Lightning
Lightning (fr. Eclair, Ger. Blitz), The Name Given To The Sudden Discharge Of Elm ' Tricity Between One Group Of Clouds And Another, Or Between The Clouds And The Ground. It Is Essentially The Same, Though On A Much Grander Scale, As The Spark Obtained From . An Electric Machine. ...
Lightning
Lightning, Accments From. According To The Registrar-general's Report Of Births, Deaths, And Marriages For The Year 1871, It Appears That During That Year 28 Persons Were Killed In England By Lightning: None In London, 5 In The South-eastern Division, & In The South Midland, 1 In The Eastern, 1 In ...
Lightning_2
Lightning (ante). The Abbe Nolet Is Said To Have Been The First To Remark The Similarity Of Phenomena In Discharges Of Lightning And Of The Electrical Machine, But There Was No Experimental Determination Of The Identity Of Their Nature Until Benjamin Franklin Made His Celebrated Investigation Of The Subject By ...
Lignite
Lignite (ante), Named From Lignum, Wood, A Kind Of Coal, Resembling„ Probably The Condition Of Hard Coal When In A State Of Transition Or Process Of Manufacture. It Has No Definite Chemical Composition.. Some Beds Present A Decidedly Ligneous Structure In The.upper Layers, And A Truc Conl Character Below. When ...
Lily
Lily, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Liliacea, Containing A Number Of Species Much Prized For The Size And Beauty Of Their Flowers. The Perianth Is Bell-shaped, And Its Segments Are Often Bent Back At The Extremity. The Root Is A Scaly Bulb, The Stern Herbaceous And Simple, ...
Lim Erick
Lim Erick, An Inland Co. Of The Province Of Munster, In Ireland, Separated By The Shannon On The N. From Clare, And Bounded On The C. By Tipperary, On The S. By Cork, And On The W. By Kerry. Its Extreme Length Is 35 M., Its Breadth 54 M. ; ...
Lima
Li'ma, The Capital Of The Republic Of Peru, Stands On The Rimac, From Whose Name Its (mil Is Corrupted, In Lat. 12° 3' S., And Long. 77° 5' West. It Is 6 M. Distant From Its Port, ,on The Pacific, Callao, With Which It Is Connected By A Railway. Including ...
Lime
Lime Is The Oxide Of The Metal Calcium (q.v.), And Is Known In Chemistry As One Of The Alkaline Earths. Its Symbol Is Ca°, Its Equivalent Is 28, And Its Specific Gravity Is 3.18. Iu A State Of Purity It Is A White Caustic Powder, With An Alkaline Reaction, And ...
Limerick
Limerick, City, Capital Of The County Just Described, Is Situated On The River Shan Non, 120 M. W.s.w. From Dublin, With Which It Is Connected By The Great Southern And Western Railway. Pop. In '51, 53,448; In '61, 44,626; In '71, 39,353, Of Whom 18.022 Were Males, And 21,331 Females. ...
Limestone
Limestone, The Popular As Well Rs Technica. Name For All Rocks Which Are Composed In Whole, Or To A Large Extent, Of Carbonate Of Lime. Few Minerals Are So Extensively Distributed In Nature As This, And In Some Form Or Other, Limestone Rocks Occur In Every Geological Epoch. Carbonate Of ...
Limitation
Limitation, Fn Law (ante). The "statute Of Limitations" Was Passed In The 23d Year Of James I. (1623), And Its Provisions Have Been Substantially Incorporated Into The Statutes Of The American States. Actions In Regard To Real Property Must Be Brought -within 20 Years After The Right Of Entry Or ...
Limits
Limits, Trreonv Of, The Importance Of The Notion Of A Limit In Mathematics Can Not Be Over-estimated, As Many Branches Of The Science, Including The Differential +calculus And Its Adjuncts, Consist Of Nothing Else Than Tracing The Consequences Which Flow From This Notion. The Following Are Simple Illustrations Of The ...
