Levees

Dikes built along a river to protect the land from inundation. They are built of earth faced with stone or with brush mattre es loaded with stone. The levees and em IMG:content-1076.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1077.png:[graphic][merged small] Chandler's Encyclopedia IMG:content-1079.png:[graphic][merged small] leveling operations. The kinds most commonly used in the U. S. are the Phila., the New York, and the Bos- ton, shown in the figure. Lévêquе, JEAN CHARLES, b. 1818. Prof. of France 1856. La Science du Beau ; Harmonies , 1872. Lever. One of the ele- mentary machines. A bar or beam rests upon a point of support called a fulcrum. The power is applied at one point of the bar, and the re- sistance to be overcome acts at another point. When the fulcrum is between power and resistance, the lever is of the first order; when the fulcrum is at one end, and the resistance is between fulcrum and pow- er, of the second order; when the fulcrum is at one end, and the power between fulcrum and resistance, of the third order. The dis- tance from the fulcrum to the point of application of IMG:content-1080.png:[merged small][graphic][subsumed] IMG:content-1081.png:[blocks in formation] London. Its principal trade is in grain, sheep and cattle. An ancient town and seat of a Roman camp. Here Montfort defeated Henry III., May 14, 1264. Pop., 1891, 10,997.