawing. From Tra Here, To Draw, Drag). The Word Tract Signifies A Brief Treatise. In The Modern Use Of The Term, It Is Applied Almost Exclusively To Treatises Upon Religions Subjects, And A Tract Is Distinguished From A Book Mainly By ...
Trade Associations
Trade Associations. Associations Of Men Engaged In Manufacture Or Trade, For The Furtherance Or Protection Of Their Mutual Interests. In England These Associations The Nineteenth Century. In The United States Some Were Founded Before 1850; By 1890 They Had Been Formed In Most Well-established Industries; While During The Last Decade ...
Trade Union Insurance
Trade Union Insurance. Mutual Insurance —aid To The Traveling Journeyman In Search Of Work, Assistance In Case Of Sickness, And A Collec Tion To Defray Burial Expenses—was Per Haps The Principal Function Of The Trade Union Of The Eighteenth Century, And Still Eonstitutes A Principal Function Of Trade Unionism In ...
Trade Unions And Tile
Trade Unions And Tile Law. The Develop Ment Of The Law In The United States Has Been Different From That In England. A Few Early Cases Are Recorded In. Which Trade Unions Were Declared Illegal, But As Early As 1821 In Penn Sylvania And 1842 In Massachusetts A View Diametrically ...
Trade Unions In Tiler
Trade Unions In ()tiler Countries. While Probably The Germs Of Labor Organizations In Al Most Every Country Of Continental Europe May He Found In Earlier And Even In Medieval Organiza Tions And Movements, They Owe Their Present Strength, Spirit, And Methods Chiefly To The Socialistic Propaganda ; Most Of Them ...
Trademark
Trademark. A Mark, Name, Emblem, Or Device Adopted By A Tradesman Or Manufacturer And Attached To Or Stamped Upon His Goods In Some Manner For The Purposes Of Identification By The Public, And Protection Against The Sale Of Fraudulent Imitations. The Law Of Trademarks Is Of Modern Development. In 1742 ...
Trading Stamps
Trading Stamps. Slips Of Engraved Or Printed Paper Usually In The Form Of Gummed Stamps, Which Are Given By Merchants To Pur Ehasers Of Goods. And Which May Be Presented To Some Person Or Corporation In Exchange For Arti Cles Of Value. The Trading-stamp Companies Usually Agree To Distribute Books ...
Trajan 1 Arcus Flpius
Tra'jan (1\ [arcus Flpius (a.n. 51-117). A Roman Emperor (a.d. 98 117). He Was Born At Italica, Near Seville, In Spain. He Was Descended From A Family Which Was Probably Of Roman Origin, And Was Early Trained To Arms, Becoming A Leader In The Par Thian And German Campaigns, During ...
Tramp
Tramp. The American Equivalent Of The English 'sturdy Beggar' And 'vagrant.' 1iis First Statutory Appearance Was In 1876, In New Jersey, And He Was Soon Recognized Legally In 21 States. Ile Is Commonly Defined As An Able Bodied Man Without Visible Means Of Support. Wandering Aimlessly. Begging. And Refusing Work, ...
Trance Of
Trance (of., Fr. Trance, Extreme Fear, Sp., Fort. Trance, Crisis, Hour Of Death, From Lat. Transitus, Passage Over, From Transire, To Pass Over, Cross, From Trans, Across, Through + Ire, To Go). A General Term In Psychology De Noting Various Forms Of Modified Consciousness. The Nature Of The Abnormal Nervous ...
Transbaikalia
Transbaikalia, Trans'bi-kale-a. A Ter Ritory Of Eastern Siberia, Bounded By The Terri Tory Of Yakutsk On The North, The Territory Of Amur And Manchuria On The East, Mongolia On The South, And Lake Baikal And Irkutsk On The West (nap: Asia, L 3). Area, 236,868 Square Miles. The Region Is ...
Transcaspia
Transcas'pia. A Russian Territory In Western Asia, Bounded By The Territory Of Ural On The North, Khiva And Bokhara On The East, Afghanistan And Persia On The South, And The Caspian Sea On The West (map: Asia. Central, G 2). Area. Estimated At From 214.000 To 220.000 Square Miles. In ...
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism. A Term Applied In Philosophy To Kant's System And To Those Like It In Maintaining That There Can Be Knowledge Of Transcendental Elements. On Account Of The Lit Erary Reputation Of Emerson And Of His Col Leagues In The Transcendental Club (organized In 1836), And In The Brook Farm ...
