Krupps Steel
Krupp's Steel. The Widespread Reputation Of The Steel Produced In The Great Works Of Herr Krupp, At Essen, In Prussia, Has Induced Us To Give It A Brief Notice. His Manufactory, Always A Large One, Has Been Gradually Increasing In Size During The Last Half Century, Until It Now Covers ...
Ku Klux Klan
Ku-klux Klan. Cr Ku-elux, The Title Of A Secret Association Which Existed In The Southern States From 1866 To 1872, And Which Terrorized That Section Of The Country (lur Ing The Period In Question. It Was First Made Known As An Active Agency In Tennessee, In 1867, When The Governor ...
Kuban
Kuban, A Territory In S. Russia, At The Foot Of The Caucasus Range Of Mountains, In Ciscaucasia, 36,251 Sq.m.; Pop. '71, 672,224. It Is The Land Of The Kuban Cossacks, Numbering Nearly Half A Million, Who Arc Governed By A Lieutenant-general, With Capital Yekaterinodar, On The Black Sea. Kijblai Khan ...
Kuiio Shiwo
Kuiio Shiwo (black Current). The Gulf Stream Of The Pacific Which Rises Near Formosa, As The Westward-northern Branch Of The North-equatorial Current Of The Pacific, And Flows Upward Past Kinshiu, Shikoku, And Hondo, Islands Of Japan, And Past The Kurile Chain; Thence Splitting Into Two Branches, The Smaller Stream Passes ...
Kum Writing
Kum Writing, An Ancient Form Of Arabic Characters, Which Came Into Use Shortly Before Mohammed, And Was Chiefly Current Among The Inhabitants Of Northern Arabia, While Those Of The South-western Parts Employed The Himjaritie Or Mosnad (clipped) Character. The Kufic Is Taken From The Old Syriac Character (estrangelo), And Is ...
Kurdistan
Kurdistan' ("the Country Of The Kurds"), An Extensive Region Of Western Asia, Running N.w. And S.e., Between Lat. 34° To 40° N., And Long. 40° To 48° E., Bounded On The N.e. Side By Armenia, Azerbijun, And Irak-ajemi, And On The S.w. By The Tigris And Aljezira, Belongs To The ...
Kyanite
Kyanite (cvaimm, Ante), Called Also Disthene, Saonrolite, A Native Silicate Of Alumina, Crystallizing Generally In Long-bladed Forms, Though Sometimes In Short Prisms, Of The Triclinic System; Hardness 0 To 7+; Luster Vitreous And Pearly; Color Blue, White. Gray, Green, And Black; Translucent, Transparent; But The Most Common Color Is Pale ...
La Crosse
La Crosse Is The Name Of A Field Game Played With A Ball. The Iroquois Indians Have Been Long Accustomed To Play It In Canada; And Some Of Them Exhibited Their Skill In The Game In The Presence Of The Prince Of Wales, When He Was In That Colony In ...
La Farina
La Farina, An Italian Author And Politician, B. At Messina In 1815. In The Univer Sity Of Catania The Degree Of Doctor Of Laws Was Conferred On Him At The Age Of 19; And In 1837, Having Taken Part In An Ineffectual Revolutionary Movement In Sicily, He Sought Safety In ...
La Gtjayra
La Gtjayra, The Principal Sea-port Of Venezuela, In South America, Stands On A Nar Row Strip Of Land Between The Mountains And The Sea, And Is About 5 In. From Caraceas, Of Which It Is The Port. The Town, Which Is Strongly Defended, Has A Pop. Of About 7.000. The ...
La Hontan
La Hontan, Anmann Louts De Delondarce, Baron De, 1666-1715; B. France. He Went To Canada In 1683 As A Common Soldier; Made Two Excursions Far Into The Then Scarcely Known Regions Of The Lakes, And Subsequently Published Several Volinesdescrib Ing The Country And The Indian Tribes Between Montreal And Mackinac. ...
