Tusci
the name given by the Romans to the ancient inhabitants of Etruria or Tuscany, and the people existing when be- Rome was founded, and till Etruria . came a portion of the Roman empire city of
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These 10 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Tusci, Tussaud, Tusser.
Tussaud
MADAME, the foundress of the well-known exhibition of waxwork in London; born (Marie Grosholtz) in Berne, Switzerland, in 1760; learned the art of modeling in wax in Paris. For a time she was engaged in giving lessons in modelling to Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI., and in this way became acquainted with the leading personages at court. Imprisoned for three months during the Revolution, in 1802 she established herself in London. The collection of over 300 portrait figures (that of Voltaire and others still on view modelled by Madame Tussaud herself from life), with the "Chamber of Horrors," devoted to figures of murderers, instruments of torture, the guillotine of the Revolution, etc., is one of the sights of London. She died in London, April 16, 1850.
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Tusser
TUSSORE, or TUSSEH, the silk spun by the tusser silkworm. The centers of the traffic are in Bengal, the Central provinces, Berar, and the Nizam's country. There are generally two crops of the insect during the year. The cocoons are purchased in May and June by the rearers from those who have collected them from the jungle; the female cocoons are the larger. They are almost perfectly smooth, of a gray color, with darker veins across the outer surface. When mature, the largest are about two inches long by one and a quarter broad, those of average size about an inch and a half long. The inner layer of the fiber is quite loose, forming a soft cushion for the insect within. The silk, when obtained, has a glossy or vitreous look. It is now manufactured in Europe as well as in India, being largely used for cloaks and mantles designed for winter wear. No kind of silk so closely imitates sealskin or is so durable. It is used in the manufacture of Utrecht velvet, and has the rigidity requisite to render it a valuable material for carpets.
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Tusser (THOMAS an English musician)
THOMAS, an English musician, teacher, and poet; best known as the author of "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry"; born in Rivenhall, Essex, England, about 1524. From his rhyming autobiography it would appear that he served as a chorister first at Wallingford Chapel, and afterward at St. Paul's. In rude rustic rhymes, which have hardly a claim even to the name of verse, he inculcated a good amount of sound agricultural wisdom; and the book is still of interest for the glimpses it affords of the country life of the times, as well as for occasional passages of quaint and vigorous expression. The best editions are Dr. Mavor's (1812), Arber's (1870), and the English Dialect Society's (1878). He died in London about 1580.
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Tussock Moth
the Dasychira pudibunda, a grayish-white moth about TUSSOCK MOTH an inch long, the caterpillars of which do great mischief in hop grounds, and are known as hop dogs. The caterpillar is delicate green in color, with brushlike tufts of yellow hairs on several of the segments. It feeds on leaves throughout the summer, becomes a hairy chrysalis about September, and emerges as a moth in the following spring. A hard syringing is recommended if the caterpillars are present in large numbers.
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Tutania
Important: Safety Warning This page contains a formula or preparation using substances now known to be dangerously toxic, such as arsenic, mercury, lead, or cyanide compounds. Exposure to these substances can cause severe poisoning, permanent injury, or death. In addition, this page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. A beautiful table-ware alloy of silvery brightness. One mixture is tin 2 pounds, antimony 4 ounces, arsenic 1 ounce. The Engestroom tutania is copper 4, regulus of antimony 8, bismuth 1, melted together and added to 100 parts of tin. A German alloy is tin 48, copper 1, antimony 4. See SPANISH TUTANIA; SILVER; GERMAN-SILVER; BRITANNIA METAL.
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Tutenag
An Indian name for zinc. It is sometimes applied to denote a white alloy brought from China and called Chinese copper. Analysis discovers copper, zinc, and iron in some specimens, while others are said to be merely copper and arsenic. It is used chiefly for tableware, and is generally composed of copper 50, nickel 19, and zinc 31, although it is common to mix lead or iron in small quantities along with these ingredients. See WHITE ALLOYS.
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Tuticorin
a town in Madras, British India; near the S. extremity of the peninsula; 70 miles N. E. of Cape Comorin, and 513 S. W. of Madras. In the roadstead here, where ships ride safely 2½ miles from the shore, is conducted all the sea-borne trade of the district. There is a pearl-fishery in the neighborhood. Tuticorin has acquired increasing importance as the terminus of the South Indian railway. Pop. about 40,000.
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Tuttiett
MARY G., pseudonym MAXWELL GREY, an English h novelist; nov born in the Isle of Wight. She wrote: "The Broken Tryst" (1879); "The ); "The Silence of Dean Maitland" (1886); Reproach of Annesley" (1889); "In the Heart of the Storm" (1891); "Sweetends" (1897); "The House hearts and Friends" of Hidden Treasure" (189 (1898); "The Chapel" (1899); "The Great Forest C Refusal" (1906); "The Black Opal" (1918); etc.
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Tuttle
DANIEL SYLVESTER, an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman, born in Windham, N. Y. in 1837. He was educated at Columbia Un University and the General Theological Seminary, and received honorary degrees from the University of the South and from Washington University. He became a deacon After in 1862, and a priest in 1863. serving as assistant rector and then as rector at Morris, New York, from 1862 to 1867, he was consecrated Missionary Bishop of Montana, Utah, and Idaho in 1867. He was translated to the Diocese of Missouri in 1886, and in 1903 became Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
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