(from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") Most long-distance rock tunnels have encountered problems with water inflows. One of the most notorious was the first Japanese Tanna Tunnel, driven through the Takiji Peak in the 1920s. The ...
(July 15, 1410), battle fought at Tannenberg (Polish: Stebark) in northeastern Poland (formerly East Prussia) that was a major Polish-Lithuanian victory over the Knights of the Teutonic Order. The battle ... [5 Related Articles]
(Aug. 26-30, 1914), battle fought at Tannenberg (Polish: Stebark), in what is now northeastern Poland, that ended in a German victory over the Russians in the early days of World ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "senna") Alexandrian senna (C. acutifolia), from Egypt, The Sudan, and Nigeria, and C. sieberana, from Senegal to Uganda, are cultivated in India for their cathartic properties. Tanner's senna (C. auriculata), a ...
moderate political leader, statesman, and prime minister who was instrumental in rebuilding the Finnish Social Democratic Party after his country's civil war of 1918. Thereafter he consistently opposed Soviet demands ... [1 Related Articles]
any of a group of pale-yellow to light-brown amorphous substances in the form of powder, flakes, or a spongy mass, widely distributed in plants and used chiefly in tanning leather, ... [11 Related Articles]
chemical treatment of raw animal hide or skin to convert it into leather. A tanning agent displaces water from the interstices between the protein fibres and cements these fibres together. ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "Sharon, Plain of") Many writers on biblical geography, as well as some modern Israeli experts, consider the Plain of Sharon proper to extend only as far north as the Tanninim River. This streamlet ...
(from the article "Tuva") Tannu Tuva was part of the Chinese empire from 1757 until 1911, when tsarist Russia fomented a separatist movement and in 1914 took the country under its protection. In 1921 ...
mountain range of southern Tuva, extending eastward about 350 miles (560 km) from the Altai Mountains in Russia. The average elevation of its summits is 8,200-8,850 feet (2,500-2,700 m) above ...
(from the article "religious dress") ...which symbolizes the grave, and the tall camel's hair hat (sikke) represents the headstone. Underneath are the white "dancing" robes consisting of a very wide, pleated frock (tannur), over which ...
(from the article "physical culture") Another offshoot of the popularity of bodybuilding and dietary aids was the emergence of health clubs. The first postwar chain was started by Vic Tanny in Santa Monica, California. Eventually ...
Korean holiday celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to commemorate the start of summer and to honour spirits and ancestors. One of Korea's oldest holidays, it ...
(from the article "Boitano, Brian") American figure skater who won multiple U.S. national and world titles as well as an Olympic gold medal. He was also the inventor of the jump called the tano lutz.
river, western Ghana, West Africa. It rises near Techiman and flows southward for 250 miles (400 km) to enter the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean), at Aby Lagoon, Cote d'Ivoire ...
(from the article "Turkish literature") One of the most multifaceted figures of 20th-century Turkish literature is Ahmed Hamdi Tanpinar. A scholar of modern Turkish literature, he taught at Istanbul University for most of his life ...
(from the article "Ardashir I") Ardashir made Zoroastrianism the state religion, and he and his priest Tosar are credited with collecting the holy texts and establishing a unified doctrine. Two treatises, The Testament of Ardashir ...
Congolese writer (b. June 5, 1947, Kimwanza, Moyen-Congo, French Equatorial Africa--d. June 14, 1995, Brazzaville, Congo), explored issues of past colonial exploitation and contemporary political corruption through complex fables that ...
(from the article "Pearl Harbor and the "back door to war" theory") ...theory were Charles Beard, author of American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940 (1946) and President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, 1941 (1948), and Charles C. Tansill, author ...
one of about 150 species of strong-smelling, poisonous herbs of the genus Tanacetum (family Asteraceae), native to the North Temperate Zone. It has button-shaped yellow flower heads ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Brassicaceae") ...of scurvy. It has tarry-flavoured leaves that are used in salads. The pungent condiment known as horseradish is made from the long, hard root of Armoracia lapathifolia, a European herb. ...
