Trigonometry
Trigonometry (from Gk. Trigonon, Triangle, From Rpe7s, Treis, Three ± 7copla, !ionia, Angle + -tarpla, Metria, Measure Ment, From Pop, At Et Ron, Measure, From Ilerper, Metrein, To Measure). Originally The Study Of Triangles, Especially The Theory Of The Measurement Of Their Sides, Angles, And Areas; Now The Measure Of ...
Trilobita
Trilobita (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From Gk. Tpchc, Trcis, Three + X6,8os, Lobos, Lobe). An Important Group Of Extinct Marine Crab-like Ani Mals, Whose Fossil Body Shields Are Found In Rocks Of Paleozoic Age In Most Parts Of The World. The Trilobites Constitute A Subclass Of Crustacea, Of Which Class They ...
Trine
Trine, Tan, Hippolyte Adolpiie (1828-93). A French Historian And Critic Of Literature And Art, Born At Vouziers, April 21, 1828. He Went To Paris In 1841, Entered The Ecole Normale In 1848, Where He Showed Much Independence And Restiveness Under Its Philosophic Eclecticism. In 1851 He Was Appointed To The ...
Trinidad
Trinidad', Sp. Pron. T Wne-nlid'. A British West Indian Island, Belonging To The Windward Group, Situated Close To The Mouth Of The Orinoco (map: West Indies, R 9). Area, 1754 Square Miles. The Surface Is Generally Flat. The Northern Part, However, Is Traversed By Sev Eral Parallel Mountain Chains Running ...
Trinitarians
Trinitarians (from Trinity, Lat. Trini Tas\ Number Three, Trinity, From Trines, Three Fold, From Tres, Three). The Name Most Com Monly Applied In English To The Members Of The Order Of The Holy Trinity For The Redemption Of Captives, A Roman Catholic Religious Society Founded By Saint John De Matha ...
Tripoli
Tripoli. A Vilayet Of The Ottoman Em Pire, Situated On The Northern Coast Of Africa, And Bounded By Barca And The Libyan Desert On The East, Tunis On The West, And The Desert Of Sahara On The South, On Which Side The Boundary Is Very Indefinite (map: Africa, F 2). ...
Trireme
Trireme (lat. Trirmis, Galley With Three Banks Of Oars, From Tres, Three Remus, Oar). In Ancient Times, A Galley With Three Banks Of Oars; The Common Form Of The Ancient Ship Of War In The Fifth And Fourth Centuries B.c. The Credit Of The Invention Was Given •to The Corin ...
Trisection Of An Angle
Trisection Of An Angle (from Tri Sect, From Lat. //ts, Three + Sect As, P. Of Secure, To Cut). One Of The Three Famous Prob Lems Of Antiquity, The Others Being The Duplica Tion Of The Cube (q.v.) And The Squaring Of The' Circle. (see Circle; Quadratitre. ) This Prob ...
Trissino
Trissino, T T&s-sefoo, Ca0vanni Giorgio (1478-1550). An Italian Author, Born At Vicenza. Excluded From His Native Territory By The Signoria Of Venice, He Spent Some Time In Germany, At Ferrara, And At Florence, And In 1514 Went To Rome, Where He Was Received With Favor By Pope Leo X.. Who ...
Triumph
Triumph (lat. Triamphus, ()lat. Trianyns, Triumph, Victory, Shout Of Joy, Gk. Opta43os, Thriambos, Procession At The Feast Of Bacchus, Name Of Bacchus; Of Uncertain Etymology). The Name Given In Ancient Rome To The Highest Public Honor Bestowed On A General Who Had Been Suc Cessful In War. The Victor, After ...
Trochu
Trochu, Triyshu', Louis Jules (1815-961. A French General, Born At Palais, In The Depart Ment Of Morbihan. After Studying In The General Staff Academy. He Fought, After 1846, With Great Distinction In Algeria, And In 1851 Became Head Of A Bureau In The Ministry Of War. During The Crimean War ...
