- T, the twentieth letter of the alphabet.
- Tabari, Arab historian.
- Tabernacle, of Scripture.
- Tabernacles, Feast of, Jewish.
- Tables, Mathematical.
- Taboo, system of religious prohibitions.
- Tabriz, or Tabreez, town, Persia.
- Tacitus, Roman historian.
- Tacitus, M. Claudius, Roman emperor.
- Tactics, Military (See War).
- Tadmor, or Palmyra (q.v.), ancient town, Syria.
- Tafilelt, oasis.
- Taganrog, town, Russia.
- Tagliacozzi, Gasparo, Bolognese surgeon.
- Taglioni, Marie, Italian ballet-dancer.
- Tagus, river, Spain and Portugal.
- Tahiti Archipelago, Pacific Ocean.
- Taiwan (Formosa, q.v.), island, China.
- Tajaks, or Tajiks, races of people, Asia.
- Taka, region, Nubia (q.v.).
- Talavera de la Reina, town, Spain.
- Talbot, Family of, English aristocracy.
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, English scientist and archæologist.
- Talc, mineral. (See Geology and Mineralogy.)
- Talca, town, Chili.
- Talent, ancient measure of weight. (See Numismatics.)
- Tales, or Stories.
- Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon, English judge and dramatic writer.
- Talisman (Amulet, q.v.), charm.
- Tallage, English tax.
- Talleyrand de Périgord, Charles Maurice, French politician.
- Tallien, Jean Lambert, French Revolutionist.
- Tallis, Thomas, English musical composer.
- Tallow, animal fat.
- Tallow Oils. (See Oils.)
- Talma, Joseph François, French tragedian.
- Talmud, in Jewish literature.
- Tam, Rabbenu, rabbinic scholar.
- Tamaqua, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Tamarind, fruit.
- Tamarisk, shrub.
- Tamboff, government, Russia.
- Tamboff, town, Russia.
- Tamerlane (Timur, q.v.), Mongol conqueror.
- Tamils, people of India.
- Tamworth, town, England.
- Tanager, bird.
- Tancred, crusader.
- Tancred, king of Sicily.
- Tanganyika, Lake, Central Africa.
- Tangiers, or Tangier, town, Morocco.
- Tanhäuser, of German legend.
- Tanjore, district, India.
- Tanjore, town, India.
- Tannahill, Robert, Scottish poet.
- Tannin, tanning substances.
- Tanning, of leather (q.v.).
- Tantalum, chemical element.
- Tantalus, of Greek mythology.
- Taoism, or Taouism, Chinese religion. (See Lao-tsze.)
- Taormina, town, Sicily.
- Tapaculo, bird.
- Tapestry, ornamental textile (q.v.).
- Tape-Worms.
- Tapioca, article of food.
- Tapir, ungulate mammal.
- Tar.
- Tarai, district, India.
- Taranto (Tarentum, q.v.), town, Italy.
- Tarantula, spider.
- Tarare, town, France.
- Tarascon, town, France.
- Taraxacum, genus of plants.
- Tarbes, town, France.
- Tarentum, ancient town, Italy.
- Tares, or Vetches, forage crop. (See Agriculture.)
- Targum, in Jewish literature.
- Tarifa, town, Spain.
- Tarn, department, France.
- Tarn-et-Garonne, department, France.
- Tarnopol, town, Galicia, Austria.
- Tarpaulin, waterproof material.
- Tarquinii, Etruscan town, Italy (See Etruria).
- Tarquinius Priscus, Lucius, Roman king.
- Tarquinius Superbus, Lucius, Roman king.
- Tarragona, province, Spain.
- Tarragona, town, Spain.
- Tarshish, Phœnician colony. (See Phœnicia.)
- Tarsus, ancient town, Asia Minor.
- Tartaglia, or Tartalea, Niccolò, Italian mathematician.
- Tartan, chequered cloth.
- Tartaric Acid.
- Tartars, or Tatars, Ural-Altaic people.
- Tartarus, of Greek mythology.
- Tartini, Giuseppe, Italian violinist and composer.
- Tarudant, town, Morocco (q.v.).
- Tashkend, town, Central Asia.
- Tasman, Abel Janszen, Dutch navigator.
- Tasmania, island, Australasia.
- Tassie, James, Scottish gem-engraver.
- Tassie, William, gem-engraver.
- Tasso, Torquato, Italian poet.
- Tassoni, Alessandro, Italian poet.