La Moue
La. Moue, Francois De, Called Bias De Fee (arm Of Iron). 1531-91; Of An Illus Trious Family In Bretagne; Became A Conspicuous Defender Of The Protestants Of France. When Henry Iv. Heard Of His Death Be Made This Memorable Compliment To His Memory: " He Was A Great Warrior, And ...
La Rochelle
La Rochelle, A Fortified Seaport Of France, Capita] Of The Department Of Charente Inferieure. On An Inlet Of The Bay Of Biscay, Formed By The Islands Re And Oleron, 300 M. S.w. Of Paris By Railway. Its Little Harbor, Which Consists Of An Outer Tidal Basin, And An Inner Wet ...
La Salle
La Salle, A Co. In N. Illinois, Receives The Fox And Vermilion Rivers, Flowing Into It From Other Counties, Uniting With The Bead Waters Of The Illinois River Within Its Bor Ders: 1152 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, 60,792 11,530 Of American Birth. It Has A Surface Of Broad Prairie Land Slightly ...
La Salle
La. Salle, Renk Robert Cavelier, Sieur De, 164347; B. In Rouen, France, Of A `wealthy Merchant Family; Discoverer Of The Ohio And The Main Part Of The Mississippi River. Studious And Grave In Youth, He Entered A School Of The Roman Church And Became A Jesuit Priest. About His Twenty-third ...
Labmador
Labmador (port. Terra Labarador, " Cultivable Land"), The Name Given By Certain Portuguese Discoverers To The Continental Coast Of America Near Newfoundland; A Name As Inappropriate As That Of Greenland! The Name Gradually Came To Be Extended From The Strait Of Belle Isle To Hudson's Strait, Being Sometimes Carried As ...
Labor
Labor, In Political Economy, Is Term So Dependent For Its Meaning On The Circum Stances In Which It Is Used, That Any Scientific Definition Of It Would Lead To Misunder Standing. The Best Service, In Fact, Towards Rendering It Intelligible, Is To Clear Away Some Attempts That Have Been Made ...
Labor_2
Labor (ante). It Is Undoubtedly Correct To Divide Human Labor Into Two Kinds, Mental And Physical; And To Concede That Without The One There Could Hardly Be The Other. It Is Only Among The Most Laborious And Industrious Races That We Find The Most Cmnprehensive And Productive Mental Effort. That ...
Laboratory
Laboratory. This Term Is Generally Applied To Establishments For Conducting Chemical Or Physical Investigations, Or For Chemical Manufacture. Chemical Laborato Ries May Be For Purposes Of Instruction, As Are Those Which Are Attached To Colleges Or Other High Schools. These Institutions Also Sometimes Have Special Laboratories For Research. All Large ...
Labyrinthodon
Labyrin'thodon, A Genus Of Gigantic Sauroid Batrachians, Found In The New Red Sandstone Measures Of Great Britain And The Continent. The Remains Of Several Species Have Been Described, But All So Fragmentary That No Certain Restoration Of The Genus Can Yet Be Made. The Head Was Triangular, 'having A Crocodilian ...
Labyrintii
Lab'yrintii (a Word Of Unknown Origin, Derived By Some From Labaris, The Name Of An Egyptian Monarch Of The Twelfth Dynasty), The Name Of Some Celebrated Of Antiquity, Consisting Of Ninny Chambers Or Passages Difficult To Pass Through Without A Guide, And The Name Hence Applied To A Confused Mass ...
Lactic Acid
Lactic Acid In Its Pure State Is A Transparent, Colorless, Or Slightly Yellow Uncrystallizable, Syrupy Liquid, Of Specific Gravity 1,215. It Is Devoid Of Odor, Has A Sharp, Acid Taste, And Is Soluble•in All Proportions In Water, Alcohol, And Ether. The Hest Method Of Obtaining This Acid Is By Dissolving ...
