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Leucocytes – Life Rocket

Leucocytes

the name given by Robin to the lymph corpuscles, or cells in the serous membranes of the body, and occasionally in the Malcells.

Leuctra

a village of Bœotia, in ancient Greece, famous for the great victory which the Thebans under Epaminondas here won over the Spartan King Cleombrotus (371 в. c.).

Lewes

the county-town of Sussex, England, 50 miles S. of London. Race meetings are held three times a year near Mount Harry on the Downs, where, on May 12, 1264, a great battle was fought barons under Simon de Montfort. between Henry III. and the insurgent

Lewistown

a city of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Mifflin co. It is on the Juniata River and on the Pennsylvania railroad. It is the center of an important agricultural and mining region and its industries include foundries, furnaces, steel works, silk mills, hosiery mills, etc.

It has a hospital and a public library.

Pop. (1910) 8,166; (1920) 9,849.

Liao-Tung

a peninsula east of the river Liao, in Manchuria, China, on which the port of Newchwang is situated. The region projects into the Yel- low Sea between the Gulf of Liao-tung and that of Korea. The name is generally used to denote the peninsula alone.

Liberal Republican Party

a party organized in 1872 by Republicans who were clared war against Germany in August, 1917. In April, 1918, a German warship bombarded Monrovia, sinking the "President Grant," a Liberian gunboat, and killing 10 people.

Liberty Loan Poster

BY ASHE with God by contemplation, and that any one who had attained to this could act as he pleased. Calvin wrote strongly against them.

Libitina

the Roman goddess of the constellations. It is surrounded by the

Libretto

the book of an opera.

Among the most noteworthy librettists

Licinius

CAIUS, a Roman tribune; of a plebeian family, he rose to the LICINIUS, CAIUS, a Roman tribune; rank of tribune. He made a law, which allowed the plebeians to share the conallowed the plebeians to share the conhe himself became one of the first plebe- sular dignity with the patricians; and ian consuls, 364 B. C.

Life Buoy

a buoy or float which is thrown overboard to sustain a person till assistance arrives.

Life Rocket

a rocket discharged from a life mortar; it carries a line intended as the means of opening communication between a ship in distress and those on shore.