Leyden Jar
a glass bottle having its interior coated with tin foil or filled with thin leaves of copper or of gold leaf. The outside is also coated with tin foil up to a certain distance from the neck. The neck has a cork, through which passes a brass rod terminating at one end in a knob, and communicating with the metal in the interior. The ingrammar schools, Tidd primary school, ner coating is called the internal, and the Cary library, electric light plant, savings bank and newspapers. Lexington was settled in 1642 and was long known as Cambridge Farm, and was incorporated as a town in 1713. It was the scene of the first conflict between the colonists and British troops in the Revouter one the external armature or coating. It is charged by connecting one of the armatures with the ground and the other with the source of electricity. If the hand grasps the external coating while the knob is presented to the conductor of the machine, positive electric- 119, 1775. he colonist man kille and cou on Jamen res city nds, whi founded 5, which st collebe pils wer Galdame able libr ith 141,000 Arabic, hief ind Scotch O Sept. & metlica cott anc per or costed tance cork of the ty of peace elibation. 174). Lib ed wine ( etimes of s, either p m., H. N. x does not sion, but cla be found.
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LEYTE (lā'tā), an island of the Visaya group in the Philippines; bethe S. E., Bohol on the S. W. and Mashete on the N. W.; area, 2,722 square miles; pop. about 360,000; capital, Tacloban on the Bay of San Pedro and San Pablo.
It is about 100 miles long and 47 miles wide in its broadest part. The interior of the island is mountainous, containing a number of extinct volcanoes. There are mines of gold, silver, lead and sulphur. The large valleys are cultivated by the natives, the chief agricultural product being hemp. Sugar, chocolate, cofand corn are also raised, ed, and some live stock. Wax, honey, shells, birds' nests, sponges, and pearls are exported in small quantities. Civil government was established in 1901, which was found to be generally acceptable by the people but in 1905-1906 there were local disturbances. Besides the capital, the chief ports are Carrigari on the E. coast and Ormoc, Baybay, Ilongos, Ma-asim, and Malitbog on the W. coast. tween Samar, Dinagat and Mindanao on