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48.

, district, Mesopotamia, xvi.

RHESUS, of Euripides, vin. 678.

RHETICUS, George Joachim, mathema tician, xx. 508; his contributions to trigonometry, xxm. 562; his trigono metrical tables, xxm. 9.

RHETORIC, xx. 508; Latin, xiv. 333; in relation to sophistry, XXII. 265; of Aristotle, 1 1. 517; of Lysias, XV. 118; Quintilian s contributions to, XX. 187; Sanskrit works on, xxi. 293; Whate- 1/s work on, XXIV. 530; Chambers of, in Dutch literature, XII. 91.

RHEUM, genus of plants, xu. 287; xx. 529.

RHEUMATIC FEVER, xx. 516; xvm.

397-

RHEUMATIC GOUT, xx. 518. RHEUMATISM, disease, xx. 516; sili-

cylate of sodium in treatment of,

xxi. 217. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, disease, xx.

518.

RHEUMIC ACID, xx. 530. RHEYDT, town, Ehenish Prussia, xx.

518. RHIJNSBURGERS, Dutch sect, xxn.

400. RHIN, Haut, former department of

France, ix. 508. RHINE, river, Europe, xx. 518; x. 449;

in Holland, XI I. 63; in Switzerland,

xxn. 776. - , Confederation of the (1806), ill.

133; ix. 615; xvii. 210. RHINELAND, province, Prussia, xx. 20. RHINE WINE, xxiv. 602, 610. RHINOBATID^;, family of fishes, xx.

299. RHINOCEROS, ungulate mammal, xx.

521; xv. 428; of India, xu. 742; of

Java, xiil. 602. RHINOCHETUS, genus of birds, xvn.

376; xxn. 653.

RHINODON, genus of sharks, xxi. 777. RHINOLOPHID^E, family of bats, xv.

412.

RHINOPOMA, genus of bats, xv. 413. RHINOTMETUS, Justinian II., emperor

of the East, Xiil. 798. RHIO (Riouw), town, near Bintang,

Indian Archipelago, ill. 679; XII. 818;

xxn. 639.

RHION, town, Greece, xvi. 53. RHIPSALIS, genus of Cactaceae, iv. 626. RHIZOCARPE^E, subclass of ferns, ix.

105.

RHIZOME, root-stock of plants, iv. 98. RHIZOPHORA, genus of trees, xv. 481. RHIZOPODS, or Foraminifera, xix. 371. RHIZOTA, order of Rotifera, xxi. 7. RHODE ISLAND, State, U.S.A., xx.

523; Roger Williams s colonization

of, xxiv. 587; colony of, xxm. 730;

opposition of, to the Union (1790),

xxm. 752, 754.

RHODE ISLAND CASE (1848), U.S.A.,

xxiv. 472. RHODES, island, ^Egean Sea, xx. 525;

its connexion with Phoenicia, XVI n.

805; relations with Rome, xx. 751;

establishment of Knights Hospitallers

in, XXI. 174; conquest of, by the Turks

(1522), XXIII. 643; coins of, XVII.

647 ; town, xx. 525; Colossus at, n.

365. , Outer and Inner, divisions of

Appenzell, Switzerland, n. 211. RHODIAN WARE, pottery, xix. 621. RHODIGIUM (Rovigo), Latin town, Italy,

xxi. 29. RHODIUM, chemical element, v. 536;

xix. 189, 191.

RHODIZITE, mineral, xvi. 396. RHODOCHROME, mineral, xvi. 414. RHODODENDRON, shrub, xx. 526; xn.

260; of Ceylon, V. 362. RHODONITE, mineral, xvi. 417. RHODOPE, mountain, Thraee, xxm.

318- RHODOSPERME^E, suborder of Algae, I.

508. RHOMBIC SYSTEM, of crystals, xvi.

359-

RHOMBUS, genus of fishes, xxm. 625. RHONE, river, Europe, xx. 527; ix.

