Liquefaction Of Gases
Liquefaction Of Gases (lat. Liquefae Tio, From Lig Nefaccre. To Make Liquid. From Liq (his. Liquid, From Iiquere. To Be Fluid 4- Re, To Make). Matter Exists In Different Forms As Solids, Liquids, And Gases, Which May Be Roughly Discriminated: A Solid Is Matter In Such A Form That It ...
Lisbon
Lisbon, Liebim (port. Lisboa). The Capital Of Portugal And Of The Province Of Estremadura, Situated On The North Shore Of The Estuary Of The Tagus. 7 Miles From The Ocean: Latitude 38° 43' N., Longitude 90° Ii' W. (map: Portugal. A 3). The Estuary Is Here About 13/4 Miles Wide. ...
Lissajous
Lissajous (lil'sb,'zhita') Figures. A Name Given To Certain Phenomena Designed To Show Optically The Composition Of Vibratory Mo Tions. On April 6, 1857, Jules Antoine Lis Sajous Presented To The Academy Of Sciences In Paris A Memoir On The Optical Study Of Vibratory Movements, Wherein He Set Forth For The ...
List
List, List. ( 1789 1846). .‘ German Economist. Lle Was Born At. Reutlingen In Wiirt Temberg. Lle Was The Son Of A Well To-do Tanner, Lint. A. He Had No Taste For His Father's Trade, He En Tered The Public Service As A Clerk And Rose Rapidly Until In 1s10 ...
Lista Y Aragon
Lista Y Aragon, E Ii'ra-gee, Al 13erto (1775-184s). A Spanish Poet And Critic, Born In Ariana. Near Seville. Educated At The University Of Seville. Be Showed Wonderful Abil Ity In Mathematical Studies And Became Professor Of Mathematics At The Age Of Fifteen. And Six Years After Taught In The College ...
Lister
Lister, Sir Joseph, Baron (1827—). An English Surgeon, Father Of Modern Antiseptic Sur Gery. He Was Born At Upton. Essex, The Son Of Joseph Jackson Lister, And Received His Early Ed Ucation At A School For Friends. Entering The University Of London, He Took His Degree In Arts In 1847, ...
Liszt
Liszt, List, Franz ( 181 1-s6) . A Famous Hun Garian Pianist And Composer. He Was Horn At Raiding, Near Oedenburg, In Hungary, October 22, Is11, And Began His Musical Education At The Age Of Six Years. After Three Years' Instruction He Surprised His Friends By Playing A Difficult Con ...
Litany
Litany (lat. Titania, From Gk. 2.traveia, Lit Aneia, Entreaty, From Xtraiveiv, Litaincin, To En Treat, From Aireeeat,litesthai, To Pray, From ?.tr, /ite, Prayer). In General. A Solemn Act Of Suppli Cation Addressed To God With The Object Of Avert Ing His Anger, And Especially On Occasions Of Pub Lic Calamity. ...
Litchfield
Litch'field. A Borough And One Of The County-seats Of Litchfield County, Conn., 30 Miles West Of Hartford; Near Bantam Lake, The Largest Lake In The State, And On The Shepaug, Litch Field And Northern Railroad (map: Connecticut, C 2). It Has Beautiful Parks, And Many Places Of Historic And Scenic ...
Literary Property
Literary Property. Property In Ideas, Expressed In Written Or Printed Language. Literary Property, As Detined Dione, Is Exclusive Right Of The Owner To Possess, Use, And Dispose Of Intellectual Productions," And Copy Right Is Exclusive Right Of The Owner To Mul Tiply And Dispose Of Copies Of An Intellectual Pro ...
Lithic Acid Diathesis
Lithic Acid Diathesis (from Gk. Xt0 Leos, Lithikos, Relating To Stone. From Mem Lithos, Stone) ; Uric Acid Diathesis; Little:ma ; Litieuria. All Excessive Production Of Lithic (or Uric) Acid And Its Salts In The Body, Coincidently With Which There Is Lessened Alkalinity Of The Blood, Rendering That Fluid Less ...
Lithium
Lithium (neo-lat., From (o:. Wes, Stone). A Metallic Chemical Clement, Whose Oxide Was Discovered In 1817 By Arfvedson. The Metal Itself Was First Obtained By Itrande In 1822, And A Quarter Of A Century Later Bunsen And Mat Thiessen Invented The Process 110w Used In Mak Ing It (see Below), ...