Limpet
Limpet, Patella, A Genus Of Gasteropodous Mollusks, Of The Order Eyelobranchicstes, The Type Of The Family Patellidce. In All This Family The Shell Is Nearly Conical, Not Spiral, And Has A Wide Mouth, And The Apex Turned Forwards. The Animal Has A Large Round Or Oval Muscular Foot, By Which ...
Lincoln
Lincoln, A Co. In S. Maine, Having Numerous Inlets Of The Atlantic Ocean, Which Lies On Its S. Boundary, Has The Kennebec River, Navigable 44 M. From Its Mouth, For Its S.w. Border; 500 Sq.m. ; Pop. '80, 24,809-24,330 Of American Birth, 46 Colored. It Is -drained By The Sheepscot ...
Lincoln_2
Lin'coln (called By The Romans Lindum; From Which, With Coionia Subjoined, Comes The Modern Name), A City Of England;capital Of The County Of The Same Name, A Parliamentary And Municipal Borough And County Of Itself, Is Situated On The Witham, 140 M. N.n.w. Of London By Railway. Built On The ...
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire, A Maritime County Of England, And, After Yorkshire, The Largest In The Country, Is Bounded On The N. By Yorkshire, And On The E. By The North Sea. Area, 1,767,962 Statute Acres; Pop. '71, 436,599. The Coast, From The Humber—which Separat,es The County From Yorkshire On The N.—to The ...
Linen And Linen Manufactures
Linen And Linen Manufactures, Fabrics Manufactured Wholly From Flax Or Lint (lat. Linum). The Manufacture Of Linen Has Reached Its Greatest Perfection In France And The Netherlands, Where The Stimulus To Produce Fine Yarns (see Spinning) For The Lacemakers Has Given Rise To Such Care And Attention In The Cultivation ...
Liniments
Liniments (from The Latin Word Linire, To Besmear) May Be Regarded, In So Far As Their Physical, Properties Are Concerned, As Ointments Having The Consistence Of Oil, While, Chemically, Most Of Them Are Soaps—that Is To Say, Compounds Of Oils And Alka Lies. In Consequence Of Their Slighter Consistence; They ...
Linnet
Linnet, Linota, A Genus Of Small Birds Of The Family Fringillidm, Nearly Resembling The True Finches, Goldfinches, Etc. The Bill Is Short, Straight, Conical, And Pointed; The Wings Long And Somewhat Pointed; The Tail Forked. The Species Are Widely Distributed In The Northern, Temperate, And Arctic Regions, But Much Confusion ...
Linton
Linton, Wn,u2tm James, B. London, 1812; Apprenticed To Mr. G. W. Bonner In 1828; Was Partner In 1842 Of Mr. Orrin Smith, The Distinguished Wood-engraver, And With Him Was Engaged In The First Works Published In The Illustrated London News. In His Younger Days He Was A Zealous Chartist, Intimate ...
Lion
Lion, Felis Leo, The Largest And Most Majestic Of The Feiido3 And Of Carnivorous Quad Rupeds. It Is, When Mature, Of A Nearly Uniform Tawny Or Yellowish Color, Paler On The Under-parts; The Young Alone Exhibiting Markings Like Those Common In The Felidm; The Male Has, Usually, A Great Shaggy ...
Lion_2
Lion, In Heraldry. The Lion Holds An Important Place Among The Animals Borne In Coat-armor. As Early As The 12th C., The King Of Beasts Was Assumed As An Appropriate Emblem By The Sovereigns Of England, Scotland, Norway, Denmark, The Native Princes Of Wales, The Counts Of Flanders And Holland, ...
Liqueur
Liqueur. This Name Is Given To Any Alcoholic Preparation Which Is Flavored Or Per Fumed And Sweetened To Be More Agreeable To The Taste; There Is Consequently A Large Class Of Liqueurs, Of Which The Following Are The Principal: Aniseed Cordial, _prepared By Flavoring Weak Spirit With Aniseed, Coriander, And ...