- Taste, Sense of.
- Tatars, or Tartars (q.v.), Ural-Altaic people.
- Tate, Nahum, English hymn-writer.
- Tatian, Christian apologist.
- Tatius, Achilles, Alexandrian romance-writer. (See Romance.)
- Tauler, Johann, German mystic.
- Taunton, town, England.
- Taunton, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Taurida, government, Russia.
- Tauromenium (Taormina, q.v.), ancient town, Sicily.
- Taurus, mountains, Asia Minor (q.v.).
- Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, French Oriental traveller.
- Tavira, town, Portugal.
- Tavistock, town, England.
- Tavoy, district, Burmah.
- Tawing, of leather (q.v.).
- Taxation.
- Taxidermy.
- Taxila, ancient town, India. (See Rawal Pindi.)
- Tay, river, Scotland.
- Taylor, Bayard, American writer.
- Taylor, Brook, English mathematician.
- Taylor, Sir Henry, English poet and colonial statesman.
- Taylor, Isaac, English theological and philosophical writer.
- Taylor, Jeremy, English preacher and theologian.
- Taylor, John, English poet.
- Taylor, Tom, English dramatist and art critic.
- Taylor, Zachary, president of the United States.
- Tchad, Lake, Soudan (q.v.), Africa (q.v.).
- Tcheremisses, Ural-Altaic people. (See Finland and Russia.)
- Tcherkasy, town, Russia.
- Tchernigoff, government, Russia.
- Tchernigoff, town, Russia.
- Tchernomorsk, government, Russia.
- Tchistopol, town, Russia.
- Tchita, town, Transbaikalia, Siberia.
- Tea.
- Teak, tree.
- Teal, bird.
- Technical Education.
- Teeth. (See Mammalia, Digestive Organs, Ivory, and Dentistry.)
- Tegea, ancient town, Greece.
- Tegnér, Esaias, Swedish writer.
- Teheran, town, Persia.
- Tehuantepec, isthmus and town, Mexico.
- Teignmouth, town, England.
- Teinds, in Scots law. (See Tithes.)
- Telegraph.
- Telemeter, or Rangefinder.
- Telephone.
- Telescope.
- Telesphorus, bishop of Rome.
- Telford, Thomas, Scottish civil engineer.
- Tell, William, Swiss hero.
- Teller, Wilhelm Abraham, German rationalist.
- Tellez, Gabriel (Tirso de Molina), Spanish dramatist.
- Tellicherri, town, India.
- Tellurium, chemical element. (See Selenium and Tellurium.)
- Telpherage, mode of electric traction (q.v.).
- Temesvar, town, Hungary.
- Temminck, Konrad Jacob, Dutch ornithologist.
- Tempe, Vale of, Greece. (See Thessaly.)
- Tempera, method of painting.
- Temperance Societies.
- Templars, Knights, military order.
- Temple, Temples, places of worship.
- Temple, Sir William, English diplomatist and writer.
- Tenant. (See Landlord and Tenant.)
- Tenasserim, division, Burmah.
- Tenby, town, Wales.
- Tench, fish.
- Tender, Legal, of payment (q.v.).
- Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands (q.v.).
- Teniers, David, Flemish painter.
- Tenimber (Timor Laut, q.v.), island, Indian Archipelago.
- Tenison, Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury.
- Tennant, William, Scottish poet.
- Tennent, Sir James Emerson, English politician and traveller.
- Tennessee, State, U.S.A.
- Tennis, game.
- Tennis, Lawn, game.
- Tent.
- Teplitz, or Töplitz, town and spa, Bohemia.
- Teramo, town, Italy.
- Teraphim, of Scripture.
- Terburg, Gerard, Dutch painter.
- Terceira, island, Azores (q.v.).
- Teredo, genus of Mollusca.
- Terek, government, Russia.
- Terence, Roman dramatist.
- Teresa, or Theresa (q.v.), Spanish saint.
- Terlizzi, town, Italy.
- Term, in law.
- Termini, town, Sicily.
- Termites, or White Ants. (See Ant.)
- Termonde (Dendermonde, q.v.), town, Belgium.
- Tern, bird.
- Ternate, island and town, Indian Archipelago.
- Terni, town, Italy.
- Terpander, Lesbian poet and musician.
- Terracina, town, Italy.
- Terra-Cotta, decorative clay-work.
- Terranova, town, Sicily.
- Terrapin, reptile. (See Tortoise.)
