Richard Porson
Porson, Richard, The Greatest Greek Scholar England Has Ever Produced, Was B. On Christmas, 1759, At East Ruston, Norfolk, Where His Father Was Parish Clerk. The Curate Of The Parish Conceiving A Liking For The Boy, On Account Of His Omnivorous Appetite For Books And His Marvelous Memory, Took Charge ...
Richard Price
Price, Richard, Was H. At Tynton, In Wales, Feb. 22, 1723. His Father, Bice Price, Was It Dissenting Minister, Possessed Of Some Wealth, And Remarkable For His Intolerance. A Leading Characteristic Of His Son's Mind, On The Other Hand, Was The Calm Resolution With Which, From His Youth, Lie Declared ...
Richard Of
Richard Of Cirencester—in Latin, Ricardus Corinensis—a Well-known Early English. Chronicler, Was Born At Cirencester In Gloucestershire, In The First Half Of The 14th C., Bin Nothing Whatever Is Known Of His Family Or Circumstances. In 1350 Lie Entered The Benedictine Monastery Of St. Peter, Westminster—whence He Is Sometimes Called The ...
Richardson
Richardson, Sir John, F.o.b.. M D. Ll.d., Etc., A Celebrated Traveler And Natu Ralist, Was B. Nov. 5, 1787, At Dumfries, Of Which Town His Father. Gabriel Richardson, Osq. Was Several Yeas Provost. In His 14th Year He Left The Academy Of Dumfries To Study At The University Of Edinburgh, ...
Richmond
Richmond, The Capital Of Virginia, On The Left Bank Of The James River, At The Heat), Of Tide-water, 150 In. From Its Mouth; Lat. 37° 32' 17" N., Long. 77° 27' 28" W.; 100 M. S. Of Washington; Picturesquely Situated On The Richmond And Shockoe Hills, On The Lower Falls ...
Richmond_2
Richmond (ante), Became The Capital Of The State Of Virginia In 1770, Though Then Only A Small Village. Here The Convention To Ratify The Federal Constitution Met In 1788, And It Has Been The Scene Of Many Other Important Political Gatherings, National Party Conventions, Etc. April 17. 1861, The State ...
Rickman
Rickman, Trtomas, A Distinguished Architect, Was Born At Maidenhead In 1776. He Was Unsettled In Early Life, And Tried Several Employments Both In London And Maiden Head. He Managed His Father's Business Of Druggist For Some Time, And Afterward Became A Clerk In An Insurance Office. Ile Seems To Have ...
Riddle
Riddle (ger. Riithsel), A Paraphrastic Presentation Of An Unmentioned Subject. The Design Of Which Is To Excite The Reader Or Hearer To The Discovery Of The Meaning Hidden Under A Studied Obscurity Of Expression. In The Present Day The Riddle Is A Mere Jot D'esprit—a Sort Of Witty Pastime For ...
Rifled Arms
Rifled Arms Were Invented For The Purpose Of Remedying Certain Defects Essentially Connected With Cylindrical Smooth-bore Guns. These Defects, Which Are Chiefly Owing To Atmospheric Resistance, Showed Themselves In The Erratic Motion Of The Ball, Especially When Fired At A Long Range, And Arose From The Following Causes: First, The ...
Riga
Riga, A Most Important Seaport Of Russia, Capital Of Livonia, And The Center Of Admiuistratiou For The, Three Baltic Provinces, Livonia, Esthonia, And Courland, Stands Mainly On The Right Bank Of The Dwina. 5 M. From The Mouth Of That River, In The Gulf Of Riga. It Is 376 M. ...
Rigging
Rigging, In A Ship, Is A Combination Of Very Numerous Ropes To Afford Stability To The Masts, And To Lower And Hoist The Sails. Notwithstanding The Complication Which The Cordage Of A Rigged Ship Presents At First Sight To The Eye, The Arrangement Is Remark Ably Simple. In All Points, ...
