Lyme Regis
a seaport and watering-place of Dorsetshire, England, at the mouth of the Lyme rivulet, 5 miles S. E. of Axminster and 23 W. of Dorchester. The Cobb breakwater, dating from the by gov- 14th century, was reconstructed ernment in 1825-1826. Lyme Regis beat off Prince Maurice (1644), and was Monmouth's landing - place ( 1685). Natives Danville. It is an important manhave been Sir George Somers, Captain city; has several foundries, Coram, and Miss Mary Anning, the dismills, tobacco factories; manucoverer of the Ichthyosaurus and Plesiwhich osaurus in the Lias rocks here, are largely quarried.
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Lymph
VACCINE. See VACCINATION.
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Lymph
a term in physiology. The chief difference between chyle and lymph is the more complete state of preparation for the operations of nutrition in lymph, owing to the smaller proportion of solid matter, and the almost total absence of fat; it is comparatively transparent, high in the scale of nutrition, bearing a strong resemblance to blood without the red corpuscles. In botanical physiology, the sap of a plant.
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Lymphatic Glands
in anatomy, che absorbent system for the transmisbeing held. The practice of sion of the lymph, allied to the lacteal system, and appearing also first in then mammals. fishes, then reptiles, Their chief use is to effect a change in the materials absorbed, and render them more fitted for introduction into the blood. Lymphatics are found in most parts of the animal tissue, except the bones, brain and spinal cord, the eye, cartilages and tendons, the membranes of the ovum, the umbilical cord, and the placenta. ta. Lymphatic vessels, like arhave three coats, an teries and veins, veins, external, middle, and internal; they are also supplied with valves.
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Lymphatic System
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Lynceus
Son of Aphareus, was one of the hunters of the Calydonian boar, and one of the Argonauts. He was so sharp-sighted that he could see through the earth and distinguish objects at a great distance from him. There was another person of the same name who married Hypermnestra , daughter of Danaüs.
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Lynch
CHARLES, a Virginia plan. er; born in 1736. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and after the war took up his residence in Pittsylvania co., Va. The region in which he lived became at one period of the Revolution infested by bands of Tories and outlaws; deserters from both armies added strength and semblance of organization to their operations. Wherever they appeared the terror-stricken inhabitants were plundered, harassed, and mercilessly subjected to every variety of insult and outrage. Col. Lynch, with a band of outlaws and followers, pursued these any of them fell into his hands they were not taken at once to a tree and hanged or tied to a stake and shot; a jury was selected from Lynch's men, over which he presided as judge; the captives were tried separately, the accused being allowed to make his own defense, and to show cause, if he could, why he should not be punished. If found guilty the punishment was inflicted on the spot. He died in 1796.
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Lynchburg
a city in Campbell co., Va., on the James river, and the Norfolk and Western, the Southern, and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads; 66 miles N. of ufacturing rolling factories of farming implements and furniture; and has an abundant water power furnished by the James river. The chief industry of Lynchburg is the handling, shipping, and manufacture of tobacco. The city is the seat of Randolph-Mason Woman's College; Virginia institu- Christian College and several tions; has gas and electric light plants, waterworks, National banks, daily and weekly periodicals. Vast fields of coal, iron ore, and granite are in the neighbor hood. Pop. (1910) 29,494; (1920) 30,070
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Lyon
MARY, an American educator; After more than 20 years of teaching, she founded at South Hadley, Mass., the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, of which she was president until her death. Many of her pupils afterward established schools on the same plan. South Hadley, March 5, 1849. See MOUNT She died in HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
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Lyons
GULF OF, a bay of the Medi-. terranean, on the S. E. coast of France; principal ports Toulon, Marseilles, and Cette.
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Lyons
GULF OF Brotteaux, La Croix-Rousse, etc.; several fine squares, of which the Place Bellecour is one of the largest in Europe. The fortifications extend in a circle of 13 miles round the city. Lyons, the ancient Lugdunum, was founded about 42 years before the Christian era, and suffered greatly during the Revolution from the conflicts of hostile parties. It is the birthplace of Germanicus, the emperors Claudius, M. Aurelius, and Caracalla; of Jussieu, Jacquard, and Camille Jourdan. Pop. about 525,000.
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Lyons (City of France second)
a city of France, second of the republic in population and capital of the department Rhône, and the commercial importance, situated chiefly and Saône, and on the Paris and Maron a peninsula between the rivers Rhône seilles and other railroads, 275 miles E. N. E. of Bordeaux, 172 miles N. N. W. of Marseilles, and 245 miles S. E. of Paris; lat. 45 ° 45′ 44″ N., lon. 4° 49′ 34″ E.; is the great warehouse of the S. of France and of Switzerland; principal manufacture silk stuffs, giving employment directly or indirectly to 100,000 hands. It is the seat of an archbishop, and is the chef-lieu of the 7th military division. The cathedral and Church of St. Nizier, the Hotel de Ville (town hall), the finest edifice of the kind in the country, the volumes, and the Palais des Beaux Arts, hospital , the public library with 130,000 are perhaps the most notable among numerous and important institutions. There are also a university-academy, the country-schools for agriculture, a veterinary school-the first founded in medicine , the fine arts, etc. The two rivers are crossed by 24 bridges: 12 over the Saône , 11 over the Rhône, and one at the confluence . The quays, 28 in number, are said to be the most remarkable in Europe. There are several large and important suburbs-La Guillotière, Les Vol. VI-Cyc-D
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Lyra
in anatomy, a triangular portion of the corpus callosum, marked with transverse longitudinal and oblique lines. In astronomy, the Lyre or Harp, one of the 20 ancient northern constellations. It is situated to the S. E. of the head of Draco, having Hercules on the W. and S. and Cygnus on the E. Though a small constellation, it contains the large star Vega, with nearly 20 others visible to the naked eye, and, according to Bode, 166 in all, including telescopic stars. In zoölogy, a subgenus of Brachiopoda, genus Terabratella.
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