- Terre Haute, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
- Tersteegen, Gerhard, German religious writer.
- Tertiaries, order of monks and nuns. (See Franciscans.)
- Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus), early church writer.
- Terudant, town, Morocco (q.v.).
- Teruel, province, Spain.
- Teruel, town, Spain.
- Teschen, town, Austria.
- Tessin (Ticino, q.v.), canton, Switzerland.
- Test Acts, English.
- Testament, in law. (See Will.)
- Testimony, Probability of. (See Evidence.)
- Tetanus, disease.
- Tetrarch, ancient ruler’s title.
- Tetuan, town, Morocco.
- Teutones, German tribe.
- Teutonic Languages.
- Teutonic Order, of Knights.
- Tewkesbury, town, England.
- Texas, State, U.S.A.
- Textiles, woven fabrics.
- Teza, town, Morocco (q.v.).
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- Thackeray, William Makepeace, English novelist and critic.
- Thalberg, Sigismond, Italian pianist and composer.
- Thales of Miletus, Greek astronomer and philosopher.
- Thallium, chemical element.
- Thames, river, England.
- Thana, district, India.
- Thana, town, India.
- Thanes, early English nobility. (See England and Nobility.)
- Thapsacus (Tiphsah), Mesopotamia (q.v.), Crossing of Euphrates at.
- Thar and Parkar, district, India.
- Tharrawaddy, district, Burmah.
- Thasos, island, Greece.
- Thayetmyo, district, Burmah.
- Theatre, Theatres.
- Thebes, town, Egypt (q.v.).
- Thebes, town, Greece.
- Thecla, St.
- Theft, in law.
- Theism.
- Themis, in Greek mythology.
- Themistius, Byzantine rhetorician.
- Themistocles, Greek general.
- Thénard, Louis Jacques, French chemist.
- Theobald, Lewis, English playwright.
- Theocritus, Greek pastoral poet.
- Theodolite, its use in surveying (q.v.).
- Theodora, wife of the emperor Justinian.
- Theodore of Mopsuestia, early Christian writer.
- Theodore I.–II., popes.
- Theodoret, bishop of Cyprus.
- Theodoric, king of the East Goths.
- Theodosia, town, Crimea, Russia.
- Theodosius I., Roman emperor.
- Theodosius II., emperor of the East.
- Theodosius III., emperor of the East.
- Theodosius of Tripolis, Greek geometer and astronomer.
- Theognis of Megara, Greek poet.
- Theology.
- Theophilus Abbas, instructor of Justinian.
- Theophrastus, Peripatetic philosopher.
- Theophylact, Biblical commentator.
- Theophylactus of Simocatta, Byzantine historian (q.v.).
- Theopompus of Chios, Greek historian and rhetorician.
- Theorbo, lute (q.v.).
- Theosophy.
- Thera, island, Greece.
- Theramenes, Athenian oligarch.
- Therapeutæ, monastic sect. (See Monachism.)
- Theresa, St, Spanish saint.
- Theresiopel, Maria (Szabadka, q.v.), town, Hungary.
- Thermal Springs. (See Geology and Mineral Waters.)
- Thermodynamics.
- Thermo-Electricity. (See Electricity.)
- Thermometer.
- Théroigne de Méricourt, Anne Joseph, French Revolutionist.
- Theseus, of Greek legend.
- Thesmophoria, Greek festival.
- Thespiæ, town, ancient Greece.
- Thessalonians, Epistles to the.
- Thessalonica (Salonica, q.v.), town, Macedonia.
- Thessaly, district, Greece.
- Thetford, town, England.
- Thevenot, Jean de, French Oriental traveller.
- Thian Shan, mountains, Central Asia. (See Asia, Syr-Daria, and Turkestan.)
- Thibaut, Anton Friedrich Justus, German jurist.
- Thibet, or Tibet (q.v.), country, Central Asia.
- Thielt, town, Belgium.
- Thierry, Amédée Simon Dominique & Jacques Nicolas Augustin, French historians.
- Thiers, town, France.
- Thiers, Louis Adolphe, French historian and statesman.
- Thirlwall, Connop, bishop of St David’s, historian.
- Thirsk, town, England.
- Thistle, plant.
- Thistle, Order of the. (See Knighthood.)
- Thistlewood Conspiracy (1820), in England.
- Tholuck, Friedrich August, German theologian and preacher.
- Thomas, St, apostle.