Right
Right, In Legal Language, Is That Kind Of Interest Or Connection With A Subject-matter Which Serves As A Foundation For An Action Or Suit, Or Other Protection Of A Court Of Law Or Equity; And Hence It Means An Interest That Can Be Enforced, For If It Is Such As ...
Rigid Dynamics
Rigid Dynamics Is That Portion Of Theoretical Dynamics (q.v.) Which,based Oti The The Ory Of The Free And Constrained Motion Of Points, Applies The Principles Thence Deduced To A Eptem Of Points Rigidly Connected, So As To Bear Throughout The Whole Continuance Of Their Motion The Same Invariable Position With ...
Riibefacients
Riibefa'cients Are External Agents Employed In Medicine For The Purpose Of Stimu Lating And Consequently Reddenbig The Part To Which They Are Applied. All Agents Which, After A Certain Period, Act As Blisters, May Be Made To Act As Rubefacients, If Their Time Of Action Is Shortened. The Mildest Rubefacients ...
Riinteet Singh
Riinteet-singh, Maharajah Of The Punjab (generally Described By English Writers As The King Of Lahore), Was B. At Gugaranwalla, Nov. 2, 1780. His Father, Malia-singh, Was Sirdar Of Kukur-chnkeah, One Of The Twelve Missouls Or Military Organizations Of The Sikhs, And Died When Runjeet-singh Was About 12 Years Old, Leaving ...
Rinforzan Do
Rinforzan Do (ital., Strengthening), In Music, A Direction To The Performer Indicating Increased Tone And Emphasis. Ring (sax. Ring Or Laving, A Circle Or Circular Line), A Circle Of Gold Or Other Material. The Practice Of Wearing Rings Has Been Widely Prevalent In Different Countries, And 3s Different Periods. Rings ...
Ring Money
Ring Money. At An Early Stage Of Society, Prior To The Invention Of Coinage, But After The Inconveniences Of Direct Barter Had Been Discovered, The Precious Metals, Formed Into Rings, Were Used As A Medium Of Exchange; These Same Rings Being Also Ser Viceable In Some Cases As Personal Ornaments. ...
Ringworm
Ringworm Is A Popular Term For Several Distinct Forms Of Skin-disease Which Occur In Patches Of A Circular Or Annular Form On The Body, And Especially On The Scalp. Thus, A Species Of Lichen (q.v.), Known To Dermatologists As Lichencireumscriptus, In Which The Papules Assume A Circular Arrangement, Is Commonly ...
Rio De Janeiro
Rio De Janeiro, Generally Called Rio, The Capital Of The Brazilian Empire, And The Largest And Most Important Commercial Emporium Of South America, Stands On A Mag Nificent Harbor, 75 In. W. Of Cape Frio, In Let. 22° 54' S.. Long. 43° 15' West. The Harbor Of Bay Of Rio ...
Rio Grande Do Sul
Rio Grande Do Sul, Or, To Give The Name In Full, Sao Pedro Do Rio Grande Do Sub, A Maritime Province Of Brazil, Constituting The Extreme S. Portion Of The Empire Of That Mine. It Is Hounded On The N. And W. By The River Uruguay, On The S.w.' By ...
Riouw
Riouw', A Netherlands Residency Or Government In The Eastern Archipelago, Slave Sink And Dependencies Were Taken From It, Consists Of The Peninsula Of Tandjong Pir.ang,, The Lingga-riouw Archipelago, A Part Of The Coast Of Sumatra, N. Of Djambi, And The Adjoining Kingdom Of Indragiri; Also The Tambilan, Anambas, And Natuna ...
Riparian Rights
Riparian Rights, In Law, The Rights Of The Proprietors Of Lands Bordering On Livers Or Other Natural Water Courses. The Old Common Law Definition Of A Navigable Liver, As One In Which, And Only As Far As, The Tide Ebbs And Flows, Is Rejected In This Country, And The Word ...
