Loris Melikoff
Melikoff, Loris, Michael Tarielovitch, B. Russia, 1826; Descended From A Wealthy Family Of The Caucasian Nobility. He Was Educated In The School Of The Guard Of St. Petersburg, And Joined The Army With The Rank Of Cornet, Being Promoted To A Lieu Tenancy In 1847. He Saw Active Service In ...
Lost Property
Lost Property. In Point Of Law, The Finder Of Lost Property Is Entitled To Keep It Until The Owner Is Found; But There Are Certain Circumstances In Which The Keeping Of It Will Be Construed By A Jury To Amount To Larceny. The Rule Which Seems To Be Laid _down ...
Lost Tribes
Lost Tribes, See Babylonisii Captivity. Lot (ancient 0/tis), A River Of Southern France, One Of The Largest Tributaries Of The Garonne, Rises At 3it. Lozere, In The Cevennes. It Flows In A Generally Western Direction Through The Department Of Lozere, Aveyron, Lot, And Lot-et-garonne, Joining The Garonne From The Right ...
Lottery
Lottery, A Game Of Hazard, In Which Prizes Are Drawn By Lot. Usually, A Lottery Eomprises A Specified Quantity Of Tickets, Each Numbered, Every Ticket-holder Having A Right To Draw From £1 Box A Prize Or Blank, As The Case May Happen To Be, And Thus Gain Or Lose. Lotteries ...
Lottery_2
Lottery (ante). In This Country Lotteries Were Generally Tolerated, Though Not With Out Earnest Remonstrances From Some Quarters, Until About 1830, When The Oppbsition To Them Assumed A Tangible Form, And Not Long Afterwards They Wc1t Forbidden By Law In Sev Eral States, And Opposed By A Strong Public Sentiment ...
Lotus
Lotus. The Name /otos (lat. /otus) Was Given By The Greeks To A Number Of Different Plants Whose Fruit Was Used For Food. One Of The Most Notable Of These Is The Zizyphus Lotus, A Native Of The N. Of Africa And The S. Of Europe, Belonging To The Natu ...
Louis
Louis Napolton, Whose Full Name Was Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, And His Titular Designation, Napoleon Emperor Of The .m.eneh, Was B. At Paris, In The Palace Of The Tuileries, April 20, 1808. He Was The Third Son Of Louis Bonaparte, Brother Of The First Emperor. Sec Bonaparte Family. His Birth ...
Louis Philippe
Louis Philippe, King Of The French, B. At Paris, Oct. 6, 17'73, Was The Eldest Son Of Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke Of Orleans. He Received At His Birth The Title Of Duke Of Valois, And Afterward That Of Duke Of Chartres. His Education Was Intrusted To The Care Of The ...
Louis Xi
Louis Xi., King Of France, The Eldest Son Of Charles Vii., B. At Bourges, July 3, 1423, Was From His Boyhood Eminently Cruel, Tyrannical, And Perfidious. He Made Unsuccessful Attempts Against His Father's Throne, Was Compelled To Flee To Brabant, And Sought The Protection Of Philip The Good, Duke Of ...
Louis Xiii
Louis Xiii., King Of France, Son Of Henri Iv. And Marie De' Medici, B. At Fon Tainebleau, Sept. 27, 1601, Succeeded To The Throne On The Death Of His Father, May 14, 1610, His Mother Becoming Regent. She Entered Into Close Alliance With Spain, And Betrothed The King To Anne ...
Louis Xiv
Louis Xiv., King Of France, B. At St. Germain-en-laye, Sept. 16, 1638, Succeeded His Father, Louis Xiii., In 1643. His Mother, Anne Of Austria, Became Regent, And Mazarin (q.v.) Her Minister. Diving The King's Minority, The Discontented Nobles, Encouraged By Spain, Sought To Shake Off The Authority Of The Crown, ...