- Thomas Aquinas, scholastic philosopher. (See Aquinas.)
- Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. (See À Becket.)
- Thomas of Celano.
- Thomas of Erceldoune, Scottish legendary poet.
- Thomas a Kempis, mediæval writer. (See Kempis).
- Thomasius, Christian, German jurist and publicist.
- Thompson, Sir Benjamin (Count Rumford), scientist and diplomatist.
- Thompson, Thomas Peronnet, English politician and mathematician.
- Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, Scottish naturalist.
- Thomson, James (1700–1748), Scottish poet, author of The Seasons.
- Thomson, James (1834–1882), Scottish poet, author of City of Dreadful Night.
- Thomson, John, Scottish landscape painter.
- Thor, Scandinavian deity. (See Æsir and Mythology.)
- Thoreau, Henry David, American writer.
- Thorium, chemical element.
- Thorn, town, West Prussia.
- Thornback, fish.
- Thornhill, Sir James, English painter.
- Thorwaldsen, Bertel, Danish sculptor.
- Thou, Jacques August de, French historian.
- Thousand and One Nights, Arabic tales.
- Thrace, country, South-Eastern Europe.
- Thrale, Mrs (Hester Lynch, Mrs Piozzi, q.v.), English writer.
- Thrasybulus, Athenian general.
- Thread-Worms. (See Nematoidia.)
- Three Rivers, town, Canada.
- Throat, diseases of.
- Throndhjem, town, Norway.
- Thrush, bird.
- Thucydides, Greek historian.
- Thugs, Indian assassins.
- Thugut, Franz Maria von, Austrian diplomatist.
- Thule, ancient Northern land.
- Thümmel, Moritz August von, German writer.
- Thunberg, Carl Peter, Swedish traveller and botanist.
- Thunderstorm.
- Thun-Khwa, district, Burmah.
- Thurgau, or Thurgovia, canton, Switzerland.
- Thurii, town, Magna Græcia, Italy.
- Thuringia, district, Upper Saxony.
- Thuringian Law Code. (See Salic Law.)
- Thurles, town, Ireland.
- Thurlow, Lord, lord chancellor of England.
- Thurso, town, Scotland.
- Thyme, plant.
- Tibbus, nomad race, North Africa.
- Tiber, river, Italy (q.v.).
- Tiberias, town, Palestine.
- Tiberius (Tiberius Claudius Nero), Roman emperor.
- Tibet, country, Central Asia.
- Tibullus, Albius, Roman poet.
- Tibur (Tivoli, q.v.), ancient town, Italy.
- Tic-Douloureux, form of neuralgia (q.v.).
- Ticino, canton, Switzerland.
- Tick, mite (q.v.).
- Tickell, Thomas, English poet.
- Ticknor, George, American man of letters.
- Ticonderoga, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Tides.
- Tidor, island, Indian Archipelago.
- Tieck, Ludwig, German tale-writer.
- Tiedemann, Friedrich, German anatomist.
- Tientsin, town, China.
- Tierney, George, English politician.
- Tierra del Fuego, archipelago, South America.
- Tiffin, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Tiflis, town, Russian Caucasia.
- Tiger, carnivorous mammal.
- Tiger-Cat, carnivorous mammal. (See Ocelot.)
- Tigranes, Armenian kings.
- Tigris, river, Asia.
- Tilburg, or Tilborg, town, Holland.
- Tilden, Samuel Jones, American statesman.
- Tiles.
- Tillemont, Sébastien le Nain de, French ecclesiastical historian.
- Tillotson, John, archbishop of Canturbury.
- Tilly, Johann Tserclaes, count of, imperial general.
- Tilsit, town, Prussia.
- Timber, as building material. (See Building, Forests, Strength of Materials, &c.)
- Timbuktu, or Timbuctoo, town, Sahara, Africa.
- Time, Measurement of.
- Timoleon, Greek statesman and general.
- Timon of Athens, misanthrope.
- Timon of Philus, Greek sillograph and sceptic.
- Timor, island, Indian Archipelago.
- Timor Laut, island group, Indian Archipelago.
- Timotheus, Athenian general.
- Timotheus, Greek musician and poet.
- Timothy, of Scripture.
- Timur, or Tamerlane, Oriental conqueror.
- Tin, metal.
- Tinamou, bird.
- Tindal, Matthew, English deist.
- Tinghae, town, Chusan (q.v.), China.
- Tinné, Alexandrine, Dutch traveller in Africa.
