These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Trinity River, Trinity Sunday, Trinucleus.
a river in northwestern California. It enters the Klamath river in Humboldt county. It is about 130 miles long. A river in Texas, formed by branches called the Elm or East Fork, and West Fork, which unite in Dallas county about 4 miles above Dallas. It is about 500 miles long and is navigable, except at low water, for nearly 350 miles. It flows through a very fertile region.
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the Sunday after Whitsunday. It was definitely established as a Church festival by Pope John XXII. in 1334. All the principal feasts occur in the half-year between Advent Sunday and Trinity, and all the Sundays from Trinity to Advent are called Sundays after Trinity.
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See GOLD ALLOYS; TOMBAC. Trip-hammer, or Frontal Helve, differs from the Tilt-hammer in that the lever, instead of being raised by depressing the tail, is lifted by projections or wipers which act by lifting the head about twenty inches. The trip is especially for shingling, and is made more massive than the tilt. See TILT-HAMMER.
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the type genus of Tri nucleida. Body distinctly trilobed; margin of head-shield composed of two lamellæ, and perforated by numerous formamina; genal angles prolonged into conspicuous spines, usually single, but forked in T. T. pongerardi; glabella prominent and pear-shaped with mere traces of lateral grooves; facial sutures rudimentary; cheeks tumid, and generally furnished on each side with a small tubercle seemingly representing the eyes; body rings six; tail triangular, with a distinct axis, and having its margin entire and striated.
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a musical composition for three voices or for three instruments.
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a term applied to an oxide in which one atom of the metal is combined with three atoms of oxygen, thus: chromium trioxide, Cros.
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the understanding between England, France and Russia which caused England and France to support Russia when the latter was threatened by Austria and Germany shortly before the outbreak of the World War. The Triple Entente had its origin in a series of treaties and diplomatic understandings rather than in any one document. It evolved from a treaty between France and Russia, signed in 1891, by which each of the two countries promised economic and diplomatic support in case either should be attacked by an enemy. The following year this was strengthened by a military convention, which was still further strengthened into the Dual Alliance in 1894. The first steps toward including Great Britain in the understandings were taken in 1903, when an interchange of official visits was made between France and England, and the century-long mutual prejudices were overcome. In bringing about this better understanding no single individual had more influence than King Edward VII. In 1907 the mutual jeal ousy between England and Russia was understanding also reduced through an which was arrived at between the two governments respecting their separate in Persia and other spheres of interest parts of Asia. This understanding may be said to have concluded the creation of what then became known as the Triple Entente.
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a star which, under a powerful telescope, is resolved into three, often of different colors. Gamma Andromedæ is a triple star. Its principal constituent is of the third magnitude, and of an orange-yellow color. The two others seem like a single one between the fifth and sixth magnitude; both are bluish.
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in music. a combination of three notes to be played in the time of two. They are joined by a slur and distinguished by having the figure 3 above them.
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See SPIDER; ORDNANCE. Tripoli was originally brought from that part of Africa from whence it derives its name. It is a siliceous stone with fine particles, much like rottenstone in its nature, and like it is used extensively in polishing metals, glass, and marble. See POLISHING SUBSTANCES.
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trip'o-li, a Turkish possession on the northern coast of Africa. It lies next to Tunis. It is a half larger than Texas. The fertile portion consists of several oases in the Sahara and a narrow belt near the coast. The inhabitants are Moors, Arabs, Turks, etc. Jews are numerous. Arabic is the popular language. Turkish is the language of the officials. The capital is Tripoli. It was at one time a possession of Carthage. At the fall of that city it became a province of Rome. Later it was conquered by the Arabs, by the Turks, and by the Barbary pirates. In 1714 it became independent. In 1804, during this period of piratical independence, the United States declared war on Tripoli. The Tripolitans were so given to piracy that the nations were glad to have any power bring them to time. They were reduced to subjection again by the Turks in 1835. The population is not far from a million. Barley is the chief food of the people. Dates, oranges, and lemons are raised. Esparto grass, ivory, ostrich feathers, and goatskins are exported. The city of Tripoli is the Mediterranean terminus of various caravan routes.
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A gray-white or yellowish powder, which is made from the shells of microscopic organisms. It is used for polishing soft metals, first with oil, and then dry.
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probably the Ea of antiquity, called in Arabia Tarâbulus, or the West"), Tarabulus Gharb ("Tripoli of of the territory of the same the capital name; lies on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the . It Mediterranean and forming a bay is a typical Moorish city irregularly built, surrounded by high bastioned walls and eelebrated for its beautiful gardens. There are many mosques, besides sevmajoreral large churches. Though the ity of the inhabitants are Moslems, nearof Jews ly all the trade is in the hands Christians. Pop. about 75,000. and
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a war between the United States and Tripoli in 1801- 1805. It was caused by the refusal of the United States to increase its payment for immunity from the depredations of the Tripolitan corsairs. After several conflicts by sea and land, peace was concluded June 4, 1805.
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a town of southern Greece, in the province of Arcadia. Previous to the revolution it was the capital of Morea, but Ibrahim Pasha took possession of it in 1828 and razed it to the ground. It has since been rebuilt. . about Pop 12,000.
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