Lisbon
Lis'bon (portug. Lisboa; Called By The Ancient Lusitanians Olisipo Or Ulisippo, And By The Moors Lishbuna), The Capital Of Portugal, Is Situated In The Province Of Estremadura, On The Right Bank Of The Taffus, Which Is Here About 6 M. Wide, And About 18 From The Mouth Of The River. ...
Litany
Litany (gr. Litaneia, A Supplication), A Word The Specific Meaning Of Which Has Varied Considerably At Different Times, But Which Means In General A Solemn Act Of Sup Plication Addressed With The Object Of Averting The Divine Anger, And Especially On Occa Sions Of Public Calamity. Through All The Varieties ...
Litcian
Litcian, A Classic Satirist And Humorist Of The First Merit, Was B. At Samosata, Syria, In The Earlier Part Of The 2d C., Thouzh The Exact Year Is Matter Ot Conjecture. Ile Himself Tells Us, In A Piece Called The Dream, That His Parents Were Poor, And Could Not Afford ...
Literary Property
Literary Property (aside From Copyright, Trade-mark, And Patent), The Ownership By An Author Of His Writings, Apart From Any Connection With Their Publi Cation Or Promulgation. In This Sense The Title Is In The Material And Form Of Its Subject, And Not In Any Quality Predicated On Its Market Value; ...
Lithic Acid Diatwesis
Lithic Acid Diatwesis Is The Term Employed In Medicine To Designate The Condition In Which There Is An Excess Of Lithic (or Uric) Acid, Either Free Or In Cotnbination, Or Both, In The Urine. The Urine Of Persons Who Have The Lithic Acid Diathesis Is Usually Of A Dark Golden ...
Lithium
Lithium (symb. Li; Equiv. 7.0; Sp. Mr. 0.5936) Is The Metallic Base Of The Alkali Lithia, And Derives Its Name From The Greek Word Lithos, A Stone. The Metal Is Of A White Silvery Appearance And Is Much Harder Than Sodium Or Potassium, But Softer Than Lead. It Admits Of ...
Lithography
Lithog'raphy (gr. /am, A Stone), The Art Of Printing From Stone, Was Invented By Aloys Senefelder, At Munich, About The End Of The 18th Century. It Consists, First, In Writing And Drawing On The Stone With The Pen And Brush, With The Graver, And With The Crayon Or Chalk; Or ...
Lithontriptics
Lithontrip'tics (from The Greek Words Lithos, A Stone, And Tribo, I Wear Out) Is The Term Which Is Applied To Those Remedies Which, Whether Taken By The Mouth Or Injected Into The Bladder, Act As Solvents For The Stone. Various Medicines Have At Different Times Been Recommended And Employed As ...
Lithotomy
Lithot'omy (gr. Lithos, A Stone; Wo, The Act Of Cutting), The Technical Name For The Surgical Operation Popularly Called Cutting For The Stone. As Most Of The Symptoms Of Stone In The Bladder (which Are Noticed In The Article Calcunus) May Be Simulated By Other Diseases Of The Bladder And ...
Lithotrity
Lithot'rity (gr. Stone-crushing), The Surgical Operation Of Breaking Up A Stone In The Bladder Into Such Small Fragments That They May Readily Be Expelled By The Urethra. Although The Importance Of Such An Operation Has Been Recognized From The Earliest Time, A French Surgeon, Civiale, Who Commenced His Researches In ...
Litts
Litt's Is A Chronic Disease Of The Skin, In Which Dull Or Livid Tubercles Are Developed, Which Have A Tendency To Destroy Or Seriously To Affect The Adjacent Tissues, With Or Without Ulceration, And Commonly Ending In Indelible Cicatrices. It Was Formerly Known As Noli Me Tangere. The Disease Usually ...