506; in Switzerland, xxn. 776. Rn6NE, department, France, xx. 528. RHOPALOCERA, group of insects, xin.

151. RHUBARB, vegetable and drug, xx. 529;

xii. 287.

RHUNE, mountain, France, xx. 126. RHUPENIAN DYNASTY, of Armenia, n.

548.

RHUS, genus of trees, xin. 592. RHYL, town, Wales, xx. 530; ix. 327. RHYMER, Thomas the, early Scottish

poet, xxm. 308.

RHYMNEY, town, England, xx. 530. RHYNCH^EA, genus of birds, xxn. 200. RHYNCHOBDELLID^E, family of leeches,

xiv. 404. RHYNCHOCEPHALIA, order of reptiles,

xx. 437, 444, 448.

RHYNCHOFLAGELLATA, class of Pro tozoa, xix. 860. RHYNCHONELLID^E, family of Brachio-

poda, iv. 195. RHYNCHOPHORA, group of beetles, vi.

133; xxiv. 477.

RHYNCHOPS, genus of birds, xxn. 120. RHYNCHOTUS, genus of birds, xxm.

43- RHYNDACUS, river, Asia Minor, n. 707;

xvii. 122; xvin. 853. RHYS AB TEWDWR, Welsh prince, v.

RHYTHM, in poetry, xix. 257, 262; in

prose, xx. 513.

RHYTHYMNO, town, Crete, vi. 572. RHYTINA, genus of sirenian mammals,

xv. 390.

Ri, Japanese measure, xin. 569.

RIAD, town, Nejd, Arabia, II. 254.

RIALTO, island, Venice, xxiv. 141; bridge of the, IV. 332.

RIBAT (llabat), town, Morocco, xx. 192.

RlBAULT, or Ribaut, Jean, French navi gator, xx. 531; colonizer in South Carolina, U.S.A., xxn. 288.

RIBBLE, river, England, xiv. 252.

RlBBON-FlSHES, XX. 531; XII. 684,691;

xxi. 609.

RIBBONS, xx. 531. RIBEIRA GRANDE, town, Cape Verd

Islands, v. 52. RIBEIRO, Bernardim, Portuguese writer,

xix. 556. , Joao Pedro, Portuguese historian,

Xix. 557. -, Joao Pinto, Portuguese statesman,

xix. 548.

RIBERA, Jusepe (Lo Spagnoletto), Spanish painter, XX. 532.

RIBES, genus of plants, vi. 715; x. 779.

RIBOT, Tlu odule, on evolution, vni. 767.

RIBS, Anatomy of the, I. 822; movements of, in respiration, xx. 478; treatment of, in surgery, XXII. 690; invertebrate skeleton, XXII. 113; in mammals, xv. 358.

, in architecture, II. 472.

RICARDO, David, English political economist, XX. 533 ; xix. 373 ; on labour, value, and capital, xxn. 213.

RlCASOLi, Bettino, Baron, Italian states man, Xin. 491.

RlCAUT, Sir Paul, English traveller and diplomatist, xxi. 116.

RlCCATi, James, Count, Italian mathe matician, xx. 535.

RlCCi, Antonio, Venetian architect, xxiv. 153.

, Lorenzo, general of the Jesuits, Xiil. 654.

, Ludovico, Italian economist, XIX.

363-

-, Matteo, Jesuit missionary in China,

xx. 536; xv. 145; xvi. 513.

RICCIARELLI, Daniele, Italian painter, xx. 537.

RICCIE.E, class of liverworts, xvn. 69.

RlCClOLl, Giovanni Battista, on astro nomy, II. 754.

RlCCOBONl, Madame, French writer, xx. 538.

RICE, xx. 538; culture of, under irriga tion, XIII. 369; in India, III. 248, 568; xn. 747; xvin. 409; in Japan, Xin. 574; in Java, xin. 603; in Madagascar, xv. 172.

PAPER, xx. 539. STARCH, xxn. 456.

RICH, Claudius James, traveller and Orientalist, XX. 539.

, Edmund, archbishop of Canter