- Tinnevelli, district, India.
- Tinnevelli, town, India.
- Tintoretto, Il (Jacopo Robusti, q.v.), Italian painter.
- Tipperah, district, British India.
- Tipperary, county, Ireland.
- Tipperary, town, Ireland.
- Tippoo Sahib, sultan of Mysore, India.
- Tipton, town, England.
- Tiraboschi, Girolamo, Italian historian.
- Tiresias, of Greek legend.
- Tirhut, or Tirhoot, district, India.
- Tirlemont, town, Belgium.
- Tiryns, or Tirynth, ancient town, Greece.
- Tischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin, German Biblical critic.
- Tisio, or Tisi, Benvenuto, Italian painter.
- Titanium, chemical element.
- Titans, of Greek mythology.
- Tithes, of Scripture.
- Tithonus, in Greek mythology.
- Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), Italian painter.
- Titles of Honour.
- Titmouse, bird.
- Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus), Roman emperor.
- Titus, of Scripture.
- Titus, Epistle to. (See Pastoral Epistles.)
- Titusville, town, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Tiumen, or Tyumen (q.v.), town, Siberia.
- Tiverton, town, England.
- Tivoli, town, Italy.
- Tlaxcala, town, Mexico.
- Tlemcen, town, Algeria.
- Toad, amphibian.
- Tobacco, plant and narcotic.
- Tobago, island, West Indies.
- Tobit, Book of, in Apocrypha.
- Tobolsk, government, Russia in Asia.
- Tobolsk, town, Russia in Asia.
- Tocqueville, Alexis Henri Charles Chérel, Comte de, French politician.
- Todas, tribe, India. (See Niligri Hills.)
- Todleben, Eduard Ivanovich, Russian general.
- Todmorden, town, England.
- Tody, bird.
- Toga, Roman article of dress. (See Costume.)
- Togo-Land, district, West Coast, Africa.
- Tokat, town, Turkey.
- Tokay, town, Hungary.
- Tokio (Yedo), town, Japan.
- Toland, John, English deist.
- Toledo, province, Spain.
- Toledo, town, Spain.
- Toledo, town, Ohio, U.S.A.
- Toll, in law.
- Toluca, town, Mexico.
- Tomato, vegetable. (See Horticulture.)
- Tompa, Mihaly, Hungarian poet.
- Tomsk, government, Siberia.
- Tomsk, town, Siberia.
- Tonga, one of the Friendly Islands (q.v.), South Pacific.
- Tong-King, French colony, Eastern Asia.
- Tongue. (See Anatomy and Taste).
- Tonnage, of ships.
- Tonnage and Poundage, customs duties, England.
- Tonqua Bean.
- Tonquin (Tong-King, q.v.), French colony, Eastern Asia.
- Tonsillitis, disease. (See Throat Diseases.)
- Tonsure, Roman Catholic rite.
- Tontine, system of life insurance.
- Tooke, John Horne, English politician and philologer.
- Topaz, precious stone.
- Topeka, town, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Torcello, island, Venice.
- Torgau, town, Prussia.
- Toronto, town, Ontario, Canada.
- Torpedo, explosive apparatus.
- Torquatus, Roman consuls. (See Manlius.)
- Torquay, town, England.
- Torquemada, Juan de, cardinal, learned Dominican.
- Torquemada, Tomas de, inquisitor-general.
- Torre Annunziata, town, Italy.
- Torre del Greco, town, Italy.
- Torrey, John, American botanist.
- Torricelli, Evangelista, Italian physicist and mathematician.
- Torrigiano, Pietro, Italian sculptor.
- Torshok, town, Russia.
- Tort, in law.
- Tortoise, reptile.
- Tortoiseshell.
- Tortola, island, West Indies. (See Virgin Islands.)
- Tortona, town, Italy.
- Tortosa, town, Spain.
- Torture, Legal aspects of.
- Tory Party, in England. (See Whig and Tory.)
- Totemism.
- Totila, Gothic king. (See Justinian and Narses.)
- Tottenham, suburb of London.
- Toucan, bird.
- Touch, Sense of.
- Toul, town, France.
- Toulon, town, France.
- Toulouse, town, France.
- Toung-ngu, district and town, Burmah.
- Tour, Maurice Quentin de la, French pastel painter.
- Touraco, bird.
- Tourcoing, town, France.
- Tourguenieff, Ivan, Russian novelist.