(from the article "groundsel") ...the genus have yellow flower heads that usually are composed of disk and ray flowers. Bracts (leaflike structures) are located below the yellow, red, purple, blue, or white flower heads. ...
city and capital of Al-Gharbiyah muhafazah (governorate), Lower Egypt, in the Nile Delta. It lies on an irrigation canal almost midway between the Rosetta (west) and Damietta (east) branches of ...
(from the article "tantalite") tantalum-rich variety of the mineral columbite (q.v.) with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6. Tantalite is the principal ore of the metal tantalum.columbite
(Ta), chemical element, very hard, silver-gray metal of Group Vb of the periodic table, characterized by its high density, extremely high melting point, and excellent resistance to all acids except ... [5 Related Articles]
in Greek legend, son of Zeus or Tmolus (a ruler of Lydia) and Pluto (daughter of Cronus and Rhea) and the father of Niobe and Pelops. He was the king ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Religion") ...of the faithful," which he had been granted when he assumed political power in the early 1990s. Deadly bombings in July in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Shaykh were denounced ...
a leader of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Though without formal military training, he was probably the best and most effective of the rebels' generals. [1 Related Articles]
(Sanskrit: Loom), any of numerous texts dealing with the esoteric practices of some Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina sects. In the orthodox classification of Hindu religious literature, Tantra refers to a ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Kamarupa") ...term eventually supplanted Kamarupa as the accepted name for the area. Being a unique mix of South Asian and East Asian cultures, Kamarupa was the seat of evolution for the ...
(from the article "crustacean") ...most are nonparasitic; larvae are nauplii and cyprids; adult body typically contained within calcareous shell plates; about 800 species.Holocene; eggs give rise to a tantulus larva with head shield ...
(from the article "Cheruiyot, Robert Kipkoech") ...He lived with his mother and then with his father, and he eventually endured a hand-to-mouth existence on his own before joining the training camps of past Boston Marathon winners ...
ancient group of various southern Arabian tribes and clans that first moved into central Arabia and then, at the beginning of the 2nd or 3rd century AD, moved into the ...
(from the article "Arabic literature") ...genre were al-Tha'alibi, al-Raghib al-Isfahani, and Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn 'Umar al-Zamakhshari. Another major contributor, al-Tanukhi, also compiled a collection that is an example of the al-faraj ba'd al-shiddah ("escape ...
renowned minister of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); traditionally considered one of the corrupt geniuses of the period, he actually helped restore the financial footing of the government and greatly fostered ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") In 668 he put down a rebellion in Egypt and drove out King Taharqa, but in 664 the nephew of Taharqa, Tanutamon, gathered forces for a new rebellion. Ashurbanipal went ...
(from the article "Hungary") ...dunes, loess plains, and floodplains. Kecskemet is the market centre for the region, which is also noted for its isolated farmsteads, known as tanyak. Several interesting groups ...
(from the article "Yungang caves") The earliest five temples were instituted by the head of the Buddhist church, a monk named Tanyao, about 460 CE; their construction was among the first acts of propitiation sponsored ...
(from the article "hanafuda") ...suit and rank. In most suits the first two cards show only a plain representation of the identifying flower and are worth one point. The suit's third-ranking card adds a ...
(from the article "Tanzania") ...network extends to all parts of the country, but it is densest along the coast and southeast of Lake Victoria. The country's percentage of roads paved is one of the ...
East African country situated just south of the Equator. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean on the east and eight other nations: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, ... [29 Related Articles]
(from the article "Africa") ...is again characterized by platform deposits in stable areas, such as the West African craton (Taoudeni and Tindouf basins), the Congo craton, the Kalahari craton (Nama basin of Namibia), and ...
(from the article "Tanzania") ...of the Tanzania Bankers Association on April 3, he said that his policy was meant to encourage wider economic relationships wherever possible. Already playing an important role in his policy ...
(from the article "Tanzania") All private banks were nationalized between 1967 and 1992, but since then private banks (including branches of foreign-owned banks) have been allowed to open. The state-run Bank of Tanzania operates ...
national flag consisting of triangles of green and blue separated by a black diagonal stripe with yellow fimbriations (narrow borders). The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3.