Transept
Transept ( From Lat. Trans. Across, Through + Septum, Swptum, Inclosure, Parti Tion; Connected With Swpcs, Hedge). The Pro Jecting Wings At Right Angles With The Nave And Aisles, Forming The Smaller Arms Of The Cross, In The Ground Plan Of Churches. In Some Of The Largest Early Basilicas It ...
Transformer
Transformer. In Electrical Engineer Ing, An Apparatus For Transforming Or Converting An Electric Current. Machines For Converting Al Ternating Currents To Direct Current's And Vice Versa Are Described Under Dynamo-electric Machinery. Devices For Obtaining Pulsating Currents Of High Potential From Pulsating Cur Rents Of Low Potential Are Described Under Induc ...
Transit Instrument
Transit Instrument (lat. Trnasitta, Passage Over). An Astronomical Instrument Consisting Principally Of A Telescope Fixed To A Horizontal East-and-west Axis, And Revolving In The Plane Of The Meridian. It Is Employed, As Its Name Denotes, In The Observation Of The Meridian Transits Of The Heavenly Bodies, I.e. In Noting The ...
Transmission Of Power
Transmission Of Power Ay Elec Tricity. The Electrical Transmission Of Energy In Considerable Quantities From The Point Of Generation To One Or More Distant Points Of Delivery. This Excludes Telegraphy And Telephony (qq.v.), Where Energy Is Transmitted Over A Wire, But In Small Quantities. Energy Is Transmitted In Order To ...
Transpiration
Transpiration (from Lat. Trans, Across, Through Spirare, To Breathe). The Tion Of Water From The Aerial Surfaces Of Plants. The Term Is Used Instead Of Evaporation, First, Because The Evaporation Is Modified By The Action Of The Living Organisms; And Second, Because The Development Of Heat Within This Organism Pre ...
Transportation
Transportation. The Carrying Of Per Sons And Goods From Place To Place. The Part Which Transportation Plays In The Practical Life Of A Community Depends Most Directly Upon The Complexity Of Its Economic System. Wherever The Division Of Labor And The Localization Of In Dustry Have Reached A High Degree ...
Transubstantiation Nil
Transubstantiation (nil. Transub Stantiatio, Transsubstantiatio, Change Of Sub Stance, From Transubstantiare, Transsubstantiare, To Change To Another Substance, From Lat. Trans, Across, Through + Substantia, Substance, Essence, Material, From Substare, To Stand Under, Be Present, From Sub, Under + Stare, To Stand). A Word Used By Roman Catholic Theologians To Designate ...
Transvaal
Transvaal, Trans-n.51', Or Transvaal Colony; Formerly South .african Republic. A British Possession In South Africa. It Is Situated Between Latitudes 22° And 28° S., And Longitudes 25° And 32° E., And Is Bounded On The North By Matabeleland, On The East By Portuguese East Africa And Swaziland, On The South ...
Transversal Ml
Transversal (ml. Transversalis, From Lat. Transvcrsus, Traverses, Transverse, P. P. Of Transverterc, To Cross, Transverse, From Trans, Across, Through + Verterc, To Turn). In Geome Try, A Term Commonly Applied To A Line Cutting A Pencil Of Parallels. In Modern Geometry The Term Is Extended To Mean Any Straight Line ...
Transylvania
Tran'sylva'nia (hung. Erdely, From Erdo, Forest. The Name Corresponding To The Latin, Transilrania, Beyond The Forest; Ger. Siebenbiir Gen). A Former Grand Duchy And Crownland Of Austria. Since 1867 An Integral Part Of The Lands Of The Hungarian Crown. It Occupies The South Eastern Corner Of The Hungarian Kingdom, And ...
Trap Door Spider
Trap-door Spider. Any One Of The Large Hairy Tropical Spiders Belonging To The Fam Ily Theraphosidm, Which Make Long Tubes In The Earth, Lining Them With Silk And Furnishing Them At The Entrance With A Bevel-edged, Hinged, Ac Curately Fitting Trap-door Made Of Alternate Lay Ers Of Earth And Silk. ...
Trapping
Trapping (from Trap, As. Trerppe, Treppe, Ohg. Frappe', Trapa, Trap, Snare; Connected With Ger. Treppc, Flight Of Stairs, Ladder, Goth. Trim Pan, 11111g. Trumpfen, Trample?, Ger. Trampeln, Eng. Trample, Tramp). In Its Strict Meaning, The Taking Of Animals And Birds By Means Other Than The Arrow, Spear, Or Gun. The ...
