Interstate Commerce
Interstate Commerce, A Term Which Technically Means The Higher Au Thority Of The Federal Government Over That Of The Individual States In Matters Of Trade And Commerce Passing Over State Boundaries. This Higher Authority Is Based On Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, Of The Constitution Of The United States, ...
Investiture
Investiture. If Any Bishop Or Other Clergyman Have The Cure Of Souls And Also A Stipend, Two Elements, The One Sacred And The Other Civil, Exist In His Position; And As Nearly Every Spiritual Act Carries Civil Consequences, And Nearly Every Civil Act Connected With His Bene Fice Has Sacred ...
Invocation Of Saints
Invocation Of Saints. The Au Thoritative Statement Of Roman Doctrine On This Subject Is Found In A Decree Of The Council Of Trent (sess. 25, Held Dec. 3 And 4, 1563), Which Ordains That "all Bishops And Others Having The Duty Of Teaching" Should Instruct The Faithful: "that The Saints ...
Involution
Involution, In Mathematics, The Operation Of Finding Any Power Of A Given Quantity, The Multiplication Of A Number Into Itself Any Given Number Of Times; Thus The Third Power Of 2 Is Found By Involution, Or Multiplication Of The Num Iber By Itself, And The Product By The Same Number; ...
Iowa
Iowa, A State In The North Central Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, And Minnesota; Admitted To The Union, Dec. 28, 1846; Number Of Counties, 99; Capital, Des Moines; Area, 56,025 Square Miles; Pop. (1890) 1,911,896; (1900) 2,231,853; (1910) 2,224,771; (1920) 2,404,021. ...
Ireland
Ireland (in Irish, Erin; In Latin, Hibernia), Is Separated From Great Brit Ain On The E. By The Irish Sea, And Sur Rounded On All Sides By The North At Lantic Ocean. Measured Diagonally, The Greatest Length, From Mizen Head In The S W., To Fair Head In The N. ...
Irkutsk
Irkutsk Or'kotsk), A Government Of Eastern Siberia, Separated From China On The S. By The Sayan Mountains, From Transbaikalia On The E. By Lake Baikal, And Bounded W. By Yeniseisk, And N. And N. E. By Yakutsk, Occupies An Area Of 287,061 Square Miles. The Coun Try Is Generally Mountainous, ...
Irldium
Irldium (i-rid'e-um), A Tetrad Me Tallic Element Of The Platinum Group; Symbol Ir.; At. Wt. 193.1; Discovered By Tennant In 1804, In The Black Powder Which Remains When Crude Platinum Is Dissolved In Nitro-hydrochloric Acid. This Powder Is An Alloy Of Iridium And Osmium, Called Iridosmine Or Osmiridium. Iridium Is ...
Iron And Steel
Iron And Steel. Iron, In Chemis Try, Ferrum, Is A Metallic Tetrad Ele Ment, Symbol Fe. At. Wt. 56, Sp. Gr. Of Pure Iron 7.8. Iron Occurs Nearly Pure Or Alloyed With Nickel In Meteorites, But Is Generally Found In Combination With Oxygen And As A Carbonate. It Is Widely ...
Irrigation
Irrigation, The Process Of Water Ing Or Moistening Land By Ditches Or Other Artificial Means. It Is Probably The Earliest Application Of Science To Agri Culture. During The Last Half Of The 19th Century The Lands Watered From The An Cient Irrigation Works Of India Were More Than Trebled By ...
Isaiah
Isaiah (i-z5.'yit), One Of The Greatest Of The Hebrew Prophets. He Was The Son Of Amos, Whom Some Of The Fathers Supposed To Be The Prophet Amos, The Names Being Identical In Greek; In He Brew, However, They Are Different, The Prophet Being Amos, And Isaiah's Father Amots. As In ...
Italy
Italy, A Kingdom In Southern Europe, Consisting In The Main Of A Large Peninsula, Having A Singular Resemblance To A Boot In Shape, Stretching S. Into The Mediterranean, But Also Including A Con Siderable Portion Of The Mainland And The Islands Of Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, Ischia, Lipari Islands, Etc. It ...