Trogon
Trogon (neo-lat., From Gk. Rpdrycop, Pres. Part. Of Tpi.)-yetp, Trogcin, To Gnaw). A Bird Of The Family Trogonile, Including About 50 Species Remarkable For The Beauty Of Their Plumage, Which Is Soft, Full, And Brightly Colored. The Bill Is Short, Strong, With A Wide Gape; The Tail Generally Long, In ...
Trojan War
Trojan War. A Famous Legendary War, Generally Placed About The Beginning Of The Twelfth Century ; Undertaken By The Greeks For The Recovery Of Helen. Wife Of King Mene Laus Of Sparta, Who Had Been Carried Off By Paris, Son Of The Trojan King. Priam. At The Marriage Of Peleus ...
Trollope
Trollope, Trol'lfip, Anthony (i815-82). An English Novelist, Born In London, April 24, 1s15. Son Of Frances Trollope (q.v.). Educated At Winchester And At Barrow, He Proved A Dull Scholar, And His Poverty Made His School Days Most Unhappy. About 1835 He Obtained An Official Position In The General Post-office In ...
Trombone
Trombone (it. Trombone, Augmentative Of Tramba, Trumpet, Probably From Olig. /rumba, Tr U M Pa Ger. Trammel, Drum, Perhaps Corrupted From Triumphus, Triumph; Nitimately Nected With Eng. Drum). A Musical Instrument Of The Trumpet Family, The Tones Of Which Are Produced By Means Of A Slide-mechanism. In Its Present Form ...
Trondhjem
Trondhjem, Triin'yem, Throndhjem, Or Drontheim. A City Of Norway, Situated At The Mouth Of The Nid River, On The South Shore Of The Trondhjemsfjord, 240 Miles North Of Chris Tiania (slap: Norway, 1) 5). Although It Is So Far North, Its Climate Is Remarkably Mild, And The Fjord Never Freezes. ...
Trophonius
Tropho'nius (lat., From Gk. T Poolotoc). An Ancient God Of The Earth, Worshiped At Lebadea, In Ilteotia, Where He Had A Famous Ora Cle In A Subterranean Cavern. He Who Wished To Consult The Oracle Prepared Himself By Fast Ing, Sacrifices, And Purifications In A Building Dedicated To Tyche (fortune) ...
Tropivolum
Tropivolum (neo-lat., From Gk. Rpcnraioc, Tropaios, Relating To Turning Or Change, From Trop, A Turning, From 'repent, To Turn), Nasturtium, Indian Cress, Xellow Larkspur. A Genus Of The Order Geraniacea-, About 35 South American Species Of Beautiful Twining Or Spreading Annuals And Per Ennials, Producing Orange-yellow And Sometimes Very Dark ...
Trotting
Trotting (from Trot, From Of., Fr. Trot Ter, Probably From Ohg. Trotton, To Tread, Trotten, To Run, Frequentative Of Ohg. Cretan, Oen Trctcn, To Tread, Step). A Gait Of The Horse. Notwithstanding That The Foundation Of Amer Ica's Trotting Stock Came From England. And That In Russia There Are The ...
Troubadours
Troubadours (fr. Troubadour, From Prov. Trobodor, Troubadour, From Trobar, Of. Trorer, Troarcr, Fr. Trourer, To Find, Compose). The Mediawal Poets Of Southern France, Who Flourished From About 1100 To About 1400, Singers Of War And Love, Whose Wandering Lives, Full Of Passion And Adventure, Have Made Them The Typical Romantic ...
Trout As
Trout (as. Trout, From Of. Truite, From Lat. Tructa, Trvcfus, From Gk. Rorrlic, Trait's, Sort Of Sea-fish, From Rpe'dyetv, Trogein. To Gnaw). Any Of Many Fishes Of The Family Salmonithe. (see Sal Lox.) Some Are Partly Anadromous, Hut Most Of The Species Live Exclusively In Fresh Waters, And Occur In ...
Troy
Troy. An Important Manufacturing City And The County-seat Of Rensselaer County, N. Y., On The Hudson River, At The Head Of Steam Navi Gation, 6 Miles Above Albany, And 151 Miles North Of New York City (map: New York, G 3). It Is On The New York Central And Hudson ...
