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L E N L E S

electric induction, vill. n, 76; his magnetic experiments, XV. 253.

LENZINITE, mineral, xvi. 424.

LEO I., pope, xiv. 448; xix. 491.

II., pope, xiv. 448.

III., pope, xiv. 449; xix. 496; xx. 786.

IV.-VII., popes, xiv. 449.

VIII., pope, xiv. 449; xx. 789.

IX., pope, xiv. 449; xix. 498.

X., pope, xiv, 450; xni. 481; xv. 787; XX. 324; Michelangelo s works for, xvi. 233.

XL, pope, xiv. 452; xix. 505.

XII., pope, xiv, 452; xix. 508.

L, the Great, emperor of the East,

xiv. 452.

II., emperor, xiv. 452.

III., the Isaurian, emperor, xiv.

452; XI. 114; as iconoclast, xil. 712. V., the Armenian, emperor, xiv.

453-

VI., the Philosopher, emperor, Xiv.

453; ill. 419.

, Johannes (Leo Africanus), Moorish

writer, xiv. 453. , Leonardo, Italian musician, xvn.

93- DlACONUS, Byzantine historian,

iv. 613. LTCOBEN, Austria, Preliminaries of

(1797), IX. 610; XVII. 198. LEOBSCHUTZ, town, Prussia, xiv. 453. LEOCHARES, Greek sculptor, xiv. 453. LEOCORIUM, sacred shrine, Athens, ill. 2. LEODIUM (Lie"ge), ancient town, Belgium,

xiv. 568.

LEOMINSTER, town, England, xiv. 454. LEON, Kingdom of, Spain, xxil. 311. , province, Spain, xiv. 454; xxil.

298; dialect of, xxil. 351.

, town, Spain, Xiv. 454.

, town, Mexico, xiv. 455.

, town, Nicaragua, xiv. 455; xvn.

477-

, Luis Ponce de, or Fray Luis de,

Spanish poet and religious writer, xiv. 455; XXIL 357, 360.

, Moses de, writer of Book of Zohar,

xni. 814.

LEONARDO of Pisa, Italian mathe matician, xix. 124 ; xvii. 626 ; introducer of algebra into Europe, I. 512.

DA VINCI, Italian artist and man

of science and letters, Xiv. 455; XIII. 508; XXI. 437, 569.

LEONHARDITE, mineral, xvi. 422. LEONIDAION, building at Olympia,

Greece, xvn. 768.

LEON I DAS, king of Sparta, xiv. 462. - of Alexandria, Greek poet, XIV.

462.

of Tarentum, Greek poet, Xiv.

462.

LEONIDES, Roman surgeon, xxn. 675. LEONIDS, November meteors, XV I. 110.

LEONISTS, Reformers of i2th century,

xx. 321. LEONORA, regent of Portugal, xix.

543-

D ESTE, friend of Tasso, XXIII. 76. LEONORE, Biirger s poem, iv. 533; x.

540. LEONTINI, town, Sicily, xiv. 463; xxn.

15- i7- LEONTIUS, emperor of the East, xni.

798.

LEONTODONIUM, principle in taraxa cum, xxm. 61. LEOPARD, carnivorous mammal, xiv.

463; xv. 435; of India, xn. 741; of

Java, xm. 603.

, Hunting, or Cheetah, v. 456.

LEOPARDI, Alessandro, Italian scxilptor,

xxi. 568; xxiv. 176. , Giacomo, Italian poet, Xiv. 464;

Xlli. 515; his pessimism, xviii. 689. LEOPOLD L, emperor, xiv. 466; x. 502.

II., emperor, xiv. 467.

I., duke of Anhalt-Dessau, XIV.

467.

III., duke of Austria, his war with Switzerland, xxil. 783, 784. - L, king of the Belgians, Xiv. 467; in. 528, 530.

, Prince, of Hohenzollern, IX. 626; xxn. 346. -, Karl Gustaf, Swedish poet, xxil.

756.

LEOPOLDINE ACADEMY, Vienna, i. 77.

LEOPOLDSTADT, part of Pesth, Hun gary, xviii. 691. , suburb of Vienna, XXIV. 219.