Louisa S Maccord
Maccord, Louisa. S. (cirkves), Daughter Of Langdon Cheves. B. Columbia. S.c., 1810; Was Married In 1840 To David J. Maccord; In 1848 Translated Bastiat's Soph-dms The Protective Policy; In The Same Year Published A Volume Of Poems, Hy Dreame; And In 1851 Caius Gracchus, A Tragedy. She Wrote Extensively For ...
Louisburg
Louisburg, A T. In S.e. Nova Scotia, On The Atlantic Coast, At The Mouth Of A Small Estuary; Is The Terminus Of A Railroad 30 In. In Length From Sydney Across The Co. Of Cape Breton. It Had Formerly A Finely Built Stone Fortress, Mounting 65 Cannon And 16 Tnor ...
Louisiana
Louisia'na, One Of The United States Of America, Bounded On The S. By The Of Mexico, And On The W. By The State Of Texas. It Is 290 M. From E. To W., And 200 From N. To S., Having An Area Of 41,346 Sq.m., Or 26,461,440 Acres. The Principal ...
Louisiana
Louisiana (ante). In 1541 De Soto Visited And Explored The Region Around New Orleans, And, Dying In The Following Year, Was Buried In The Waters Of The Mississippi. In 1673 Fattier Marquette And His Canadian Followers Descended The River To Its Mouth, But Founded No Settlement. In 1682 La Salle ...
Louisville
Louisville (ante), The Chief City In Kentucky And Co. Seat Of Jefferson Co., Is Situated About Midway Of The Length Of The Ohio River; 400 M. From Its Mouth And Goo From.its Head At Pittsburg; Pop. '80, 123,045. The Falls Or Rapids Of The Ohio Have Here A Aescent Of ...
Lourdes
Lourdes, A T. Of S. France, Department Of Hautes-pyrenees, On The Right Bank Of The Gave-de-pau, 24 M. S.e. Of Pau; Pop. 4,577. It Is At The Base Of An Almost Inacces .sible Rock About 500 Ft. High, On Which Is A Fortress Formerly Possessed By The Counts Of Bigorre, ...
Louse
Louse, Pedicutus, A Genus Of Insects, The Type Of A Very Numerous Family, Which Forms The Order Parasita Or Anoplura. The Body Is Flattened, Almost Transparent; The Segments Both Of The Thorax And Abdomen Very Distinct; The Mouth Is Small And Tubular, Inclosing A Sucker; There Are No Wings; The ...
Louth
Louth, A Maritime Co. Of The Province Of Leinster, In Ireland, Bounded N. By Arrnagh And By The Lough Of Carlingford, E. By The English Channel, S. By The Boyne And The Co. Of Meath, And W. By Meath And Monaghan. Pop. '71, 84,021. Its Area Is 315 Sq.m., Or ...
Love Feasts
Love-fea.sts (acaapie, Ante), Are Now Celebrated, 1. By The Moravians, In Strict Accordance With The Primitive Custorn And On Various Occasions, Generally In Connection With A Solemn Festival, Or Preparatory To The Communion. Hymns Are Often Used That Have Been Composed And Printed Expressly For The Occasion. In The Course ...
Lowe
Lowe, Sir Hudson, Was B. At Galway, July 28, 1769. His Childhood Was Spent In The West Indies, Where His Father Held A Military Appointment. Lowe Returned To Eng Land When In His Twelfth Year. Having Entered The Army, He Served For Some Time In Corsica, Subsequently At Lisbon And ...
Lowe_2
Lowe, Right Hon. Robert, English Politician, B. 1811, At The Rectory Of Bingham, Notts, Of Which Parish His Father, The Rev. Robert Lowe, Was Rector. Ile Was Educateil At Winchester, And University College, Oxford, Where He Was First-class In Classics, And Second-class In Mathematics, 1833. He Remained At Oxford, Was ...
Lowell
Lowell (ante), A City In N.e. 'massachusetts, The Terminus Of The Boston And Lowell, The Nashua And Lowell, The Stony Brook, Lowell And Andover, And The Framingham And Lowell Railroads; 2,587 Acres; Pop. '80, 59,485. It Is One Of The Largest Manufactur Ing Cities In The United States, Its Industries ...
