Collier's New Encyclopedia

A complete general encyclopedia of 1921 — the world as it was understood just after the Great War, from Aachen to Zwingli, across twelve volumes and six thousand pages.

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Locust – Long's Peak

Locust

SEVENTEEN YEAR, an American Cicada.

Lode

the technical name for a metalliferous or ore-producing vein. These differ in their length, width and depth, and also in the richness of mineral they contain.

Lodestar

or LOADSTAR ("leading star") a name given to the polar star.

Logan

MOUNT, a peak in the Alaskan Alps, said to be the second highest point in North America. Its altitude is 19,500 feet.

Lombard College

a coeducaa tional institution in Galesburg, Ill.; Universalist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 20; students, 250; president, J. M. Tilden, LL. D. founded in 1851 under the auspices of LL. D.

Los Angeles

CALIFORNIA Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND

Lucknow

INDIA

Lumber Industry

NEW BRUNSWICK

Lumber Industry

TASMANIA LUSITANIA Opposite page 132 MADEIRA Opposite page 132

London

UNIVERSITY OF (1903); "The Sea Wolf" (1904); "Burning Daylight" (1910); "The Valley of the Moon" (1913); "People of the Abyss" (sociological, 1903); "The War of the Classes" (1905); "The Iron Heel" (1908), and "John Barleycorn" (1913), the latter being autobiographical. premises at

Longford

a county in Ireland in the province of Leinster, with an area of 421 square miles and a population of 43,800. The southern part of the county is good pasture land, but in the northern section the soil is very poor. The capital of the county is Longford with a population of 3,700.

Long's Peak

named after Col. S.

H. Long, engineer and explorer, one of the highest peaks (14,271 feet) of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

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