Organ
Organ Izatti Rvs. In The United States Are Divided Among A Number Of Distinct Bodies. The Ral Srifunl. Aiming At A Union Of All Lutherans. Was Fumle] In Is20. It Failed To Unite All Bearing The 11:1/11e. But From It Orremization A New •a Opened For The Whole Church. It ...
Organs And Process Of
Digestion, Organs And Process Of. This Important Gland First Shows Itself In The Form Of Yellowish-brown Cells In The Polyps, And Gradually Becomes More Concentrated And Developed In The Echinoderms• Annelids, Nudo Branchiate Gastropods. Insects, Crustaceans, Air Breathing Mollusks, Cephalopods, Fishes. Reptiles, Birds, And Mammals. The Physiological Anat Omy Of ...
Oskar Lenz
Lenz, Oskar (1848—). A German Geogra Pher And Explorer. Born In Leipzig And Educated In The University There (1866-70). Asa Member Of The Austrian Geological Institute He Went On Geological Expeditions In Croatia, Hungary, And Bohemia. And Assisted Hochstetter In Preparing Die Zweile Deutsche Nordpolfahrt (1874). In 1874 Lie Went ...
Parks Ani Squares
Parks Ani) Squares. London Has Many Squares And Open Places. But They Are By No Inca Iir Adequate For So Large A Papulat Bin. Among The Principal Squares Are Trafalgar Square. With Fine Monuments, And Surrounded By Handsome Buildings. Including Clubs. Hotels. The National Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery. The ...
Parry 1829 90 Liddon
Lid'don, Parry (1829-90). An Eng Lish Clergyman, Generally Acknowledged To Have Been The Greatest Pulpit Orator Of His Time In The Church Of England. He Was Born At North Stoneham, Hampshire, And Educated At King's College School. London, And Christ Church, Ox Ford, Where He Took His Degree In 1850. ...
Pedro 1332 1407 Lopezde
Lopez De Ayala, Pedro (1332-1407). A Spanish Author, Born In 1332. Ire Was Of Noble Origin And Held Office Under Peter The Cruel. Henry 11., John 1., And Henry 11i., Becoming Grand Chancellor Of The Realm In 1393. Ile Was Twice Made Captive By Enemies Of His Country, Once By ...
Peter Van Brugii 1710
Livingston, Peter Van Brugii (1710 92). An American Merchant, Born In Albany, N. Y.. The Son Of Philip, Second Lord Of Livingston Manor. He Graduated At Yale In 1731, Settled In New York City, Where He Became A Wealthy Merchant In Partnership With His Brother-in Law, William Alexander (lord Stirling), ...
Phineas 1716 74 Lyman
Lyman, Phineas ( 1716-74 ) . Au American Soldier, Born At Durham, Conn. He Graduated At Yale In 1738, Was A Tutor There Until 1741, Studied Law And Began Practice At Suffield, Then Within The Boundaries Of Massachusetts. He Soon Acquired Considerable Legal Reputation And Political Influence, Which Was Increased ...
Photolithography
Photolithography. In Later Years Photog Raphy Has Been Made A Valuable Adjunct To Lithography. One Of Its Applications Is Photo Lithography, By Means Of Which Pen Drawings Are Faithfully Reproduced At Comparatively -mall Ex Pense. Another Result K The Application Of The Half-tone Or Aleisenbach Process To Lithography, For Monochromes, ...
Polarization
Polarization. All The Phenomena So Far Dis Missed Depend For Their Explanation Upon The Assumption That Light Is Due To Wave-loot Ion : And Therefore Similar Ones May Be Observed With All Kinds Of Wave-motion; For Instance• Aerial Waves May Be Reflected. Refracted. And Diffratit•d, And May Be Made To ...
