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thoufand drachmas; that of Diogenes was held in great 
veneration among the ancients ; and that of Judas is (till 
preferved in the treafury of St. Denys, as a very curious 
piece of antiquity. 
Lanterns are made of glafs, horn, paper, &c. Formerly 
they were made of the horn of a wild bull, called urus ; 
which, when cut into thin lamina;, Pliny tells us, was 
very tranfparent.- Thofe of horn were firft introduced 
into England by king Alfred, about the year 887, in or¬ 
der to preferve his candle time-meafurers from the wind. 
Sir George Staunton informs us that fome of the Chinefe 
lanterns were entirely made of horn, fo very thin and 
tranfparent that they were at firft taken for glafs, to which 
they prefer it as being cheaper, lefs liable to accident, 
and'more eafily repaired. Thofe which fir George had 
the opportunity of examining, confifted of one uniform 
piece of horn, the ieams being made invifible by an art 
found out by the Chinefe. The horns commonly ufed 
are thofe of fheep and goats, which, being bent by immer- 
fing them in boiling water, are cut open and flattened, 
after which they are eafily feparated into two or three thin 
plates. To make thefe laminae or plates join readily, they 
are expofed to the penetrating heat of fteam till they are 
perfeiily foft, and the edges that are to lap over each other 
are fcraped and flanted off, fo that the joining may be no 
thicker than any other part of the plate. Such lanterns 
would be extremely proper for military ftore-houfes; and 
Rochou, of the National Inftitute, was defired to attempt 
to make them for the marine ftore-houfes of France. 
While he was thus engaged, it occurred to him that he 
might fupply the urgent neceflities of the navy without 
horn, by filling up the interftices of wire cloth with fine 
tranfparent glue. He firft tinned the iron wires of the 
fieve-cloth he made ufe of; but afterwards found it more 
convenient to give it a coating of oil-paint to preferve it 
from ruft. The glue he made ufe of was procured by 
boiling the clippings of parchment with the air-bladders 
and membranes of fea-fifh, not from any conviftion of 
their fuperiority toother articles, but as being the cheap- 
eft he could procure. To this he added the juice of gar¬ 
lic and cider, in fucli proportions as he found to com¬ 
municate great tenacity. Into this tranfparent pure glue 
he plunged his wire-cloth, which came out with its inter¬ 
ftices filled with the compound. The eafe with which 
lanterns made of this fubftance are repaired in cafe of ac¬ 
cident, by a flight coating of glue, is noted by the in¬ 
ventor as a great advantage ; and, according to him, they 
were employed as fignal-lanterns in the expedition to Ire¬ 
land. Rep. of Arts , vol. x. p. 207. 
Dark Lantern, one with only one opening, which may 
alfo be clofed up when the light is to be entirely hid, or 
opened when there is occafion for the afliftance of the light 
to difcover fome objeft. It may be prefented to the per- 
fon one would fee without being perceived one’s felf. 
The ancients had their dark lanterns, but they differed 
from our’s : they were covered with four flrins, one on 
each fide, or light, three of which were black, and only 
the fourth tranfparent. Cafaubon, who gives us *he de- 
fcription, took it from a manufcript of Julius Frontinus. 
Thefe were principally ufed in their armies, when they 
were to march privately off from their enemies in the 
night-time. 
The lanterns ufed at fieges in the night-time, upon the 
batteries, murt be blind or dark lanterns. There is always 
great provifion of them in all ftore-houfes. 
Lanterns for (hips are made of tin and glafs, to light 
thofe parts of a flrip where naked candles would be dan¬ 
gerous, fuch as for lighting the magazine and ftore rooms. 
Thofe ufed at the ftern are called poop-lanterns, and thole 
aloft top-lanterns. 
