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L I N L I S

LINCOLN, town, Rhode Island, U.S.A.,

xx. 524. , Abraham, president of the United

States, xiv. 658; xxm. 772, 779. - COLLEGE, Oxford, England, xvm.

97-

SHEEP, i. 392.

LINCOLN S INN, legal society, London,

xiii. 87, 90. LINCRUSTA WALTON, material for wall

decoration, xiv. 676. LINDAKERITE, mineral, xvi. 399. LINDAU, town, Bavaria, Xiv. 663. LINDEN, or Lime (q.v.), tree, xiv. 648. LINDENAU, Bernhard von, Saxon minis ter, xxi. 356. LINDISFARNE, or Holy Island, England,

xii. 105; xvii. 565; foundation of

monastery on, xiii. 250.

GOSPELS, viii. 382; xvm. 159.

LINDLEY, John, English botanist, xiv.

663. , Sir N., on legal partnership,

xvm. 329. LINDOCOLINA (Lincoln), mediaeval town,

England, xiv. 657. LIND S ANEMOMETER, n. 24. LINDSAY, town, Ontario, Canada, xvii.

775-

, Lord, his transit of Venus expedi tion, xvm. 248. LINDSEY, division of Lincolnshire,

England, Xiv. 655. , Theophilus, English theologian,

xiv. 663. LINDUM COLONIA (Lincoln), mediaeval

town, England, xiv. 657. LlNDUS, town, Ehodes, xx. 526. LINE, Representation of a, in geometrical

projection, xix. 80 1.

ENGRAVING, vui. 440.

GEOMETRY, Pliicker s invention

of, xix. 230. LINEN, Bleaching of, in. 820.

- MANUFACTURES, xiv. 663 ; in

England, vui. 232; in Ireland, xiii.

231; n. 143; in. 513; in Scotland,

vii. 534.

LINEN-PAPER, xvm. 218. LINEN TRADE, at Lille, xiv. 642. LINE OF COMMUNICATION, in war,

xxiv. 350.

LINEUS, genus of worms, xvii. 326. LING, fish, xiv. 668.

, plant, XL 589. , Per Henrik, Swedish poet and

writer on gymnastics, XXII. 757. LINGARD, John, English historian, xiv.

668. LINGAYATS, Hindu sect, Madras, xv.

185. LINGDAN KHAN, Mongol ruler, xvi.

743- LINGONES, tribe of Gauls, Italy, xiii.

446. LINGUET, Simon N. II., his Annales

Politicoes, xvii. 430.

LINGUISTICS, or Science of Language,

xvm. 765. LINGULID/E, family of Brachiopoda, IV.

194. LINGZI-TANG, plateau region, Tibet,

xxm. 339. LINK MOTION, for steam valves, xxn.

503.

LINKOPING, town, Sweden, xiv. 668.

LINK-WORK, in mechanics, xv. 761 ; kinematics of, xv. 697.

LIN LEY, Miss, wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, xxi. 797.

LINLITHGOW, county, Scotland, xiv. 669; area and population, xxi. 528; representation, xxm. 727; town, xiv. 670.

LOCH, Scotland, observations on

its temperature, Xiv. 220.

, mineral, vi. 81; xvi. 391. S, Carolus, Swedish naturalist, XIV. 671; XXII. 756; on birds, XVIII. 5; on classification and morphology, xvi. 838; on crystals, vi. 672; on ichthyo logy, xii. 632; his classification of plants, IV. 79; on reptiles, xx. 434; his zoological classification, xxiv. 804.

LINNE, Carl von (Linnaeus, q.v.), Swed ish naturalist, xiv. 671. , Carl von, the Younger, Swedish

naturalist, xiv. 674. LINNELL, John, English painter, xiv.

674.

LINNET, bird, xiv. 675. -, Green, bird, xi. 165.

LINOLEUM, floor-cloth, xiv. 676; vi.

402; ix. 329.