(from the article "zoisite") ...limestone. Occurrences include Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Scotland, and the United States (Massachusetts). Thulite, a manganous variety from Telemark, Nor., and Piedmont, Italy, is pink; tanzanite, a gem variety from ...
(from the article "Kanto Range") ...depression now buried by Mount Fuji. The western extension contains Mount Kenashi (6,381 feet), which is the highest peak in the southern section. Mount Kuro (5,878 feet) crowns the main ...
(from the article "Italy") Meanwhile, Calisto Tanzi, founder of the Parma-based food giant Parmalat, was ordered to stand trial over his company's 2003 bankruptcy, which left some 50,000 shareholders with worthless stock. Tanzi and ...
(from the article "tashbih") Both tashbih and ta'til were avoided by many theologians who spoke rather of tanzih (keeping God pure) and of tathbit (confirming God's attributes). The major reason for the fear of ...
(Turkish: "Reorganization"), series of reforms promulgated in the Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876 under the reigns of the sultans Abdulmecid I and Abdulaziz. These reforms, heavily influenced by European ... [13 Related Articles]
(from the article "coin") ...invented, cowrie shells were used as money in China. The earliest Chinese coins are small bronze hoes and knives, copies of the tools that previously had been used for barter. ...
a large, imperially sponsored collection of Taoist writings, very few of which have been translated into English. The original canon, printed by the Taoist emperors of the Sung dynasty (AD ...
Australian mathematician awarded a Fields Medal in 2006 "for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis and additive number theory."
(from the article "Daoism") ...Western Sinologists and Chinese scholars themselves have distinguished-since Han times (206 BCE-220 CE)-between a Daoist philosophy of the great mystics and their commentators (daojia) and a later ...
(from the article "Daoism") ...CE)-between a Daoist philosophy of the great mystics and their commentators (daojia) and a later Daoist religion (daojiao). This theory-no longer considered valid-was based ...
(from the article "Ireland") ...of State in the exercise of certain functions. The president signs and promulgates bills passed by the Oireachtas (Parliament) and, when so advised by the prime minister (
Japan's major crime boss (oyabun), who, after World War II, rose to head a giant crime organization, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Though centred in Kobe, it had interests and affiliates nationwide and ...
town, eastern Sicily, Italy, on a hill rising almost perpendicularly from the sea at the foot of Monte Tauro, between Messina and Catania. The ancient Tauromenium, which took its name ...
county, a scenic region in northern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the north by Colorado. It lies in the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Sangre de Cristo range in the eastern ...
town, seat of Taos county, New Mexico, U.S. It lies on a branch of the Rio Grande in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, near Wheeler Peak, the highest point in ...
(from the article "Native American art") ...The first was in the 1920s, when a group of Euro-American artists located in and around Santa Fe, N.M., found excitement in the work of the Indians of the Southwest. ...
(from the article "Ufer, Walter") American painter who was a member of the Taos Society of Artists and who specialized in portraits of Indians and landscapes of the southwestern United States.
(from the article "China") ...("Mound of the Royal City") in north-central Henan and Dengxiafeng in Xia county (possibly the site of Xiaxu, "Ruins of Xia"?), southern Shanxi-as early Xia capitals. Taosi, also in southern ...
(from the article "Western Africa") ...years ago, and include sediments of two glaciations, for during parts of this time the western African region lay close to the South Pole. These older formations were laid down ...
town, northern Morocco. The town is a local market centre situated on the southern slopes of the Rif Mountains. It is located on a plateau overlooking the valley of the ...
(from the article "phonetics") A tap is produced if one articulator is thrown against another, as when the loosely held tongue tip makes a single tap against the upper teeth or the alveolar ridge. ...
style of dance in which a dancer wearing shoes fitted with heel and toe taps sounds out audible beats by rhythmically striking the floor or any other hard surface. [3 Related Articles]
Korean adaptation of a Chinese architectural style first introduced from China late in the Koryo period (935-1392). Tap'o means literally "multibracket," and its main feature is the adoption of intercolumnar ... [2 Related Articles]
city, southeastern Chiapas estado (state), extreme southeastern Mexico. It is on the Coatan River, on the Pacific coastal plain, at 449 feet (137 m) above sea level, ...