Lactic Fermentation
Lactic Fermentation. Although Lactose Or Sugar-of-milk May, Under Certain Conditions, Be Made To Undergo Alcoholic Fermentation (as In The Preparationaaf Ktuniss By The Tartars From Mares' Milk), It Generally Yields A Very Different Product, Viz., Lactic Acid, As May Be Seen In The Case Of Milk Turning Sour In Warm ...
Ladakh
Ladakh', Otherwise Known As Middle Tiiiiiet, Lies Between Great Thibet On The E., And Little Thibet On The W., Stretching In N, Lat. From 32° To 36% And In E. Long, From 76' To 79°. On The S. It Is Separated From Cashmere By The Himalayas, While On The N. ...
Lady
Lady, A Woman Of Distinction Correlatively To Lord (q.v.), Used In A More Extensive Sense In Common Parlance Correlatively To Gentleman. As A Title, It Belongs To Peeresses, The Wives Of Peers And Of Peers By Courtesy, The Word Lady Being In All These Cases Pre Fixed To The Peerage ...
Lafayette
Lafayette (ante), A City In Indiana, Organized In 1857, In The Co. Of Tippecanoe, On A Bluff By The Banks Of The Wabash River; Pop. '80, 14,860 Of American Birth. It Is On The Line Of The Wabash And Erie Canal, And Is The Terminus Of The Indianapolis, Cincinnati And ...
Lahore
Lahore', One Of The Chief Cities Of The Punjab, Stands On The Left Bank Of The Ravi, The Middle Of The Live Rivers Which Give Name To The Country; Lat. 31° 36' N., Long. 74° 21' East. It Is Surrounded By A Brick Wall, Formerly 25 Ft. High, And By ...
Lajos Kossuth
Kossuth, Lajos (louis), The Leader Of The Hungarian Revolution, Was B. In 1802 At Monok, In The County Of Zemplin, In Hungary. His Family Is Of Noble Rank, But His Parents Were Poor. He Studied Law At The Protestant College Of Sarospatak, And Prac Ticed First In His Native County, ...
Lakanal
Lakanal', Josemr, 1762-1845; B. France. Educated Fo'r The Priesthood, But Not Ordained, He Became A Teacher, An Enthusiastic Participant In The Great Reforms Of Time French Revolution, And One Of The Founders Of A System Of Free Education Which Was Then Decreed. An Enthusiast For'the Transformation Of Society Which He ...
Lake Dwellings
Lake Dwellings, Huts, Or Houses, Built Upon Piles Sunk In The Beds Of Lakes, And Which Are Found In Central Africa And In The Islands Of The Indian Archipelago. Remains Of Settlements Of This Character Have Been Discovered Beneath The Waters Of The Lakes Of Switzerland, Italy, And Other Countries ...
Lake Survey
Lake Survey. The Shore Line Of The Great Lakes And Rivers Following The Prin Cipal Indentations Is About 0,000 Miles. The Work To Be Done In Surveys, Soundings, Etc., Approaches In Magnitude That Of The Atlantic Coast. The First Appropriation To Defray Expenses Was Made In 1841 Of $15,000. Previous ...
Lakes
Lakes (ante), Oertain Pigments Made By Combining Vegetable Or Cochineal Dyes With Metallic Oxides, Usually Alumina Or Tin. Carmine Lake Is Made By Adding An Alkali To A Decoction Of Cochineal And Alum, And The Residues And Mother Liquors, Which Are Produced In The Preparation Of Carmine, Are Used For ...
Lakshmi
Lakshmi, Iu Hindu Mythology, The Name Of The Consort Of The God Vislum'n (q.v.), And Considered Also To Be His Female Or Creative Energy. According To The Mystical Dome Trine Of The Worshipers Of Vishn'u, This God Produced The Three Goddesses, Brahml, Lakshmi, And Chan'dika, The First Representing His Creating, ...