Troyes
Troyes, Trwii. The Capital Of The Depart Ment Of Aube, France, On The Left Bank Of The Seine, 104 Miles By Rail Cast-southeast Of Paris (map: France, K 3). Tt Presents A Quaint. Mediaeval Appearance, Most Of The Houses Being Of The Timbered Kind. The Fine Cathedral Of Saint Pierre ...
Troyon
Troyon, Trivii'yonf, Constant (1810-65). A French Landscape And Animal Painter Of The Fontainebleau-barbison School. He Was Born At Sevres, August 25. 1810, And Worked While A Youth As A Decorator In The Porcelain Factory, Re Ceiving Meanwhile Lessons In Design From Riocruz And Later From Poupart. At The Age Of ...
True Irritants
True Irritants Include, Besides Certain Of The Corrosive Poisons Already Mentioned, Bromine, Eantharides, Eroton Chlorine, Antimony, Ar Senic, Copper Chromium, Lead, Tin, Zinc, Phospho Rus, And Iodine. In Concentrated Form Most Of Them Cause Irritation To The Gastrointestinal Tract, But Besides This Show A Specific Action On Various Organs After ...
Truffle Of
Truffle (of. Trufle, Trufe, Truffe, Fr. Truffe, Truffle, Perhaps From Lat. Tubera, Neu. Pl., But Taken As Fem. Sg. Of Tuber, Swelling, Tumor, Tuber), Tuber. A Genus Of Ascomycetous Fungi Of The Order Tuherales ; Globose, Or Nearly So, Of A Fleshy Substance, With A Distinct Skin, The Whole Substance ...
Trust Companies
Trust Companies. Institutions Char Tered By The Several States Of The United States For The Purpose Of Performing, As Corporations, The General Acts And Assuming The Genetal Re Sponsibilities Imposed Upon Individuals Under The Law Of Trusts. The Trust Company In The United States Exists In Various Forms, Anti Com ...
Trust Me
Trust (me. Trust, Twist, Trist, Tryst, Goth. Trausti, Covenant, Treaty, 011g. Trust, Ger. Frost, Trust, Protection; Connected With Eng. True, Opruss. Dra(cis, Faith, Druwit, To Believe). In Its Broadest Sense, A Legal Relation Existing Be Tween Two Or More Persons Such That A Court Of Equity Will Compel One To ...
Trysa
Try'sa (lat., From Gk. Tadao, Now Called Geul-bushi). An Ancient Town, Situated On A Plateau (2475 Feet High) In Southern Lyeia, A Short Distance West Of Myra. The Site Is Of Interest Only From The Heroiin Erected Near The End Of The Fifth Century B.c. By A Native Prince. This ...
Tschaikowsky
Tschaikowsky, Chi-kov'ska,peter Amen (1840-93). The Greatest Composer Russia Has Thus Far Produced, Born At A Small Place Called Votkinsk, In The Ural Mining Region, On 3lay 7, 1840. He Studied Jurisprudence In Saint Peters Burg, And In 1859 Obtained A Position In The Ministry Of Justice. In Company With A ...
Tsi Tsi Har
Tsi-tsi-har, Ehe'clieffilie. The Largest, The Most Northerly, And The Most Thinly Popu Lated Of The Three Provinces Of Manchuria (q.v.), Known To The Chinese As Hei-lung-kiang. It Is Generally Mountainous, Covered With Forests, And Abounds In Both Large And Small Game—tigers, Bears, Leopards, Deer Of Various Kinds, Antelopes, Wild Boars, ...
Tso Tsung Tang
Tso Tsung-t'ang, Tso' Tsfmg't'-itng' (1812-85). A Chinese General And Administrator. He Was Born At Hiang-yin, In Hunan, Secured His Second Or 'master's' Degree In 1832, And During The Earlier Years Of The Taiping Rebellion Served In Hunan And Iiu-peb. In 1861 He Had The Command Of The Army Operating In ...
Tuatara
Tuatara, Tml-tivril (alaori, Spiny). A Reptile Of New Zealand (sphenodon Or Liattcria, Punctatum), Which Looks Like A Large Stout Lizard, But Whose Structure Shows It To Be The Sole Sur Viving Representative Of A Primitive Group, The Rhynchocephali, Otherwise Extinct In The Triassic Age. Large Males Reach A Length Of ...
