Lacroix
PAUL, pseudonym JACOB, BIBLIOPHILE, a French miscellane- P. L. ous writer; born in Paris, 27, 1806. Besides actively assisting in France, Feb. more than one journalistic enterprise, he wrote romances, plays, books on history, manners and customs, and edited memoirs, biographies, etc. His most valuable productions were a series of works on the habits, manners, customs, costumes, arts, sciences, and intellectual condition of France from the Middle Ages down to the 19th century. He wrote two elaborate works on the "History of Prostitution," published under the name of Pierre Dufour. From 1855 onward Lacroix was custodian of the Arsenal library of Paris, and died in that city Oct. 16, 1884.
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Lactantius
FIRMIANUS (lakcific gravity and consequent value of tan'shi-us fur-mi-a'nus), LUCIUS CEdifferent samples of milk. The instru-
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Lactic Ferment
a minute organism which, under the microscope, is seen hand or foot, but is scooped up from the to consist of small elliptical cells, generground with the bent end of the crosse, the ally detached, but sometimes occurring in on which it is carried horizontally, while chains of two or three. It is developed the player runs toward one of the goals, the gon in milk, when it is allowed to stand for trying to dodge his antagonists. If it some time, and is the cause of the milk he ball off seems prudent, he pitches the ball off becoming sour, the sugar of the milk sown side his crosse toward one of his own side changing into lactic acid. who may be in a better position to carry on to ca it toward the goal. It is played in the ayed in th
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Lactometer
or GALAC- United States. TOMETER, a species of hydrometer, graduated to show the comparative spe-
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Lactoscope
an instrument, inventof Constantine. He wrote many works ed by Donne of Paris, for assisting in in vindication of Christianity, from the determining the quality of milk by ascerstyle of which he has been honored with onored taining its relative opacity. the name of the "Christian Cicero." His icero. LACTOSE ( milk sugar, galactine, lacprincipal work is the "Divine Instituine Instit tine), is one of the sucrose group of tions," in seven books. sugars - disaccharides - in chemistry, anatomical term. nical
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Lacuna
plural LA- CUNE (-nē), in human anatomy, open spaces, prolonged into canaliculi or delicate tubes finer than the smallest capillary vessels, occurring in bone. The lacunæ have an average length of 1-1800 of an inch, and are about half as wide and a third as thick. In botany (1) Singular, Link's name for an air-cell in a plant. (2) Plural, Small hollows or pits upon the under surface of the thallus in a lichen. In zoölogy, a genus of Littorinidæ. Sixteen recent species are known and one fossil, the former from Norway, Great Britain, Spain, etc., the latter from the Scotch glacial beds.
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Ladanum
in chemistry, C20H3O3; labdanum; an odorous, resinous substance which exudes in drops from the leaves and twigs of the Cistus creticus , a shrub growing in the island of Candia and in Syria. It is a darkcolored, tenacious resin, somewhat moist, exhaling an odor like that of ambergris. It was formerly much used for making stimulating plasters. Ladanum in sticks is prepared in Portugal, Spain, and the S. of France by boiling the leaves and branches of Cystus ladaniferus. for
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Ladd
GEORGE TRUMBULL, an American educator; born in Painesville, O., Jan. 19, 1842. He was educated at Western Reserve College and Andover Theological Seminary was pastor of Spring Street Congregational Church, Milwaukee, Wis., in 1871-1879; and Professor of Philosophy at Bowdoin College in 1879-1881, when he assumed the chair chair of philosophy at Yale. His works include: "Doctrine of Sacred Scripture" ( 1883); "Elements of Physiological Psychology" (1887); "Psychology" (1894); Philosophy of Knowledge" (1897); "Es says on the Higher Education" (1899); "Philosophy of Conduct" (1902); "What Can I Know" (1914); "Intimate Glimpses of Life in India" (1919). He was decorated by the Emperor of Japan. LADIES' CATHOLIC BENEVO-
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Ladies' Cloth
a species of fine, plain-woven flannel, slightly napped, and fulled in finishing to resemble broadcloth. It is used for women's gowns, children's coats, and a variety of domestic purposes. The name, ladies' cloth, was given formerly to light weight broadcloth designed for women's wear, but is now used exclusively to designate the flannel described above.
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Ladislas
the name of six Kings of Hungary: LADISLAS I., King of Hungary; born in 1041, succeeded in 1079; died in 1095, and was canonized for his piety by Celestine III., 1198. LADISLAS II., called the Infant, succeeded and died the same year, 1200. LADISLAS III. succeeded 1272, assassinated, after a life of debauchery and a disgraceful reign, 1290. LADISLAS IV., the same as Uladislas V., King of Poland, succeeded his father in the latter dignity, 1435, and was elected by the Hungarians, 1440, killed in battle by the Sultan Amurath, 1444. LADISLAS V. succeeded in the 5th year of his age, 1444, and died suddenly, 1458. LADISLAS VI., son of Casimir IV., King of Poland, and called, according to the Polish form of his name, Uladislas II., became King of Bohemia 1471, and King of Hungary 1490. Died in 1516.
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Ladles
The business of making foundry ladles has, virtually, been monopolized by the numerous manufacturers of these and other foundry supplies, who are ready to supply every description of ladle at prices astoundingly lower than is possible for private firms to produce them--from a small hand-ladle holding 35 pounds, to the more ponderous ones that are controlled with the greatest ease by improved devices, making it possible to operate with the minimum of help even the largest ones. The following table gives depth and diameter, inside the lining, of ladles to hold from 50 pounds to 16 tons: Capacity. Diameter. Depth. 16 tons.....54 inches. 56 inches. 14 tons.....52 inches. 53 inches. 12 tons.....49 inches. 50 inches. 10 tons.....46 inches. 48 inches. 8 tons.....43 inches. 44 inches. 6 tons.....39 inches. 40 inches. 4 tons.....34 inches. 35 inches. 3 tons.....31 inches. 32 inches. 2 tons.....27 inches. 28 inches. 1 tons.....22 inches. 22 inches. 1/2 tons..... 17 inches. 17 inches. 1/4 tons.....13 1/2 inches. 13 1/2 inches. 300 pounds.....11 1/2 inches. 11 1/2 inches. 200 pounds.....10 inches. 10 1/2 inches. 100 pounds..... 8 inches. 8 1/2 inches. 50 pounds.....6 1/2 inches. 6 1/2 inches. 25 pounds.....5 inches. 5 1/2 inches. See LIP.
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