Lambed Label
Label, Lambed, Or Ftle, In Heraldry, The Mark Of Cadency Which Distinguishes The Eldest Son Iu His Father's Lifetime; Familiar To Its From Its Entering Into The Composition Of The.arms Of The Prince Of Wales And Other Members Of The Royal Family. It Consists Of A Horizontal Stripe Or Fillet, ...
Lambeth Articles
Lambeth Articles. The Calvinistic Doctrine Of Predestination And Free-will, Having Been Brought By The Refugees From The Continent To England, Was Favored By Prof. Cartwright Of Cambridge, But Oppose By Barret, A Fellow Of Cams College. Arch Bishop Whitgift Directed Him Not To Preach Such Doctrine Again. Dr. Whittaker, The ...
Lamentations Of
Lamentations Of (ante) Have Been Universally Acknowledged By The Jews As The Work Of Their Weeping Prophet, And Have His Name Attached To Them In The Septuagint Version—made About 260 B.c.—which Declares Also That He Wrote Them Very Soon After The Jews Had Been Carried Captive And Their City Destroyed. ...
Lamp Black
Lamp-black, The Soot Produced By Burning Resin, Turpentine, Pitch, Oil, And Other Matters, In Such A Manner That Large Bf Smoke Are Formed And Collected In Properly Arranged Receptacles. Lamp-black Is The Coloring Matter Of Black And Slate Colored Paints. Large Quantities Of This Pigment Are Made In Germany By ...
Lamprey
Lamprey, Petrompon, A Genus Of Cartilaginous Fishes, Dermopterous (q.v.), Aral Having A Circular Mouth Formed For Sucking (rylostomons). They Are Of Eel-like Form, And Have No Scales. The Skeleton Is Very Soft And Imperfect. The Tongue Acts Aset Piston In The Sucking Mouth, Which Is Armed With Numerous Hard Teeth, ...
Lamps
Lamps Are Contrivances In Which To Burn Any Light-giving Material, And So Make Use Of Its Illuminating Power. The Most Primitive Lamps Were Probably The Skulls Of Ani Mals, In Which Fat Was Burned; And Certain Sea-shells Formed Admirable Lamps For Those To Whom They Were Attainable. To This Day, ...
Lampsacus
Lamp'sacus, A City Of Mysia In Asia Minor, On The Hellespont, Near Where It Begins To Open Into The Propoutis. 'l'he Original Name Was Pityusa, From The Number Of Pine Trees Which Grew There. A Colony Of Ionians From Phocva And Miletus Settled There, It Lampsaeus From A Greek Word ...
Lancashire
Lan'cashire, One Of The Largest And The Most Populous Counties In England, Is Bounded On The E. By Yorkshire, And On The W. By The Irish Sea; On The A. By Cumber Land And Westmoreland, And On The S. By Cheshire. Area, 1,207,026 Statute Acres. Pop. 2.819,995. Increase In 10 ...
Lancelet
Lancelet, Amphioxvs Or Braneltiostotna, A Genus Of Dermopterous (q.v.) Fishes, Of Very Remarkable Organization, Far Lower Than That Of Any Other Vertebrate Animals, Con Necting Cartilaginous Fishes Both With Mollusks And With Annelids. A Few Species Are Known, All Small; One Of Them (a. Lanceolate's), The First Which Was Discovered, ...
Land Tax
Land-tax, A Tax Imposed Upon Land And Houses For Purposes Of Revenue, In Lien Of The Ancient Subsidies, Octanes, Talliages, Tenths, Fifteenths, And Such Occasional Taxes. From A Very Early Period To The Middle Of The 17th C., Parliament Had Provided For The Extraordinary Necessities Of The Government Chiefly By ...
Landau
Landau, A T. And Fortress Of Bavaria, In The District Of Rhenish Pfalz, Is Situated In A Beautiful Region On The Queich, Which Fills Its Fosse With Water, 20 Ni. N.w. Of Calls Rube. There Are Here Important Manufactures Of Tobacco. The Pop. In 1875 Was 7,579. Landau Has Been ...
