Lathe
Lathe Is A Machine For Holding Securely And Rotating A Piece Of Wood, Metal Or Other Material, In Order That It May Be Cut, Scraped, Or Polished By The Turning. The Primitive Lathe Consists Of Two Tree Trunks, Each Holding A Pointed Centre, Between Which A Cylinder Of Wood Is ...
Latin Language
Latin Language. To Write The History Of A Lan Guage Is To Trace The Changes Which It Underwent In Form With Special Reference To Time And Place, From Its Earliest Records, And Indeed Before, To Its Latest. For A Spoken Language Is Constantly In A State Of Change, Never Fixed ...
Latin Literature
Latin Literature. Pre-literary Period, To 240 B.c.—the Germs Of An Indigenous Literature Had Existed At An Early Period In Italy In Forms Such As We Might Expect In A People Just Emerging From Barbarism. The Art Of Writing Was First Employed In The Service Of The State And Of Religion ...
Latium
Latium, The Ancient Name Of The Portion Of Central Italy, Bounded On The North-west By Etruria, On The South-west By The Tyrrhenian Sea, On The South-east By Campania, On The East By Samnium And On The North-east By The Mountainous District In Habited By The Sabini, Aequi And Marsi. Latium, ...
Latvia
Latvia, An Independent European Republic, Lying East And South Of The Gulf Of Riga, Bounded N. By Estonia, E. By Russia, S. By Lithuania And Poland, And W. By The Baltic Sea. Area 25,390 Sq.m. Pop. (1935) 1,950,000, Of Whom About 77% Are Letts, 11.9% Russians, 4.5% Jews, 2.9% Germans, ...
Lauenburg
Lauenburg, A Former Duchy Of Germany, At One Time Also Belonging With Holstein To Denmark, But From 1865 To Prussia, And Now Included In The Province Of Schleswig-holstein In The Land Of Prussia. It Lies On The Right Bank Of The Elbe And Has An Area Of 453 Sq.m. The ...
Laughter
Laughter Is Commonly Regarded As The Expression Of Various Feelings, Such As Sheer Joy, Lightness Of Heart, Amusement, And Feelings More Grave Than Any Of These. It Is Mainly A Human Phenomenon. Among Lower Animals Laughter Is A Very Rare Occur Rence If, Indeed, It Is Met With At All. ...
Launceston
Launceston (lahn'ston), A Market Town And Municipal Borough In Cornwall, England, 351 M. N.w. Of Plymouth, On The South Western And Southern Railways. Pop. 0930 4,071. A Silver Penny Of Aethelred Ii. Witnesses To The Fact That The Privilege Of Coining Money Was Exercised By Launceston (dun Heved, Lanscaveton, Lanstone) ...
Launceston_2
Launceston (lahn'ston) A City In The North-east Of Tasmania At A Point Where The Confluence Of Two River Systems (macquarie And Esk) Forms The Tamar, A "drowned Valley" Which Leads Out, As A Fairly Broad But Tortuous Estuary Some 41 M. Long, Upon The North Coast. The Town Is Most ...
Laundry Work
Laundry Work In Its Modern Commercial Aspect Re Quires An Elaborate Mechanical Plant Very Different From The Crude Appliances Which Were The First Outgrowth Of Domestic Processes Of Treading, Pounding Or Rubbing. Its Success Owes Much Also To Chemistry Which Has Evolved Suitable Soaps, Bleaches And Solvents. A Speed Of ...
Laurel
Laurel. At Least Four Shrubs Or Small Trees Are Called By His Name In Great Britain, Viz. The Common Or Cherry Laurel Prunus Laurocerasus), The Portugal Laurel (p. Lusitanica), The ?ay Or Sweet Laurel (laurus Nobilis) And The Spurge Laurel (daphne ;aureola). The First Two Belong To The Rose Family ...
Lauria Luria Or Loria
Lauria (luria Or Loria) Roger De (d. 1305), Admiral Of Aragon And Sicily, Was The Most Prominent Figure In The Naval War Which Arose Directly From The Sicilian Vespers. Brought Up At The Court Of Aragon, After The Submission Of Sicily To Peter Iii., In 1283 He Was Made Admiral ...