Lowth
Lowth, Romenm, D.d., An English Prelate, Son Of The Rev. William. Lowth, Rector Of )3uriton, In Hampshire, Was B. Nov. 27, 1710. He Was Educated At Winchester School, Whence, With A Reputation Both As A Scholar And Poet, He Passed To New College, Oxford, In 1730. Here He Continued To ...
Lu Natic Asylum
Lu Natic Asylum. The First Hospitals For The Insane Of Which History Or Tradition Makes Mention Were The Sacred Temples In Egypt. In These, It Is Said, The Disease Was Mitigated By Agreeable Impressions Received Through 'the Senses, And By A System Resem Bling And Rivaling The Highest Development Of ...
Lubrication
Lubrication, The Application Of A Substance To A Surface For The Purpose Of Tak Ing It Smooth. This Substance, Which Is Called A Lubricant, May Be Either A Liquid,.a Semi-liquid, Or A Solid. Plumbago, Or Black-lead, Is In Most Common Use As. A Solid Lubricant, But Powdered Soap-stone, Or Talc, ...
Lucerne
Lucerne, Medieago Sativa, A Species Of Medick (q.v.), One Of The Most Valuable Of The Leguminous Plants Cultivated For The Supply Of Green Food To Cattle. It Is A Native Of The S. Of Europe, And Has Been Cultivated There From An Unknown Antiquity. It Is Par Tially Naturalized In ...
Lucid Interval
Lucid Interval. What Intermission Is To Certain Fevers, A Lucid Interval Is To Certain Forms Of Mental Disease. Those Forms In Which It Occurs Are Charactelized By Exaltation Or Perversion, And Not By Impairment Of The Faculties Or Feelings. There May Thus Be A Cessation Or Suspension Of The Fury ...
Lucretius
Lucre'tius, Trrus Cad.us. Of The Life Of Lucretius We Know Almost Nothing With Certainty, As He Is Mentioned Merely In A Cursory Manner In Contemporary Literature. Hieronymus (340-420 A.d.), In His Translation Of The Chronicle Of Eusebius (264-340 A.d.), Gives The Date Of His Birth As 95 B.c. (according To ...
Luggage
Luggage Of Travelers, Though, In A Certain Sense, Attached To The Person, And Under One's Immediate Care, And Not Paid For Separately, Is Nevertheless Protected By The Con. Tract; And Carriers Of All Kinds Are Bound To Carry Luggage Safely, And If It Is Lost, Must Pay Damages For It. ...
Luigi Federigo Menabrea
Menabre'a, Luigi Federigo, Count; B. At Charnbeiy, In Savoy, 1809; Educated! For An Engineer; Entered The Army As Lieut., But Was Early Promoted To A Professorship Of Applied Mathematics In The Military Academy Of Turin, Where He At Once Distinguished Himself By Scientific Essays Contributed To The Academies Of Science ...
Lumbago
Lumbago Is A Rheumatic Affection Of The Muscles In The Lumbar Reg,ion, Or In The Small Of The Back. It Is Often First Recognized By The Occurrence Of A Sharp Stabbing Pain In The Loins Upon Attempting To Rise From The Recumbent Or Sitting Position. It Is Sometimes So Severe ...
Lumber Trade
Lumber Trade, Including, In Its Widest Sense (in American Usage), The Commerce In Timber For Building Houses, Ships, Etc., Boards, Planks, Laths, Scantling, Shingles, Clapboards, Railroad Ties, Telegraph Poles, Etc., Is One Of The Most Extensive And Impor Tant Industries Of The United States, And, Indeed, Of The World. Norway, ...
Luminosity Or Organic Beings
Luminosity Or Organic Beings. 3fany Organic Beings, Both Vegetablet And Animals, Possess The Property Of Emitting Light. In Cryptogiunic Plants It Has Been Observed On The Filaments Of Schistostega Osmun Dacea, One Of The Order Of Hepaticm; In Rhizomorpha Subterranea, Belonging To The Order Of Fungi (which Is Not Uncommon ...
