These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Rochefort, Rochefoucauld, Rochelle Salt.
LA, France, formerly Napoleon Vendée, and Bourbon Vendée, capital of the Department Vendée, situated on the right bank_of of La the Yon, 40 miles S. of Nantes. The town was founded during the Napoleonic régime, near the old castle of Roche-sur- Yon, from which it derived its name after the downfall of Napoleon. It is noted for its woolen mills and its production of hardware. Pop. about 15,000.
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VICTOR French journalist; born in Paris, France, HENRI, a Jan. 30, 1830. He was removed from the editorship of "Figaro" because of his satires on the imperial government; and the papers which he himself founded - "The Lanterne," " The Marseillaise," "The Password" - were filled with the same violent attacks. Condemned to exile in New Caledonia for his share in the Paris Commune, he escaped and afterward resided in England until amnestied. In England and later in Paris he edited a daily paper, "The Irreconcilable," noted for his vitriolic articles against the French Government. He wrote farces, vaudeville, comic romances, and political Vol 8 Ones" (1882); "Return from Nova Sco- in 1628. Pop. about 36,000. tia" (1877); "Mlle. Bismarck" (1880); "Bitter Farces" (1886); "The [political] Lanterns of the Empire" (1884); "Fantasia" (1888); "Adventures of My Life" (1896). He died July 1, 1913. French
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a seaport, naval arsenal, and fortress of the first class, in the department of Charente-Inférieure; on the right bank of the Charente, 9 miles from its mouth, and 18 miles S. S. E. of Rochelle, 89 S. W. of Poitiers. It was founded in 1665 as a naval station by Colbert, Louis XIV.'s minister, and fortified by Vauban, being covered now on the sea side by strong forts; and it is a modern, clean, well-built place. It contains important public works. The most celebrated of these is the naval hospital (1783-1788). There are both a naval harbor, and, higher up the river, a commercial harbor with three basins; Rochefort besides possesses rope walks, walks, cannon foundries, and other establishments for the manufacture and preservation of naval stores and marine apparatus of every kind. From 1777 till 1852 it was the seat of a great convict prison. Napoleon meant to take ship for the United States at Rochefort, but instead had to surrender to Captain Maitland of the "Bellerophon," July 15, 1815. During the World War Rochefort became an important military center. Pop. (1911) 35,019.
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FRANÇOIS, DUC DE LA, Prince de Marcillac, a French author; born in Paris, France, Sept. 15, 1613. His celebrity is due to his small volume of "Reflections, or Moral Sentences and Maxims," commonly known as the "Maxims" (first ed. 1665; final edition of the author, 1678, comprising 504 maxims). The dominant note of the "Maxims" is egoism. His "Memoirs" (1662) are equal to the most celebrated memoirs of the time. He died in Paris, March 17, 1680.
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the popular name of the bitartrate of soda and potash (KNaC4H4O6 + 4H2O), this salt having been discovered in 1672 by a Rochelle apothecary named Seignette. It occurs, when pure, in colorless transparent prisms, generally eight-sided; and in taste it resembles common salt. It is prepared by neutralizing cream of tartar (bitartrate of potash) with carbonate of soda. After a neutral solution has been obtained, it is boiled and filtered, and the resulting fluid is concentrated till a pellicle forms on the surface, when it is set aside to crystallize. lize. This salt is a mild and efficient laxative, and is less disagreeable to the taste than most of the saline purgatives. ROCHES MOUTONNÉES, smooth, rounded hummocky bosses and undulating surfaces of rock, of common occurrence in regions which have been overflowed by glacier ice. The name is that used by the Swiss peasants-the bare rounded rocks of a valley bottom when seen from above having a fanciful resemblance to a flock of sheep lying down.
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a city of New Hampshire, in Strafford co. It is on the Cocheco river and on the Boston and Maine railroad. It has important industries including the manufacture of shoes, woolshoes, en goods, brick, leather goods, and lumber. It has excellent schools and a public library. Pop. (1910) 8,868; (1920) 9,673.
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a borough of Pennsylvania, in Beaver co. It is on the Ohio river and on the railroads of the Pennsylvania system. It is the center of an important industrial region and in the vicinity are deposits of gas, oil, clay and building stone. Its manufactures include glass, structural steel, pottery, stoves, lumber products, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,903; (1920) 6,957.
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UNIVERSITY OF, a co-educational institution in Rochester, N. Y.; founded in 1850 under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 51; students, 677; president, Rush Rhees, LL.D.
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a city and county-seat of Olmsted co., Minn.; on the Zumbro river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago Great Western railroads; 90 miles S. E. of St. Paul. Here are a public high school, State Hospital for the Insane, St. Mary's Hospital, a Roman Catholic Seminary, National banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. The city was the home of the Mayo brothers (q. v.), surgeons, who conducted and endowed St. Mary's Hospital. It has a number of foundries, and manufactories of wagons, furniture, and agricultural implements. The city was incorporated in 1858. Pop. (1910) 7,844; (1920) 13,722.
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EARL OF, a witty English nobleman of the court of Charles II.; born in Ditchley, Oxfordshire, April 10, 1647, and was educated at Wadham College. He succeeded to the title and estates in 1659. He served in the fleet under Lord Sandwich, and distinguished himself at the attack on Bergen. On his return to England he became the personal friend and favorite of the king. His constitution gave way under his habits of drunkenness and debauchery. His poetical works consist of satires, love songs, and drinking songs, many of them gems of wit and fancy, and many of them daringly immoral. He died July 26, 1680.
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a cod caught on a rocky sea bottom. They are considered to be of better flavor than fish from a sandy bottom. ROCK CRYSTAL. See QUARTZ.
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