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THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION

ELEVENTH EDITION


VOLUME XVI SLICE IV
Lefebvre, Tanneguy to Letronne, Jean Antoine


Articles in This Slice

[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 of the East)
[LEGATE][LEO] (disciple of St Francis)
[LEGATION][LEO, HEINRICH]
[LEGEND][LEO, JOHANNES]
[LEGENDRE, ADRIEN MARIE][LEO, LEONARDO]
[LEGENDRE, LOUIS][LEO] (sign of the zodiac)
[LEGERDEMAIN][LEOBEN]
[LEGGE, HENRY][LEOBSCHÜTZ]
[LEGGE, JAMES][LEOCHARES]
[LEGHORN][LEOFRIC]
[LEGION][LEOMINSTER] (Herefordshire, England)
[LEGITIM][LEOMINSTER] (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
[LEGITIMACY, and LEGITIMATION][LEÓN, LUIS PONCE DE]
[LEGITIMISTS][LEON, MOSES DE]
[LEGNAGO] (town of Venetia)[LEON OF MODENA]
[LEGNANO] (town of Lombardy)[LEÓN] (Mexico)
[LEGOUVÉ, GABRIEL JEAN BAPTISTE ERNEST WILFRID][LEON] (Nicaragua)
[LEGROS, ALPHONSE][LEON] (Spanish province)
[LEGUMINOSAE][LEON] (Spanish city)
[LÈGYA][LEONARDO DA VINCI]
[LEH][LEONARDO OF PISA]
[LEHMANN, JOHANN GOTTLOB][LEONCAVALLO, RUGGIERO]
[LEHMANN, PETER MARTIN ORLA][LEONIDAS]
[LEHNIN][LEONTIASIS OSSEA]
[LEHRS, KARL][LEONTINI]
[LEIBNITZ, GOTTFRIED WILHELM][LEONTIUS]
[LEICESTER, EARLS OF][LEOPARD]
[LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY][LEOPARDI, GIACOMO]
[LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY][LEOPARDO, ALESSANDRO]
[LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE][LEOPOLD]
[LEICESTER][LEOPOLD I.] (Roman emperor)
[LEICESTERSHIRE][LEOPOLD II.] (Roman emperor)
[LEIDEN][LEOPOLD I.] (king of the Belgians)
[LEIDY, JOSEPH][LEOPOLD II.] (king of the Belgians)
[LEIF ERICSSON][LEOPOLD II.] (of Habsburg-Lorraine)
[LEIGH, EDWARD][LEOPOLD II.] (lake)
[LEIGH][LEOTYCHIDES]
[LEIGHTON, FREDERICK LEIGHTON][LEOVIGILD]
[LEIGHTON, ROBERT][LEPANTO, BATTLE OF]
[LEIGHTON BUZZARD][LE PAUTRE, JEAN]
[LEININGEN][LEPCHA]
[LEINSTER][LE PELETIER, DE SAINT-FARGEAU, LOUIS MICHE]
[LEIPZIG][LEPIDOLITE]
[LEIRIA][LEPIDOPTERA]
[LEISLER, JACOB][LEPIDUS]
[LEISNIG][LE PLAY, PIERRE GUILLAUME FRÉDÉRIC]
[LEITH][LEPROSY]
[LEITMERITZ][LEPSIUS, KARL RICHARD]
[LEITNER, GOTTLIEB WILHELM][LEPTINES]
[LEITRIM][LEPTIS]
[LEIXÕES][LE PUY]
[LEJEUNE, LOUIS FRANÇOIS][LERDO DE TEJADA, SEBASTIAN]
[LEKAIN][LERICI]
[LELAND, CHARLES GODFREY][LÉRIDA] (province of Spain)
[LELAND, JOHN] (English antiquary)[LÉRIDA] (city of Spain)
[LELAND, JOHN] (English divine)[LERMA, FRANCISCO DE SANDOVAL Y ROJAS]
[LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY][LERMONTOV, MIKHAIL YUREVICH]
[LELEGES][LEROUX, PIERRE]
[LELEWEL, JOACHIM][LEROY-BEAULIEU, HENRI JEAN BAPTISTE ANATOLE]
[LELONG, JACQUES][LEROY-BEAULIEU, PIERRE PAUL]
[LELY, SIR PETER][LERWICK]
[LE MAÇON, ROBERT][LE SAGE, ALAIN RENÉ]
[LE MAIRE DE BELGES, JEAN][LES ANDELYS]
[LEMAÎTRE, FRANÇOIS ÉLIE JULES][LES BAUX]
[LE MANS][LESBONAX]
[LE MARCHANT, JOHN GASPARD][LESBOS]
[LEMBERG][LESCHES]
[LEMERCIER, LOUIS JEAN NÉPOMUCÉNE][LESCURE, LOUIS MARIE JOSEPH]
[LEMERY, NICOLAS][LESDIGUIÈRES, FRANÇOIS DE BONNE]
[LEMERY][LESGHIANS]
[LEMGO][LESINA]
[LEMIERRE, ANTOINE MARIN][LESION]
[LEMIRE, JULES AUGUSTE][LESKOVATS]
[LEMMING][LESLEY, JOHN]
[LEMNISCATE][LESLEY, J. PETER]
[LEMNOS][LESLIE, CHARLES]
[LEMOINNE, JOHN ÉMILE][LESLIE, CHARLES ROBERT]
[LEMON, MARK][LESLIE, FRED]
[LEMON][LESLIE, SIR JOHN]
[LEMONNIER, ANTOINE LOUIS CAMILLE][LESLIE, THOMAS EDWARD CLIFFE]
[LEMONNIER, PIERRE CHARLES][LESLIE] (Scotland)
[LEMOYNE, JEAN BAPTISTE][LESPINASSE, JEANNE JULIE ÉLÉONORE DE]
[LEMPRIÈRE, JOHN][LES SABLES D’OLONNE]
[LEMUR][LES SAINTES-MARIES]
[LENA][LESSE]
[LE NAIN][LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE]
[LENAU, NIKOLAUS][LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM]
[LENBACH, FRANZ VON][LESSON]
[LENCLOS, NINON DE][LESTE]
[LENFANT, JACQUES][L’ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER]
[LENKORAN][LESUEUR, DANIEL]
[LENNEP, JACOB VAN][LE SUEUR, EUSTACHE]
[LENNEP][LESUEUR, JEAN FRANÇOIS]
[LENNOX][LE TELLIER, MICHEL]
[LENNOX, CHARLOTTE][LETHAL]
[LENNOX, MARGARET][LETHARGY]
[LENO, DAN][LETHE]
[LENORMANT, FRANÇOIS][LE TRÉPORT]
[LENOX][LETRONNE, JEAN ANTOINE]