Redfield
ISAAC FLETCHER, an American jurist; juris born in Wethersfield, Wethersfie Vt., April 10, 1804; was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1825; and practiced his profession in Windsor and Derby, Vt. In 1835, he was made judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont, and in 1852 became chief-justice, retiring from the bench in 1860. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at Dartmouth College in 1857-1861; removed to Boston in the latter year; and in 1867-1869 was special counsel for the United States in Europe, conducting numerous important legal matters in England and France. He was the author of "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Railways" (1857); "A Practical Treatise on Civil Pleading and Practice, with Forms" (with William A. Herrick, 1868); "The Law of Carriers and Bailments" (1869); etc. He died in Charlestown, Mass., March 23, 1876.
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Redfield (WILLIAM C an American)
WILLIAM C., an American statesman and manufacturer. Born in 1858, as a boy he entered the J. H. Williams Co. mill in Brooklyn and twenty years later became president of the firm. A Democrat in politics, he served as commissioner of public works under Seth Low in New York in 1902 and 1903, and in 1910 was elected to the House of Representatives. As a Democrat he was an opponent of high tariff and made several important speeches upon the subject. President Wilson appointed him Secretary of Commerce in 1913, a position which be resigned in 1919 because of ill health.
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Redgrave
RICHARD, an English painter; born in London, April 30, 1804; in 1826 was admitted a student of the Academy, and was elected an A. R. A. in 1840, and R. A. in 1851. In 1857 was appointed Inspector-General of Art Schools, which office, with that of Surveyor of the Royal Pictures, he resigned in 1880, being then created a C. B. From 1825 to 1882 he contributed 145 pictures to the Academy, besides 40 sent elsewhere. He wrote, with his brother, "A Century of English Painters" (1866). He died Dec. 14, 1888.
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Redgum
strophulus; a popular disease with an eruption of minute hard, sometimes slightly red, clustered or scattered pimples on the face, the neck, or even the whole body of young infants. Cause, derangement of the stomach or intestines through improper feeding or from dentition.
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Rediscounting
a financial practice little in use in this country, but quite common in European countries, where it is a large part of the general banking business. Instead of holding in their vaults notes or bills of exchange, where they are held as "dead" assets, the European banks employ them as currency and they are passed on, until finally they reach the central banking institution of the country. In other words, local institutions are able to put to active use the capital represented by such instruments.
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Redlands
a city of California, in San Bernardino co. It is on the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific railroads. Its beautiful situation makes it a popиlar health resort. It is the seat of the University of Redlands, and has a public library and many parks. It is the center of one of the greatest orange producing regions in the world . Its other industries include the manufacture of brick and lumber products. Pop. (1910) 10,449; (1920) 9,571.
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Redmond
JOHN E., an Irish statesman and leader of the Irish Nationalist party in the House of Commons. Born 1851, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was early elected to Parliament, and after the passing of Parnell JOHN E. REDMOND became in 1900 the leader of the Irish party in Parliament. He believed it possible to obtain Home Rule for Ireland by propaganda in England and by wise Parliamentary leadership. For a time in 1913 his efforts seemed likely to be crowned by success when , after great difficulties, the Home Rule bill became a law. The World War, which broke out in 1914, caused Parliament to suspend the operation of the act until after the peace. In the interval came the Sinn Fein movement, which rejected Home Rule and Redmond's leadership. He died in 1918, when, in spite of all his efforts, the relations between Ireland and England were more bitter than ever.
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Redoubt
in fortification, a detached field work inclosed by a parapet, the salient points of which are but imperfectly or not at all protected by a flank fire. It may be square, star-shaped, or irregular in plan, according to the requirements of its site and surroundings. Also, an interior work within the main line of ramparts. REDOUT KALÉ, a fortified post on the Black Sea coast of Russian Caucasia; in a marshy region at the mouth of a small river, about 10 miles N. of Poti. It was the chief shipping place for Circassian girls to Turkey, and was captured by the British fleet in 1854.
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Redpole
or REDPOLL, in ornithology, a popular name for two species of the genus Linota, found both in the United States and in Europe, from the glossy blood red hue of the space from the forehead to behind the eyes. The mealy redpole, L. canescens, is larger than the lesser redpole, L. linaria, of which it has been regarded by some ornithologists as a race or variety.
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Redruth
a town of Cornwall, England, in the center of a great mining district, 9 miles W. by S. of Truro. It has a town hall (1850), public rooms (1861), a miners' hospital (1863). William Murdock here in 1792 first used gas for lighting purposes. Pop. about 11,000.
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Redshank
Scotch Highlander having buskins of red a term applied to a deer skin , with the hair outward; used also in derision of his bare legs. In ornithology , the Totanus calidris, tolerably common over the greater part of Europe and Asia, from Iceland to China, retiring to the S. in winter. It derives its popular name from the color of the bare parts of its legs. The body is about the size of a snipe's, but the redshank, having longer wings, legs, and neck, appears the larger bird.
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Reductio Ad Absurdum
a species of argument much used in geometry, which proves not the thing asserted, but the absurdity of everything this way the which contradicts it. In proposition is not proved in a direct manner by principles before laid down, is absurd but it shows that the contrary or impossible.
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