Jacobin Club
Jacobin Club (jak'8-bin), A Political Organization, Which Bore A Prominent Part In The French Revolu Tion. Jacobite, A Term First Applied In England To The Party Which Adhered To James Ii., After The Revolution Of 1688, And Afterward To Those Who Continued To Maintain Sentiments Of Loyalty Toward The House ...
Jamaica
Jamaica; One Of The West India Is Lands, 80 Or 90 Miles S. Of Cuba, The Third In Extent, And The Most Valuable Of Those Belonging To Great Britain; 146 Miles In Length E. To W., And 49 Miles Broad At The Widest Part; Area, 4,200 Square Miles; Pop. (1917) ...
James
James, A Name Of Two, If Not Three, Persons Xnentioned In The New Testa Ment. (1) James, The Son Of Zebedee, And Brother Of The Evangelist John. Their Occupation Was That Of Fishermen. We Find James, John, And Peter Associ Ated On Several Interesting Occasions In The Saviour's Life. They ...
Jansenists
Jansenists, A Party In The Roman Catholic Church, Which Arose About The Middle Of The 17th Century And Was At Tacked By The Jesuits As Heretics. The Jansenist Propositions Were Condemned By Pope Innocent X. As Heretical; But This By No Means Ended The Dispute, For The Jansenists Contended That ...
Japan
Japan, An Island Empire In The North Pacific Ocean, Off The Asiatic Coast. Area And Population.—the Total Area, Including Japan Proper, Korea, Formosa, Karafuto, Kwantung, And Pescadores, Is 260,738 Square Miles. The Population Of Japan Proper In 1918 Was 57,784,935, Ex Clusive Of Korea, Formosa, And The Army. The Population ...
Java
Java, An Island Of The Dutch East Indies; Between St. Nicholas Point And South Cape S., And Is Washed On The N. By The Sea Of Java, On The E. By The Strait Of Bali, On The S. By The Indian Ocean, And On The W. By Sunda Strait; Extends ...
Jean Adrien An Toine
Jusserand, Jean Adrien An Toine Jules, A French Diplomat And Author. He Was Born In Lyon In 1855, And Was Educated At The Facultes Of Lyon And Of Paris. He Entered The French Foreign Office In 1876 And Be Came Councillor Of The Embassy At Lon Don In 1887, Remaining ...
Jeredilah
Jeredila.h, The Name Of Eight Men Mentioned In The Old Testament, The Only Very Notable One Being Jeremiah The Prophet. He Was Of Priestly Descent, And Born Or Resident At Anathoth, About 3 Miles From Jerusalem. His Father's Name Was Hilkiah. When Called To The Prophetic Office, In The 13th ...
Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, An American Economist And Writer, Born In St. Clair, Mich., In 1856. He Graduated From The University Of Michigan In 1878. He Took Nost-graduate Courses In Foreign Universities. He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1881 But Did Not Practice Law. For Several Years He Taught Greek ...
Jersey City
Jersey City, A City And County-seat Of Hudson Co., N. J., On The Hudson River, The Morris Canal, And The Pennsylvania, The Erie, The Lehigh Valley, The New Jersey Central, The Baltimore And Ohio, The West Shore, The New Jersey And New York, The New York, Susquehanna And Western, And ...
Jerusalem
Jerusalem, One Of The Most Ancient And Interesting Cities In The World, In Palestine, Until The World War, In The Turkish Province Of Syria. It Stands On An Elevated Site (about 2,500 Feet Above The Sea) Within The Fork Of Two Ravines, The Valley Of Jehoshaphat On The E. And ...
Jesuit
Jesuit, A Companion Of The Society Of Jesus, The Most Celebrated Ecclesiastical Order Of Modern Times. The G-reat Re Ligious Revolution Of The 16th Century Ran Through The Three Stages Which Tend To Occur In Revolutions In General. First, There Was A Moderate Departure From The Previously Existing State Of ...
