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Vol. XXI. 



LIME, in Chemlflry. Lime, according to the recent 

 determination of Dr. Thomfon, is a compound of lOO cal- 

 cium + 38.09 oxygen : hence the weight of the atom of 

 calcium will be 26.25, ^""^ °^ Yircie 36.25, We expetl that 

 the weight of the atom of lime will be hereafter proved to 

 be 37.5 Seg Atomic Theory. 



The fait of lime, commonly known by the name of oxy- 

 murlate of lime, and employed for bleaching, has been recently 

 demonftrated by Dr. Thomfon to be a real chloride of lime, and 

 not a chloride of calcium ; that is to fay, it is a compound of 

 chlorine and litne. (See Bleaching, Chlorixe, and Oxy- 

 MURiATic Acid.) Dr. Thomfon has alfo rendered it proba- 

 ble, that barytes, ftrontian, potalli, and foda, as well as many 

 of the metallic oxyds, likewife unite with chlorine, and form 

 chlorides of thefe refpeftive bafes. 



LIMERICK, in America, 1. 4, r. 1177 ! ^- 5' ''■ 1282. 



LIMINGTON. Add— with 1774 inhabitants. 



LINCOLN, col. 6, 1. 4 and 3 from bottom, r. 181 1 — 

 1813—8861. 



LlNXOLX, in America, 1. 16, after Warren, add — The 

 number of inhabitants, in 1810, was 42,992; 1. 22, r. 

 16,359—2489. Col. 2,1. 3, r. 4555 ; 1. 4, 2212 ; 1. 5, r. 

 8676 — 2341 ; 1. 1 1, r. 109 ; 1. 13, r. 221 ; 1. 15, r. 713. 

 Add — Alfo, a county of Weft Tenneffee, containing 6104 

 inhabitants, ot whom 720 are (laves. 



LINCOLNSHIRE, 1. 8, r. 181 1—46,368— 237,891 ; 

 1. 9, r. 117,022 males, 120,869 females, 13,184 families ; 

 1. 1 1, r. 29,881. 



LINCOLNTOWN. Add— Alfo, a town of Georgia, 

 in Lincoln county. 



LINCOLNVILLE. Add— It contains 1013 inha- 

 bitants. 



LINE, in Fortification. Add — See TlELD-FortificLitioii. 



LINGA, col. 2, 1. 2, for fire /-.fine. 



LINLITHGOW, 1. «//. r. 1811— 4022— 535 ; the 

 country part having 229 houfes, and 1465 perfons ; and the 

 town part having 306 houfes, and 2557 perfons. 



LINLITHGOWSHIRE, col. 2, 1. 15, r. 1811— 

 19,451, occupying 3098 houfes: the number of males is 

 8874, and that of females 10,577; of thefe 1506 families 

 are employed in trade and manufaftures, and 1 132 in agri- 

 culture. Col. 4, 1. 18, after town, add — The number of 

 houfes in the parifh is 352, and of perfons 2704. 



LINNjEUS, col. 5, 1. 24, )•. journal. Col. 8, 1. 19, r. 

 Caper. Col. 11, 1. 12, r. Oeland. Col. 15, 1. 7, /■. Ham- 

 mafley. 



LINOZOSTIS. Add— See Mercurialis. 



LIQUIDS, Expanfwn of. See Expansion and Heat. 



LISBON, in America, 1. 3, r. 1128. Add — Alfo, i 

 town of Maine, in the county of Lincoln, having 1614 in- 

 habitants. 



LISKEARD, 1. 32, r. in the year l8ll, the borough 

 and parilli were returned to parliament, as containing 523 

 houfes, and 2884 perfons ; the borough having 361 houfes, 

 and 1975 perfons. 



LISMORE. At the clofe, add— By the returns of 181 1, 

 the parifh of Lifmore, in the diilricl of Lorn, contains 252 

 houfes, and 1323 perfons. 



LISTERA, in Botany, dedicated by Mr. Brown to the 

 memory of the famous Englifh couchologift. Dr. Martin 

 Lifter, who wrote feveral papers on vegetable phyfiology, 

 in the Philofophical Tranfactions. — Brown in Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. V. 5. 201. Sm. Compend. 130. — Clafs and order, 

 Cynandria Monandria. Nat. Ord. Orchidex. 



