Libertfnus
Libertfnus. In The Roman Polity Persons Were Divided, With Respect To Status Or Condition, Into Freemen (liberi) Or Slaves (servi). Freemen Were Again Divided Into Persons Who Were Born In A State Of Freedom (ingenui), And Persons Who Had Been Manumitted (libertini). (` Gains' I., 10, &c. ; And Compare ...
Liberty
Liberty. The General Nature Of A Liberty, As A Portion Of The Royal Prerogative In The Hands Of A Subject, Has Been Already Described. [fnexcuise.] Liberties Were At First Chiefly Granted To Monastic And Other Religious Establishments, In Ease Of The Consciences Of The Royal Grantors, Or In Testimony Of ...
Liberty
Liberty. This Word Is The Latin Libertas. The Corresponding Teutonic Word Is Frcihei I, Or, As It Appears In English, Freedom. Liberty And Freedom Are Familiar Words With Indefinite Meanings. " Liber; The Adjective Which Corresponds To The Noun " Libertas," Is Properly Opposed To " Serous," Or Slave; And ...
Libraries
Libraries. The Wont Iihrary Is Used To Denote A Collection Of Books, Whether Large Or Small, And Also The Repository In Which That Collection Hi Placed, Whether A Few Shelves Or A Room, A House Or A Aaloxi. The Engliali Term Hi Derived From The Latin Language, But In Latin ...
Lichens
Lichens, Colouring Matters Of. The Lichens Or Liverworts, As They Arc Frequently Termed, Constitute A Large Class Of Perennial Pleats. They Are Common In Nearly All Growing On Rocks, Stones, Trunks Of Trees, &e., And In Appearance Are Insignificant. They Vary Considerably In Colour And Size, But Generally So Much ...
Lien
Lien, At Common Law, In Respect Of Personal Chattels, Is The Right In One Man Legally Possessed Of The Chattels Of Another, To Retain The Same Until Certain Present Claims Of The Holder Against The Owner Are Satisfied. Liens Are General Or Specific ; They Are Implied By Law, Or ...
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Is An Officer Who Discharges The Duties Of A Superior, In His Name And During His Absence; And Who Acts Immediately In Sub Ordination To Him When He Is Present. Thus, In Military Affairs, The Lieutenant-general And The Lieutenant Colonel Are Respectively The Subordinate Grades To The General And ...
Lieutenant Colonel Ivilliani Martin Leake
Leake, Lieutenant-colonel Ivilliani Martin, A Distinguished Investigator Of The Antiquities Of Greece, Entered The Royal Artillery, And Rose To The Rank Of Lieutenant-colonel. He Resided Four Years In The Turkish Provinces Of Greece And Albania, Where He Was Employed By The British Government On A Special Mission. He Commenced His ...
Life Boat
Life-boat. A Life-boat In A Boat Constructed With Great Strength To Resist Rioleot Shocks, And At The Same Time Possessing Sufficient Buoyancy To Enable It To Float Though Loaded With Men And Filled With Water. Such Boats Are Maintained At Most Of The Porta Of This Kingdom, Always Ready To ...
Light
Light. The Laws Which Govern The Phenomena Of Light, When Propagated Through A Vacuum Or A Uniform Uncrystallised Medium, Form, With The Exception Of The Laws Of Reflection, The Only Branch Of Optics With Which The Ancients Had A Scientific Acquaintance. The Discovery Of Single And Double Refraction, Of _chromatic ...
Light Balis
Light-balis, For Military Purposes, Are Hollow Cases, Either Spherical Or In The Form Of Cylinders, Terminated At Each Extremity By A Hemisphere : They Are Filled With A Combustible Composition, And Being Thrown, By Night, In A Burning State From Mortars, Or In Some Cases From The Hand, They Serve ...
Lightning
Lightning. The General Circumstances Attendant On A Thunder Storm Are Familiar To Moat Persons. It Will However Be Tieeful To State Some Of The Most Prominent, With A View To Their Explanation When Regarded As Electrical Phenomena. At First We See Light Clouds Forming With Jagged Edges, The Relative Motions ...
