1029 / 1042
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o
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L
o
T
to
J~m~iea ,
il alfo eorrdleJ Iheerrors of Ihe 1oC,
~od
Ihcweu
,h~
loogiHlJe fo exaél!y, Ihal Ihe n,ip oude
the
,fl~o.t
of
D.fe"uJ, ao.!
~II
Ihe od,er iOaods, uOlit
Ihcy mi. d a'
j,,"1dIC~,
as fomold by Ihe lime·picee.
At Ihe m ival dI jan,aiea, the oblavalions for fiodiog
the lime ..ere
mad~
by ¿qual ahiludes:
~od
Ihe loogi.
tude Ihewo by Ihe lillle' p,eec, beion withio
s"
of lime
of Ihe 10n&ilUde Ihe",o by Ihe mun aeellrm obfe,
v~·
tioos of mer(ury
'n
il! mofit over Ihe fuo ioIheyear
17.1
¡,
aod wilh ..h;ch
~II
Ihe obferva,ioos
~I
Loodoo
and Paris agreeioc ",ilhin
'J",
~mouOls
tO
a
demoo·
Ora,ioo, dm Mr. lürrifoo has pe,formed
~II
11m
is
requireo by Ihe Oatule of Ihe 12th of queeo Anoe, lO
entide himlO Ihe gremO re\Vard mcolioned io
11m
.él.
[o reluroiog fromj"maiea. the we31her was Yery lem·
peOuous, fo Ihat the lime pieee ,\'as (OretO lO be plaeed
00 Ihe eouoter, tO aroid bciog
p~rpClually
expofed lO
thefea Wller; thm it (ulTered eootioual ,'iolcol agila·
tioos, whieh, though Ihey neterTarily rellloed ils
lOO'
tioo, yel d;d OOt oeeafioo aoy fu h eonfidcrJble error,
as would have madeMr, Hwifon's rigln lOIhe grmell
rcward queOiooable, had il d'peodcd
00
Ihis voyage
ooly; for Ihe lime·keeper, io ilS goiog ano relUro, 1011
ooly "
54"
aod
+ ..
whieh, iothelaliludcof Po" [moulh,
amounes lOaboul eiLhlceo
geographie~1
miles Or mi·
outes of
~
grw eircle, whereas Ihe aél required ooly
thal il Ihould come wilhio Ihe
dill~oee
o( thirty geo·
graphie~1
miles or mioules o(
~
great eircle.
LONG ITUDINAL, io geoeral, deootes fomClhing pla.
eed Icoglhwife; thus fome o( Ihe fibres of Ihe verTels
io Ihe human body
are
plaeed 10ngilUdioally, olhm
traof" erfcly or aero(s.
LONGUEVI LLE:', a10woo(NormaodyioFraoec:lweo.
Iy miles oortho( Rouen: E. toog. ,. 10'. N.tar.
49·
so'
LO [CERA, in bOlaoy,
a
Ceous o( Ihe pconndria mo·
nog)'nia clafs. The eorolJa confiOs o(ooe irregular pe·
tal: and Ihe bcrry of two eells comaioioc maoy (eeds.
ThHe are t3 fpeeies, ooll' one o( whieh ,
viz.
the pe·
riclymenum, or eommon hooe)' fuckle, is a nalive 01
Ilrinin.
LOOF, io Ihe fea laoguace, is a rerm ufed io mious
{enlts: Ihus, lhe luo( o(
~
fl,ip is tha, plfl o( heralo(I,
whieh lies jull before the eht
11
lree; heoee the gllOS
whieh lie Ihere are ealled loo(·pieees: kecp your 100(,
f,gnifi:s, keep Ihe Ihiporar lO Ihe ",iod; lO loof iOlo
'a
harbour, is lO f¡itmlo il clofe by Ihe wmd; loo( IIp,
is lO kcep oearer Ihe wind; lO (pring ,he 100(, is wheo
a
n,ip Ihat was goiog larcc be(ore ,he wiod, is brousht
clofe b), lhe wmd.
LOOKI G·r. LASSCS,
are
ROlhioC bUI
pl.iomirrours of
r,IAfs; ",hieh
bcio~
imperviolls lOIhe liShl, reneél Ihe
images o{ Ihings placed before Ihem; {or Ihe Iheory
",hmo(, feeOn rcs.
LOOM, a {rame eompofcd of a miely o( pam, ufed io
all Ihe braoeheso(weavmr.. See
WFAYr~c .
LOOSI G o amnmeot, io Seoa law. Sce LA\\',
TII.
X~
• •
6.
LOPIiIL'S, in 70olrr" , ageolls o( Ihe hmchinnegirus
orJer u( ('Ih<s, IIhole hwl is in file tqu.,1 lO all,he
retl 0 ' Il e h{\{ly:
11,<
head and body
~'c
bOlh 01ade·
OL.
1/.
