Ree
LOUGH, a lake of Ireland, formed by the Shannon, between the counties of Longford, Westmeath, and , 17 miles long and 1 mile to broad, studded with islands.
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Each of these 16 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Reebok
or RHEEBOK, the Anticapreolus ( Pelea capreola), from Africa. Length about at shoulder 30 inches; uniform ash color on neck, shoulders, sides, croup, and thighs, white or light gray on under surface and inside of limbs. They live in small groups of five or six individuals.
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Reed (Music the sounding part)
in music, the sounding part of several instruments, such as the clarionet, bassoon, oboe, and bagpipe, so called from its being made from the outer layer of a reed (Arundo sativa or donax) found in the S. of Europe. The name is also applied to the spea speaking part of the organ, though made of metal. Reeds are generally divided into two kinds-the beating reed, ed, used in the organ, clarionet, etc., requiring to be placed within a tube to produce a musical sound, and the free reed, used in instruments of the harmonium and concertina kind.
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Reed Bunting
the Emberiza schæniclus, common in swampy places, all over Europe length of male six , , inches; head, chin, and throat black; belly and nuchal collar white; upper surface brownish black, each feather bordered with bright bay. Called also reed sparrow.
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Reed College
an educational institution at Portland, Ore. It is coeducational and non-sectarian. In 1919 it had 338 students enrolled in its arts and science course, and had a faculty numbering 20. The college has an endowment of over $3,000,000. The president is William T. Foster.
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Reed Mace
a plant of the genus Typha, natural order Typhaceæ. Two species are common, T. latifolia, or greater reed mace, and T. angustifolia, the lesser. These plants are also known by the name of cat-tail, and grow in ditches and marshy places, and in the borders of ponds, lakes, and rivers. They are sometimes erroneously called bulrush.
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Reed Warbler
the Acrocephalus streperus, a summer migrant to temperate Europe late in April, and leaving late in September. It is an incessant songster, and its notes are varied and pleasing. The male is about 5½ inches long, upper surface uniform pale brown, with a tinge of chestnut; chin, throat, and belly white.
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Reef
a chain, mass, or range of rocks in various parts of the ocean, lying at or near the surface of the water.
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Reef Knot
in nautical language, a knot formed by passing the ends of the two parts of one rope through the loop formed by another w'ose two ends are similarly passed through a loop on the first; the two parts of one rope are passed above, and of the other below the loop through which they are inserted. A longitudinal pull tightens the knot, which can only be untied by pushing the loops in opposite directions.
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Reeking Ingot-moulds
To prevent cast-steel ingots from sticking to the cast-iron moulds, it is customary, at some steel-works, to place the halves of the moulds with their faces down, upon a suitably provided support, which permits the burning coal-tar underneath them to deposit a coating of soot upon their surfaces. The process is termed reeking. See INGOT-MOULDS; RUNNING-STEEL INGOTS.
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Reeve
the title of the official existing in early times in England, who was appointed by the king to carry into execиtion the judgments of the courts presided over by the ealdorman (earl) and other high dignitaries, to levy distresses, exact the imposts, contributions, tithes, and take charge of prisoners.
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Reeves
JOHN SIMS, an English singer; born in Shooters' Hill, Kent, Oct. 21, 1822. At 14 he was a clever performer on various instruments, and was appointed organist and director of the choir in the church of North Cray in Kent. He first appeared in public as a baritone at Newcastle in 1839. This début was a complete success; and he acquired fresh fame, but as a tenor, in London. In order to perfect his voice and style he studied at Paris (1843) for some time, and then appeared at Milan in the tenor part of Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor." He returned to England in 1847, and, at Drury Lane as Edgardo, was immediately recognized as the first English tenor. He was engaged in 1848 at Her Majesty's Theater, and in 1851 sang as first tenor at the Italian Opera in Paris. After 1860 he became popular all over the country as a ballad singer at concerts. He especially excelled in singing oratorio parts, his first oratorio rôle having been in "Judas Maccabæus" in 1848. He died in 1900.
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Reference
the act or process of assigning a cause depending in court, or some particular point in a cause for hearing and decision, to a person or persons appointed by the court.
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Referendum
in politics, a constitutional provision that laws shall be ratified by popular vote before going into effect. The policy of the referendum is to place the legislature or city council or other legislative body in the position of a law-proposing, not a law-making committee. The referendum is a feature of the Swiss Confederation, and has been proposed as a remedy for much of the evil and unrighteous legislation from which this country suffers. See Recall ; Initiative
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Refining of Metals
the processes by which the various metals are extracted from their ores, and obtained in a state of purity. See the articles on the several metals.
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Reflecting Circle
an instrument for measuring altitudes and angular distances, invented by Mayer about 1744, and afterward improved by Borda and Troughton. In principle and construction it is similar to the sextant, the graduations, however, being continued completely round the limb of the circle. Also called a repeating circle. GALVANOMETER, REFLECTING Sir William Thomson's instrument, consisting of a very small magnet, made of a piece of watch spring, suspended between two flat bobbins of fine insulated copper wire. The magnet carries a very small concave mirror, which is adjusted by means of a directing magnet to throw the rays of light, issuing from a lamp and reflected from the mirror, on the zero of a horizontal graduated scale when no ssing, or when two equal current is passing, and opposite currents neutralize each other. In any other case the vibrations of the magnet cause the image to be deflected to the right or left of zero by an amount proportional to the force and duration of the current.
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