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis ( In Animals). Viewing The Evidence At Hand, Investigators Have Attribut Ed The Various Forms Of Tuberculosis In Animals To Bacillus Tuberculosis. Birds Are Commonly Supposed To Be Affected By A Different Form, But The Differences Observed Are Also Considered To Be Due To Differences In The Anatomy And ...
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (neo-lat., From Lat. Tu Berculin'', Little Swelling. Pimple, Tubercle, Di Minutive Of Tuber, Swelling, Tumor, Knob On Plants), Or Consumption. An Infectious Dis Ease, Caused By The Bacillus Tuberculosis, Characterized By The Formation, In The Tis Sues, Of Nodular Bodies, Called Tubercles, And Manifested Symptomatically By Fever, Cough, Dyspmea, ...
Tuberculosis Of Serous Nemi3ranes
Tuberculosis Of Serous Nemi3ranes. That Of The Pleura Has Been Mentioned. Tubercular Pleu Risy May, However, Occur Independently Of Any Lesion In The Hmg Proper. Tubercular Peritonitis May Be Primaij', But Is More 'frequently Associ Ated With Tuberculous Disease Of Some Adjacent Organs. Thus In Women Nearly Half The Eases ...
Tuberculous Broncii0 Pneumonia
Tuberculous Broncii0 Pneumonia. In This Form Of Tubereulous Infection Of The Lungs, The Tuberculous Areas Occur In The Walls Of The Small Er Bronchi And In The Contiguous Lung Tissue. In Its Early Stages The Inflammation Is Mostly Catar Rhal, There Being A More O• Less Extensive Exudate Into The ...
Tubigon
Tubigon, Twae-gon'. A Town Of Bohol, Philippines, Situated About 28 Miles From Tagbi Laran (map: Philippine Islands, H 10). Popu Lation, In 1887, 11,616; Now 15,350. Tttbingen, Tn'bing-en. A Town Of Wiirttem Berg. Germany, Crowning A Hill On The Upper Neckar, Is Miles South-southwest Of Stuttgart, On The Edge Of ...
Tucson
Tucson. The Largest City Of Arizona, And The County Seat Of Pima County, 130 Miles South East Of Plnenix; On The Santa Cruz River, And On The Southern Pacific Railroad (map: Arizona, C 3). It Is The Seat Of The University Of Arizona, Opened In 1391, And Of Saint Joseph's ...
Tue Strike
Tue Strike. Trade Union Regulations Specting Strikes (see Strikes And Lockouts) Are So Diverse That It Is Impossible To Describe Them In A Few Sentences. Generally Speaking, The Local Union Is The Active Agent In The Strike; The National Organizations In Which A Bieal May Be Forced To Strike Against ...
Tuileries
Tuileries, Twerrtv (fr., Tile-works). A Former "royal Palace In Paris, Situated On The Right Bank Of The Seine, On Ground Occupied, Be Fore The Fifteenth Century, By A Number Of Tile Works. The Site Was Acquired By Louise Of Savoy, Mother Of Francis I., In 1527, And The Erec Tion ...
Tulane University
Tulane University. An Institution At New Orleans, La., Organized On Its Present Basis In 1884, When The State Placed The Existing University Of Louisiana, Chartered In 1845, Under The Perpetual Care Of The Board Of Adminis Trators Of The Tulaue Educational Fund. In 18s2 Paul Tulane (q.v.) Gave His Property ...
Tulip Of
Tulip (of., Fr. Tulipe, From Tulipan, Tulip, Tulipant, Tulpant, Toliban, Tolopan, Turban, From Turk. Tulband, Dulband, From Pers. Dulband, Turban), Tulipa. A Genus Of Showy Hardy Plants Of The Order Liliaccec, Easily Recognized By Its Fleshy Brown-skinned Bulbs, Broad Or Linear Leaves, And Generally Erect And Usually Solitary-flowered Snipes. About ...
