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kp-eb0721-009405-0112
TAWING, the art of dressing skins in white, so as to render them fit for divers manufactures, particularly gloves, &c. All skins may be tawed; but those chiefly used for this purpose are lamb, sheep, kid, and goat skins. The method of tawing is this. The skins having been cleared of wool or hair by means of lime, are l...
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TAWING
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TAXATION. A Tax is a portion of the capital or income of individuals, taken from them by government, and placed at its disposal. A tax may be either direct or indirect. It is said to be direct when it is immediately taken from income or capital; and indirect when it is taken from them by making their owners pay for l...
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TAY, in Latin Tavus or Taus, the largest river in Scotland, rises in Braidalbane, on the frontiers of Lorne, and having in the passage of a few miles augmented its stream by the accession of several small rills, spreads itself into the lake called Loch Dochart, out of which having run but a little space, it again expan...
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TAY
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TAYA Isle, a small island in the Eastern Seas, off the east coast of Sumatra. There are many small islands scattered in the neighbourhood, among which from fifty to 100 chests of opium may be disposed of, for which pepper, gold, tin, and rattans, are the returns. The inhabitants are all pirates. Long. 105. 5. E. Lat. 6...
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6 48' N 105 5' E
TAYA
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TAYLOR, Jeremy, a theologian of high reputation, was born at Cambridge, and was baptized on the 15th of August 1613. His father, a descendant of Dr Rowland Taylor who suffered martyrdom in the reign of Mary, followed the humble calling of a barber. Jeremy was educated at Perse’s free-school; and on the 18th of August 1...
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TAYLOR
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TAYLOR’S Isles, three small islands on the north coast of New Holland, between Thistle Island and the shore, from which they are about two miles distant.
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TAYLOR’S
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TAYMING, a city of China, of the first rank, in Pe-che-lee, in a fertile country, 232 miles south-south-west of Pekin. Long. 114. 49. E. Lat. 36. 20. N.
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36 20' N 114 49' E
TAYMING
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ΤΑΖΕ, a river of Asiatic Russia, which rises from two lakes in the government of Tobolsk, and after a considerable course from south to north, falls into the Tazovskaia Gulf, in the Frozen Ocean. Long. 80.14. E. Lat. 67.35. N.
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67 35' N 80 14' E
ΤΑΖΕ
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TAZLA, a lake of Asiatic Turkey, thirty-six miles long and two broad, thirty miles north of Kognieh.
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TAZLA
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TAZOVSKAIA, a gulf or bay in the Obskaia Gulf, about 140 miles in length and three in breadth, formed by the waters of several rivers in Siberia. Long. 76. to 80. E. Lat. 67. 40. to 69. N.
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TAZOVSKAIA
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TCHABISCHI, a town of Russia, in the government of Irkoutsk on the Amur, forty miles north-north-east of Stretensk.
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TCHABISCHI
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TCHADOBETZ, a river of Asiatic Russia, which flows through the governments of Irkoutsk and Tomsk, and after a course of 250 miles falls into the Tunguska near Yeniseisk.
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TCHADOBETZ
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TCHAGANE, a river of Asiatic Russia, which rises in the country of the Kirghises, and after a course of 100 miles falls into the Derkoul, when their united waters flow into the Oural.
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TCHAGANE
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TCHANG-TCHA, a city of China, of the first rank, in Houquang, on the Heng river, 742 miles south of Pekin. Long. 112. 25. E. Lat. 28. 11. N.
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28 11' N 112 25' E
TCHANG-TCHA
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TCHANG-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in Fokien, the most southerly of the province. It iis situated on a river, and carries on a considerable trade. It is 950 miles south of Pekin. Long. 117.34. E. Lat. 24.32. N. This is the name of another city, two leagues in circumference, which is the seat of a very e...
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TCHANG-TCHEOU
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TCHANG-TE, a large city of China, of the first rank, in Houquang. It is situated on a river near the great lake Tong-Ting, and is 717 miles south-south-west of Pekin. Long. 111. 2. E. Lat. 29. 2. N.
