Ravenna
Ravenna, An Ancient City Of Italy, In The States Of The Church, Is Situated On The River Mentone, Near The Adriatic. Although The Streets Are Tolerably Straight And Spacious, Yet The Town Has A Gloomy And Ruinous Aspect. The Principal Public Building Is The Cathedral, Which Is Modern, And Has ...
Reading
Reading, A Borough And Market Town Of Eng Land In Berkshire, Is Situated On Two Small Eminences On The River Kennet, Which Flows Through The Town In Several Channels. The Streets Are In General Regular, Though Some Of Them Are Narrow ; And The Houses, Which Are Good, Are Built ...
Reaping Machine
Reaping Machine, Is A Machine Intended To Be Used For Cutting Down Standing Corn. In Our Article On Agriculture, We Have Already Given A Chapter On Machines For Reaping Corn ; But As The Sub Ject Was Then In Its Infancy, We Promised To Renew The Consideration Of It Under ...
Recirvirostra
Recirvirostra, Lin. Ste. Avocet Bill Very Long, Slender, Feeble, Depressed Throughout Its Length, Flexible, And Recurved At The Point, The Upper Mandible Channelled On Its Surface, The Under Laterally ; Nostrils On The Surface Of The Bill Linear And Long ; Legs Long And Slender, The Three Fore-toes United As ...
Regina
Regina, An Island In The Suronic Gulf, Or Bay Of Engia, More Anciently Known By The Names Of Cenone And (enopia. /eacus, One Of Its Kings, Gave It The Name Of Ieg Ala, In Honour Of His Mother, Who Being Seduced, As Fable Says, By Jupiter, In The Likeness Of ...
Rene Antoine Feiiciiault Reaumur
Reaumur, Rene-antoine Feiiciiault, An Emi Nent French Naturalist, Was Born At Rochelle In 1683. Ile Was Educated For The Bar, But Being Particularly Fond Of Mathematics, Natural History And Physics, He Went To Paris In 1703, Where He Distinguished Himself So Highly, That He Was Elected A Member Of The ...
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire, The Name Of A County In The South West Of Scotland, Is Bounded On The East By The County Of Lanark, On The South By The County Of Ayr, And On All Other Sides By The Frith Of Clyde, Excepting A Small Portion Of About 1200 Acres, Which Lies ...
Rennie
Rennie, Joui, A Celebrated Civil Engineer, Was The Youngest Son Of A Respectable Farmer At I'han Tassie. In The Parish Of Prekonkirk, And County Of East Lothian, And Was Born There On The 7th June, I761. He Had The Misfortune To Lose His Father At The Early Age Of Five, ...
Repahtition Lines
Repahtition Lines, Are Those By Which The Shield Is Divided Into Unequal Parts, As Coupe My-partee, And Party My-coupee. Sec Figs. 53 And 54. Of The Figures Of Heraldry. 25. These Are Either Peculiar To Heraldry, And Derive Their Names From It, And Therefore Called Ordinaries ; Or They Are ...
Reproductive Organs
Reproductive Organs. As No Instance Is Known Of An United Flower In Any Hepatic Moss, We Shall Describe First The Flowers Con Taining The Stamens. These Have Already Been Stated To Be Destitute Of A Calyx, Or Any Other Propel Covering. By Hedwig, Substances Differing Much In Form And Struc ...
Reptiles
Reptiles Belong To The Great Division Of Vertebral Animals Which Have Coup Iilmoo. They Differ In Ap Pearance From Quadrupeds In The Absence Of Hair, And From Birds In Being Destitute Of Feathers, And From Both In The Heart Not Being Quadrilocular, Nor The Blood Warm. They Agree With Fishes ...
Reptiles_2
Reptiles Agree In Having Four Distinct Articulated Members, A Very Small Brain, No External Ear, And No Cochlea Within The Labyrinth, No Distinction Of Thorax And Abdomen, No Epiglottis, No Omentum, No Mesenteric Glands. Their Heart, In Most Tribes, Has Two Auricles ; Their Lungs Are Of Course Confounded With ...
