Tannenberg (BATTLE OF Whole regiments were)
BATTLE OF 248 Whole regiments were thrown into the lakes and drowned, and panic took possession of the rest. On Aug. 31 Samsonov himself was killed, and what remained of his army then was nothing more than a panic stricken mob. The Germans took 50,000 prisoners and hundreds of guns and large quantities of munitions and other supplies. It was this striking victory which sent the name of Hindenburg sweeping over Germany as that of a great hero who had saved the country from threatening humiliation. He was at once made a field marshal and given full command of the Eastern Front.
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Tanner
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Tannic Acid
tannin, a term applied to certain astringent substances occurring in the bark and other parts of plants, and widely distributed, in one form or another, throughout the vegetable kingdom. They are mostly amorphous, have a rough but not sour taste, a slight acid reaction, and color ferric salts dark blue or green. Their most characteristic reaction is that of forming insoluble compounds with gelatin, solid muscular fiber, skin, etc., which then acquires the property of resisting putrefaction, as in the tanning of leather.
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Tannin
a substance much used by the tanner in the manufacture of leather. There are several tannins, all of vegetable origin. Scientists divided them into two groups. Tannins of the first class are obtained from abnormal growths caused usually by the sting of insects. The most important source of this sort is nut galls. Other tannins are obtained from healthy portions of the plants, as from the leaves and twigs of the sumac and from the bark and leaves of various oaks and the hemlock. Other tannins are obtained from divi-divi and catechu. It is the particular province of tannin to prevent bacteria from rotting the leather. For this reason the hides are steeped after proper preparation in an extract of tannin.
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Tanning
. See Leather
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Tantah
a town of lower Egypt; on the railway about 50 miles N. of Cairo. It has many large public buildings, besides a palace of the Khedive, and is celebrated in connection with the Great Moslem saint Seyyidel-Bedawi, to whom a mosque is here erected. Tantah has three great annual fairs , which are held in January, April, and August, and at the latter 500,000 persons are said to congregate from the surrounding countries. Pop. about 74,000 .
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Tantalem Island
an island in the Gulf of Siam, on the E. coast of the main peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait; 65 miles long by 20 wide.
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Tantalite
an orthorhombic mineral of rare occurrence , found in granite rocks rich in albite or oligoclase; luster, metallic; color, black; streak, reddish brown to black; opaque, brittle. Composition: A tantalate of the protoxides of iron and manganese, part of the tantalic acid being sometimes replaced by oxide of tin, forming a stanno-tantalate. Formula (FeOMnO), TaOs .
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Tantalum
a pentad metallic element , symbol, Ta., Ta., at. at. wt. 182, discovered in 1803 by Ekeberg in the minerals tantalite and yttrotantalite . The metal is
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Tantra
in Hindu sacred literature, one of the compositions, great in number and in some cases extensive, always assuming the form of a dialogue between Siva and his bride in one of her many forms, but chiefly as Uma and Parvati, in which the goddess asks her consort for directions how to perform certain ceremonies. In giving her the necessary prayers and incantations he warns her that it must on no account be divulged to the profane. The Tantrikas, or followers of the Tantras, consider them a fifth Veda, and attribute to them equal antiquity and superior authority. They were composed chi chiefly in Bengal and eastern India. The Saktas are great supporters of the Tantras .
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Taoism
ta-o-izm, the religion of a certain sect in China. The word is from a Chinese word tao, meaning reason. Many deities are worshipped, including a number of genii. The greatest of the gods is the Exalted Monarch; the greatest of the genii, the God of Long Life. The high priest is called Master of Heaven, and is supposed to be an incarnation of the Exalted Monarch. Buddhism has had considerable influence among the lower orders of people where Taoism prevails. Among many other Buddhist ideas that of the transmigration of souls is believed firmly.
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Taoism
or TAONISM, one of the three religions of China. Its founder , Laotse, lived, according to tradition , in Tao is a word entury B. C. the 6th century, "way." The whole teaching meaning "way." was vague and unsatisfactory; but its followers made a great advance on those
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Taoism (TAONISM obtained by heating)
or TAONISM obtained by heating the fluotantalate of potassium or sodium with metallic sodium in a covered iron crucible, cooling, and washing out the soluble salts with water. It is a black powder, insoluble in sulphuric, hydrochloric , nitric, or even in nitrohydrochloric acid, but is slowly dissolved in warm aqueous hydrofluoric acid, very rapidly when nitric acid is present.
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