Population
Population. The Population Of Greater Lon Don, In 1901, Was 6,531,000. The Population Of The County And City Of London Was 4.537,000. Greater London Contains More Than One-fifth Of The Total Population Of England And Wales. :more Than Half Of The Inhabitants Were Born In London. And The Remainder In ...
Practical Life
Practical Life. Such Confidence In The Power Of The Word And Such Stress Laid On Solafidianism. It Has Been Ohjeeted, Are Unfavorable To Religious Earnestness. The Abuse Of These Principles Doubt Less Is, But The Record Of Lutheranism Is On The Whole One Of Faithful Attention To Spiritual In Terests. ...
Processes And Materials
Processes And Materials. When A Drawing Is Made On Stone Or Metal With Either Litho Graphic Crayon Or Ink And All Other Parts Of The Surface Are Moistened With Water, Both The Fatty Substance And The Moisture Will Penetrate The Porous Surface. A Roller Covered With Fatty Or Resinous Printing-ink ...
Protection From Lightning
Lightning, Protection From. When A Flash Of Lightning Strikes Any Object On The Ground It Generally Does Some Destruction, Apparently Due To The Fact That When The Eleetrie Discharge Passes Through A Poor Conductor It Heats That Substance Intensely. Thus When A Discharge Passes Through A Living Tree All The ...
Rack Locomotives
Rack Locomotives Are Used On Roads Where The Grades Are Too Steep To Be Operated By The Ordinary Traction Locomotive. The Adhesion Be Tween The Wheel And The Rail Of Such An Engine Cannot He Taken At More Than 25 Per Cent. Of The Weight On The Drivers. Hence When ...
Raymond Raimundo Luluramon
Lully, Raymond ( Raimundo Lulu). Ramon Lull) (c.1935-1315). One Of The Remarkable Men Of The Thirteenth Century And A Pioneer In Europe In The Study Of The Arabic Lang,uage And Mohammedanism. Lle Was Born At Pal Ma, On The Island Of Majorca, Of Good Family, About 1235. In His Youth ...
Recent Developments
Recent Developments. Between 1890 And 1900 The American Locomotive Experienced A Won Derful Development. In 1890 In America An Eight Wheeled Locomotive. With 18 X 2-i-inch Cylinders And A Boiler Having About 2200 Square Feet. Of Heating Surface. Was In Quite General Use For First Class Passenger Service; The Weight ...
Reconstruction
Reconstruction. The Reconstructive Industries May Be Said To Begin With The Habitual Use Of Implements Or Tools As Adjuncts To The Natural Organs. Neglecting The Casual Or Mimetic Use Of Missiles And Weapons By Simians And Men, The Lowest Known Implements Are Actual Or Symbolized Organs, I.e. Teeth. Claws, Beaks, ...
Rectilinear Proparation
Rectilinear Proparation. A Point-source Of Waves Produces A Spherical Wave-front In An Iso Tropic Medium, Because The Velocity Is The Same In All Directions. Let 0 Be Such A Point-source Of Waves; Nm The Section By The Paper Of The Spherical Wave-front At Any Instant; P Is Some Point In ...
Reference Department
Reference Department. Systematic Aid To Readers Is Given By Means Of An Information Desk Or Reference Librarian. In Larger Libraries The Demand Has Led To Adding Various Assistants Who Devote Their Time To Answering Questions, Helping Readers To Find What They Wish, And Incidentally Showing Them How To Use Bibliographies ...
Refraction
Refraction. One Must Distinguish Between Bonmeentrie And Astigmatic Pencils In Refraction As Well As In Reflection; For A Homocentric Pen Cil Of Incident Rays Produces A Homocentric Pencil Of Refracted Rays, Thus Giving A Point-focus, Either Real Or Virtual; And An Astigmatic Pencil Produces, As Before, Two Focal Lines At ...
