1 Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros, (1) The Sole Recent Genus Of The Family Rhinocerotida. It Falls Naturally Into Three Sections, Which Some Zoologists Raise To The Rank Of Genera. (a) Rhinoceros.—adults With A Single Large Compressed Incisor Above On Each Side, Occasionally A Small Lateral One, Be Low A Very Small Median, And A ...
Africanus The Elder Scipio
Scipio, Africanus (the Elder), Publius Cortnelius, One Of The Greatest Of The Romans, Born B. C. 234. He Is Said To Have Saved His Father's Life At The Battle Of The Ticinus, And Prevented The Desertion Of The Young Nobles After The Defeat At Cannx. At The Age Of 24 ...
Anthony Ash Ley Cooper
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ash Ley Cooper, First Earl Of, An English Statesman; Born In Wimborne, St. Giles, Dorsetshire, England, July 22, 1621. He Succeeded To A Baronetcy On The Death Of His Father In 1631. After Leaving Exeter College, Oxford, He Stud Ied Law At Lincoln's Inn, And Was Chosen Representative ...
Anton Gregor Rubinstein
Rubinstein, Anton Gregor, A Russian Musician; Born In Wechwotynez, Kherson, Nov. 28, 1829. He Was Trained To Music In Moscow By His Mother And A Master. Liszt Heard Him, "an Infant Prodigy," Play In Paris In 1840, Recog Nized His Genius, And Encouraged Him To Play In Other Cities. After ...
Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, Fifth Earl Of, An Eng Lish Statesman; Born May 7, 1847; Was Educated At Eton And Oxford, And Suc Ceeded His Grandfather In 1868. He Was An Advanced Liberal In Politics, And A Ready And Effective Speaker. He Was Un Der-secretary At The Home Office, 1881 ...
Armand Jean Du Plessis
Richelieu, Armand Jean Du Plessis, Cardinal, Duc De, A French Statesman; Born Of A Noble But Impoverished Family In Paris, Sept. 5, 1585. Richelieu Was Educated For The Army, But Abandoned A Military Career For The Church, In Order To Keep In The Family The Bishopric Of Lucon, To Which ...
Armored Ship
Ship, Armored. The Earliest Plans For The Building Of Armored Steamships Appear To Have Been Made By John Stevens Of New Jersey In 1812. The Idea Did Not Then Take Practical Shape But It Was Developed By His Son, Robert L., Who Secured Acceptance By The United States Government Of ...
Baron Bettino Ricasoli
Ricasoli, Baron Bettino, An Italian Statesman; Born In Florence, March 9, 1809; Studied At Pisa And Flor Ence; Was One Of The Best Agriculturists In Italy; Wrote Books On The Cultivation Of The Vine, The Olive, And The Mulberry, And For 10 Years Worked Successfully At The Drainage Of The ...
Benjamin Rusk
Rusk, Benjamin, An American Physician; Born In Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1745; He Was Graduated At Princeton In 1760; Studied Medicine In Philadelphia, Edinburgh, London, And Paris; And In 1769 Was Made Professor Of Chemistry In The Philadelphia Medical College. Elected A Member Of The Continental Con Gress, He Signed The ...
C Harles Alphonso Smith
Smith, C (harles) Alphonso, An American Educator And Writer, Born At Greensboro, N. C., In 1864. He Was Educated At Davidson College And At Johns Hopkins University, Holding Also Honorary Degrees From The University Of Tennessee, University Of North Carolina, And The University Of Cincinnati. From 1890 To 1893 He ...
Caspar Von Schwenefeld
Schwenefeld, Caspar Von, A German Reformer; Born Of Noble Family, In Ossig, Lower Silesia, In 1490; Studied Two Years At Cologne And Elsewhere, And, Before Retiring Into Private Life In 1521 To A Constant Study Of The Scriptures, Served At Various Courts With Duke Charles Of Miinsterberg, And As Aulic ...
