Tucker (II)
WILLIAM JEWETT, an American educator; born in Griswold, Conn., July 13, 1839; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1861, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 186 1866; ordained in the Congregational Church and held several pastorates; was a professor in Andover Theological Seminary when he was called to the presidency of Dartmouth College in 1893. He retired in 1909. He wrote "Public Mindedness" (1910); "The Function of the Church in Modern Society" (1911), and other books.
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Tuckerman
EDWARD, an Ameri can botanist; born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 7, 1817; was graduated at Union College in 1837 and at the Harvard Law School in 1839; studied for several years in Europe; returning to the United States in 1842 he accompanied Asa Gray to the White Mountains on a botanical expedition; was instructor in history at Amherst College in 1854-1873 and Professor of Botany there in 1858- 1886. He was the foremost authority on lichenology in the United States. His publications include: "Genera Lichenum: An Arrangement of North American Lichens" (1872); "A Catalogue of Plants Growing Without Cultivation Within Thirty Miles of Amherst College" (1882); and "A Synopsis of the North American Lichens" (1882). He died in Amherst, Mass., March 15, 1886.
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Tucking
A process in moulding intended to make all parts of a mould sufficiently hard by a previous ramming or tucking with the fingers in places where under existing circumstances the rammer could not be made to reach, as under flask-bars, among gaggers, etc. The method is in many instances a reprehensible one, as the more effective and safer mode would be to do this tucking with a small hand-rammer, the latter being much easier on the fingers also. See RAMMING; VENTING. Tula-metal.-See NIELLO-ENGRAVING.
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Tucson
a city and county-seat of Pima co., Ariz.; on the Santa Cruz river, and on the Southern Pacific and the El Paso and Southwestern railroads, 250 miles E. of Yuma. Here are the University of Arizona, the Institute of St. Joseph, a high school, several libraries, court house, hospital, convent, Naweekly tional banks, and daily and and weekly newspapers. It is in the heart of a large farming, stock-raising and mining section; has a valuable trade in hides, wool, precious metals. The place was first settled by Jesuit missionaries in 1760. Prior to that year it had been an Indian town. In 1867-1877 it was the capital of the territory of Arizona. The United States Signal Station here is 2,404 feet above sea-level. Pop. (1910) 13,193; (1920) 20,292.
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Tucum
a species of palm Astrocaryum vulgare, of great importance to mounted with bulbous cupolas of the the Brazilian Indians, who make cordage, bowstrings, fishing nets, etc., from the fine durable fiber consisting of the epidermis of its unexpanded leaves. The name is also given to the fiber thread, and to an oil obtained from the plant.
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Tucuman
a city and capital of a province of the same name in the Argentine Republic; on the Rio Sali, 3 miles from the mountains and 723 miles N. W. of Buenos Ayres, contains some handsome public and private buildings, a normal school, and several saw and flour mills and breweries, and manufactures sugar, leather, and brandy. In the neighborhood are orange groves, sugar plantations, and distilleries. Tucuman was founded in 1564; and here in 1812 Belgrano defeated the Spanish forces, and in 1816 a congress of deputies from the various provinces proclaimed the independence of the La Plata states. Pop. about 100,000. The area of the province is 10,422 square miles; pop. about 350,000.
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Tufa
a name given to a light, porous, calcareous stone, sometimes having the aspect of a sandstone, at others earthy and inclosing the decomposed remains of vegetable substances; composition, a carbonate of lime; deposited by springs, rivers, and heated waters which have traversed calcareous rocks; sometimes confounded with tuff which is the term specifically applied to a fragmentary deposit sit of a volcanic nature of composed heterogeneous materials.
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Tufts College
a coeducational institution in Medford, Mass.; founded in salist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 261; students, 1,687; president, H. C. Bumpus, Ph. D.
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Tug of War
any severe, laborious contest. In athletics, a tug of war is a trial of strength in which the opposing sides tug at opposite ends of a rope or cable. The party which is able to draw the other across a boundary line, or which has the advantage at the end of a given time, is adjudged to have won. Participants must engage with bare hands. It is not allowable to knot the rope, to wind it around the hand, or to employ any artificial means of holding on.
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Tula
an ancient and important manufacturing town of central Russia, capital of a province of the same name on the Upa, an affluent of the Oka, 110 miles S. of Moscow. Its churches, its arsenal, museum and government offices, and the ancient Kreml are the principal buildings. Before the World War the principal industries were in iron and steel goods, especially the firearms of the great imperial gun factory or private workshops. The Russian army was largely supplied with muskets and small arms from the works of this town. Cutlery, locks, samovars or tea urns, mathematical instruments, harmoniums, and bells were also made in great perfection; the niello work of Tula was famous; and dyeing, tallow melting, and the making of soap, candles, sealing wax, leather, silk, platinum ware, and jewelry was carried on. Pop. (1913) about 140,000. Cyc. 3
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Tulane University of Louisiana
the state university of Louisiana. It is located at New Orleans . The institution was established by act of the state legislature in 1847. In 1884 a bequest of $1,000,000, left by Mr. Paul Tulane for higher education, was placed at the service of the institution, and the legislature prefixed the name Tulane in recognition of the giver. Tulane has the income from funds amounting to $3,000,000. The state votes support annually. The University has several colleges. That of medicine ranks high. Tulane is considered reputable and scholarly. There were in 1909 about 100 professors and 1,300 students.
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