Republic Of Geneva
Geneva, Republic Of, Is A Small Territory, Compre Hending The Following Districts: Population. Total Population 34,704 These Inhabitants, With About 300 Strangers, Making In All 35,000 Nearly, Are Contained In Square Leagues, Which Gives 11,080 To Every Square League ; A Density Of Popula Tion Which Is Very Remarkable. The ...
Rhea
Rhea, Lath. Vieill. Tem. Struthio, Lin. Bill Straight, Short, Sort, Depressed At The Base, A Little Compressed At The Tip, Which Is Obtuse And Unguiculated, Lower Mandible Much Depressed, Flexible, And Rounded At The Tip ; Nostrils On The Lateral Surface Of The Bill Large, Longitudinal, Cleft, And Open ; ...
Rheims
Rheims, An Ancient City Of France, And In The De Partment Of The Marne, Is Situated In A Plain On The Banks Of The Small River Vesle. The City Is Of An Oblong Form, And Is Surrounded With A Ditch And Earthen Mound, Planted With Double Rows Of Trees On ...
Rhine
Rhine, The Third River In Europe In Point Of Size, Has Its Origin In The Part Of The Grissons Called The Upper League. Mount Adula, Which Occupies All The Country Called Rheinwald, And Which Stretches Its Roots Into All The Districts Around Under Different Names, Form Three Small Rivers, One ...
Rhodes
Rhodes Is The Name Of An Island In The Mediter Ranean, Near The Coast Of Asia Minor, And Forming Part Of The Turkish Empire. This Island, Which Was One Of The Most Celebrated Of The Grecian States, And Rendered Illustrious By Its Commercial Wealth, As Well As By Its Naval ...
Rhodes_2
Rhodes, The Capital Of The Above Island Of The Same Name, Is Agreeably Situated At The Extremity Of A Promontory, And On The Side Of A Hill. The Streets And Houses Are Disposed In The Form Of An Amphitheatre, And When Seen From The Harbour (a View Which Dr. Clark ...
Rhone
Rhone, A Large River Of Europe, Which Rises At The Foot Of Mount Furea, In The Centre Of Switzerland, A Few Miles Only From The Source Of The Rhine. After Passing Through The Valais (the Valley Of The Rhone,) End Receiving Various Tributary Streams, It Enters The Lake Or Geneva ...
Rhooe Island
Rhooe Island, One Of The United States Of North America, Including Rhode Island And Providence Plan Tation, Is Bounded On The South, By The Atlantic ; Bn The East And North, By Massachusetts ; And On The West, By Connecticut. It Is Forty-nine Miles Long From North To South, And ...
Rice Paper
Rice Paper, A Name Very Improperly Applied To A Beautiful White And Soft Vegetable Membrane, Belong Ing To The Bread Fruit Tree, The Artocarpus Incisifolia Of Linnet's. The Following Observations On Its Structure, Made By Dr. Brewster, Are Taken From The Edinburgh Journal Of Science, No 3, To Which The ...
Richard Allestry
Allestry, Richard, D. D. Was Born At Upping Ton, In Shropshire, A. D. 1619 ; And In The Course Of His Life, Was Distinguished By His Zeal And Activity In The Service Of Charles 1., As Well As His Attachment To The Calmer Pursuits Of Philosophy And Literature. Having Received ...
Richard Baxter
Baxter, Richard, An Eminent Divine, Was Born At Rowton, In Shrgiishire, November 12, 1615. He Was Carefully Instructed By His Father In The Principles Of Christian Piety, And Gave Early Indica Tions Of A Devout And Studious Disposition. He Was Less Fortunate In His Opportunities Of Literary Improve Ment, And ...
Richard Brocklesby
Brocklesby, Richard, An Eminent Physician, Was Descended Of A Wealthy And Respectable Irish Family ; And Was Born At Minehead, In Somersetshire, On The I Lth Of August 1722, When His Mother Was On A Visit To Her Relations. His Parents, Who Resided At Cork, Belonged To The Society Of ...