Cecil John Rhodes
Rhodes, Cecil John, A South African Statesman; Born July 5, 1853. He Was The Fifth Son Of The Vicar Of Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, And After Attending The Local Grammar School Was Sent For His Health To Natal, Where His Brother Was A Planter. He Subse Quently Went To The ...
Charles N Schwab
Schwab, Charles N., An Ameri Can Capitalist And Public Official, Born At Williamsburg, Pa., In 1862. While Still A Boy He Entered The Employment Of The Carnegie Company As A Stake Driver. He Attracted The Attention Of The Officials Of The Company By His Efficiency And Was Gradually Promoted Until ...
Church Of Scotland
Scotland, Church Of, The Origi Nal Scotch Church Seems To Have Been That Of The Culdees, Then In Medimval Times The Roman Catholic Church Was, To A Certain Extent, The National Church In Scotland, Not Merely As Having Within Its Pale At Least By Profession All The Peo Ple, But ...
Claude Henry Saint Simon
Saint Simon, Claude Henry, Count De, A French Social Philosopher, The Founder Of French Socialism; Born In Paris, France, In 1760. After Completing His Education He Entered The Army, And In 1777 Was Included In An Expedition Sent By Louis Xvi. To Assist The United States In Her War With ...
Dante Gabriel
Dante Gabriel (or Properly Gabriel Charles Dante), An English Painter And Poet; Born In London, May 12, 1828, Eld Est Son Of Gabriele. He Was Educated In King's College School, London; But, Hav Ing From His Earliest Years Evinced A Wish To Become A Painter, He Was Taken From School ...
Declaration And Bill 01
Rights, Declaration And Bill 01`. The Convention Parliament Which Called The Prince And Princess Of Orange To The Throne Of England Set Forth, In A Solemn Instrument Known By The Name Of The Declaration Of Rights, The Funda Mental Principles Of The Constitution Which Were To Be Imposed On William ...
Elihu Root
Root, Elihu, An American Lawyer And Statesman, Born In Clinton, N. Y., 1845. He Studied At Hamilton College, Of Whose Faculty His Father Was A Mem Ber, Then Attended New York University Law School, Being Admitted To The Bar In 1867. His First Public Office Was That Of United States ...
Emperor Of Ger Many
Sigismund, Emperor Of Ger Many And King Of Hitngary And Bohemia, Second Son Of The Emperor Charles Iv.; Born In 1368. On The Death Of His Father, In 1378, He Be Came Hargrave Of Brandenburg, And Was Occupied Four Years In Visiting His States, And Receiving Their Homage. He Married, ...
Frederick Roberts
Roberts, Frederick, Earl, An English Military Officer; The Son Of An Indian Officer, Gen. Sir Abraham Roberts; Born In Cawnpur, India, Sept. 30, 1832. He Was Brought To England When Two Years Old, Educated At Clifton, Eton, Sand Hurst, And Addiscombe, And Entered The Bengal Artillery In 1851. His First ...
Gabriele Rossetti
Rossetti, Gabriele, An Italian Poet And Critic; Born In Vasto, Abruzzo Citeriore, Then Forming Part Of The Kingdom Of Na Ples, Feb. 28, 1783. His Father, Nicola Rossetti, Was Engaged In The Iron Trade Of The District; His Mother Was Maria Francesca Pietrocola. The Parents Were Not In Easy Circumstances, ...
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw, George Bernard, A Brit Ish Playwright, Born In Dublin, Ireland, In 1856. He Attended School Until He Was Fifteen, When He Became A Clerk In A Real Estate Office, Which Position He Held For Five Years, Until He Left His Native City To Seek A Career As A Journalist ...
George Sand
Sand, George, Best Known Name Of Madame Armantine Lucile Aurore Du Pin Dudevant, One Of The Greatest Of French Novelists; Born In Paris, July 5, 1804. She Was The Daughter Of Maurice Dupin, An Officer Of The Republican Army, Who Was Descended From A Natural Daugh Ter Of Marshal Saxe. ...