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29 2' N 111 2' E
TCHANG-TE
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TCHAN-TE, one of the most northern cities of the province of China, in Honan. It is 255 miles south-south-west of Pekin. Long. 114. 0. E. Lat. 36. 6. N.
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36 6' N 114 0' E
TCHAN-TE
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TCHANY, a large lake of Asiatic Russia, situated in the Barabinski steppe, between the Ob and the Irtysch. It is about sixty-five miles long and thirty broad, and is 100 miles west-north-west of Kolivan.
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TCHANY
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TCHAOKING, a city of China, of the first rank, in Quang-tong, situated at the confluence of three rivers, one of which communicates with Canton. It is 1062 miles southsouth-west of Pekin. Long. 111. 44. E. Lat. 23. 3. N.
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23 3' N 111 44' E
TCHAOKING
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TCHE-KIANG, a province of China, bounded on the north and north-west by Kiang-nan, on the east by the sea, on the south by Fokien, and on the south-west by Kiang-see; about 200 miles in length from north to south, and from 120 to 180 broad. This is one of the most considerable provinces in the empire, and contains, acc...
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TCHE-KIANG
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TCHELAO, a town of Persia, in the province of Khorassan. Near it is the well-known defile in the mountains, called by the eastern writers, Hell, from the difficulty of the passage.
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TCHELAO
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TCHELIABINSK, a town of Asiatic Russia, in the government of Orenburg. It stands on the river Masse, which falls into the Icette; and is one of the most important fortresses upon this frontier. It contains two churches and 500 houses, and is 118 miles east of Oufa. Long. 62. 4. E. Lat. 54. 50. N.
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54 50' N 62 4' E
TCHELIABINSK
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TCHENG-TE, an island in the Eastern Seas, near the south coast of Corea, about ten miles long and six broad. Long. 128. 37. E. Lat. 34. 20. N.
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34 20' N 128 37' E
TCHENG-TE
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TCHEOU-CHAN, or Chu-san, an island in the Chinese Sea, near the west coast of China, belonging to the province of Tche-kiang, about twenty-four miles long, and from four to ten broad.
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TCHEOU-CHAN
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TCHEPETKINA, a river of Asiatic Russia, which runs into the Kolima, 88 miles north of Verchnei Kovimskoi. Long. 148. 14. E. Lat. 67. 35. N.
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67 35' N 148 14' E
TCHEPETKINA
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TCHERNIKEH, a town of Asia Minor, in the government of Sivas, anciently a city of Pontus. It is twenty-four miles north of Amasia. Long. 36. 38. E. Lat. 40. 26. N.
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40 26' N 36 38' E
TCHERNIKEH
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TCHETKINA, one of the Fox Islands, in the North Pacific Ocean. Long. 184. 44. E. Lat. 53. 30. N.
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53 30' N 184 44' E
TCHETKINA
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TCHING-KIANG, a city of China, of the first rank, in Kiang-nan, on the south side of the river Yang-tse. It is finely situated for commerce, and is the key of the empire towards the sea. The walls are thirty feet high, and the streets are paved with marble.
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TCHING-KIANG
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TCHING-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in Houquang. It is situated on an angle made by two rivers, and is 765 miles south-south-west of Pekin. Long. 109. 40. E. Lat. 28. 23. N.
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28 23' N 109 40' E
TCHING-TCHEOU
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TCHING-TING, a city of China, of the first rank, in Pe-che-lee, about four miles in circumference. It is 137 miles south-south-west of Pekin. Long. 114. 20. E. Lat. 39. 9. N.
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39 9' N 114 20' E
TCHING-TING
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TCHING-TOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in Sechuen. It was formerly one of the finest cities in the empire, but was almost entirely destroyed in the civil wars in 1646, which preceded the last Tartar invasion. It is 810 miles south-west of Pekin. Long. 103. 44. E. Lat. 30. 40. N.
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30 40' N 103 44' E
TCHING-TOU
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TCHONG-KING, a city of China, of the first rank, in in Sechuen, and one of the most commercial cities of the province. It is 750 miles south-west of Pekin. Long. 106. 19. E. Lat. 29. 42. N.