Jew Btjsh
Jew Btjsh, Pedilanthus Why Maloides, A Plant Of The Order Euphor Biacem. It Grows In The West Indies, And Is Used In Decoction As An Antisyphili Tic, And In Cases Of Suppression Of The Menses. It Is Also Called Milk Plant. Jewelry, A Collective Name For Articles Intended For Personal ...
Jewish Welfare Board
Jewish Welfare Board, An Or Ganization Formed In New York On April, 9, 1917, As A Result Of The Confer Ence Of Representatives Of The United Synagogue Of America, The Union Of American Hebrew Congregations, The Central Conference Of American Rabbis, The Union Of Orthodox Jewish Congre Gations, The Agudath ...
Jitda Hakadosii
Jitda-hakadosii, A Famous Rabbi In The Time Of The Emperor Aurelius To Whom He Was Preceptor. He Is Said To Have Been The Original Compiler Of The Mischna, Or The Talmudical Text. Judaism, One Of The Most Important Faiths In The World, Which Christians, As Well As Jews, Consider To ...
Joash
Joash, The Son And The Successor Of Jehoahaz, King Of Israel. There Was Much In His Conduct To Commend. He Had A Great Regard For The Prophet Elisha, And Visited Him On His Death Bed, Where By A Divine Oracle He Was Assured Of Three Victories Over The Syrians. He ...
John
John, The Name Of Four Men Men. Tioned In The New Testament. (1) John The Baptist, The Forerunner Of Christ, Was The Son Of The Priest Zacharias And Elizabeth, The Cousin Of Mary, The Mother Of Our Lord. He Was Nazarite From His Birth, And He Pre Pared Himself For ...
John Jay
Jay, John. An American Statesman; Born In New York City, Dec. 12, 1745; G-raduated At King's College (now Co Lumbia University) In 1764; Admitted To The Bar In 1768. Elected To The 1st Con Tinental Congress In 1774, And Re-elected In 1775, He Prepared Addresses To The People Of Great ...
Joint
Joint, In Anatomy, The Union Of Any Two Segments Of An Animal Body, Through The Intervention Of A Structure Or Struc Tures Different From Both. The Different Kinds Of Joints May Be Thus Classified: 1. Synarthrosis: (1) Suture, (2) Schin Dylesis, (3) Gomphosis, (4) Amphiar Throsis. 2. Diarthrosis: (1) Arthro ...
Jordan
Jordan ("descending"), The Princi Pal River Of Palestine, The Bed Of Which Forms A Great Valley Stretching From N. To S., In The E. Part Of The Country. It Is Formed By The Junction Of Three Streams. The Highest Source Of The Jor Dan Is The Hasbany, Which Rises Near ...
Josef Hofmann
Hofmann', Josef, A Famous Polish Musician; Born In Cracow In 1877, But At Present Residing In America. After Studying With His Father, A Celebrated Musician Of Warsaw, And With Rubin Stein, He Made His Debut As A Pianist When But Six Years Of Age, And Proved Himself One Of The ...
Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, An American Military Officer; Born In Cherry Grove, Va., Feb. 3, 1807; Was Graduated At The United States Military Academy In 1829; Greatly Distinguished Himself In The Florida And Mexican Wars; Promoted Quartermaster-general Of The Army With The Rank Of Brigadier General In June, 1860; Resigned His ...
Journalism
Journalism, The Gathering And Dis Tributing Of News And Opinion By The Medium Of Newspapers. It Has Come To Be One Of The Most Important Professions Of Civilized Life. The First Printed Newspaper Was Called 'the Gazette," And Was Published In Nu Remberg In 1457. No Copy Of This Has ...
Judge
Judge, A Legal Officer. In Ordinary Language, A Civil Officer Invested With Power To Hear And Determine Causes. Civil Or Criminal, And To Administer Justice In Courts Held For That Purpose; Or A Person Authorized Or Empowered In Any 1,vay To Decide A Dispute Or Quarrel. Lazo.—the National And State ...
Judiciary
Judiciary, That Branch Of The Gov Ernment Which Is Concerned With The Ad Ministration Of Justice, In Cases Civil Or Criminal; The System Of Courts Of Justice In A Country; The Judges Collectively. Nationa/.—article Iii. Of The Federal Constitution Provides For The Establish Ment Of United States Courts To Have ...