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio, One Of The Most Popular, And Perhaps The Greatest Italian Composer Of Operas; Born In Pesaro, Italy, Feb. 29, 1792. His Parents Belonged To A Strolling Opera Company, And He Began His Career By Playing Second Horn To His Father When He Was Only 10 Years Old. ...
Girolamo Savonarola
Savonarola, Girolamo, An Ital Ian Reformer; Born Of A Noble Family In Ferrara, Sept. 21, 1452. He Was Educated At Home, And At A Very Early Age Became Deeply Versed In The Philosophy Of The Schools; But His Disposition Was From The First Tinged With Religious Asceticism, And In 1474 ...
Henry Wharton Shoemaker
Shoemaker, Henry Wharton, An American Newspaper Publisher, Born In New York, In 1882. He Was Educated At Columbia University, N. Y. In 1903 And 1904 He Served As Secretary Of The American Legation, Lisbon, Portugal, And Of The American Embassy, Berlin, Ger Many. From 1905 To 1911 He Was A ...
House Of Savoy
Savoy, House Of, One Of The Most Ancient Royal Families, And Also Distin Guished For Having Produced A Remarkable Number Of Eminent Warriors And States Men. Its Origin Is Not Historically Es Tablished, But Most Genealogists Trace It To A German Count, Humbert, Who, In The 11th Century, Established Himself ...
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, A Swiss-french Philosopher, One Of The Most Celebrated And Influential Writers Of The 18th Century; Born In Geneva, Switzerland, June 28, 1712. He Was The Son Of A Watchmaker. For The First 35 Years Of His Life The Chief Authority Is His Own Painfully Frank, But Perhaps ...
Johann Christopfi Friedrich Von
Schiller, Johann Christopfi Friedrich Von, A German Poet; Born In Marbach, Wurttemberg, Nov. 10, 1759. After Having Studied Medicine And Become Surgeon In A Regiment, He, In His 22d Year, Wrote The Tragedy Of "the Rob Bers," Which At Once Raised Him To The Foremost Rank Among The Dramatists Of ...
Johann Paul Fried Rich
Richter, Johann Paul Fried Rich, Known By His Pen-name Of Jean Paul, A German Humorist; Born In Wun Siedel, North Bavaria, March 21, 1763. He Was Brought Up In The Mountain Vil Lages In Which His Father Was Pastor, Went To School At The Town Of Hof, And In 1781 ...
John Ruskin
Ruskin, John, An English Author; Born In London, Feb. 8, 1819. He Studied At Christ Church, Oxford; Gained The Newdigate Prize In 1839, And Graduated In 1842. In 1867 He Was Appointed Rede Lecturer At Cambridge, And In 1870-1872, 1876-1878, 1883-1885, He Was Slade Pro Fessor Of Fine Arts At ...
John Russell
Russell, John, Earl Russell, K.g., An English Statesman, Third Son Of The 6th Duke Of Bedford; Born In London, August 18, 1792. Educated At Edinburgh University, He Entered Par Liament In 1813 Before Attaining His Ma Jority. In 1819 He Made His First Motion In Favor Of Parliamentary Reform, Of ...
John Smith
Smith, John, An English Adveh Turer, The Founder Of Virginia; Born In Willoughby, In Lincolnshire, England, In January, 1579. Of A Daring Spirit, Long Ing For A Larger And More Adventurous Life, He Early Served In The Netherlands As A Soldier In The Cause Of Liberty. He Then Traveled In ...
Jose De San Martin
San Martin, Jose De, A Spanish American General; Born In Yapeyu, Mi Siones, Argentine Republic, Feb. 25, 1778. He Was In The Spanish Campaigns Against France From 1793 Till 1811, Attaining The Rank Of Lieutenant-colonel. He Resigned From Service And Sailed For Buenos Ayres In 1812, Where He Joined The ...