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29 42' N 106 19' E
TCHONG-KING
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TCHORS, a village of Persia, in the province of Azerbijan, inhabited by the Kurds subject to Persia. It is 78 miles west-north-west of Tauris.
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TCHORS
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TCHOUKTCHES, a people inhabiting the peninsula which forms the north-east extremity of Asiatic Russia; bounded on the one side by the Frozen Ocean, and on the other by the Gulf of Anadir. They live by hunting and fishing.
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TCHOUKTCHES
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TCHUKOTSKOIE, a cape in the country of the Tchouktches, forming the north-eastern extremity of Asia.
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TCHUKOTSKOIE
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TCINAN, a large and populous city of China, of the first rank, in the province of Shang-tung. It is 235 miles south of Pekin. Long. 116. 46. E. Lat. 36. 46. N.
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36 46' N 116 46' E
TCINAN
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TCIN-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in Shang-tung, 230 miles south-south-east of Pekin. Long. 118. 20. E. Lat. 36. 46. N.
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36 46' N 118 20' E
TCIN-TCHEOU
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TCITCICAR Hotun, a town of Chinese Tartary, capital of a province in the country of the Mantchoos; the usual residence of a Tartar general. It is 355 miles north-east of Pekin. Long. 123. 30. E. Lat. 47. 25. N.
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47 25' N 123 30' E
TCITCICAR
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TEA is produced by different species of thea or camellia. It has generally been imagined that China was the only country where the tea-plant would grow, or where it could be cultivated and manufactured. Recent investigations, however, have dissipated this delusion. It has been found that the Japanese and the Brazilians...
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TEA
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TEACHERS, persons employed in conducting the education of the young. See the articles Schools and Universities.
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TEACHERS
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TEARY, a large village of Hindustan, in the province of Malwah, with a fort on an adjoining hill. Long- 79. 3. E. Lat. 24. 46. N.
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TEARY
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TEBALA, a town of Arabia, province of the Hedsjas, 128 miles south-south-east of Mecca.
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TEBETH, the tenth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and fourth of the civil. It answers to our month of December.
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TEBETH
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TECHNICAL expresses somewhat relating to arts or sciences: in this sense we say technical terms. It is also particularly applied to a kind of verses in which are contained the rules or precepts of any art, thus digested to help the memory to retain them. An example may be seen in the article Μeμοrυ.
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TECHNICAL
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TECRIT, a town of Irak Arabi, in the province of Mosul, on the western bank of the Tigris. It is thought to be the Birtha or Vitra of the ancients, described as a very strong fortress, and said to be founded by Alexander the Great. It was a considerable town in 1393, when it was taken by Timur, and now contains 500 or ...
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TECRIT
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TEDDINGTON, a town, or rather a village, in the hundred of Spelthorne and county of Middlesex, twelve miles from London. It is delightfully placed on the banks of the Thames, at the spot where the tide ceases to flow, from which circumstance the name has been given to the place. It has a neat parish church; and within ...
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TEDDINGTON
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TE DEUM, the name of a celebrated hymn, used in the Christian church, and so called because it begins with these words, Te Dium laudamus, We praise thee, God. It is sung in the Romish church with great pomp and solemnity upon the gaining of a victory, or other happy event; and is believed to be the composition of St Am...
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TE DEUM
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TEDIF, a town of Syria, in the pachalic of Aleppo, where is a Jewish synagogue. It is twenty-one miles east of Aleppo.
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TEDIF
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TEDZEN, a considerable river of Persia, in the province of Khorassan, and the largest in this part of Asia next to the Oxus. After a course from east to west, it falls into the Gulf of Balkan, on the eastern coast of the Caspian.
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TEEBAKAN, a small island in the Eastern Seas, near the north coast of Borneo. Long. 117. 39. E. Lat. 7.52. N.
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TEEBAKAN
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TEEHEENGAN, a small island in the Eastern Seas, north of Borneo. Long. 117. 30. E. Lat. 7. 49. N.
