LENGMJUR (Langmuir) Irving (1881-1957), American physics and fizikohimik. Transactionses on electric discharges in gases, thermal electron emission, a vacuum technology, etc. Probeed surface phenomena (an adsorption, monomolecular layers, etc.). The Nobel Prize (1932).

LEND (Land) Edvin Gerbert (1909-91), the American inventor. Â1947 has invented camera " Ïîëàðîèä-Ëåíä ", permitting to do snapshot photographies.

LENDVAI (Lendvay) Marton (1807-58), the Hungarian actor. With 1837 (Budapest), primarily in tragedijnom repertoir acted at National theatre. Played t. n. The national plays, integrated singing, dance and a drama.

LENDEK-ZDRUJ, balneoklimatichesky a health resort in Poland, to a southeast from Walbrzych.

LENDL (Lendl) Ivan (r. 1960), the American sportsman. By origin cheh. The world champion (1985-87, 1990) on tennis. The winner of the open championships of Australia (1989-90), France (1984, 1986-1987), the USA (1985-87) and many other tournaments in solitary category.

LENDLER, national avstrijsko-german dance (twin circular). The musical dimension 3/4 or 3/8.

LEND-LIZ (English lend-lease), a transmitting system (on loan or on hire basis) arms, an ammunition, a strategic raw materials, the foodstuffs, etc.; deliveries on lend-lizu implemented the USA in countries - allies on an antihitlerite coalition in the season of 2-nd world war. The law about lend-lize is adopted by a congress the USA in 1941.

LANDLORD (English landlord), in the Great Britain the large landowner.

LENDEL (Lengyel) Jozhef (1896-1975), the Hungarian writer. In the book "street Vyshegradskaja" (1932), the novel " Restless life Ferentsa Prenna " (1958) - understanding of events of 1-st world war 1914-18 in the Hungarian Soviet republic 1919. Psychologic stories "Wizard" (1961), " that the person will not bear? " (1965) about high moral spirit and an accuracy to ideals.

LENEN (Le Nen) (Lenain, Le Nain), the French painters, brothers: 1) Antoine (between 1600 and 1610-1648), 2) Lui (between 1600 and 1610-1648), 3) Mathieu (between 1600 and 1610-1677). Worked basically in unison. Writers of portraits of peasants and burghers, scenes of a country household activities in whom the vitality of supervision combines with expression of noble dignity of characters (" the Set of a thrush ", " Leisure time activities of the rider ", " the Country set ").

LENIVKI (puhovki), a set of birds of order djatloobraznyh. Length 14-26 see 32 kinds, in tropical forests Center. And JUzh. America.

IDLERS, set of mammals of an edentata. Length 50-65 see 5 kinds, in tropical forests JUzh. And Center. America. Are awake at night; sleep in the afternoon, having contracted in crotches suchjev. Are inactive and very sluggish. Routinely hang on branches downwards a back. On ground are descended only in marginal events, traverseing on all fours open-spaces (till 30-40 ì). Sometimes all life carry out in top of one tree. Are kept alone, it is rare - pairs. Oshejnikovyj an idler - in the Red Data Book of International Soyuz of nature protection and natural resources.

" LAZY KINGS ", a nickname frankskih kings from dynasty Merovingov in 640-751, setting only nominally (a substantial authority - for majordomov).

The TENSION ROLLER (a nem. Lenix), the same, that a tension roller.

LENINABAD the title Khojend in Tadjikistan in 1936-91.

LENINAKAN, the title of. Gjumri in Armenia in 1924-91.

LENINGRAD, the title Saint Petersburg in 1924-91.