Lunacy
Lunacy (ante). Courts Of Justice Concern Themselves With The Subject Of Insanity Only So Far As They Find It Necessary In Determining The Competency Or The Responsibility Of Persons Upon Whose Acts They Are Required To Pass Judgment. To The Speculations Of The Psychologist Or Bis Labored Attempts To Find ...
Lunacy
Lunacy. By The Lavv Of England, As Well As Of All Other Countries, The Presumption Is In Favor Of A Man's Sanity, Even Though He Be Born Deaf, Dumb, And Blind; And If The Fact Is Disputed, It Always Lies On The Party Alleging It To Prove It. Sometimes A ...
Lusitania
Lusita'nia, A District Of Ancient Iiispania, Which, As The Country Occupied By The Lusitani Was, According To Strabo, Bounded S. By The Tagus, N. And W. By The Ocean. Its Extent Afterwards Was Contracted By The Growing Importance Of The Caraki, And The River Durius (douro) Became Its N. Boundary. ...
Lustration
Lustration, In Antiquity, Purification By Sacrifices And V'arious Ceremonies. The Greeks And Romans Purified The People, Cities, Fields, Armies, Ete. Defiled By Crime Or Impurity. This Was Done In Several Ways, Viz. : By Fire, Water, Sulphur, And Air, The Last By Fanning Or Agitating The Air Around The Thing ...
Luther
Luther, 31antrg, The Greatest Of The Protestant Reformers Of The 16th C., Was B. At Eisleben On Nov. 10, 1483. His Father Was A Miner In Bumble Circumstances; His Mother, As 3ielanchthon Records, Was A Woman Of Exemplary Virtue (exemplar Virtutum), And Peculiarly Esteemed In Her Walk Of Life. Shortly ...
Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In The I7nited States (lutherans, Ante). The First Lutherans Came To America In 1621 In Company With The First Dutch Emigrants To What Is Now New York. They Were Without Ministerial Guidance. In 1638 Swedish Lutherans, With A Minister, Settled At Wilmington, Del. Their Second Pastor Translated Luther's ...
Lutine
Lutine, Lupinus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Leguminosce, Sub-order Papal, Onacece, Mostly Annuals, But Some Of Them Perennial Herbaceous Plants, Sonk Half Shrubby, And Generally Having Digitate Leaves, With Rather Long Stalks. The Flowers Are In Racemes Or Spikes, The Calyx Two-lipped, The Keel Beaked, The Filaments ...
Luxembourg Palace
Luxembourg Palace Built At Paris In 1615 By Order Of Marie De' Mei:lids. It Is In The Style Of The Pitti Palace At Florence, And Wiis Sumptuously Decorated By Debrosse, But Afterwards Altered By Chalgrin, The Architect Of The Arc De L'etoile. Between 1621 And 1625 Rnbens, Who Was Commissioned ...
Luxembubg
Lux'embubg. An Old German Co., And Afterwards A Duchy, Which, About The 12th Came Into Possession Of The Counts Of Limburg, Who Assumed The Title Of Counts Of Luxemburg. It Was Next Acquired By Burgundy, And In This Way Came Into The Hands Of Austria. By The Peace Of Campo ...
Lvreck
Lvreck, One Of The Three Remaining Free Cities Of Germany, Is Situated On The River Trave, About 40 M. N.e. Of Hamburg, And 14 From The Baltic. It Is Built On A Rising Ground, And Its Appearance With Its Walls And Ramparts Still Partly Standing, Its Great Gates, Its Proud ...
Lvtzen
Lvt'zen, A Small T. Of (1871) 2,647 Inhabitants, In The Prussian Province Of Saxony, Famous For Two Great Battles Fought In Its Vicinity. The First Took Place On Atli Nov., 1632. Gustavus Adolphus, Who Had Moved In The Direction Of Bavaria, Being Recalled From His Designs Of Conquest There By ...
