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LlFFEY, river, Ireland, VII. 495. LIFTS, elevating apparatus, xiv. 573; for

blast furnaces, XIII. 301; hydraulic,

xn. 520.

LlFU, island, South Pacific, XV. 30. LiG AMENTUM DENTICULATUM, in ana tomy, I. 865.

LlGAN, in English law, IX. 342. LlGER (Loire), river, France, Xiv. 806. LIGHT, xiv. 577; xvn. 798; aberration

of, I. 47; in relation to crystals, xvi.

372; electric, vill. 58; in relation to

ether, vill. 569; produced by gas, x.

87; identical with radiant heat, XI.

577; its relation to magnetism, XV. 273;

phosphorescent, xvill. 813; action of,

in photography, xvill. 821, 835, 837;

its influence on plants, XIX. 55, 58,

62; radiation of, in relation to heat,

XX. 213; reflexion of, by metals, xvi.

64; its action on the retina, vill. 821;

velocity of, n. 797; XXIV. 458;

parallax determined from its velocity,

xvill. 246; wave theory of, xxiv.

421; zodiacal, XXIV. 796; Newton s

investigations on, XVII. 440; Roemer s

discovery of its velocity, XX. 620;

worship of, by Persians, xvi. 529. LIGHTFOOT, John, English rabbinical

scholar, xiv. 614. LIGHTHOUSE, xiv. 615. LIGHTING, Electric, xiv. 630.

, Gas, x. 87.

, of mines, xvi. 461.

, of railway carriages, XX. 248, 250.

LIGHTNING, its origin, xxm. 330; its

connexion with the aurora, HI. 92;

its relation to electricity, vill. 6; death

by, xv. 781.

CONDUCTOR, xiv. 633; for light houses, xiv. 629; Harris s discoveries,

XL 494. LIGHT OF NATURE, Tucker s work,

xxm. 603.

LlGN ALOES, of Scripture, I. 597. LIGNANO, Italy, Battle of (1176), IX.

730. LIGNIN-DYNAMITE, explosive, xvn.

521. LIGNITE, mineral, VI. 46; X. 238, 365;

xvi. 429; as fuel, IX. 808. LIGNON DU NORD, river, France, Xiv.

807.

LIGNUM VIT^E, tree, xi. 230. LIGNY, Belgium, Battle of (1815), xvn.

224. LIGOR, district, Malay Peninsula, xv.

322. LlGUEST, Pierre Laclede, French settler

in Missouri, U.S.A., xxi. 185. LlGULAT^E, subclass of ferns, IX. 107. LIGUORI, Alfonso Maria de , Roman

theologian, xiv. 634; on the infliction

of torture, XXI 1 1. 464. LIGUORIANISM, theological school, xiv.

634- LIGURIA, ancient district, Italy, xiv .639.

LIGURIAN BEES, in. 497. LIGURIAN DIALECT, XIIL 493. LIGURIANS, ancient Italian people, X.

in; xiii. 446; xiv. 639. LIGUSTRUM, genus of plants, xix. 764. LlGYES, or Ligyans (Ligurians), ancient

Italian race, xiii. 446; Xiv. 639. LILAC, tree, xiv. 640; n. 320. LILBURNE, John, English sectary and

pamphleteer, xiv. 640; xvin. 205. LILIENFELD, P. von, German economist,

xix. 394. LILIENTHAL, Germany, Observatory at,

xvn. 713. LILI SCHONEMANN, friend of Goethe,

x. 727.

LlLlUM, genus of plants, XIV. 643. LILIUS, Aloysius, author of the new

style in the calendar, IV. 671. LILJA, Goran, Swedish poet, xxn. 754. LlLLE, town, France, Xiv. 641; univer sity of, xxm. 851.

LILLEBONNE, town, France, xiv. 642. LiLLiBURLERO, English political ballad,

xxiv. 529. LlLLJEBORG, Wilhelm, on birds, xvill.

34-

LILLY, or Lyly, John, English writer, xv. 103. -, William, English astrologer, xiv.

642. LILY, plant, xiv. 643; xn. 257.

-, Nile, greenhouse plant, xn. 264.

