More than one of these 7 encyclopedias carries each of the following subjects — but every one of them treats it in a sentence or two and then moves on. They are gathered here so the different accounts can sit side by side.
Revolver
Collier's New Encyclopedia: a description of firearm in which a number of charges contained in a revolving cylinder are, by pulling the trigger, brought successively into position and fired through a single barrel. For the introduction of the revolver in its present form we are indebted to Col. Samuel Colt, of Hartford, Conn., though repeating pistols had long been known in other countries. In the Smith and Wesson revolver (adopted by Austria and Russia), facility in loading is a feature, the cylinder and barrel together being pivoted to the front of the stock, so that by setting the hammer at half-cock, raising a spring-catch, and lowering the muzzle, the bottom of the cylinder is turned up to receive fresh metallic cartridges. When this is done the muzzle is pressed back till the snapcatch fastens it to the back plate, and the revolver is again ready to be fired. In the latest form of this revolver the spent cartridges are thrown out of the cylinder by means of an automatic discharger. The British regulation army revolver is Webley and Scott's, Mark IV..445. The weapon can also be easily and instantly unloaded, and some are made with covered hammers, safety bolts, etc. The revolver principle has also been applied to rifles, and to guns for throwing small projectiles, as in the Gatling and other machine guns.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Colt ; Samuel
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Rig Veda
Collier's New Encyclopedia: in Sanskrit literature, the oldest and most original of the four Vedas, and probably the oldest literary composition in the world. In all likelihood it was in course of composition about 1,400 years B. C., but was not committed to writing at that time . It contains no allusion to writing or writing materials, and Max Müller believes that for a long period it was transmitted orally from generation to generation. It consists of 1,017 short lyrical poems, with 10,580 verses. The religion was nature worship, Indra, the Cloud -compeller, being the chief object of adoration , and, after him, Agni, the God of fire. The Hindu Triad had not yet arisen . The Rig Veda does not recognize the institution of caste. Beef was eaten. Women held a high position, and some of the hymns were composed by them. The rite of suttee was unknown; the conquest of India had only begun, and the Ganges, incidentally mentioned, had not become a sacred stream.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Sanskrit
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Rigging
The Encyclopedia of Founding: "Rigging" and "tackle" are synonymous terms in the foundry, meaning the furnishings or apparatus provided for the construction of moulds. Foundation-plate, rings, plates, beams, slings, bolts, etc., constitute a large proportion of the rigging for loam-work; while the flasks, cheeks, drawback-plates, clamps, bolts, beams, etc., represent the rigging almost always required for any important mould in green or dry sand.
Collier's New Encyclopedia: ropes, chains, etc., used to and set or trim the sails. Standing rigging (usually wire or hempen rope) is permanent and supports the masts and some of the spars. Running rigging (manila, hemp, cotton, flexible wire, or chain), generally run through blocks, is used in handling sails and spars. (See SAIL.) Tackle used in logging is also called rigging.
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Riis
Collier's New Encyclopedia: JACOB AUGUST, an American author; born in Ribe, Denmark, May 3, 1849, came to the United States in 1870, and was for many years a reporter on the New York "Sun." He was identified with many charitable and social movements in conjunction with Theodore Roosevelt. He wrote "How the Other Half Lives"; "The Children of the Poor"; "Nibsy's Christmas" ; "Out of Mulberry Street"; "A Ten Years' War"; "The Making of an American "; "Theodore Roosevelt" (1904); "The Old Town" (1909); "Hero Tales of the Far North" (1910); "Neighbors" (1914). He died in 1914. American poet; born in Greenfield, Ind.,
Aiton's Encyclopedia: res, Jacob Augustus (1849-), an American author and social reformer. He was born in Denmark, but came to the United States in 1869. He worked at several trades and finally became a reporter on the New York Sun. He has done much as a lecturer and writer to arouse interest in conditions in the slums of New York. His works include How the Other Half Lives, The Children of the Poor, The Making of an American, Nibsy's Christmas, and Children of the Tenements.
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Rizzio
Collier's New Encyclopedia: DAVID, a native of Turin, to came Scotland in 1561 in the train of the ambassador from Savoy, and soon became so great a favorite with the queen that he was appointed her secretary tinction with which he was treated by for foreign languages. The dishis mistress soon excited the envy of the nobles and the jealousy of Darnley. A conspiracy, with the king at the head, was formed for his destruction , and before he had favor the Lord Ruthven and others of enjoyed two years of court his party were introduced by Darnley into the queen's apartment, where they dispatched the object of their revenge, March 9, 1566.
Aiton's Encyclopedia: . See Mary ; Queen Of Scots
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Roc
Aiton's Encyclopedia: a fabulous bird of such size that it carried off elephants to feed its young. The legend of the roc is oriental. It has been made familiar through the Arabian Nights' Entertainments . The popular notion may have originated in the great expanse of wing of the alpine eagle or lammergeier. An account in the Arabian Nights' tells of a passage at arms between a rhinoceros and an elephant, in which the rhinoceros is credited with having killed the elephant by plunging its horn into its opponent's side; but fell itself, blinded by the blood and crushed beneath the weight of its bulky opponent. In this condition, a roc with wings like a windmill came and carried them both off its nest. The recent discovery of a bird's skeleton not less than twelve feet in height lends just a shade of possibility to what has been considered a mere flight of oriental imagination. See Dinornis ; Ostrich
Collier's New Encyclopedia: or RUKH, a fabulous bird of immense size, able to carry off an elephant in its talons. The idea is familiar in the East, and every reader will remember it in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Mythical birds of similar size and strength were the Arabian anka and the Persian simurgh. The amru or sinamru was an older Persian supernatural bird; the Indian garuda, which bears Vishnu, is the king of birds.
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