Lwery
Lw'ery, In English Law, Denotes The Act Of Giving Or Taking Possession. It Is Most Frequently Used In The Phrase " Livery Of Seisin," Corresponding To The Scotch Infeftment Or Sasine. Ery (from Lat. Liberatio), A Word Applied In Its Origin To The Custom Which Pre Vailed Under The Merovingian ...
Ly Cia
Ly Cia, A Country On The S. Coast Of Asia Minor, Extending Towards Mt. Taurus, And Bounded On The W. By Caria, And On The N. By Plirygia And Pisidia, And On The E. By Pamphylia. The Most Ancient Inhabitants Are Said To Have Been Two Semitic Races Called The ...
Lycanthropia
Lycanthro'pia (gr. Lycos, A Wolf; Anthropos, A Man), Wolf-madness. There Has Been, In Various Countries And Times, A Popular Superstition And Dread That Men Had Been Transmuted Into Wolves By Satanic Agency, And Roamed Through Forests And Desert Places Actuated By The Same Appetites As The Wild Beast Whose Aspeet ...
Lycitrgiis
Lycitr'giis, A Celebrated Spartan Lawkiver, Whose History-and Legislation Are Involved In So Much Obscurity, That Many- Modern Critics Have Suspected Them To Be Mythical. The Account Usually Given Is As Follows: Lyeurgus, Who Flourished About 880 U.c. (or, According To Others, About 1100 Tic.), Was Descended From The Old Doric ...
Lycoming
Lycoming, A Co. In N. Pennsylvania, Intersected Centrally By Lycoming Creek, Ivatered Also By Loyalsock Creek In The S. And Pine Creek Vrith Its Branches In The W., All Affluents Of The W. Branch Of The Susquehanna River; 1250 Sq.m.; Pop. '80, 57,482-52, 1'25 Of American Birth, 970 Colored. Its ...
Lycopodiacre
Lycopodia'cre, A Natural Order Of Acrogenous Or Cryptogamous Plants, Somewhat Resembling Mosses, Ina Of Higher Organization, And By Many Botanists Included Among Ferns As A Sub-order. They Have Creeping Stems And Imbricated Leaves. The Axis Con Sists Entirely, Or In Great Part, Of Annular Vessels; The Leaves Are Narrow And ...
Lydda
Lydda, A T. Of Palestine, In The Tribe Of Ephraim, 9. M. E. Of Joppa, On The Road Between That Place And Jerusalem. It Is Called In The Old Testament And The Apocry Pha, Lod, And Was Built By The Benjamites. In The New Testament It Is Noticed As The ...
Lyell
Lyell, Sir Charles, An Eminent Geologist Of The 19th C., Was The Eldest Son Of Charles Lye11, Esq., Of Kinnordy, Forfarshire. He Was Born In 1797, And After Receiving His Early Education At 3lidhurst, In Sussex, Was Entered At Exeter College, Oxford, Where He Graduated As B.a. In 1819. , ...
Lymphatics
Lymphatics, The Vessels Containing The Lymph (q.v.), Are Also Called Absorbents, From The Property Which These Vessels Possess Of Absorbing Foreign Matters Into The System, And Carrying Them Into The Circulation. The Lymphatic System Includes Riot Only The Lymphatic Vessels And The Glands Through Which They Pass, But Also The ...
Lynch Law
Lynch Law (ante) Is Said To Have Derived Its Name From One James Lynch, A Farmer In Piedmont Co., Va. As There Was No Regularly Established Court Of Law In The Vicinity, The Inhabitants Were In The Habit Of Bringing Disputed Questions, Or The Trial Of Criminals, Before Lynch, Who ...
Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst, Lord (jonx Singleton Copley), English Lawyer And Statesman, Was The Son Of J. S. Copley, R. A., Painter Of The "death Of Chatham," And Other Esteemed Works. The Copleys Were An Irish Family, The Painter's Grandfather Having Emiotated From The Co. Of Limerick, And Settled At Boston, United States, ...