Landlord And Tenant
Landlord And Tenant (ante). The Relation Of Landlord And Tenant. May Be Inferred From The Circumstances Of The Parties As Well As Created By Express Contract. The Payment Of Rent Is Prima Facie, But Not Conclusive Evidence Of Such Implied Contract, And Such Contract Will Arise Generally Where One Person ...
Landlord And Tenant
Landlord And Tenant, The Contract By Which The Owner Of Land Or Houses, Or The Party Entitled To The Exclusive Possession Thereof, Lets Or Hires This Exclusive Posses Sion To Another For A Limited Time, Is Generally Called A Lease, And Thereby The Relation Of Landlord And Tenant Is Created. ...
Landscape Gardening
Landscape Gardening, The Art Of Laying Out Grounds In Order To Beauty And Pleasure, Which May Fairly Claim To Be Reckoned Among The Fine Arts. It Is Chiefly Prac Ticed Either In Connection With The Residences Of The Opulent, Or In The Public Parks And Pleasure-grounds Of Cities. The Happiest ...
Landscape Gardening_2
Landscape Gardening (ante). The Word Landscape Implies A Considerable Range Of Perspective Over Nature, Embracing Gradations From A Foreground To A Middle And A Far Distance. A Piece Of Decorated Ground, Or Park, Which Has Not Such A View Cannot Be Considered A Landscape Garden. There Is An Obvious Impropriety ...
Landslips
Landslips, Large Portions Of Land Which From Some Cause Have Become Detached From Their Original Position, And Slid Down To A Lower Level. They Are Especially Com Mon In Volcanic Districts, Where The Trembling Of The Earth That Frequently Accompanies The Eruption Of A Volcano Is Sufficient To Split Off ...
Lanfranc
Lanfranc, The Most Eminent Of The Foreign Churchmen Who Rose To Distinction In The Medimval Church Of England, Was Born Or A Noble Family At Pavia, Iu 1005, And Edu Cated. Partly At Pavia, Partly At Bologna, For The Profession Of The Law. For A Time He Followed The Profession ...
Language And
Language And Among The Semitic Family Of Languages, The Hebrew (called In The Old Testament The Speech Of Canaan; In The Later Portions Of Ithe Same Book The Speech Of Judea; And First In The Chaldee Targums The Sacred Language, Or Rather The Language Of The Sanctuary And Things Connected ...
Lansing
Lansing (ante), A City In S. Michigan, The Capital Of The State; Incorporated As A City In 1859; The Junction Of The Detroit, Lansing And Northern Railroad, The North Western Grand Trunk, The Jackson, Lansing And Saginaw Railroad, And The N. Lansing Branch Of The Lake Shore And Michigan Southern ...
Lanzi
Lanzi, Luigi, A Celebrated Italian Antiquary, Was Born At Monte Dell' Olmo, Near Macerata, June 14, 1732. He Entered The Order Of The Jesuits, And Resided At Rome, And Afterwards At Florence, Where He Died Mar. 30, 1810. In 1782 He Published At Florence His Deserizione Della Galleria Di Firenze. ...
Lapeer
Lapeer, A City In S.e. Michigan, Junction Of The Detroit And Bay City Railroad, And The Northwestern Grand Trunk Railway, 6 M. Froth The Town Of Fish Lake, With Which It Is Connected By A Branch Railroad; Pop. '70, 2,882. It Is Centrally Situated On The Flint River, 60 M. ...
Lapi Nd
Lapi &nd. The Territory Still Known Under This Name Does Not Constitute A Separate Political Autonomy, But Is Included Under The Dominions Of Sweden And Norway, And 0:russia. Lapland, Or The Land Of The Lapps, Which Is Called By The Natives Sameanda, Or Somellada, Ocebpies The N. And The Me. ...
