Rose
Rose, Rosa, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Rosacem, Consisting Of Shrubs, Gen Erally With Prickly Stems And Pinnate Leaves, The Leaves Terminating In A Single Leaflet; Stipules At The Base Of The Leaf-stalks; The Calyx 5-fid, Its Tube Contracted At The Summit, And Finally Becoming Fleshy, And ...
Rosetta
Rosetta, A City Of Egypt, Situated On The W. Bank Of The Old Bolbitic Branch Of The Nile, About 4 In. Above The Mouth, In 31° 25 N Lat. And 30° 28' E. Long. The Name Is Supposed To Be An Old Egyptian One, And To Have Been Derived From ...
Rosewood
Rosewood, A Name Given To The Wood Of A Number Of Different Trees, Valued For Beauty; And Used For Ornamental Furniture.—the Rosewood Of Commerce Has Been Thought To Be The Produce Of A Species Of Mimosa, A Native Of Brazil. It Is Also Said That Rosewood Is The Timber Of ...
Ross And Cromarty
Ross And Cromarty, Treated Of In The " Census Of Scotland—i871," As One Scottish Co , Is, As Such, Bounded On The N. By Sutherlandshire, E. By The German Ocean, S. By Inverness-shire, And W. By The Atlantic. Ross Comprises The Districts Of Easter And Wester Ross, Ardmeanach, Or The ...
Rossiti
Rossiti, Gioaccheco, The Greatest Composer Of The Present Century For The Italian Lyrical Stage. He Was Born At Pesaro In 1792, The Son Of A Horn-player In An Orchestra Cf Strolling Players. At The Age Of Fifteen The Countess Perticari, Discovering His Talent, Sent Him To Study At The Lyceum ...
Rostock
Ros'tock, The Most Important T. And Seaport Of The Grand Duchy Of Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Stands In A Flat Fruitful District On The Warnow, 9 M. From The. Mouth Of That River In The Baltic, And 55 M. N.e. Of Schwerin By Railway. It Is Surrounded By Ramparts And Walls Pierced ...
Rosvola
Rosvola Is A Common Skin Disease, Included In The Division Rashes, And Sometimes Described Tinder The Term Scarlet .rash. In Sonic, Cases It Begins With Slight Febrile Symp Toms And Gastric Disturbance, Which Subside In Two Or Three Days, When The Rash Appears; In Other Cases, No Preliminary Fever Occurs. ...
Rotation
Rota'tion (lat. Rota). There Is, Perhaps, No Elementary Idea Which Has Been The Subject Of So Much Popular Misconception As That Of Rotation. This Is Probably Due To The Vagueness Of The Definitions Commonly Given. All Motion That We Can Observe Is Relative; For Instance, Any Fixed Object On The ...
Rotation Of Crops
Rotation Of Crops. The Plants, Like The Animals Of The Farm, Differ Much In Their Habits, And In The Different Sorts Of Food On Which They Subsist. The Broad-leafed Clovers, Turnips, And Mangold Abstract From The Air A Large Proportion Of The Materials Of Their Growth; Whilst The Narrower-leafed Grains ...
Rotterdam
Rotterdam (dent Or Dike Of The Rolle), After Amsterdam, The Largest City In The Netherlands, And A Place Of Great Commercial Activity, Is Situated At The Confluence Of The Rotte With The Maas, In The Province Of South Holland. It Forms A Triangle With The Apex To The N., And ...
Rotti
Rotti, An Island In The Indian Archipelago, Belonging To The Dutch, Lies To The S.w. Of Timor, Between 10° 39' And 10° 56' S. Let., And 122° 57' And 123° 29' E. Long.; Pop. 75,000. Its Greatest Length, From E. To W., Is 36 In. And The Breadth From Termano, ...
Rouen
Rouen (lat. Rotomagus), One Of The Principal Manufacturing And Trading Cities Of France, And The Capital Of The Dep. Of Seine-inferieure, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Seine, 87 In. N.w. Of Paris By Railway. The Ramparts Have Been Converted Into Spacious Boulevards, Which, As Well As The ...