Rising In The Air
Rising In The Air. The Name Of A Belief (prevalent In The Middle Ages) That The Bodies Of Holy Persons Were Sometimes Lifted Up And Suspended In The Air During The Con Tinuance Of A Religious Testacy. Calmet States In His Work On Apparitions That This Sin Gular Phenomenon Might ...
Ritbits
Rit'bits, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Rosacece,subarderpotentillece, Distinguished By A 5-lobed Calyx Without Bracts, And The Fruit Formed By An Aggregation Of Small Drupes Adhering To Each Other Upon A Long 107'218. The Fruit Is Eatable In All, Or Almost All, The Species, Which Are Very Numerous, ...
Ritter
Ritter, K.uti, An Illustrious Geographer, Was B. Aug. 7, 1779. In Qncdlinburg, In Prussia, Studied In Halle, Was Nominated In 1820 Professor Ext•aordina•ins Of Goography At Berlin University, Became Subsequently Member Of The Academy, And Director Of Studies At The Military School. He (lied Sept. 28, 1859. With Ritter, As ...
Ritualism
Ritualism, The Name Popularly Hut Inaccurately Given To The Remarkable Increase Of Ceremonial In The Church Of England Since The Year 1863. It May Be Considered As A Development Of Tractarianism, Though It Is One Not Contemplated By The Authors Of That Movement, Whose Aim Was Rather To Disseminate Doctrines ...
River
River. Rivers Are The Result Of The Natural Tendency Of Water, As Of All Other Bodies, To Obey The Law Of Gravitation By Moving Downward To The Lowest Position It Can Reach. The Supply Of Water For The Formation Of Rivers. Though Apparently Derived From Various Sources, As From Rain-clouds, ...
Roads And Road Making
Roads And Road-making. Roads Form A Primary Element In The Material Advance Ment Of A Nation, Being Essential To The Development Of The Mann] Resources Of The Country. Canals And Railways Have No Doubt, In Modern Times, Superseded To Some Extent The Common Highways; Still These Retain Their Importance Were ...
Roasting
Roasting. All The Apparently Numerous Forms Of Cookery May Be Reduced To Two, Viz., Roasting And Boiling (q.v.). In This General Sense, Roasting May Be Held To Include Broiling, Baking, And All Other Processes Which Consist Essentially In The Exposure Of Food To The Action Of Heat Without The Presence ...
Rob Roy
Rob Roy, The Popular Name Of Robert A Celebrated Scottish Outlaw, Singular Adventures Entitle Him To Be Considered The Robin Hood Of Scotland. He Was B. Between The Years 1657 And 1660, And Was The Second Son Of Donald .m'grcgor Of Glcngyle, By A Daughter Of Campbell Of Glenlyon. Rob ...
Robert Ii
Robert Ii., King Of Scotland, 1371-90, Was B. March 2, 1316, Only Two Years After The Battle Of Bannockburn. His Father Was Walter Stewart, And His Mother, Marjory, Only Daughter Of Robert The Brtice. Robert Lost Both His Parents In Infancy. During The Disastrous Reign Of His Uncle, David Ii., ...
Robert Iii
Robert Iii., King Of Scotland, Son Of The Preceding, Was B. About 1340. His Bap Tismal Name Was John, But This Name, For Reasons Not Ascertained, Was Changed On His Accession To The Throne In 1390, By An Act Of The Scottish Estates Or Parliament. His Imbecility As A Ruler ...
Robert Recorde
Recorde, Robert, Generally Allowed To Have Been The Greatest English Mathema Tician Of The 16th C., Hut Now Almost Forgotten, Was B. About 1500 At Tenby, In Pem Brokeshire, Wales. He Completed His Education At Oxford, And There Distinguished Himself In Mathematics, Rhetoric, Music, And Anatomy; But Wishing To Make ...