Lyon
Lyon, Maur, 1797-1849; B. Mass.; In Early Life Conscientious And Noted For The Ease With Which She Comprehended And Memorized Her Lessons. At The Age Of 20, Besides Keeping Up With Her Classes In Their Regular Lessons, She Daily Committed And Accurately Recited So Much' Of Adams's Latin Grztmtnar As ...
Lyon Court
Lyon Court, One Of Tbe Inferior Courts Of Scotland, Having Jurisdiction In Questions Regarding Coat-armor And Precedency, And Also In Certain Matters Connected With The Executive Part Of The Law. It Is Presided Over By The Lyon King-of-arms (q.v.) Or Lord Lyon. Attached To The Lyon Court Are A Certain ...
Lyon Court
Lyon Court, One Of The Inferior Courts Of Scotland, Having Jurisdiction In Questions Regarding Coat-armor And Precedency, And Also In Certain Matters Connected With The Executive Part Of The Law. It Is Presided Over By The Lyon, King-of-arms (q.v.) Or Lord Lyon. Attached To The Lyon Court Are A Certain ...
Lyon_2
Lyon, Maity, 1797-1849; B. Mass.; In Early Life Conscientious And Noted For The Ease With Which She Comprehended And Memorized Her Lessons. At The Age Of 20, Besides Keeping Up With Her Classes In Their Regular Lessons, She Daily Committed And Accurately Recited So Much' Of Adams's Latin Grammar As ...
Lyons
Lyons, The Second T. Of France In Respect Of Population, And The First With Regard To Manufactures, Is The Capital Of The Department Of Therhone, And Stands At The Continence Of The River Of That Name With The Saone, 316 M. By Railway S.s.e. Of Paris, 218 N.n.w. Of Marseilles, ...
Lysias
Lys'ias, B. Athens, B. C. 458. He Was One Of The Ten Athenian Orators, And The Con Temporary Of The Most Distinguished Men Of Athens—thucydides, Xenophon, Euripides, And Sophoeles. His Father Was A Man Of Wealth, Was Intimate With Pericles And Soc Rates, And His House Was The Scene Of ...
Lysimachus
Lysim'achus, B. Pella, Macedonia, About 360 B.c.; A Gen. Of Alexander The Great, He Was A Pupil Of The Philosopher Callisthenes; And Was In His Youth Distinguished For Bravery- And Physical Strength. He Was Attacked By A Hmi In The Forests Of Syria, Which He Killed Without Assistance, From Which ...
Lysippus
Lysip'pus, A Celebrated Greek Statuary; B. Sieyon, In The Peloponnestis; Lived About 324 B.c. He Was At First A Workman In Brass, Then Applied Himself To The Art Of Painting, And Afterwards Devoted Biruself To Sculpture. He Is Said To Have Been Self Taught, And Excelled In The Study Of ...
Lythrum
Lythrum (gr. Aziopoy, Blood, From The Crimson Or Purple Color Of The Flowers), A Genus Of Herbaceous Plants, Called Also Loosestrife In Common With Lysimaellia (q.v.), Although Belonging To Another Order, Lythracece. Calyx Cylindrical; Striate, 5 To 7 Toothed; Petals, To 7; Stamens As Many As The Petals, Or Twice ...
Lytton
Lytton, Lord, Better Known As Sir Ednvard George Earle Lytton Biiliver, Bart., The Youngest Son Of Gen. Bulwer Of Woodalling And Haydon Hall, Norfolk, Was B. In 1805, And Received His Education At Cambridge, Where Be Graduated B.a. In 1826; And M. A. In 1835. He Was Distingished As A ...
M Litcanits
Litca'nits, M. Ann/eus, The Chief Roman Poet Of The Silver Ag,e, Was B. At Corduba (the Modern Cordova), In Spain, 38 A.d., And Brought To Rome In His Infancy By His Father, Who Was A Younger Brother Of The Philosopher Seneca. He Received An Education Of The Best Kind, Was ...