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7 49' N 117 30' E
TEEHEENGAN
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TEEKOOL, a small island near the Sooloo archipelago. Long. 125. 25. E. Lat. 6. 6. N.
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TEEKOOL
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TEES, a river which rises on the confines of Cumberland, and running eastward, divides the county of Durham from Yorkshire, and falls into the German Ocean below Stockton.
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TEES
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TEESGAON, a town of Hindustan, province of Aurungabad. Long. 74. 53. E. Lat. 19. 13. N.
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TEESGAON
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TEESTA, a considerable river of Bengal, which has its source in the Himalaya Mountains, and after dividing the Nepaul country' from the dominions of the Deb rajah, enters the northern region of Rungpoor. It thence takes a northerly course till it joins the Ganges.
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TEESTA
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TEETGAUM, a town of Hindustan, province of Gujerat, district of Neyer, situated about twelve miles south-west from Theraud. Its inhabitants are Hindus of a military tribe. Latitude not ascertained.
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TEETH, the bones placed in the jaws for chewing food, that it may be the more easily digested in the stomach. The anatomical structure of the teeth has been described under Ανaτομυ.
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TEETH
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TEFF, a kind of grain, sown all over Abyssinia, from which is made the bread commonly used throughout the country. We have no description of this plant but from Mr Bruce, who says that it is herbaceous; and that from a number of weak leaves surrounding the root proceeds a stalk of about twenty-eight inches in length, n...
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TEFF
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TEFLIS, or Tiflis, a city of Asia, and capital of the kingdom of Georgia, situated on the precipitous banks of the Kur, at the foot of a line of dark and barren hills, which overshadow the town, and impart to it a gloomy appearance. This city was visited by Sir R. K. Porter in 1817, and from his work the following acco...
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TEFLIS
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TEGADOO Bay, on the east coast of the most northern islands of New Zealand, discovered by Captain Cook in 1769. Long. 181. 14. W. Lat. 38. 10. S.
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38 10' S 181 14' W
TEGADOO
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TEHAMA, a large belt of sand, which stretches along the eastern shore of the Red Sea, and extends as far as the mountains in the interior. It is entirely barren, presenting an unvarying picture of desolation. It bears every mark of having been anciently a part of the bed of the sea. It is increased by the blowing of th...
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TEHAMA
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TEHERAN or Τεηκαν, a large city of Persia, and during the last two reigns the residence of the sovereign, and hence considered to be the capital of the empire. It is situated on a very low tract of ground, near to the foot of the Elburz Mountains, in the province of Ajem. It is between four and five miles in circumfere...
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TEHERAN
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TEHINCHIEN, a river of Hindustan, in the province of Bootan, which runs past Tassisudon, the capital; and being augmented by the tributary streams of the Hatchieu and Patcheiu, forces a passage through the mountains, whence it is precipitated into tremendous cataracts, and rushing with a rapid torrent between the high ...
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TEHINCHIEN
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TEIGNMOUTH, West, a town of the hundred of Exminster, in the county of Devon, 187 miles from London. It stands on the sea-shore on Torbay, and adjoining to it, but on the opposite side of the river Teign, is East Teignmouth, a smaller and not a market-town. Both united form one of the most favourite resorts for sea-bat...
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TEIGNMOUTH
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TEKOA, a village of Palestine, on the site of which was [7:21:137]anciently built a considerable town, of which the ruins are still visible. It is nine miles south of Bethlehem.
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TEKOA
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TEL Aresias, a village of Diarbekir, in Asiatic Turkey, on the Euphrates, five miles west-north-west of Diarbekir.
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TEL
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TELACH, an island of Asiatic Pussia, in the Penzinskoi Gulf. Long. 159. 14. E. Lat. 61. 35. N.
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61 35' N 159 14' E
TELACH
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TELANADING Islands, three small islands, lying east and west, near the north-west coast of the island of Gilolo. Long. 127. 30. E. Lat. 2. 18. N.
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2 18' N 127 30' E
TELANADING
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TELARUSE, a river of Asia, in the peninsula of Malacca, which forms the northern boundary of the kingdom of Queda, and separates it from Lower Siam. It falls into the Eastern Seas. Long. 99. 42. E. Lat. 6. 55. N.
