Rochester
Rochester, Kent, An Episcopal City, A Municipal And A Parlia Mentary Borough, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The River Medway, Immediately Adjacent To The Parliamentary Borough Of With Which It Forms One Continuous Town, In 51* 23' N. Lat., 0* 36' E. Long., Distant 8 Miles N. From ...
Rock Salt
Rock Salt. [sontuu.] Rock-woltk, In Gardening, An Elevation, Composed Of Earth And Other Loose Materials, And Covered With Stones And Fragments Of Rock, Ka, Amongst Which Plants Adapted For Such A Situation Are Grown. When The Rock-work Is Managed Skilfully, And In Accordance With Surrounding Objects, It May Be Made ...
Rocket
Rocket Is A Cylindrical Vessel Or Case, Of Pasteboard Or Metal, Attached To One End Of A Light Rod Of Wood, And Containing A Compo Sition Which, Being Fired, The Vessel And Rod Arc Projected Through The Air By A Force Arising From The Combustion. Rockets Have Long Been Used ...
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains Is • Term Usually Applied To An Extensive Mountain System In North America, Corresponding In A Measure To That Of The Andes In South America. Believing That This Term Has Too General A Signification To Be With Propriety Applied To A Particular System, Some Geographer, Have Proposed To ...
Rogation Days
Rogation Days. It Was A General Custom Formerly, Says Bourne, And It Is Still Observed In Many Country Parishes, To Go Round The Bounds And Limits Of The Parish On One Of The Three Days Preceding Holy Thursday ; When The Minister, Accompanied By His Church Wardens And Parishioners, Used ...
Roger Cotes
Cotes, Roger, Born July 10, 16s2, At Burbage, Near Leicester, Of Which Placo His Father Was Rector. His First Education Was Received Partly At Leicester School, Partly From An Uncle, Who Was The Father Of Dr. Robert Smith, The Author Of The Optics.' He Was Afterwards Placed At Sr. Paul's ...
Roger Long
Long, Roger, Was Born In The County Of Norfolk About The Year 1680. At The Age Of Seventeen He Entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, Took The Degres Of Master Of Arts In 1704, And That Of Doctor Of Divinity In 1728, The Followitig Year He Was Elected A Fellow Of The ...
Roma Rome
Rome, Roma, The Capital Of The States Of The Church, And Formerly Of The Whole Western World, Is Situated In The Carnpagna, On The Banks Of The Tiber, 15 Miles From The Sea-coast, In 41' 54' N. Lat., 12' 28' E. Long., And Had A Population Of 175,833 In 1852. ...
Roman Architecture
Roman Architecture. Although, As Was Said Under Archi Tecture, The Romani; Derived Their Architecture, As They Did Most Of Their Arta, Immediately From The Greeks, Yet They Undoubtedly Borrowed The Circular Arch, And The Fondness For Oircularity In The Plans Of Their Buildings, From The Etruscans; And These Features Were ...
Roman Catholics A I
Roman Catholics A 'i) Jews. By The Net 9 K 10 Viet., Dip. 59, Pawed August Is, 1946, Intituled "an Act To Relieve Her Majterty's Subjects From Certain Penalties And Liabilities In Regard To Religious Opinions; " All The Previous Acts And Parts Of Acts Imposing Diathilities On The Profersors ...
Roman Law
Roman Law. The Historical Origin Of The Roman Law Is Unknown, And Its Fundamental Principles, Seine Of Which Even Survived The Legislation Of Justinian, Are Older Than The Oldest Records Of Italian History. The Foundation Of The Strict Rules Of The Roman Law As To Familia, Agnatio, Marriage, Testaments, Succession ...
Roman Marriage
Marriage, Roman. The Right Conception Of The Roman Institution Of Marriage And Of Its Legal Consequences Is Essential To Enable Us To Approximate To A Proper Understanding Of The Old Roman Polity. Children Were In The Power Of Their Father [ens:winno] Only When They Were The Offspring Of A Legal ...
Roman Ways
Ways, Roman. Our Old Chroniclers And Writers Give This Name To Four Principal Ancient Highways Which They Suppose To Have Been Either Originally Formed By The Romans In Britain During Their Occu Pation Of The Country, Or At Least To Have Been Completed And Perfected By That People Upon Lines ...
Roman Will
Will, Roman. A Roman Will—called Testarnentum, Was Defined By The Jurists Of The Imperial Period To Be " A Legal Mode Of A Inan's Declaring His Intention In Due Form, To Take Effect After His Death." The Power Of Making A Roman Testament Only Belonged To Roman Citizens Who Were ...
Romance
Romance Originally Signified Any Composition In The Romance Langliage, Or Dialects Which Superseded The Latin After The ,fall Of The Westeni Empire. [rossa:scs: Language.] As However, In Course Cf Time, The Trouveres Of North France Composed A Number Of Poems Containing Fictitious Narratives Of War And Love, And Their Lays ...