Rouge Et Noir
Rouge Et Noir (fr. " Red And Black"), Trente-un ("thirty-one"), Or Trent Et Quarante ("thirty And Forty"), Is A Modern Game Of Chance, Which Is Played By The Aid Of Packs Of Cards On A Table Covered With Green Cloth. The Table Is Divided Into Four Portions, Each Marked In ...
Roulette
Roulette (fr. " A Little Wheel "), A Game Of Chance Which, From The End Of Last Tury Till The Beginning Of 1838, Reigned Supreme Over All Others In Paris. It Continued To Be Played At German Watering-places Till 1872, When It Ceased In Terms Of An Act Passed Four ...
Round Towers
Round Towers. Tall Narrow Towers Tapering Gradually From Tire Base To The Sum- I. Mit, And Found Abundantly In Ireland, And Occasionally In Scotland, Are Among The Earliest And Most Remarkable Relics Of The Ecclesiastical Architecture Of The British Islands. They Have Been The Subject Of Endless Conjecture And Speculation ...
Roviiiia
Roviiiia, A River Of S.e. Africa, Which Enters The Indian Ocean By A Spacious Bay N. Of Cape Delgado. Only A Small Portion Near Its Month Was Known To Europeans Till 1861, When Drs. Livingstone And Kirk Attempted Its Ascent In The Small Steamer Pioneer, Drawing Five Feet Water. The ...
Rowing Boating
Rowing (boating, Ante). The History Of Rowing As A Pastime In The Colleges Of The United States Began At Yale In 1843 And At Harvard In 1844, And The First Intercolle Giate Boat-race Took Place On Aug. 3, 1852, On Lake Winipiseogee, N. H. It Was In Eight-oared Barges, Carrying ...
Roxburgh
Roxburgh, A Co. In Scotland, Comprising The Districts Of Teviotdale And Liddes Dale, With Part Of Tweeddale, Extending In Length About 40 In., And In Breadth 28 To 30 In., Is Bounded On The E. And S. By Northumberland And Cumberland; On The S.w, By Dumfriesshire; On The W. By ...
Royal Family
Royal Family. In Its More Restricted Signification, The Royal Family Of Great Britain Only Includes The Queen-consort And Queen-dowager, And The Children Or Other Descendants Of The Sovereign. In A Larger Sense, It Comprehends All The British Descend Ants Of The Royal House, Or Perhaps, More Properly, As Indicated By ...
Royal Society
Royal Society (or Lonox). The Origin Of This Society May Be Traced Back To Those Stirring Years Of Civil Strife That Brought In The Commonwealth. Clubs For Political, Theological, And Sectarian Purposes Were Then Numerous And Active; And In The Year 1645, "divers Worthy Persons, Inquisitive Into Natural Philosophy, And ...
Royal Society Of Edinburgh
Royal Society (of Edinburgh) Was Incorporated By Royal Charter In 1783. It Owed Its Origin To Principal Robertson, The Historian, Who Successfully Labored To Found In Edinburgh A Society On The Model Of The Berlin Academy, For The Investigation And Discussion Of Subjects In Every Branch Of Science, Erudition, And ...
Rtpia
Rtpia Is A Somewhat Severe Form Of Skin Disease. It Is Characterized By Flattish, Distinct Bnike Or Blebs, Containing A Serous, Purulent, Or Sanious Fluid, Which Become Changed Into Thick Scabs. Several Varieties Of This Disease Have Been Established By Der Matologists. In Its Simplest Form, The Blebs Are Not ...
Rubidiu
Rubid'iu (sym. Rb. Eq. 85.4) And Cilts1u3i (sym. Cs. Eq. 133) Are Two Alkaline Metals, Discovered In 1860-61, By Bunsen And Kirchhoff, By Means Of Spectrum Analysis. They Resemble Potassium More Nearly Than Any Other Substance, And Their Names Are Derived From Rubsdas, Dark Red, And Ea8i118, Sky-colored, In Consequence ...
Rudolf Or Rodolf Ii
Rudolf Or Rodolf Ii., Eldest Son Of The Emperor Maximilian Ii. Of Germany, Was B. In 1532 And Educated At The.spanish Court By The Jesuits. On The Death Of His Father In 1576 He Succeeded To The Imperial Crown, After Having, During The Lifetime Of His Father, Been Proclaimed King ...