Robespierre
Robespierre, Maxurtmen Marie Isidore De, Was Born May 6, 1753, At Arras, Where His Father Was An Unsuccessful Advocate. Having Distinguished Himself At The College Of His Native Place, He Was Sent Through The Influence Of A Canon Of The Cathedral Of Arras, To Complete His Education In Paris, At ...
Robin Goobfellow
Robin Goobfellow, A Name Given In England To A Domestic Spirit Or Fairy, Analogous In Character To The Nisse God-dreng Of Scandinavia, The Knecht Ruprecht, I.e., Robin Of Germany, And The Brownie Of Scotland. Roguery And Sportiveness Were The Characteristics Of This Spirit; And In The Reign Of Elizabeth, His ...
Robinia
Robinia, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Leguminosm, Suborder Papilionacew, Having A 4-fid Calyx. With The Upper Segment Divided Into Two; Stamens, Nine United, And One Free: The Pod Long And Many-seeded. The Species Are Widely Dif Fused Over The World. The Most Important Is A ...
Robinson
Robinson, Rev. Edward, D.d., Ll.d., Philologist And Biblical Scholar, Was B. At Southington, Conn. April 10, 1794, Graduated At Hamilton College, Clinton, In The State Of New York, In 1816, Where He Was Engaged As Tutor And In Pursuing His Studies Until; 1821, When He Went To Andover, Mass., To ...
Robison
Robison, Jorm, A Celebrated Scotch Natural Philosopher, Was B. At Boghall, In The Parish Of Baldernock, Stirlingshire, In 1739, And After A Preliminary Training At The Gram Mar School Of Glasgow, Entered The University Of That City In Nov., 1750, And Took His Degree In 1756. He Was Engaged To ...
Rochdale
Rochdale, A Thriving Manufacturing T. Of Lancashire, A Market-town And Parlia Mentary And Municipal Borough, In The Valley Of The Roche, And Built On Both Sides Of That Stream, 11 M. N.n.e. Of Manchester, And 200 M. N.w. Of London By Railway. The Parish Church, Placed On An Eminence, And ...
Rochefoucauld
Rochefoucauld, An Old French Family Of Great Celebrity, Whose Original Seat Was The Small Town Of Larochefoucauld, Near Angonleme. The History Of The Family Is Traced Back To 1026, When A Certain Foucauld, First Seigneur De In Roche, Is Spoken Of In A 'charter Of An Abbey Of Angouleme As ...
Rochester
Rochester (ante) Became An Incorporated Village In 1817 And Took Its Name From Nathaniel Rochester, An American Pioneer, Who First Laid It Out. In 1834 It Received Its Charter As A City, And Has Since Steadily Prospered. By The Census Of 18s0 The Popula Tion Was 89,363, An Increase Of ...
Rochester_2
Rochester, An Episcopal City, Parliamentary And Municipal Borough, And River-port Of Kent, Stands Between Chatham (q.v.) On The C., And Strood On The N. W., On The Right Bank Of The Medway, 36 In. E.s.e. Of London, By The London, Chatham, And Dover Railway. Together With Chatham And Strood, It ...
Rock Crystal
Rock Crystal, A Popular And Partly Also A Scientific Name For The Finest And Purest Quartz (q.v.), Seldom Applied, However, To Small Crystals Which Are Mere Six-sided Pyra Mids, But More Generally To Those In Which The Six-sided Prism Is Well Developed. The Name Is Sometimes Limited To Colorless And ...
Rock Salt
Rock-salt Is Common Salt (chloride Of Sodium) Occurring As A Mineral And In A Solid .form. It Is Always Mixed With Various Impurities. It Is Found Massive Or Crystallized, Its Crystals Generally Cubes, Its Masses Very Often Either Granular Or Fibrous. It Is White, Gray, Or, Owing To The Presence ...