Jose Rizal
Rizal, Jose, A Filipino Patriot; Born In Calamba, Luzon, In 1861. He Was The Son Of Unmixed Tagal Parents, Who Destined Him For The Church. He Re Ceived His Early Education In His Native Town Under A Tagal Priest. Later He Was Sent To Manila, Where He Entered A Jesuit ...
Joseph Jones Reynolds
Reynolds, Joseph Jones, An American Military Officer; Born In Flem Ingsburg, Ky., Jan. 4, 1822; Was Ap Pointed To The United States Military Academy From Indiana In 1839; On Grad Uation Was Appointed 2d Lieutenant, 4th And After Service At Fort Mon Roe And In Texas Was, In 1846, Assigned ...
Laws Relating To Seamen
Seamen, Laws Relating To. Because Of Their Isolation From The Juris Diction Of Regular Courts For Long Periods And Their Absence In Foreign Countries In The Regular Course Of Their Employment, It Has Been Found Necessary In All Coun Tries To Pass Special Legislation Regulat Ing The Relations Of Seamen ...
Louis Rene Rohan
Rohan, Louis Rene Tdotjard, Prince De, Cardinal-archbishop Of Strasburg; Born In 1734. He Became Co Adjutor To His Uncle In The See Of Stras Burg, And Afterward His Successor; Was Sent In 1772 As Ambassador To Vienna, Where He Displayed The Most Ridiculous Luxury, But Vainly Sought To Obtain The ...
Maximilien Ma Rie Isidore
Robespierre, Maximilien Ma Rie Isidore, A French Revolutionist; Born Of A Family Of Irish Origin, In Arras, May 6, 1758. His Mother Died In 1767, His 13; El:en-hearted Father Two Years Later, And The Four Children Were Brought Up By Their Maternal Grandfather, An Arras Brewer. Maximilien, The Eldest, Early ...
Milianus Africanus The Younger
Scipio, .]milianus Africanus (the Younger), Publius Cornelius, Conqueror Of Carthage; Born About B. C. 185. He Was The Youngest Son Of Lemil Ius Paulus, And The Adopted Son Of Pub Lius Scipio, Son Of Africanus The Elder. In His Youth He Had The Advantage Of The Instructions And Friendship Of ...
Military Salutes
Salutes, Military. All Officers Salute On Meeting And On Making Or Re Ceiving Official Reports. Military Courtesy Requires The Junior To Salute First Or, When The Salute Is Introductory To A Report Made At A Military Ceremony Or Formation To The Representative Of A Common Supe Rior, As, For Example, ...
Military Signaling And Telegraph
Signaling And Telegraph Ing, Military. The Art Of Trans Mitting Information By Visual Signals Is Of Very Ancient Origin, And Has, No Doubt, Been Practiced By All Races In Every Part Of The World. The Simplest Form Of Sig Nal Is, Probably, The Beacon Fire, Used For Centuries To Warn ...
Nicolas Jean De Dieu
Soult, Nicolas Jean De Dieu (solt), Duke Of Dalmatia And Marshal Of France; Born Of Humble Parentage In Saint Amans La Bastide, Tarn, France, March 29, 1769. In 1785 He Entered An Infantry Regiment As A Common Soldier. Raised From The Ranks, He Became Suc Cessively Lieutenant And Captain In ...
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, English Poet, Son Of Timothy Shelley And Grand Son Of Sir Bysshe Shelley; Born Horsham, England, Aug. 4, 1792; Educated, Sion House (brentford), Eton, And University College, Oxford. Of A Delicate Constitu Tion He Was Early Characterized By An Extreme Sensibility And A Lively Imagina Tion, And ...
Philip Henry Sheridan
Sheridan, Philip Henry, An American Military Officer; Born In Al Bany, N. Y., March 6, 1831; Was Grad Uated At The Military Academy At West Point In 1853. Entering The United States Artillery, Be Served In Texas And Oregon Till 1855, When He Sailed For San Francisco In Command Of ...