Rudra
Rudra Is, In Vedic Mythology, A Collective Name Of The Gods Of The Tempest. Or Maruts, Rudra In Tire Singular) Being The Name Of Their Father. (see John Muir 's Eon. Bributions To A Knowledge Of The Vedic 7'heogony And Hlythology, In The Journal Of The Royer Asiatic Society, New ...
Ruff
Ruff, Machetes Pugnax, The Only Known Species Of Its Genus, Is A Bird Of The Family Scholopacirkc, And Like Snipes And Many Others Of The Family, An Inhabitant Of Marshy Places. It Is Found In Most Of The Northern Parts Of The World, Migrating Southward In Autumn, And Northward In ...
Ruhnken
Ruhnken, David, B. Jan. 2, 1723, At Stolpe, In Pomerania; Received His Academical Education First At The Konigsberg Gymnasium, Where He Distinguished Himself Not Only In Classical Learning, But Even In Music And Drawing, And Afterward At Wittenberg Uni Versity, *here He Spent Two Years In The Assiduous Study Of ...
Rule Of Faith
Rule Of Faith, The Name Given In Polemical Theology To What Is Regarded As The Code From Which The Faith Of Christians Is To Be Drawn. One Of The Most Vital Of Modern Religions Controversies Is That Which Turns Upon The Question: What Is The Christian Rule Of Faith? We ...
Rule Of Three
Rule Of Three Is The Technical Term For That Rule In Arithmetic, Otherwise Called Proportion Which Teaches The Finding Of A Fourth Number Proportional To Time Given Numbers. The Term "rule Of Three" Has Been In Use From The Commencement Of The 16th C.; And From The Great Utility Of ...
Ruminantia
Ruminantia, In The Zoological System Of Curler, And Of Almost All Recent Natural Ists, The Name Given To An Order Of Mammalia Called Pecora By Linmtus, An Extremely Well-defined Natural Order, Among The Individuals Of Which The Habit Of Rumination Or Chewing The Cud Is Universal And Almost Peculiar. The ...
Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament. In Order To Bring About The Condemnation Of Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, On Dec. 6, 1648, Sent Two Regiments, Under The Command Of Col. Pride, To Coerce The House Of Commons. Forty-one Members Of The "long Parliament" Who Were Favorable To Accommodation Were Imprisoned Iu A Lower Room ...
Runes
Runes, The Earliest Alphabet In Use Among The Teutonic And Gothic Nations Of North. Ern Europe. The Exact Period Of Their Origin Is Not Known. The Name Is Derived From The Teutonic Ran, A Mystery, Whence Runa, A Whisper, And Kelriin, Divination; And The Original Use Of These Characters Seems ...
Rupee
Rupee' Is The Name Of A Silver Coin Current In India, Of The Value Of 2s. English. The Word Is A Corruption Of The Sanskrit Riipya, From Mina, Shape, Form, Meaning, According To Pan'ini, A Coin—not Necessarily Of Silver—on Which The Shape Of A Man, According To The Ras'ika Commentary ...
Rurik
Rurik, Who Is Considered To Have Been The Founder Of The Russian Monarchy, Was, According To Most Authors, A " Varangian" Of Scandinavian Origin, Who Was Invited By The Slaves Of Novgorod To Come And Rule Over Them; According To Others, He Was The Chief Of A Tribe Of None ...
Ruscus
Ruscus. See Butchers' Broom. Rush, .tuncus, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Juncem, Having A Glume-like (not Colored) Perianth, Smooth Filaments, And A Many-seeded, Generally 3-celled Capsule. The Species Are Numerous, Mostly Natives Of Wet Or Marshy Places Iu The Colder Parts Of The World; Some Are Found ...
Rushworth
Rushworth, Jon, An English Author, Whose Work Entitled Historical Collections Of Private Passages Of State, Weighty Matters In Law, And Remarkable Proceedings In Par Liament, Is A Most Important Contribution To Our Knowledge Of The Civil War And The Events That Led To It, Belonged To An Ancient Family In ...
