Liege
le-azh, the capital of a Belgian province of that name. It is located in a district noted for coal and iron mines, and for dairying. Butter and Limburger cheese are exported in large quantities. The city is situated on the Meuse. There are fine wharves and bridges. There is a Gothic cathedral. The stained glass windows and the wood carvings of the pulpit are considered particularly fine. Other buildings of note are a city hall and university. Liege is a manufacturing city of importance. It is noted for cannon, firearms, locomotives, hardware, cutlery, watches, jewelry, bronze articles, as well as for woolens, cotton goods, and laces. Population, 174,000.
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Liegnitz
of Prussian a Silesia, on the Katzbach, 38 miles W. by 38 miles W. by N. of Breslau. The town dates from the n dates from the end of the 10th century. In 1163 it was In 1163 it was chosen by the Dukes of Lower Silesia as Lower Silesia as their place of residence, and from 1241 and from 1241 to 1675 it was the capital of the princiof the principality of Liegnitz. Liegnitz came into egnitz came into the hands of Prussia in 1742. Here in in 1742. Here in 1760 Frederick the Great routed the Ausrouted the Austrians under Laudon, and in 1813 and in 1813 Blücher defeated the French (Katzbach). French (Xatzbach) It is now a place of great and varied and varied industrial activity; iron-foundries, and icon-foundries, and machine-shops, pianoforte-factories, and -factories, and manufactures of woolens, cloth, hats, and colens, cloth, hats, and gloves, with turnery, brick-making, and brick-making, and pottery, indicate the chief branches. chief branches. Pop. about 67,000.
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Lien
len, a right to detain or hold the property of another until the debt due from him is paid. The mender of a clock is entitled to retain it until his proper charges are paid. A horseshoer may retain the animal until the just cost of shoeing has been tendered him. A blacksmith may hold a wagon until repairs have been paid for. In most states, carpenters, plasterers, and other workmen are given a thirty or sixty days' lien by law on the building on which they have worked. Even though the owner of the building should sell, the lien is a prior claim until the time of its expiration. Workmen in a lumber camp or in a sawmill have a lien on the logs and lumber. The several states set a time limit.
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Life Buoy
a buoy or float which is thrown overboard to sustain a person till assistance arrives.
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Life Guard
the guard of a sovereign's person; a king's body guard. In the British army the name of life guards case of accident; a cork-jacket or inflatable belt or waistcoat are ordinary devices for this purpose. They are principally made of cork, in the form of jackets and belts, or of india-rubber cloth belts or cylinders, which, when inflated, are able to sustain a person above the surface of the water. The term life preserver has also been applied to a small weapon, about a foot long, made of twisted whalebone, and heavily loaded at each end.
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Life Insurance
. See Insurance
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Life Preserver
one who, or that which, preserves, or is intended to preserve, life; specifically, (1) a contrivance to enable a person to float in water in Island, and when elected to Congress in 1848 he introduced a bill for the relief of shipwrecked persons. The result of the passage of this bill was the placing of a few live-saving stations between Sandy Hook and Little Egg Harbor, N. J. From this beginning has grown the splendid system which now extends along the entire coast and lake lines of the United States. On the Great Lakes the life-saving stations are kept open from the beginning of navigation in April to its close in December. On the Atlantic Coast they are open from Aug. 1 to June 1, while on the Pacific Coast they are open the year round. In January, 1915, the service was merged with the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard. to October, 919, t BREECHES-BUOY-LIFE-SAVING SERVICE
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Life Preservers
devices for the saving of life in case of shipwreck. Civilized nations require each ship to carry life belts sufficient with which to equip every passenger and member of the crew. They are constructed usually of cork inclosed in canvas. When one is buckled around the waist it is impossible for the wearer to sink. In fact, they are required bylaw to be buoyant enough to support the heaviest person with another clinging to him. There are other inventions, as pillows and india rubber jackets. Some ships are provided with what are known as cork mattresses or cork rafts, capable of floating three people. See Cork
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Life Rocket
a rocket discharged from a life mortar; it carries a line intended as the means of opening communication between a ship in distress and those on shore.
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Lift
When two parts of a flask are separated the operation is called lifting. Should the separation be a clean one, it is termed a good lift, and a bad lift if much repairing is necessary. When the parting extends much below the joint, it is then a deep lift. See GAGGERS; CHOCKS; PARTING.
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Lifting-tongs
A form of tongs with which to lift a crucible out of the furnace. They should always be strong, and of various sizes, so that each crucible has its own tongs which grips it closely all round. For large crucibles it is preferable to clasp them above and below with tongs that have double prongs, and an eye should be forged on the end of one leg. By this means a small crane may be employed for hoisting out the crucible when full of metal,--a readier and much safer method than struggling to withdraw it by hand. See CRUCIBLE.
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Liggett
HUNTER, an American army officer; born at Reading, Pa., in 1857. He was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1879, and appointed 2nd lieutenant of the 5th United States Infantry in the same year. After seeing service with various infantry regiments, he reached the rank of major-general in March, 1917. He served in the Spanish-American War and in the Philippine Islands. During Islands. During the World War he commanded the 41st commanded the 41st Division from September, 1917, to Janumber, 1917, to Janu- GENERAL HUNTER LIGGETT R LIGGEIT ary, 1918; the 1st Army Corps from Army Corps from January to October, 1918; and from then 1918; and from then until April, 1919, the 1st Army. Comhe 1st Army. Commissioned lieutenant-general Oct. 16, at-general Oct. 16, 1918. From May to July, July, 191 1919, he was July, 1910, he was in command of the 3d Army on the 3d Army on the Rhine. He participated in the second bated in the second Marne campaign and in the St. Mihiel ed in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. His other offensives. His other assignments included command of the d command of the Army War College (1913), command of (1918), command of the Department of the Philippines the Philippines (1916-1917), and command of the Westmmand of the Western Department (1917 and 1919). d 1919).
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