Linz
capital of the crown-land of on the Danube. As a place of some strapeasants in 1626, and during the war of on several occasions, notably by the between the Emperor Ferdinand III. and again in 1742. Here peace was signed the Austrian Succession in 1741 and and in the vicinity Bernadotte defeated again in 1742. Here peace was signed the Austrians in 1809. Pop. about 70,000. the Austrians in 1809. Pop. about est and the most important of the livelevated into a distinct genus with a single species, Leo nobilis), one of the largtime is very wide. The Hebrew Scriptures abound with references to it, and ing carnivora. Its range in historical in the time of Darius lions were emtures abound with references to it, and time is very wide. The Hebrew Scrip- ing carnivora. Its range in historical ployed to execute judicial sentences (Dan. vi: 16-24). It is mentioned by Homer; Herodotus and Theocritus mention lions every book, and by Catullus. It played an important part in the sanguinary as found in Africa, and in Europe; by games of the Roman amphitheater. Its geographical range is now confined to Africa and the S. W. of Asia, extendgames of the Roman amphitheater. Its 1886, the first newsthe New York rice has since been means of spacing adapted for book newspapers. Ita De roughly approxi-- pewriter. The linope. It produces a al upon which the ated stand out after ing matter for the fixed oil expressed oil consists of the ic, palmitic, and nine-tenths of the ide of linoleic acid. type of the class from their propto a transparent, when exposed to s boiled for some one-sixth of its icker, tenacious, still more reade, into a turpensoluble in oils. of printers' and seed oil, mixed , forma caoutwith alkalies a crown-land of W. of Vienna, of some strabeen besieged ably by the g the war of In 1741 and was signed and III. and ania in 1645, tte defeated Pop. about (formerly with a sinf the larg of the livhistorical ew Scripto it, and were emces (Dan.
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