Renaissance Architecture Oe Lombardy
Lombardy, Renaissance Architecture Oe. The Renaissance Style Appears To Have Been Brought Into Lombardy About The Middle Of The Fifteenth Century By Various Artists From Nor Enee,tirbino, And Other Places South Of Lombardy, (4144 Among Whom Were Antonio Averulino, Known As Filarete. Donato Of Urbino. The Great Bramante, Michelozzo And ...
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons
Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, Lord Lions (1817-s7). An English Diplomat. Ile Was Bon' In Lymington, Hampshire, England, And After A Short Service As A Midshipman With His Father, Admiral Lord Lyons, He Was Placed At School In Winchester, And Later Entered Christ Church College. Oxford. Where He Took His B.a. ...
Richard Loening
Loening, Richard ( Ig4s— ) . A German Jurist, Brother Of Edgar Loening, Horn In Fratek Fort And Educated At The Universities Of Heidel Berg And Berlin. In 1578 He Was Made Professor Extraordinarius And In 1882 Professor Ordinarius At Heidelberg.. He Wrote: Der Int Ittsehcn Hecht (1576) ; Der ...
Robert 1734 1s04 Macfarlane
Macfarlane, Robert ( 1734-1s'04). A Scotch Author And Editor. He Was Educated At Edinburgh, And Was For A Time Editor Of The London Morning Chronicle. He Prepared A Com Plete Edition Of Ossian In The Gaelic, With A Latin Translation (3 Vols., 1807). Volumes I. And Iv. Of The History ...
Robert Banks Jenkinson Liverpool
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Earl Of (1770-182s). An English States Man. He Was The Eldest Son Of Charles Jenkin Son. Educated At The Charterhouse School And Christ Church College, Oxford, He Went In 1789 On A Continental Tour, Which Gave Him A Sight Of The Opening Days Of The ...
Robert Leicester
Leicester, Robert Dyorry. Earl Of (c.1532-88). A Favorite Of Queen Elizabeth. He Was The Fifth Son Of John Dudley, Duke Of Northumberland, And Received A Very Good Edu Cation. At An Early Age Lie Was Taken To Court, Where He Met The Princess (later Queen) Eliza Beth. In 1550 He ...
Robert Leighton
Leighton, Robert ( Archbishop Of Glasgow. He Was Born Probably In Lon Don In 1611. He Entered Edinburgh Univer Sity In 1627, Took His Degree Of M.a. In 1631, And Afterwards Proceeded To Franee. Returning To Scotland. He Was Appointed, In 1641, To The Parish Of Newbattle. Near Edinburgh: But ...
Robert Lowe
Lowe, Robert, Viscount Sherbrooke ( 1811 92). An English Politician. He Was Horn De Cembe• 4, 1811, At Bingham, Nottinghamshire. And Was Educated At Winchester College And At University College, Oxford. He Became Known As A Debater, And Later Was Elected A Fellow Of Magdalen College. Admitted To The Bar ...
Sa Roffey 1792 1866 Maitland
Maitland, Sa: Roffey (1792-1866). A Church Of England ,fr 1 Aar. Be Was Horn In London And .studied T, Trinity College, Cam Bridge, Without Graduation, As He Was Not A Member Of The Church Of England. Lie Studied Law And Was Admitted To The Bar In 1816, Then Studied Theology ...
Sacraments Communion In Botii
Sacraments; Communion In Botii Klxus: For Fuller Exposition Of The Roman Catholic Teaching, See Slass; As To The Ma Terials Used, It May Be Said That Bread And Wine Made From The Juice Of The Grape Have Always Been Required, The Latter Mixed With Water In The Ancient Historic Churches; ...
Science Of Man
Man, Science Of. Especially During The Later Half Of The Nineteenth Century And The Opening Years Of The Twentieth. Scientific Methods Were Extended To The Study Of Man In Various Aspects. And A Series Of Special Sciences Relating To Different Attributes Or Characters Of The Human Being Grew Up. Among ...