Lithographic Printing
Lithographic Printing. Machinery Used For Lithographic Printing May Be Divided Into Two Classes: Hand Presses And Power Presses. The Construction Of The Lithographic Power Press Varies But Slightly From That Of The Typographic Power Press. It Is Operated On The Same General Principle, Except That It Has In Place Of ...
Lithotrity
Lithot'rity (from Gk. Mee's, Lithos, Stone + Lat. Tritus, P.p. Of I, Rem To Rah. To Grind (. The Surgical Operation Of Breaking Up A Stone In The Bladder Into Such Stool' Fragments That They May Readily Be Expelled Through The Urethra. Although The Importance Of Such An Operation Has ...
Lithovomy
Lithovomy (lat. Lithotomia, From Gk. Moro/ala, Lithotomy, From Ntoos, Lithos, Stone + Row', A Cutting, From Tiavetr, To Cut). The Technical Name For The Surgical Opera Tion Popularly Called Rooting For Stony. As Most Of The Symptoms Of Stone In The Blad Der (see Calculus) May Be Simulated By Other ...
Lithuania
Lithuania, (lith. Letura). A Region In Western Europe, Which In The Mid Dle Ages Constituted An Independent Realm, And Whose History Is Closely Connected With That Of Poland, In Whose Dismemberment It Passed To Russia. (see Lithuanians And Lithuanian Language And Literature.) Lithuania Had Dif Ferent Boundaries At Different Periods. ...
Lithuanian Language And Lit
Lithuanian Language And Lit Erature. The Language And Literature Of About 2.000.000 Lithuanians,. The Great Bulk Of Whom Live In The Russian Governments Of Kovno, Vilna, Grodno, And Suwalki (the Last In Poland). There Are About 100,000 In The Prussian Province Of East Prussia, And A Number Have Emigrated To ...
Litidprand
Litidprand. 1i7"0•prthd. Liiitprand, Or Liijzo, (c.922-c.972). An Italian Historian, To Whom We Owe Much Of Our Knowl Edge Of The History Of Italy In The Tenth Century. Lie Came Of A Noble Lombard Family. Llis Father Was Ambassador Of King Hugo Of Italy To Con Stantinople In 927, And Died ...
Litmus
Litmus (corruption Of 1.emus.. From Inc, From Pers. B(1,-. Lac, Front Skt. Lav-in4‘et, From Laksa, Hundred Tlotusand: So Ealled From The Great Of The Insect In A Single Nest). A Coloring Matter Of Vegetable Origin, Indispensable In Chemical Laboratory Work. It Permits The Chem Ist Readily To Ascertain Whether A ...
Little Rock
Little Rock. The Largest City Of Arkan Sas, State Capital, And The County-seat Of Pulaski County, 130 Miles Southwest Of Memphis, Tenn.; On The Arkansas River, And On The Rock Island, The Choctaw, Oklahoma And Gulf, The Saint Louis Southwestern, The Saint Louis, Iron Moun Tain And Southern, And Other ...
Littleton
Littleton, Sir Thomas (1402-5i). Judge Of The Common Pleas And Author Of The Tenures. He Was Born At Frankley Manor House, In The Northern Part Of Worcestershire, In The Year 1402. He Was Educated At The Inner Temple. His Earliest Public Services Were As Eseheator Of Worcestershire, Under-sheriff Of Worcestershire, ...
Littre
Littre, Le'tra', .maximilien Paul Smile (1801-si). A French Lexicographer. Philosopher. And Physician, Born In Paris, February 1, 1801. The Life Of Littre Was Neither Brightened Nor Marred By Dramatic Incidents. His History Is That Of His Mind, Which Was One Of The Most Clear And Energetic Of The Nineteenth Century. ...
Liturgy
Liturgy (gk. Netroupyla, Argia, Ser Vice. Iron: Xecroviry6s. 1. R Wos, Minister. From Teiros, /citos, Public Rin Ov, Ego /. Work). Form Of Public Worship. Especially For The Cele Bration Of The Lord's Supper. I He Word I. Fre Quently Used In The Septuagint Translation Of The Old Testament To ...
