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famous machine-made horseshoe, invented by 

 Henry Burden ; guns for the United States coast 

 defense are made in the arsenal at Watervliet. 



History. The site of Troy was known as 

 Van der Heyden's Ferry and as Ferryhook un- 

 til 1789, when the town received its present 

 name. The appellation "Uncle Sam" was first 

 applied to the United States government in 

 Troy during the War of 1812, rt is claimed, 

 when large quantities of provisions for the 

 American army, labeled "U. S.," were sent from 

 this city. Samuel Wilson, familiarly called 

 "Uncle Sam," was the official inspector, and the 

 provisions soon became known as "Uncle 

 Sam's." In 1816 the city was incorporated, and 

 in 1901 it annexed Lansingburg. j.s.c. 



Consult New Troy, issued by the Troy Chamber 

 of Commerce ; Weise's Troy's One Hundred Years. 



TROY WEIGHT, a standard system used in 

 weighing gold, silver, platinum, jewels and 

 coins. The term Troy is derived from Troyes, 

 the name of a French town that was an im- 

 portant commercial center in the fourteenth 

 century. Like many other towns of that period, 

 it had its own system of weights and measures, 

 and the pound of Troyes became widely known. 

 The derivative, however, came to have no con- 

 nection with the name of this particular town, 

 but was used to designate a system in which 

 the pound contained twelve ounces and the 

 ounce was equal to twenty pennyweight (see 

 table in DENOMINATE NUMBERS, page 1765). 

 The Troy pound and the apothecaries' pound 

 are alike in having 5,760 grains each. The 

 pound avoirdupois, however, is equal to 7,000 

 grains. The grains in all three systems are 

 equal. 



TRUMBULL, JONATHAN (1710-1785), an 

 American patriot from whom was derived the 

 name "Brother Jonathan," as typifying the 

 United States. He was born in Lebanon, Conn., 

 was graduated at Harvard in 1727, and after 

 studying theology was licensed to preach. 

 Afterward he adopted the profession of law, and 

 in 1739 was elected speaker of the general assem- 

 bly of Connecticut, subsequently becoming 

 judge of the county court; from 1766 to 1769 he 

 was chief justice of the superior court. For 

 fourteen years, from 1769 to 1783, Trumbull was 

 governor of Connecticut colony, and Bancroft, 

 the historian, said of him that he was possessed 

 of all the virtues of a rural magistrate. He took 

 a prominent part in the events leading to the 

 Revolutionary War, and was the chosen friend 

 and counselor of Washington, who placed great 

 confidence in him. The latter frequently said, 



when troubled about some important matter, 

 "Let us hear what Brother Jonathan says." In 

 time the phrase "Brother Jonathan" was used as 

 a nickname for the United States. 



TRUMPET, a wind instrument which has a 

 prominent place in military organizations. Its 

 tone is brilliant and penetrating. The cavalry 

 trumpet, used for sounding calls to the mounted 

 soldiers, consists of a metal tube bent twice, 

 having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end 

 and a flaring bell at the other. As the player 

 blows into the tube the vibrations of his lips 

 produce the various tones. The fundamental 

 pitch of any one instrument depends on the 

 length of the tube, but variations in the force 

 of the breath make possible a considerable 

 range of notes. There are numerous modifica- 

 tions of the cavalry trumpet. A smaller instru- 

 ment made on the same principle is the bugle, 

 used in sounding calls for the infantry (see 

 BUGLE). The orchestral trumpet has double 

 tubes sliding upon one another, as in case of the 

 trombone, and the key bugle is provided with 

 finger holes and keys. There is also a valve 

 trumpet, which has a tone much like that of 

 the cornet. Music for the trumpet is always 

 written in the treble clef. 



TRUMPET-FLOWER, a climbing plant of 

 the bignonia family. See BIGNONIA. 



TRU'RO, the county town of Colchester 

 County, Nova Scotia, in the central part of the 

 province. It is on the Salmon River, about two 

 miles east of the head of Cobequid Bay, an 

 arm of the Bay of Fundy. Truro is an impor- 

 tant railway center, served by both the Inter- 

 colonial and Canadian Pacific (Dominion At- 

 lantic) systems. The railways from Truro 

 spread in four directions, thus entitling it to its 

 popular name, "the hub of Nova Scotia." Popu- 

 lation in 1911, 6,107; in 1916, about 7,000. 



Truro's excellent railway facilities are utilized 

 by numerous manufacturing establishments, in- 

 cluding knitting mills, foundries, woodworking 

 plants, and factories for making shells, mat- 

 tresses, hats and caps and condensed milk. The 

 output of knitted underwear is worth about 

 $1,000,000 a year, and of hats and caps nearly 

 half as much. 



The town is noted for its educational institu- 

 tions, among which are the provincial normal 

 college, the provincial college of agriculture, 

 and the Truro, or Colchester, academy. The 

 academy is the town high school, but is also 

 free to all children resident in the county, pro- 

 vided they can pass the entrance examinations. 

 The buildings of these three institutions are 



