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Tai-Yuen – Tantalum

Tai-Yuen

a town of China, capital of Shan-si; on the Fuen-Ho, an affluent of the Hoangho, 250 miles S. W. of Peking. For many years the residence of the emperors, it is noted for its magnificent mausoleums. The chief manufactures are sword blades and knives. a

Talca

a town of Chile, capital of the

Talca

a town of Chile, capital of the nected by rail with Santiago; has manprovince of Talca, on the Claro, con- nected by rail with Santiago; has man- Pop. of capital, 42,563. 3,864 square miles; pop. (1918) 131,071.

TALENT

Tamatave

a seaport on the coast of Madagascar and the chief commercial center of the island; pop. about 15,000. a

Tambelan Islands

a group in the China Sea, between Borneo and Singapore. They are under Dutch control.

Tamsui

a town on the N. coast of a trade in tea; pop. 95,000.

Formosa, one of the treaty ports, with TAMWORTH

Tanagra

the type genus of the family Tanagridæ, with 12 species, ranging from Mexico to Bolivia and La Plata.

Tandah

a town in the district of

Tandah

a town in the district of from the Ghogra river; 100 miles S. E. of Lucknow. It is the seat of the largest weaving colony in the province, and manufactures both coarse cloth and fine muslin.

Tantalem Island

an island in the Gulf of Siam, on the E. coast of the main peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait; 65 miles long by 20 wide.

Tantalite

an orthorhombic mineral of rare occurrence, found in granite rocks rich in albite or oligoclase; luster, metallic; color, black; streak, reddish brown to black; opaque, brittle. Composition: A tantalate of the protoxides of iron and manganese, part of the tantalic acid being sometimes replaced by oxide of tin, forming a stanno-tantalate.

Formula (FeOMnO), TaOs .

Tantalum

a pentad metallic element, symbol, Ta., at. wt. 182, discovered , symbol, Ta., Ta., at. at. wt. 182, discovered in 1803 by Ekeberg in the minerals tantalite and yttrotantalite. The metal is