(from the article "Mixe-Zoque languages") ...in Veracruz, are the other Zoquean languages. Mixe, spoken in eastern Oaxaca, and Sayula and Oluta (both sometimes called Popoluca), spoken in Veracruz, are Mixean languages. An extinct language, Tapachultec, ...
any of about 27 species of ground-dwelling birds of the family Rhinocryptidae (order Passeriformes) of Central and South America. When disturbed they scurry for cover with tail lifted. Tapaculos are ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "South American forest Indian") The Waura women of the upper Xingu are famous for their pots and animal-shaped bowls. Of the historic tribes, the Tapajo of the Amazon had the richest style in ceramics, ...
central Brazil, formed by the union of the Teles Pires and the Juruena rivers, in north-central Mato Grosso estado (state). It winds northward through the Mato Grosso plateau and forms ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "restaurant") In Spain the bars and cafes of Madrid offer widely varied appetizers, called tapas, including such items as shrimp cooked in olive oil with garlic, meatballs with gravy and peas, ...
(Sanskrit: "heat," or "ardour"), in Hinduism, ascetic practice voluntarily carried out to achieve spiritual power or purification. In the Vedas, tapas refers to the "inner heat" created by the practice ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "advanced ceramics") Tape casting is another process that was originally used with traditional ceramics but has achieved a high level of sophistication for advanced ceramics. In particular, tape-casting methods are used to ...
(from the article "eelgrass") any of two different groups of ribbonlike aquatic plants. Vallisneria species (family Hydrocharitaceae), also called tape grass, are native to temperate and tropical waters; V. spiralis, often grown in aquariums, ...
(from the article "sound recording") ...system to organize completely the magnetic domains in these tiny magnetic crystals. The resulting random orientation of the domains results in random noise, which is heard by the listener as ...
lace in which the pattern is made up of tape set in a background either of thread bars (brides) or net. Its quality depends much on whether the tape used ...
(from the article "materials science") ...efforts are now being directed toward automated fibre-placement methods in order to reduce costs and ensure quality and repeatability. Automated fibre-placement processes fall into two categories, tape laying and filament ...
(from the article "electronic instrument") The next stage of development in electronic instruments dates from the discovery of magnetic tape recording techniques and their refinement after World War II. These techniques enable the composer to ...
(from the article "sound recording") ...coated with a thin layer of tiny particles of magnetic powder, usually ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and to a lesser extent chromium dioxide (CrO2). The recording head of the tape deck ...
(from the article "tape recording") method of magnetic sound recording using magnetic tape. See magnetic recording.for more general content related to this topicmagnetic recording
(from the article "pin fastener") The taper pin provides a cheap, convenient method of fixing the hub of a gear or a pulley to a shaft. The pin is driven into a tapered hole that ...
(from the article "artillery") ...core and a soft metal body that would deform and squeeze in the reducing bore. The combination of reduced base area and constant gas pressure increased the projectile's velocity, and ...
(from the article "flywheel") ...a much lower rotary speed than a disk-type wheel of the same weight and diameter. For minimum weight and high energy-storing capacity, a flywheel may be made of high-strength steel ...
woven decorative fabric, the design of which is built up in the course of weaving. Broadly, the name has been used for almost any heavy material, handwoven, machine woven, or ... [11 Related Articles]
(from the article "textile") Tapestry weave is a tabby in which a variety of coloured weft yarns is interlaced with the warp to form patterns. It is usually an unbalanced weave, with wefts completely ...
(from the article "Magnoliidae") ...partition to make four compartments. The stamens of the most primitive Magnoliidae have four pollen sacs, although some genera of a few families have only two pollen sacs as a ...
(from the article "primate") ...as the nose, eyes, and placenta. The muzzle of strepsirrhines is moist and bare, like a dog's; haplorrhines have a nose covered with downy hair. Strepsirrhines have a reflective layer, ...