Pierre Paul
Pierre Paul, A French Statesman; Born In Sompuis, France, June 21, 1763. On The Out Break Of The Revolution He Was Elected A Member Of The Municipality Of Paris, And In 1790-1792 Acted As Joint-secre Tary. Having Incurred The Enmity Of The Jacobins, He Lived In Hiding At Som Puis ...
Raphael Semmes
Semmes, Raphael, An American Naval Officer; Born In Charles Co., Md., Sept. 27, 1809; Was Appointed, In 1828, A Midshipman On Board The "lexington," And Rose By Successive Steps To The Rank Of Commander In 1855. He Was Nomi Nated, In 1858, Secretary To The Light House Board, Which Situation ...
Respiration
Respiration, A Part Of The Life Of All Organisms, Animal And Vegetable. It Is A Series Of Chemical Changes, The First Of Which Is The Absorption Of Oxygen Into The Body, And The Last Of Which Is The Excretion Of Carbonic Acid. The Associa Tion Of This Intake Of Oxygen ...
Restoration
Restoration, A Term Used In Art To Indicate The Renewal Or Repairing Of Paintings, Sculptures, Buildings, Etc., Which Have Been Defaced Or Partially Ruined. It Includes The Retouching Of Faded And Injured Pictures, And The Replacing Of Lost Limbs Or Features Of Antique Statues. But In Reference To Architecture Its ...
Resurrection
Resurrection, An Expression De Noting The Revival Of The Human Body In A Future State After It Has Been Con Signed To The Grave. Traces Of This Doc Trine Are Found In Other Religions, In Zoroastrianism, And Especially In Later Judaism, But The Doctrine Is Peculiarly Christian. In The Earlier ...
Revelation Of St John
Revelation Of St. John, The Last Book Of The New Testament, And The Only Distinctively Prophetic One Given To Fling Back The Veil Which Hides Futu Rity From The View. Its Writer Was John (i. 4, Xxii: 8), The Servant Of God (i: 1), The "brother" And "companion In Tribu ...
Revival
Revival, The Act Of Reviving; The State Of Being Revived; Most Commonly Used In A Religious Sense. Revivals Oc Cur In All Religions. When One Takes Place A Large Number Of Persons Who Have Been Comparatively Dead Or Indif Ferent To Spiritual Considerations, Simul Taneously Or In Quick Succession Become ...
Revolution
Revolution, A Fundamental Change In Government, Or In The Political Con Stitution Of A Country, Effected Suddenly And Violently, And Mainly Brought About By Internal Causes; A Revolt Against The Constituted Authority Successfully And Completely Accomplished. In Most Revo Lutions There Are Three Turns Of The Wheel. First There Is ...
Reward
Reward, In A Legal Sense, Some En Couragement Which The Law Holds Out For Exertions In Bringing Certain Classes Of Criminals To Justice. The Courts Of As Size May Order The Sheriff Of The County, In Which Certain Offenses Have Been Com Mitted, To Pay To Persons Who Have Been ...
Rhetoric
Rhetoric, In Its Broadest Sense, The Theory And Practice Of Eloquence, Whether Spoken Or Written. It Aims At Expound Ing The Rules Which Should Govern All Prose Composition Or Speech Designed To Influence The Judgments Or The Feelings Of Men, And Therefore Treats Of Every Thing That Relates To Beauty ...
Rheumatism
Rheumatism, A Term Which Has Been And Still Is, Rather Vaguely And Ex Tensively Used In The Nomenclature Of Disease. But There Is One Very Definite Affection To Which It Is Always Applied; After This Has Been Discussed The Other Senses In Which It Is Used Will Be Con Sidered. ...
Rhine
Rhine (german, Rhein; Dutch, Rijn), The Finest River Of Germany, And One Of The Most Important Rivers Of Eu Rope, Its Direct Course Being 460 Miles And Its Indirect Course 800 Miles (about 250 Miles Of Its Course Being In Switzer Land, 450 In Germany, And 100 In Hol Land) ...