Romance Language
Romance Language (' Langue Romane ' Or `romande,' In French) Is The Name Given To A Kind Of Bastard Latin, Which Came Into Common Use In Western Europe After The Fall Of The Roman Empire, Among The Populations Formerly Subject To Rome, While The Northern Conquerors, The Goths, Franks, Burgundians, ...
Romanesque Architecture
Romanesque Architecture Is That Style Of Round-arched Architecture Which (with Local Or National Peculiarities) Prevailed Through A Large 'art Of Europe During The 11th And 12th Centuries. Under Bt7antine Architecture, It Was Pointed Out How The Archi Tecture Of The Ancient Romans Diverged In The Bands Of Their Barbaric Successors ...
Romford
Romford, Essex, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Rouiford, Is Situated Chiefly On The Left Bank Of The Bourne Brook, Called Also The River Rom, In 51' 34' N. Lat., 0' Ii' E. Long., Distant 17 Miler S.w. By S. From Chelmsford, 12 ...
Romsey
Romsey, Hampshire, A Tlarket-town, Municipal Borough, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Colon, In The Parish Of Romney Lufra, Is Situated In 50' 59' N. Lat., I' 30' W. Long., Distant 10 Miles S.w. From Winchester, 73 Miles S.w. From London By Road, And 81 Miles By The London And ...
Rood Loft
Rood-loft. In Roman Catholic Churches A Large Crucifix Usually Occupies A Conspicuous Position At The Entrance To The Chancel. Prior To The Reformation The Same Custom Was, Of Course, Observed In Euglish Churches. The Crucifix, Here Called A Rood, Was Placed On A Team—called The Rood-beam—fixed Across The Chancel Arch, ...
Roof
Roof, The Covering Of A House Or Other Building. The Name, In Its Most Extended Sense, Embraces The External Covering Itself, And The Framework By Which It Is Supported; But, As A Term In Carpentry, It Is Limited To The Carcass-roof Or Framing. The Importance Of This Part Of A ...
Root
Root. The Mathematical Use Of This Term Has Gradually Been Extended, Until It May Be Defined As Follows : Every Value Of An Unknown Quantity Which Satisfies A Given Equation Is Called A Root Of That Equation. Thus, 2, 1, 1 + —3) Aud 1— \/( — 3) Are The ...
Rope Making
'rope Making. A Rope Is A Combination Of Fibres Of Hemp, Or Other Materiel, So Arranged As To Form A Flexible And Tenacious Cord Or Baud ; Retaining, As Far As Possible, Their Collective Strength. The Name Rope Is Generally Confined To The Larger Descriptions Of Cordage, Such As Exceed ...
Rosa
Rosa, Medical Properties Of. Of The Numerous Species Or Varieties Of This Genus, Three Only Are Indicated In The Pharmacopoeia' As The Sources Of The Officinal Articles ; But A Very Considerable Number Of Them Contribute The Different Materials. Those Indicated In The Phannacopccia' Are: The Rosa Canine, Or Common ...
Roscom3ion
Roscom3ion, An Inland Couuty In The Proviuoe Of Couuaught, Ireland, Is Bounded N. -by The Oountiea Of Sligo And Leitrim ; E. By Leitrim, Longford, And Westmeath ; S. By King's County And Galway ; And W. By Galway And Mayo. It Lies Between 53' 17' And 54° 8' N. ...
Roscommon
Roscommon, Ireland, The Chief Town Of County Roscommon, And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, Is Situated Near The Centre Of The County, On The Road From Lanesberough To Tuam, In 53' 33' N. Lat., 8' 8' W. Long., 96 Miles W. By N. From Dublin By Road. The Popu ...
Rose
Rose, Culture Of The. To Obtain Roses In Their Full Perfection They Require A Situation Open To The South, And Free From Buildings, Trees, And The Effects Of Smoke. They Must Also Be Sheltered From The Wind. The Tenderer Sorts Should Be Trained On A Wall; The Hardier Dwarfs In ...
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone Is The Name Given To A Stone In The British Museum, Which Was Originally Found By The French In 1799 Among The Ruins Of Fort St. Julien, Which Is Near The Rosetta Mouth Of The Nile. It Was Delivered Up To The British On The Capitulation Of Alexandria, ...
Rosicrucians
Rosicrucians Is The Name Of A Secret Society Whose Existence Became First Known To The Public In The 17th Century, By Means Of Several Publications Which Have Been Attributed To John Valentine Andrea!, A German Scholar, Born At Lierrenberg, In The Duchy Of M1r T...label-1g, In 1586, Who, After Studying ...