Tumor
Tumor. The Family Name Of The Dynasty Which Occupied The Throne Of England From 1485 To 1603. Its Founder Was Owen Tudor, An Obscure Welsh Knight, Who Married Catharine, Widow Of Henry V., And Thus Laid The Foundation For The Future Greatness Of His House. His Son Mund Was Made ...
Tumor
Tumor (lat., Swelling, State Of Being Swol Len). In Medicine, An Abnormal Increase In Size Of An Area Of Tissue Or Of An Organ; A Swelling, Excluding Swellings Occurring In The Course Of Simple Inflammation. In Pathology, A Tumor Is En Overgrowth Or Hypertrophy, Deviating In Size And Miape From ...
Tunicata
Tunicata (lat. Nom. P1. Of Lunicalus, P. P. Of Tunicare, To Clothe With A Tunic, From Tunica, Tunic). The Single Class Of The Uroehorda Containing Small Marine Animals Inclosed In A Soft Elastic Tunic, Which Opens By Two Aper Tures (oral And Anal), And Contains Tunicin, A Substance Resembling Cellulose. ...
Tunis
Tunis. The Capital Of Tunis. It Is Situated Near The Southwestern Extremity Of The Lake Of Tunis, About Three Miles From The Ruins I If Ancient Carthage (slap: Africa, F 1). The Lagoon Or Lake Of Tunis Is Shallow, And Com Municates With The Gulf Of Tunis, An Inlet Of ...
Tunis
Tunis (fr. Tunisic). A French Protecto Rate In North Africa. It Is The Most Northern Of African Countries, And Is Bounded On The North And East By The Mediterranean Sea, On The South By Tripoli And The Sahara, And On The West By Algeria (map: Africa, E I). Its Boundaries ...
Tunnel Of
Tunnel (of. Tonnel, Tunnel. Tun. Pipe. Ton Nellr. Arbor• Arched Vault, Tunnel, Diminutive Of Tonne, Pipe, Tun, Ail. Tunna, Oho. Muss, Ger. Tonne, As. T Unne, Eng. Ion, Both The And Germanic Words Apparently Borrowed From Ir., Gael. Tunna, Tun). An Artificial Gallery, Passage, Or Roadway Beneath The Ground, Under ...
Tupelo
Tupelo (north American Indian Name), Nyssa. A Genus Of Trees Of The Natural Order Cornace.e, Natives Of North America, Chiefly Of The Southern Parts Of The States. Nyssa Multillora, Which Attains A Height Of 60 To 70 Feet, Is Often Called Black Gum Tree (q.v.). Nyssa Aquatica, Referred It Some ...
Tupper
Tup'per, Sir Ciiarles (1321—). A Cana Dian Statesman. He Was Born At Amherst, Nova Scotia, Where Lie Was Educated, And He Studied Medicine In Edinburgh. He Settled In His Native Place As A Medical Practitioner: In 1862 Was Ap Pointed Governor Of Dalhousie College, Halifax, And Was President Of The ...
Turbine
Turbine (fr. Turbine, From Lat. Turbo, Turben, Wheel, Whirlwind, From Turbare, To Dis Turb. Move, From Turbo, Disturbance, A Motor For Utilizing The Energy Of Water By Curs Ing It To Flow Through Curved Buckets Or Chan Nels On Which It Exerts A Reactionary Pressure Constituting The Motive Force. Turbines ...
Turenne
Turenne, To'rke, Henri De Latour D'auvergne, Vicomte De (1611-75). A Marshal Of France. He Was Born At Sedan, September 11, 1611, The Second Son Of Henry, Duke Of Bouillon, And Was Brought Up In The Reformed Faith. He Entered The French Army In 1630, Served With Dis Tinction Under Bernhard ...
Turgot
Turgot, Tnr'gii'. Anne Robert Jacques, Baron De L'aulne (1727-81). A French Economist And Statesman. He Was Born In Paris."m Ay 10.1727. Of An Old Family Of Normandy, And Was Destined For An Ecclesiastical Career. But After Studying For A Time At The Sorbonne, Where He Won Some Dis Tinction, He ...