Judith
Judith, The 4th Of The Apocryphal Books. The Narrative Opens With The "twelfth Year In The Reign Of Nabuchod Onosor, Who Reigned In Nineve, The Great City." That Potentate, Finding His Armies Thwarted In Their Progress To The W. Re Solved To Take Sig-nal Vengeance. His Chief Opponents Were The ...
Juniperus
Juniperus (-nip'-), A Genus Of Plants, Order Pinacem. The European Species, J. Communis, The Common Juni Per, Is A Bushy Shrub With Evergreen Sharp-pointed Leaves. It Grows In All The N. Parts Of Europe, In Fertile Or In Bar Ren Soils, On Hills Or In Valleys, On Open Sandy Plains, ...
Jupiter
Jupiter, In Roman Mythology, The Supreme Roman Deity, Identified With The Greek Zeus. He Was The Son Of Saturn And Rhea. Jupiter Was The King And Father Of Men, But His Power Extended Over The. Deities Also; And Everything Was Subservient To His Will Except The Fates. From Hirn Mankind ...
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction, In Ordinary Lan Guage And Law: (1) The Legal Power, Right, Or Authority Of Administering Jus Tice; The Legal Power Which A Court Of Equity Has Of Deciding Cases Brought And Tried Before It; The Legal Right By Which Judges Exercise Their Authority; Judicial Authority Over A Cause. (2) ...
Juvenile Courts
Juvenile Courts, Law Courts Es Tablished To Deal Separately And In A Different Way With Criminals Who Are Between The Ages Of 8 And 16. For The Last Fifty Years It Has Been Deemed Essen Tial By Penologists That The State Should Assume A Different Attitude Toward Young Offenders, And ...
Juventas
Juventas (-ven'-), A Roman God Dess, Who Presided Over Youth And Vigor. She Is The Same As The Hebe Of The Greeks, And Was Represented As A Beau Tiful Nymph In Variegated Garments. Jyar (ji'-), The 8th Month Of The Jewish Year, Corresponding, At The Earli Est, With Our April, ...
Kafir Kaffir
Kaffir, Kafir, Or Caffre (kaf'er), An Inhabitant Of Kaffraria In South Africa. The Kaffirs Embrace Two Main Divisions, The Z0lus (q. V.) And The Kaffirs Proper. Their Color Is Neither Black, Like That Of The Negro, Nor Of The Color Of A Faded Leaf, Like That Of The Hottentot, But ...
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope, An Instrument Which, By Means Of Reflection, Enables Us To Behold An Endless Variety Of Beautiful Forms Of Perfect Symmetry. It Consists Of A Tube With An Eyehole. At The Oppo Site End Chips Of Colored Paper Or Glass Are Loosely Held In Compartments In Which By Reflection Every ...
Kalmucks
Kalmucks, A Mongolian Race Of People, Scattered Throughout Central Asia, And Extending W. Into Southern Russia. The Name Is Not Employed By The People Themselves, But By The Turkish Races Of Asia And The Russians To Designate The Dorbon (derbend) Oirad Or Four Allied Tribes Of The Zungars, Torgod (keraits ...
Kan Xiang
Kan-xiang, A River Of China, Which Traverses The Province Kiang-si From S. To N., And After A Course Of 350 Miles, Flows Into The Yang-tse-kiang. Kano (ka-n5'), Capital Of A Province Of The Same Name (pop. About 2,250,000) In The Negro State Of Sokoto, Central Africa (now Part Of British ...
Kansas City
Ka.nsas City, A City Of Missouri, In Jackson Co., At The Junction Of The Mis Souri And Kansas Rivers. It Is On The Boundary Between Missouri And Kan Sas, And Is Directly Opposite Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City Is One Of The Most Important Railroad Centers Of The United States, ...
Kentucky
Kentucky, A State In The South Central Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Ten Nessee, And Missouri; Area, 40,000 Square Miles; Admitted To The Union, June 1, 1792; Number Of Counties, 119; Pop. (1890) 1,858,635; (1900) 2,147,174; (1910) 2,289,905; (1920) 2,416,630; Capi ...