Trappists
Trappists. A Branch Of The Cistercian Order, Following The Reforms Introduced In 1664 By Jean Le Bouthillier De Rance (q.v.). They Take Their Common Name From The Monastery Of La Trappe In Normandy, Of Which Ranee Was Abbot When He Began His Reforms. They Are Classed Among The Most Austere ...
Travancore
Trav'ancore'. A Native State Of Brit Ish India, Lying Territorially Within The Province Of Madras (map: India, C 7). It Occupies The Western Part Of The Extreme Southern End Of The Indian Peninsula, And Stretches From Cape Co Morin Northward Along The Coast To Cochin. Area, 7091 Square Miles, The ...
Traveling Sidewalk
Traveling Sidewalk. An Arrange Ment For The Transportation Of Passengers, Consist Ing Essentially Of A Series Of Parallel Closely Abut Ting Platforms Traveling On Wheels Or Rollers At Different Speeds. A Sidewalk Of This Character Was Installed At The Columbian Exposition At Chicago To Convey Passengers From One Part Of ...
Trawling
Trawling (from Trawl, From Of. Trauler, Troller, Troler, Fr. Troler, To Ramble, Stroll, Drag About; Probably From Mfg., Ger. Trollen, To Roll, Run, And Connected With Welsh Trocn, Wheel, Pulley, Bret. Trod, Winding Plant, Trd, Circle). One Of Two Modes Of Deep-sea Fishing, Or Of Ex Ploration Of The Depths. ...
Treadmill
Treadmill. A Machine Where The Weight Of Men Or Animals Acting On A Series Of Treads Or Steps Is Employed To Furnish Power. The Treads Are So Arranged On A Cylinder Or In An Endless Band That As A Step Is Carried Back Under The Weight Of The Operating Man ...
Treason Of
Treason (of. Traison, Traisson, Trahison, Fr. Trahison, Treason; From Lat. Traditio, Sur Render, Delivery, Tradition, From Tradere, To De Liver Over, Betray, From Trans, Across, Over + -dere, Gk. Tloevut, Tithenai, Skt. Dhii, To Put, Place). At Common Law There Were Two Dis Tinct Classes Of Crime Known As Treason, ...
Treaty Of
Treaty (of. Traite, Traicte, Fr. Traite, It. Trattato, Treaty, From Ml. Tractatas, Treaty, Agreement, From Lat. Fracture, To Treat, Manage, Frequentative Of Trahere, To Draw, Drag). A Compact O• Agreement Entered Into Between The Governments O• Sovereigns Of Two Or More States. A Treaty Is Somewhat Analogous To A Contract ...
Trebizond
Treb'izond (turkish Tirabzon Or Tara Burun; Lat. Trapezus: Gk. Tparcro6s, Trape Zeus, Probably So Called Because Founded On A Table-land, From Rparera, Trapeze, Table). A City Of Asia Minor, Capital Of The Turkish Vila Yet Of Trebizond (slap: Turkey In Asia, H 2). It Is On The Black Sea Coast ...
Trefoil Of
Trefoil (of. Trifoil, Trefeul, Fr. Trefic, From Lat. Trifolium, Trefoil, Three-leaved, From Fres, Three + Fotium, Leaf), Bird's-foot ( Lo ) . A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Legu Minosne. The Pods Are Cylindrical, Somewhat Spongy Within And Imperfectly Divided Into Many Cells. The Name Idrd's-foot Trefoil Is ...
Tregelles
Tregelles, T6-01e, Samuel Prideaux (1813-75). An English Scholar And New Testa Meat Critic, Born At Falmouth, Of Quaker Parent Age. Though Be Attended The Falmouth Classical School For Four Years (1s25-2s). He Was In The Main A Self-educated Man. During The Greater Part Of His Life He Was Connected With ...
Treitschke
Treitschke, Tritsh'ke, Heinrich Von (1834-96). A German Historian. He Was Born In Dresden. And Studied At Bonn, Leipzig, To Bingen, And Heidelberg. In 1857 He Became Lec Turer At Leipzig, And In Is63 He Was Called To A Professorship At Freiburg. He Was An Ardent Be Liever In German Unity ...