Turin
Turin (it. Torino). The Capital Of The Province Of Turin, In Piedmont, Italy, Situated On The Po, Here Navigable Near The Junction Of The Dora Riparia. 76 Miles West-southwest Of Milan (map: Italy, B 2). Turin Is An Open Un Fortified Town. It Is Unique Among Italian Cities Because Of ...
Turin Papyrus
Turin Papyrus. A Hieratic Papyrus, Preserved In The Museum Of Turin, Containing A Dynastic List Of The Kings Of Egypt. It Formed Part Of The Collection Offered For Sale To The French Government In 1818, By M. Dovretti, The French Consul-general In Egypt, And Was At That. Time Perfectly Preserved. ...
Turkey
Turkey (abbreviation Of Turkey-cock, Tur Key-hen, So Called As Being Supposed To Conic From Turkey, Vaguely Applied To Tartary Or Asia In General). The Turkeys Arc Natives Of North And Central America, And The Only Two Species Known Are The Common Wild Turkey (1/cicagris Galloparo) With Three Subspecies And The ...
Turkish Language And Litera
Turkish Language And Litera Ture. The Turkish Language Belongs To The Finno-ugrian Linguistic Group, Where It Holds A First Place For Conformity To Type As Well As For Extent Of Domain. Its Territory Is A Zone Aver Aging About 300 Miles In Width, Extending Along The Fortieth Parallel Of Latitude ...
Turkish Literature
Turkish Literature. Turkish Literature Is A Term Which At Present Implies The Literature Of The Western Or Ottoman Turkish Language. It May He Regarded As Fall Ing Into Three Periods: (1) The Early Period. When Writers Were From The Region Of Central Asia, And When Tire Persian Was The Model ...
Turko Tatars
Turko-tatars, A Term Used By Certain Ethnologists To Designate A Group Of Ural-altaic Peoples Composed Of The Turkic And Related So-called Tatar Tribes And Nations. Under Tnrko-tatars Are Included: The Siberian Peoples Of Turkic Stock, Such As The Yakuts And Siberian Tatars; The Kirghiz-cossacks Of The Lrtysh Cas Pian Steppes: ...
Turmeric
Turmeric ( Fr, Tcrre-nu!rite, Neo-la T. Terra Merita, Turmeric, Apparently Deserved Earth, Best Earth, But Probably A Corruption Of An Oriental Name, Perhaps Of Ar. Kurku In, From Skt. Kun Kuma, Saffron), Curcuma Lonya. A Plant Of The Natural Order Scitaminea. Or Zingiberacete, A Na Tive Of The East Much ...
Turnip
Turnip (from Turn + Nep, From As. Nwp, Turnip, From Lat. Napes, Sort Of Turnip), Brassica Eampestris (rape Of Some Botanists). A Biennial Plant Of The Natural Order Crucifene, Culti Vated In Cool Climates For Its Globose. Oblong Or Roundish, Swollen And Fleshy Roots, Which Are Used As A Vegetable ...
Turpentine Of
Turpentine (of. Turbentine, Terebentine, Terebintina, Turpentine. From Lat. Terebin Thinus, Relating To The Terebinth, From Terelan Thus, From Gk. Rep,) /1900s, Terebinth). The Resinous Exudations Of Various Species Of Co Niferous Trees. When The Viscid Exudation Is Dis Tilled, Oil Or Spirit Of Turpentine Passes Over, Leaving Behind A Residue ...
Tuscany
Tuscany (it. Toscana). Formerly A Sover Eign Grand Duchy, Now A District (comparti Mento) On The West Coast Of Italy (map: Italy, I" 4). It Comprises The Maritime Provinces Grosseto, Livorno (leghorn), Lucca, And Pisa, The Inland Provinces Arczzo, Florence, And Siena, And The Province Of Massa E Carrara, Ex ...
Tuscarora
Tus'caro'ra. An Important Southern Tribe Of Iroquoian Stock (q.v.). When First Known About The Year 1670 They Resided Along The Neuse River In Eastern North Carolina, Where In 1700 They Occupied Fifteen Villages With An Estimated Popu Lation Of 1200 Warriors Or About 6000 Souls, And Held Paramount Influence Over ...