Rhode Island
Rhode Island, A State In The North Atlantic Division Of The North American Union; Bounded By Massachu Setts, Connecticut, Narragansett Bay, Block Island Sound, And The Atlantic Ocean; One Of The Original 13 States; Capi Tal, Providence; Number Of Counties, 5; Area, 1,248 Square Miles; Pop. (1910) 542,610; (1920) 604,397. ...
Rhodes
Rhodes, The Capital Of The Island Of' Rhodes, Situated At Its N. E. Extremity. It Is Defended By Towers About 800 Feet Distant From Each Other, While In The Center Of The Mole There Is A Square Bas Tion 120 Feet High. Rhodes Presents At Present Very Few Vestiges Of ...
Rhodesia
Rhodesia, The Name Given To A Region In South Africa Extending From The Transvaal Province North To The Bor Ders Of The Congo State And Former Ger Man East Africa; Bounded On The E. By Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland And German East Africa, And On The W. By Congo State, ...
Rhododendron
Rhododendron, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Eri Cacem, Having 10 Stamens, A Very Small Calyx, And A Bell-shaped Or Somewhat Funnel-shaped Corolla. The Buds In This And Nearly Allied Genera, As Azalea, Are Scaly And Conical. The Species Are Nu Merous; They Have Evergreen Leaves, ...
Richard I
Richard I., King Of England, Sur Named Cceur De Lion; Third Son Of King Henry Ii. And His Wife, Eleanor Of Aqui Taine; Born Either At Oxford Or At Wood Stock, Sept. 8, 1157, But Was Brought Up Among The Knights And Troubadours Of Poitou, In Aquitaine, With Which Duchy, ...
Richard Ii
Richard Ii., King Of England; Son Of The Black Prince And Joanna Of Kent; Born In Bordeaux, Jan. 6, 1367; Was Ac Knowledged By Parliament Heir To The Crown On The Death Of His Father In 1376, And Succeeded His Grandfather, Edward Iii., On June 21, 1377. The Government Was ...
Richard Iii
Richard Iii., King Of England; Son Of Richard, Duke Of York, A Descendant Of Edmund, Duke Of York, Fifth Son Of Edward Iii.; Born In Fotheringay Cas Tle, Oct. 2, 1452. After The Defeat And Death Of His Father In 1460 He Was Sent, Along With His Brother George, To ...
Richard Of Cornwall
Richard Of Cornwall, Em Peror Of Germany; Second Son Of John, King Of England; Born Jan. 5, 1209. In 1225-1226 He And His Uncle, 'william Of Salisbury, Commanded An Expedition Which Recovered Gascony, And The Next Year He Received Cornwall As The Result Of A Rising Of The Earls To ...
Richmond
Richmond, A City, Port Of Entry, Capital Of The State Of Virginia, And County-seat Of Henrico Co.; On The James River, And On The Southern, The Richmond, Fredericksburg, And Potomac, The At Lantic Coast Line, And The Chesapeake And Ohio And Seaboard Air Line, And Other Railroads; 116 Miles S. ...
Rifle
Rifle, A Gun Of High Power, Long Shooting Range, And Finding Its Classifica Tion Among Weapons, Chiefly In Respect To The Construction Of Its Barrel. The Term Rifle Means A Gun With A Grooved Barrel. Originally, This Grooving Was Developed For The Two-fold Purpose Of Accommodat Ing The Excess Carbonization ...
Right Of
Right Of, In International Law, The Right Of Belligerents, During War, To Visit And Search The Vessels Of Neutrals For Contraband Of War. Some Powerful Nations Have, At Different Times, Refused To Submit To This Search; But All The High Est Authorities Upon The Law Of Nations Acknowledge The Right ...
Right Of Way
Right Of Way, The Right Which The Public Has To The Free Passage Over Roads Or Tracks. The Expression Is More Gen Erally Applied To Those Public Routes Which Are Not Statutory Roads, Such As Hill Or Field Paths, Drove Roads, Bridle And Other Paths, And Cart Or Driving Roads ...