Liturgy
Liturgy (ante). I. In The Modern Church Of Rome Several Books Are In Use, Some Of Them By The Members Generally, Others Restricted To Particular Ranks And Orders, 1. The Breviary Contains The Daily Service Of The Church Of Rome, Consisting Of The Matins And Lauds, With Variations For Different ...
Liturgy
Lit'urgy (gr. Leitourgia, A Public Service), Iu General, Signifies A Form Of Prayer And Ceremonial Established By Ecclesiastical Authority, To Be Used In The Public Services Of The Church, But Is Especially Applied To That Used In The Celebration And Administration Of The Eucharist. The Very Earliest Historical Records Of ...
Liver
Liver (ante). The Physiological Anatomy Of The Liver May Be Briefly Stated As Fol Lows: The Lobules Mentioned In The Preceding Article Are About -14 Of An In. In Diame Ter And Of An Ovoid Shape. They Are Surrounded By A Plexus Of Blood-vessels, Nerves, And Ramifications Of The Hepatic ...
Liverpool
Liverpool, Situated On The N. Bank Of The Mersey, Lancashire, Is, After London, The Largest T. In The United Kingdom, And, Taken In Connection With Birkenhead, On The Opposite Side Of The Mersey, It Ranks In Maritime Importance Before The Metropolis Itself —a Circumstance Due To Its Position On The ...
Lizard
Lizard, Lacertct, A Genus Of Saurian Reptiles, The Type Of A Numerous Group, In Which Monitors (q.v.), Etc., Are Included, And To Which The Mcgalosaurus And Other Large Fossil Saurians Are Referred. The Name Lizard Is Indeed Often Extended To All The Saurian Rep Tiles; But In Its More Restricted ...
Llama
Llama, Auckenia Lama, A Most Useful South American Quadruped Of The Family Cantelida3. It Is Doubtful Whether It Ought To Be Regarded 41s Distinct Species, Or As A Mere Domesticated Variety Of The 1m:intim (q.v.). 1 T Was In General Use As A Beast Of Burden On The Peruvian Andes ...
Lloyds
Lloyd's, A Set Of Rooms On The First Floor Of The Royal Exchange, London, Frequented 'by Merchants, Ship-owners, Underwriters, Etc., For The Purpose Of Obtaining Shipping Intellig,enee, And Transacting Marine Insurances. One Large Room, With Small Rooms :attached To It, Is Set Apart For The Use Of The Underwriters, And ...
Lloyds Bonds
Lloyd's Bonds, The Name Given To A Species Of Securities Introduced By 31r. John Horatio Lloyd, The Eminent Barrister, And Much Employed By Railway And Other Com Panies, Whose Power Of Borrowing Money On Mortgage Or Bond Is Derived From And Limited By Acts Of Parliament. A Lloyd's Bond Is ...
Loan
Loan, In Law (loan Of Money, Ante), Signifies Either The Delivery Of Money Or Any Personal Chattel By One Person To Another For Which An Equivalent Return Is To Be Rnade; Or The Bailment Of A Personal Chattel To Be Returned In Kind. In The Case Of The Loan First ...
Lobelia
Lobe'lia, A Genus Of Exogenous Plants Of The Natural Order Lobellacece. This Order Is Nearly Allied To Campanulacew, One Of The Most Conspicuous Differences Being The Irregu Lar Corolla. It Contains Almost 400 Known Species, Natives Of Tropical And Temperate Climates, Abounding Chiefly In Damp Woods In America. And The ...
Lobster
Lobster, Homarus, A Genus Of Crustaceans Of The Order Decapoda, Suborder Inaeroura (see Crayfish), Differing From Crayfish (astacas), To Which, In General Form And Char Acters, They Are Very Similar, In Having The Rostrum In Front Of The Carapace Not Depressed But Straight, And Armed With Many Teeth On Each ...
