Linen
a general name for a cloth of very extensive use, made of flax, and differing from cloths made of hemp only in its fineness. The manufacture of linen is of so ancient a date that its origin is unknown. Al a very early period linen cloths were made in Egypt, burgh, the county-town of Linlithgowperiod linen cloths were made in Egypt, burgh. Linlithgow Palace, mostly re- built between 1425 and 1628, was fired ing all composed of this substance. In burgh. Linlithgow Palace, mostly rethe time of Herodotus linen was exported built between 1425 and 1628, was fired from Egypt; it also formed the dress of by Hawley's dragoons in 1746. It was the Egyptian priests, who wore it at all the birthplace of James V. and Mary the Egyptian priests, who wore it at all were called "linen wearing" by Ovid and Juvenal. Linen passed from Egypt to the Romans, but not till the time of the emperors, when the Roman priests began to wear linen garments. Linen was also used as a material for writing; the Sibylline books, and the mummy bandages covered with hieroglyphics, are instances of this use of the fabric. Linen and woolen cloths formed the only maages covered with hieroglyphics, are in- Ages; and fine linen was held in very high estimation, the manufacture being carried to the greatest perfection in Ger- LINNÆAN SYSTEM, the sexual system of botany introduced by Linnæus, which, though unequaled for the aid it affords in finding the name of a flower, yet labors under the fatal defect that it is purely artificial. Previous to his time, Jung, rector of the gymnasium at Hamburg, who died in 1657, had introduced the Latin botanical nomenclature. Tournefort, who died in 1708, had been the first to classify plants into strictly defined genera. It remained for Linnæus to arrange them and define the several genera and species scientifically. He his devica in to use it e." The improved 5, etc., and well as etion may that of a not set Line of me s to be pris on of read ID OTE, the ed. Linsee of linole ads, about the glycer aken as the Brying oils, ing up int ons mass en the oil losas about 3, scarcely the basi ishes. of sulph ducts, and al of the 117 mil As a pl asions, , and da uccess Here Tran Ber 180 icia LINNÉ divided the vegetable kingdom into 24 classes.
LINNÉ (lin'nā), KARL VON, commonly LINNÆUS, the greatest botanist of his age; born in Rashult, Sweden, May 13, 1707. He was the son of a clergyman; educated at the grammar school of Wexiö. He entered the University of Lund, where his botanical tastes were enby the Academy of Sciences at Upsala the result of his travels was "Flora Lap- Linné made a journey through Lapland, of the botanic garden, and became asponica," published in 1735. In this year by the Academy of Sciences at Upsala Linné made a journey through Lapland, afterward visited Leyden, where he pub- in Holland and took an M.D. degree; ponica," published in 1735. In this year he went to the University of Harderwyk in Holland and took an M. D. degree; afterward visited Leyden, where he published the first sketch of his "Systema Professor of Medicine at Upsala in 1741, Stockholm as a physician. He became In 1736 he visited England, went to Paris in 1738, and afterward settled in was made a Knight of the Polar Star Professor of Medicine at Upsala in 1741, and then of botany and natural history; was made a Knight of the Polar Star of sexual relationship and prepared the he arranged plants on a simple system merit of Linné as a botanist was that he arranged plants on a simple system of sexual relationship and prepared the way for the more natural and satisfactory classification which has superseded the Linnæan system. Among his works are "Genera Plantarum" (1737); "Clasosophia Botanica" (1751) ; and the (1745); "Fauna Suecica" (1746); "Philin Upsala, Jan. 10, 1778. "Species Plantarum" (1753). He died in Upsala, Jan. 10, 1778.