Rimini
Rimini, A City Of Italy, Stands On The Shore Of The Adriatic, 69 Miles By Rail S. E. Of Bologna ; It Is Still Surrounded With Walls And Contains Many Inedival Buildings. The Cathedral, The Temple Al Tered And Built To Commemorate The Un Hallowed Love Of Sigismundo Malatesta And ...
Ring
Ring, Any Circle Or Section Of A Cylin Der. Rings Of Gold, Silver, And Of Other Metals And Materials Have Been Worn In All Times And Countries, And While They Have Been Used To Decorate The Ears, Neck, Nose, Lips, Arms, Legs, And Toes, Finger Rings Have Always Occupied The ...
Riot
Riot, A Disturbance Of The Public Peace, Attended With Circumstances Of Tumults And Commotion, As Where An Assembly Destroys, Or In Any Manner Damages, Seizes, Or Invades Private Or Public Property, Or Does Any Injury What Ever By Actual Or Threatened Violence To The Persons Of Individuals. By The Com ...
Ritualism
Ritualism, A Strict Adherence To Rites And Ceremonies In Public Worship. The Term Is More Especially Applied To A Tendency Recently Manifested In The Church Of England, Resulting In A Series Of Changes Introduced By Various Clergy Men Of The High Church Party Into The Services Of The Church. These ...
River
River. Water Falling On The Land In The Form Of Rain, Or Resulting From Melting Snow, Or Rising To The Surface In Springs, Flows Over The Surface To A Lower Level. Where Two Slopes Of Land Dip Together The Surface Drainage Col Lects To Form A Stream, And When Evap ...
Road And Street Machinery
Road And Street Machinery, Appliances Used In The Preparation And Preservation Of Roads Are Of Various Types And May Be Classified As Under: Plows And Scrapers.—plowz Used In This Work Are Of The Ordinary Pattern And Call For No Detailed Description. Scrapers Usually Consist Of A Steel Blade, Mounted Between ...
Roads
Roads, Artificial Pathways Formed Through A Country For The Accommoda Tion Of Travelers And The Carriage Of Commodities. Though The Romans Set An Example As Road-builders, Some Of Their Public Highways Being Yet Service Able, The Roads Throughout Most Of Eu Rope Were In A Wretched Condition Till Toward The ...
Or New Sarum Salisbury
Salisbury, Or New Sarum, A Cathedral City Of England, The Capital Of Wiltshire, And A Parliamentary And Mu Nicipal Borough; In A Valley Near The Con Fluence Of The Rivers Avon, Bourne, Wily, And Nadder, 84 Miles W. S. W. Of London. The Plan Of The City Is Very Regular. ...
Or Public Social
Social, Or Public, Hygiene, The Science Of Caring For The Physical Well Being Of Entire Communities, As Simple Hygiene Is The Science Of Guarding The Physical Welfare Of The Individual Against Disease. Obviously The Former Is More Than The Latter On A Larger Scale, For The Living Together Of Large ...
Or Question Puzzles Riddles
Riddles, Or Question Puzzles. They Were Widely Popular In Dim An Tiquity, As Today They Are Popular Among Many Half-civilized Races—not Absolute Savages, For To Perceive An Analogy De Mands Some Measure Of Culture. They May Be Broadly Divided Into Two Classes —riddles Admitting Of More Or Less Easy Solution, ...
Or Reims Rheims
Rheims, Or Reims, A City In The French Department Of Marne; On The Vesle; 98 Miles E. N. E. Of Paris. Strongly Fortified With Detached Forts Since The Franco-prussian War, When It Was For A Time The German Headquar Ters; It Is Well Built, And From The Material Employed In ...
Or Rio De Janeiro
Rio De Janeiro, Or Simply Rio, A City And Seaport, Capital Of Brazil And Of The Province Of The Same Name, And The Largest And Most Important Commer Cial City Of South America; On The W. Side Of One Of The Finest Bays In The World, 80 Miles W. Of ...