1\0. 68.
preli,,1 (orm : Ihere , re a number
(I(
n.
Ihy p;on'::"
or
~peod'Res (urrour.dio~
Ihe u'hule body
01
Ihe (,Ih.
Thcre
~re
Ihrce fpecics.
LORANTHUS, io bOllny, a eeoul of Ihe hexandria
moooeyoia clafl. The margin o( Ihe ealix is eOlire;
Ihe eorolla eonfins o( fix fegmeols (ol¿ed backlwds :
aod Ihe bcrry eoolains ooe (eed. There
are
liv( ( eeie:,
OO!le of Ihemnali, es o( Bril¡io.
LORD, a lide o( hooour, giveo tO Ihofe u'ho are ooble,
eilher hy binh or ercalioo; in Ihis feo(e it amounls lO
mueh Ihe
~1me
as peer of Ihe realm, or lord o(
P.rli~·
~,enl .
This lideis, by eoumfy, alfo given lO
all
Ihe
{oos of dukes aod m:lrquifcs, aod lOIhe elddl fon s
o(
ear!s ; and il il alfo a lide o( hooour beOoll'ed 00
Ihofe who are hooourable by ,heir employmem" "
lord adroem, lord eh1.mberlaio, lord chaoeellor,
t!J(.
LORETTO, a eily 01 ltaly, io the
m~rquifm
of An·
cona, ioIhepope', I<rrilories, t
4
¡
mileseaO o( Rome.
This plACe is (amous (or Ihe eh,mbcr o( Ihe blcntd
Virgin, which, aeeordioe
10
Ihe Roman ealholie ra·
dilioo, was broughl by aogels (rom Palellioe to Dal·
malia, aod (rom Ihenee ([,ofponed over ioro haly, and
fixeo al LOlCllo.
LORN, Ihe oOll hpan o( Argylelhire io Seodaod, bound·
ed by Loehabar 00 Ihe oonh, by Ilroadalbio 00 Ihe
e~n ,
by Ihe rell of Argylelhire 00
Ih~
foulh , aod by
Ihe (ea on Ihe weO.
LORRA I , a duehy (orOlerly belonging to the eirele
o( Ihe Upper Rhioe io Germaoy, bUI oow uoiud lO
lhe erowo o(
F
raoee.
h
is bounded by Ihe duehy of
Luxrmburg 00 the nonh ; by Alfati., Ihe duehy of
Deux pOOlS, aod Ihe palaliom o( Ihe Rhioe, on Ihe
ull ; by Ihe eouoly o( Burguody, on Ibc foulh
i
aod
by
Champaigo, 00 the
11'&
LOTHIAN, aeouoly of Seodaod, bouoded by Ihe (rilh
o( Fonh no Ihe onnh; byIhe GcrOlao fea, 00 Ihe eall ;
by Clydcfdale, Twcedale, aod Merfc, 00 Ihe foulh ;
and by Slirling, on Ihe well. The capilal o( Ihiseouo–
ty is Edioburgh.
LOTION is, IIriélly fpeakiog, fueh walhiog
~s
eooeerros
b<auufyiog Ihe
(km,
by cleanfing il o( Iho(e de(ormi ·
ties whieh aMtcmpmd blood fomelimes Ihrou's upon
il, or ralher are made by a preleroalu,al feerelion :
~or
aeeordioc tO
~ioey,
ccnm lly Iho(e diOrmpers of
Ihe Ikin, eomolooly aeeoumd figos o( afoul blood, are,
froOl Ihofe f,llS
1\
hieh are oalural io Ihe beO
eo~Ollu,
tioo, Ihro\\'o olTby Ihe elltaocous glaoos, "hieh ough l
lOhe walhed 311'ay Ihrough Ihe kidne)'; fo
dm
innead
of Ihofe in(¡goificaot aod ,idieulous lrilres of fllemom,
Il'hieh in Ihi, ea(e are (requrod)' ured, proo
olin~
rhe
urio~rl' di(ehar~e,
or rcél,(yio¡; Ihal o( Ihe lkir. by rro·
per
11
,Ihes,
(",~ions,
oroiorr.lentl, or bolll IOsclher,
is Ihe ollly \\'ay lO get rid of fndl Mordcrs.
LOTTEI¡
Y•
•
kind o( rublie Rome
~I
hmrd. (rrqum
io Uri,aio, Fr.oee, ,od Holland, io moer lO"ile 010'
ney
(or
Ihe fmiee o( Ihe
11m;
briog arpoinlClI \\ II h
us by Ihe aUlhorily of p.,li,llIcol, aoo
nt3na~ed
hy
elOlmiffiooers appoioud by
d,c
lu,ds o( ,he ""(II'y
{ur Ihal pnrpofc.
le
co"fins o( IlI'ml nllo,h. rs of
blaoh aod prizCl, I'Ihieh
are ¿rou n
cur or r.!uls,
on~
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