Livingstone
DAVID, tyre, March 19, Scotch a traveler; born in Blantyre, March 19, to Africa in the 1813. He first went out to Africa in the issionary Society, service of the London Missionary Society, e Victoria Falls 1840. He discovered the Victoria Falls 5. In 1858-1864 of the Zambezi in 1855. In 1858-1864 ONE DR. DAVID LIVINGSTONE explorer and he prosecuted his labors as explorer and was without missionary in Africa, and was without Curope until any communication with Europe until ed in Africa found by Stanley. He worked in Africa His works till his death May 1, 1873. His works 1 Researches are: "Missionary Travels and Researches 367); "Narin South Africa" (2 vols., 1857); "Narthe Zambezi rative of an Expedition to the Zambezi "Lest Jourand its Tributaries" (1865); "Last Jourin Central nals of David Livingstone in Central h" (1874). Africa, from 1865 to his Death" (1874). ce former
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Lixiviation
The process of extracting alkaline salts from ashes by pouring water on them. Loadstone, or natural magnet, is a species of iron ore found in many parts of the earth. Its property of attracting small pieces of iron was known to the Greeks at an early date, and the Chinese have been acquainted with its wonderful directive power from very remote ages. When this wonderful ore has been carefully examined, it is found that some points possess greater magnetic force than others. The attractive points are the poles of the magnet, which, if rubbed in a particular manner on a hardened steel bar, its characteristic properties will be communicated to the bar, which will then attract fillings like itself; particularly is this the case with the two ends of the bar. The bar is then said to be magnetized. For general purposes these bars are bent in the form of a horseshoe, which admits of the two poles being brought into contact with the object to be lifted. See MAGNET.
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Llanos
la'noz, a Spanish name given, especially in Venezuela and Colombia, to the vast grassy plains of the Orinoco. They cover an estimated area of 150,000 square miles. The soil varies from sand to rich loam. Immense tracts supply rich pasturage for herds of cattle. The ranchers are of Spanish descent.
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Llanquihue
a province of Chile; between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean; area nearly 8,000 square miles; is extremely fertile, yielding abundant harvests to its inhabitants, who are mostly Germans; capital, Puerto Montt. Pop. (1917) 148,214.
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Lloyd George & Lodge
Lloyd George DAVID, resigned as Prime Minister, October, 1922, following a vote of the Unionist members of Parliament to withdraw their support from the Coalition government of which he was the head. (See ENGLAND: ELECTIONS OF 1922.) Lodge HENRY CABOT, re-elected to the HITCHCOCK, GILBERT M., defeated for Senate, 1922, for his sixth term, although by a greatly reduced plurality.
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Loam-cake
Flat cores, made by simply spreading loam of a stiff nature on a plate in the oven. They may be made any thickness desired, and strengthened by thrusting within the mass a few iron rods. These cakes make excellent covering cores. See LOAM. Loam-mill is any contrivance for mixing well together the ingredients of which loam is composed. The object is not so much to grind to a fine consistency as it is to thoroughly mix the clay and manure with the sand, so that every portion of the loam may be alike open in its nature. If the loam is ground too much by very heavy rollers, the clay becomes too intimately incorporated with the overground sand, the grains of which have been crushed into fine powder, resulting in a pasty mass which, when it yields its water, shrinks on the surface of the mould, leaving cavities and cracks which are difficult to correct, and always leave a map-like appearance on the casting. By retaining as much as possible the original coarseness of the ingredients the shrinkage spoken of is distributed equally throughout the surface, and is not noticed at all. Another evil which attends the use of all over-ground loam is, that, being less porous, the gases generated by the molten metal have greater difficulty in escaping in a legitimate manner, and hence force their way into the mould, creating great commotion, and sometimes carrying off portions of the mould surface, making scabs. See LOAM; VENTING.
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Loam-moulding
Loam-moulding differs from sand-moulding in that the moulds proper are not contained in flasks, or bedded in the floor, but are constructed in sections composed of rings, plates, and brickwork. Another chief difference is that sand-moulds are simply impressions of a model that is furnished by the pattern-maker, whilst loam-moulds are in some measure the handiwork of the moulder himself, unaided by the pattern-maker in many instances. There are instances where of necessity the operations necessary for the successful construction of a high-class loam-mould must include the three chief systems combined, viz., pattern, strickle, and spindle, with ample opportunity throughout the task for supplementing these systems by a nicety of touch which may be acquired only by constant practice and close application by the most intelligent moulders. See TOUCH; GREEN-SAND MOULDING; DRY-SAND MOULDING.
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Loan and Trust Company
a chartered institution, in the United States, which has the authority to execute trusts, to lend money on security, at legal rates of interest, and to issue obligations for money or other property on deposit with it These institutions are not allowed to issue bills to circulate as money, or to loan money to their officers, and are not required to keep lawful money reserves.
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Loanda
SAINT PAUL DE, chief town of the Portuguese possessions on the W. coast of Africa; on a small bay, 210 miles S. of the mouth of the Bango. It has broad, tree-shaded but dirty streets, several churches, forts (1578), and the residences of the governor and bishop. The harbor is gradually sanding up, so that vessels lie 14 mile from shore to load and unload. Pop. about 16,000.
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Loathly Damsel, The
Kundrie or Kundry. The Grail Messenger. One would imagine that the holder of such an office would be saint-like, but Christian describes her as "a damsel more hideous than could be pictured outside hell." Wolfram refers to her in his work as "Kundrie la London Sorciére." Kundry in Wagner's music-drama "Parsifal " represents sin.
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