Lausanne
Lausanne, The Capital Of The Swiss Canton Of Vaud. It Is The Junction Of The Railway Lines From Geneva, From Brig And The Simplon, From Fribourg And Berne, And From Vallorbe (for Paris). A Funicular Railway Connects The Upper Town With The Central Railway Station And With Ouchy, The Port ...
Laval
Laval, A Town Of North-western France, Capital Of The De Partment Of Mayenne, On The Mayenne River, 188 M. W.s.w. Of Paris By Rail. Pop. (1930 24,411. The Old Feudal City, With Its Ancient Castle, Is Situated On The Right Bank While The New Town Is On The Opposite Bank. ...
Lavender
Lavender, Botanically Lavandula, A Genus Of The Family Labiatae Distinguished By An Ovate Tubular Calyx, A Two-lipped Corolla, Of Which The Upper Lip Has Two And The Lower Three Lobes, And Four Stamens Bent Downwards. The Plant To Which The Name Of Lavender Is Commonly Applied, Lavandula Vera, Is A ...
Lavinium
Lavinium, Ancient Town Of Latium (see Laurentina, Via), 19 M. S. Of Rome, The Modern Pratica, Situated 30o Ft. Above Sea-level And 21 M. N.e. From The Sea-coast. It Was The City Of King Latinus And Aeneas Ritually Refounded It, Naming It After His Wife Lavinia, Latinus' Daughter. Consuls And ...
Law Primitive
Law (primitive). For The Purposes Of Comparative Jurisprudence, Law May Be Defined As The Authoritative Regula Tion Of Social Relations. Thus, In Any Account Of Its Development, Three Main Points Have To Be Considered : The Nature Of The Au Thority Or "sanction" Involved; The Mode Of Regulation Or "pro ...
Law Of Succession
Law Of Succession. Succession, In Law, Is The Trans Mission Or Passing Of Rights From One To Another. Succession, Or The Partition Or Redistribution Of The Property Of A Former Owner Is The Subject Of Many Rules, Which May Be Based On The Will Of A Deceased Person And Are ...
Lawn Tennis
Lawn Tennis And Tennis. These Two Games Are Closely Connected By Origin—lawn Tennis May Indeed Be Regarded As The Descendant And Supplanter Of Tennis—but Their Practice Is Widely Different. The More Popular, Lawn Tennis, Will Be Con Sidered First. As An Independent Member Of The Family Of Ball-games, Of Which ...
Lawrence
Lawrence, A City Of Eastern Kansas, U.s.a., On The Kansas (kaw) River, 4o M. W. Of Kansas City; County Seat Of Douglas County And The Seat Of The State University. It Is On Federal Highways 4o And 73w, And Is Served By The Rock Island, The Santa Fe And The ...
Lawrence_2
Lawrence, A City Of Massachusetts, U.s.a., On The Mer Rimack River, 3om. From Its Mouth, And 25m. N.n.w. Of Boston ; One Of The County Seats Of Essex County; Served By The Boston And Maine Railroad. The Population Was 94,270 In 1920 (4i% Foreign Born White) But Fell To 85,068 ...
Laws Relating To Real
Laws Relating To Real Property And Conveyancing. Real Property Is Distinguished From Per Sonal Property By The Fact That The Conception Of Tenure Is Ap Plicable Only To The Former. This Conception, And The Distinc Tion Founded Upon It, Can Only Be Understood By An Outline Of The History Of ...
Laws Relating To Seamen
Laws Relating To Seamen. For Legislative Pur Poses Seamen May Be Divided Into Three Classes—seamen In The Royal Navy, Merchant Seamen, And Fishermen. Every Agreement With The Crew Must Be Posted In Some Part Of The Ship Accessible To The Crew. Before A Seaman Can Be Discharged At Any Place ...
Laws Of War
Laws Of War. The Law Of War, In Strict Usage, Does Not Apply To All Armed Conflicts, But Only To Such Conflicts As, By The Custom Of States, Constitute War. War Exists When The Organized Armed Forces Of One State Are Opposed To The Organized Armed Forces Of Another State. ...