Liver As
Liver (as. Lifer, 011g. Libara, Lebara, Ger. Leber; Probably Connected Ultimately With Lat. Jecur, Gk. -tirap, Lu•par, Arm. ?card, Skt. Yak•t, Liver). The Largest Gland In The Body; It Weighs From 3 To 4 Pounds, And Measures About 12 Inches , From Side To Side, And 6 Or 7 Inches ...
Liverpool
Liv'erpool. The Second City And Seaport Of England, A Civic County, Parliamentary And Municipal Borough Of Lancashire. On The Right Hank Of The Mersey Estuary, 3 Miles From The Irish Sea. 31u, Miles Southwest Of Manchester. And 201 Miles Northwest Of London (map: Eng Land. D 3). Seven Railways Enter ...
Livery Af
Livery (af. Liverie. Li•eree, Of. Liveree, Lirree, Fr. /irree, From Ml. Liberata, Delivery, From Lat. Liberare, To Deliver, Set Free, From Tiber, Free), A Word Applied In Its Origin To The Cus Tom Which Prevailed Under Carolingian Kings Of Delivering Splendid Habits To The Members Of Their Households On Great ...
Livingston
Livingston, William An American Lawyer And Patriot, Governor Of New Jersey From 1776 To 1790. Was Born At Al Bany. N. Y., The Son Of Philip. The Second Lord Of Livingston :manor. Ile Graduated At Yale In 1741, And Studied Law In New York City, Where Lie Was Admitted To ...
Livingstone
Livingstone, Livfing•ston. David (1813 73). An African Missionary And Explorer, Born At Blantyre In Lanarkshire. Scotland, March 19, 1813. At The Age Of Ten Lie Began Work In A Cotton Factory. And Spent Some Ten Years As An Operator. Educating Himself By Private Study And Attending An Evening School. In ...
Livonia
Livonia, Li-vo'rd-a (ger. Lirland). The Middle One Of The Baltic Provinces (q.v.) Of Russia, Bounded By The Government Of Esthonia On The North, Saint Petersburg (between Which And Livonia Is Lake Peipus), Pskov, And Vitebsk On The East, Courland On The South, And The Gulf Of Riga And The Baltic ...
Lizard Of
Lizard (of. Lizard, Lizard, Fr. Laard, Sp., Port. Lagarto, It. Laccrta, Lizard, From Lat. Lacer Tus, Lactrta, Lizard). A Reptile Of The Order I..acer Ulla Or Autosauria, Characterized Structurally By The Fact That The Halves Of The Lower Jaws Are Connected By Symphysis, That Is, Fused Solidly Together In Front, ...
Lloyds
Lloyds, Loids. An Incorporated Association Of Underwriters, Merchants, Ship-owners, Ship And Insurance Hookers. The Home Office Of The Association Is In London, Where It (wen Pies A Suite Of Rooms In The Royal Exchange. The Objects Fur Which The Association Was Formed Are, According To The Net Of Incorporation: (a) ...
Load Line Marks Of Vessels
Load-line Marks Of Vessels. The Load-line Or Load Water-line Of Vessels Is The Line In Which The Plane Of The Water Surface Cuts The Hull Of A Ship When The Latter Is Loaded. Vessels Are Lost. From Overloading, And This Fact Led Samuel Plimsoll (q.v.), A Member Of The British ...
Loan As
Loan (as. Bin, Irrn. Owl Oran, Ger. Lchca, /ain, Loan; Connected With (loth, /riluran, Von, 011g. Lihan, Ger. Leihen, To Lend, Ofr. I Leave, Lith. Let. (ingurrc, Gk. Xchrew, Ski, Rich, To Leave). In Law. 'loan' Sig Nifies Either The Delivery Of Money Or Any Personal Property By One Person ...
Lobachevsky
Lobachevsky, B5'bh-ehg'ske, Nikolai Tvanovitcii (1793-1s56). A Russian Mathema Tieian, Born At Nijni-novg.orod. The Son Of A Peas Ant. He Studied At Kazan, Where He Became Adjunct Professor Of Mathematics In 1314 And Professor In 1:316. He Held This Position For Forty Years, And For Nineteen Years Lie Was Rector Of ...
Lobby3il
Lobby(3il. Lobia. Lobiuni, Laubia, From Ohg. Foub•i. Ger. Lanbe, Arbor, Front 011g. /mil, Ger. Laub. Leaf). That Part Of The Assembly Hall Of A Legislative Body Where Private Per-on, Are Per Mitted To Enter For The Purpose Of Eonsulting With In The Political Of The United States, The Term Refer- ...