- Tourmaline, mineral. (See Electricity, Geology, and Mineralogy.)
- Tournai, town, Belgium.
- Tournaments, mediæval combats.
- Tournebout, musical instrument.
- Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, French botanist.
- Tourneur, Cyril, English tragic poet.
- Tours, town, France.
- Toussaint Louverture, Pierre Dominique, Haytian liberator.
- Town, Towns. (See Borough, City, Municipality, and United States).
- Townshend, Second Viscount, English statesman.
- Townshend, Charles, English politician.
- Toxicology, branch of medicine. (See Poisons.)
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- Trachis, town, ancient Greece.
- Tract Societies.
- Traction, Electric.
- Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, Comte de, French philosopher.
- Trade, Board of, English.
- Trade Marks.
- Trade Unions.
- Tragedy. (See Drama.)
- Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus), Roman Emperor.
- Tralee, town, Ireland.
- Tramway.
- Trance. (See Sleep and Animal Magnetism.)
- Trani, town, Italy.
- Tranquebar, town, India.
- Transbaikalia, province, Siberia.
- Transcaspian Region, Russia.
- Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Transit Circle, astronomical instrument.
- Transmigration of Souls. (See Metempsychosis.)
- Transportation, of convicts. (See Prison Discipline.)
- Transubstantiation, Eucharistic doctrine. (See Eucharist.)
- Transvaal, country, South Africa.
- Transverse Flute.
- Transylvania, principality, Austria-Hungary.
- Trapani, town, Sicily.
- Trappists, monastic order.
- Tras-os-Montes, province, Portugal.
- Travancore, state, India.
- Trawling, mode of fishing. (See Fisheries.)
- Treason, in law.
- Treasure-Trove, Law relating to.
- Treaties, contracts between states.
- Trebizond, town, Turkey in Asia.
- Tredegar, town, England.
- Tree-Creeper, bird.
- Tree-Fern, plant.
- Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux, English New Testament scholar.
- Trematoda, division of worms.
- Trench, Richard Chenevix, archbishop of Dublin.
- Trenck, Austrian commander & German adventurer.
- Trendelenburg, Friedrich Adolf, German philosopher.
- Trent, town, Austria.
- Trent, Council of (1545–62).
- Trenton, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Trepang, or Tripang, edible echinoderm. (See Bêche-de-Mer.)
- Trespass, in law.
- Treves, town, Rhenish Prussia.
- Treviranus, Gottfried Reinhold, German naturalist.
- Treviso, town, Italy.
- Trevithick, Richard, improver of steam-engine.
- Trial, in law.
- Tribonian, Roman jurist.
- Tribune, Roman public officer.
- Trichina, genus of nematode worms. (See Nematoidea and Parasitism.)
- Trichinopoli, district and town, India.
- Tric-Trac, game. (See Backgammon.)
- Tricycle.
- Trieste, town, Austria-Hungary.
- Trigger-Fish. (See File-Fish.)
- Trigonometry, in mathematics.
- Trilobite, crustacean (q.v.).
- Trincomalee, town, Ceylon.
- Trinidad, island, West Indies.
- Trinitarians, religious order.
- Trinity House, English corporation.
- Trinity Sunday.
- Tripoli, state, North Africa.
- Tripoli, town, North Africa.
- Tripoli, town, Syria.
- Tripolitza, town, Greece.
- Trismegistus, Hermes, of Egyptian mythology and Greek literature. (See Hermes Trismegistus.)
- Tristan, romance (q.v.).
- Tristan da Cunha, islands, South Atlantic.
- Triton, genus of reptiles.
- Triumph, Roman public honour.
- Trivandrum, town, India.
- Troad, district, Asia Minor.
- Troglodytes, ancient cave-dwellers.
- Trogon, bird.
- Trogus, Cnæus Pompeius, Roman historian.
- Troitsk, town, Russia.
- Trollope, Anthony, English novelist.
- Trombone, musical instrument.
- Tromp, Dutch admirals.
- Tromsö, town, Norway.
- Trondhjem (Throndhjem, q.v.), town, Norway.
- Tropic-Bird, bird.
- Troppau, town, Austria.
- Trotzendorff, Valentin Friedland, German teacher.
- Troubadours, mediæval minstrels. (See Provençal Literature and France.)
- Troughton, Edward, English instrument maker.
- Trout, fish. (See Salmonidæ and Angling.)
- Trouville, town, France.
- Trover, in law.
- Trowbridge, town, England.