Rostrum
Rostrum, Or, More Properly, Rostra, Was A Platform Or Elevated Brace Of Ground In The Rennin Forum, From Which The Orators Used To Address The People, And Which Derived Its Name From The Circumstance That After The Conquest Of Latium The Beaks (rostra) Of The Antiatian Fillips Were Affixed To ...
Rotation
Rotation (rota, A Wheel). The Popular Conception Of A Body In Rotation Is Vague, Except Only In The Case In Which The Rotation Is Made About An Immoveable Axis. This Subject Has Accordingly Been Usually Treated By Mathematical Methods; And Mathematicians Content With Their Results, And With Their Power Of ...
Rotation Of Crops
Rotation Of Crops. It Has Been Observed In A Former Article [araole Land] That A Repetition Of The Same Crops In Succession Has A Peculiar Effect On The Soil, So That If Grain Of The Same Nature Be Sown Year After Year In The Lame Ground, It Will Not Produce ...
Rotherham
Rotherham, West:riding Of Yorkshire, A Market-town And The Seat Of A Poor-law Union, In The Parish Of Rotherham, Is Situated On Elevated Ground On The Right Bank Of The River Don, In 53° 26' N. 1st, 1' 20' W. Long., Distant 48 Miles S. By W. From York, 159 Miles ...
Rothesay
Rothesay, Scotland, A Royal Burgh In Tho Island Of Bute, And The Chief Town Of Bute County, 52 Miles W. From Olssgow, In 55' 51' N. Lat., 5' 2' W. Long. The Population Of Rothesay Was 7014 In 1851. The Town Is Governed By A Provost And 17 Councillors, Three ...
Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Capital Of The Dutch Province Of South Holland, And Now Perhaps The Most Commercial Town In The Netherlands, Is Situated In 51' 55' N. Ht., 4' 29' E. Long., On The Right Bank Of The Masa, About Twenty Miles From The Mouth Of That River, And Has About ...
Rotunda
Rotunda, A Term Applied To Buildings Which Are Circular In Their Plan Both Externally And Internally, Or Else To Halls And Other Apart Ments Of That Shape, Included Within And Forming Merely A Portion Of The Edifice Containing Them. The Technical Application Of The Term Is However Restricted To Circular ...
Rouen
Rouen, A Large Scaport-town In France, Capital Of The Department Of Selne-inf6rieure, Is Situated On The Right Bank Of The Seine, 85 Miles By Railway N.w. From Paris, In 49' 26' 29" N. Lat., 1' 5' 40" E. Long., 71 Feet Above The Level Of The Sea, And Had 91,512 ...
Round Table
Table, Round. The Most Famous Round Table Is That Of King Arthur, Which Is Said In The Old Romances To Have Been Constructed By The Wizard Merlin For Uther Pundragon, Arthur's Father, From Whom It Passed Into The Possession Of Leodigan, Or Leodegrance, King Of Camelard, Or Carinalide, Whose Capital ...
Round Tower
Round Tower. Numerona Lofty Towers, Tapering From The Base To A Conical Cap Or Roof, Which Crowns The Summit, Are Found In Ireland, And Are Almost Peculiar To That Country. That They Are Of Great Antiquity Appears From Their Having Been Considered Ancient Even In The 12th Century, When The ...
Rowland Hill
Hill, Rowland, Viscount, Was Born On The 11th Of August 1772, At The Village Of Frees In Shropshire, Where His Father, John Hill, Esq., Resided Till The Death Of His Brother, Sir Richard Hill, Bart., When He Succeeded To The Title, And Removed To The Family Mansion And Estate At ...
Rox Burghsii Ire
Rox Burghsii Ire, Scotland, An Inland County, Situated On The South-eastern Border, Is Bounded N. By Berwickshire, E. And S.e. By Northumberland, S. By Cumberland, S.w. By Dumfriesshire, W. By Selkirkahire, And N.w. By Edinburghshire. It Lies Between 55° 6' And 55' 40' N. Lat., 2° 13' And 3' 10' ...
Royal Academy Of Arts
Royal Academy Of Arts In London. At The Accession Of George Iii., Painting, Sculpture, And Architecture, Notwithstanding There Were Eminent Artists In All These Branches, Were In A Lower State In Great Britain Than In Most Parts Of Europe. Foreign Critics (lid Not Hesitate To Assert, That The Ungenial Climate ...
Royal College Of Physicians
Physicians, Royal College Of, The Principal Chartered Medical Body In England, Was Founded Through The Instrumentality Of Linacre, Who Obtained, By His Ioterest With Cardinal Wolsey, Letters Patent From Henry Viii., Dated In The Year 1518. This Charter Granted To John Chambre, Thomas Linacre, Ferdinand De Victoria, Nicholas Halsewell, John ...