Scipione Maffei
Maffei, Scipione, Marchese (1675-1755 ). An Italian Dramatist And Scholar, Born At Vero Na, June I, 1675. He Received His Training With The Jesuits At Parma And Then Spent Some Time In The Army Under His Brother Alessandro, A Gen Eral In The Bavarian Service, Taking Part In The Battle ...
Sebastian 1825 S9 Lerdode
Lerdo De Tejada, Sebastian ( 182.5-s9) . President Of Mexico. He Was Born At Jalapa In The Province Of Vera Cruz, Was Educated In The Seminary Of Puebla, And Afterwards Studied Law In The City Of Mexico. He Was Admitted To The Bar In 1851, Became A Judge Of The ...
Seth Low
Low, Seth ( I An American Educa Tor And Administrator. He Was Born In Brook Lyn: Graduated At Columbia College In 1870, And After A Short Trip Abroad, Entered The Tea And Silk House Of A. A. Low & Brothers. Founded By His Father In New York. In 1873 He ...
Shadows
Shadows. If Rays Pass In Straight Lines, The Main Phenomena Of Shadows Are At (mcc Ex Plained. A Small Source Of Light, A 'point Will Cast Sharp Shadows Of Any Opaque Object Which Stops The Rays. If The Source Of Light Is Large, Like A Window, There Will He Cer ...
Shamoting
Shamoting Is Effected By The Skin With Oil. After The Skins Have Been Thoroughly Cleansed With Lime, And Then By A Bran Drench To Remove The Lime. They. While Still Wet, Are Oiled With Fish, Seal. Or Whale Oil To Which A Slight Amount Of Carbolic Acid Is Sometimes Added. ...
Shelf Department
Shelf Department. This Has Entire Charge Of Arrangement And Preservation Of Books, And All Other Material. It Must Keep All The Library Col Lections In Order And Clean. And Find Or Replace Missing Books. A Complete Inventory Is Taken Once A Year. Hut Well-managed Libraries No Longer Close Fur This ...
Silas Lawrence Loomis
Loomis, Silas Lawrence ( 1822— ). An American Scientist And Educator. Ile Was Born In Coventry, Conn.; Graduated From Wesleyan In 1844, And, In Medicine, From Georgetown University In 1856. Previous To His Study At Wesleyan, He Had Taught At Holliston Academy. Mass.; After Graduation Lie Was Principal Of Western ...
Simon Fraser Lovat
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Twelfth Lord (c.1667-1747). A Scottish Chieftain And Jaco Bite Intriguer. He Was The Second Son Of Thomas Fraser, Fourth Son Of Hugh, Ninth Lord Of Lovat. His Mother Was Sybilla. Daughter Of The Chief Of The Macleods. He Was Educated At King's Col Lege, Aberdeen, Graduated M.a. ...
Sociology Laws Or Institutional
Sociology: Laws. Or Institutional Activi Ties. While The Unit Of Homo Sapiens Is An Indi Vidual Organism. The Unit Of Social Mankind Is A Group. In Observed Primitive Societies. In Ancient Societies Described By Historians. And In Primal Societies Inferred From Vestiges And Anal Ogies, The Unit Groups Are Maintained ...
Sources Of Light
:sources Of Light. The Deseriptions Which Have Already Been Given Have All Had Reference To The Best Means Of Employing A !riven Light. Many Attempts Have From Time To Time Been Made To Increase The Power Of The Radiant It-elf. The Illuminant Of The Lighthouse Establishment Has Been Changed Frequently. ...
Streets
Streets. Most Of The Streets Are Narrow And Many Of Them Are Inadequate, Particularly In The Large Business Districts, Where The Congested Conditions Of The Street Tratlie Are A Great Disad Vantage. Some Of The Most Important Strects Are Being Widened, But No Comprehensive Scheme To Relieve The Uncomfortable Crowding ...