Lobster
Lobster. The Largest Of Crustaceans (//o 2)1(1018 Meriean 11s) Standing At The Head Of The Macrouran Decapods. (see Cm:sr:wt.:a.) Its Allies Are The Shrimps, Prawns, And Especially The Cray Fish, Irons Which Group It Differs In Having Very Large Claws (cliche). In The Lobster The Head And Thorax Are United ...
Locality
Locality (lat. Loealitas, From Loealis, Re Lating To Place. From Locus. Place), Peacerrion Of. If We Are Touched Upon Sonic Part Of The Skin, We Are Conscious Of A Pressure. Which Is Definitely Localized. Similarly, The Various Objects In The Field Of Vision Possess A Definite Position. Again, We Are ...
Locke
Locke, Joun (1632-1704). An English Phi Losopher. Born At Wrington, Near Bristol. On August 29, 1632. His Father Was An Attorney And Also Served As Captain In The Parliamentary Army During The Civil War. Locke Was Sent For His Education To Westminster School, Where Lie Continued Till 1652, When Be ...
Lockhart
Lockhart, Joun (imsox (179-i-1s54 ). The Son-in-law And Biographer Of Walter Scott. Lie Was The Son Of Rev. John Lockhart, And Was Born In The Manse Of Cambusnethan, Scotland, July 14, 1794. Two Years Later His Father Became Minister Of The College Kirk In Glasgow. From The High School And ...
Lockroy
Lockroy, Bykrwii' ( Properly Si Mon Euol'.vcfl Etienne Anioine 1838—). A French Journalist And Politician. Ile Was The Son Of The Dramatist .loseph Philippe Simon Loekroy (d803 91), And Was Horn In Paris. In 1860 He Went To Italy And Fought Under Caribaldi In The Sicil Ian Eampaign. Soon Afterwards ...
Lockyer
Lockyer, Loleyr, Sir Josepii Norman (1836-1. An English Astronomer And Physicist, Horn At Rugby. He Studied In England And On The Continent. In 1857 He Was Appointed Clerk At The War Offiee,which Position He Retained For Several Years, Devoting His Leisure To The Study Of Astronomy. In 1870 He Was ...
Loco Foco
Loco-foco (from Lat. Locus, Place Focus, Hearth, Fire; Formed On The Analogy Of /ocomotice, Ignorantly Supposed To Mean 'self-moving'). In American Political History, The Name Applied Originally To The Radical Or Equal Rights Faction Of The Democratic L'arty In New York State, In 1835-37, But Afterwards Used By The Whigs ...
Locomotion
Locomotion (from Lat. Locus, Place + Motio, Motion, From Ntovere, To Move). In Plants, The Free Spontaneous Movements From Place To Place That Occur In Lower Forms And In The So Called Zoospores Of Higher Forms. Swimming Movement Occurs In Many Of The Lower Alga And Fungi, In Zoospores Of ...
Locomotor Ataxia
Locomotor Ataxia (neo-lat., From Lat. Locus, Place + Motor, Mover, And Gk. Ciratia, Disorder, From A-, Not + Raela, Order, From Rficrcrecv, Tassein, To Arrange), Or Tares Don Salis. A Disease Of The Nervous System, Com Monly Of The Posterior Root-zones Of The Spinal Cord, Characterized By Incoordination Of Move ...
Locris
Lo'cris (lat., From Gk. Abspis, Lokris). A District Of Ancient Greece. Legend Told Of A King Loeros, A Descendant Of Deucalion, Who Ruled Over The Leleges On The Coast Of The Mainland Opposite Eubtea, And Whose Wife, A Daughter Of The King Of Ens. Bore To Zeus A Son Opus. ...
Locus
Locus (lat.. Place). The Place Of All Points Satisfying A Given Condition. For Example, The Circumference Of A Circle Whose Centre Is 0 And Whose Radius Is R Is The Locus Of All Points Satis Fying The Condition Of Being In The Same Plane And At A Distance R From ...
Locust
Locust ( From Lat. Locusts, Locust, Lobst Any Orthopterous Insect Of The Family Aeridiid:c. Much Confusion Has Arisen In The Use Of This Term, For Two Reasons: The Family Locustithe, Including The Typical Genus Locusta, Are Popu Larly Termed `long-horned Grasshoppers'; And, On The Other Hand. 'locust' Is Given Popularly ...
