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* TEIGNMOTITH. John Shore, first Baron Teignmouth (2 vols., London, 1842). TE'JA, or TEIAS. The last King of the Ostrogoths. He was chosen King after the death of Totila (q.v. ) who fell in battle against the Byzantines under Narses, at Tadino. .^.n. 5.52. The Ciotliic kingdom received its death blow in that battle and it was left to Teja only to prolong the hopeless struggle. He sought to gain the aid of the Prankish King Theudebald, but failed. While marching to the relief of Cumue he was met by the Imperial army under Narses and thereupon took up an impregnable position near the foot of Jlount Vesuvius, where the Goths were invested by the enemy. After two months want of food compelled the Goths to abandon their position and they retired to the Lactavan Hill, whence they made a desperate onslaught on the Romans. In the two days' battle Teja per- ished after performing wonderful deeds of valor (.'io.'S). The remnant of the Goths were per- mitted to leave Italy. See Goths. TEJADA, ta-Hii'oa, Lerdo de, President of Mexico. See Lebdo de Tejada. TEJON. The Mexican name of the local species of badger (q.v.). TEJXT (abbreviation of Tejuguacu, the native name ). One of the large and powerful South American lizards of the family Tejidae. and espe- cially of its principal genus, Tupinambis. This family comprises nearly 40 genera with more than 100 species, and exhibits great diversity, as might be expected when it is known that its range covers the whole of South and Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, and the South- western United States. The largest of the family (Tupinambis teguexin) is three feet long to the end of its long, terete, tapering tail ; is bluish black with irregular .yellow cross-bands, and r,d(lish yellow underneath. They frequent wood- lands and plantations, and live in burrows. They are carnivorous and are able by their swiftness and agility to capture most small animals. TEKELI, tek'e-li. An Hungarian patriot. See ToKOLY. TEKIYE, ta-ke'yr. A IMohammedan mon- astery inhabited by dervishes (q.v.) or other a.scetics. It is usually built about a court in- closed by a colonnade, beyond which are the chambers, sometimes covered with domes. Well- known examples are the tekiye of the dancing dervishes at Pera and the one built near Damas- cus by Sultan Selim in 1.516. TEKNONYMY (from Gk. Hkvov, teknon, child + 6vvna, oni/nia, Bvofia, onoma, name). A custom found among certain savage groups whereby a father (in some cases both parents) after the birth of a child gives up his own name and is known by the name of the child. The custom is seen most completely developed in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, and the neigh- boring islands. It is also found among Arabs and Persians, in Alaska, Pol.vnesia, Australia, and in isolated groups in other parts of the world. The more commonly accepted explanation of the custom is that the assumption by the father of his cliild's name is an assertion on his part of his fatherhood and is indicative of the growth of the patriarchal idea. The chief op- posing view is that it is nothing more than an 89 TELAUTOGRAPH. expression of the desire, prevalent in all stages of culture, to be distinguished by one"s most valued possession. The probabilities are that a nimiber of customs of diverse origin are in- cluded under the term. TEKUTCHIU, ta-kno'ehe. A town of Ruma- nia. See Tecuciu. TEL'AMON (Lat., from Gk. TeXafj-up). In Greek mythology, the son of .Eacus. Having been driven out of --Egina for helping Peleus to kill their half-brother Phocus. he married Glauce, daughter of the King of Salamis, and became King of the island. He was the father of Ajax, took part in the Calydonian Hunt and the Argo- nautic Expedition, and went with Hercules against Troy and the Amazons. TELAUTOGRAPH (from Gk. T^Xe, tele, afar + oijt6s, aiitos, self + ypdipciv, graphein, to write). An instrument invented bj' Elisha Gray for electrically reproducing at a distance handwriting, drawings, figures, and the like. A transmitter and receiver are associated together for use at each station, and are connected by two line wires with a similar set at the distant sta- tion or with a central exchange. Power cor- responding to the amount used in two ordinary incandescent lamps is taken at each end from the electric lighting circuit. The motion of a pencil in writing is resolved into two component TELAUTOGRAPH. motions by connecting to the pencil points two light levers, hinged at their junction to the pencil. The motion of these rods is communicat- ed to two rotary shafts, to which are attached arms, carrying at their outer ends contact rollers, which move to and fro upon Uie surfaces of two sistance wire, forming part of the power circuit. The motion communicated to the rollers by the pencil serves to cut resistance in or out of two circuits, and thus two independent, variable cur- rents are obtained, which depend for their 1
 * rc-shaped plates, upon which is wound re-