Structure And Affinities
Structure And Affinities. These Turtles Dif Fer Widely From Ordinary Chelonians, And Com Petent Herpetologists Differ As To Their History And Probable Line Of Development. The Factors In The Discussion, And The Varying Views, Are Briefly Presented By Hans Gadow In Vol. Viii. Of The T'ambridge Natural History (london. 1901i. ...
Structure Of Leaves
Structure Of Leaves. The Minute Anatomy Or Histology Of The Ordinary Foliage Leaf Is Quite Uniform. The Upper And Under Surfaces Are Bound Ed By A Single Layer Of Colorless Compact Cells, Forming The Epidermis (fig. 2). Between These Two Layers Of Epidermis, Above And Below, The Working Cells Of ...
Surplus And
Surplus And Ileseuve. If All Insurance Were Pure Insurance Without Any Endowment Element, And If It Were Always Paid For On A Natural Premium Plan. The Question Of Lapses And Sur Renders Would Have Comparatively Little Signifi Cance. Under Such Conditions The Premium For Each Year Would Pay For The ...
Surrender Privileges
Surrender Privileges. The First Massachu Setts Non-forfeiture Law Directed That The Reserve Of A Lapsed Policy-holder Should Be Used To Pur Chase A Paid-un Policy Of The Same Kind As The Policy Which Had Lapsed. And For Such An Amount Of Insurance As So Per Cent. Of The Reserve Would ...
Tenny Lind
Lind, .tenny (madame Goisiscii M 19t) ( 1820 87). A Celebrated Singer. Popularly Known As 'the Swedish Nightingale.' She Was Born At Stockholm Of Humble Parentage. Ller Wonderful Voice Was First Noticed By An Actress. Through Whose Influence She Was Afterwards Admitted. At The Age Of Nine, Into The Stockhohn ...
Ter Tree Mai
Ter-tree. Mai, Mi, Angelo. Cardinal (1782-1854). A Distinguished Antiquary And Philologist. Lie Was Horn In The Village Of Schilpario, In Lombardy, March 7, 1782. He Was Educated And Lived Till Nos In Establishments Belonging To The -jesuits, Hut Obtained An Appointment, First As Associate And Ultimately As A Doctor, In ...
Terrestrial Magnetism
Magnetism, Terrestrial. The Fact That The Earth Has Magnetic Properties Over Its Sur Face Is Shown By The Behavior Of A Freely Sus Pended Magnetic Needle, Which At Any One Place On The Earth's Surface Takes A Definite Direction, And So Indicates The Direction Of The Magnetic Line Of Force ...
The Common Service
The Common Service. The Lutheran Church Uses Fixed Forms Of Worship. While It Does Not Regard Them As Essential. Or Hold Uniformity In Rites And Ceremonies Necessary To The True Unity Of The Church, The Desirability Of A Common Form For All Congregations Was Recognized By Luther And His Colleagues. ...
The Port
The Port. The Port Extends From London Bridge To The Yore Lightship In The Estuary. 50 Miles. The Dockage Facilities Are Now Embraced Between The Tower Bridge, At The Tower'of Lon Don, And Tilbury Docks. 35 Miles Down The River. Previous To The Nineteenth Century The Business Of The Port ...
The Regenerative
The Regenerative In This Method Gas Under Pressure Is Allowed To Expand. And Then, Having Thus Been Cooled. It Is Driven Back And Made To Circulate Round The Outside Of The Vessel Which Contains The Compressed Gas. In This Manner The Temperature Of The Compressed Gas Is Being Brought Down ...
Theological Seminaries
Theological Seminaries. Lutherans Maintain A High Standard Of Ministerial Education. Thor Ough Indoctrination Is Held To Be An Essential Prerequisite For Preaching. Not Less Than Twenty Five Theological Seminaries Are Found In This Coun Try. Their Professors Are Bound By The Confes Sional Requirements Of The Respective Synods By Which ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord Ma Caulay (1800-59). An Eminent English Historian And Statesman. He Was Born At Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, October 25, 1800, Being The Eldest Son Of Zachary Macaulay. As A Child He Was Most Precocious, Reading Voluminously From The Age Of Three, Writing A Universal History At Seven, ...