Locust Tree
Locust-tree. A Name Given To Various Trees Of The Natural Order Leguminosa. The Carob•tree (ctroonia Sdnguw ) Is Often So Called In The Countries Bordering On The I1lediterranean. The Loeust-tree Of America ( Also Called The False Acacia Or Thorn-acacia, And On The Continent Of Europe Very Generally The Acacia, ...
Lodge
Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph (1851—). An English Physicist. Lie Was Born June 12, 1851, At Renkhull. Staffordshire. At The Completion Of His Grammar School Education He At First Entered Upon Business Life, Hut By Studying Evenings He Was Able To Matriculate And Pursue Courses At The University College, London, Where ...
Lodging Houses
Lodging-houses. Houses Which Provide Shelter For Homeless People. The Rapid And Con Tinuous Increase Of The Floating Population In Large Cities, Due To The Steady Drift Of Low-grade Labor To The Cities, Has Accentuated The Problem Of Lodging-houses As Distinguished From The Tene Ment Problem. This Undomiciled Population Is A ...
Lodgings
Lodgings. Furnished Rooms Or Apartments •which Are Let To Such Persons As Are Satisfactory To The Proprietor By Special Agreement, And In The Lodger Gets No Property Right Or In Terest, But Merely The Privilege Of Use And Occupa Tion Under The Terms Of His Contract. The Rela Tion Of ...
Loeb
Loeb, Leb, •acques (1859— R. A German American Physiologist And Experimental Biologist. He Graduated From The Ascanisches Gymnasium In Berlin ; Studied Medicine At Berlin And :munich. Re Ceiving The Degree Of M.d.. At Strassburg In 1684. He Was Appointed State Examiner At Strassburg In 1865, Was Assistant In Physiology ...
Loewy
Loewy, Alaurice L833—). A French Astronomer, Born In Vienna. Ile Studied Astron Omy In His Native City, But Was Later Called To Paris By Leverrier, Who Offered Him A Position In The Observatory There. In 1872 He Became A Member Of The Bureau Des Longitudes, And The Next Year Succeeded ...
Log Book
Log-book. The Log-book Is The Official Record Book Of A Ship And Contains A Brief Statement Of The Weather Encountered. The Speed Made, Positions Of The Ship As Daily Determined By Astro Nomical Observations Or By Dead Reckoning, And A Short Account Of All Occurrences Of Importance At Sea And ...
Logan
Logan, .tuts (e.1725-s0). A Famous Indian Chief. The Son Of Shikellamr, A Cayuga Chief Noted For His Friendship With The Whites. Real (indian) Name Was Tag:1101lb% But He Was Generally Known By His English Name, Logan, Given To Hint In Honor Of James Logan, William Penn's Secretary And A Steadfast ...
Logarithms
Logarithms. A Tabular System Of Num Bers, By Which Multiplication Can Be Performed By Addition, Division By Subtraction, Involution By A Single Multiplication, And Evolution By A Single Division. The Logarithm Of A Number Is The Exponent Of The Base Which Produces The Number. If Am = B, X Is ...
Loggia
Loggia, Lodia (it., Lodge, Gallery). An Italian Word, Somewhat Loosely Used To Designate Any Roofed Structure Open On One Or More Sides To The Weather: An Arcade, Gallery, Porch, Veran Da, Or Isolated Shelter. It Is Thus Applied To Such Varied Buildings As The Following Prominent Ex Amples: (1) The ...
Logging
Logging Locomottres. The Locomotives Or Dinarily Known As Logging Locomotives Are Of Two Types. One Is Built After The General Pattern Of The Four-wheeled Switching Locomotive, With The Exception That The Wheels Have Broad Grooved Tires A Foot Or So In Width That Are Adapted To Running Upon A Track ...
Logic Of
Logic (of., Fr. Logique, From Lat. Logica, Logics, From Gk. Xo-yuch [sc. R/xpn], Foyik [se. Teehm•, Logic, Logical [se. Art], From X6-yos, Logos, Word, Reason). Among The Conscious Processes Treated By Psychology (q.v.) Are Processes Of Thought. Psychology Treats These Processes As Mental Occurrences, And Endeavors To Ascertain The Conditions ...
