Low Church
a term commonly apare St. John's Hospital, Lowell Hospital, plied in the Church of England to those Old Ladies' Home, St. Peter's Orphanwho form the more moderate party in age, Theodore Edson Orphanage, State the Church, having less ambitious notions Normal School, Lowell Textile School, of its authority and power, and being and Rogers Hall School. The principal more tolerant in their conduct toward public buildings are the court house, the dissenters-opposed to HIGH CHURCH city hall, and several fine churches and (q. v.). school houses. There are many public
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Low Countries
a name applied to squares; waterworks supplied from the the territory occupied by the Netherriver, thorough sewerage, daily, weekly lands, Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of and monthly periodicals, banks, and Luxemburg. The three formerly made electric light and street railroad plants. up the region known as the Netherlands. Pop. (1910) 106,294; (1920) 112,759.
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Low Moor Iron
This iron is manufactured under exceptional conditions, as both ore and fuel employed for making the pig iron used in their forges are of special quality, and are both obtained within their own premises. The ore is a brown ironstone, containing after calcination 42 per cent of metal, and is found in the coal-measures of the neighborhood. Even the limestone used for flux comes from the same county--Yorkshire, England. See ORES. Lug (or snug, in some localities) is an extension-piece cast on loam-plates for the purpose of handling and lifting by whatever method is in vogue. Some have staples of wrought iron cast in them to receive a hook, others again have simply a hole in the lug for that object but unless required for some special reason, a plain lug is amply sufficient when chains or slings are used for lifting with. See SNUG; PIN AND COTTER. Lustre is the brightness on the outer surface of a mineral, or in the interior when newly broken, as in pig iron, etc. When it can be seen plain at a distance, it is then termed splendent; if weak, shining; when the lustre is to be seen only at arm's length, glistening; and glimmering when it must be held close to see the shining points. When the surface is without lustre it is termed dull. Lustre on Iron.--See IRON-LUSTRE.
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Lowden
FRANK ORREN, an
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Lowe
SIR HUDSON, a British miliarships. In 1899 he was appointed by President McKinley a member of the tary officer; the custodian of Napoleon delegation to represent the United States in St. Helena; born in Galway, Ireland, 28, 28, 1769. Entering the army in at the International Peace Conference July July 1787, he served in various parts of the at The Hague. Mr. Low was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Greater Mediterranean, and in 1808 capitulated at Capri to the French. He was for New York in 1897; and was again nominated for the office on a fusion ticket some time attached to the Prussian army in 1901. After accepting the nomination commanded by Blücher. he resigned the presidency of Columbia 1815, he was appointed University in order to begin a vigorous St. Helena. Napoleon had campaign, which resulted in his election on Oct. 17 of the same year to the mayoralty. He was defeated in ill - treatment of Napoleon 1903 for re-election by George B. McClelmuch bitter criticism against him. In 1825 he was appointed commander of lan. He served in important public cathe forces in Ceylon. He died in London, pacities, and was a member of many learned societies. He died Sept. 16, 1916. England, July 10, 1844.
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Lowell
A (BBOTT) LAWRENCE. American governor; born in Minnesota President of Harvard University, Cam- 1861, educated at Iowa State University, bridge, Mass.; born in Boston in 1856 practiced law in Chicago 1887-1906. In and graduated from Harvard in 1877. 1899 he accepted the professorship of He entered the Harvard Law School and law at Northwestern University. In the practiced law in Boston from 1880 to years 1900 to 1920 he took an active 1897. In 1900 he became professor of part in the politics of the Republican the science of government at Harvard party, being a delegate to several of the and in 1909 succeeded Charles W. Eliot national conventions. In 1906 he served as president of the university. President in Congress, filling out the unexpired Lowell became a trustee of several great On Aug. 23, governor of landed there . His alleged brought 1 institutions of learning in the United States and received degrees from leading colleges at home and abroad. In addition to numerous smaller works and essays, President Lowell published in A. LAWRENCE LOWELL 1896 (revised 1914) "Governments and Parties of Continental Europe" and in 1908 "The Government of England. They constitute as a whole the most pro found studies of European government yet made by an American and his "Government of England" is aptly compared with the great work of Bryce on the American government.
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Lowell (AMY American poet born)
AMY, American poet; born in Brookline, Mass., in 1874, she was educated in private schools, and brought out her first volume, "A Dome of Many- Colored Glass," in 1912. Two years later appeared "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed," and these were followed by "Six French Poets" (1915); "Men, Women, and Ghosts" in free verse (1916); and "Tendencies in Modern American Po-various prominent men have continued etry" (1917). Is member of the Poetry Society of America, and N. E. Poetry Club.
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Lowell (City and one of the coun- LOW)
a city and one of the coun- LOW, WILL HICOK, an American figure painter and illustrator. After his ty-seats of Middlesex co., Mass., on the early education in Albany, New York, Merrimac river and the Boston and he came to New York City in 1870 and Maine and the New York, New Haven began to illustrate for several magazines. and Hartford railroads, 22½ miles N. Later he went to Paris, where his art W. of Boston, and contains the villages was much influenced by Duran and Milof Ayers City, Belvidere, Bleachery, let. When he returned to America in Centralville, Highlands, Middlesex Vil- 1877 he became instructor in the art lage, and Pawtucketville. The city declasses at the Cooper Union. In his rives immense water power from the falls work in glass painting he was associof the river, and is one of the largest ated with John La Farge. Among his cotton-manufacturing cities in the world. more famous paintings are "Aurora" It also has large woolen, carpet, patent- (Metropolitan Museum, N. Y.) and medicine, furniture, tools, hydraulic-press, "Christmas Morn" (National Gallery, ammunition and hosiery manufactories and iron machine works. Among the Washington). charitable and educational institutions
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