- Troy, ancient town, Asia Minor. (See Troad.)
- Troy, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Troy, Jean François de, French painter.
- Troy, West, town, New York, U.S.A. (See West Troy.)
- Troyes, town, France.
- Troyes, Chrestien de, early French romancist. (See Chrestien de Troyes and Romance.)
- Truce of God.
- Truck System, of wages payments. (See Labour and Wages.)
- Truffle, edible fungus.
- Trumbull, distinguished American family.
- Trumpet, musical instrument.
- Trumpet, Speaking and Hearing.
- Trumpeter, or Trumpet-Bird.
- Truro, town, England.
- Trust, in law.
- Tsaritsyn, town, Russia.
- Tsarskoye Selo, town, Russia.
- Tschudi, Swiss family.
- Tse-nan Foo, town, China.
- Tsetse Fly, insect.
- Tuam, town, Ireland.
- Tuamotu Archipelago, group of coral islands, South Pacific.
- Tubercular Disease. (See Pathology and Phthisis).
- Tuberose, plant.
- Tübingen, town, Würtemberg.
- Tucker, Abraham, English moralist.
- Tucker, Josiah, dean of Gloucester, political economist.
- Tucson, town, Arizona, U.S.A.
- Tucuman, town, Argentine Republic.
- Tudela, town, Spain.
- Tudor, House of, English dynasty. (See Henry VII. and House of Lancaster.)
- Tuke, Samuel, English philanthropist.
- Tuke, William, English philanthropist.
- Tula, government, Russia.
- Tula, town, Russia.
- Tulip, plant.
- Tulle, town, France.
- Tulle, textile fabric.
- Tulloch, John, Scottish divine.
- Tullus Hostilius, king of Rome.
- Tumkur, district, India.
- Tumours. (See Pathology and Surgery.)
- Tumuli. (See Architecture and Barrows.)
- Tunbridge, town, England.
- Tunbridge Wells, town, England.
- Tung-Chow, town, China.
- Tungsten, chemical element.
- Tunguses, North Asiatic people.
- Tunicata, group of animals.
- Tuning Fork.
- Tunis, regency, North Africa.
- Tunis, town, North Africa.
- Tunnelling.
- Tunny, fish.
- Tunstall, town, England.
- Turanian, meaning of the word.
- Turbine, water-wheel. (See Hydromechanics.)
- Turbot, fish.
- Turenne, Vicomte de, French general.
- Turgai, province and town, Central Asia.
- Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques, Marquis de l’Aulne, French economist and statesman.
- Turin, town, Italy.
- Turkestan, East and West, Central Asia.
- Turkey.
- Turkey, bird.
- Turks, race of people.
- Turmeric, tuberous root.
- Turner, Charles, English engraver.
- Turner, Joseph Mallord William, English painter.
- Turnhout, town, Belgium.
- Turning Lathe. (See Lathe.)
- Turnips, agricultural root-crop. (See Agriculture and Horticulture.)
- Turnip Fly, or Turnip-Flea.
- Turnstone, bird.
- Turpentine, oleo-resin.
- Turpin, archbishop of Rheims, legendary chronicler.
- Turquoise, precious stone.
- Turretin, Genevan theologians (Benoît, François, and Jean Alphonse).
- Turtle, chelonian reptile. (See Tortoise.)
- Tuscany, territorial division, Italy.
- Tusculum, ancient town, Italy.
- Tusser, Thomas, English poet.
- Tver, government, Russia.
- Tver, town, Russia.
- Tweed, river, Scotland.
- Tweeds, variety of cloth. (See Woollen and Worsted Manufactures.)
- Twelve Tables, in Roman law. (See Roman Law and Rome.)
- Twenty-Four Parganas, district, Bengal, India.
- Twickenham, town, England.
- Twilight.
- Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer. (See Brahe.)
- Tyldesley with Shakerley, town, England.
- Tyler, John, president of the United States.
- Tyndale, William, translator of English Bible.
- Tyne, river, England.
- Tynemouth, town, England.
- Type-Founding. (See Typography.)
- Type-Writing Machines. (See Writing Machines.)
- Typhon, of Greek mythology.
- Typhus Fever.
- Typography, or Printing.
- Tyr, Scandinavian diety. (See Æsir.)
- Tyre, town, Phœnicia.
- Tyrol, province, Austria.
- Tyrone, county, Ireland.
- Tyrtæus, Greek elegiac poet.