Richmond
Richmond, A Borough And Market Town Of Eng Land, In Yorkshire, Is Situated On A Lofty Eminence On The Banks Of The Rive Swale, Which-winds In A Semicircle Round The Town. The Wwii, Which Is Built On The South Ern Declivity Of The Bill, Consists Of Several Well-built And Well-paved ...
Richmond_2
Richmond, A City Of The United States, And The Capital Of Virginia, Is Situated Exactly At The Foot Of The Falls, On The North Side Of James River, And About 150 Miles From Its Month. It Is Connected With Manches Ter, On The Opposite Side Of The River, By A ...
Richniond
Richniond, A Village Of England, In The County Of Surrey, Is Delightfully Situated On The Declivity Of An Eminence On The South Bank Of The Thames, Which Is Here 300 Feet Wide, And Is Crossed By An Elegant Bridge Of Freestone, Communicating With Twickenham, Having Five Semi-circular Arches. The Village ...
Rick Ard Bentley
Bentley, Rick Ard One Of The Most Cele Brated Critics Of Whom England Can Boast, Was Born At Oulton, In Yorkshire, Of 'obscure Parents, On The 27th Of January 1662. He Received The First Rudi Ments Of Classical Learning At The Free School Of Wake Field, And In His Fifteenth ...
Riga
Riga. A City Of Russia, And The Capital Of Livonia, Is Situated About Seven Miles From The Sea, On An Extensive Plain On The Dwina, And On The Gulf Of Riga. The City Is Situated On The Right, And The Suburbs On The Left Bank Of The River. The Streets ...
Ripon
Ripon, A Considerable Borough And Market Town Of England In The West Riding Of Yorkshire. It Stands On A Rising Ground, Between The Rivers Ure And Skcll, Near Their Junction. The Streets Are Ar Ranged In The Form Of A Square, The Larger Ones Form Ing The Outside Of The ...
Rise And Progress Of
Rise And Progress Of The European Establishments In India. As The Europeans Were Induced To Form Their Establish Ments In India, In Order To Be Nearer The Source, And Have A More Ready And Complete Command Of Those Luxuries Which, For Many Centuries Before The Formation Of These Establishments, Had ...
Roads And Highways
Roads And Highways. To The Genial Influence Of The Seasons, Upon Which The Regular Supply Of Our Wants, And A Great Portion Of Our Comforts So Much Depend, There Is Per Haps No Circumstance More Interesting To Men In A Civilized State Than The Perfection Of The Means Of In ...
Roaring
Roaring Is A Disease Also Of The Air-passages. Its Common Seat Is Either The Windpipe Itself Or The Mouth Of That Tube, Which Is Called The Larynx. Lts Nature Consists In Partial Obstruction Of Some Kind Or Other In Some One Of The Air-passages, In Consequence Of Which A Peculiar ...
Robert Ainsworth
Ainsworth, Robert, A Learned Grammarian And Antiquary, .t As Burn At Neodyale, Near :manchester, In 1660. He Received His Education At Bolton In Lancashire, Where He Afterwards Exercised The Profession Of A Sclmolmaster. From This Place He Removed To Bethnal Grk En, Where He Employed Himself In The Education Of ...
Robert Bellarmin
Bellarmin, Robert, An Italian Jesuit, And The Ablest Of All The Roman Catholic Controversialists, Was Born At Monte Pulciano, A Town In Tuscany,. In The Year 1542. At The Age Of Eighteen He Entered Into The Order Of The Jesuits; He Was Ordained Priest At Ghent In 1569 ; And ...
Robert Blake
Blake, Robert, A Celebrated English Admiral, Was Born In The Month Of August 159s. His Fa Ther, Mr Humphry Blake, Was A Spanish Merchant, Who Had Made A Considerable Fortune, And Purchased A Small Estate In The Neighbourhood Of Bridgewater, Where His Family Had Long Been Settled. Robert Was Sent ...
Robert Boyle
Boyle, Robert, Was The Seventh Son, And Four Teenth Child (the Last But One) Of Richard Boyle, Earl Of Cork, By His Second Wife, Catharine, Daugh Ter Of Sir Geoffrey Fenton. His Father, A Man Of More Than Ordinary Ability And Address, Commonly Called The Great Earl Of Cork, Was ...