Tile February Revolution
February Revolution, Tile. The Revolution Of 1848, Which Brought About The Down Fall Of The July Monarchy In France. The Imme Diate Cause Was The Political Contest Against The Gitizot Ministry. (see Guam.) Its Far-reaching Results Were Probably Entirely Unexpected To All Concerned. The Agitation Leading To The Revolu Tion ...
Tile Loss
Tile Loss Av Emigration. But Opinion Is By No Means Unanimous That Such A. Loss Is An Evil. Increasing Population May Or May Not Be A National Gain. In Certain Regions There Can He Go Doubt That Increase Tends To Overpopulation, But This Be Asserted Of Europe Generally. It Is, ...
Tile Origins Of Feudalism
Tile Origins Of Feudalism. ( 1 ) Personal Leelationship.—amid The Disorders And Inse Curity Of The Early Media•vat Period It Became Very Usual For Men Of Low Rank And Little Strength To 'commend' Themselves To Men Of Higher Position And Greater Power. This 'com Mendation' Might Be To The King, ...
Tile Setter
Tile Setter. Three Breeds Of Setters Are Recog Nized: (1) The English, Which Is White Speckled Dispersedly With Larger Or Smaller Portions Of Black, Each Color Standing Out From The Other Well Defined And Distinct. The English Setters Are Divisible Into Two Main Strains, The Laveraeks And The Llewellins. (2) ...
Timm English
English, Timm As Dunn ( 1 S 19-1902). An 1meriva Ii Physician And Man Of Letters, Born In Philadelphia, Pa, English, Whose Family Name A Corrupt Ion Of \ Inzplos. At Tidied Medicine In His Unitive City, And Graduated At The University Of Pennsylvania Medical School In 1839. Lie Speedily ...
Tion
Tion. As Will Be Seen By The Historic Summary At The End Of This Article, Attempts Have Been Made Since The Days Of Empedoeles And Of Aris Totle To Explain The Origin Of The Universe. The Word 'evolution' Originally Was Applied To Such Phenomena As That Of The Unfolding Of ...
To Insurance
To Insurance. The Relation Of Insurance To The Amount Of Fire Loss Deserves Careful Considera Tion. Over Against The Great Gain Which The System Of Fire Insurance Confers Upon Society Must Be Set A Direct Loss Due To The Increase In The Amount Of Property Destroyed By Fire As A ...
Topographical Recon Noissance And
Surveys, Topographical Recon Noissance. And 'maps. As Indicated Above, Where A Regular Survey Of A Tract Of Land Is Desired For Some Military Purpose, Such As The Construction Of A Fortification, Or A Map Of A Military Reservation, The Survey Will Be Made In The Same Manlier And Under The ...
Transportation
Transportation. England Is Exceptionally Well Provided With Transportation Facilities. The Extensive Coast-line And Navigable Waterways Af Ford Excellent Natural Advantages, And These Have Been Supplemented By A Remarkable Artifi Cial System. Through The Canalization Of Streams, And The Construction Of A Network Of Canals, Almost Every Part Of Tire Country ...
Treatment Of Eggs
Treatment Of Eggs. Nearly All Fish-eggs Are Spherical In Shape. The True Portion, Which H Heavily Charged With Yolk, Is Inclosed By A Mem Brane Varying Greatly In Character. This Mem Brane May Be Adhesive To Any Foreign Object Or To Adjoining Eggs, Or It May Be Supplied With Various ...
Treatment Of Fry
Treatment Of Fry. The Successful Rearing Of Fry To Later Stages Was For A Long Time A Prob Lem Difficult Of Solution. This Has Now, However, Been Perfected With Certain Species, Like The Salmon And Trout, To A Very High Degree. The Kind And Quantity Of Water And Food And ...
Tue Development Of Cabinet
Tue Development Of Cabinet Government. William 111. Was The Husband Of Mary, The Eld Est Daughter Of James Ii. The Convention Par Liament Of 1689, Which Was Assembled To Deter Mine The Succession, Offered The Crown To William And Mary Conjointly, Accompanying The Offer With The Petition Of Right. This ...
Type Flower And
'type Flower' And 'alonme.mons.' Since The Structure Of The Flower Is So Extensively Used As A Criterion In Classification, There Has Come To He Associated With It An Enormous Mass Of Technical Terms. Most Of Which Are Of No Value Except To The Professional Botanist. As The Important Ter Minology ...
