Tatwic Yoga
meaning "The Science of Breath." The title of a little book translated from the Sanscrit some years ago by the Pandit Rama Prasad. The breath" referred to is the life-giving breath of Brahman, and in it are contained the five elementary principles of nature, corresponding to the five senses of man. These principles are know as Tatwas, and of them the body is composed. The knowledge of the Tatwas is believed to confer wonderful power; and to this end all undertakings must be commenced at times which are known to be propitious from the movements of the Tatwas in the body. An important method of yoga practice is given in the book, which will certainly assure marvellous results.
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Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard
Christian Bernhard (1816-1895), a noted German publisher. In 1837 he founded a publishing house in Leipsic. The particular feature of the house was A collection of British and German authors, known generally as the Tauchnitz edition. These volumes are printed with the utmost care on excellent paper. They are bound in paper covers in a manner superior to the ordinary dime novel, and are sold at the uniform price of a mark-about twenty-four cents. In 1910 the number of volumes in the series was not far from 4,000. Tauchnitz's success as a publisher and standing in the business world was such that he received several government appointments. He was consul-general for Great Britain in the kingdom of Saxony and was created a hereditary noble by his sovereign.
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Tauchnitz, Karl
Karl (1761-1834), a German printer and bookseller. He was an uncle of Tauchnitz, the publisher. In 1797 Karl Tauchnitz set up a printing shop at Leipsic. A year later he added a book stall, and in 1800 he began the manufacture of type. He printed editions of the Bible and of the Koran and a series of Greek and Latin classics noted for the correctness and beauty of the text. Karl Tauchnitz was the first to introduce stereotyping into Germany.
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Taunus
a mountain range of Western Germany, mainly in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, extending E. from the Rhine, N. of the Main; highest summit, Great Feldberg, 2,886 feet. It is well wooded, and exhibits much picturesque scenery.
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Taurabolmin
(See Mithraic Mysteries .)
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Taurida
a province of southern Russia, which includes the peninsula of the Crimea; bounded on the E., S., and S. E. by the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea; area 23,312 square miles; pop. about 2,133,000. The greater part of it belongs to the Nogai Steppe, only 9-11 being under cultivation, and at least a half unenclosed pasture land. From the steppe there is a gradual rise through the Isthmus of Perekop to the Crimea, some of whose ranges attain an elevation of 5,000 feet. The only river of importance is the Dnieper, which forms the N. W. boundary. Salt lakes abound on the treeless steppes. Vines and orchard trees are cultivated to a certain extent, but cattle-breeding is the main employment of the inhabitants. The population is mixed, about one-third of the whole being Little Russians, and rest Nogal Tartars, German colonists, Bulgarians, Greeks, and Armenians. The chief towns are Simferopol the capital, Sebastopol, Feodorsia, and Kertch.
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Taurids
meteors which appear about Nov. 20, and which have their radiant in Taurus. Fire balls are occasionally seen among them.
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Taurus (Astronomy the Bull The second)
in astronomy, the Bull. The second of the zodiacal constellations. It is bounded on the E. by Gemini, on the W. by Aries, on the N. by Perseus and Auriga, and on the S. by Orion and Eridan- THE CONSTELLATION TAURUS us. It is composed of many small stars, but has a large one (Aldebaran) situated in the midst of a group called the Hyades. They constitute the Bull's forehead and eye. Another group falling within the limits of Taurus is that of the PLEIADES (q. v.). It is situated on the Taurus contains shoulder of the Bull. Also the second also the Crab cluster. The sun enters sign of the zodiac (8). it about April 22.
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Taurus (Mountain chain in Asiatic)
a mountain chain in Asiatic Turkey, stretching for about 500 miles from the Euphrates to the Ægean Sea, latterly running N. of the Gulf of Adalia. In the E. it takes the name of Alma Dagh, in the W. that of Bulghar Dagh. It descends steeply to the sea on the S.; N. it merges gradually into the plateau of Asia Minor. It is connected by the Alma-Dagh with the chain of Lebanon; and by Anti-Taurus, with Ararat, El- a west tower (106 feet) resting on burz, and the Caucasus.
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Taussig
EDWARD DAVID, a rearadmiral of the United States navy, born in St. Louis in 1847. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1867 and became an ensign in 1868, going through the grades till he became a rearadmiral in 1908. He was commended to the department in 1868 for services during the earthquake at Africa. He served on the European and Pacific stations in the coast survey and commanded the Bennington in 1898-9. He served in the Philippines nes in 1900 and commanded the battleship Massachusetts, in 1904. He was comman commandant at the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., in 1907, and retired in 1909.
FRANK WILLIAM, an American economist; born in St. Louis in 1859. He studied at Harvard and taught there for ten years, becoming in 1892 professor of economics. In 1904- 1905 he was president of the American Economic Association. His works include: "The Tariff History of the United States"; "Protection to Young Industries as Applied in the United States"; "History of the Present Tariff, 1860-83"; "The Silver Situation in the United States"; "Wages and Capital"; "Principles of Economics"; "Some Aspects of the Tariff Question"; "Inventors and Money Makers". He was for some years editor of the "Quarterly Journal of Economics."
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Tautpheus
BARONESS VON (tout'fe-ös), an Irish novelist; born (Jemima Montgomery) in Ireland in 1807. She wrote the popular novels: "Cyrilla"; "Quits"; "At Odds"; "The Initials." She died in Munich Nov. 12, 1893. market town of
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Tavistock
a Devon, England, 11 miles N. of Plymouth and 31 S. W. of Exeter; in a trough of the hills on the Tavy's left bank, with Dartmoor stretching away from it to the E. An old stannary town, till 1885 governed by a portreeve, it is the center of what not many years ago was a great mining district. Two gateways, a porch, and the refectory are the chief remains of its once magnificent Benedictine abbey, founded in 961 by Ordgar, ealdorman of Devon, the father of the infamous Elfrida. It was rebuilt between 1285 and 1458; was the seat of a very early printing press; and had a revenue of $4,510 at the dissolution in 1539; when it was conferred on the first Lord Russell, remaining still with his descendant, the Duke of Bedford. The parish church (1318) is a fine structure, with arches. Tavistock has also a guildhall (1848), corn market (1839), covered markets (1863), statues of the 7th Duke of Bedford by Stephens (1864) and Drake by Boehm (1883, a very fine one presented by the 9th Duke), and the Kelly College (1877), founded by Admiral B. M. Kelly. Drake and William Browne were natives, tives, Pym and William Lord Russell members; and the Right Hon. W. H. Smith was educated at the grammar school. Pop. about 4,500.
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