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Thalite – Theophany

Thalite

in mineralogy, a variety of saponite occurring in amygdaloidal rocks on the N. shore of Lake Superior.

Thalium

in mineralogy, a name given to a supposed new element which apparently has no existence.

Thanet

OCTAVE, pseudonym of ALICE FRENCH, an American novelist; born in Andover, Mass., March 19, 1850.

She published: "Knitters in the Sun"; "Otto the Knight"; "Stories of a Western Town"; "An Adventure in Photography"; "Expiation"; "The Heart of Toil"; "A Slave to Duty."

Thaso

the ancient Thasos, an island in the Ægean sea, a few miles S. of the Macedonian coast, belonging to Turkey.

It is of a circular form, about 16 miles in diameter, and is traversed by high woody hills which yield large quantities of timber.

Thausing

MORITZ (tou'sing), an Austrian art critic; born in Leitmeritz, in Bohemia, June 3, 1838. He became professor of the science of æsthetics in the University of Vienna, 1873. He wrote: "Dürer: History of His Life and His Art" (1876); "J. J. Callot's Sketch- Book" (1881); "Art Letters from Vienna" (1884). He died in Leitmeritz, Aug. 14, 1884.

Thayer

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE, an American clergyman; born in Franklin, Mass., Feb. 23, 1820. His books attained great popularity, several being reprinted abroad in German, French, Italian, Greek, Swedish, etc. Among his works are: "The Bobbin Boy" (1859); "The Pioneer Boy" (1863); a Series of Biographies (10 vols. 1859-1863); 'Youth's History of the Rebellion"

Theban Legion

according to tradition, a body composed of Christians, who submitted to martyrdom rather than attack their brethren during the persecution of the Emperor Maximin, or sacrifice to the gods, about A. D. 286. Their leader, Maurice, was canonized.

Thecodontia

in palæontology, an order of Reptilia founded by Owen.

Vertebral bodies biconcave; ribs of trunk long and bent, the anterior ones with a THEIPVAL Jurassie rocks of Great Britain, and others from the Cretaceous and Tertiary.

Thecosomata

in zoölogy, a section of Pteropoda. Animal with external shell; head indistinct; foot and tentacles rudimentary, combined with the fins; mouth situated in a cavity formed by the union of the locomotive organs; respiratory organ contained within a mantle cavity. There are two families:

Hyaleidæ and Limacinidæ.

Thecosmilia

in palæontology, a genus of Actinozoa. One species from the Rhætic or Lower Lias; from the

Theocracy

that government of which the chief is, or is believed to be, God himself, the priests being the promulgators and expounders of the divine commands. The most notable theocratic government of all times is that established by Moses among the Israelites.

Theophany

specially the appear ance of God to the patriarchs in the form of an angel or in human form; also the incarnation and second coming of Christ.