Ties
Ties. Any Survey Of The Lines Of Human Develop Ment Reveals A Continuous Interrelation Between The Frsthetie And Industrial And Social Adva 11(09 And The Growth Of Ideas; It Also Reveals A Pro Gressive (indeed Cumulative) Increase In The Prominence Of The Role Played By Ideation In Every Stage From ...
Tile Course Of Duman
Tile Course Of Duman Development. The Fundamental Fact That Human Generations Are Not Closed Cycles, But That Each Springs From The Culminating Portion Of The Last, Cannot Be Too Strongly Emphasized; It. Follows That Human De Velopment Is Progressive. While It Would Be Premature To Attempt Final Analysis Of The ...
Tile Law Of Criminal
Tile Law Of Criminal. Procedure. The First Step Toward Placing One Charged With Crime Upon Trial Is Necessarily His Arrest. (see Arrest.) After The Arrest. The Prisoner Must Be Brought For Examination Before The Magistrate, Who May Hold Him For The Action Of The Grand Jury. Or. If An Indictment ...
Topography
Topography. The Highest Ridges, In Claiborne And Union Parishes, Rise To 500 Feet Above The Sea. The Land Slopes Almost Imperceptibly To The Southeast. The Bottom Lands Of The Missis Sippi River At The Arkansas Line Have An Eleva Tion Of 130 Feet, At Natehez 66 Feet, At Baton Rouge ...
Topography And Geology
Topography And Geology. Madagascar May Be Divided Into Two Distinct Regions. The Central And The Eastern Parts Of The Island, Or More Than Half Of It, Are Very Mountainous And Are Formed Of Primitive Rocks Of Igneous Origin, Except For A Narrow Fringe Of Sedimentary Rocks Along The Coast. Gneiss. ...
Topography_2
Topography. The Surface Of The State Is In General Moflerately Hilly, Becoming Mountainous In The West And North. The Elevation Rises From The Coast Northward And From East Tee West Toward The Interior. Along The Coast In The Southwest Corner The Surface Fail- Into Low. Flat. And Even Marshy Land, ...
Topography_3
Topography. The Province Belongs To The Great Central Prairie Region, Except The North Eastern Portion, Which Is A Part Of The Laurentian Country, And Is Broken And Hilly-, With A Higher Altitude Than The Adjoining Region. The South Eastern And Central Parts Eonsist Of An Almost Perfectly Level Laeustrine Bed, ...
Transportation
Transportation. Early Transportation Is Lim Ited To Packing Or Carrying; And Since In Primal Thought The Female Is Not Merely The Blood-car Rier. But The Custodian Of The Ehildren And Prop Erty Of The Clan, She Becomes The Chief Burden Bearer. In The Ante-eradle Stage The Child Usually Clings Astride ...
Transportation And Commerce
Transportation And Commerce. Louisiana Is Exceptionally Well Favored In Its Facilities For Water Transportation. It Claims A Greater Mile Age-377l Miles—of Navigable Streams Than Any Other State Of The Union. These Afford Competi Tion With The Railroads Of The State And Thus Have A Very Beneficent Effect Upon Transportation Rates. ...
Transportation And Commerce_2
Transportation And Commerce. Maine Is The Only One Of The New England States In Which There Was A Large Railroad Construction In The Last Decade Of The Nineteenth Century. This Mile Age Increased From 1377 Miles In 1890 To 1928 In 1900. Prior To This Decade Railway Construc Tion Had ...
Types Of Libraries
Types Of Libraries. Because Of Their Number And Importance, Public Libraries Are Always Meant Unless Some Other Type Is Specified. In Private And Family Libraries The Shelf-list Is The Most Important Single Record. As It Eronbine: In Cheapest Form Both Invoice Book And Inventory. And May Easily Have Added To ...
