These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Lima Wood, Limachie, Limasol.
a city and county-seat of Allen co., O.; on the Ottawa river and on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Erie, the Lake Erie and Western, and several other railroads; 71 miles N. of Dayton. It is the trade center of the Lima oil field, a region embracing six counties; and has several large railroad shops, and manufactories of cars, locomotives, machinery, and petroleum refineries. Pop. (1910) 30,508; (1920) 41,326.
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the name of the dyewood also called Pernambuco wood and Nicaragua wood.
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This little curiosity, resembling a chip of a man's nail, is to be squeezed out of the head of a slug, which must be done the instant it is seen. It is a good amulet to preserve from fever.
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the chief seaport of Cyprus. It has no harbor, but there is a large trade, chiefly with France, in wine and carobs. Limasol is the only place in Cyprus where English troops are permanently quartered-some in the town and 300 more three miles inland. Pop. about 10,000. Cyprus was administered by Great Britain until 1915, when the island was annexed by that power.
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a small tree or shrub, a member of the orange tribe. The tree is low, much branched, and thorny. It thrives in a stonier, poorer soil than its relatives, the orange and the lemon, but it is damaged more readily by frost. It is a native of southeastern Asia, but has spread to all tropical countries. The American market is supplied by Florida and the West Indies . The lime is cultivated in orchards. It also grows wild, forming thorny thickets, after the manner of the plum. The fruit is smaller and more globular than the lemon. It is prized by the inhabitants of tropical countries for making cooling drinks, resembling lemonade. See Orange ; Lemon
Only in Aiton's Encyclopedia
Lime is found in every part of the known world, the purest kinds being limestone, marble, and chalk. None of these substances however are lime, but are capable of becoming so by burning in a white heat. Pure lime may also be obtained by dissolving oyster-shells in muriatic acid. See LIMESTONE; MARBLE; CHALK; LIME-KILN; FLUX; OYSTER-SHELLS.
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An oven or a pit, built of brick, with an interior lining of fire-brick. Intermittent kilns are such as have the fuel on the bottom and the stone above it, making it necessary to withdraw every charge. Running kilns are usually in the form of an inverted cone, and are charged with alternate layers of fuel and stone, so that the lime is withdrawn at the bottom as it is burned, fresh fuel and stone being constantly served at the top. The process of burning expels the water and carbonic-acid gas from the stone, which falls to pieces on exposure to the air after removal from the kiln, and crumbles into a white flaky powder which is called quicklime, or slaked lime, and is possessed of highly caustic properties. See LIMESTONE; LIME.
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the seat and the chief town of the county of that name in southern Ireland. It is situated on both sides of the Shannon, at the head of deep water navigation. It is about fifty miles due north from Cork. Limerick was one of the early centers of Irish civilization. It was the seat of the kings of north Munster. In 1174 it was seized by the English, and was converted by them into one of the strongest fortifications in Ireland. In importance, it is the fourth port of Ireland. The shores of the Shannon are provided with quays and floating docks. The river is spanned by numerous bridges. The city is the seat of linen, lace, and glove industries. There are large breweries, distilleries, tanneries, and flour mills. The population in 1901 was reported at about 45,806. Although Limerick is a traditional Irish name, and is, in the popular mind, a type of all that is Irish, the city itself, like Dublin, is essentially English. See Cork ; Killarney ; Ireland
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capital of Limerick co., Ireland, at the head of the estuary of the Shannon; 120 miles S. W. of Dublin. The town consists of English Town, the original English settlement made in the reign of King John, on King's Island; Irish Town, which lies immediately to the S., on the left bank of the river, and Newtown-Pery, to the S. of Irish Town, the newest and handsomest part of the city, dating from 1769. There are few objects of interest except the Protestant cathedral of St. Mary, founded in 1180, and rebuilt in 1490; the Roman Catholic cathedral, a Gothic structure erected in 1860; and the fine bridges across the Shannon. Pop. about 26,000.
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an inland county of Ireland, in the ancient kingdom of Munster, bounded N. by the river Shannon, E. by Tipperary, S. by Cork, and W. by Kerry. It is level, with the picturesque Galtees in the S. E., and toward the Kerry boundary, a circular amphitheater of hills. Boats ply up the Shannon as far as Limerick, and the salmon fisheries are river important. The picturesque Maigne, rising in the Galtees, traverses the mountains and flows into the Shan- There are fourteen baronies in the non. those of county. The dioceses are Cashel, Killaloe, and Limerick. The area is 680,842 acres; capital, Limerick. Pop. about 140,000.
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When the blast-furnace is in operation it is regularly fed with definite proportions of fuel, ore, and broken limestone. The latter is added as a flux to render the iron more fusible, and, by combining with the impurities in the ore, prevent the formation of compounds containing iron, thus effecting a saving of metal. See CAST IRON, FLUX; SLAG; ORE.
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a monarchy mains of in which the power of the sovereign is by William not absolute, but is constitutionally limal palace ited, usually by assemblages of the nobility, clergy, and elected representatives of the people. The sovereignty is a headship more or less real; it is not an autocracy.
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The name of a continuous series of fortifications, consisting of castles, walls, earthen ramparts, and the like, which the Romans erected along the Rhine and the Danube to protect their possessions from the attacks of the Germans.
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