Logos
Logos (gk. X6-yos. Logos, Word). A Term Used In The Fourth Gospel To Designate The Divine Per Son Who Became Incarnate In Jesus Christ. The Idea Appears First In The New Testament In The Writings Of Paul, Particularly In The Epistles To The Ephesians, Philippians, And Colossians. The Preexistent Christ ...
Logwood
Logwood (so Called Because Imported In Logs). The Dark Red Solid Heart-wood Of Ihema Toxylon Campeehianum. The Tree Belongs To The Natural Order Leguminosx, And Grows In Mexico And Central America, And In Some Of The West India Islands. It Is The Only Known Species Of Its Genus. It Grows ...
Loire
Loire, Lwiir (lat. Ligcr). The Longest River Of France (slap: France, 4). It Rises In The Cevennes In The Department Of Ardeche At An Altitude Of About 4500 Feet. And Flows In A Northern Direction Partly Through A Mountainous Region To Its Junction With The Allier (q.v.). Near Nevers„ Where ...
Lokman
Lokman, Mk-man' (ar. Luktnan). A Figure In Old Arabic Folklore, And The Supposed Author Of A Number Of Arabic Fables. According To The Old Poets He Was A Wise Man Of The Tribe Of Ad, Who Lived As Long As Seven Eagles Or Vultures. In The Koran He Is Mentioned ...
Lolos
Lolos, Logoz. Or Nesus. A People Living In Large Numbers In The Northeast Of Yunnan, The West Of Sze-ehuen, Etc., In Southwestern China, Probably The Aborigines Of This Portion Of The Ce Lestial Empire. They Are The 'savages' Whom The Chinese Found In Their Conquest Of This Part Of The ...
Lombard Art
Lombard Art. The Style Which Was Used By The Lombard Invaders And Colonists Of The Rth Of Italy. From The Seventh Century Till It Was Superseded By The Importation Of The Pointed Style From France In The Beginning Of The Thirteenth Century. It Is A Special National Phase Of The ...
Lombardi
Lombardi, Linn-bliedt-. The Name Of A Fam Ily Of Architects And Sculptors Who Emigrated About 1450 From Carona In Lombardy To Venice, Where They Were Engaged In Many Important Works. Three Generation; Of This Family, Whose Real Surname Was Solaro, Are Known To Have Worked In Votive, But Their Personal ...
Lombards Of
Lombards (of. Lombard, Lombart, Fr. Lombard, Lat. Lanyobardus. Langobardus, As. Langbearda, Probably Long-beards: Less Likely, Long-axes). A Germanic People Of The Age Of Migrations. About The Second Century A.d. They Seem To Have Begun To Leave Their Original Seats On The Lower Elbe, Where The Romans Probably First Came In ...
Lombardy
Lombardy, The Historic Name Of That Part Of Northeni Italy Which •om Prises The Modern Provinces Of Bergamo, Bres Cia, Como, Cremona, :mantua, Milan, Pavia, And Sondrio. It Lies Mainly North Of The Po, Between Piedmont On The West And Venetia On The East, And Embraces The Valleys Of The ...
Lommel
Lommel, Et'gen Von (1837-99). A German Physicist, Born At Edenkoben, In The Palatinate. He Studied Mathematics And Physic's At The University Of Munich From 1854 Till 1858, And In 1860 Became Instructor In Physics At The Cantonal School Of Schwyz. In Switzerland. Five Years Afterwards He Removed To Zurich. Where ...
London
London, Ifizedon (british Lunijayn. Or Lan Dein : Saxon Landon, Lundone, And Other Forms; In Tacit Us And Other Latin Writers, Londinium, And Lundinum, Various Derivations Have Been As Signed To The Name, Among Which Is The Old Brit Ish Lyn-, Lake. And Din, Town, A Landing-place: `as Until Recent ...
London University
London University. London Univer Sity Was Founded In 1827 As A Joint-stock Com Pany By Subscription. Largely Owing To Lord Brougham. It Was Opened In 182s'. With Classes In The Faculties Of Arts, Law, And Medicine, And The Incorporators Endeavored To Obtain From The Crown A Charter Gig Ing Them ...
Lone Wolf I
Lone Wolf. (i) A Noted Kiowa Chief, Isgg-1879, And Leader Of The Hostile Element In The Last Outbreak In 1874. His Name In His Native Language, Gui-pii,qo, Was Hereditary In His Family. He Succeeded To The Head Chieftainship In 1860. But Was Not Among The Signers Of The Medicine Lodge ...
