These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Lyck, Lycomedes, Lycopodium.
Germany, a town in East Prussia, 100 miles S. E. of Königsberg. It is an industrial center of considerable importance, machinery, cement goods, and furniture being manufactured chiefly. It was the scene of much fighting during the war, the Russians capturing it in 1914 and holding it for some weeks. Pop. about 15,000.
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King of the Dolopians, in the island of Scyros, to whose court Achilles was sent, disguised as a maiden, by his mother, Thetis , who was anxious to prevent his going to the Trojan war.
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. See Ground Pine
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Important: Safety Warning This page contains instructions involving gunpowder or other explosive or pyrotechnic compositions. Preparing explosives as described has caused severe injuries and deaths, and is illegal in most places. In addition, this page contains a formula or preparation using substances now known to be dangerously toxic, such as arsenic, mercury, lead, or cyanide compounds. Exposure to these substances can cause severe poisoning, permanent injury, or death. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. an explosive, which derives its name from the town of Lydd, Kent, England, where it is manufactured. It consists of fused picric acid (C6H2 (NO2)3 OH). For use in warfare, it is melted at a carefully regulated temperature of 130- 140° C., and poured directly into shells, a space being left in the center for the detonator. Lyddite possesses high chemical and physical stability, is insensitive to percussion, and under proper conditions is safe to manufacture and handle; yet, when detonated, it is very powerful in its bursting effects. Its acidic char acter, however, causes it to react readily with metals, forming picrates of an unstable character. This objectionable characteristic has led to serious accidental explosions and for this reason Lyddite has been to a large extent replaced by Trinitrotoluene (TNT). The products of decomposition when explosion takes place are carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrocyanic acid, nitric oxide, nitrogen, water, and residual carbon.
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JOHN, an English poet; born in Lydgate, near Newmarket, England, in 1370. He was a monk of Bury St. Edmunds. He translated Benoit de St. Maure's "History of Troy" at the command of Henry V.; wrote a poem on the "Battle of Agincourt," and one on the coronation of Henry VI.; his "Story of Thebes" is written as though it were one of the "Canterbury Tales" of Chaucer. He wrote also ballads that became popular. He died about 1451.
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John (1370-1451), an English poet. He studied in both Oxford and Cambridge. He produced many poems, one of which, Troy Book, contains a panegyric on Chaucer. The Story of Thebes and The Dance of Death are other titles. Lydgate was fond of calling himself a disciple of Chaucer.
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in ancient geography, a country of Asia Minor, bounded on the W. by Ionia, on the S. by Caria, on the E. by Phrygia, and on the N. by Mysia. . It was celebrated for its fruitful soil and for its mineral wealth, particularly for the gold of the river Pactolus and of the neighboring mines, but was infamous for the corruption of morals which prevailed among its inhabitants, and especially in Sardis, its capital. Lydia attained its highest prosperity under the dynasty of the Mermnade (about 700- 546 b. c.). The first of this dynasty was the half mythical Gyges; the last was the famous Cresus, celebrated for his prodigious wealth.
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a solution of an alkali; water impregnated with alkaline salt imbibed from the ashes of wood. Used in soapmaking, in neutralizing an acid, in remov. ing grease from objects, such as thin iron plates in the operation of tinning, etc.
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SIR CHARLES, a British geologist; born in Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland, Nov. 14, 1797. He was educated at Oxford, began to study law, but afterward resolved to devote his time and fortune to geological research. For this purpose he visited the continent of Europe and the United States. He became professor in King's College, London, in 1831; president of the Geological Society in 1835, 1836, 1836, 1849, and 1850; of the British Association in 1864. He distinguished himself as an opponent of the old catastrophism in geology. His first important work was the "Principles of Geology" (1830-1833). Another important work was the "Antiquity of Man" (1863). Lyell was knighted in 1848, and made a baronet in 1864. His "Life and Letters" were published in 1881. He died in London, England, Feb. 22, 1875.
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Sir Charles (1797-1875), a distinguished Scottish geologist. He was a native of Forfarshire. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he came under the influence of Dr. Buckland, the geologist. He studied for the bar, but was first heard of through a paper on the marls of his native county. In 1823, being a man of independent means, he went to Paris and made the acquaintance of Cuvier and Humboldt. He traveled extensively throughout western Europe, examining the geological formations. He visited North America four times, lecturing in Boston before the Lowell Institute and elsewhere. He wrote the Antiquity of Man to prove that the human race has existed on the earth for a long period of time. His reputation rests chiefly on The Principles of Geology, the nature of which is indicated by its subsidiary title, "An Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface by Reference to Causes Now in Operation." Lyell was one of the first and foremost men to teach that the present physical features of the earth are the results of causes now in existence, working through long periods of time. His theory is now generally accepted. It is opposed to the doctrine of sudden and violent changes. He resided chiefly in London, where he held various educational and honorary positions.
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JOHN (lil'i), an English dramatist; born in 1554. He was graduated at Oxford in 1573; went to London, where he engaged in literary work and establish himself at court; was tried to a member of Parliament in 1589, 1593, 1597, and 1601. He is noteworthy prinof his two books account "Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit" England" (1579), and "Euphues and his (1580), which were the first serious atwords as mere tempts in English to use musical notes, quite subordinating the matter to the sound. His influence is clear and strong on Sidney and Spenser. He died in London, in 1606.
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