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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Lefebvre, Tanneguy" to "Letronne, Jean Antoine" Volume 16, Slice 4

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LEFEBVRE, TANNEGUY LENS (town of France) LEFEBVRE-DESNOËTTES, CHARLES LENS (in optics) LE FÈVRE, JEAN LENT LEG LENTHALL, WILLIAM LEGACY LENTIL LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD LENTULUS LEGARÉ, HUGH SWINTON LENZ, JAKOB MICHAEL REINHOLD LEGAS LEO (popes) LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW LEO (emperors o...

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9. part 1 (Freiburg-i.-B., 1906); M. Creighton, _History of the Papacy_,

vol. 6 (1901); F. Gregorovius, _Rome in the Middle Ages_, trans. by Mrs G. W. Hamilton, vol. viii., part 1 (1902); L. von Ranke, _History of the Popes_, vol. i., trans. by E. Fo...

5. book iv. (often separately entitled _Descriptio Insularum Aquilonis_;

Adam's is the earliest extant reference to Vinland, c. 1070): we have also notices of Vinland in the _Libellus Islandorum_ of Ari Frodi (c. 1120), the oldest Icelandic historian...

4. Act 1903). It is to be noted, however, that in these states the mere

fact of the parents marrying does not legitimate the child; indeed, the parents may marry, yet the child remain illegitimate. In order to legitimate the child it is necessary fo...

7. m. Gold is washed out of the sands of the Vitim and the Olekma, and

LE NAIN, the name of three brothers, LOUIS, ANTOINE and MATHIEU, who occupy a peculiar position in the history of French art. Although they figure amongst the original members o...

8. xxi. 30); but the inconsistency of this period with the name

Quadragesima, and with the forty days' fast of Christ, came to be noted, and early in the 7th century four days were added, by what pope is unknown, Lent in the West beginning h...

2. Act 1837, devises of estates tail and gifts to a child or other issue of

the testator will not lapse if any issue of the legatee survive the testator. Lapsed legacies fall into and form part of the residuary estate. In the absence of any indication t...

6. Act 1867 every British ship going to other countries where lemon or

lime juice cannot be obtained was required to take sufficient to give 1 oz. to every member of the crew daily. Of this juice it requires about 13,000 lemons to yield l pipe (108...

1. VOLUME XVI, SLICE IV

LEFEBVRE, TANNEGUY LENS (town of France) LEFEBVRE-DESNOËTTES, CHARLES LENS (in optics) LE FÈVRE, JEAN LENT LEG LENTHALL, WILLIAM LEGACY LENTIL LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD LENTULUS LEG...

3. Act 1858, application may be made to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty

Court (in Scotland, to the Court of Session by action of declarator) for a declaration of legitimacy and of the validity of a marriage. The status of legitimacy in any country d...