A lantern to afford light under water has been hinted 
at in our article Diving, vol. v. p. 915. but the inventor, 
M. Klingert of Breflau, will not reveal the fecret. He 
fays, “ I have alfo prepared fuch lanterns to be held in 
the hand 5 but, for particular reafons, I mult here abltain 
IAN 
from explaining their conflruftion; and only affurefthfc 
public, on my veracity as an honeft man, that they an° 
fwer the intended purpofe. A candle in thefe machines,, 
which are very fimple, will burn in every kind of air, in 
mines, and pits, where all lights are extir.guilhed. They 
contain a fpace equal to a cubic foot ; and the candle 
burns, without any new addition from without, for two 
or three hours; they endure all concuflions of the air, and 
are deranged by no motion or working in mines. Their 
utility, therefore, in other refpefts may readily be con¬ 
ceived. I fhall not fail, however, at another time, to 
make them publicly known, as well as all the previous 
circumftances which led me to the difcovery.” This we 
do not find he has yet done; therefore, whatever light his 
lanterns may give, we are Hill in the dark upon that fubjefK 
Feajl of Lanterns. See the article China, vol. iv. 
p. 4.62. 
Magic Lantern. See the article Optics. 
Lantern, in architeifture, a little dome raifed over the 
roof of a building to give light, and ferve as a crowning 
to the fabric. The term lantern is alfo ufed for a fquare 
cage of carpentry, placed over the ridge of a corridor or 
gallery, between two rows of (hops, to illumine them, like 
that of the Royal Exchange, London. 
LAN'TERN-FLY,/! See the article Falgora, vol. viii. 
p. 99. and the correfponding engraving. 
LAN'TERN-JAWS, A term ufed of a thin vifage, 
fuch as, if a candle were burning in the mouth, might 
tranfmit the light.—Being very lucky in a pair of long 
lantkorn-jazvs, he wrung his face into a hideous grimace. 
SpeElator. 
LAN'TERN-MAKER,yi A maker of lanterns.—Judge 
what a ridiculous thing it were, that the continued ftia- 
dow of the earth fiiould be broken by fudden miraculous 
eruptions of light, to prevent the art of the lantern-maker. 
More's Divine Dialogues. 
LAN'TERNISTS, a name affumed by the academicians 
of Touloufe. 
LAN'THONY, a village near Gloucefter, with fome 
ruins of a priory, at the diftance of about half a mile, 
fituated in a deep folitary valley, encompaffed with rocks 
which almoft exclude the mid-day fun. It was built by 
St. David, who there lived the life of a hermit, in the 
reign of Henry I. The remains of the priory are now 
converted into a farm-houfe and its proper offices, which 
are very extenfive. This hamlet is five miles in compafs, 
by the Severn. 
LAN'THONY, a hamlet in Monmouthftiire, in the 
northermoft corner of the county, amongft the Hatterell- 
hills. Its fituation is in a low vale, and enclofed on all 
fides with high mountains. It is famous for its monaf- 
tery, built in 1108. The nave is rtill remaining from eaft 
to weft, the roof excepted; and two fides of the high tower 
are ftiil extant, which rife from nearly the centre of the 
church. The whole ftruiture is faced with a durable and 
well-worked ftone. 
LANT'HORN. See Lan'term. 
LANTIGNA'NO, a town of Etruria: thirteen miles 
fouth of Pifa. 
LAN'TO, a fmall ifland in the Baltic, between the 
ifland of Aland and the coaft of Finland. Lat. 60. 25. N. 
Ion. 20. 36. E. 
LANTOO'R, or Banda, the chief ifland among thofe 
called Banda Iflands, in the Eaftern Indian Sea. See Ban¬ 
da Islands, vol. ii. p. 666; and Gonapi, vol. viii. p. 673,. 
We noticed, in the former article, that this ifland was 
given up to the Dutch at the peace. In the following 
year (1802) intelligence was received at the Hague, of a 
dreadful explofion from a burning mountain in that ifland ; 
fo violent an explofion as had not been known for many 
years. All the plantations were entirely devaftated ; a 
.great many inhabitants loft their lives ; and the country, 
to the extent of feveral miles, was inundated by the lava. 
The ifland of Lantoor again furrendered to the Englilh 
on the 9th of Auguft, 1810. 
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