Lapidary Inscriptions
Lapidary Inscriptions, A Title Derived From The Latin It/pis, A Stone, And Applied To Monumental Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Etc. These Include Records Of Public And Private Occurrences, Of Laws, Decrees, Etc., And Are Engraved Or Chiseled In Stone Or Metal. Among The Ancients The Custom Of Resorting To This Method For ...
Lapidary Work
Lapidary-work, The Art Of Cutting, Grinding, And Polishing Small Pieces Of Orna Mental Or Precious Stones For Jewelry. (for The Engraving Of Fisaires On Precious Stones, See Cameo And Gents.) The Working Of The Less Precious Ornamental Stones Has Made Great Strides Within The Last 20 Or 30 Years, And ...
Lapwing
Lapwing, Vanellus, A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Charadriada (plovers, Etc.), Differing From The Plovers Chiefly In Having A Hind-toe, Which, However, Is Small. The Nasal Grooves Are Also Prolonged Over Two-thirds Of The Beak.—one Species, The Common Lapwing, Crested Lapwing, Or Peewit (v. Eristatus), Is A Well-known British ...
Laramie
Laramie, A Co. In E. Wyoming, Separated From Dakotah By The State Line And The Black Hills, And From Nebraska By Its Frontier, The Two Constituting Its E. Boundary. The Territory Of Montana Lies At The N., And Colorado On The S.; About 14,000 Sq.m.; Pop. '70, 2.937-1898 Of American ...
Laramie Plains
Laramie Plains, In Wyoming Territory, Lat. 43°, Long. 106°w. From Greenwich ; An Elevated Basin Of Undulating Prairie Having An Average Elevation Of More Than 7,000 Ft. Above The Sea, Bounded On The E. By The Laramie Mountains And On The W. And S.w. By The Medicine Bow Mountains Or ...
Larceny
Larceny (ante) Is The Wrongful Taking And Carrying Away By One Person Of The Personal Property Of Another, With A Felonious Intent To Convert Such Property To His Own Use Against The Consent Of The Owner. By The Common Law Larceny Was Either Com Pound. I.e., The Taking And Carrying ...
Larceny
Larceny Is The Technical Legal Term Used In England And Ireland To Denote The Crime Of Stealing. Simple Larceny Means Larceny Unaccompanied With Other Crimes Or Cir Cumstances Of Aggravation. Larceny Is Defined As An Unlawful Taking Of Things Per Sonal, With Intent To Deprive The Owner, And Without His ...
Larch
Larch, Lariat, A Genus Of Trees Of. The Natural Order Coniferce, Differing From Firs (abies)—of Which, However, Some Botanists Regard It As A Mere Subgenus—in Having The Scales Of The Cones Attenuated At The Tip, And Not Falling Off From The Axis Of The Cone When Fully Ripe, And The ...
Larch_2
Larch (ante). One Of The Chief Differences Between These Conifera And The Pines And Firs Is Their Deciduous Character. The American Larch, Or La?* Americana, Inhabits North America From Virginia To Hudson's Bay. It Is Called Hackmatack In Canada, But In The Middle, Southern, And Western States, Tamarack. It Sometimes ...
Lark
Lark, Alauda, A Genus Of Small Birds Of The Order Insessores, Section Conirostres, The Type Of A Family Alaudidce, To The Whole Of Which The English Name Is Commonly Extended. In This Family, The Bill, Although Stout, And Nearly Conical, Is More Length Ened Than In Buntings And Finches. The ...
Larva
Larva, In Natural History, Is The Denomination Of Animals Which Undergo Transfor Mation, In That State In Which They First Exist After Issuing From The Egg. Until Recently, The Larva State Was Known In Lisects Only, And The Term Larva Is Still Commonly Used Only With Regard To Them; But ...
Laryngoscope And Laryngos Copy
Laryngoscope And Laryngos Copy. Although Attempts Had Been Previously Made By Avery And Garcia To Explore The Recesses Of The Larynx By Means Of A Reflecting Mirror, It Was Not Until Two German Physiologists, Drs. Turck And Czermak, Took Up The Subject In 1857 And 1858, That The Great Importance ...