Lignin
Lignin. From The Latin Lignum, Wood. The Structuro Of Wood Is Determined By The Superposition Of A Number Of Little Cells Or Vessels, More Varied In Shape But Somewhat Resembling Those Of The Honeycomb. The Material Composing This Structure Is Cellulose [cells; Tissues, Veoetable, In Nat. Hist. Div.], But The ...
Lily Lyly
Lyly, Lily, Or Lilly, John, Was A Native Of The Weald Of Kent. His Birth Has Been Referred To The Year 1554, On The Faith Of The Entry Of His Matriculation As A Student At Oxford In 1571, Which Asserts Him To Have Then Been Seventeen Years Old. He Became ...
Lilye Lily
Lily, Lilye, Or Lilly, William, An Eminent Schoolmaster, Was Born At Odiham Iu Hampshire, About 1468, And At Eighteen Years Of Age Was Admitted A Demy Of Magdalen College, Oxford. Having Taken The Degreo Of B.a., He Quitted The University, And Travelled Tmards The East, With The Intent Of Acquiring ...
Lime
Lime. In Building Operations Lime, The Dchydrised Oxide Of Calcium, In Its Various Modifications Is Used For The Purpose Of Forming The Material By Means Of Which The Small Materials Used In Masonry Or Brickwork, Are Bound Or Cemented Together; And The Precise Word Lime Is Used In Contradistinction To ...
Lime Kilns
Lime Kilns. The Description Of Ovens In Which Limestones Are Subjected To The Process Of Calcination Are Known By The Name Of Lime Kilns. These Structures Are Usually Built Of Brickwork Lined With Fire Bricks, And In Shape Are Either Rectangular Straight Prisms, Portions Of Cylinders, Cylinders Surmounted By Truncated ...
Lime Tree
Lime-tree : Economical Uses. The Wood Of The European Lime, Which Is Of A Yellowish-white Colour, Is Close-grained, Soft, Light, Smooth, And Not Liable To Be Attacked By Insects. It Is Used For The Sounding-boards Of Pianofortes ; For Many Articles Of Cabinet-work And Domestic Utensils ; For Small Boxes ...
Linen An
Linen An Linen (french, Tissue De Lin ; Spanish, Teta De Lisa ; German, Linnes ; Dutch, Lynsrara ; Italian, Teta ; Russian, Poloist!) Is A General Name For Cloth Woven With The Fibres Of The Flax Plant (linen Un'tatissionenn), A Manufacture Of So Ancient A Date That Its Origin ...
Lines Of Intreciiment
Lines Of Intre.*ciiment. In The Article Encampment It Has Been Stated That Armies Is The Field Are Not Now, As Formerly, Serrounded By Fortifications Cat:whiting Of A Continuous Line Et Works; And That, In General, A Few Breastworks Or Redoubts Merely Are Con Structed At Intervals For The Defence Of ...
Linum Usitatissimum
Linum Usitatissimum, Medical Properties Of. The Seeds Of This Plant Yield Several Articles Useful In Medicine And Surgery. The Testa, Or Husk Of The Seeds, Is Very Mucilaginous, The Kernel Contains Much Oil, And The Farina Or Meal, Procured By Grinding Or Bruising The Seeds, After The Oil Has Been ...
Lipari Islands Ii
Lipari Islands. Ii. The Group Of The Trapani Islands, Anciently Called Egates, And Lying Opposite The Promontories Of Dropanum (trapani) And Lily Bccum. Parignana, The Ancient Segusa, About 10 Miles From The Main Land Of Sicily, Is 19 Miles In Circumference : It Has Anchorage O Ground For Largo Vessels, ...
Liquefaction
Liquefaction. When Heat Is Supplied In Sufficient Quantity To A Solid Body, It Changes Its Form And Becomes Liquid. When This Change Takes Place In Tho Ease Of Ice The Process Is Called Liquefaction, But In The Case Of Metals Fusion. So Also If Beat Be Abstracted In Suffi Cient ...
