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lly occurs in layers, though these layers may 

 iave been thrown out of their original posi- 

 ion. It is not so hard as granite, but it is 

 brong and is a good stone for foundations and 

 rails where a fine finish is not required. It is 



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LIMESTONE QUARRYING 

 The six American states producing the greatest 

 uantities, the figures representing the average 

 or five years ending in 1916. 



sed in the manufacture of glass, for making 

 me (which see) and as a flux in smelting iron 

 re. The lime combines with other minerals 

 i the ore and sets the iron free. For compari- 

 an of the durability of limestone and other 

 tone, see BUILDING STONE. W.F.R. 



LIMITATIONS, STATUTE OF. See subhead, 

 nder article DEBT. 



LIMOGES, lemohzh' , in Central France, the 

 imous center of the European porcelain in- 

 ustry, is one of the oldest of French towns. 

 t is the capital of the department (province) 

 f Haute-Vienne, and lies on the Vienne River, 

 15 miles southwest of Paris. As far back as 

 ae Roman conquest (60 B. c.) Limoges was the 

 apital of a Gallic tribe. In the Middle Ages 

 ', was famed for its gold ware, and later be- 

 ame a center of the enamel industry. The 

 orcelain industry introduced in the eighteenth 

 entury requires the services of 8,000 men. In 

 ddition to porcelain factories there are large 

 reweries, distilleries, foundries, paper mills and 

 rinting shops; and many people are employed 

 i the manufacture of shoes and clogs. Popu- 

 ition, 1911, 92,180. 



LIMONITE, li'monite, or natural ferric hy- 

 'rate, occurs in two forms bog iron ore and 

 rown hematite. Bog ore is found in marshes 

 nd as brown slime in fresh-water lakes, espe- 



cially in Nonvay and Sweden, where the gath- 

 ering and smelting of it is an industry. The 

 hematite is mined in quantities from iron-ore 

 outcrops, particularly in the Appalachian Moun- 

 tains. Limonite mixed with clay is the basis 

 of ocher and sienna pigments. See HEMATITE. 



LIM'PET, a small animal belonging to the 

 mollusks, with an open, conical shell. It is 

 commonly found between the points of high 

 and low tides, clinging to rocks by means of 

 the foot, which acts as a sucker. When the tide 

 is up it searches for food, which consists of 

 different kinds of seaweed, which it gathers 

 into its mouth by means of a long, ribbonlike 

 tongue covered with rows .of teeth. As the 

 tide ebbs the limpet returns to its place among 

 the rocks. It clings to objects with such tenac- 

 ity that a force equal to more than a thousand 

 times its own weight is required to detach it. 

 The common European limpet is eaten by the 

 poorer classes in some parts of Great Britain 

 and is sometimes used as bait by fishermen. 

 Limpets in the tropics grow to be twelve inches 

 in width. 



LINCOLN, ling'kun, one of the oldest and 

 most interesting towns in England, capital of 

 the county of Lincolnshire, 130 miles by rail 

 northwest of London. It is situated on the banks 

 of the River Witham, and is picturesquely 

 built on the slopes of a hill which rises 200 feet 



above the river's , . 



banks. Besides 

 the cathedral, 

 which is described 

 below, Lincoln 

 has several inter- 

 esting buildings, 

 such as the re- 

 mains of the cas- 

 tle built by Wil- 

 liam the Con- 

 queror in the 

 eleventh century, 

 the building 

 known as John of 

 Gaunt 's palace 

 and stables, and 

 several remains 

 from the Roman 

 period of occupation, which began in 55 B.C. 

 Lincoln was an important trading center as 

 early as the Roman era. It is to-day the junc- 

 tion point of six railroads and has extensive 

 waterway communications, but it has lost its 

 former commercial importance. It is the cen- 

 ter of a large agricultural district and has im- 



LINCOLN CATHEDRAL 