L L A 



Ed. Ch. Calyx and petals fpreading. Lip without a 

 ipur, cloven, not embraced by the calyx. Column without 

 wings. Anther parallel to the ftigma. 



J-- ovata, and L. cordata ; fee Epipactis, n. 10 and 11. 



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-382; 



LITCHFIELD, 1. 2, ,-. .847 ; 1. 6, . 



1. 9, r. 22 ; 1. 10, r. 41,375 ; 1. 20, r. 4639. 



LITHION, Lithia, or rather Lithina, in Chemiflry, 

 the name of a fixed alkah recently difcovered in Sweden, 

 and fo called from x'Aoi, aflone, becaufe obtained only from' 

 mineral fubftances. This alkali was firft detefted by Mr. 

 Arvedfon, a j'oung Swedilh chemift, and pupil of Berzehus. 

 He obtained it from a mineral found at Uten, in Sweden, 

 and which had been fome time before defcribed, and named 

 petalite (fee Petalite) by M. D'Andrada. He found 

 it likewife foon after in triphane (or fpodumene) and in 

 cryftalHzed lepidolite, all minerals from the fame place. 



Lithina is principally diftinguiftied from the other alkalies 

 by Its great capacity for faturating acids. Sir H. Davy 

 has fucceeded in reducing it to the metalhc ftate. Lithinum, 

 as this metallic bafe may be called, bears a ftrong refem- 

 blance to the other alkaline metals, efpecially to fodium, to 

 which it feems moft nearly allied. 



WithrefpeCl to the falts of lithina, they have not vet been 

 rigorouily examined. The fulphtUe cryftallizes with fuffi- 

 cient facility, and the cryftals contain no water of cryftal- 

 lization. Their folution is not precipitated by the muriate 

 of platinum, nor by the tartaric acid. The muriate deli- 

 quefces like the muriate of lime, and melts below a red heat. 

 The nitrate cryftallizes in rhomboids, but readily attrafts 

 moifture. The carbonate cryftallizes in prifms, and the 

 cryftals which are commonly very minute are not very fo!u- 

 ble in water. The fulphuret of lithina is very fohible, and 

 of a yellow colour. 



According to Vauquelin, 100 parts of lithina contain 

 43.5 of oxygen ; hence the weight of the atom of lithinum 

 will be very nearly 13, and of lithina 23, from which data 

 the compofition of all its falts can be eafily afcertained. 



LITHOMARGE. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



LITHONTRIPTICS. See Lithotomy, and Urinary 

 Calculi. 



LITTLE Britain, 1. 14, r. 1700. 



Little Bea-ver, a townfhip of Beaver county, in Penn- 

 fylvania, having 1379 inhabitants. 



Little Compton, 1. 2, r. 1553. 



Little Creek, 1. 2, ;-. 2039 ; 1. 3, r. 3840. 



LITTLESTOWN, a townfhip in Adams' county, 

 in Pennfylvania, having 287 inhabitants. 



LITTLETON, 1. 3, r. 773 ; 1. 5, r. 873. 



LIVERMORE, 1. 2, /•. Oxford for Cumberland ; 1. 4, 

 r. 1560. 



LIVERPOOL, 1. 6, r. 1811—94,376—15,589. 



LIVINGSTON, 1. 4, r. 3575^685. 



LLANBADARN Vawr, col. 2,1. 17, exclufive of 

 Aberyftwith ; 1. 18, r. 1811 — 525 — 2998. Aberyftwilh 

 contains 477 houfes, and 2264 perfons. 



LLANBEDER, 1. 2, r. Moyddyn ; 1. 10, for Tuefday 

 r. Saturday ; and add — it has nine fairs in the year ; 1. 31, 

 r. 181 1 — 128 ; 1. 22, ;•. 692. 



LLANDAFF, near the clofe, r. 181 1 — 199 houfes, and 

 963 inhabitants. 



LLANDEILO Vawr, 1. 2, infert— Cayo, and r. Per- 

 fedd. Col. 2, 1. 46, r. The inhabitants of Llandeilo, exclu- 

 five of the hamlet of Llandeilo-viUa in the hundred of Per- 

 fedd, which contains 184 houfes, and 776 inhabitants, ac- 

 cording to the parhamentary returns of 18 1 1, are eftimated 

 at 1 103, and the houfes at 222. 



LLANDOVERY, 1. 6. By the returns of 181 1, the 



townfhip 



