Leland (JOHN an English anti- England)
JOHN, an English anti- England, about English antiquary; born in London, a residence in Paris he be- England, about 1506. After ., who in in Paris he be came chaplain to Henry VIII him as "king's anti- VIII., who 1533, commissioned search for records "king's ant quary," with power to the cathed als, colleges, rch for r of antiquity in of England. His oleg als abbeys, and priories were the rectories of England. Church preferments of Calais, and the rectories c Pofeling, in the marches , a canonry of of Calais, an Haseley in Oxfordshire Ch Christ Church), canonry King's College (now Salisbury arist Church Oxford, and a prebend of . were darkened by inof Salisbur His last five years , 1552. Hackened by is sanity. Died April 18
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Lemegcton
(See Key of Solomon .)
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Lemnos
a of Mount Athos tance S. W. nearly split of S. coast and in Area, 180 000, all Greeks square, principal products tobacco. In anti to of the the Middle island Ages was the b in general of the snake bites, request also plague, dysentery only on one day with an accompaniment monies, from a with an a of the ancient monies N. E. of the island of the GENERAL LEMAN Belgian army situated at the stronghold of Liège. He of reput commanded the Belgian forces that opposed every year. the Greeks as every go the invasion of the German army was conquered by the Greeks in 1914, and was rescued from under the ruins reign of Darius was cono of a fort destroyed by wrested it from reign the big German guns. died in 1921. In 1657 it wres He Turks, from passed the In 1657 town is Kastro ( Turks
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Lemoine
born in Paris in 1688. FRANÇOIS a, a French hismember of the 1723 was appointed pro- Academy Holy. He painted Holy Virgin in the , and subsequently the ceiling in the Hall of Hercules at Versailles. In a fit of insanity he put an end to his life in Paris, June 4, 1737.
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Lemon (MARK an English humorist born)
MARK, an English humorist; born in London, England, Nov. 30, 1809. About 1825 he wrote a farce, the first of a long series of melodramas, operettas, etc. He produced, moreover, several novels (the best, perhaps, "Falkner Lyle," 1866), children's stories, and essays, and appeared as a lecturer and public reader. In 1841 he helped to establish "Punch," of which for the first two years he was joint-editor with Henry Mayhew, and thereafter sole editor till his death, in Crawley, Sussex, May 23, 1870.
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Lena
one of the great rivers of Siberia. It rises near Lake Baikal. After forming a sharp angle far to the eastward, it flows into the Arctic Ocean through several mouths in latitude 72 deg. N. Its entire course is 3,000 miles in length. It is navigable through the greater part of its course during the summer. The Lena lies entirely north of the fifty-second parallel. Its plains are open to the Arctic winds of winter, yet it is believed that its basin includes a large area of fertility that may at some time be tapped by railroads and yield an abundance of wheat, rivaling the Canadian Northwest. Yakutsk, near the eastern angle of the river, is the first city on its banks. The delta of the Lena is of interest in connection with the De Long expedition. It is in the valley of the Lena that the ivory of the mammoth has been found in such abundance. See De Long ; Siberia
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Lencoran
ation in 772,000 square miles. Its chief affluents the Caspian Sea are the Vilui (1,300 miles) on the left, were later In the vicinity and the Vitim (1,400), the Olekma (800), springs. It was ees. and the Aldan (1,300) on the right. by Persia in 1813. CORAN. Navigation on the Lena is open from Yaspian Sea, kutsk upward from May till October.
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Length of Balance Pivots
Saunier recommends the removal of the endstone to see that the pivot projects enough beyond the pivot hole when the plate is inverted. Remove the cock and detach it from the balance. Take off the balance spring with its collet from the latter and place it on the cock inverted, so as to see whether the cock is central when the outer coil is midway between the curb pins. Remove the cock endstone and endstone cap, place the top balance pivot in its hole and see that it projects a little beyond the pivot hole. Place the balance in the calipers to test its truth, and at the same time to see that it is in poise. It must be remembered, however, that the balance is sometimes put out of poise intentionally. See Poising the Balance.
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Length of Pendulums
One-second pendulums are long enough for all but turret clocks, and longer than two-second pendulums should not be used. The very long pendulums used by the old clockmakers for turret clocks in order to get, as they expressed it, "dominion over the clock," were unwieldy and unsteady from the action of the wind and other causes. The requisite "dominion" is now obtained by making the bob heavier.
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Lennep
JACOB VAN, a Dutch auussia. thor; born in Amsterdam, Holland, March 25, 1802. He was educated for dam the bar, passed as a barrister, and soon educa achieved a great reputation for legal sister, ar knowledge. Yet without neglecting his ation for extensive practice he for more than 30 negl years cultivated literature. Lennep first appeared as an author shortly before 1830 in a work on national legends, immediately followed by his comedies. Of his numerous novels several (including "The Rose of Dekama" and "The Adopted Son") have been translated into English, French, and German. He wrote much for the stage, translated from Byron and other English poets, and published a Dutch history for the young. He died Aug. 25, 1868.
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Lennox
an ancient Scotch territory, comprising the basin of the Leven and Loch Lomond-the whole of Dumbartonshire, great part of Stirlingshire, and time. November, 1917, portions of Perth and Renfrew shires. It gave name to an earldom (1174-1581), and then to a dukedom, conferred by Charles II. in 1680 on one of his illegitimate sons, Charles, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, who in 1702 sold the Lennox estates to the Marquis of Montrose. LENROOT, LUTHER, IRVINE United States Senator from Wisconsin, born in Superior, Wis., in 1869. He was educated in the common schools and after studying law was admitted to the member of the Wisconsin House of resentatives and served as its speaker 1903 and 1905. He was elected to 61st Congress in 1909 and was successively re - elected until his election to viation, 1 Senate in 1918. He took a prominent the same part in the Senate debates on the lens" wou of Peace and the League of Nations. tem of le lent in its was one of the most prominent of Republican Senators who advocated determina so - called mild reservations. He was Henes a erally recognized as one of the most so as to re members of the Senate. resent the complex sy
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