Or Rodrigues Rodriguez
Rodriguez, Or Rodrigues, A Hilly Volcanic Island (1,760 Feet), 13 Miles Long By 7 Broad, 370 Miles E. By N. Of Mauritius, Of Which It Is A Dependency. Rodriguez Is A Cable Station. The Soil Is Fertile, And Agriculture Is The Chief Occupation. Hurricanes Often Cause Great Damage To The ...
Or Roentgen
Roentgen, Or Rontgen, Rays, Certain Invisible Non-refractable Rays Emanating From The Surface Of An Elec Trically Excited Vacuum Tube Opposite The Cathode Electrode, Having Power (1) Of Permeating Objects Impervious To Light Or Heat Rays, (2) Of Discharging Electri Fied Bodies Or Surfaces Exposed To Them, (3) Of Exciting Fluorescence ...
Or San Salvador Salvador
Salvador, Or San Salvador, A Republic In Central America; On The Coast Of The Pacific; And Bounded By Honduras On The N. And E., And By Guatemala On The N. W.; Area, 13,176. Pop. (1919), Estimated, 1,298,621; Spanish-speaking Indians And Half-breeds. A Range Of Vol Canic Peaks. Varying In Height ...
Or Sanhedrin Sanhedrim
Sanhedrim, Or Sanhedrin, The Supreme National Tribunal Of The Jews, Established At The Time Of The Maccabees, Probably Under John Hyrcanus. It Con Sisted Of 71 Members, And Was Presided Over By The Nasi ("prince"), At Whose Side Stood The Ab-beth-din ("father Of The Tribunal"). Its Members Belonged To The ...
Or Sarapis Serapis
Serapis, Or Sarapis (also Found As Osarapis) , The Greek Name Of An Egyptian Deity, Introduced Into Egypt In The Time Of Ptolemy I. Or Soter, And Really A Combination Of The Greek Hades And Egyptian Osiris. He Was Not An Egyptian, But The Greek Deity, With Some Egyptian Characters ...
Or Scarlatina Scarlet Fever
Scarlet Fever, Or Scarlatina, A Contagious Febrile Disease, Almost Al Ways Attended During A Part Of Its Course By A Rash And By Sore Throat. Sometimes Only One Of These Features Is Well Marked, Sometimes Both. Though Persons Of All Ages Are Susceptible To It, It Is Eminently A Disease ...
Or Scorbutus Scurvy
Scurvy, Or Scorbutus, A Disease Characterized By A Depraved Condition Of The Blood. In Consequence Of This Mor Bid State Of The Blood There Is Great De Bility Of The System At Large, With A Ten Dency To Congestion, Hemorrhage, Etc., In Various Parts Of The Body, And Especially In ...
Or Sydney Sidney
Sidney, Or Sydney, Algernon, An English Military Officer; Born In Pens Hurst, Kent, In 1622. He Accompanied His Father, The 2d Earl Of Leicester, In His Embassies To Denmark And France. He Was Also Early Trained To A Military Life, And Served With Some Distinction In Ire Land, Where His ...
Or Tha Lassotherapy Sea Water
Sea-water Therapy, Or Tha Lassotherapy. Sea Water Is Used In The Treatment Of Diseased Or Unhealthy Conditions By Two Different Methods, First Ly By External Bathing, Secondly By Injec Tions Into The Tissues. The First Is, Of Course, By Far The Most Common. The Tonic Effects Of Sea-bathing, Even Upon ...
Or Zetland Islands Shetland
Shetland, Or Zetland Islands (old Norse, Hialtlandia, "the Viking's Land"), A Group Of Over 100 Islands (of Which 30 Are Inhabited) Lying N. N. E. Of The Orkney Islands (formerly In Cluded In The Same County) ; Area, 551 Square Miles; Pop. (1918) 26,300. The Principal Are The Mainland (60 ...