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TORO, a town of Spain, in the province of Zamora, on the right bank of the river Duero (Douro), and on the ZamoraMedina del Campo railway. Pop. (1900), 8379. Toro is an ancient fortified town, with picturesque narrow streets, among which are many medieval chur ...

THOR, one of the chief deities of the heathen Scandinavians. He is represented as a middle-aged man of enormous strength, quick to anger, but benevolent towards mankind. To the harmful race of giants (demons), on the other hand, he was an implacable foe, and m

TORNADO (Span., tornado, a turning about, cf. " turn "), a local whirlwind of extreme violence, usually formed within a thunderstorm. In appearance it consists of a funnel-shaped cloud, depending from the mass of storm-cloud above, and when fully developed tap

TOURNON, a town of south-western France, capital of an arrondissement in the department of Ardeche, on the right bank of the Rhone, 58 m. S. of Lyons by rail. Pop. (1906), town, 3642; commune, 5003. Tournon preserves a gateway of the 15th century and other rem

... conic. The other treatises of Apollonius mentioned by Pappus are — ist, A6rrou dToroptf, Cutting of a Ratio; and, Xwpiov O.TOTOIOI, Cutting o/ an Area; 3rd, favour (livy TOM, Determinate Section; 4th, 'Era<t>al, Tangencies; sth, Ntwms, Inclinations; 6th, Tbroi ...

... a deep sleep, from which he cannot be roused; the breathing is laboured and stertorous, and is accompanied with puffing out of the cheeks; the pulse may be beating more strongly than natural, and the face is often flushed and turgid. The reflexes are abolished ...

... accus to Crete, which occurred towards the end of the Sacred War in 346. The Uettorologica (P 7) mentions the comet of 341. It is true that the Politics also mentions much later events, e.g. the assassination of Philip which took place in 336 (E 10, 1311 b 1-3 ...

... om the confined situation of the monastery); Kutlumush (KovrXovjiofaj); Pandocratoros (TOV Ilavroxpdropot) ; Philotheu (4>iXo6«ou); Caracallu (TOV KapaxaXXoi'); St Paul (TOV aylov FlauXov); St Denis (rov ayiov Aiomriou) ; St Gregory (TOW ayiov r prjyopiov) ; S ...

... ES. — M. Caviezel, Das Oberengadin, 7th edition (Coire, 1896) ; C. Decurtius, Ratoromanische Chrestomathie, vols. v.-ix. (Erlangen, 1899-1908), deals with the two divisions of the Engadine from the l6th century to modern times; Mrs H. Freshfield, A Summer Tour ...

... e, or rather the initial stage, in the series is presented by Hyracotherium (Protorohippus) , a mammal no larger than a fox, common to the Lower Eocene of Europe and North America. The general characteristics of this progenitor of the horses are those given ab ...

... orgement, as seen in the flushed face, congested eyes, quick full pulse and stertorous breathing. There is usually insensibility, and convulsions are not infrequent. Death is often very sudden. This form, however, is also amenable to treatment. 3. Thermic Feve ...

... rt were placed; thus in the thermae of Caracalla, the Farnese Hercules, and the Toro Farnese, the two gladiators, the sarcophagi of green basalt now in the Vatican, and numerous other treasures, were found during the excavations by Paul III. in 1546, and trans ...

... ew which Cyril of Alexandria ascribed to Nestorius, who hesitated to call Mary dtoronos, and represented the tradition of the Antiochene school. Such views were marked as heretical by the Council of Ephesus (431), the decision resulting in a profound and lasti ...

... ity. , Cretaceous. Atascadero formation 3000-4000 ft. Unconformity. Comanchean. Toro formation (Knoxville) 3000 =*= ft. Unconformity. [CLIMATE Jura-Trias. San Luis formation (Franciscan) . . . 1000* ft Unconformity. Granite — age undetermined. This section is ...

... n be called in any sense hilly being in the north-west, where the low Montes de Torozos occur. For the excellence and abundance of its grain crops Valladolid shares with the Tierra de Campos in Palencia the title of granary of the Peninsula. Besides wheat, mai ...