Tulane, Paul
Paul (1801-1887), an American merchant. He was a native of Princeton, N. J., and was of French descent. His father was a farmer. Paul received a common school education. In 1822 he opened a store in New Orleans , and amassed a fortune in the mercantile business. He left his property to a board "For the Promotion and Encouragement of Intellectual Education Among the White Young People in the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana." By an arrangement with the state legislature this board took over the State University of Louisiana, which was founded in 1832. The name of the institution was then changed to Tulane University of Louisiana , under which it still prospers. Tulane's gifts amounted in all to $1,100,000. Louisiana has refused to bind itself to support the institution, but, as a matter of fact, liberal appropriations have been made by the state from year to year.
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Tullius
SERVIUS, the sixth legendary king of Rome, the son of a in house of Tarquinius Pricus, and made king on his death by the arts of his queen, Tanaquil.
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Tulloch
JOHN, a Scotch theologian; born near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, June 1, 1823, studied at the University of St. Andrews; and in 1844 was licensed as a preacher in the Church of Scotland. After holding for some years a charge in Dundee, he was in 1849 presented to the parish of Kettins in Forfarshire, and in 1854, on the death of Dr. Haldane, was appointed Principal of St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews. He first attracted notice as a writer in the "British Quarterly" and "North British Review." In 1855 he obtained the second Burnett prize (£600) on the "Being and Attributes of God," and his essay was published under the title "Theism." The most important of his works are "Leaders of the Reformation" (1859); "English Puritanism_and Its Leaders" (1861); "Beginning Life, Chapters for Young Men" (1861); "The Christ of the Gospels, and the Christ of Modern Criticism" (1864); "Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century" (2 vols. 1872); "Religion and Theology, a Sermon for the Times" (1875); "Facts of Religion and of Life" (Sermons) (1876); and "Pascal" (1878). He died at Torquay, Feb. 13, 1886.
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Tulsa City
the county-seat of Tulsa co., Okla., about 95 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, on the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe, the Midland Valley, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the St. Louis and San Francisco, and the Tulsa and Sand Springs railroads. There are a high school, a Carnegie library, and handsome parks and boulevards. It is the seat of the Henry Kendall College. Natural gas, coal, and crude oil are found in vast abundance in the vicinity, and the city has become the center of a very prosperous oil producing region. There are also manufactures of brick and tile, sewer pipes, cotton-seed oil, glass, engines, pumps, and other machinery and tools, etc. Oil refining, coal mining, and wheat milling are also carried on extensively. Pop. (1910) 18,182; (1920) 72,075.
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Tumah
According to the Kabala, physical or moral uncleanness. The latter is divided into three main divisions idolatry, murder, and immorality. Sin, says the same authority, not only rendered imperfect man himself, but also affected the whole of nature, even to the sphere of angels, and the Divinity himself. In physical uncleanness there is a coarser and a more subtle form. The latter causes a dimness in the soul which is most keenly felt by those who are nearest to sacred things. Organic things which come into contact with the human body are more liable to the Tumah than remoter things. The human corpse is more unclean than that of the lower animals, because its more complex nature involves a more repulsive decay. Thus the corpse of a holy man is most unclean of all.
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Tumble-Bug
a beetle known by the habit of rolling spheres of dung in early summer. These they roll long distances, working two and two together, and finally bury them in quiet corners. The female lays an egg in one side of the ball, which serves for the food and protection of the young maggot. The ends of the feelers or antennae of the tumble bugs are flattened like spades. The wing covers are so short as to expose the tip of the abdomen. The bugs are generally black, but are frequently brilliantly colored. See article on SCARABAEUS, the sacred tumble-bug of Egypt.
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Tumbling-barrel
The common tumbling or cleaning barrel consists of a barrel-shaped, vessel with a side opening for introducing the work, mounted on an axis, and revolved by gears or belt. These, however, are fast becoming scarce, owing to the numerous patented inventions of various descriptions which may be obtained from the dealers at short notice. The Henderson oblique barrel, used for burnishing and plating small brass goods as well as iron; also an exhaust-barrel for castings; the Stover exhaust for castings, nails, forgings, etc.; friction-geared, roller-geared, and encased tumbling-barrels--are only a few of the machines designed to totally eradicate the dust and noise which have hitherto been the inevitable accompaniment of these useful devices. See EXHAUST TUMBLING-BARREL. Tungsten, or Wolframite, forms with steel an alloy of remarkable hardness. It is a rare metal, derived chiefly from wolfram, a tungstate of iron and manganese. See WOLFRAM. Tungsten-bronze is made by adding tungsten to the ordinary bronzes or brass containing copper, tin, zinc, and lead.
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Tumulty
JOSEPH PATRICK, an American public blic official, born in Jersey City, N. J., May 5, 1879; 1879; educated at St. Peter's College, Jersey City, and after studying law was admitted to the New Jersey bar, in 1902. From 1907 to 1910 he was a member of the New Jersey Assembly. In 1910 he was appointed private secretary to Woodrow Wilson, then governor of New Jersey. In 1912 he was appointed secretary of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. After Governor Wilson's election to the Presidency of the United States he was appointed secretary to the President in 1913, serving throughout both terms of President Wilson.
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