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I>ouWe-pica, Paragon, Great - primer, 

 English, Pica, Small-pica, Long-primer, 

 Bourgeois, Brevier, Minion, Nonpareil, 

 Ruby, Pearl, and Diamond. The first 

 sort gives 41i lines per foot, the last 205 



lines. 3. In the^Sue arts, the model in 



nature of a pattern used ; as a tree, which 

 is the type of a column. 



TYPE-METAL. A compound of lead and 

 antimony, in the proportion of 3 to 1, 

 used for making printing-types. Copper 

 is sometimes added. 



TY'PHLOPS. The name given by 

 Schneider to a genus of serpents, from 

 Ti/fXw^, an earth-worm, because blind; 

 the species being small, and resembling at 

 first glance earth-worms. 



TY'PHOID. Like typhus. 



TYPHOMA'MA, from TV^OS, stupor, and 

 putvia, madness. A term expressive of 

 the delirium which accompanies typhoid 

 fevers. 



TYF'HOON. A violent hurricane in the 

 Chinese seas. 



TY'PHUS, from rv$o; , stupor. A form 

 of continued fever, characterised by ex- 

 treme depression of the nervous powers, 

 and imperfect re-action of the vascular 

 system, giving rise to changes in the 

 circulating fluids, and remarkable dis- 

 order of all the secretions. 



TYPOL'ITES, from ru-rof, a type, and 

 Jufios, stone. An old, general name for 

 lossil remains and minerals, having im- 

 pressions of plants, &c. upon them. 



u. 



U is the 21st letter and the 5th vowel 

 of the English alphabet. 



U'BiacixA'RiANS. A sect ofLutherans, 

 who sprung up in Germany in 1590, and 

 maintained that the body of Jesus Christ 

 is omnipresent (ubique). 



UKA'SE. In Russia, a proclamation or 

 imperial order. 



UL'CER, Lat. ulnts, eris, from ixo?- A 

 purulent solution of continuity of the 

 soft parts of an animal body. There are 

 many kinds. 



ULE-TREE. The name given to a Mexi- 

 can tree, a species of Castilla, which af- 

 fords an elastic gum, called ule in the 

 country. 



U'LEX. Furze. A genus of bushy shrubs. 

 Diandria Decandria. There are three 

 species, two of which are natives of Bri 

 tain. 



UI/LAGE. In commerce, what a cask 

 wants of being full. 



UL'MIC ACID. A vegetable substance 

 obtained first from bark of the elm-tree 

 (ulmus campestris) by Dr. Thomson, and 

 called by him ulmin (q. v. It combines 



with different bases, which it neutralize*, 

 forming ulmatet. It constitutes the prin- 

 cipal part of peat and umber, and is a con 

 stituent of vegetable manures. 



UL'MIN, ) This was the name given 



UL'MINB. j originally by Dr. Thomson 

 to the ulmic acid (q. v.), but it is now ap- 

 plied to a black insoluble matter, obtained 

 by boiling the ulmic acid with one of the 

 strong acids. There is a brown exudation 

 found upon the bark of trees, and espe- 

 cially of the elm, hence called ulmin, which 

 contains a matter similar to humus or 

 hutnine (moder of the Germans, g&ne of 

 Berzelius), combined with potash. The 

 action of heat, acids, alkalis, and some 

 other chemical agents pon a variety of 

 organic products is attended by the pro- 

 duction of more or less of a similar matter. 

 Boullay represents ulmin or ulmic acid 

 as a compound of 567 per cent, carbon, 

 and 43'3 hydrogen and oxygen in the pro- 

 portions to form water: he considers it 

 the most important ingredient of the soil 

 as regards its nutritive powers. The sub- 

 stance thus called ulmin and ulmic acid 

 may be obtained by digesting rotten 

 leaves, bog-earth, turf, and especially the 

 brown exudation of the elm in a boiling or 

 a weak alkaline solution, and precipitat- 

 ing by an acid. 



UL'XUS. The elm-tree: an extensive 

 genus of trees. Pentandria Digynia. 

 There are four species found native in 

 Britain : the common elm is the 77. campes- 

 tris. The inner bark yields a juice highly 

 useful as an application to burns. 



UL'NA, cn/.ivf,. The cubit : the large bone 

 of the fore-arm. 



ULTIMA'TI-M (Lat.). 1. The ultimate, 



a final proposition or condition. 2. In 



diplomacy, the final propositions, condi- 

 tions, or terms, offered as the basis of a 

 treaty 



UL'TRA. In politics, those who carry 

 to their farthest point the opinions of 

 their party. 



ULTRAM.VR'INE, from ultra, beyond, and 

 marimts, sea-colour. 1. Azure stone or 



lazulite. 2. A beautiful blue pigment, 



obtained from lazulite (lapis lazuli . This 

 is now, however, prepared artificially, 

 and consists of silicate of alumina, and 

 soda, with sulphuret of sodium. It used 

 to be sold at from 51. to 101. per oz. 



ULTRAMAR'INE ASHES. The residuum of 

 lazulite, after the ultramarine is extracted. 

 It is comparatively a very inferior pig- 

 ment, but was formerly used for coarse 

 work. 



UL'TRAMONTAXE. A name applied by 

 Italians to theologians and jurists ol 

 countries beyond the Alps. 



UL'VA. Laver. A genus of Alga. Name 

 from uhgo, ozinecs. Some of the speae 

 are edible, and are indeed regard** M 