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6 55' N 99 42' E
TELARUSE
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TELEGRAPH. Telegraph, so named from two Greek words, τέλος, end or distance, and γgάθω, I write, is a machine so constructed as to enable two persons to converse with each other at a distance, either by sentences, words, or letters, according to a convention previously agreed upon by the parties. Such a mode of commun...
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TELEGRAPH
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TELEMACHUS, the son of Ulysses and Penelope. His character and adventures belong more to poetry than to history.
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TELEMACHUS
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TELESCOPE.^[1. Though this subject has already been partly discussed under the articles Achromatic Glasses and Optics, it could not be viewed as fully illustrated without a separate treatise; and the editor gladly avails himself of the late Professor Robison’s article on the Telescope, which forms one of the valuable s...
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TELESCOPE
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TELETZKOI, a lake of Siberia, in the government of Kolivan, extending about fifty-two miles from north to south, and ten from east to west. It is supplied by a river which rises in Chinese Tartary, and is bordered by a lofty chain of mountains connected with the Altai.
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TELETZKOI
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TELFORD, Thomas, a very able and distinguished engineer, was born in the parish of Westerkirk and county of Dumfries, on the 9th of August 1757. His father, who followed the occupation of a shepherd, died before the close of that year; and the orphan boy was thus left to the sole care of his mother, whose maiden name w...
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TELFORD
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TELINGANA, an ancient kingdom of Hindustan, intersected by the river Godavery. It is now possessed by the British and the nizam.
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TELINGANA
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TELL, William, an illustrious Swiss patriot, chief instrument of the revolution which delivered the Swiss cantons from the German yoke in 1307. Grisler, the gover nor of these provinces for the emperor Albert, having ordered him, under pain of death, to shoot at an apple placed on the head of one of his children, he ha...
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TELL
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TELLER, an officer of the exchequer, in ancient records called tallier. There were four of these officers, whose duty it was to receive all sums due to the king, and to give the clerk of the pells a bill to charge him therewith. They likewise paid all money due from the king, by warrant from the auditor of the receipt;...
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TELLER
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TELLICHERRY, a seaport in the south of India, on the coast of Malabar, and long the chief settlement of the English. But the East India Company’s commerce having in 1800 been transferred to Mahe, it has since declined, though it is still inhabited by a number of rich merchants, and is a principal mart for sandal-wood a...
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TELLICHERRY
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TELLO, a town of Celebes, and formerly the capital of an independent principality. Long. 119. 30. E. Lat. 5. 5. S.
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5 5' S 119 30' E
TELLO
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TEMBLEQUE, a town of Spain, in the province of Toledo and the partido of Alcazar de St Juan. It stands in a pleasant and beautiful part of the province; and here large markets are held, especially for sheep, of which vast numbers are sold. It contains 900 houses, with 4400 inhabitants. There is a large establishment fo...
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TEMBLEQUE
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TEMESWAR, an extensive palatinate in the Austrian kingdom of Hungary. It is bounded on the north by Arad, on the east by Krassova, on the south by the Turkish dominions, and on the west by Torontal. It extends over 2254 square miles, and comprises one city, six market-towns, and 180 villages, besides hamlets, containin...
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45 22' 27" N 21 35' 7" E
TEMESWAR
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TEMPE, a spot in Greece, of great celebrity for its beauty among the ancient Greeks. It is a valley about seven miles long, and varying in breadth from 100 to 2000 feet, being the passage between the mountains of Ossa and Olympus, leading from Thessaly to Macedonia. According to tradition, this opening was made by an e...
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TEMPE
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TEMPERAMENT, among physicians, the same with constitution, or a certain disposition of the solids and fluids of the human body, by which it may be properly denominated strong, weak, lax, &c. In every person there are appearances of a temperament peculiar to himself, though the ancients only took notice of four, and so...
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TEMPERAMENT
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Temperament of the Musical Scale. “In the modern system, called tempered,” says a German writer on music, “all the intervals are not employed in their original perfection, as the nature of the harmonic scale presents them, but lose, sometimes in this interval, sometimes in that other, something of their acuteness or gr...