Keweenaw Series
Keweenaw Series, In Geology, A Group Of Rocks In The United States And Canada, Chiefly Sandstones, Amygdaloids, Conglomerates, And Traps, Belonging To The Algonkian Age; Greatest Total Thick Ness About 40,000 Feet. They Contain The Famous Copper Deposits Of The Lake Superior Region. Key, A Portable Instrument Of Metal For ...
Kieff
Kieff (ke'ef), Or Kiev (ke'ev), One Of The Oldest Towns Of Russian Ukraine, And Ecclesiastically One Of The Most Im Portant; On The Dnieper. According To Tradition It Was Founded Before The Christian Era. In 882 It Was Made The Capital Of The Russian Principality, And Remained So Until 1169. ...
King Of England John
John, King Of England; Born In Oxford In 1166, Was The Youngest Son Of Henry Ii. By Eleanor Of Guienne. Ireland Being Intended For Him, He Was Sent Over, In 1185, To Complete Its Con Quest, But Such Was His Imprudence That It Was Found Necessary To Recall Him; And ...
Kingston
Kingston, A Borough Of Pennsyl Vania, In Luzerne Co. It Is On The Sus Quehanna River And On The Lackawanna And The Lehigh Valley Railroads. It Is Chiefly A Residential Place But Has Some Important Industries, Including An Add Ing Machine Factory, Car And Machine Shops. And Manufactories Of Hosiery. ...
Kite
Kite, A Vrind Toy, Controlled By A String. As A Plaything The Kite Has Been Known Since 400 B. C., And In Its Familar Form Of Two Crossed Sticks Covered With Paper, And Balanced With A Tail Of String, On Which Are Tied Bits Of Cloth Or Paper, Is A ...
Klausthal
Klausthal, The Chief Mining Town Of The Northern Harz Mountains, Ger Many; On A Bleak Plateau (1,985 Feet), 25 Miles N. E. Of Gottingen. The Ore Miles Are Silver, Lead, Copper, And Zinc. There Is A Good Mining Academy, With Library, Museum, And Laboratory. Zell Erfeld, Divided From Klausthal By ...
Knights Of Columbus
Knights Of Columbus, A Fra Ternal Order, Restricted To Male Members Of The Catholic Church, Established In New Haven, Conn., In 1882. The Pur Poses Are Declared To Be To Develop A Practical Catholicity Among The Members, To Promote Education And Charity, And, Through An Insurance Department, To Furnish At ...
Knots
Knots And Splices Include All The Various Methods Of Tying, Fastening, And Joining Ropes Or Cords. From 150 To 200 Different Kinds Of Knots May Be Enumer Ated, Mostly Used On Shipboard, Though Almost All Occupations Using Ropes Or Cordage Have Special Kinds Of Knots Adapted To Their Different Requirements. ...
Korea
Korea, A Former Empire In Asia, Since 1910 A Part Of The Japanese Em Pire Comprising The Peninsula Lying Be Tween The Yellow Sea And The Sea Of Japan, And Separated By The Strait Of Korea From The Japanese Islands. It Has A Coast Line Of About 1,740 Miles, And ...
Kurdistan
Kurdistan (kur-dis-tan'), An Ex Tensive Geographical, Though Not Polit Ical, Region Of Asia, For The Most Part Included Within A Line Drawn From Sivas In Asia Minor By Way Of Diarbekr, Sulimanich, Kermanshah And Urmia (in Persia), Mount Ararat, And Erzerenn, Back To Sivas. Kurdistan Thus Belongs To Both The ...
Labor
Labor, In Political Economy, May Be Defined As Effort For The Satisfying Of Human Needs. It Is One Of The Three Leading Factors In Production, The Other Two. Being Land (or Natural Objects) And Cap!tal; And It Is More Fundamental Than Capital, Which Originally Is The Result Of Labor. A ...