Rocket
Rocket Is A Firearm Capable Of Taking Effect At A Long Range. The Rocket Consists Of A Light Tabular Ease Of Pasteboard, Or Thin Metal, Charged To The Muzzle With Acompo Sition Consisting Of Saltpeter 68 Parts, Sulphbr 12 Parts, Charcoal Or Inealed Powder 32 Parts. This Composition Is Rammed ...
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains, That Portion Of The Great Ranges Of Mountains In The Central And Western Portions Of North America Which Lies In The United States And British Possessions, A Continuation Of The Cordilleras Of Mexico, Between The Pacific Ocean And 105° W. Long., And Reaching From Mexico To The Arctic ...
Rocky Mountains_2
Rocky Mountains (ante). Explorations And Surveys Of The Vast Extent Of Elevated Plateaus, And The Many Separate Ranges Of This Mountain System, Have Been Made By The U. S. Government With Exceeding Thoroughness. Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, And Utah, With The Portion Of The Range Which Traverses Them, Have Nearly ...
Rocroi
Rocroi, A Small T. Of France, In The Dep. Of Ardennes, 15 M. N.w. Of Mezieres, Is A Fortress Of The Fourth Class, And Is Situated In A Fine, Extensive Plain, Bounded On All Sides By, The Forest Of Ardennes. Pop. '76, 1052. It Is Memorable For The Victory Gained ...
Roderic
Roderic, The Last King Of The Visigoths In Spain, Whose Tragic Downfall, Coincident With That Of The Visigothic Monarchy, Has Inspired Poets And Romancers (including His Torians) To Throw Round Him A Halo Of Glory. The Spanish And Arab Historians Contra Dict Each Other In Almost Every Particular Of Roderic's ...
Rodgers
Rodgers, John, 1771-1838; B. Md.; Entered The Naval Service In 1798 As A Lieuten Ant, And Was Executive Officer Of The Frigate Constellation Under Corn. Truxton At The Time The French Frigate L'hisurgente Was Seized Off Nevis, Feb., 1799. For His Brave Conduct In This Action, He Was Promoted To ...
Roebuck
Roebuck, John Artiicr, English Politician, Was B. At 3iadras'in 1801, But Passed His Youth In Canada. At The Age Of 23 He Came To England, And Was Called To The Bar At The Inner Temple In 1831. He Challenged The Suffrages Of The Electors Of Bath As A Radi Cal ...
Roger I
Roger I., Count Of Sicily And Calabria, And The Founder Of The Norman Dynasty In These Countries, Was The Youngest Of The Twelve Valiant Sons Of Tancred De Hauteville, Rand Was Born In Normandy About 1031. Hearing Of The Wondrous Success Of His Brothers (see Gcisonmd), Who Had Some Time ...
Roger Ii
Roger Ii., King Of Sicily, Second Son Of The Preceding, Was B. In 1097, Four Years Before The Death Of His Father. His Elder Brother Simon Havilg Died In 1102. He Became The Heir To The Sicilian Throne; And During His Minority, The Government Was Adminis Tered By His Mother, ...
Roi1mm
Roi:1mm, The Mythical Founder Of The City Of Rome. His Name Is Only A Length. Cued Form Of Romus, And He Is Therefore To Be Regarded Rather As A Symbolical Represen Tation Of Tlfe Doman People Than As An Actual Individual, Like Aolus, Doris, And Ion, The Eponymous Ancestors Of ...
Roland
Ro'land, The Hero Of One Of The Most Ancient And Popular Epics Of Early French Or Prankish Literature, Was, According To Tradition, The Favorite Nephew And Captain Of The -emperor Charlemagne. All That History Tells Us Of Him Is Simply This: In 778, When Charlemagne Was Busily Engaged At Paderborn ...
Roller
Roller, Coracias, A Genus Of Birds Very Generally Referred To The Crow Family But By Many Naturalists To The Bee-eater Family (meropider), With Which They Regard The Habits And Colors Of The Species As Indicating A Closer Alliance. The Bill Is Moderately Large, Compressed Toward The Point, Straight, The Upper ...