Lobster_2
! Lobster (ante). A Mere Inspection Will Show That A Lobster Is Composed Of Two Principal Parts. These Are Commonly Called The Head And The Tail. That Which Is Called The Head Is Really The Head And The Thorax Combined, And Is Technically Called The Ceplialothoritx; While The Part Called ...
Local Preacfiers
Local Preacfiers. An Order Of Lay Preachers In The Intethodist Churches, Their Name Distinguishing Them From The Itinerant Or Traveling Preachers. They Are Not, Rs The Regular Preachers Are, Members Of Annual Conferences, Nor Are They, Like Them, Appointed By The Bishops Or Stationing Committees. They Are Licensed, And Are ...
Lock
Lock Of A G-un Is That Apparatus By Which The Powder Is Fired. Muskets, In Their Earliest Use, Were Fired By The Hand Applying A Slow Match To The Touch-hole. Towards The End Of The 14th C., The First Improvement Appeared In The Matchlock,. This Consisted Of :t Crooked Iron ...
Lock_2
Lock, On A River Or Canal, Is An Arrangement Of Two Parallel Floodgates, By Which Communication Is Secured Between Two Reaches Of Different Levels. When Locks Were First Introduced, Is Not Known Within A Hundred Years, Nor Is It Dlear Whether Holland Or Italy Can Claim The Distinction Of Having ...
Lock_3
Lock, A Contrivance For Securely Fastening The Door Of A Building, The Lid Of A Box, Etc. Amongst The Early -egyptians, Greeks, And Romans, Locks Were Used, But Their Construction Evinced Little Skill, And They Were Usually Made Of Hard Wood; In Fact, They Were Little More Than Wooden Bolts, ...
Lockhart
Lockhart, Jonw Gibson, Was B. At Cambusnethan, In Scotland, In 1794. His Father Was A Minister Of The Established Church Of Scotland. Lockhart Received The First Stap.es Of His Education At Glasgow, And Afterwnrds Proceeded To Oxford, Where, In 1813, He Took First-class Honors. In 1816 Lie Became An Advocate ...
Locust
Locust (loeusta Of Some Entomologists, And Aerydium Of Others), The Type Of A Family (locu.stidce Or Aerydklal Of The Order Orthoptera And Section Sanatoria (see Gumuus). Lo Custs Differ From Grasshoppers And Crickets In Their Short Antennm And In The Greater Robust Ness Of Their Bodies And Limbs. The Head ...
Locust
Locust (ante) And Grassfiopper (ante) Are Here Considered Together Beeauso Of The Confusion In The Popular Mind In Regard To Them. Their Similarity In Form And Habits Is Considerable, And By Some Of The Best Authorities They Are Placed In One Division Under The Name Of Grasshoppers, Including Two Families, ...
Logan
Logan, Joart A., B. Jackson Co., Ill., 1826; Received A Limited Common-school Education; At The Outbreak Of The War With 3iexico Enlisted As A Private, But Became Quartermaster Of His Regiment, With The Rank Of First Lieut.; After The Close Of The War Was Elected Clerk Of The Court Of ...
Logarithms
Logarithms, A Series Of Numbers Having A Certain Relation To The Series Of Natural Numbers, By Means Of Which. Many Arithmetical Operations Are Made Comparatively Easy. The Nature Of The Relation Will Be Understood By Considering Two Simple Series Such As The Following, One Proceeding From Unity In Geometrical Progression, ...
Logic
Logic. This Name Denotes The Science Connected With The Forms And Methods Of Reasoning, And The Establishment Of Truth By Evidence. The Science Has Come Down To Us From The Greeks, Obtaining In Great Part The Shape That We Find It In From Aristotle, Although Lie Did Not Apply To ...
Logic
Logic (ante). Regarding The Science As Concerned Directly Only With The Form And Not The Substance Of Reasoning, Logic Finds Its Starting Point In Human Iutuitions And Thoughts, Which, By The Processes Of Conceiving, Judging, And Reasoning, Produce, Respectively, Concepts, Judgments, And Arguments. These Products, In Turn, Are Ex Pressed ...