- Tytler, Scottish judge and historians.
- Tyumen, town, Siberia.
- Tzarskoye Selo (Tsarskoye Selo, q.v.), town, Siberia.
- Tzetzes, Joannes, Byzantine writer.
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- U, the twenty-first letter of the alphabet.
- Ubeda, town, Spain.
- Udaipur, state, India.
- Udal, kind of land tenure.
- Udall, Nicholas, English comedian.
- Udine, town, Italy
- Ueberweg, Friedrich, German philosopher.
- Ufa, government, Russia.
- Ufa, town, Russia.
- Uganda, country, Central Africa.
- Uglitch, town, Russia.
- Ugolino, Italian count. (See Gherardesca and Pisa.)
- Ugrians, Ural-Altaic people. (See Finland.)
- Uhland, Johann Ludwig, German poet.
- Ujiji, town, Central Africa.
- Ujjain, town, India.
- Ukraine, district, Russia.
- Ulcer, in pathology. (See Surgery.)
- Ulfilas, or Ulfila, bishop of the Goths.
- Ulm, town, Würtemberg.
- Ulpianus, Domitius (Ulpian), Roman jurist.
- Ulrici, Hermann, German philosopher.
- Ulster, province, Ireland (q.v.).
- Ultramarine, pigment.
- Ulugh Beg, Mirza Mohammed Ben Shah Rok, Persian astronomer.
- Ulverston, town, England.
- Ulwar (Alwar, q.v.), state, India.
- Ulysses (Odysseus, q.v.), in Greek legend.
- Uman, town, Russia.
- Umballa, or Umballah (Ambala, q.v.), division, district, and town, India.
- Umber, mineral and pigment (q.v.).
- Umbrella.
- Umbria, district, Italy.
- Ummerapoora (Amarapura, q.v.), town, Burmah.
- Unao, district, India.
- Undulatory Theory, of light. (See Optics and Wave Theory.)
- Ungvar, town, Hungary.
- Unicorn, fabulous animal.
- Unitarianism, religious system.
- Unitas Fratrum, or Moravian Brethren (q.v.).
- United Brethren in Christ, American sect.
- United Kingdom, The, of Great Britain and Ireland.
- United Presbyterian Church, in Scotland.
- United Provinces, of the Netherlands. (See Holland.)
- United States, of America.
- Allen, Ethan, American patriot.
- Andrew, John Albion, governor of Masschusetts.
- Arnold, Benedict, American adventurer.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, president of the United States.
- Bell, John, American politican.
- Benton, Thomas Hart, American politician.
- Boone, Daniel, American pioneer.
- Bragg, Braxton, American general.
- Breckinridge, John Cabell, American politician.
- Buckingham, William Alfred, governor of Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Burnside, Ambrose Everett, American general.
- Burr, Aaron, vice-president of the United States.
- Colfax, Schuyler, vice-president of the United States.
- Crawford, William Harris, American statesman.
- Garfield, James Abram, president of the United States.
- Grant, Ulysses S., general and president of the United States.
- Hancock, Winfield Scott, American general.
- Hendricks, Thomas A., vice-president of the United States.
- Hood, John Bell, American general.
- Hull, Isaac, American naval officer.
- Knox, Henry, American Revolutionary general.
- Lawrence, James, American naval officer.
- M‘Clellan, George B., American general.
- Marcy, William L., American politician.
- Mason, George, Ameican politician.
- Meade, George G., American general.
- Montgomery, Richard, American revolutionary general.
- Morgan, Edwin D., American politician.
- Morton, Oliver P., American politician.
- Pinckney, Charles, American statesman.
- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, American statesman.
- Pulaski, or Pulawski, Casimir, Polish patriot.
- Putnam, Israel, American revolutionary officer.
- Schuyler, Philip, American revolutionary general.
- Seymour, Horatio, American politician.
- Steuben, Baron von, German-American general.
- Sumter, Thomas, American politician.
- Taney, Roger B., American judge and financier.
- Thomas, George H., American general.
- Wheeler, William A., vice-president of the United States.
- Woodbury, Levi, American politician and judge.
- Universalist Church.
- Universities.
- Unterwalden, canton, Switzerland.
- Unyoro, kingdom, Central Africa.
- Upanishads, Hindu philosophical writings. (See Sanskrit and Brahmanism.)
- Upas, fabled poison tree.
- Upper Sind Frontier, district, British India.
- Upsala, town, Sweden.
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