Long Island
Long Island. An Island Forming The Southeastern Extremity Of The State Of New York, And Embracing The Four Counties Of Kings, Coextensive With The Populous Metropolitan Bor Ough Of Brooklyn (q.v.), Queens. Also Part Of New York City, Nassau, And Suffolk (=map: New York, G 5). It Is Bounded South ...
Long Parliament
Long Parliament. The Famous Fifth Parliament Of Charles 1., Which Met November 3, L(340. Having Been Summoned For The Purpose Of Raising Supplies To Carry On War Against His Rebellious Scotch Subjects. It Impeached And Executed Strafford (q.v.) And Laud (q.v.), Abolished The Star Chamber (q.v.), The High Commission (q.v.), ...
Longevity
Longevity (lat. Longevitas, From Longtv Rus, Aged, From Longus, Long Ccsum, Age). The Length Or Duration Of Life In The Individual Is An Uncertain Quantity, Obviously Dependent On Mani Fold Environmental Circumstances. Eaeb Species Of Plant Or Animal, As In The Case Of Each In Dividual, Has Its Term Of ...
Longinus
Longinus (lat., From Gk. Ao-ryivos) (c.213 7:3 A.d.). Dionystus Cassius. A Platonic Phi Losopher And Rhetorician. Ile Was Born, According To Some, At Emesa, In Syria. Or, According To Others, With More Probability, At Athens. About A.n. 213. In His Earlier Years He Traveled A Great Deal In The Company ...
Longmans
Long'mans. An English Family Of Hook Publishers, Founded By Thomas Longman (1601) 1755). Lie Was Apprenticed When Seventeen Years Of Age To A London Bookseller Named John Osborn, Whose Daughter He Afterwards Married. In 1724 He Bought Out The Business Of John Taylor (who' Published The First Edition Of Robinson ...
Longspur
Longspur. The Long,spurs Are Gregarious. Terrestrial !indies, Having Exposed Nostrils And The Hind Un Usually Long And Near Ly Straight, Like A Spur. Four Of These Finehes Occur In The United States, Of Which Three Are En Demic, While One Is Circumpolar. This Last Is The Lapland Longspur (calearius Lapponieus) ...
Longueville
Longueville, Loxev61/, Anne Genevieve De Bounnon•connt, Duchess Of (1619-79). A Noted Leader Of The Fronde (q.v.) During The Minority Of Louis Xiv. Of France. She Was Born In The Donjon Of Vincennes, Where Her Father. Henry Ii. Of Bourbon, Was A Prisoner. She Was The Sister Of The Great Cond6 ...
Loom As
Loom (as. Ge-loma, Uud-lotna, Tool, Instru Ment, Implement). The Machine It Which Weav Ing Is Effected. In Its Essence, Weaving Consists In Passing One Set Of Threads Transversely Through Another Set, Divided Into Two Or More Series And Moved Alternately Up And Down, So As To Receive The Transverse Threads ...
Loquat
Loquat, Linwilt (from Canton Chin. Lu•teat, From Luk, A Rush. Kiult. Orange), Eriobotrya Ja Ponica. A Chinese And Japanese Fruit, Of The Natural Order Rosaeere, Introduced In Subtropical Climates, And Becoming Popular In California And Florida. The Tree Or Shrub Which Produces It Is An Evergreen, Which Attains A Height ...
Lord Lieutenant
Lord Lieutenant. The Chief Crown Of Ficer In The Counties Of Great Britain And Ireland. The Office Came Into Existence In The Reign Of Henry Viii. And Grew Out Of The Practice Of The Crown Appointing Prominent Persons In Each County In Times Of Disorder Or Danger To Muster The ...
Lords Prayer
Lord's Prayer. The Model Pfayer Taught To His Disciples By Jesus (matt. Vi. 943: Luke Xi. 1-4). The Form And The Occasion Of The Lord's Prayer Are Reported Differently In The Two Gospels Which Contain It. In Matthew It Is Found In The Sermon On The Mount. According To Luke ...
Lords Supper
Lord's Supper. A Term Widely Applied To The Principal Sacrament Of The Christian Church. This Name, However, Appears Originally To Have Referred To The Agape Or Love-feast (see Agap,e) Which Was Closely Connected, If Not Com Bined, With The Celebration Of The Sacrament In The Early Church. And Was Probably ...