Testing (Process of examining reagents)
the process of examining reagents, with the view of discovering their composition. The term testing is usually confined to such examinations as seek to determine what chemical elements or groups of elements are contained in any substance, without inquiring as to the quantity of these elements. Testing is carried out either by the application of chemical reactions to solid substances, or by the application of reagents in solution to a solution of the substance under examination.
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Testing (Process of examining)
the process of examining discovering the view of their composition. The term testing is examinations as reagents, with usually confined to such what chemical eleseek to determine are conments or groups of elements , without inquirtained in any substance of these eleing as to the quantity out either by ments. Testing is carried chemical reactions to the application of the application or by of reagents in solution to a solution of examination. solid substances, the substance under
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Testing Clause (Scotch law the clause)
in Scotch law, the clause in a formal written deed or instrument by which it is authenticated according to the form of law. It consists essentially of the name and designation of the writer, the number of pages of which the deed consists, the names and designations of the witnesses, the name and designation of the person who penned the deed, and the date and place of signing.
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Testing Needles
Small strips of steel with gold points, usually running from 4k. to 20k. inclusive, and used in conjunction with a touchstone for determining the quality of gold. The gold to be tested is first rubbed upon the touchstone, and the needle which most closely approximates to it in quality, in the judgment of the operator, is also rubbed upon the stone. The two marks are then treated with nitric acid and the difference in color indicates the difference in quality of the two marks. See Touchstone.
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Testudinide (Land tortoises a family)
the land tortoises; a family of Chelonia, very widely distributed in both hemispheres, but absent from Australia. The carapace is very convex; claws blunt; feet clubshaped, adapted for progression on land only; neck retractile. They are vegetable feeders, and the greater part of the species belong to the type genus Testudo. In some classifications the family includes the freshwater tortoises, now generally made a separate family of Emydigaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have de. The family appear appears in the Miocene of Europe and the Eocene of North America.
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Testudinide (Land tortoises a family) (II)
the land tortoises; a family of Chelonia, Chelonia, very widely distributed in both hemispheres, but absent from Australia. The carapace is very convex; claws blunt; feet clubshaped, adapted for progression on land only; neck retractile. They are vegetable feeders, and the greater part of the species belong to the type genus Testudo. In some classifications the family includes the freshwater tortoises, now generally made a separate family of Emydidœ. The family appears in the Miocene of Europe and the Eocene of North America.
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Testudinide (Land tortoises tributed)
the land tortoises; tributed in both hemispheres, but aba family of Chelonia, very widely dissent from Australia. The carapace is very convex; claws blunt; feet clubshaped, adapted for progression on land only; neck retractile . They are vegetable cies belong to the type genus Testudo. feeders, and the greater part of the spe- In some classifications the family includes the freshwater tortoises, now gendœ. The family appears in the Miocene erally made a separate family of Emydi- America. of Europe and the Eocene of North It is notable in history as the place in which was signed the treaty terminating the war of the Bavarian Succession, on May 13, 1799. Pop. about 25,000.
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Testudo
among the ancient Romans, a defensive cover or screen formed by overlapping shields. The name comes from testa, meaning a shell, particularly a tortoise shell. When a party of Roman soldiers advanced to storm a wall or against the enemy they were wont to close up their files. Each man elevated his oblong shield or target above his head, overlapping it with that of his comrades in such a way that the shields of the company formed a roof or protection against the darts or other missiles of the enemy. Caesar relates that on one occasion the javelins of the enemy hurled through the air fell upon the testudo and pinned the edges of the shields together in such a way that it was difficult for the soldiers to pull their targets apart when they desired to engage the enemy individually. The term was applied also to a movable structure on wheels or rollers used for protecting sappers and miners as they endeavored to undermine a wall.
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Tetanus
. See Lockjaw
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Tetanus (Stiffness or spasm of the neck)
Important: Safety Warning This page gives first-aid or emergency advice that predates modern medicine and can make an emergency worse. Do not follow it. In any medical emergency, call emergency services and follow current first-aid guidance. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. stiffness or spasm of the neck; a disease common to mankind and animals. It is characterized by the contraction of a greater or less number of muscles by paroxysmal spasms, which aggravate the contractions and by troubles more or less accentuated in the calorification of the circulation and respiration. It is most commonly located in the jaw and begins with painful stiffness at the maxillary muscles and the muscles at the nape of the neck or by difficulty in swallowing. The progress of tetanus is either acute or chronic. The acute form develops in from one to four days; the chronic form may last a fortnight. in acute tetanus the average number of deaths ranges from 65 to 80 per cent. The disease is caused by a bacillus which secretes a very active poison, and that earth from the street or garden and especially from stables or manured land is swarming with these bacilli. It is the U rest; tarsi covered with feathers, in Bonasa partially, in Lagopus, to the claws. at 203°.
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Tetard (JEAN tuh-t a French)
JEAN (tuh-tä'), a French philosophical and polemical writer; born in Longvic, Burgundy, in 1770. Among his writings are: "Moral Essay on Man in His Relation to God" (1818); "Against Obscurantism and Jesuitism" (1826); "Indelible and Historic Character of Jesuitism and Doctrinism" (1832). He died in Paris in 1841. TÊTE-DU-PONT, in fortifications, a redan or lunette resting its flanks on the bank of a river and inclosing the end of a bridge for the purpose of protecting it from an assault.
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