Ruskin
Ruskin, &nix, The Most Eloquent And Original Of All Writers Upon Art, Was B. In London In 1819. He Studied At Christ Church, Oxford, Where He Gained The Newdi Gate Prize For English Poetry In 1839, And Took His Degree In 1842. The Year Following Appeared The First Volume Of ...
Russian Church
Russian Church, The Community Of Christians Subject To The Emperor Of Russia, Using The Slavonic Liturgy, And Following The Russian Rite. Christianity Was Introduced Into Russia In The 9th C. (see Olga); But It Was Not Till The End Of The 10th That The Foundation Was Regularly Laid. In The ...
Russian Language And Literature
Russian Language And Literature. Russian, A Principal Member Of The Slavic Family Of Languages, First Became A Written Language In The Time Of Peter The Great, Till Which Period The Old Slavic—the Language Of The Church—had Been The Only Medium Of Literary Expression, And Had, In Consequence, Exercised An Important ...
Rutgers College
Rutgers College, In New Brunswick, N. J., Originally Organized By Royal Charter In 1770, With The. Itle Of "queen's College," Which It Bore Until 1825, When The Present Name Was Adopted In Honor Of Col. Henry Rutgers, Who Made Liberal Contribu Tions To Its Fund. It Was Formerly Connected Officially ...
Ruthenium
Ruthenium (ante) Is In That Portion Of Platinum Ore Which Is Called Osmiridium. When Crude Platinum Is Dissolved In Nitro-muriatic Acid A Small Quantity Of A Gray, Scaly, Metallic Substance Remains Behind. This Is A Native Alloy Of Iridium, Osmium, And Ruthenium. This Is Called Scaly Osmiridium, And Is The ...
Rutland
Rutland, A T. In Central Vermont, Chartered As Socialborough, 1772; Incorporated 1847; Capital Of Rutland Co. Since 1781. In 1784-1804 It Was One Of The Capitals Cf The State; In The Former Year A State-house Was Erected, Which Is Still Standing. U. S. Courts Have Been Held Here Since 1791, ...
Ruyter
Ruyter, Flichaee Adriaanszoon Van, Dutch Admiral, Was B. At Vlissingen In 1607, Of Poor Parents, Who Sent Him To Sea As A Cabin-boy When Only 11 Years Old. He Became A Warrant Officer, And In 1635 Roso To Be A Capt. In The Dutch Navy. After Serving Several Years In ...
Ryder
Ryder, Wtalt:ut Iientty, N.n., B. Mass., 1822; Ordained And Became Pastor Of A Tniversalist Church In Concord, N. H., 1843; And Of A Church In Nashua 1845. In 1848 Lie Visited Europe And Palestine; Studied In. Berlin; Settled As Pastor In Roxbury, Mass., In 1850, And In 1869 At St. ...
Rye Grass
Rye-grass, Lolium, A Genus Of Grasses, Having A Two-rowed, Flatly-compressed Spike, The Spikelets Appressed Edgewise To The Rachis. Common Rye-gicass, Or Perennial Rye-grass (l. Perenne), The Ray-grass Of The Older English Authors, Is Frequent On Way Sides, And In Meadows And Pastures, In Britain And On The Continent Of Europe. ...
Sabbath
Sabbath (heb. Shabbath, Sabbathon, Etc., From Thabath, To Rest; Not From Daub, To Re Turn, Or Shebah, Seven) Designates The Seventh Day Of The Week, Set Aside, In The Old Testa Ment, As A Period Of Cessation From Work. Without Entering Into The Question Of Its Origin, I.e., Whether It ...
Sabeans
Sabe'ans, The Supposed Descendants Of One, Two, Or Three Sliebas Mentioned In The Bible. Historically, The Sabreans Appear Chiefly As The Inhabitants Of Arabia Felix Or Yemen (to The N. Of The Present Yemen), The Principal City Of Which Was Called Saba. And The Queen Of Which Is Said To ...
