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HENRY CHARLES, an Amer- Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 19, 1825; entered his father's publishing house in 1843; became became the principal in 1865; and retired 1880. Between 1840 and 1860 he wrote many papers on chemistry and attention to European mediæval history conchology. After 1857 he devoted his his chief works being: "Superstition and Force" Force" (1866) "An Historical Sketch Celibacy" (1867); "History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages" ( Ages" (1888) ; "A History of Auricular Indulgences" (1896) "The Moriscos of Spain" (1901); etc He died in 1909. bum, whence the chemical symbol Pb) LEAD (Greek, molybdos; Latin, plum This metal was well known to the an cients.
Britain were worked by the Romans Several lead mines in Great with whom the leaden waterpipe were common. Lead is of bluish white color, and is one of th tenacity are low in the scale, but it ma softest of metals. Its ductility an be converted into tolerably thin sheets as well as drawn into wire. It fuses a 325°, and may with difficulty be obtaine a but for auor evening shop of the solution, of lay reader, service. rder in the stitute the ad to the priest of readers in the ed the sanction but they were not et deep, and 8 square Broughton Bay on the It is 890 miles from N. and 480 from Port and is free from ice AZARETTO, a name er parts of Southpublic buildings cour, and such as globe disorders. at of lepers; and Ages, when leprosy and other parts, the ers were con and the lepers HARTES, an Amerd historian; born in Sept. 19, 1825; entered house in 1848in 1865; and 1840 and 1860 he chemistry and he devoted bis edieval history uperstition and stoneal Sketchi (1867); "Histhe Middl of Auricular (1896) (1901); etc s: Latin, plum al symbol Pb) own to the an mines in Grea is of Homan terpipe of th ts ductility an ably this sheet LEADVILLE LEAGUE OF NATIONS