Rusk
JEREMIAH M'LAIN, an American agriculturist; born in Morgan co., Ohio, June 17, 1830; removed to Wisconsin in 1853 and became a farmer. He entered the Union service during the Civil War, as major of a regiment he had raised, the 25th Wisconsin Volunteers; was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1863; was brevetted colonel and brigadiergeneral, 1865. From 1866 to 1870 he was bank-controller of Wisconsin, and represented his State from 1871 to 1877 in Congress. In 1882 he was elected governor of Wisconsin and served in that capacity till 1889. He was made secretary of the newly-created Department of Agriculture in 1889, and held this office till 1893. He died in Viroqua, Wis., Nov. 21, 1893.
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Russia Plate-iron
A remarkably pure iron made in Russia, which, by special processes of refining and annealing, is rendered very tough and flexible. Owing to these excellent qualities, it is capable of being rolled exceedingly thin, and will bear much hammering and bending at a red heat without cracking at the edges.
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Russian Thistle
a tumbleweed, not a thistle, recently introduced into the Dakotas in seed from Russia. At first soft and harmless the bracts of the flowering stems form horny, sharp tips exceedingly painful to man or beast after they harden in autumn. In the fall these bushy herbs break off near the ground and go rolling before the wind like American tumbleweeds, scattering their seed everywhere. In dry fields grown to small grains year after year, this Russian tumbleweed becomes a serious pest occupying the ground like clover, but a change of crops and tillage subdues it readily. Cathedral of Borissogliebsk. Russian civilization Historical Museum, Moscow. Russia Russian priest. Russian civilization Russian laborer. Russian civilization Peasant's wooden house. Russian civilization
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Rust-joint
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A quick-setting compound is made from pulverized sal-ammoniac 1 lb., flour of sulphur 2 lbs., iron borings 80 lbs.; mix to a paste with water in quantities as required for use. A better cement than the above, but requiring more time to set, is made from sal-ammoniac 2 lbs., sulphur 1 lb., iron filings 206 lbs. See CEMENTS. Rust, To preserve from.--It is commonly claimed that iron, under ordinary conditions, decomposes water, abstracts the oxygen and combines with it, and thus forms rust; but it is now asserted that the chief agent in this phenomenon is carbonic acid, which, if excluded, neither moist nor dry oxygen can affect the iron to rust it. Polished steel or iron is prevented from rusting by applying a coat of paraffine, or steeping the object for a few minutes in a solution of sulphate of copper, and then transferring it into a solution of hyposulphite of soda acidulated with hydrochloric acid. The coating obtained will resist the action of either air or water. Cast iron is best preserved by rubbing with black lead. Polished work may be varnished with wax dissolved in benzine. Clean white wax may be rubbed over polished work when hot, and allowed to remain some time, after which rub over with a piece of serge. Deep-seated rust may be removed with benzine, or soak the object in kerosene for a day.
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Rustchuk
a town of Bulgaria; on the right bank of the Danube, where that river is joined by the Lom, opposite Giurgevo, and 42 miles S. W. of Bucharest. Pop. about 36,000.
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Rustic Work
an imitation of rough or primitive work; furniture for summer houses and lawns, made of limbs and trees, taking advantage of natural crooks to form the shapes desired. RUTACEÆ, rueworts; the typical order of Rutales; trees, shrubs, or rarely herbs, with opposite or alternate, simple or compound leaves, covered with pellucid resinous dots; calyx in four or five divisions; petals as many, distinct or combined into a tube, or wanting; tribes, Cusparieæ, Pilocarpeæ, Boronicæ, Eudiosmeæ, Dictamnex, Ruteæ, and perhaps Cneoreæ. Genera, according to Lindley, 47; species, 400.
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Rustum
in Persian legend, a famous warrior. He was of gigantic size and of great piety and valor. He met with many adventures in defending the Persian throne during his life of several centuries. His story is told in the epic poem, Shah Nahmeh. The most dramatic episode of his career is connected with his son Sohrab. Rustum married a beautiful princess Tahmineh. Obliged to leave her soon after their marriage, Rustum gave his wife an amulet, and said that if a son should be born to them, she must bind the amulet upon his arm. A boy was born, but fearing that the child would be taken from her, Tahmineh sent word to Rustum that the child was a girl. Sohrab grew into a prodigy of strength and courage. When only ten years old he started out to seek his father. Unwittingly, father and son met and engaged in single combat and the son was slain. Rustum discovered his identity by means of the amulet. Matthew Arnold has made use of the story in a poem entitled Sohrab and Rustum.
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Rutgers College
an educational institution in New Brunswick, N. J.; founded in 1766, under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church; reported the the Professors and structors, 75; students, 460; volumes in the library, about 100,000; number of graduates, 2,900; president, William H. S. Demarest, LL.D.
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Ruthenians
a Slavonic branch of Little Russians. About 3,500,000 dwell in Galicia, over 400,000 in Hungary, and 300,000 in Bukowina. Most of them now belong to the new state of Czecho-Slovakia.
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Rutherfurd
LEWIS MORRIS, an American astronomer; born in Morrisania, New York City, Nov. 25, 1816; was graduated at Williams College in 1834; admitted to the bar in 1837; and practiced in New York till 1849, when he retired from practice to devote himself to travel and the study of astronomy. He made a number of instruments for his observatory, among which were an object glass which proved a great success, a micrometer for the measurements of astronomical photographs, a ruling engine with which he produced interference gratings on glass and speculum metal. He retired from active astronomical work in 1883, and presented his instruments to Columbia College. He was one of the original members of the National Academy of Sciences. He died in Tranquillity, N. J., May 30, 1892.
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