Macaque
Macaque', Quadrumana Belonging To The Family Simidte, And To That Section Denom Inated By Bowen Catarrhine, Or The Old-world Monkeys. They Constitute The Genus Maw Ens Of Which There Are Several Species. There Has Been Some Confusion In The Classifica Tion Of These Animals. The Name First Appears In Marcgrave's ...
Macaroni
Macaro'ni (originally Lumps Of Paste And Cheese Squeezed Up Into Balls, From It. Maecare, To Bruise Or Crush), A Peculiar Manufacture Of Wheat, Which For A Long Time Was Peculiar To Italy, And, In Fact, Almost To Genoa; It Is Dow, However, Made All Over Italy, And At Marseilles And ...
Macassar
Macassar, The Chief Town, Is The Residence Of The Dutch Governor And Officials. It ' Is Situated On The Strait Of Macassar, Which Separates Celebes From Borneo, In 5° 10' S. Lat., And 119° 20' E. Long..; And Is Built Upon A High Point Of Land, Watered By Two Rivers ...
Macaw
Macaw', Macrocercus, A Genus Of The Parrot Family (psittaeidce), Distinguished By A Very Long Wedge-shaped Tail, Long And Pointed Wings, Large Strong Feet, The Sides Of The Head Naked, The Bill Short And Very Strong, The Upper Mandible Greatly Arched, And Hav Ing A Long Sharp Tip, The Lower Mandible ...
Macbeth
Macbeth (or Macbeatitad Macfinlegii, As Lie Is Called In Contemporary Chroni Cles), A King Of Scotland, Immortalized By The Genius Of Shakespeare. Prom His Father Finlegh, The Son Of Ruadhri, He Inherited The Rule Of The Province Of Moray; And He Became Allied With The Royal Line By His Marriage ...
Maccabees
Mac'cabees, A Word Of Uncertain Meaning And Origin. The Founder Of The Macca Bean Dynasty, Natithjahu (asamonnios, Chashmonaj), A Priest (not, As Generally Sup Posed, A High-priest, Nor Even Of The Family Of High-priests), Was The First Who Made A Stand Against The Persecutions Of The Jewish Nation And Creed ...
Maccalwba
Maccalwba, An Interesting Mud Volcano Or Air Volcano Of Sicily, Situated Not Far From The Road Between Girgenti And Aragona. It Is Known To Have Been In A Statq Of Frequent Activity For The Last 15 Centuries. It Consists Of A Large Truncated Cone Of Bar Ren Argillaceous Earth, Elevated ...
Macclesfield
Mac'clesfield, An Important Manufacturing T. Of Cheshire, England, Is Situated On The River Bonin, On The Western Base Of A Range Of Low Hills, 15 M. S.s.e. Of Mau Pliester. It Contains A Fine Old Church, St. Michael's, Founded In 1278; And A Grammar School, Endowed In 1502, And Having ...
Macdonald
Macdonald, Sir Joim Alexander, D.c.l. B. Ca_iada, 1813; Was Called To The Bar In 1835, And Was Returned To Parliament In 184:1 As Conservative Member For Kings Ton, Which City He Has Continued To Represent. In 1847 He Became A Member Of The Executive Council And Receiver-general, And Later In ...
Macedonia
Macedo'nia, Anciently, The Name Of A Country Lying N. Of Thessaly. It Was Origi Nally Of Small Extent, Embracing Only The District Called Lmathia, But Gradually Extended Until, In The Time Of Philip, Father Of Alexander, It Reached, On The N., The Scardian Mountains, A Portion Of The Hmmus (mod. ...
Macgillyciiddy Reeks
Macgillyciid'dy Reeks, The Highest Mountains In Ireland, Forming A Group In The W. Of The County Kerry, And Rising Front The Western Shores Of The Lakes Of Killarney, To The Beauty Of Which Their Lofty Heath-covered Summits Add An Element Of Grandeur. The Reeks Cover Au Area Of About 28 ...