Roller_2
Roller, Used As Part Of The Inking Apparatus In Letter-press Printing, Is Of Modern Invention. In The Old Process Of Applying The Ink To The Surface Of Types, Stuffed Leather Balls Were Made Use Of, Which Were Not Only Difficult To Keep In Proper Order, But Were Inapplicable To Cylinder-printing. ...
Romaine
Romaine, Rev. 'william, An English Divine Of The Last Century, Noted For The Ardor With Which He Preached " Evangelical" And Calvinistic Doctrines In An Age Of Apathy, Was The Son Of A Co•n-dealer In Hartlepool, And Was B. There, Sept. 25, 1714. His Father Was A French. Protestant Refugee. ...
Roman Architecture
Roman Architecture. Of The Early Architecture Of Rome And The Other Latin Cities Comparatively Little Is Known. With The Conquest Of Carthage, Greece. And Egypt The Romans Became Acquainted With The Arts Of Those Countries, And Began To Endeavor To Use Them For The Embellishment Of The Imperial City. Besides, ...
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church, The Community Of Christians Throughout The World Who Recognize The Spiritual Supremacy Of The Pope Or Bishop Of Rome. And Are United Together By The Profession Of The Same Faith. And The Participation Of The Same Sacra Ments. The Subject Will Be Most Conveniently Treated By Considering ...
Roman Catholic Emancipation Or
Roman Catholic Emancipation Or Riglief Acts. After The Reformation, Both In England And In Scotland, Roman Catholics Were Subjected To Many Penal Regulations -and Restrictions. As Late As 1780 The Law Of England—which, However, Was Not Always Rigidly Enforced—made It Felony In A Foreign Roman Catholic Priest, And High Treason ...
Romanesque Architecture
Romanesque Architecture, The Debased Style Which Succeeded Roman Archi Tecture, From About The Time Of Constantine (350 A.d.) To That Of Charlemagne (800 A.d.). It Is Impossible To Fix The Date Of The Style Definitely, Because Roman Architecture (q.v.) Was Itself A Transitional Style, And The One Fades Gradually Into ...
Romanic Languages
Romanic Languages, A General Name For Those Modern Languages That Are The Immediate Descendants Of The Language Of Ancient Rome. In Those Parts Of The Empire In Which The Roman Dominion And Civil Institutions Had Been Most Completely Estab Lished, The Native Languages Were Speedily And Completely Supplanted By That ...
Romantic School
Romantic School, The Name First Assumed In Germany, About The Beginning Of The Present Century. By A Number Of Young Poets And Critics, A. Iv. And Fr. Schlegel, Novalis, Ludwig Tieck, Wackenroder, Etc., Who Wished To Indicate By The Designation That They Sought The Essence Of Art And Poetry In ...
Rome
,rome. The Design Of This Article Is To Furnish The Reader With A Brief Outline Of The Ethnology And History Of Ancient Italy, In So Far As These Are Not Already Discussed Or Described Under Particular Heads, To Which Reference Will Be Made. As The Roman State Gradually Conquered And ...
Romilly
Romilly, Sir Samuel, English Lawyer And Law Reformer; B. Mar. 1, 1757; Was • Descended From A Family Of French Protestants, Who, After The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes, Emigrated To England. At The Age Of 16 Romilly Was Articled To Kr. Lally, One Of The Sworn Clerks In ...
Roncesvalles
Roncesvalles, One Of The Valleys Its Navarre, On The Southern Side Of The Pyrenees, About 20 Ns. N.n.e. Of Pamplona, Has Been Rendered Famous In Poem And Story As The Scene Of A Defeats Sustained By The Army Of Charlemagne At The Hands Of A Combined Force Of Arabs, Navarrese, ...