Tuskegee
Tuskegee (tfis-iwgir) Normal And Industrial Institute. An Institution For The Training Of Young Colored Men And Women At Tuskegee. Ala., Established In 1881 By An Act Of The Legislature Under The Name Of The Tuske Gee State Normal School, With An Appropriation Of $2000. It Was Opened Duly 4, 1881. ...
Tussock Moth
Tussock-moth. Any Moth Of The Family Liparidte, A Name Suggested By The Tufts Of Hairs, Often Bright-eolored, Upon The Caterpillars. The Moths Are Dull-colored And The Females Of Some Species Are Wingless. Twenty Species Occur In The United States. The Group Includes Some Fa Mous Enemies Of Fruit, Shade, And ...
Tutelo
Tutelo, Tc-t5/16, Or Totero. An East Ern Tribe Of Siouan Stock, Calling Themselves Yesaii, Formerly Living On The Upper Roanoke And Dan Rivers, In Virginia And North Carolina, In Close Alliance With The Cognate Saponi (q.v.). They Were First Visited In 1670 By The German Traveler John Lederer, Who Calls ...
Tvbingen School
Tvbingen School. A Term Applied To A Modern Theological Movement Which Had Its Origin In The Teachings Of Ferdinand Christian Baur (q.v.), Of The University Of Tubingen. Though He Was Unwilling To Admit That He Was A Disciple Of Hegel, Baur's Distinctive And Guiding Principles Were Those Of The Hegelian ...
Twining Plants
Twining Plants. Plants Whose Axes Are Coiled About Slender Supports, E.g. Common Morning-glory And Hop. In Most Cases The Support Must Be Slender (less Than 15 Centimeters In Diam Eter). Though Some Tropical Plants Coil About Thick Tree Trunks, And Others Climb In A Some What Similar Fashion By Partial ...
Tyler
Tyler, Jomsn (1790-18(i2). The Tenth President Of The United States. He Was Born At Greenway, In Charles City County, Virginia, March 20, 1790. Ile Was The Son Of Judge John Tyler, Who Was Speaker Of The Virginia House Of Delegates, Governor Of Virginia, And At Different Times A Judge Of ...
Tyler_2
Tyler, Aloses Cost ( 1835-1900). An Ameriean Literary Historian And Educator, Born At Griswold, Conn. His Parents Removed To Michi Gan, Where He Began His Education. Ile Graduated At Yale In 1857 And. After Studying Theology There And At Andover, Took Charge Of Congrega Tional Churches At Owego And Then ...
Tylers Rebellion
Tyler's Rebellion. The Name Usually Applied To The English Social Revolt In 1381, From Wat Tyler, Its Chief Leader. It Had Been Prepared For Years By The Teaching Of A Priest, John Ball (q.v.), In Southern And Eastern Eng Land, And From His Home At Colchester It Was Silently Organized ...
Tyndale
Tyndale, Tin'dal. Llia ( ?-1536). An English Translator Of The Bible. Ile Was Born On The Borders Of Wales. Between 1490 And 1495, And Was Educated At Oxford And Cambridge. After Leaving Cambridge (about 1522) He Be Came Tutor Nml Chaplain In The Home Of Sir John Walsh. A Knight ...
Tyndall
Tyndall, Tin'dal, John ( 1820-93), An English Physicist, Born At Leighliu Bridge, Coun Ty Carlow, Ireland. He Found Employment At First In One Of The Subordinate Grades Of The Ord No Nee Survey, And Later As A Railroad Engineer. He Was Appointed Teacher Of Mathematics And Surveying At Queenwood College. ...
Tyng
Tyng, Sternen 110;mxson (1800-85). A 'protestant. Episcopal Clergyman. Lie Was Horn At Newburyport, Mass.; Graduated At Harvard College, 1817; Engaged In Mercantile Pursuits For Two Years; Studied Theology, And Was Ordained In 1821; Preached At Georgetown, D. C., 1821-23; At Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George Co., Md., 1823-29; Was Rector ...