Sabellitis
Sabellitis, A Celebrated African Heresiarch Of The 3d C., Was B. Probably At Ptole Mais In The Pentapulis, Where, At All Events, His Opinions Were First Promulgated. Nothing Is Known Regarding His Life—tile Few Statements Current On The Subject Being Of A Con Tradictory And Untrustworthy Character, And It Is ...
Sabine
Sabine, Maj.gen. Sir Edward, A Celebrated British Physicist, Of Irish Extraction, Was Born In 1790. After Serving In The Royal Artillery For Some Time, He Was Pro Moted To The Grade Of Lieut., And Accompanied Capt. Ross And Lieut. Parry (q.v.) In Their Expedition (1819-20) To The N. Coast Of ...
Sabine Pass
Sabine Pass, A Seaport T. Of Texas, The Terminus Of The St. Louis And Mexican Gulf Railroad, And Having Communication With The Interior Of The State And Louisiana By The Neches And Sabine Rivers; The Water In Its Inner Harbor Is From 25 To 40 Ft. Deep. When The Railroad ...
Sable
Sable, Marks Zibellina, A Species Of Marten (q.v.), So Nearly Allied To The Common Marien And Pine Marten'that It Is Difficult To State Satisfactory Specific Distinctions. The Feet Are Covered With Fur, Even On The Soles, And The Tail Is Perhaps More Bushy Than In The British Martens. The Length, ...
Sacrament
Sacrament (let. Saeramentum,mysterium, Gr. Mysterion), The Name Given By Theo Logical Writers To Certain Religious Rites, The Number As Well As Effects Of Which Are The Subject Of Much Controversy Between Various Bodies Of Christians. The Word Sueramen Turn, Iu Primitive Classical Usage, Meant Either The Oath Taken By Soldiers ...
Sacramentarian
Sacramentarian, The Name Given In The 16th C. To The Party Among The Reform Ers Who Separated From Luther On The Doctrine Of The Eucharist. Luther (q.v.) Taught The Doctrine Of The Real Presence Of The Body And Blood Of Christ Along With The Bread And Wine (see Lord's Supper; ...
Sacramento
Sacramento (an K), Capital Of California And Of Sacramento Co.; At The Junction Of The American And Sacramento Rivers, About 75 Rn. N.e. Of San Francisco In An Air Line, And By Water 120 In.; It Is The Terminus Of The California Pacific, And Is A Station On The Central ...
Sacred Music
Sacred Music, Music Has, From Very Early Times, Been Connected With Religious Rites. It Entered Into The Worship Of The Jews, And Both Sacred And Profane History Tell Us That, In The Primitive Christian Church, The Service Consisted Partly Of Music. Little Is Known Regarding The Kind Of Music Used ...
Sacrifice
Sacrifice, One Of The Most Important Elements Of Divine Worship, Common To All Nations Of Antiquity, And Therefore Traced By Some To A Primeval Revelation. The Powers Of Nature, Palpable In Their Effects For Good And Evil, Could Not But Inspire Man, Even In His Rudest Stage, With Gratitude Or ...
Sacy
Sacy, Aivronce Isaac, Baron Silvestre De, One Of The Most Celebrated Orientalists, Was Born At Paris In 1758. After Being Grounded In The Classics, He Commenced At The :we Of 12 The Study Of Hebrew, To Which, As He Advanced In Years, He Added The Other Branches Of Semitic—syriac, Aramaic. ...
Sadducees
Sad'ducees (zedukim), A Jewish School Or Party—not A "sect," As They Have Been Generally Denominated Since Josephus—of The Times Subsequently To The Syrian Wars, And Often Mentioned In The New Testament, The Talmud, And The Midrash. Their Origin, As Well As Their Name, Has Given Rise To Many Speculations And ...
Sadi
Sadi, Sriemu Muslim Addin, One Of The Most Celebrated Persian Poets, Was B. At S:iiraz, About The Year 1184. Little Is Known Of The Circumstances Of His Life. His F Tiller's Name Was Abdallah, And He Was A Descendant Of Ali, Mohammed's Son-in-law; Ititwithstanding His Noble Lineage, However, He Held ...
