Lancaster
lank'as-ter, a name prominent in English history. The county of Lancaster of Lancashire lies on the north-western coast of England, between Chester and Westmoreland. The city of Lancaster is its capital, Liverpool the metropolis and chief seaport, and Manchester the chief manufacturing town. The House of Lancaster is descended from Old John of Gaunt. It gave three kings to England, Henry IV, V, and VI. In the Wars of the Roses, the House of Lancaster wore the red rose. Among her other titles Queen Victoria was Duchess and Countess of Lancaster. See Liverpool
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Lancaster
DUCHY OF, a territorial hereditament of the British sovereign, and to all intents his private apprivate ap panage. It is in Lancashire, mostly, and one of the titles of the King of Great Britain and Ireland is Duke of Lancaster.
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Lancaster (Capital of Lancashire England)
capital of Lancashire, England, on the River Lore and a branch of the Midland railway, 230 miles N. W. by N. from London. It lies on an eminence overlooking Morecombe Bay to the W. and the buildings include the castle and church of St. Mary, several handsome modern churches, Storey Institute, museum and library, Palestine Hall, Ripley Hospital, Ashton Memorial and new town hall. The manufactures include cotton, silk, pottery and leather goods. The town goes back to Saxon times and times its first charter was granted in 1193. in 1198. Pop. about 43,000.
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Lancaster (City and county-seat)
a city and county-seat of Fairfield co., O.; on the Hocking river and canal, and the Hocking Valley, Pennsylvania Company, and other railroads; 32 miles S. E. of Columbus. It is the farming trade center for the county; and is engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements, foundry products, flour, shoes, wood-pulp machinery and glass. It is the seat of the State Industrial School for Boys; contains a fine court house, high school; National bank, and many churches, and has electric light and street railroad plants; a good water supply; daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Pop. (1910) 13,- 093; (1920) 14,706.
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Lancaster (City and county-seat) (II)
a city and county-seat of Lancaster co., Pa., on the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia and Reading, and other railroads; 68 miles W. of Philadelphia. It is the manufacturing trade center for the county; is an important tobacco market; and is engaged in tobacco growing, cigar-making, cattleraising, and the manufacture of cotton goods, iron and steel goods, shoes, and combs. It is the seat of Franklin and Marshall College; contains the Lancaster, St. Joseph's, and the County Hospitals, Children's Home, Mechanics' and Y. M. C. A. libraries, and Conestoga Park, and has gas and electric light plants, electric street railroads, National and State banks and about 50 churches. Lancaster was settled in 1729; was State capital in 1799-1812; and chartered a city in 1818. Congress sat in Lancaster for a few days in 1777. Pop. (1910) 47,227; (1920) 53,150.
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Lancaster Sound
a W. outlet of Baffin Bay, in lat. 74° 20′ N., connected with Boothia Gulf on the S. by means of Prince Regent Inlet. Though this opening into the Arctic Ocean was discovered by Baffin in 1616, it was first navigated by Parry in 1819. formed, of a form
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Lancelet
Amphioxus lanceolatus, Eatus, in 1 Louis a transparent and iridescent fish about about Lou during three inches long, with a fin extending nding dur sion. nearly from the snout to the hinder ex- -r ex- sion tremity. The skeleton is imperfectly de- Ey de- in veloped, the blood colorless; no proper roper raze skull or brain. It has affinities to the the Ascidian. Its movements are active. It . It France Fra is found in temperate and tropical seas. seas. The The the
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Lancelot
King of Naples, called the Liberal and Victorious; born in 1376. He succeeded his father, Charles Duras, in 1386. He was previously Count of Provence and King of Hungary. He obtained the latter crown in 1403 during the imprisonment of Sigismund, who compelled him to return to Italy. On
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Lancer
a cavalry soldier armed red the sheep. with a lance. Lancers were introduced duced shee or into European armies by Napoleon I., most after the pattern of those in the Polish Polish mo products service. After the campaign of 1815, 1816, four regiments of English lancers were were and are classed to - day as melassed to-day as meare valuable in open cavalry. They are valuable in open but were not employed empl fighting, but were not employed ntent in the World great extent in the World The Uhlans in the German service in the German service and used as in England, and sed as in England, and alry." In dancing, the medium cavalry. " In dancing, the " are a certain set of quadrilles. tain set of quadrilles. wood valuable for
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Lancewood
a wood valuable for elasticity. It is strength and elasticity. It is by the small tree Guatteria tree Guatteria ( natural order Anonacea). An- Aпoпacse). An species, G. laurifolia, yields the urifolia, yields the called white lancewood, which, howlancewood, which, howused. Laneewood is of not much used. Lancewood is of value to coach - builders, by whom bach-builders, by whom for shafts and carriage poles. its and carriage poles. the main trunk of the used is the main trunk of the It comes in small quantities from from Jamaica. small quantities from the West Indies, chiefly chiefly from Jamaica.
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Lancinao
a city in Italy, the resi a bishop of the Catholic church. of the Catholic church. near the city of Chieti and about he city of Chieti and about from the Adriatic. Situated on the Adriatic. Situated on nected by large stone hills connected by large stone date from Roman times. which date from Roman times. ter of an important fruit the center of an important fruit Pop. about 20,000. and oil district. Pop. about 20,000.
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Land
. See Public Land; Forestry ; Western Reserve ; Land Tenure
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Land Grant
a grant made by Congress to assist railroad companies to secure funds, by the sale of bonds secured by lands so granted, to construct lines of railway through parts of the United States where the local traffic would not pay the running expenses. About 215,- 000,000 acres of land were given to the various railroads of the country by the government. The Illinois Central received a strip 12 miles wide, running the whole length of Illinois; the Northern Pacific received 47,000,000 acres; the Atlantic and Pacific, 42,000,000; the Union Pacific, 13,000,000 and other roads in proportion. Congress has also made many grants of land to the several States and Territories to promote public education.
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