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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.