Safes
Safes, Fine-rroop. The Manufacture Of Iron Safes For The Preservation Of Money And Valuable Papers Has Become One Of Great Importance. The Foundation Of The Plan On Which Fire-proof Safes Are Still Constructed Was Laid By A Mr. Richard Scott In 1801. Mr. Thomas Milner In 1840 Patented A Fire-proof ...
Samuel Puffendorf
Puffendorf, Samuel, Son Of A Lutheran Clergyman, Was B. In 1632 At Chemnitz, In Saxony. He Received The Early Part Of His Education At Grimma; Whence He Removed To The University Of Leipsic. There Lie Studied Theology For Several Years. In 1656 He Went To The University Of Jena, Where ...
Samuel Richardson
Richardson, Samuel, The First Great English Novelist. Was B. In Derby In The Year 1689. His Father, Though Originally Connected With A Higher Grade Of Society, Was A Joiner. It Was His Ambition To Educate His Son For The Church; Lint For This The Means Were Found Deficient, And At ...
Samuel Rogers
Rogers, Samuel, An English Poet, Was B. In London, July 30, 1763. His Father Was A Banker And Member Of A Dissenting Body. After Having Been Carefully Educated, Rogers Was Placed In His Father's Bank. His Taste For Literature And The Company Of Literary Men Awoke At An Early Period, ...
See Leonine
(see Leonine Venses.) When Two Successive Lines Rhyme, They Form A Couplet; Three Form A Triplet. Often The Lines Rhyme Alternately Or At Greater Intervals, Forming Groups Of Four (quatrains) Or More. A Group Of Lines Embracing All The Varieties Of Meter And Combinations Of Rhyme That Occur In The ...
Silaris
Silaris And Tossuans, Is An Inflammatory Affection Of The Substance Of The Tonsils (q.v.). The Inflammation Is, However, Seldom Limited To These Glands, But Extends To The Uvula, The Soft Palate, The Pharynx, And Not Unfrequently The Salivary Glands. The Disease Usually Manifests Itself By Difficulty In Swallowing,•and A Sense ...
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh, Sir Walter, The Son Of Welter Raleigh Of Fardel In Devonshire, Was B. In 1552 At Hayes, On The Coast Of That County. In 1568, He Was Sent To Oxford As A Com Moner Of Oriel College, And Though His Residence There Was Brief. Gave Token Of Remark Able-ability. ...
Theory Of Projectiles
Projectiles, Theory Of, Is The Investigation Of The Path Or Trajectory, As It Is Called, Of A Body Which Is Projected Into Space In A Direction Inclined To That Of Gravita Tion. A Body Thus Projected Is Acted Upon By Two Forces, The Force Of Projection, Which, If Acting Alone, ...
Thomas Buchanan Read
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-72; B. Penn.; Entered A Sculptor's Studio In Cin Cinnati. But Afterward Studied Painting. In 1841 He Settled In Boston, And Began To Paint Portraits. In 1846 He Returned To Philadelphia, And In 1850 Went To Plorcitce, Where Lie Spent Most Of The Rest.of His Life. Among ...
Thomas Reid
Reid, Thomas, Was B. April 26, 1710, At Strachan, A Country Parish In Kincardine Shire. Where His Father Was Minister. His Mother Belonged To The Well Known Family The Gregories (q.v.). Reid Began His Education At The Parish-school Of Kincardine, And At The Age Of 12 He Became A Student ...
Thomas Sackville
Sackville, Thomas, Earl Of Dorset, An English Poet And Statesman, Was B. At Bucklmrst, Sussex, In 1536. He Was The Only Son Of Sir Richard Sackville; Studied At Oxford And Cambridge, Where He Acquired A High Reputation As A Poet Both In Latin And English, And Afterward Became A Student ...
Tile Poor
Poor, Tile, Charity, Like Christianity, Had Its Origin, Or Earliest Development, In The East. Among The Primitive Nations Of The World Alms-giving Was Inculcated As A Religious Observance, And Is Prescribed As Such In Their Sacred Records. Among The European Nations Of Antiquity, We Find A Provision For The Poor ...
Urbano Rattazzi
Rattazzi, Ur.bano, An Italian Statesman, Was B. In The Middle Ranks Of Life, At Ales Sandria (piedmont), In 1810. He Was An Advocate At Casale, Where, In 1847, He Was President Of The Agricultural Committee. After The Proclamation Of The Constitution Iu 1848, He Was Elected Member For Alessandria, And ...
