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in ichthyology, a family of Acanthopterygii Perciformes, with a single genus. Body oblong, strongly compressed, covered with small scales; late lateral line continuous; one dorsal, the portion being the more develspinou spinous oped; anal with seven spines; ventrals thoracic, with an outer and an inner spine, with three soft rays between.
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the sole genus of the family Teuthididæ, with about 30 species from the Indo-Pacific. They are small herbivorous fishes rather more than a foot long.
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or TEUTO- BURGER WALD, a hilly district of Germany, in Westphalia, where Arminius defeated the Roman general Varus, 9 A. D. See ARMINIUS.
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or TEUTONS, in antiquity, a powerful German tribe, which, in alliance with the Cimbri, advanced into Illyria, and defeated the consul Cn. Papirius Carbo, at Noreia 113 B. C. They afterward forced their way into Roman Gaul, and defeated Manlius and Scipio 105 B. c.; and they invaded Spain 104 B. C. On their retreat from Spain, they were met by the Romans, under Marius, at Aquæ Sextiæ, the modern Aix, and totally defeated, 102 b. c.
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in heraldry, a name sometimes given to a cross potent, from its having been the original badge assigned by the Emperor Henry VI., to TEUTONIC KNIGHTS (q. v.).
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a term now applied: (1) to the High Germans, including the German inhabitants of Upper and Middle Germany and those of Switzerland and Austria. (2) The Low Germans, including the Frisians, the Plattdeutsch, the Dutch, the Flemings, and the English descended from the Saxons, Angles, etc., who settled in Britain. (3) The Scandinavians, including the Norwegians, Swedes, Danes and Icelanders.
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GEORG DANIEL, a The town was incorporated by Elizabeth Transylvanian historian; born in Schäss- in 1574. burg, Transylvania. He was bishop of the Saxons of Transylvania, and wrote: "History of the Transylvania Saxons" Transyl (2d ed. 1874); "Compend of the History of Transylvania"; "Documents for the History of Transylvania" (1857); "The Reformation in the Transylvanian Saxonland" (6th ed. 1886); "Documentary History of the Evangelical Church in Transylvania" (2 vols. 1862-1863). He died in Hermannstadt, Transylvania, July 2, 1893.
GEORG DANIEL, Transylvanian historian; born in Schässburg, Transylvania. He was bishop of the Saxons of Transylvania, and wrote: "History of the Transylvania Saxons" (2d ed. 1874); "Compend of the History of Transylvania"; "Documents for the History of Transylvania" (1857); "The Reformation in the Transylvanian Saxon- History land " ( 6th of the ed. Evangelical 1886); " Documentary Church Transylvania " ( 2 vols. 1862-1863). died in Hermannstadt, Transylvania July 2, 1893.
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Khedive of Egypt; born Nov. 15, 1852; eldest son of Ismail Pasha; succeeded on his father's abdication in 1879, in virtue of the arrangement of 1866 between Ismail and the Sultan. The chief events of his reign were the insurrection of Arabi, the war with the Mahdi, the pacification of the Sudan frontiers , and the steady improvement of the condition of Egypt under English administration. Tewfik, a pious Moslem, utterly alien to his father's love of luxury and extravagance, was throughout loyal to his engagements with Great Britain. He died Jan. 7, 1892, and was succeeded by his eldest son Abbas.
Khedive of Egypt; born Nov. 15, 1852; eldest son of Ismail Pasha; succeeded on his father's abdication in 1879, in virtue of the arrangement of 1866 between Ismail and the Sultan. The chief events of his reign were the insurrection of Arabi, the war with the Mahdi, the pacification of the Sudan frontiers, and the steady improvement of the condition of Egypt under English administration. Tewfik, a pious Moslem, utterly alien to his father's love of luxury and extravagance, was throughout loyal to his engagements with Great Britain. He died Jan. 7, 1892, and was succeeded by his eldest son Abbas.
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MAGGIE, an English soprano, born in Wolverhampton in 1890. studied music under Jean de Reszke at Paris, and made her first appearance at Monte Carlo in 1908 as Zerlina in Mozart's "Don Giovanni." She then became a member of the Opéra Comique, whence she went to London and sang during the season of 1910. From 1910 to 1915 she was attached to the Chicago Opera Company and toured all over the United States, establishing her reputation particularly by her rendering of the roles in "La Bohéme" and Mélisande in "Pelléas et Mélisande."
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or TEZCOCO, a lake of Mexico, about 2/2 miles E. of the city of Mexico, 15 miles long and 9 miles in its greatest width. It was formerly much more extensive and contained numerous islands, on which the old city of Mexico was built. Its waters are strongly impregnated with salt. Also a town on the above lake, 16 miles E. N. E. of Mexico, anciently of considerable importance, of which only the ruins of its palaces and temples remain. It contains numerous handsome modern edifices. Pop. about 6,000. District 60,000.
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THOMAS, a Danish poet; born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1749. Some of his dramatic compositions, among them "The Birthday" and "Peter's Wedding," are regarded as equal to the best in Danish literature. His "Song of Love and Fatherland" ranks as a lyrical classic. He died in 1821.
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JOHN BOYD, an American reformer; born in Ballston, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1847; was graduated at Williams College in 1869; member of the New York Senate in 1884-1885, when he introduced the measures which resulted in the tenement house reforms; mayor of Albany, N. Y., in 1886-1887, 1896-1897; and chairman of the Bureau of Awards at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He was the author of several books, including: "The Continent of America, Its Discovery and Its Baptism"; "The Cabotian Discovery"; etc. He died Feb. 25, 1909.
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WILHELM ALBRECHT, a German agriculturist; born in Lüdersdorf, near Wriezen, on the Oder, Aug. 6, 1828. He was appointed professor in the University of Giessen, 1871. He is author of a "System of Agriculture" (1877); "Ancient Egyptian Husbandry" (1881); "Weeds in Rural Economy" (1881); "Researches in Tenant-Farming" (1890). He died Dec. 14, 1906.
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or THALA- MEPHOROS, in Egyptian antiquities, a kneeling figure supporting a shrine or inscribed tablet. These statues probably represent priests and initiated women who carried about in processions the statues of the gods. It was usual for such processions to stand still from time to time, when the priests, kneeling probably, presented to the people the images of the deities, either to be worshipped or kissed.
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