LINOS, town, Mexico, xxiv. 761. LlNOTA, genus of birds, xiv. 675. LINSEED, xiv. 676; cake, xvii. 739;

adulterations of cake, I. 174; oil, xvii.

744; use of oil in preparing varnish,

xxiv. 91.

LlNTH, river, Switzerland, XXII. 776. LINTOT SOCIETY, London, ix. 781. LlN-TSZE, town, China, xxm. 601. LINUS, saint and martyr, xiv. 678. , of Greek legend, xiv. 678.

LlNZ, town, Austria, xiv. 678.

LION, carnivorous mammal, XIV. 679;

xv. 435; of India, XII. 741; of Sene-

gambia, xxi. 662. LIONARDO (or LEONARDO), DA VINCI,

Italian artist and man of science and

letters, xiv. 455; xiii. 508; xxi. 437,

569.

LIONEL, duke of Clarence, xxiv. 752. LIONNE, Hugues de, French minister

under Louis XIV., IX. 574. LIP, Cancer in the, xvm. 382. LIPALULE, river, Transvaal, South

Africa, xxm. 517. LIPARI ISLANDS, Mediterranean Sea,

xiv. 682; i. 182; xv. 820. LIPARITE, rock, x. 234. LIPETSK, town, Russia, xiv. 683; xxm.

41.

LIPNO, town, Russian Poland, xix.

227.

LlPOA, genus of birds, XV. 827. LIPOCEPHALA, branch of Mollusca,

xvi. 684.

LIPOMA. disease, XVIIL 389. LIPOVETS, town, Russia, xiv. 69. LIPOXAIS, Scythian hero, xxi. 576. LIPPE, territory, Germany, xiv.

683. , or Lippe-Detmold, principality,

Germany, xiv. 683. , river, Rhenish Prussia, xx. 20,

519. LIPPEMUNDE, ancient town, Germany,

xxiv. 502. LIPPERSHEY, Hans, probable inventor

of the telescope, xxm. 136. LlPPE SPRINGE, spa, Germany, xvi.

433-

LIPPI, Filippino, or Lippino Lippi, Italian painter, XIV. 685, 459; IX. 773; XV. 606; XXI. 435.

, Fra Filippo, or Lippo Lippi, Italian

painter, xiv. 684; xxi. 434, 435.

, Lorenzo, Italian painter and poet,

xiv. 685.

LIPPMANN S CAPILLARY ELECTRO METER, viii. 109, 122.

Li PS i US, Justus, or Joest Lips, Dutch humanist, xiv. 685; his Latinity, xiv. 342-

LIQUEURS, xiv. 686.

LIQUIDAMBAR, tree and gum from it, xiv. 687.

LIQUIDS, defined, vi. 311; xii. 459; diffusion in, vn. 216; elasticity of, vn. Soi; expansions of, XL 584; surface- tension of, v. 59; velocity of sound in, I. 104.

LIQUORICE, or Black Sugar, xiv. 687.

LIQUOR LAWS, xiv. 688; xxm. 195; in Maine, U.S.A., xv. 299; in relation to Sabbath observance, xxil. 656.

LIRIPIPES, in mediaeval costume, vi. 469.

LIROCONITE, mineral, xvi. 407.

LISBON, town, Portugal, xiv. 690; academy of sciences, I. 73; lazaretto, xx. 154; library, xiv. 532; observa tory, xvii. 713; wine industry, xxiv. 609.

LISBURN, town, Ireland, xiv. 693.

LlSDOONVARNA, spa, Ireland, v. 802; xvi. 435.

LISIEUX, town, France, xiv. 693.

LlSlTCHANSK, Russia, Mines of, xv. 60.

LlSKE, Xavier, Polish historian, xix.

35-

LiSKEARD, town, England, xiv. 694.

LISLE, Joseph Nicolas de, French astronomer, xiv. 694.

L lSLE, Rouget de, author of Marseil laise Hymn, xiv. 868; xxi. 13. D ADAM, grand-master of Hospi

tallers, xxi. 174.