These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Lambert Pine, Lambese, Lambeth.
Pinus lambertiana, a gigantic tree, discovered by Douglas in ed by Douglas in New Albion. Trunk, lofty and erect; lofty and erect; leaves fine, rather stiff, bright green, , bright green, with no sheaths; cones very large and pendulous; seeds large and used for food. nd used for food.
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or LAMBESSA (lam-bes'sä), a town of Algeria, department of and 62 miles S. W. of the town W. of the town of Constantine. It is the site of the the site of the ancient Lambæsa, and has important has important Roman remains.
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one of the English metroe English metropolitan parliamentary boroughs, S. of boroughs, S. of the Thames, in the county of Surrey, anty of Surrey, and forming part of the S. W. quarter •S. W. quarter of London. Lambeth Palace has been Falece has been the official residence of the archbishops the archbishops of Canterbury since 1197. It contains 17. It contains a splendid series of portraits of the archtaita of the archbishops, and a valuable library. The In library. The Lollards' Tower dates from 1434. The From 1434. The Lambeth Articles, drawn up in 1595 by up in 1595 by Archbishop Whitgift and others, were nd olders, were nine in number, and pronouncedly Calonouncedly Calvinistic in doctrine. They were disapberware disapproved by Queen Elizabeth, and were never in force.
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the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is situated in the parish and parliamentary borough of Lambeth, on the south side of the Thames, about a mile and a half southwest of St. Paul's. It lies up stream and across the Thames from Westminster Abbey . Lambeth was acquired by the archbishop in 1197. The present palace was begun soon after. It contains a fine library of 30,000 volumes, including the official records of the archbishop in forty volumes. The Lollards' Tower is a massive square keep. A room known as the prison, situated in a staircase turret, still contains wall inscriptions written by prisoners. Imprisoned heretics were chained, so tradition runs, to eight large iron rings yet hanging form the walls. The general chamber, sixty feet long, contains a series of oil portraits of the archbishops. The Hall, ninety-two feet by forty, has witnessed ecclesiastical meetings of importance. The chapel is the room where Archbishop Laud, immediately after his appointment, gave offense by restoring the communion table to its historic but prelatic position at the east end. Steps lead down to the Thames, long the historic thoroughfare between Lambeth Palace and Westminster, the Tower, and the city.
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in old armor, skirts of mor, skirts of steel plates, flexible and overlapping, atoverlapping, attached to the front and back pieces of hack pieces of the cuirass, and hanging over the thighs. over the thighs.
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a descendant of Cain, in nt of Cain, in the 5th generation, and ancestor of a ancestor of o numerous posterity distinguished for stinguished for skill in agriculture, music, and several sic, and several part of mechanical arts. He is the first polygathe first polygamist on record. Another Lamech, son of Lamech, son of Methuselah, and father of Noah, lived of Noah, lived 777 years, and died only five years before the flood (Gen. v. 25-31). LAMELLIBRANCHIATA (-brang- MA(brang ki-ätä), a division of the higher mol- The higher mol lusca, represented by the oysters, mussels, cockles, etc. -kor'ni-ä), or
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Consisting of thin or extended plates, layers, or scales; distributed or disposed in thin, filmy processes. Lampblack consists of a very fine description of infinitely divided charcoal. It is commonly made by heating in an iron vessel vegetable matters rich in carbon, including tar and resins, the vapors of which are burnt in a current of air insufficient for complete combustion; consequently the hydrogen burns away and leaves the carbon behind in a finely divided condition on the walls of the chamber, which are hung with coarse cloths. Lampblack thus obtained invariably contains more or less unburnt resinous or fatty matters. When it is required to obtain a small quantity of very fine lampblack, it may be done by holding a cold plate over a common gas flame until sufficient has been deposited. See CARBON; CHARCOAL.
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a tribe or'uên), a tribe of beetles having short antennæ termi- Baleanse terminated by a lamellated club-i. e., a club he, a elab composed of lamellæ or little platesittie platesformed by the expansion on one side of on one side of the three apical joints. The mentum is solid and horny; the legs are long, and have spines and tooth-like projections on the fore ones, enabling them to dig with facility. There are six small legs attached to the thoracic segments. Some live in the ground, feeding on the roots of plants. They are all herbivorous. Among them are some of the most splendid beetles existing. More than 7,000 species are known. They are divided into two families: Scarabeidæ and tangles Lucanidæ. these
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a a the family of swimming birds. The family comprises the ducks, geese, swans, flammeter ingoes, etc. go
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HUGUES FÉLICITÉ ROBERT DE (lä-muh-nā'), a French writer; born in St. Malo, June 19, 1782. He was ordained priest in 1817. The same year appeared the first volume of his "Essay upon Indifference in the Matter of Religion" (1807-1820). He developed his views further in "Religion Considered in its Relation to the Civil and Political Order" (1825) and "Progress of the Revolution and of the War against the Church" (1829). By degrees he became the critic of Church policy, and his journal "L'Avenir" (The Future) was condemned by the Pope. Lamennais bowed to Rome's decree; but after a year was published his "Words of a Believer" (1834), in which he repudiates all authority of popes and bishops. It was followed by "The Book of the People" (1837), and "The Past and the Future of the People" (1842), in the same tone. He wrote also: "Sketch of a Philosophy" (3 vols. 1841); "Religion"; and translated the Gospels, accompanying the text with notes. He died in Paris, Feb. 27, 1854.
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one of the shorter books of the Old Testament. No author's name is attached to it in the Hebrew Bible, where it is simply designated from its first two words, ekhah="O how." The Septuagint translators called it Threnoi Ieremiou = "Dirges or Lamentations of Jeremiah." Universal tradition attributes it to him, and the style is that of his acknowledged prophecies. The theme is the destruction and desolation of Jerusalem, and the slaughter of many of its inhabitants, with the misery of the survivors. It is chanted in part of the Jewish ritual on the 9th of Ab, in our month of July.
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