Victor Henri Rochefort Litcay
Rochefort-litcay, Victor Henri, Comte De; B. Paris, 1830; Of A Distin Guished Family, Some Of Whom Had Been Chancellors Of France. His Fattier Was Pr, Pounced Royalist; But His Mother, A Radical Sympathizer With Political Progress' Of A.l Kinds, Educated Henri To Abhor Caste Under Whatever Guise. He Was A ...
Vincent Priessnitz
Priessnitz, Vincent, The Founder Of Hydropathy (q.v.), Was Born At Grafeidierg (q.v.), In Austrian Silesia, Oct. 5, 1799. He Was The Son Of A Peasant-proprietor, And Received At The School Of Freiwaldau An Education Suitable To His Station, And Afterward Farmed His Paternal Estate. It Appears That A Neighbor, Who ...
War Of The Rebellion
Rebellion, War Of The, The Conflict Between The Northern And Southern States Of The Union In 1861-65; Ostensibly And Immediately Occasioned By Disagreement Between The Two Sections On The Subject Of Slavery, But Perhaps Not Less The Result Of Long-stano Ing Political And Economical Differences, And Of A General Failure ...
Wern
(wern, A Primitive Mill For Grinding Corn, The Stone Of Which Was Turned By The Hand Before The Invention Of Windmills Or Water-mills. It Is A Contrivance Of Great Antiquity, And So Well Adapted For The Wants Of A Primitive People, That We Find It Per Petuated To The Present ...
William De Rubriiquis
Rubriiquis, William De, One Of The Most Distinguished Of Mediwval Travelers, Was Born Early In The 13th C.—probably About 1228. He Entered, While Very Young, Into The Franciscan Order, And Being Hindered In His Favorite Scheme Of Missionary Labor In The Holy Land, He Was Sent By Louis Ix. Of ...
William Robertson
Robertson, William, File Historian, Was Born In The Year 1721, In The County Of Edinburgh, And In The Parish Of Borthwick, Of Which His Father Was Minister. He Went To School At Dalkeith, A Few Miles Distant From His Home; But In 1733 His Father's Appointment To A Charge In ...
William Roscoe
Roscoe, William, The Eminent Historian Of Lorenzo Dc' Medici And Leo X., Was B. Near Liverpool On March 8, 1753. His Father Was A Market-gardener, Whose Assistant Is This Business Lie Became In His Twelfth Year, After Receiving The Rudim,ents Of Learning At A Common School. In This Occupation He ...
William Roy
Roy, William, Maj.gen. In The British Army, Was Horn May 4, 1700, At Milton Head, In The Parish Of Carlake, Lanarkshire. His Early History Is Quite Unknown, And The Incidents Of His Professional Career Comparatively Unimportant, But His Name Will Always Be Remembered By Succeeding Generations As That Of The ...
Wtiliam Parsons Bosse
Bosse, Wti:liam Parsons, Third Earl Of, A Well-known Practical Astronomer, Was Born In York In 1800, And Educated First At Trinity College, Dublin, And Afterward At Magdalen College, Oxford, Where He Graduated First-class In Mathematics In 1822. Dur Ing The Life Of His Father He Sat In The House Of ...
The 1300k Of Proverbs
Proverbs, The 1300k Of (heb. Jthh/e, Lxx. Parohnia Salomontos, Vulg. Prorerbia), A Canonical Book Of The Old Testament, Containing An Anthology Of Gnomes And Sen Tences, The Fruit Of Reflections On The Mosaic Law And On The Divine Guidance Of The Peo Ple Of The Israelites. It Is Also Called ...
The Matilemattal Theory Of
Probability, The Matilemattal Theory Of. Of All' Mathematical Theories Which Can Be Made In Any Sense Popular, This Is Perhaps The Least Generally Undertood. There Are Several Reasons For This Curious Fact, Of Which We May Mention One Or Two. Pirst.—as By Far The Simplest And Most Direct Elementary Illustrations ...