Logomania
Logoma'nia, Or Disease Of Tile Faculty Of Language. It Frequently Happens That, While The Idea Is Clear And Distinct, All Trace Of Its Representative Sound Has Disap Peared; Or Another Sign, Or One Conveying The Converse Of What Is Intended, Is Used. Such A Condition Is Often Associated With Organic ...
Logos
Lo'gos (gr. From Lego, "i Speak ") Denotes The Act Of Speaking; That Which Is Spoken; The Natural Process Gone Through For The Purpose Of The Formation Of Speech; The Reason Ing Powers Themselves--all The Attributes And Operations Of The Soul, In Fact, As Mani Fested By The Spoken Word. ...
Logwood
Logwood, The Dark Red Solid Heart-wood Of Hsematoxylon Eampeehian,um, A Tree Of The Natural Order Leguminosce, Sub-order Ecesalpinecs. This Tree Grows In Mexico And Central America, And Is Perhaps A Native Of Some Of The West India Islands; But Is Said To Have Been Introduced Into Jamaica In The Beginning ...
Lokiian
Lokiian (ann Amax?), A Fabulous Personage; The Supposed Author Of A Certain Number Of Arabic Fables. He Is By Some Arabic Writers Called A Nephew Of Job Or Abraham; By Others A Councilor Of David Or Solomon; Others Again Identify Him With Balaam, Whose Name Signifies, Like That Of Lokmfin, ...
Lola Montez Maria
Lola Montez (maria Dolortes Portnis), Countess Of Landsfelt, 1824-61; Alleged By Mirecourt, Author Of Les Contemporaines, To Have Been Born In Montrose, Scotland, Though She Claimed Seville, Spain, As Her Birthplace. When Quite Young She Married Capt. James Of The East India Service Against The Wish Of Her Mother, And ...
Lollards
Lollards (ante), A Name At First, About The Beginning Of The 14th C., Applied To The Cellites, Who, At Antwerp, Devoted Themselves To The Care Of Persons Ill With Pestilential Diseases; And Afterwards, During The Close Of That Century And Through The Next, Given To The Followers Of Wycliffe. Various ...
Loltis Xv
Loltis Xv., King Of France, The Great-grandson Of Louis Xiv., B. At Versailles, Feb. 13, 1710, Succeeded To The Throne Sept. 1, 1715. The Duke Of Orleans, As First Prince Of The Blood, Was Regent During. The Minority Of The King, Whose Education Was Intrusted To Marshal Villeroi And Cardinal ...
Lombard Architecture
Lombard Architecture Is The Style Which Was Invented And Used By The Gothic Invaders And Colonists Of The N. Of Italy, From About The Age Of Charlemagne Till It Was Superseded By The Importation Of The Pointed Style From France In The Beginning Of The 13th Century. The Architecture Of ...
Lombards
Lombards, A German People Of The Suevie Family, Not Very Numerous, But Of Dis Tinguished Valor, Who Played An Important Part In The Early History Of Europe. The Name Is Derived From Longobardi, Or Langobardi, A Latinized Form In Use Since The 12th C., And Was Formerly Supposed To Have ...
Lomeardy
Lom'eardy, The Name Given To That Part Of Upper Italy Which Formed The "nucleus' Of The Kingdom Of The Lotnbards (q.v.). It Consisted Of The Whole Of Italy N. Of The Peninsula, With The Exceptions Of Savoy And Venice, And After The Fall Of The Lombard Kingdom, In 774, Was ...
London
London, The Capital4f The British Empire, Stands On Both Banks Of The Thames, About 60 At. From The Sea. The Dome Of St. Paul's Is In Lat. 51° 30' 48" N., And In Long. 5' 48" West. The River Here Varies From 900 To 1200 Ft. In Width. London, Under ...