Tzing Lor
Lor,tzing, Birts'ing. Gustav Albert (1803 51). A German Operatic Composer, Born In Ber Lin. His Parents Were Members Of A Traveling Theatrical Troupe, And The Boy Was Practically Self-taught, Save For A Few Lessons Received From A Teacher In Berlin (flungenhagen). Ile Pro Duced His First Opera, Ali Paseha Rat ...
United States Lighthouse System
United States Lighthouse System. The Theory Of Coast Lighting Is That Each Coast Shall He So Set With Towers That The Rays From Their Lights Shall Meet And Pass Each Other. So That A Vessel On The Coast Shall Never Be Out Of Sight Of A Light. The United States ...
Or Derry Londonderry
Londonderry, Or Derry. A City. Sea Port, And A Corporate And Parliamentary Borough, Capital Of Londonderry County, Ireland, On The Foyle, 3 Miles From Its Entrance Into Lough Foyle. And 144 Miles North-northwest Of Dublin (map: Ireland, D 1). It Is Beautifully Situated On The Left Hank Of The Foyle. ...
Or Fluke Disease Liver Rot
Liver-rot, Or Fluke Disease. A Disease Of Sheep, Due To The Presence, In The Liver And Biliary Ducts, Of A Fat Worm (distoma Hcpati Cum) Or Fluke, Which Often Causes Very Heavy Losses In Sheep-raising Countries. It Also Oc Casionally Attacks Rabbits, Hares, Deer, And Cattle. Autumn And Early Winter ...
Or Iviallore Malory
Mal'ory, Or Iviallore, Sir Tutamas (flourished 1470). Author Of The Marne War T/111•. Nothing Certain About Him Is Known Be Yond The Meagre Statements In The Preface And The Closing Passage Of His Famous Book. Lie Was A Knight, And His Translation Was Completed In The Ninth Year Of The ...
Or Laurium Laurion
Lau'rion, Or Lau'rium (lat.. From Gk. Aaliptop, Aatipuov, Laureion). A Promontory In Southeast Attica, Greece, Projecting Into The .egean Sea, Celebrated For Its Mines. They Seem To Have Been Known In Prehistoric Times, And There Are Numerous I.\ Lycerucan Remains Throughout This Region. It Is Also Pos,ible That They Were ...
Or Le Brun Lebrun
Lebrun, Or Le Brun, Charles Fran •ois. Duke The Piacenza 11739-1824). A French Born At Saint-sauveur-landelin. In The Department Of Manche. Ile Began Public Life As Secretary To The Future Chancellor Mau Peon, Was Made Inspector Of The Crown Lands, And Indirectly Exercised Great Influence On The Policy Of The ...
Or Leslie Lesley
Les'ley, Or Leslie, Joiin (1527-96). A Scotch Prelate, Statesman, And Historian, The Natural Son Of The Parish Priest Of Kingussie, Lnverness-shire. He Graduated M.a. At King's College, Aberdeen, And In 1547, In His Twentieth Year, Became A Canon Of Aberdeen Cathedral. In 1549 He Went To France, Where He Studied ...
Or Liquorice Of Licorice
Licorice, Or Liquorice (of. Licorice, From Lat. Liquiritia, Corrupted From Glyeyrrhiza, Gk. 7xwapptj'a, Glykyrrhiza, Licori•e-plant, From .),xvio. Glykys, Sweet, Rhiza, Root), Gly Eyrrhiza. A Genus Of Perennial Herbs Of The Nat Ural Order Leguminostc. The Members Of Which Have Long, Pliant, Sweet Roots, And Generally Creeping Rootstocks; Odd-pinnate Leaves Of ...
