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RUDOLPHINE TABLES, Kepler s, xiv.

47- RUDOLSTADT, town, Germany, xxi. 53,

461.

, Schwarzburg-, principality, Ger many, XXL 461.

RUDSTON, Yorkshire, England, Mono lith at, xxi. 51. RUE, herb, xn. 289. RUEDA, Lope de, Spanish dramatist,

vii. 420; xxii. 356. RUFF, bird, xxi. 54. RUFF-AND-HONOURS, old card game,

xxiv. 543.

RUFFE, fish, xix. 481. RUFIJI, river, Africa, I. 255. RUFINUS, the Goth, xx. 780. , Tyrannius, early Christian writer,

XXI. 55; xxn. 238; his relation to St

Jerome, xill. 630; his translations

and editions of Origen, XVII. 840. RUFISQUE, town, Senegal, Africa, XXI.

660. RUFUS, of Ephesus, anatomist, I. 802;

xxii. 675.

RUGBY, town, England, xxi. 55. SCHOOL, England, under Arnold,

II. 627; observatory, xvn. 711. RUGE, Arnold, German philosophical

and political writer, XXI. 56; XXII.

210. RC GEN, island in Baltic Sea, Germany,

xxi. 56; xix. 442. RUGGIERI, archbishop of Pisa, Xix.

120.

RUGII, Teutonic tribes, xvn. 726. RUGISI, strait, in Victoria Nyanza Lake,

Africa, xvn. 504. RUGOSA, order of corals, VI. 380. RUGULAS, Huimic king, XII. 381. RUHLA, town, Germany, XXI. 347. RUHLMANN, Richard, his barometric

formula, III. 386. RUHMESHALLE, at Munich, Bavaria,

xvil. 26. RUHNKEN, David, classical scholar,

xxi. 57; his relations with Wytten-

bach, xxiv. 714. RUHR, river, Germany, xx. 519. RUHRORT, town, Rhenish Prussia, XXI.

58. RUIBINSK (Rybinsk), town, Russia, xxi.

116. RUINI, Carlo, Italian veterinarian,

XXIV. 198; his alleged discovery of

circulation of the blood, xi. 504;

xxiv. 96.

RUIN MARBLE, mineral, xvi. 397. RUISDAAL (Ruysdael), Jacob, Dutch

painter, XXI. 114, 439. RuiSSELEDE, town, Belgium, XXI.

115. Ruivo, Pico, mountain, Madeira Islands,

xv. 177.

Ruiz, Juan, Spanish poet, xxn. 353. DE ALARCON, Juan, Spanish

dramatist, xxn. 359; vii. 421.

RUKH (Roc), fabulous bird, xx. 611. SHAH, ruler of Persia, xvm. 632,

643-

RULE BRITANNIA, Music of, n. 623. RULE OF THE ROAD, xi. Sii; at sea,

xvn. 277. RULE OF THREE, in arithmetic, n.

535- RULES OF PROCEDURE, in law, xiv.

358. RULHliRE, Claude Carloman de, French

poet and historian, xxi. 58; IX. 668. RULING, Paper, xxn. 461. RULLIANUS, Q. Fabius, Roman general,

xx. 742.

RUM, spirituous liquor, xxi. 58; distil lation of, vii. 264.

, island, Scotland, II. 500.

(Roum), Arabic name for the

Romans, xxi. 14.

(Asia Minor), Seljuks of, xxi. 14,

636.

RUMANIA, or Roumania (q.v.), xxi. 14. RUMANTZOFF, Russian general, xxi. 99. RUMEX, genus of plants, vn. 309. RUMFORD, Count (Sir Benjamin

Thompson), scientist and diplomatist,

xxin. 309; his experiments on heat,

vin. 208; on chemical properties of

light, XVin. 821. RUMI, Jelal-uddin, Persian poet, XXI.

59, 637; xvm. 658. RUMINANTS, or Ruminantia, division of

Mammalia, xv. 421, 431; in South

America, I. 682.