Las Cases
Las Cases, Bairrolomil De, Bishop Of Chiapa, In Mexico, Surnamed The Apostle Of The Indians, A Celebrated Evangelist And Philanthropist, Was Of French Descent, And Was B. In Seville In 1474. He Studied At Salamanca. In 1502 He Accompanied Don Nicolas Ovando, Who Was Sent Out As Governor, To St. ...
Lascaris
Lascaris, Constantixe, A Celebrated Greek Refugee, After The Capture Of Constan Tinople By The Turks, And One Of The First Founders Of Greek Studies In The West. He Was Received With Distinction By Francesco Sforza, Duke Of Milan, In 1454, Who Intrusted To Him The Education Of His Daughter Hippolyta; ...
Lateran
La'teran, Cum Cn Of St. Joiin, The First In Dignity Of The Roman Churches, And Styled In Roman Usage " The Mother And Head Of All The Churches Of The City And The World," Is So Called From Its Occupying The Site Of The Splendid Palace Of Plantius Later Anus, ...
Lateran Councils
Lateran Councils, The General Name Given To Numerous Councils Held In The Lateran Church At Rome, Among The More Important Of Which May Be Mentioned: I. That Of 649 A.d., Consisting Of Over 100 Bishops Of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, And Africa, Was Called By Martin I. To Consider The Doctrine ...
Lathyrus
Lathy'rus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Leguminosce, Sub-order Papilionacea.. The Leaves Are Furnished With Tendrils, And Are Pinnate, But Often Only With One Pair Of Leaflets. The Species Are Numerous, Annual And Perennial Herbaceous Plants, Natives Of Temperate Countries In The Northern Hemisphere. Few Of Them Are American. ...
Latin Language And
Latin Language And Literature.—language.—the Latin Language Is A Mem Ber Of The Great Family Commonly Called Indo-germanic, Indo-european, Or Aryan. It Is, Therefore, Closely Allied To The Greek, Persian, German, Celtic, English, And Many Other Tongues 'and Dialects Of Europe, And To All These Its Kindred Is More Or Less ...
Latin Union
Latin Union. By The Monetary Treaty Of Paris Of Dec. 23,1865, France, Belgium, Switzerland, And Italy Entered Into A Mutual Agreement Concerning The Monetary And -coinage Policy, Which Took Effect Aug. 1, 1866. That Association Of States Is Called The Latin Union. Greece And Roumania Came Into The Association In ...
Latitude And Longitude
Latitude And Longitude, In Geography, Denote The Angular Distances Of A Place On The Earth From The Equator And First Meridian Respectively; The Angular Distance In Lonoitude Being Found By Supposing A Plane To Pass Through The Place, The Earth's Center, And Tire Poles, And Measuring The Angle Made By ...
Latium
Latium, A Country Of Italy Formerly Occupied By The Latini, Now Covered By The Pontine Marshes And Uninhabitable. The Latins, One Of The Oldest Known Nations Of Italy, Are Said To Have Migrated From The Central Apennines, And Settled The Land Between Anio, The Tiber, The Alban Mountains, And The ...
Latour Dauvergne
Latour D'auvergne, Trikornit-e Mal° Coeret De, B. Nov. 23, 1743, At Carhaix, In Finistere, France, Of An Illegitimate Branch Of The Family Of The Dukes Of Bouil Lon. He Entered The Army In 1767; And In 1781 Served Tinder The Duke De Crillon At. Port Mahon. Oh The Outbreak Of ...
Latreille
Latreille, Pierre-a\orte, An Eminent Naturalist, B. In 1762 At Brive, In The Apartment Of Correze, France. In 1778 He Was Placed In The College Of Cardinal Lemoine, At Paris, To Be Educated For The Church. Here He Acquired The Friendship Of Hauy (q.v.), And Devoted Himself Almost Exclusively To The ...
