River Horse
a name sometimes given to the HIPPOPOTAMUS (q. v.).
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Single-source entries: R (44)
Each of these 13 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.
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.
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Riverside
a city and county-seat of Riverside co., Cal.; on the Santa Ana river, and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, Riverside, Rialto and Pacific, and other railroads; 118 miles N. W. of San Diego. Here are a high school, Federal Indian School, libraries, several National and State banks, and a number of daily and weekly newspapers. The city is in a fruit-growing section noted for its oranges, lemons and raisins, and has extensive irrigating canals. Pop. (1910) 15,212; (1920) 19,341.
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Rivet
a short bolt with a flat or rose head, employed for uniting two plates or thin pieces of material. The stub end is swaged to prevent its withdrawal. When used for joining pieces of leather, as in making belting, an annular disk, termed a burr, is placed over this end previous to swaging, in order to give a greater bearing. Rivets are cut from round metal rods and formed by special machinery. In riveting iron plates together, as in boilers, tanks, etc., the rivet is made red-hot, and while a sledge is held against the head, the end is swaged down by striking directly with a riveting hammer, or a species of die called a snaphead is interposed. Riveting machines are stationary and portamary ble. The first does heavy work by presswo ure of steam and hydraulic power; the portable by steam or compressed air, producing blows like a hammer. They drive and head hot rivets in boiler work and structures better and more rapidly than hand work.
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Riveting Stake
A steel block, pierced with a number of different sized holes. See Staking Tool. ROBIN, ROBERT. A celebrated French watch and clock maker. He built many large turret clocks for the public buildings of France. Born in 1742 and died in 1799.
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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.
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Roanne
France, a town in the department of the Loire, important as a railroad junction, situated on the left bank of the Loire, 42 miles N. W. of Lyons. In connection with the railroads large machine shops and engineering works are located here. Other important industries are copper and iron foundries, dye works, and textile mills. Pop. about 37,000.
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Roanoke
a city in Roanoke co., Va.; on the Roanoke river, and on the Norfolk and Western and Virginian railroads; 56 miles W. of Lynchburg. It is in a section rich in iron mining and farming interests. Here are a higb school, the Virginia College (women), improved sewer system, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, tels, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. It has large machine shops, rolling mills, bottle works, tobacco factories, locomotive and car works, iron and steel works, canning factories, spoke factories, saw and planing mills, coffee and spice mills, and many smaller industries. Pow. (1910) 34,874; (1920) 50,842.
a river of the United States, in Virginia and North Carolina. It flows chiefly S. E., and after a course of about 450 miles falls into Albemarle sound. It is tidal for 75 miles and is navigable for double that distance for small vessels.
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Roanoke College
an educational institution in Salem, Va.; founded in 1853, under the aus auspices of the Lutheran Church; reported at the close of : 1919 Professors and instructors, 19; students , 220; president, J. A. Morehead, D.D.
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Roaring
in horses, a disease of the and nerves muscles of the larynx which causes an obstruction to the passage of , air giving rise, when the horse is briskly exercised, to the peculiar sound from which the disease derives its name. The cause of the disease is in most cases attributed to fatty degeneration and atrophy of the laryngeal nerve, which brings about an atrophy of the muscles of the larynx on the side affected, and thus causes the arytenoid cartilage to obstruct the passage. The disease generally affects the left side, and is not, as a rule, amenable to treatment. Cases have been cured by excision of a portion of the affected arytenoid cartilage.
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Roasting
the cooking of meat by by the direct action of fire that is, by dry heat, either before the fire or in an oven. Roasting before an open fire is considered preferable to roasting in an oven (which is analogous to baking ), on account of the free ventilation to which it exposes the meat during the process. The apparatus in most kitchens for open roasting are a fire, a spit, a contrivance for turning the meat to present all sides of it alternately to the fire, a screen to economize the heat, and a saucepan to catch the dripping.
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Roasting Ores
Ores are roasted in order to separate the volatile bodies from those which are more fixed, and is generally performed in a current of air so as to effect simultaneous oxidation. See ORES; WEATHERING ORES.
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Robbery
the unlawful taking away money of or goods of any value from the person of another , or in his presence, either by violence or by putting him in fear. Hence, in order to constitute robbery, there must be: (1) An unlawful taking. ( 2) The thing must be of some value, but it is immaterial, as constituting the offense, whether it be a cent or a dollar. (3) The taking must be by force, or a previous putting in fear. It is this last which distinguishes robbery from other larcenies , and makes the violation of the person more atrocious than private stealing. The taking must also be either directly from the person or in his presence, or it is not robbery. The thing taken must have been in the possession of the thief, and if he once has it in his on, possession, even though he immediately restore it , he is still guilty of robbery. In the United States robbery is punishable according to the laws of the various States.
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