RUM KALA, town, Syria, n. 147. RUMKER, Carl Ludwig Christian, Ger man astronomer, XXI. 59. RUM MEL, river, Algeria, I. 563. RUMNEY, river, Wales, xvi. 753. RUMONSCH LANGUAGE, xx. 668; xin.

492.

RUM SHRUB, beverage, xxi. 59. RUNCIMAN, Alexander, Scottish painter,

xxi. 60.

, John, Scottish painter, XXI. 60 RUNCORN, town, England, XXI. 60. RUNEBERG, Johan Ludwig, Swedish

poet, xxi. 60; xxn. 758. RUNES, archaic alphabetic characters, I.

607, 612; xxi. 366, 370. RUNGPORE (Rangpur), district and

town, India, xx. 272. RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS, i. 607, 612; xxi.

366, 370. RUNIGUNJ (Raniganj), coalfield, Bengal,

India, III. 371, 568; xn. 737. RUNIUS, Johan, Swedish poet, xxn.

755-

RuNjiT(or RANJIT) SINGH, Sikh ruler, India, xx. in.

RUNN, of Cutch, morass, India, vi. 730.

RUNNING, xxi. 60.

RUNG, island in Baltic Sea, Russia, xiv. 723; xvn. 732.

RUNRIG, land system, Shetland, Scot land, xvn. 848.

RUPELLA (La Rochelle), ancient town,

France, XX. 613. RUPERT, St, apostle of Bavaria, xxi.

61.

, king of Germany, x. 495.

, prince of Bavaria, English general

and admiral, xxi. 61. OF DEBATE (Earl Derby), vn.

RUPERT S DROPS, philosophical toy, n.

63- RUPERT S LAND, region, British North

America, xn. 333; xvn. 573. RUPHIA, river, Greece, I. 615; XVII.

765. RUPPINER SEE, lake, Prussia, xvn.

364-

RUPTURE, disease, XL 752. , in beams, Modulus of, IV. 292.

RURIK, early Russian chief, xxi. 87.

RURKI, town, India, xxi. 152.

RUSA, deer of Java, xin. 602.

RUSERA, town, India, xxin. 407.

RUSH, plant, xxi. 62.

, Benjamin, American physician

and politician, xxi. 62.

RUSHBROOK, town, Ireland, xx. 175.

RUSH NUT, xvn. 664.

RUSHT, or Rasht, town, Persia, xvm. 628.

RUSHWORTH, John, English compiler of historical collections, xxi. 63.

GOSPELS, vin. 382.

RUSICADA, town, Numidia, xvn. 628.

RUSKIN, John, on beauty, I. 222; on Turner, xxin. 664; his Stones -of Venice, xxiv. 151.

Russ COMMONWEALTH, Giles Fletcher s work, IX. 304.

RUSSELL, Earl, English statesman, XXI. 63; vin. 366; his relations with Lord Palmerston, xvm. 195.

, William, Lord, English patriot,

xxi. 65.

, John Scott, Scottish engineer, xxi.

66.

RUSSELL^E (Roselle), Etruscan town, Italy, vin. 636.

RUSSIA, country, Europe, XXI. 67 (index, 1 10); original principality of, xxi. 89; in Asia, II. 701; XVIII. 101; XXII. i; influence of, on the balance of power in Europe, III. 269; in time of Catherine II., v. 233; conquest of the Caucasus by, v. 258; Crimean War, IX. 623; sympathy of, with modern Greeks, XL 122; conquest of the Khazars by, xiv. 60; invasion of, by Mongols, xvi. 741, 747; invasion of, by Napoleon (1811), IX. 616; xvn. 216; war with Persia, xvm. 647; share of, in partition, of Poland, xix. 298; influence of, in Turkestan, xxin. 637, 639; wars with Turkey (1736, 1828, 1 877), xxin. 647,650,652; academies, I. 72, 77; army, n. 608; arsenals, n. 634;

artillery, n. 660, 667; coalfields, VI.