Roof
Roof. The Coverings Of Houses Vary In Every Climate And Every Age. In Warm Countries, Such As India, Fiat Roofs, Covered With Cement, Are Almost Invariably Used. The Frequent Allusions In The Bible To The House-top Show That The Roofs Of Palestine Were Flat Iu Ancient Times As They Are ...
Rook
Rook, Comas Fruggegus, A Species Of Crow (q.v.), Very Common In The Southern Parts Of Britain, And Found In Many Parts Of Europe And Asia, Even To Japan; About The Same Size With The Common Or Carrion Crow, But Easily Distinguished From It, Even At A Distance, By Its Color, ...
Rooke
Rooke, Sir George, A Distinguished British Admiral, Was B. Iu The Year 1650 Near Canterbury, At The Country-seat Of His Father, Sir William Hooke. Having Entered The Navy, Lie Found Himself, At The Age Of 30, A Post-capt.; And In 1689 He Was Promoted To The Rank Of Rear-admiral. He ...
Root
Root, In Botany, Sometimes Designated The Descending Axis Of A Plant, That Part By Which It Is Fixed To The Soil And Derives Nourishment From The Soil. The Root Is Devel Oped In The Germination Of The Seed, At Or About The Same Time With The Stem, And Forces Its ...
Root_2
Root, In Philology, Is That Part Which Is Common To A Group Of Allied Words—the Germ Out Of Which They Have All Sprung. It Is Arrived At By Taking Away The Formative Parts—the Suffixes And Affixes, And Reversing Any Change That Their Presence May Have Caused. Thus, In Co-in-cid-ence, The ...
Rope And Rope Making
Rope And Rope-making, Ropes Are Usually Made Of Vegetable Fibers, And Differ Only From Twine In Their Much Greater Thickness. The Fiber Most Commonly Used In Britain Is Hemp: But Large Quantities Of Plantain Fiber, Called Manilla.bemp, Made From The Leaf-stalks Of Muss Textilis, Arc Also Employed, Especially For The ...
Roric Figures
Roric Figures, Images Produced By On Glass Or Other Polished Sur Faces Which Have Been Covered By Some Object. Dr. J. W. Draper, In 1840, Called Attention To The Subject In The Philosophical Magazine. Moser Of Konigsberg, In 1892, Made A Communication To The French Academy Through Li. Regnault, In ...
Rorqual
Ror'qual, Rorqualus, Balccnoptera, Or Plrysalus, A Genus Of Cetacea Of The Same Family (babrnidcr) To Which The Greenland Whale Belongs, And Distinguished By Having A Dorsal Tin, Which, However, Is Not Large In Comparison With The Size Of The Animal, And Is Painted, The Point Directed Backward; And Also By ...
Rosacea
Rosa'cea, Known Also As Getta Roma And Acne Rosacea, Is A Disease Which Usu Ally First Appears At Or Near The Cnd Of The Nose; And In Some Cases It Is Confined To The Nose, While In Others It Extends To The Checks, Forehead, Chin, Or Even To The Whole ...
Rosary Cf Tile Blessed
Rosary Cf Tile Blessed Virgin Mary (lat. Rosarium, A Chaplet Of Roses), The Name Given To A Very Popular Form Of Prayer In The Roman Catholic Church. The Name Rosary Has Been Variously Traced Either To The Title "mystical Rose," One Of The Titles Under Which The Blessed Virgin Is ...
Roscommon
Roscommon, An Inland Co. Of Ireland, In The E. Of The Province Of Connaught, And Bounded On The E. By The River Shannon, Is 60 Rn. Long From N. To S., By 40 M. From E. To West. Area, 607,691 Acres, Of Which 440,522 Are Arable. Pop. '71, 140,670. 737 ...
Rose Bug
Rose-bug, Melonotha Subspinosa, A Coleopterous Insect About * Of An Inch Long, Buff Yellow Color On The Back, And White Beneath. It Has Been Known In New England Between 50 And 60 Years. It Emerges From The Ground About The Second Week In June, Appearing In Swarms, Remaining A Little ...