Riggs – Rivoli
Riggs
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
RIGHT OF WAY
Riva
ON THE GARDA SEA, IN THE TYROL RIGI
Rimu
a New Zealand tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) of the yew family. It grows to a height of 80 to 100 feet, and from two to six feet in diameter.
Its wood is valued for general building purposes.
RINDERPEST. See CATTLE-PLAGUE.
Ringed Snake
a harmless colubrine snake (Tropidonotus or Coluber natrix), with teeth so small as to be incapable of piercing the skin. It is common in England. It feeds on frogs, mice, young birds, etc., which it swallows alive. It is torpid during winter.
Rio Grande
a river of western Africa, which enters the Atlantic by an estuary opposite the Bissagos Islands; upper course not well known.
Ritschl
ALBRECHT, a German theologian; born in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 1822. His university studies were carried on at Bonn, Halle, Heidelberg, and Tübingen. In 1846 he "habilitated" at Bonn, the subject of his thesis being the relation between the gospel of
Rittenhouse
DAVID, an American astronomer; born near Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1732. Originally a clock and mathematical instrument maker, he became master of the United States mint, and succeeded Franklin as president of the American Philosophical Society. He was the first to use spider lines in the focus of a transit instrument. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 26, 1796.
River Crab
a name given to a genus of crabs (Thelphusa), inhabiting + fresh water, and having the carapace quadrilateral and the antennæ very short.
One species (T. depressa) inhabits muddy lakes and slow rivers in the S. of Europe.
River Hog
the name occasionally given to the capybara.
River Horse
a name sometimes given to the HIPPOPOTAMUS (q. v.).
River Rouge
a village of Michigan, in Wayne co. It is on the Detroit and Toledo Shore and the Michigan Central railroads. It has important industries, including shipyard and bridge and steel works. Pop. (1910) 4,163; (1920) 9,822.
Rivoli
a town of northern Italy, 8 miles W. of Turin, with two royal castles and some industry. Another town, known by the name of Rivoli Veronese, 12 tniles N. W. of Verona, was where Napoleon won on Jan. 14 and 15, 1797, one of his most decisive victories over the Austrians.