Unicellular Development
Unicellular Development. At The Outset It May Be Well To Consider A Case Of Development In The Protozoa, Or Unicellular Animals, In Order That We May Learn To Distinguish Between The Essential And The Secondary In The Process. We May Take As A Type Podophyra, One Of The Sue Toria. ...
United States
United States. The Field Gulls Proper In The United States Service Arc The 3.2-inch Gun, The 3.6-inch Gull, And The 3.6-inch Mortar (see Ac Companying Table). The 3.6-inch Gun Is A Breech Loading Ride Of Greater Weight And Power Than The 3.2-inch Gun, Which Latter Is More Especially Adapted To ...
United States_2
United States. The First Fire-insurance Com Pany In The United States Was Opened At Phila Delphia In 1752, And Incorporated In 1765. It Was Called The Philadelphia Contributionship For The Insurance Of Houses From Loss By Fire. Benjamin Franklin Was One Of Its First Directors. This Company Still Survives. It ...
Uses Of Feathers
Uses Of Feathers. The Chief Uses To Which Feathers Are Applied In The Arts Are Three Pens, Due To The Peculiar Elasticity Of The Barrels; Bed Feathers, Due To The Combined Softness And Elas Ticity Of The Barbs; And Ornament, Due To The Graceful Forms And Delicate Tints Of The ...
V Opinion Evidence
V. Opinion Evidence. In General Witnesses Are Allowed To Testify Only As To Facts, And Not As To Their Inferences Or Opinions Based Upon Facts Within Their Knowledge. To Permit The Witness To Indulge In Opinion Testimony Would Be A Usurpa Tion Of The Function Of The Jury, Whose Duty ...
Valued Policy Laws
Valued-policy Laws. Partly On Account Of The Injustice Involved In Collecting Premimus On A Larger Amount Of Insurance Than The Company Is Ready To Pay Even For A Total Loss, And Partly Because Of The Tendency To Laxness In Appraising Property For Insurance Under This System, Sev Eral States Have ...
Varieties Species
Species, Varieties, And Races. The Indi Vidual Is A Concrete Fact. A Species Is An Induction, A Generalization. (see Classifica Our Idea Of Most Species Is Based On A Pair Or Only A Few Individuals, Whereas The Actual Nunilwr Of Individuals Of Most Species May Be Counted By The Thousands ...
Vestigial Structures
Vestigial Structures. The Study Of Vestigial Characters In Highly Speeia Hied Animals Gives The Elite To Their Ancestry. Thus, Man Has In His Body About Seventy Vestigial Structures Which Appear To Be Of No Use To Him: Some, As The Ea-cal Appendage (see Veratwonm Anpexindx), A Positive Menace: And All ...
Vi Witnesses Competency
Vi. Witnesses' Competency. A Witness Is Not Competent To Testify Until He Has Taken Oath To Testify Truly. At Common Law An Atheist Or Other Unbeliever In The Christian Religion Was Not A Mal Peteut Witness, Because It Was Believed That He Would Not Feel Constrained By His Oath To ...
William 1786 1861 Farren
Farren, William ( 1786-1861). An Eng Lish Actor, Famous Especially For His Acting Of Old Men's Parts In High Comedy. He Was The Son Of A Prosperous Actor Of The Same Name, Who Lived In London. But He Made His &but At Plym Outh, Under His Brother's Management. For Sonic ...
William Pitt 1806 691 Fessenden
Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-691. An American Statesman. He Was Born In Boscawen, N. H., Graduated At Bowdoin College In 1823, And Began The Practice Of Law In 1827. Lie Settled In Portland, Maine, Was Elected To The State Legislature In 1832, And Became Known As An Able Debater. In 1840 ...
Wire Fences
Wire Fences. Post And Wire Fences Are Prob Ably More Extensively Used Than Are Any Other Kind, Especially In Regions Where Timber Is Scarce. The Single Wire Does Not Resist Changes Of Temperature, And Is Not As Strong As The Twisted Wire. Firmly Twisted Steel Wire, With Barbs At Short ...
Writ Entry
Entry, Writ Or. An Ancient Form Of Action At Common Law For The Recovery Of The Possession Of Land Wrongfully Withheld From The Claimant. It Belonged To The Class Of Possessory, As Distin Guished From Droitural, Remedies, In The Latter Of Which The Right (droit) Or Title To The Land ...