Labor Congresses
Labor Congresses, Meetings Of The Delegates Representing Organized Labor. While There Have Been Frequent Congresses Of Labor Of A Single Nation There Have Been But Few International Labor Congresses. The First One, Held At Geneva, Switzerland, In 1866, Was Very Moderate In The Tone Of Its Demands, Contenting Itself With ...
Labor Legislation
Labor Legislation, Laws Passed To Regulate Employment In Favor Of In Dustrial Workers. The Necessity For Such Legislation First Made Itself Felt When The Invention Of Steam Driven Ma Chinery, In Great Britain, In The Early Part Of Last Century, Radically Caused A Change In The System Of Production. As ...
Labor Organizations
Labor Organizations, The Band Ing Together Of Industrial Workers For Mutual Protection Against The Oppressive Action Of Employers, And For Aggressive Action In Bringing About Better Work Ing Conditions, Better Wages And Shorter Hours, Etc. Such Organizations Were First Formed In Great Britain After The Invention Of Steam-driven Machinery Brought ...
Labrador
Labrador, The N. E. Peninsula Of The North American Continent, Lying Be Tween Hudson Bay And The Gulf Of St. Lawrence, Extending From Lat. 49° To 63° N., And From Lon. 55° To About 79° W.; Greatest Length From The Strait Of Belle Isle To Its N. Cape, Wolsten Holme, ...
Lace
Lace, An Ornamental Fabric Of Threads So Interwoven, Twisted, Braided, And Knotted As To Form Definite Patterns, Of Contrasted Open And Close Structure. It Is Claimed That The Art Of Embroidery Was Developed Into Needle Lace Early In The 15th Century, By Greek Refugees, Who Brought Their Art From The ...
Lafayette Escadrille
Lafayette Escadrille, A Squadron Of American Aviators Fighting With The French In The World War. It Went Back Long Before The Period Of The United States' Entry Into The War And Was Of Gradual Growth. By The Fall Of 1915 There Were Six Americans Serving As Full-fledged Pilots In The ...
Lamp
Lamp, A Vessel Used For The Combus Tion Of Liquid Inflammable Bodies, For The Purpose Of Producing Artificial Light. The Invention Of The Lamp Is Ascribed To The Egyptians. In Treating Of The Con Struction Of Modern Lamps, It Is Neces Sary To Take Into Consideration The Nature Of The ...
Lance
Lance, A Weapon Consisting Of A Long Shaft With A Sharp Point, Much Used, Particularly Before The Invention Of Firearms. It Is A Thrusting Weapon Used On Foot, But Chiefly On Horseback. In The Middle Ages The Lance Was Held In The Highest Repute By Knights And Men At-arms Who ...
Language
Language, Human Speech; The Ag Gregate Of Those Articulate Sounds, Called Words, Used To Express Perception And Thought, Accepted By And Current Among Any Community; The Expression Of Thought By Articulate Sounds Or Words; The Body Of Uttered And Audible Sounds By Which, In Human Society, Thought Is Expressed. Also ...
Laodicea
Laodicea (-se'a), In Ancient Geog Raphy, The Name Of Several Towns Of Asia, The Most Important Of Which Was A City Of Ancient Phrygia, Near The River Lycos, So Called After Laodice, Queen Of Antiochus Theos, Its Founder, Built On The Site Of An Older Town Named Dios Polis. It ...
Lapps
Lapps, The Inhabitants Of Lapland (q. V.) The Lapps, Who Call Themselves Sabine Or Sabmeladsjak (the Norwegians Call Them Finns), Belong To The Ural Altaic Stock, And Are Consequently Closely Related To The Finns (suomi). As A Race They Are The Shortest People In Europe (four Or Five Feet In ...
Lapwing
Lapwing, In Ornithology, The Genus Vanellus And Species V. Eristatus. The Specific Name Refers To The Occipital Feathers Of The Male In Winter, Which Are Very Loose, Long, And Curved Upward, So As To Constitute An Erectile Crest. This Crest, The Top Of The Head, The Front Of The Neck ...