Liquidity
Liquidity Is That Condition Of A Material Substance In Which The Partible. Have A Perfect Freedom Of Motion, Without Any Sensible Ten Dency To Approach To Or Recede From One Another, Except By The Action Of Some External Power. Liquidity Is Therefore Comprehended In The Condition Of Fluidity, The Latter ...
List
List, The Name Of Two Of The Larger Heertmes, Belonging To Inverness-shire, And Distinguished As North Uist And South Mit. North Uist Is Separated From Long Island By The Sound Of Barrie, And From Benbecula By A Narrow Strait Which Is Dry At Low Water. South Uist Lies South Of ...
Lithium L
Lithium (l). In Its Chemical Relations This Metal More Nearly Resembles The Alkali Metals, Potassium And Sodium, Than Any Others; But It Is A Kind Of Connecting Link Between That Group And Tho Next, Or Metals Of The Alkaline Earths (barium, Calcium, &c.) Ida Existence Was First Pointed Out By ...
Lithography
Lithography, The Art By Which Impressions Or Prints Are Obtained By A Chemical Process From Designs Made With A Greasy Mate Rial Upon Stone. It Has Therefore Been Properly Termed Chemical Printing, To Distinguish It From All Other Modes Of Obtaining Impres Sions, Which Are Mechanical. In Printing From An ...
Lithontriptics
Lithontriptics, Termed Also Lithonthryptics, Or (segos, A Stone, And Tp(13€0, To Rub Or Bruise), Medicines Or Other Means Which Are Thought To Possess The Power Of Dissolving Stone Or Calculus In The Urinary Organs. The Calculous Concretions Which Are Apt To Form In The Kidneys Or Bladder Are Of Very ...
Lithotomy
Lithotomy (from A(oos, A Stone, And Tlevre, To Cut). Although Urinary Calculi May Be Extracted From The Kidneys, Urethra, Or Bladder, The Term Lithotomy Is Restricted To The Operation Of Cutting Into This Latter Viscus For The Purpose Of Removing One Or More Stones. From The Complex Nature Of The ...
Lititotrity
Lititotrity (from Wel, A Stone, And The ,root. Eel, To Pierce); 1.ithotripsy (from Meer, And Rpf$w, To Break), " The Reduction Of A Calculus In The Bladder Into Small Pieces, By Means Of Instruments Passed Into That Organ Through This Urethra, So That The Fragment° May Be Discharged Through The ...
Little Or New Walsingham
Walsingham, Little Or New, Norfolk, A Town, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Iu The Parish Of New Walsinghatn, Is Situated On Both Sides Of The River Stiff Key, In 52° 54' N. Lat., 0° 54' E. Long., Distant 28 Miles N.w. From Norwich, And 113 Miles N.n.e. Front ...
Liturgy
Liturgy (from The Greek Xemoupyra, Which Originally Signified At Athens " Certain Public Functions Or Duties To Which The Citizens Were Personally Liable ") Is A Form Of Public Devotion, And More Particularly The Office Of Common Prayer Used In Our Own Church. In The Greek Or Constantinopolitan Church Three ...
Live Stock
Live Stock. The Animals Neceseary For The Stocking And Cultiva Tion Of A Farm, And Those Which Are Kept, On It For Profit, Or For The Sake Of Their Dung, Are Called The Live Stock Of The Farm, In Contradis Tinction To The Dead Stock, Which Consists Of The Implements ...
Liver Diseases Of
Liver. Diseases Of Till:. The Liver Is Subject To All Those General Morbid Changes Which, Depending On Disordered Actions Of The Biousl.yerwels, Modification Of The Nutritive Process, Or Alterations In The Blood Itself, May Affect Moat Organised Parts Of The Body •, Such Are Inflammation (hepatitis), Acute And Chronic; Hypertrophy ...