LEOPOLDVILLE, town, on Congo river, Africa, xxiv. 765.

LEOPOLIS (Lemberg), ancient town, Austria, xiv. 435.

LE PALAIS, town, France, xvi. 813.

LEPANTO, town, Greece, xiv. 467; battle of (1571), v. 348; XL 121; Xlli. 717; xxm. 644; xxiv. 145.

, Gulf of, Greece, XL 82.

LEPCHAS, Nepalese race, xvi. 341.

L EPEE, Abbe de, on teaching deaf- mutes, vii. 7.

LEPEL, town, Russia, xxiv. 262.

LEPER-HOUSES, xiv. 469.

LEPERS, Order for the Succour of, XIV.

374- LEPIDOLITE, mineral, xiv. 697; xvi.

4i3-

LEPIDOMELANE, mineral, xvi. 413. LEPIDOPTERA, order of insects, iv. 592;

xni. 150; mimicry in, xvi. 343. LEPIDOSIREN, genus of fishes, xiv.

468.

LEPIDOSTOIDEI, suborder of fishes, xn.

687.

LEPIDUS, M. ^Emilius, Roman trium vir, xiv. 468; xx. 768. , M. ^Emilius, Roman consuls, XIV. 468; xix. 451.

LEPILEMUR, genus of lemurs, xiv. 442.

LEPOLITE, mineral, xvi. 420. LEPONTII, Rha-tian people, xx. 505. LEPONTINE ALPS, i. 626. LEPORID/E, family of rodent mammals,

xv. 421.

LE PRESE, spa, North Italy, xxiv. 45. LEPROSY, disease, xiv. 468; xviii. 406;

XXIL 122. LEPTINES, Demosthenes s oral ion against,

vii. 69; Wolfs commentary 011 it,

XXIV. 630. LEPTIS (Lubda), ancient town, Tripolis,

Africa, xiv. 470. LEPTOCARDII, subclass of fishes, xn.

695.

LEPTOPTILUS, genus of birds, Xlli. 529. LEPTOSOMUS, genus of birds, xx. 627. LEPTOTHRIX, genus of Schizomycetes,

xxi. 399. LEPUS, genus of rodent mammals, XL

476; xx. 192.

LE Puv, town, France, xx. 118. LERIUCHITE, mineral, xvi. 393. LERIDA, province, Spain, xiv. 470. , town, Spain, xiv. 470; university

of, xxm. 839.

LERINS, islands, France, iv. 807. LERMA, Duke of, Spanish statesman,

xviii. 746; xxn. 330. LERMONTOFF, Mikhail Ynrevitch, Rus sian poet and novelist, xiv. 471; xxi.

96, 107. LE ROMAIN, Pierre Mignard, French

painter, xvi. 289. LEROUX, Pierre, French philosopher

and politician, xiv. 471. LE ROY, Julien David, on the monu ments of Athens, II. 444. LE ROY S ELECTRICAL MACHINE, vm.

101.

LERWICK, town, Shetland, Scotland,

VTTT Q 1 Q

XV 11. 040-

LE SAGE, Alain Rene, French novelist and dramatist, xiv. 472; ix. 666.

LE SAGE, Georges Louis, on the cause of gravitation, III. 46.

LES ANDELYS, town, France, n. 13.

LESBIA, of Catullus, v. 248.

LESBio-yEoLic DIALECT, of Greek, XL 132.

LESBOS, island, ^Egean Sea, Asia Minor, Xiv. 474; coins of, XVII. 646.

LESGHIANS, or Lesghis, Caucasian tribes, xiv. 474; v. 258.

LESHKOFF, Russian historian, xxi. 108.

LESLEY, or Leslie, Charles, Irish non- juror, xiv. 476.

, John, bishop of Ross, Scottish his torian and statesman, xiv. 475; xxi. 542.

LESLIE, Alexander, earl of Leven, Scot tish general, xiv. 485; xxi. 512.

, Charles, Irish non-juror, xiv. 476.

, Charles Robert, English painter,

xiv. 476.

, David, Lord Newark, Scottish