Locus
a Latin word meaning a place or spot. In geometry , the locus of a point is the line generated by the point when moving according to some determinate law. The locus of a line is the surface generated by a line moving according to some fixed law. Thus, if a point moves in the same plane in such a manner that the sum of its distances sigilli (usually abbreviated from two fixed points of the plane is constant, the locus of the point is an ellipse. Locus delicti : The place where an offense is committed. Locus pœnitentiæ: Time or opportunity for repentance before a probative writing is executed. Locus L. S.): The place where the seal, usually appended to a person's signature, is to be affixed to a deed or public document. Locus standi : The right of any person or persons to appear and be heard on any matter before a particular tribunal.
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Lodestar
or LOADSTAR ("leading star") a name given to the polar star.
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Lodestone
A precious stone believed to possess magical properties of diverse kinds. If one is ill, one must hold it in one's hands and shake it well. It cures wounds, snakebites, weak eyes, headaches and restores hearing. The possessor of the lodestone may walk through reptiles in safety, even when they are accompanied by " black death ." Orpheus says that "with this stone you can hear the voices of the gods and learn many wonderful things; " that it has the property of unfolding the future; and if held close to the eyes it will inspire with a divine spirit. دو
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Lodz
a town of Poland, in the government of Plot kow , 75 miles S. W. of Warsaw. Second city of Poland in size and is center of cotton and woolen manufacture. Its industrial development has been rapid, largely owing to its population of Germans and Jews. During the German campaign in Poland in 1914 there were heavy combats round the city and the Germans entered it on October 8. After retreating they advanced again and Lodz was again evacuated by the Russians on December 6, its position at the extremity of a salient in the Russian line having made further sacrifices for its defense strategically unsound. It remained in German hands to the end of the war. Pop. 1912 , 450,004.
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Logan
MOUNT, a peak in the Sod Alaskan Alps, said to be highest point in North America. Its altitude is 19,500 feet.
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Logarithms
log'a-rithms. See Napier
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Logos
Fohat-is the term very commonly used in theosophy to designate the Deity. Along with the great religions, theosophy has as the beginning of its scheme a Deity who, in Himself, is altogether beyond human knowledge or conception, whether in the ordinary or the clairvoyant states. But when the Deity manifests Himself to man through his works of creation, He is known as the Logos. Essentially He is infinite but when He encloses a "ringpass-not" within which to build a kosmos, He has set limits to Himself, and what we can know of Him is contained in these limits. To us He appears in a triple aspectthe Christian Trinity-but this is, of course, merely an appearance, and in reality He is a unity. This triple aspect shews Him as Will, Wisdom and Activity, and from each of these came forth one of the creative life waves which formed the universe. From the third came the wave which created matter, from the second, the wave which aggregated diffuse matter into form, and from the first, the wave which brought with it the Monad, that scintillation of Himself which took posession of formed matter, to start thereby the evolutionary process.
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Logrolling
a system of giving help. In clearing up the heavily timbered portions of the country each settler was accustomed to work independently during the winter. He felled trees and piled up the brush and small branches himself, but cut the trunks into lengths and left them lying on the ground. In the spring the men of the settlement combined with their teams and helped each other to draw these large logs together and to roll them up into heaps to be burned. Each settler invited his neighbors to his "logrolling" and made it a day of general jollification. No account was kept of whether one gave more help than he received. Everybody was expected to turn out to a logrolling. Of late, the term has been applied to legislative matters. A member having a bill in charge, possibly an objectionable one, which he is unable to have carried by his own efforts, invites other legislators to assist him in putting his measure through, with the understanding that he will turn out and help them "logroll" their pet bills when the time comes. While carried on under the guise of good fellowship, and not subject to the charge of bribery, logrolling is really one of the most dangerous features of modern legislation.
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Logwood
a tree of the locust family found in many parts of the West Indies and Central America , especially Honduras. It grows from twenty to forty feet in height and has crooked, thorny branches. Its wood is heavy and sinks in water. It is of a red color. When the chips are boiled in water they yield a rich brown dye, much used for coloring cotton and wool. The wood was formerly imported in logs, whence the name. See Locust ; Dye
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Loir-Et-Cher
a department of France, formed out of the old province of Orléannais, and comprising the arrondissements of Blois, Vendome, and Romorantin . The Loire flows through it S. W., almost bisecting it. The S. E. portion belongs to the infertile district of Sologne. The Loir crosses it parallel to the Loire farther to the N. W.; area, 2,478 square miles; pop. about 270,000. The department is almost a uniform plain. The chief products are corn, fruits, wine, beet root, and timber. Fish, poultr poultry, and bees abound. Principal town, Blois.
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Loiret
a department of Central France, formed out of the old provinces of Orléannais and Berri, and comprising the arrondissements of Orléans, Montargis, Gien, and Pithiviers ; on the N. loop of the Loire; area, 2.629 square miles ; pop. about 364,000. The country is for the most part an elevated, fertile plain, producing corn and wine in abundance, except in the sandy district of Sologne, lying S. of Orleans, the chief town. Cattle , sheep, and bees are extensively reared. Pottery and porcelain , sugar, vinegar, and soap are the principal industrial products.
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