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Temperament of the Musical Scale
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TEMPERANCE, that virtue which a man is said to possess who moderates and restrains his sensual appetites. It is often, however, used in a much more general sense, as synonymous with moderation, and is then applied indiscriminately to all the passions.
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TEMPERANCE
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TEMPERING, in the mechanic arts, the preparing of steel and iron, so as to render them more compact, hard, and firm, or even more soft and pliant, according to their respective occasions.
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TEMPIO, a city of the island of Sardinia, the capital of the province Gallura. It stands in an Alpine district, and in a very salubrious situation. It is about twenty-five miles from the sea, is filled with antique buildings, some of the very extensive belonging to the nobility of the island. It is the seat of a bishop...
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TEMPLARS, Templers, or Knights of the Temple, a religious order instituted at Jerusalem in the beginning of the twelfth century, for the defence of the holy sepulchre, and the protection of Christian pilgrims. They were first called The Poor of the Holy city, and afterwards assumed the appellation of Templars, because ...
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TEMPLE, Sir William, was born in London in the year 1628. The family from which he sprung was ancient, and is said to have assumed its surname from the manor of Temple, in the hundred of Sparken Hall, in Leicestershire. He was first sent to school at Penshurst, in Kent, under the care of his uncle, the celebrated Dr Ha...
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TEMPLE
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Temple, Templum, a public building erected in honour of some deity, either true or false; and in which the people meet for the purpose of religious worship. The word is formed from the Latin templum, which some derive from the Greek τέμενος , signifying the same thing. The word templum, in its primary sense among the o...
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Temple
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TEMPLES among us denote two inns of court in London, thus called because anciently the dwelling-house of the knights templars. At the suppression of that order, they were purchased by the professors of the common law, and converted into hospitia or inns. They are called the Inner and Middle Temple, in relation to Essex...
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TEMPLES
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TEMPORALITIES of Bishops, are the revenues, lands, tenements, and lay-fees, belonging to bishops, as they are barons and lords of parliament.
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TEMPORALITIES
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TENASSERIM, a town and district of the Birman empire. The district extends along the sea-coast, from the eleventh to the fourteenth degrees of north latitude. A connected barrier of islands, extending 135 miles from north to south, with a strait between them and the mainland from fifteen to thirty miles broad, protects...
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TENASSERIM
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TENBURY, a market-town of the county of Worcester, in the hundred of Doddingtree, 134 miles from London, and fourteen from the city of Worcester. It stands on the river Terne, which here forms the boundary between the counties of Salop and Worcester. The situation is low; and from having a small but rapid stream joinin...
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TENBY, a town of South Walcs, in the county of Pembroke, 250 miles from London. It stands on the sea-shore, on a peninsula formed by the river Severn. It was in ancient times a place of strength and importance, having been protected by fortifications, and flanked with batteries, the remains of which are still standing....
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TENCE, a city of France, in the department of the Upper Loire, and in the arrondissement of Issengeaux. It stands on the river Lignon, where the Serigoul falls into it. The country around it is mountainous and thinly peopled, nor are there any large towns near it. There are some coal-mines worked in the neighbourhood. ...
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TENCE
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TENCH’S Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, about two miles in circumference. Long. 150. 31. E. Lat. 1. 39. S.
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TENCH’S
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TENEDOS, in Ancient Geography, an island on the coast of Troas, at the distance of forty stadia from the continent, and eighty in compass; with a cognominal Aeolian town, and a temple of Apollo Smintheus. Its origin is derived from Tennes or Tenes, who being exposed in a coffer or bog by his father Cygnus the Thracian,...
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TENERIFFE, one of the Canary Islands, situated off the western coast of Africa. Long. 17. W. Lat. 28. 20. N. See CANARIES.
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TENERIFFE
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TENGALLE, a seaport of Ceylon, situated near the south extremity of the island, containing 300 inhabitants, many of whom are fishermen. Long. 80. 48. E. Lat. 6. 3. N.
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