Laudonniere
Laudonniere Rtsis Goulatn De, A French Navigator Of The 16th Century. When The French Admiral Cagily Had Secured A Patent From Charles Ix. To Enable Him To Colonize The Protestants Of France In America, He Sent Laudonniere In 1562 To Select A Location And Make A Settlement. This Was Two ...
Laumontite
Laumontite, Called Also Laumonite, And By Werner, Efflorescing Zeolite, Because It Crumbles Easily After Exposure To The Air. It Is One Of The Hydrous Silicates, Having The Following Average Composition, Which Is From An Analysis By Dufrenoy Of A Specimen From Plupsburg, Me.: Silica, 51.98; Alumina, 21.12; Lime, 11.71; Water, ...
Launch
Launch Is The Process Of Removing A Vessel From The Land To The Water. The Kk-el Of A Ship Is Laid Upon A Series Of Wooden Blocks, Placed 6 Or 7 Ft. Apart, And Built Up 3 Or 4 Ft. From The Ground, The Tops Of Which Lie In A ...
Laurentian System
Laurentian System (ante). It May Be More Precisely Stated That The Lauren Tian System Of Rocks Is The Lower Period Of The Eozoic Age, Or As It Is Termed By Prof. J. D. Dana, The Archccan (q.v.), That Is, The Age Of The First Appearance Of Organic Life. This Arclman ...
Lavater
Lavater, Jomaxx Kaspar, B. Nov. 15, 1741, At Zurich, Was The Son Of A Physi Cian. As A Boy He Was By No Means Distinguished For His Talents; But In 1762. Whilst Yet A Youth, He Gave A Signal Proof Of His Energy And Courage In Coming Forward, Along With ...
Lavender
Lavender, Lavandula, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Labiatte, Having The Stamens And Style Included Within The Tube Of The Corolla, The Corolla Two-lipped, The Upper Lip Bilk!, The Lower Trifid.—the Common Lavender, Or Narrow-leaved Lav Ender (l. Vera Or L. Angustifolia), Grows Wild On Stony Mountains And ...
Law Merchant
Law-merchant (ante), A System Of Law Consisting Largely Of The Usages Of Trade, And Applied By Courts To The Contracts And Dealings Of Persons Engaged In Mercantile Busi Ness Of Any Kind. Blackstone Classifies It As One Of The "customs" Of England, And So A Part Of The Common Law; ...
Lawrence
Lawrence (ante), A City Of Massachusetts And One Of The Capitals Of Essex Co., Situated On Both Sides Of The Merrimack River, 26 M. N.w. From Boston, And On The Boston And Maine, The Lowell And Lawrence, And The Manchester (n. H.) And Lawrence Railroads; Pap. '60, 17,639; '70. 28,921; ...
Lawrence_2
Lawrence, Baron The Right Honorable John Laird-mair, Is Younger Son Of Lieut. Col. Alexander Lawrence, Who Served In The Mysore Campaign, And At The Capture Of Seringapatain. Born At Richmond, Yorkshire. 1811, He Obtained, In 1827, A Presenia Hon Io Llaileybnry College, Where He Carried Off The Chief Prizes. Ills ...
Lawrence_3
Lawrence, Sir Titomas, President Of The Royal Academy, Was B. At Bristol In 1769, And At The Early Age Of Ten Years Entered On The Profession Of A Portrait-painter In Cray Ons, At Oxford, Where He Immediately Obtained Full Employment. There Is On Engrav Ing Which Bears To Have Been ...
Lawrence_4
Lawrence, Sir William, A Distinguished Surgeon, Was B. At Cirencester. In Glou Cestershire, In July, 1788. In 1800 'he Went To London, And Was Apprenticed To Mr. Aber Nethy, By Whom Before The End Of Three Years He Was Appointed Demonstrator In Anatomy To Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1813 He Was ...