Each of these 14 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.
in heraldry, standing upright on the hind legs (properly on one foot only), as if attacking (said of a beast of prey, as the lion). Counterrampant, said of an animal rampant toward the sinister. When applied to two animals the term denotes that they are rampant contrariwise in saltire, or that they are rampant face to face.
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in fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon shot, and on which the parapet is raised. The term in general usage includes the parapet itself.
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the generic name of the toucans.
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Campanula Rapunculus, nculus, a plant of the natural order Campanulaceæ, or bellworts, indigenous to Great Britain, as well as to various parts of the continent of Europe. Its root may be eaten in a raw state like radish. Both leaves and root may also be cut into winter salads.
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MARIANO DEL TIN- DARO, an Italian clergyman; born in Polizzi, Sicily, Aug. 17, 1843; was a member of the Sicilian aristocracy, which enabled him to reach a very exalted position in the Catholic hierarchy. On the decease of Cardinal Jacobini, the Papal Secretary of State, in 1887, Pope Leo XIII. created Rampolla a cardinal and also appointed him Papal Secretary of State. He at once began to make his influence felt in foreign affairs. His principal object was a political alliance with France, in order to insure the support of that country in the restoration of the temporal power of the Pope. To this end he was the first to discard the French Royalist party. The French Republic was solemnly recognized by him, and the French clerical electorate encouraged to vote for the Republican candidates. The Dreyfus affair, however, having given to the French policy a different turn, destroyed entirely the plan. Rampolla was also the prefect of severa. congregations, and Grand Prior of the Military Order of Malta. It was believed that he would be elected Pope in 1903, but Austrian interests were opposed to him, and Pius X. was raised to the Papal throne. Rampolla resigned office. He died in 1913.
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the capital of a native State of India; in the Northwestern Provinces; on the Kosila river, 110 miles E. by N. of Delhi. It manufactures damask, pottery, sword-blades, and jewelry. Pop., city about 80,000; state about 550,000.
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chief town of the Rajshahi district of Bengal, India, on the N. bank of the Ganges; is a center of silk and indigo trade, and has an English Presbyterian mission.
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a town in Lancashire, England, on the river Irwell, near Bury. It is a modern factory town, an outgrowth of the Lancashire cotton industry. Its industries include cotton mills, calico-printing works, bleaching grounds, coal mining, steel foundries, and granite quarries. Pop. about 16,000.
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JESSE, an English mathematical instrument-maker; born in Salterhebble, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England, in 1735. He began life as a cloth worker. About 1755 he moved to London, and shortly afterward began to work as an engraver. He spent his best efforts in effecting improvements in the sextant, theodolite, equatori equatorial, barometer, micrometer, mural quadrant, etc. He so improved the sextant that its range of error was diminished from 5 minutes to 30 seconds. He made the theodolite for the ordnance survey of England. He devised the mural circle, and made the first for Palermo and Dublin. He spent several years over an instrument for graduating mathematical `instruments and published an account of it as "Description of an Engine for Dividing Mathematical Instruments" (1777). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786, and was voted the Copley medal in 1795. He died in Brighton, England, Nov. 5, 1800.
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Ramses The name of many kings of Egypt of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth dynasties. Ravenna An important town in Gallia Cisalpina, on the river Bedesis. Rhadamanthus A son of Jupiter and Europa . He reigned in the Cyclades, where his rule was characterized by marked justice and impartiality.
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the business of cattlebreeding as pursued on a large scale in the unsettled districts of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific coasts, and from the Bad Lands of the Upper Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The name is derived from the Spanish rancho, properly "mess" or "mess room,' وو but used in Mexico also for a herdsman's hut, and finally for a grazing farm, as distinguished from a hacienda, a plantation or cultivated farm. The specialty of ranching is that the cattle are raised and kept in a half-wild condition, with little or no house shelter provided and no artificial feeding. Large fortunes were made in the wild old days, but the gradual settlement of the ranching country has seriously embarrassed the business of the ranchman. The great events of the ranchman's year are the "round-up when stock is taken, the cattle are branded, and such full grown cattle gathered into a herd as are suitable for market; and the departure of the herds for market or porttimes of hard work and severe strain for all concerned.
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a rude hut where herdsmen and farm-laborers live or only lodge; a farming establishment for rearing cattle and horses. It is thus distinguished from a hacienda, which is a cultivated farm or plantation.
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THE, or WHITE WATERS
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JAMES RYDER, an American journalist and composer; born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 1, 1839; was educated at Georgetown College, D. C. He taught for a while in a Louisiana college, and then turned to journalism. Shut out from the army by a delicate constitution, he still gave powerful aid to the Southern cause by his lyrics. These include, besides "Maryland, My Maryland" (1861; called forth by news of the passage of the first Massachusetts troops through the streets of Baltimore); "Stonewall Jackson"; "There's Life in the Old Land Yet"; etc. After 1866 he edited a paper in Augusta, Ga. He died Jan. 14, 1908.
SAMUEL JACKSON, an American statesman; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 10, 1828. In 1862 he was elected to Congress, serving continuously till his death. He was Speaker of the House, 1876-1881. As such he used his influence in guiding the House through the dangerous crisis produced by the uncertainty of the presidential election of 1876. He died in Washington, D. C., April 12, 1890.
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