Or Livonians Livs
Livs, Or Livo'nians. A Finnish Tribe, Formerly Living In Esthonia And North Livonia, Now Nearly Extinct, Holding Only A Narrow Strip Of Forest Land Along The Baltic At The North Point Of Courland. They Were Supplanted By The Letts (q.v.). They Are Classed With The Baltic Finns And Number 2000. ...
Or Lofoden Lofoten
Lo'foten, Or Lofoden. A Chain Of Isl Ands Extending About 175 Miles In A Southwest Direction From The Northwestern Coast Of Norway (map: Norway, E 2). It Comprises The Lofoten Proper And The Vesternalen Islands, To The North. The Archipelago Consists Of Several Large Islands And Innumerable Small Islets And ...
Or Lulli Lully
Lully, Or Lulli, Jean Barriste (1633-8;). A Celebrated Composer, And The Found Er Of The French Opera. He Was Born At Flor Ence, The Son Of A Miller, And Displaying. While Still A Child, A Remarkable Natural Gift For Music, He Was Educated By A Monk In The Use Of ...
Or Lyndesay Lindsay
Lindsay, Or Lynd(e)say, Sir David (e.1490-1555). The Most Popular Of The Early Scotch Poets. He Seems To Have Been Horn At Garmylton. He Studied At The University Of Saint. Andrews About, 1505-08. And Seems To Have Attached Himself At Once To The Scottish Court As Equerry (1508). In 1511 He ...
Or Maastricht Maestricht
Maestricht, Or Maastricht, Mits" Trikt (lat.. Trajectum Ad Mosam. I.e. 'aleuse Crossing'). The Capital Of The Province Of Lim Burg. Netherlands. It Is Situated 19 Miles North Of Liege, Belgium, On The Left Bank Of The Meuse. Over Which A Stone Bridge, Built In 1683. Leads To The Suburb Of ...
Or Malacca Malaypeninsula
Ma'lay Peninsula, Or Malacca. A Long. Narrow Peninsula Projecting In A South Easterly Direction From The Southeastern Part Of Asia, Beginning About Latitude 13' 30' N., And Terminating In Latitude 1° 22' N. It Is Bounded By The China Sea On The East And The Indian (wean On The West, ...
Or Material Ac Tivities
Technology: Industries, Or Material Ac Tivities. Man Touches Lower Nature Chiefly Through Material Activities. The Activities In Volved In Conservation Of Kind Pertain To (1) Sus Tentation, (2) Reproduction, And (3) Preserva Tion, All Of Which Are Shared With Lower Animals; And Among, Mankind The Preservative Activities Are Differentiated Into ...
Or Spontaneous Activi Ties
Estiietology: Arts, Or Spontaneous' Activi Ties. In The Absence Of A Satisfactory Term To De Note The More Spontaneous Activities Of Mankind, The Customary Designation Of A Portion Of These May Be Extended To All; And When So Applied The Term Arts May Be Defined As Including The Fine Arts ...
Or Tories Id Loyalists
Loyalists, Or Tories. Id American His Tory, Those Persons In The Thirteen Original Colo Nies Who At The Time Of The Revolutionary War Remained Loyal To The British Government. They Represented Various Classes And Seem To Have Act Ed Upon Varying And Widely Divergent Motives. In Their Ranks Were Included: ...
The Library Of Congress
Library Of Congress, The (the Na Tional Library Of The United States). A Public Institution At Washington, D. C. It Was Estab Lished In 1800, Destroyed In 1814 By The Burning Of The Capitol. Afterwards Replenished By The Purchase By Congress Of The Library Of Ex-presi Dent Jefferson, But Suffered ...
The Travels Or Sir
Mandeville, The Travels Or Sir John. The Title Of A Famous Itinerary And Collection Of Marvels, Composed In The Third Quarter Of The Fourteenth Century. The Book Opens And Closes With Delightful Fragments Of An Apocryphal Auto Biography. The Author Claims To Be One John Mandeville, Born At Saint Albans, ...