Lawyer
Lawyer, In A Broad Sense One Whose Principal Occupation Is Related To The Making Or Administration Of The Law, And Who Has Received An Education Sufficiently Wide In Its Scope To Dis Tinguish Him From Minor Administrative Officials; More Specif Ically One Upon Whom The State Has Conferred Important Special ...
Layamon
Layamon, Early English Poet, Was The Author Of A Chronicle Of Britain Entitled Brut, A Paraphrase Of The Brut D' Angleterre By Robert Wace (q.v.). All That Is Known Of Layamon Is Derived From Two Extant Mss., Which Present Texts That Often Vary Con Siderably, And It Is Necessary To ...
Le Clerc
Le Clerc [clericus], Jean French Prot Estant Theologian, Was Born On March 19, 1657 At Geneva, Where His Father Was Professor Of Greek. In 1679 Were Published Liberii De Sancto Amore Epistolae Theologicae (irenopoli: Typis Phila Lethianis), Usually Attributed To Le Clerc They Deal With The Doc Trine Of The ...
Le Mans
Le Mans, A Town Of North-western France, Capital Of The Department Of Sarthe, 77 M. S.w. Of Chartres On The Railway From Paris To Brest. Pop. (1931) 66,942. As The Capital Of Aulerci Ceno Manni, Le Mans Was Called Suindinum Or Vindinum. The Romans Built Walls Round It In The ...
Le Puy Or Le
Le Puy Or Le Puy En Velay, A Town Of South-eastern France, Capital Of The Department Of Haute-loire, 90 M. S.w. Of Lyons On The Paris-lyon Railway. Pop. (1931) 16,895. Towards The End Of The 4th Or Beginning Of The 5th Century Le Puy Be Came The Capital Of The ...
Lead
Lead, A Metallic Chemical Element Known To The Ancients, And Mentioned In The Old Testament. (symbol Pb, Atomic Num Ber 82, Atomic Weight 207.2, Chief Isotopes 206, 207, 208.) The Romans Used It Largely, As It Is Still Used, For The Making Of Water Pipes, And Soldered These With An ...
Lead Poisoning Or Plumbism
Lead Poisoning Or Plumbism, A "disease Of Occu Pations," Which Is Itself The Cause Of Organic Disease, Particularly Of The Nervous And Urinary Systems. The Workpeople Affected Are Principally Those Engaged In Potteries Where Lead-glaze Is Used; But Other Industries In Which Health Is Similarly Affected Are File Making, House-painting ...
Lead In Art
Lead In Art. The Uses To Which Lead Has Been Put, Wherein It Achieves A Definitely Artistic Value, In The Working Of Which Are Needed The Judgment And Perception Of The Artist As Well As The Technique Of The Craftsman, Cover A Wide Field, Ranging From Purely Architectural Application, Where ...
Leadville
Leadville, A City Of Colorado, U.s.a., 170 M. S.w. Of Denver, At An Elevation Of 10,200 Ft.; The County Seat Of Lake County, And One Of The Celebrated Mining Camps Of The World. It Is On Federal Highway 40s, And Is Served By The Colorado And Southern And The Denver ...
Leaf
Leaf, The Name Given In Popular Language To All The Green Expanded Organs Borne Upon An Axis, And So Applied To Similar Ob Jects. Investigation Has Shown That Many Other Parts Of A Plant Which Externally Appear Very Different From Ordinary Leaves Are, In Their Essential Particulars, Very Similar To ...
League Of Nations
League Of Nations. The Creation Of The League Of Nations By The Incorporation Of The Covenant In The Treaty Of Versailles And The Other Treaties Of Peace In 1919, Was Perhaps The Most Remarkable Of All The Direct Results Of The World War. For The Text Of This Document See ...
League Of Nations And
League Of Nations And Education. The Question Of Interesting The Younger Generation In The Ideals And Aims Of The League Was First Raised In The Assembly Of The League In 1923. The 1924 Assembly Instructed The Secretariat To Make It A Subject Of Special Investigation. Meanwhile The Assembly Of 1926 ...