Thiersch
FRIEDRICH WIL- German classical scholar; HELM, a born in Kirchscheidungen, Prussian Saxony, June 17, 1784, studied theology and philology at Leipsic and Göttingen, and in 1809, following a call to the newlyfounded Munich Lyceum, there founded a Philological Institute. The enthusiasm he had shown in the German War of Liberation he presently directed to Hellenic regeneration, and in 1831 visited Greece, where on the murder of Capo d'Istria he coöperated toward the election of Otto of Bavaria to the throne. Returning to Munich, he was elected president of the Academy in 1848. His most important work was his "Greek Grammar." He died in Munich Feb. 25, 1860. THIERSCHITE (after F. von Thiersch, the discoverer), a mineral subon tamaratheon incrustation to stance occurring as an incrustation ed to be an oxalate of lime originating from the action of vegetation on the marble.
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Thiethaldine
C6H12 (C2H5) NS2; prepared from ethylamine in the same way as thiamethaldine. Has not been obtained pure.
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Thietsie
a resinous substance used as a varnish by the Burmese. It exudes from Melanorrhea usitatissima in the form of a very viscid, light-brown liquid. The main portion is soluble in alcohol, and is very tenacious. The remaining portion is insoluble in ether, and changes, on exposure to the air, to a deep black and nearly solid substance.
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Thigh Bone
the femur, the largest bone in the skeleton, situated between the os innominatum and the tibia. In the erect position of the body it inclines inward, and slightly backward as it descends. At its superior extremity is its neck; its shaft terminates beneath in two condyles, united anteriorly, but separated posteriorly by a deep intercondylar fossa or notch.
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Thilly
FRANK, an American educator; born in Cincinnati, O., Aug. 18, 1865; was graduated at the University of Cincinnati in 1887, and studied at the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg in 1887-1891; was instructor in logic and history of philosophy at the Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University, in 1892-1893, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri (1893-1904), of Psychology (1904-1906), Professor of Philosophy, Cornell, from 1906 on. Dean of the College of Arts, Editor International Journal of Ethics, President American Philosophical Society (1912). " Author "A History of Philosophy Philosophy (1914). Translation of Weber's "History of Philosophy" (1896), etc.
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Third Wheel
The wheel in the train of a watch which lies between the center and fourth wheels. THIOUT, M. Watchmaker to the Duke of Orleans. In 1741 he published a work called "Traite d'Horlogerie," in two volumes. THOMAS, SETH. One of the early American manufacturers of clocks. In 1810 Eli Terry sold out his clock factory to Seth Thomas and Silas Hoadley, two of his leading workmen, and this factory was the leading one for many years. The present corporation, known as the Seth Thomas Clock Company, is the direct successor of this humble beginning. March 31, 1853, the Seth Thomas Clock Company was organized with a capital of $75,000. Seth Thomas died January 20, 1859, being 73 years of age.
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Thirlage
an old servitude, or rather service, enjoyed by the proprietor of a mill over the neighboring lands "thirled" to it, whereby the possessors (and tenants) of the lands were bound to have their grain ground at that mill, and to pay as "multure" or duty a certain proportion of the grain ground, varying from oto of the corn ground. The possessors of the astricted lands were called suckeners; the multure paid by those who were not bound, but used the mill, was out-sucken multure. Since 1799 this class of local burdens has almost entirely disappeared by commutation, voluntary renunciation, or private agreement. Such a servitude or easement was rare in England.
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Thirlmere
a narrow sheet of water in Cumberland co., England, in the heart of the Lake district, lying 533 feet above sea-level, and 3 miles long by ½ mile wide, between Derwentwater and Grasmere. It was acquired as a water supply by Manchester. The work was begun in 1886, and the entire system was completed in 1894.
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Thirlwall, Connop
Connop (1797-1875), an English historian and a prelate. He was born at Stepney and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he won a fellowship. He studied for the law, but changed to the church, being ordained in 1828. He was for a number of years pastor of a church in Yorkshire, where he occupied himself with various literary labors, among others the translation of Niebuhr's History of Rome. In 1834-1844 he published his History of Greece, which appeared, oddly enough, in eight volumes of Lardner's Cabinet Encyclopedia. Thirlwall's history is meritorious but it was superseded shortly by the appearance of Grote's more pretentious work. Grote himself said that if Thirlwall's history had appeared a little earlier he would not have written his own work. In 1840 Thirlwall was appointed Bishop of St. David in Wales. He applied himself to the duties of his new office. He traveled and preached constantly, founding churches, building parsonages, and establishing schools. He is said to have given $150,000 of his own money to this work amongst the Welsh. As bishop he had a seat in the British Parliament. He was a man of broad sympathies. He voted for Gladstone's bill to disestablish the Irish Church, that is, to excuse the Irish people from paying taxes towards a church which they did not and could not attend. See Grote
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Thirst
a sensation resulting from a peculiar state of the system, but especially of the mucous membrane of the fauces, usually caused by an insufficient supply of liquid. In cases of extreme thirst there is a peculiar sense of clamminess in the mouth and pharynx, which, with the other disagreeable feelings, is almost immediately relieved by the introduction of liquid into the stomach, where it is absorbed by the veins. That the thirst is relieved by the absorption of the fluid, and not by its action as it passes over the mucous membrane, which seems to suffer most, is proved by the facts (1) that injection of liquids into the stomach through a tube (in cases of wounded œsophagus), and (2) the injection of thin fluids, as water, into the blood, remove the sensation of thirst. An excessive thirst is often an important morbid symptom. It may arise from two very opposite conditions one a condition of excitement, and the other of depression. Whenever the blood is in a state requiring dilution, and is too stimulating, as in fevers and inflammations, there is thirst; and, again, in cases of excessive secretion and exhaustion, as for example in cholera and in the two forms of diabetes, there is great thirst, which sometimes also attends the lowest stages of prostration in malignant diseases.
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