Trematoda
Trem'ato'da (neo-lat. Nom Pl., From Gk. Rpiluaruiain, Trematodes, Having Many Holes, Porous, From Rpihua, Tffma, Hole). A Class Of Platyhelminthes, The Flukes, Characterized By The Possession Of Certain Suctorial Pores Or Openings. They Have Soft. Roundish Or Flat Bodies, And Their Visceral Organs Are Lodged In The Paren Chyma Of ...
Trenton
Trenton. The Capital Of New Jersey And The County-seat Of Mercer County, 57 Miles South West Of New York And 33 Miles Northeast Of Philadelphia : On The Delaware River, At The Head Of Steamboat Navigation, On The Pennsylvania And The Philadelphia And Reading Railroads, And On The Delaware And ...
Trespass Of
Trespass (of. Trespas, Departure, Fr. Trc
Treves
Treves, Trevz (ger. Trier). A City Of Prus Sia, In The Rhine Province, On The Right, Hank Of The Moselle, 69 Miles Southwest Of Coblenz (map: Germany, B 4). It Is Situated In A Re Gion Of Hills, Vineyards, And Woods, And Presents A Picturesque Appearance. The Town Lies In ...
Triangle
Triangle (lat. Triangulus, Three-cor Nered, From Tres, Three ± Angulus, Angle). A Figure Formed By Three Intersecting Lines. The Sides Of A Plane Triangle Are Straight Lines, And Those Of A Spherical Triangle Are Geodetic Lines Or Arcs Of Great Circles. Triangles Are Called Equi Lateral, Isosceles, And Scalene According ...
Tribe
Tribe (lat. Tribus, Tribe; Possibly Con Nected With !tabs. Beam, Oscan Triiboin, Lith. Trobd, Building, ()welsh, Obret. Tie B, Habitation, Subdivision Of The People, Goth. Parirp, Field, Ohg. Dorf, Ger. Dorf, Eng. Thorp, Village, Or Perhaps Rather With Lat. Tres, Three, Ef. Gk. Rpuphe, Triphyes, Skt. Tribhu, Threefold, In Al ...
Tribune
Tribune (lat. Tribunes, Originally A Tribal Officer, From Tribes, Tribe). In Ancient Rome The Name Tribune Was Applied To Two Distinct Functionaries, The Military Tribunes Minium) And The Tribunes Of The Plebs (tribuni Picbis), Which Will Be Considered Separately. (1) In The Traditional Organization Of The Citi Zens By Romulus ...
Triceratops
Triceratops (nen-lat., From Gk. Tpriv, Treis, Three + Lopes, Keras, Horn + 61,p, Tips, Face). A Very Interesting Fossil Reptile, A. Horned Dinosaur Of Most Formidable Aspect, Of Which Skeletons Are Found In The Upper Cre Taceous Rocks Of Colorado, Dakota, Wyoming, And Montana. The Animal Ywas About 25 Feet ...
Trichina
Trichina, Tri-ki'nft (neo-t.at., From Ok. Thrix, Hair). A Peculiar Nematode Worm, Which, In Its Sexually Immature State, Inhabits The Muscles Of Mammals, Usually The Pig. It Was Discovered In 1835. The Young Triehinte, As They Are Seen In Human Muscle, Present The Form Of Spirally Coiled Worms, In The Interior ...
Trichiniasis
Trichiniasis, Trik'i-ni'a-sis, Or Trich Inosis, -nn'si; 1 Neo-lat .• From Trichina, Trich Ina). A Disease Caused By The Ingestion Of Food Containing Trichina (q.v.). Characterized By A Number Of Puzzling Symptoms. The Disease Was Noted By Wormald. Who Saw The Characteristic Specks Whife Dissecting Subjects In Saint Bar Tholomew's Hospital ...
Trichome
Trichome (from Gk. Rpixwpa, Trichoma, Growth Of Hair, From Rpixoiv, Trichoun, To Fur Nish With Hair, From 014, Avis, Hair). A Hair Like Outgrowth From The Epidermis Of Plants, Usually Arising From A Single Cell. These Struc Tures Are Known Variously As Hairs, Glands, Bris Tles, Bladders, Scales, Prickles, Warts. ...
Triest
Triest, Tro-ost'. Or Trieste. The Prin Cipal Seaport Of Austria-hungary. Situated At The Northeast Extremity Of The Adriatic Sea, On The Gulf Of Triest, 367 Miles By Rail Southwest Of Vienna (nap: Austria, C 4). Triest And The Adjoining District Form An Austrian Crownland, And The City Is The General ...