League Of Nations
League Of Nations. While This Ideal Has Been In The Mind Of Many Mod Ern Thinkers On International Law And While Many Statesmen Have Furthered The Idea It First Became A Matter Of Prac Tical Statesmanship Through The Influence Of President Wilson. In His Famous Ad Dress, Jan. 8, 1918, ...
Leather
Leather, The Skins Of Animals Chemically Modified By Tanning And Otherwise, So As To Arrest That Prone Ness To Decomposition Which Characterizes Unprepared Skins, And To Give To The Substance Greatly Increased Strength, Toughness, And Pliancy, With Insolubility And Unalterability In Water. Remains Exist Of Tanned Leather Made In Egypt ...
Lebanon
Lebanon, A Mountain Range In Syria. The Word Lebanon Is Derived From A Semitic Root Meaning "white"; And This Name Is Given To The Moun Tains, Because Of The Whitish Color Of Their Rocks. The Mountains Belong Geo Logically To The Cretaceous System, And Consist Principally Of Limestones And Chalks. ...
Legal Education
Legal Education, Education For The Practice Of The Law. It Takes On Two Chief Forms: Education In The Office Of An Established Practitioner; And Education In A Law School. The First Method Is By Far The Older, And Is Still Continued; The Second Is Rapidly Coming To Prevail, And Is ...
Leifoa
Leifoa (ii-pb'a), A Genus Of Rasores Birds, Family Megapodiclx, The Only Known Species Of Which Is L. Ocellata, The "native Pheasant" Of The Colonists Of Western Australia; Which In Its Habits Is Very Like The Domestic Fowl. It Deposits Its Eggs In A Mound Of Sand About Three Feet High, ...
Lemon
Lemon, The Fruit Of A Small Tree (citrus Limonum) Belonging To The Same Natural Order As The Orange (au Rantiacex). There Are Many Varieties Of The Lemon, But They May All Be In Cluded Under The Following Four Distinct Types: (1) The Common Or Genoa Lemon, Which Is The Most ...
Lemur
Lemur, The Name Of The Typical Genus Of The Sub-family Lenturinx. Habitat, Madagascar And The Adjacent Islands. It Contains Many Species. Gen Eric Characteristics: Long Snout, Small Flat Skull, Long Body, With Narrow Flanks. Hind Limbs Rather Longer Than The Fore, Long Furry Tail, Hands And Feet Short, With A ...
Lenni Lenapes Lenapes
Lenapes, Lenni-lenapes (len' Aps), Or Delawares, One Of The Al Gonquin Tribes Of American Indians, Which About The Early Part Of The 16th Century Occupied The Valleys Of The Dela Ware And Schuylkill. They Were, Accord Ing To Tradition, Pre-eminent For Wisdom And Valor, Exerting A Powerful Influence Over The ...
Leo X Giovanni De
Leo X. (giovanni De Medici) , Pope, Son Of Lorenzo The Magnificent, Sovereign Of Florence; Born In Florence, Italy, In 1475. His Father Had Him Dedicated To The Church, And Made A Cardinal By In Nocent Viii. At The Age Of 13 Years. Ex Iled From Florence, With The Rest ...
Leo Xiii Gioacchino
Leo Xiii. (gioacchino Pecci), Pope; Born In Carpineto, Italy, March 2, 1810. He Was The Son Of Count Ludovico Pecci. Educated First At The Jesuit College Of Viterbo And The Schools Of The Collegio Romano, He Proceeded To The College Of Noble Ecclesiastics. He Greatly Signal Ized Himself In Mathematics, ...
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da 'vinci (-ven'clie), An Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect, And Engineer; Born In Vinci, Italy, In 1452. About 1470 He Entered The Studio Of Andrea Del Verrocchio, By Whom He Was Instructed In Painting And Model Ing, And Where He Had Perugino And Lo Renzo De Credi As Fellow Pupils. ...
Letter
Letter, A Character Used In Print Ing. Type Either Of Metal Or Wood. Used Collectively To Represent Type, As "a Case Of Letter," "a Font Of Letter." Fat Letter Is Type With Body And Face Broad In Proportion To Its Height. Lean Letter Is Type Thin Or Narrow In Propor ...