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See also:LIBAU (Lettish, Leepaya) , a seaport of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Courland, 145 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Riga, at the See also:northern extremity of a narrow sandy See also:peninsula which separates See also:Lake Libau (12 M. See also:long and 2 M. wide) from the Baltic See also:Sea. Its See also:population has more than doubled since 1881 (30,000), being 64,505 in 1897. The See also:town is well built of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, with See also:good gardens, and has a See also:naval See also:cathedral (1903). The See also:harbour was
2 M. S. of the town until a See also:canal was dug through the peninsula in 1697; it is now deepened to 23 ft., and is mostly See also:free from See also:ice throughout the See also:year. Since being brought, in 1872, into railway connexion with See also:Moscow, See also:Orel and See also:Kharkov, Libau has become an important See also:port. New Libau possesses large factories for See also:colours, See also:explosives, machinery belts, sails and See also:ropes, See also:tobacco, See also:furniture, matches, as well as See also:iron See also:works, agricultural machinery works, See also:tin-See also:plate works, See also:soap works, saw-See also:mills, breweries, oil-mills, See also:cork and linoleum factories and See also:flour-mills. The exports reach the See also:annual value of £3,250,000 to £5,500,000, oats being the See also:chief export, with flour, See also:wheat, See also:rye, See also:butter, eggs, See also:spirits, See also:flax, See also:linseed, oilcake, pork, See also:timber, horses and See also:petroleum. The imports See also:average £1,500,000 to £2,000,000 annually. See also:Shipbuilding, including steamers for open-sea See also:navigation, is on the increase. See also:North of the commercial harbour and enclosing it the See also:Russian government made (1893–1906) a very extensive fortified naval port, protected by moles and breakwaters. Libau is visited for sea-bathing in summer.
The port of Libau, See also:Lyra See also:portus, is mentioned as See also:early as 1263; it then belonged to the Livonian See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order or See also:Brothers of the See also:Sword. In 1418 it was burnt by the See also:Lithuanians, and in 1560 it was mortgaged by the grandmaster of the See also:Teutonic Order, to which it had passed, to the Prussian See also:duke See also:Albert. In 1701 it was captured by See also:Charles XII. of See also:Sweden, and was annexed to Russia in 1795.
See Wegner, Geschichte der Stadt Libau (Libau, 1898).
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