TRI SUPPLEMENT. VAL 



TRIPLE PHOSPHATE, phosphate of contradistinctively are called Cimontnn. 

 ammonia and magnesia. They form two parties in the Roman Catholic 



TULIP WOOD, the beautiful striped Church, which the dogma of infallibiluy 

 wooj of Phytocalymma, floribunda, an has neither extinguished nor reconciled, 

 oruimental wood of a rose colour. I'.MHOXATK, rounded parts, in botanical 



H-IIMM; LATHK, one of the most language, with a projection in the centre, 

 valuable of our mechanical instruments, The pileus of agaricus supplies an exaii; pie. 

 now largely employed in the manufacture (From umbo, a " boss.") 

 of other machinery, tools, &c. It is used in L'NCIAL LKTTEKS, a character suitable 

 the turning and polishing under horizontal for diplomatic correspondence, compounded 

 rotation of wood, ivory, metals, and stone ; partly of the capital and partly of the 

 and some of the finer rose and eccentric small letters of the alphabet. The imt~:,,i. < 

 chucks are fitted for turning a great variety litiTce were in use for about six centuries 

 of ornamental work, including medallions previous to the tenth century, 

 in bs relief, spirals, bank note plates, &c. I'.NGUICULATE, petals with a stalk or 



TURRKT SHIPS, vessels of modern unguis. 



warfare, first introduced by Captain John V'MCORN ROOT, the anthelmintic root 

 Ericssen, of New York, since varied in con- of Helonias dioica. 



gtruction by Captain Coles and others. TNILOCGLAR, one-celled or chambered 

 They consist of an armour-plated screw shells and seed vessels, 

 eteamer, with a revolving cupola or turret. 1" i'H KHS, the fir poles used as uprights in 

 Turret ships, however, are open to -many scaffolding by builders, 

 objection?, and will probably be long on UKTICAIU A, the nettle rash, 

 their trial. The limited number of guns TTSTRINUM, a public place under the 

 (generally or.ly one) which they carry, Romans, iu which the bodies of the poorer 

 notwithstanding their facility in turning classes were burned after death. The 

 their fire up->n an enemy, is itself an objec- remains of an ustrinum were found iu 

 tionable feature, combined with their great Cambridgeshire. 



weight and sinking powers, when attacked > USTULATION. The progressive torrefac- 

 by a few smaller and lighter vessels with tion and desiccation of substances was so 

 rams and torpedoes. Indeed it would not called by the old chemists, 

 be very difficult to show how they could be I UTR, an oriental synonym of the otto 

 defeated aud sunk by a very trifling or attar of roses. 



vemy. UVA UH.SI, the bear's berry, Arctosta- 



\phylos uva ursi, the leaves of which have 



U (astringent medical properties in disorders of 



'the kidneys. 



, I'VE A, the posterior lamina of the iria 



rD.M.i.:-:-.?, a holder of real estate or , of ^^ e '~ ihe UT . e . ou8 coat of tne eve - 

 heritage by udal right or tenure, i. e., with- L % EOL s - resembling a grape. 

 oat any superior. 



UIGITE, hydraUd silicate of alumina, -, r 



soda, and lime. V 



ULLMAXXITE, a sulphide of nickel and 



antimony, in which arsenic frequently re- 

 places the antimony. 



VACCIN-ATTOX, Jenner-s great remedy 

 for the dreadful epidemic, small-pox. The 



ULNAGERS, public officers appointed success of this most important discovery has 

 fter the introduction of the Flemings, or been so great, that the hope is justly enter- 

 Flemish weavers, into England by Edward I., tained that its universal adoption will ulti- 

 whose duty it was to protect the customs, jmately extinguish this loathsome and too 

 and measure and certify the length and frequently fatal disease; and it has now 

 quality of each pannus or piece (web) of been made compulsory on parents and 

 woollen cloth manufactured, before it iguardians of children in England. Some 

 could be exposed to sale, and tax it with foolish and ignorant resistance has been 

 th ulnage or duty. The customs accounts shown to the operation of the law by one 

 of the ulnagers are still in the Public ior two individuals ; and, to get over such 

 Record Office. prejudices, a special vaccination direct from 



ULTIMATE ANALYSIS, the resolution the matter of the cow might be ordered by 

 by chemical analysis of any compound body [the Court before which they are brought ; 

 into its ultimate or elementary components, 'but this would be really a concession to 

 more especially in eases of organic che- .ignorance and prejudice only, as when the 

 mistry. (virus is transferred from one healthy child 



ULTRAMOXTAXE. Those who believe in Ito another it is equally effective and safe 



the Papal supremacy and infallibility are jfrom pernicious results. 



BJ called, a ojipc*t<i to tl-oje wto hoia the j VALKHIC or VALERIAXIC ACID, an 



apreaaaer of General Catuite, tni who .acid found in J 'aleriana. officinalit, giving 



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