Typesetting Machines
Typesetting Machines. Machines Devised To Set Or Compose Printers' Types Auto Matically And Mechanically. In Hand Composi Tion The Types Are Picked One At A Time From A Wooden Case And Then Set One After Another In The Proper Order To Form The Words Which It Is De Sired To ...
Typhoid Fever
Typhoid Fever (from Gk. Rvo((171c, Ty Phndes, Delirious, From T Yphos, Stupor, Mist, Vapor. Smoke. From 1-136eo., Typhrin, To Smoke: Connected With Skt. Dhapa, Smoke) Or Enteric Fever. A Specific Disease. Infectious Chiefly Or Entirely Through The Excretions. Having A Febrile Period Of About Three Weeks, And Char Acterized By ...
Typhoon
Typhoon (port. Tufao, From Ar. Pers. Tiifon, Tempest, Hurricane, From Tiiiiinidan, To Roar, Cry Out Ef. Gk. Tvorjr, Typhon, Typhon (q.v.) ; Also Chin. T'ai Luny, Great Wind, For Mosan Chin. Tai Hung, Typhoon). The Name Ap Plied To The Hurricanes That Visit The Waters East Of Asia. From A ...
Typhus Fever
Typhus Fever (neo-lat., From Gk. Rivoc, Stupor, Mist, Vapor. Smoke), Jail Fever, Siiip Fever, Or Spotted Fever. An Acute, Specif Ic And Highly Contagious Fever, Endemic, And Also Prevailing Hi Epidemics. Especially In Times Of Destitution And In The Presence Of Overcrowding And Bad Ventilation, Presumably Due To A Micro ...
Typographical Union Of North
Typographical Union Of North America, Tue International. The Labor Organization Of The Printers And Those Engaged In Kindred Trades, The Oldest National Trade Union In The United States. It Was Organized In 1850 As The National Convention Of Journeymen Printers, But Assumed The Name National Typo Graphical Union In 1852, ...
Tyrant
Tyrant ( Lat. Tyrannus, From Gk. Rt/parrae, Master, Sovereign, Connected With Skt. Turanyu, Pressing Forward, Tar, Fur, To Pass Through, Lab. Turcti, To Have). A Hanle Given In Modern Times To An Arbitrary And Oppressive Ruler, But By The Ancient Greeks Applied Not Necessarily To One That Exercised Power Badly, ...
Tyre
Tyre, Tir (lat. Tyrus, From Gk. Topic, From Pluenician ,f,ar, Rock). The Most Im Portant City Of Ancient Phcenieia, Situated On The Mediterranean Coast About 50 Miles South Of Beirut (map: Turkey In Asia, F 6). It De Rived Its, Name From The Double Rock Lying Just Of The Coast, ...
Tyrone
Tyrone, O'nntu„ Second Earl Of (1540?-1616). An Irish Soldier And Revolution Ist. He Was The Grandson Of The First Earl, His Father, Who Was Illegitimate, Being Baron Of Dugannon. His Elder Brother Was Murdered In 1562, And Hugh Became Baron Of Dugannon, For Precaution Being Sent To England. In 1563 ...
Tzschirneb
Tzschirneb, Cheerier, Heinricii Gottlieb (1178-1828). A German Protestant Theologian. Lie Was Born At 1\littweida, Saxony; Studied Theology At Leipzig; Became Professor Of Theol Ogy At Wittenberg In 1s05; At Leipzig In 1809; And Prebendary Of Aleisscn In 1818. Lie Pub Lished Protestantismus Mut Katholicismus Aus Dew Standpunkt Der Politik Betrachtet ...
Ucayale Or Ucayali
Ucayale Or Ucayali, A Large River Of Peru (slap: Peru, C 5). It Is One Of The Main Headstreams Of The Amazon, And, Judged By Length And Volume, It Should Be Con Sidered As The True Upper Course Of That River. It Is Formed By The Junction Of The Apurimac ...
Udal Right
Udal Right. Under The Old Scotch Law, A Species Of Freehold Interest Or Title To Land, Inde Pendent Of The Ordinary Feudal Dues. And Cor Responding Somewhat To An Allodial Title To Real Property In England. It Was Not Acquired By A Charter Or Deed, But By Continuous Possession For ...