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RAMILLIES, Belgium, Battle of (1706),

in. 126; ix. 582; xv. 554. RAMIRO I.-III., kings of Leon, xxn.

3ii-

RAMIZ, river, Peru, xvin. 675. RAMLER, Karl "Wilhelm, German poet,

x. 534-

RAMMELSBERGITE, mineral, xvi. 391.

RAMMOHUN ROY, or Ram Mohan Rai, founder of Brahma Somaj, India, IV. 200; xxi. 34.

RAMNA, teak forest, India, xxi. 146.

RAMNAD, town, India, xv. 192.

RAMNES, early Roman tribe, XX. 732.

RAMO-CHHE, or Ra Mochay, Buddhist temple, Lhasa, Tibet, xiv. 228, 499.

RAMOLINO, Letitia, mother of Napoleon I., xvii. 192.

RAMON DE LA CRUZ, Spanish drama tist, xxn. 361.

RAMORANTIN, town, France, xiv. 809.

RAMPART, in fortification, ix. 422.

RAMPHASTES, genus of birds, xxin.

477-

RAMPION, vegetable, xn. 287.

RAMPUR, state, India, xx. 266; town, xx. 266; xxii. 78.

BEAULEAH, town, India, xx.

261.

RAMRI, island, Burmah, xiv. 162.

RAMSAY, Allan (1686-1758), Scottish poet, xx. 266; xvin. 347; his collec tion of ballads, in. 283.

, Allan (1713-1784), Scottish por trait-painter, XX. 267. -, Andrew Michael (Chevalier Ram

say), French writer, XX. 267. -, David, American historian, xx.

267. , John, penman of Barbour s Bruce,

III. 366. , William, on the chemistry of

smells, xxii. 167. RAMSDEN, Jesse, English philosophical

instrument maker, xx. 267; his elec tric machine, VIII. 100; his graduating

machine, XI. 29.

RAMSES I., Egyptian king, VII. 738. II., Egyptian king, VII. 739; XXI.

693; temple of, VII. 779. RAMSEY, town, Isle of Man, xv. 453. RAMSGATE, town, England, xx. 268. RAMUS, Jonas, Norwegian writer, xvii.

590. , Peter, French logician, XX. 268;

xiv. 791, 803; his logical system, xiv.

803. RAMUSIO, family of Italian savants,

xx. 269. , Gian Battista, Italian geographer,

xx. 269; biographer of Marco Polo,

xix. 40^6. RAN, or Runn, morass, Cutch, India,

vi. 730.

RANA, Indian title, VII. 147. , genus of Amphibia, I. 753, 764;

ix. 795.

RANA BAHADUR, king of Nepal, xvii. 344-

RANAPUR, or Ranpur, state, India, xx. 272.

RANAU, lake, Sumatra, xxii. 638.

RANAVALONA I. -I I., queens of Mada gascar, xv. 174.

RANGE, Armand Jean le Bouthillier de, reformer of Trappists, XXin. 523.

RANDELL, Mr, his experiments with burnt clay as manure, I. 352.

RANDERS, town, Denmark, xx. 271.

RANDOLPH, earl of Moray, xxi. 489.

, Edmund, American politician,

xxin. 748.

, John, American statesman, xx.

, Thomas, English poet, xx. 271.

RANDON, Jacques Louis C. A., French

general, I. 569.

RANDSFJORD, lake, Norway, xvii. 576. RANENBURG, town, Russia, xxi. 116. RANGABE, Alexander Rizos, modern

Greek poet, XI. 152. RANGE, of guns, XL 301.

, of voice, xxiv. 275.

, Close, fireplace, xxii. 579.

, Lough, Killarney, Xiv. 76.

RANGEFINDER, in gunnery, xxm. 126. RANGELY, lake, Maine, U.S.A., xv.

298. RANGKUL, lake, Central Asia, xvm.

103.

RANGOON TOWN, district, British Bur mah, xx. 271; town, xx. 272. RANGPUR, district and town, India, xx.

272. RANIERI, Antonio, Neapolitan writer,

xiv. 465. RANIGANJ, coalfield in Bard wan, India,

in. 371, 568; xii. 737. RANJIT SINGH, Sikh ruler, India, xiv.

215; xx. in. RANK, Order of, XIX. 660 ; titles of,

xxm. 417. RANKE, Leopold, German historian, x.

544; as church historian, v. 766. RANKEN, W. H. L., on the geology and

climate of Australia, in. 107, 109. RANKIN, Thomas, American Methodist,

xvi. 191. RANKINE, William John Macquorn,

Scottish writer on engineering, xx.

272; on steam power, xxii. 478, 482;

on velocity of sound, I. 103. RANNOCH, Loch, Scotland, xiv. 217;

xvm. 666.

RANOCCHIA, stone, xxi. 682. RANPUR, state, India, xx. 272. RANSOME S CONCRETE STONE, vi. 243. RANUCI, Rolando (Pope Alexander III.),

i. 486. RANUNCULUS, plant, xx. 272; xii. 252,

259.

RANZANI, Camillo, 011 birds, xvin. 14. RAOUL ROCHETTE, Desire, French

archaeologist, xx. 273.

RAOUX, Jean, French painter, xx.

273-

RAPANUI, island, South Pacific, xx. 273. RAPE, crime, xv. 780.

plant, I. 383; xx. 273. CAKE, xvii. 744; as manure, I.

349-

OF GANYMEDE, Greek sculpture,

xiv. 454.

OF THE LOCK, Pope s poem, xix.

484.

OF THE SABINES, vin. 619.

OIL, xx. 273; xvii. 744.

RAPHAEL, the angel, xx. 274.

(Raphael Sanzio), Italian painter,

xx. 274; as architect, II. 438; cartoons of, v. 165; as fresco painter, IX. 774; his connexion with Marcantonio, XV.

RAPHAEL S BIBLE, series of paintings,

xix. 113. RAPHELENGIUS (Francis van Ravel-

inghen), Flemish printer, XIX. 177. RAPIER, sword, ix. 69; xxii. 802. RAPIN, Paul de, French historian of

England, xx. 283. RAPOPORT, Solomon Juda, Jewish

writer, xin. 682. RAPPEE, snuff, xxm. 427. RAPPERSWYL, town, Switzerland, xxi.

169.

RAPTI, river, India, xvii. 572. RAQUETS (Rackets), game, xx. 209. RARATONGA, island, South Pacific, vi.

331; Williams s mission to, XXIV. 586. RARITAN, river, New Jersey, U.S.A.,

xvii. 396.

RASGRAD, town, Bulgaria, xx. 283. RASHBA, Jewish rabbins, xx. 283. RASHBAM, Jewish Talmudist, xx. 283. RASHI, Jewish rabbi, xx. 284. RASHID BILLAH, caliph, xvi. 588. RASHT, town, Persia, xx. 285; xvm.

628.

RASK, Rasmus Christian, Danish philo logist, xx. 286; vii. 93; XL 200; xxi.

368. RASKOLNIKS, Russian Nonconformists,

xvii. 504; xxi. 81, 105. RASOHERINA, queen of Madagascar,

xv. 174. RASORI, Giovanni, Italian physician,

xv. 814.

RASP, coarse file, ix. 160. RASPBERRY, plant and fruit, xin. 276. RASPE, Henry, landgrave of Thuringia,

x. 491. -, Rudolf Erich, author of Mini-

chausen, XVII. 23. RASSE, carnivorous mammal, v. 797; xv.

436.

RASSELAS, by Johnson, xin. 724. RASTALL, John, English printer, xx.

287.

RASTATT, or Rastadt, town, Germany, xx. 286; congress of (1797), ni. 131;