London University
London University. When University College, London, Was First Established (in 1825), It Was Known As London University, Although A Mere Joint-stock Undertaking. A Change Took Place In 1836, When It Received A Charter As Uneversity College. At The Same Time, By Another Charter, London University Was Established—not A Building For ...
Londonderry
Lon'donderry, A Maritime Co. Of The Province Of Ulster, In Ireland, 40 Rn. Length By 34 In Breadth, Bounded N. By The Atlantic, E. By The County Antrim, And In Part By Lough Neagh, S. By Tyrone, And W. By Donegal. Its Area Is 816 Sun., Or 522,315 Acres, Of ...
Long Island
Long Island (ante), An Island Belonging To The State Of New York, Embracing The Three Counties Of Kings, Queens, And Suffolk. It Lies Between 40 34' And 41° 10' N. Lat., And Between 71' 51' And 74° 4' W. Longitude. It Is Bounded S. And E. By The Atlantic Ocean, ...
Longchamps
Longchamps, A Part Of The Bois De Boulogne W. Of Paris, For Centuries The Resort Of The Pleasure-seekers Of That City; Still One Of The Most Brilliant Promenades In The World, And The Site Of The Principal Race-ground Of France. It Has An Interesting History. As Early As The 13th ...
Longevity
Longevity, Prolonged Life In Plants And Animals This Article Refers Exclusively To Human Longevity. The Subject Has Attracted Attention In All Ages, But Especially Since The More Recent And Systematic Study Of Biology. It May Be Viewed With Reference To Individuals, To Families, And To Nations. There Have Been Many ...
Longford
Long'ford, An Inland Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, Ireland, Lying Between Leitrim And Cavan On The N., Westmeath On The E. And S., And Roscommon On The W.; 29 Tn. Long From N. To S., And 22 M4 From. E. To West. Its Area Is 209,409 Acres, Of Which ...
Longinus
Longi'nus, Dionvsrus Cassius, A Platonic Philosopher And Famous Rhetorician, Vms B., According To Some, At Emesa, In Syria, And According. To Others, At Athens, About 213 A.d. In His Earlier Years, Lie Traveled A Great Deal In The Company Of His Parents, Aud Made The Acquaintance Of Many Celebrated Scholars ...
Lonoke
Lonoke, A Co. In E. Central Arkansas, Formed In 1870 From Portions Of Prairie And Pulaski Counties, And Bounded N. By Cypress Bayou. It Is Traversed By The St. Louis, Iron Mountain And Southern, And The Memphis And Little Rock Railroads. The Soil Is Fertile; Much Of The Surface Is ...
Loon
Loon, The Machine By Which Weaving Is Effected. The Art Of Weaving Is Coeval With Civilization, Therefore The Loom May Be Reckoned Amongst The Earliest Of Man's Inventions; Yet Notwithstanding Its Vast Age Very Little Improvement Was Effected In It Until The Invention Of Dr. Cartwright In 1787, Who, Without ...
Lorca
Lorca (ancient Eliocroca), A T. Of Spain, Province Of Murcia, 40 M. S.w. Of The City Of That Name, On The Right Bank Of The Sangonera, Is Picturesquely Situated On An Emi Nence Crowned By A Fortified Castle Commanding A Magnificent View. Next To 3furcia, Lorca, Is The Most Flourishing ...
Lords Day
Lord's Day, In Point Of Law, Has Been Made The Subject Of Several Statutes. The Chief Statute In England Is The Lord's-day Act, 29 Ch. Ii. C. 7, Which Enacted That No Tmdesman, Artificer, Workman, Or Laborer Should Exercise The Worldly Labor, Business, Or Work Of His Ordinary Calling Upon ...
Loretto
Loret'to (properly, Loreto), A City Of The Province Of Ancona, In The Kingdom Of Italy, Although Of Some Architectural Pretentious, And Containing 5,300 Inhabitants, Is Chiefly Noticeable As The Site Of The Celebrated Sanctuary Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Called The Santa Casa, Or Holy House. The Santa Casa Is ...