Long Island Sound
a large body the highest peaks (14,271 feet) of the of water lying between Long Island and Rocky Mountains in Colorado. New York and Connecticut; length, about
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These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Long Island Sound, Long Parliament, Longchamps.
Long Parliament
in English history, the Puritan Parliament that met November 3, 1640, and carried on the Civil War. December 6, 1648, it was "purged" by the expulsion of the Presbyterian party. It then abolished the House of Lords , and appointed the "High Court of Justice" that tried the king and condemned him to death. Cromwell dissolved its sittings by force of arms in 1653; but it reassembled in 1659 to arrange the recall of Charles II. It dissolved finally in 1660. After "Pride's Purge," it was called the Rump Parliament . See Parliament
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Long's Peak
named after Col. S. H. Long, engineer and explorer, one of
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Long, William Joseph
William Joseph (1867-), an American clergyman and author. He was born at North Attleboro, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Harvard and of the Andover Theological Seminary. His books have to do with animal life. The author is particularly gifted in making real personalities of the animals whose history and habits he presents. Ways of Wood Folk, Wilderness Ways, Secrets of the Woods, Fowls of the Air, Beasts of the Field, and School of the Woods, are all entertaining and instructive reading. Though criticized by John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt, no stories of animals have been written which are more successful in inspiring young people with sympathy for animals and a desire to study them at first hand.
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Longchamps
the race-course on the S. W. side of the Bois du Boulogne, on the W. of Paris, France, where the race for the Grand Prix ("Grand Prize") is run.
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Longevity
great age, or duration of life. Among mammals only man and the elephant live to 100 years. Authentic cases have been recorded of men living to be 108 years old, but such instances are rare. Heredity plays an important part in the records of longevity, which runs in families. It is also due to a care for the laws of health, and regard for diet, cleanliness, and exercise. Within a few centuries the human life average has nearly doubled. In France between 1817 to 1831 the average was 29, and from 1840 to 1859 the average was 39. In England during these periods it was 39 and 49 respectively. In New York the average life is now 33 and a fraction.
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Longfellow (SAMUEL an American clergyman)
SAMUEL, an American clergyman, brother of Henry W. Longfellow; born in Portland, Me., June 18, 1819. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1839, and at the Divinity School in 1846. He held pastorates in Unitarian churches in Fall River, Mass., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Germantown, Pa. Later he settled in Cambridge, Mass. As a hymn-writer he had few equals. He wrote: "Life of H. W. Longfellow" (2 vols., 1886); "Final Memorials of H. W. Longfellow" (1887). He died in Portland, Me., Oct. 3, 1892.
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Longford
a county in Ireland in the province of Leinster, with an area of 421 square miles and a population of 43,800. The southern part of the county is good pasture land, but in the northern section the soil is very poor. The capital with a populaof the county is Longford tion of 3,700.
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Longitude
lon'ji-tud, the measure of length. In geography, it is the angular distance on the earth's surface east or west of a north and south line called the first or prime meridian . English-speaking people reckon longitude from a north and south line passing from pole to pole through the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, near London. It is quite customary to reckon longitude from the capital of the nation. Formerly American maps were based on the meridian of Washington; French maps are still based on the meridian of Paris; but there is a tendency to adopt the meridian of Greenwich as being in most general use. The equatorial distance around the earth is divided into 360 parts called degrees. A degree of longitude on the equator is 69.1 statute miles in length. As the meridians come nearer together as they approach the poles, the farther north a degree is measured the shorter it is. At the poles the value of a degree of longitude is zero. On the forty-ninth parallel, the boundary between the United States and Canada, the value of a degree is 45.8 miles. Longitude is reckoned as east or west from the prime meridian. The 180th meridian may be considered either east or west. A difference of fifteen degrees in longitude is equivalent to an hour's difference in time. See Standard Time ; International Date Line , etc.
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Longstreet
JAMES, an American 110 miles; width varying from 2 to 20 officer; born in Edgefield dismiles. On the W. it is connected with military com military the Atlantic by a strait called the East trict, S. C., Jan. 8, 1821. He was gradu- River, New York Bay, and the Narrows, ated at the United States Military Acadand on the E. by a narrow passage called demy in 1842. He served with disthe Race. The principal rivers flowing tinction in the Mexican War, and after obtaining his captaincy, was brevetted into the Sound from the mainland are the Housatonic, Connecticut, and Thames. major. After serving for some time in It is the route of a very large and im- Texas, Longstreet was appointed, in portant trade between the city of New 1858, paymaster in the regular army. York and the East, and is navigated by Resigning his commission at the outbreak numerous regular lines of freight and of the Civil War, he joined the Confederates with the rank of Brigadier-General. He distinguished himself in the battle
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Longueval
a town in northern France, department of the Somme. The population before the World War was 363. The scene of heavy fighting at different periods in the great cor conflict. On July 14, 1916, when the battle of the Somme began, the British carried the village and trenches around it with a rush, but fighting was prolonged among the houses as the Germans refused to give or take quarter. The attack was carried out by the 26th Brigade, 8th Black Watch and the 10th Argyle and Sutherlands in the lead. During July Longueval was continually fought over and the Germans finally regained possession.
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