Machicolations
Machicola'tions, The Apertures Between The Corbels Supporting A Projecting Para Pet. The Machicolations Are For The Purpose Of Allowing Projectiles To Be Hurled At An Enemy When He Approaches Near The Wall, As In Scaling, Undermining, Etc. Such Defenses Are Very Common In Castellated Architecture, Especially Over Gateways, Towers, Etc. ...
Macii2erus
Macii2erus, A Strong Fortress Of Perea. Josephus Says It Was Originally A Tower Built By Alexander Jannteus As A Check To The Arab Marauders. It Was On A Lofty Point, Surrounded By Deep Valleys, And Of Iinmen'se Strength Both By Nature And Art. After The Fall Of Jerusalem It Was ...
Macilerodus
Macile'rodus, A Genus Of Extinct Carnivorus Animals Of The Feline Or Cat Family, Presenting The Most Specialized Example Of The Carnivorous Type Known. The Upper Canines Have A Most Extraordinary Develobment, Being Long, Saber-shaped, With Finely Seitated Margins. The Upper Jaw Has No True Molars, And In The Under Jaw ...
Mackenzie
Mackenzie, Sit' George, Ftll Eminent Scottish Lawyer And Politician, Son Of Simon Mackenzie, Brother Of The Earl Of Seaforth, Was B. At Dundee In 1636, Studied Greek And Philosophy At St. Andrews And Aberdeen, And Civil Law At Bourges, In France, Then— As He Himself Calls It—" The Athens Of ...
Mackerel
Mackerel, Scomber, A Genus Of Fishes Of The Family Scomberidce (q.v.); Having A. Spindle-shaped Body; The Tail Becoming Very Slender, And Slightly Ridged Or Keeled On Each Side. Some Of The Species Have, And Some Have Not, Air-bladders.—one Species, The Common Mackerel (s. Scomber), Is Plentiful On The Coasts Of ...
Mackintosh
Mackintosh, Sir James, A Philosopher And Politician, Was The Son Of Capt. John 3iackintosh Of Kellachie, In Inverness-shire, And Was B. At Aldourie In That County, Oct. 24, 1765. He Studied At King's College, Aberdeen, Where His Most Intimate Companion Was Robert Hall, Afterwards The Celebrated Baptist Preacher. From King's ...
Maclaurin
Maclaurin, Coux, An Eminent Mathematician, Was B. In 1698 In Kilmodan, In Argyleshire, Scotland. He Was Educated At Glasgow University, Where Be Took The Degree Of Ist.a. In 1713; And After Four Years Of Close Study Obtained, In 1717, After A Severe Competitive Trial, The Professorship Of Mathematics In Marischal ...
Maclure
Maclure, Si R Robert Joirx Le Mesitrier, The Discoverer Of Th E North-west Passage, Was B. At Wexford In Jan., 1807. And Was Sent For His Education First To Eton, And Aft-er Wards To Sandhurst. Intended For The Military Profession, But Having No Great Love For It, He Secretly Left ...
Macon
Macon, Natilaniei„ 1757-1837, B. .n. C.; Educated At The College Of New Jersey, Where He Was An Undergraduate When The Revclutionary War Broke Out. Leaving Princeton In 1777 He Enlisted As A Private Soldier In A Volunteer Company, Buti After A Short Term Of Service Returned To His Iname In ...
Macready
Macready, Wilmam Charles, An English Tragedian, Whose Father Was A Manager Of Provincial Eotnpany, Wfis B, In London Mar. 3, 1793. Educated At Rugby, And Made His First Appearance As Romeo At Birmingham In 1810. For Four Years He Was Connected With His Father's Company, And For Two Years Thereafter ...
Macroom
Macroom', A Post And Market Town Of The County Of Cork, Ireland, Situated On The River Sullane, 21 M. W. From Cork, With Which It Is Connected By Railway. The Pop. In '71 Was 3,193. The Town Consists Merely Of A, Single Street, Nearly A Mile Long, And Con Tains ...