LILYB/EUM (Marsala), ancient town, Sicily, xv. 571; xxn. 16.

LILYE, "William, English grammarian, xiv. 643; VIIL 414.

LIMA, town, Peru, XIV. 644; xvin. 674; library of, xiv. 536, 551; observatory, xvn. 716. , town, Ohio, U.S.A., xiv. 645.

LiMAGNE, plain, France, XX. 119.

LlMASOL, town, Cyprus, VI. 748.

Ll-MA-TEU (Matteo Ricci), Jesuit mis sionary in China, XX. 537.

LIMAX, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 662; xxn. 187.

LIMBIRD, John, promoter of cheap litera ture, xvin. 538.

LiMBORCH, Philip van, Dutch theo logian, xiv. 645.

LlMBOURG, province, Belgium, Xiv. 646.

LIMBS, Anatomy of the, I. 826; abnor mal, xvi. 763, 764; of mammals, xv. 359; of birds, III. 720; in skeleton, xxn. 116.

LIMBURG, province, Belgium, xiv. 645. , province, Holland, xiv. 646; dia lects of, xv. 196.

, town, Prussia, Xiv. 646.

LIMBUS, Nepalese race, xvn. 341. INFANTUM, LIMBUS PATRUM, xiv. 646.

LIME, mineral, xiv. 647 ; effects of calcination of, XIII. 296; decomposi tion of, into quicklime, XXI. 166; as manure, I. 350; xv. 509; phosphates

of, xvin. 819 ; superphosphate as

manure, I. 348. See also Limestone. LIME, tree, xiv. 648 ; in United States,

XXIII. 808; culture of, II. 318.

FURNACE, ix. 844.

LIME-JUICE, xiv. 439; an antidote to

scurvy, VII. 207. LIME- LIGHT, introduced by T. Drum-

mond, vii. 480.

LlME-MlCA, mineral, xvi. 413. LIMERICK, county, Ireland, xiv. 648;

population and representation, xxin,

727; town, xiv. 649; treaty of (1691),

xiii. 268.

LIME SALT, xvin. 92. LIMES GERMANIC, of Trajan, xxin.

53- LIMESTONE, mineral, x. 232, 238; xvi.

397 ; marble a variety of, xv. 528;

strength of, xxn. 603; caves in, v.

265. See also Lime. LlMlCOL^E, group of birds, Xiv. 129;

XVIII. 45; xix. 228.

, division of worms, XXIV. 677. LIMING, in bleaching, in. 814. LIMITATION, Statutes of, xiv. 650. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, m.

329; vi. 222. LiMNiEUS, genus of Mollusca, xvi. 660,

662; xxn. 187. LIMNITE, mineral, xvi. 388. LlMNOS, or Lemnos, island, zEgean Sea,

Turkey, XIV. 436. LIMOGES, town, France, xiv. 651 ;

population, XXIV. 223; enamelling of,

Vill. 184.

LIMONITE, mineral, xvi. 388. LIMONITIC IRON ORES, xin. 287. LlMONUM (Poitiers), ancient town,

France, xix. 282. LIMOSA, island, Mediterranean Sea, xv.

820,

, genus of birds, x. 720.

LIMOUSIN, Leonard, enamel painter,

vin. 184,

LIMPET, mollusc, xvi. 646. LIMPIA, mountains, Texas, U.S.A.,

xxin, 204.

LlMPKIN, bird, XX. 223. LIMPOPO, river, South Africa, I. 254;

xxin. 517.

LIMULUS, crustacean, vi. 662. LIMYRUS, river, Asia Minor, xv. 93. LINACRE, Thomas, English humanist

and physician, xiv. 652; vin. 414. LINARES, town, Spain, xiv. 653. LINARITE, mineral, xvi. 402. LINCEI, Accademia dei, Rome, I. 70. LINCOLN, county, England, xiv. 653;

population and representation, xxin.

727; sheep, I. 392. , town, England, XIV. 656; likeness

of cathedral to that of Clugny, I. 15. , town, South Australia, xxn. 284.

, town, Illinois, U.S.A., xiv. 658.

, town, Nebraska, U.S.A., xiv. 658;

xvn. 309.