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THE

UNICATE

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA

DICTIONARY

OF

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND GENERAL LITERATURE

THE R. S. PEALE REPRINT

WITH NEW MAPS AND ORIGINAL AMERICAN ARTICLES BY EMINENT

WRITERS

VOLUME XX.

CHICAGO

R. S. PEALE & CO.

1890

032

En 2bine

20 Encyclopædia Britannica. 17

PRUSSIA. J. F. MUIRHEAD. PRUSSIC ACID.

VOL. XX.-(PRU-ROS).

Total number of Articles, 539.

PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.

Prof. W. DITTMAR, F.R.S.

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PUNCHINELLO. R. MORTIMER WHEELER.
PUNJAB. Gen. R. MACLAGAN, R.E.

PUSEY. Rev. EDWIN HATCH, D.D., Vice-Principal,
St Mary Hall, Oxford.

PYM. S. RAWSON GARDINER, LL.D.
PYRAMID. W. M. F. PETRIE, Author of "Life and
Work at the Great Pyramid."

PYROMETER. W. N. SHAW, M. A., Demonstrator of
Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge.
PYROTECHNY. ORME MASSON, D.Sc.
PYTHAGORAS-

PHILOSOPHY. ANDREW SETH, M.A., Professor of Logic and Philosophy, University College of South Wales. GEOMETRY. Prof. G. J. ALLMAN, LL.D. QUAKERS: Right Hon. Sir EDWARD FRY, F.R.S. QUARANTINE. CHARLES CREIGHTON, M.A., M.D. QUATERNIONS. P. G. TAIT, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh. QUEBEC. GEORGE STEWART, Jun., Editor of the "Chronicle," Quebec. QUEENSLAND. JAMES BONWICK, Author of "The Lost Tasmanian Race."

QUESNAY. J. K. INGRAM, LL.D., Librarian. Trinity College, Dublin.

QUEVEDO., A. MOREL-FATIO, École Nationale des
Chartes, Paris.

QUININE. E. M. HOLMES, Curator of Museum, Phar-
maceutical Society, London.
QUINTILIAN. J. S. REID, D. Litt., Fellow and Tutor
of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
RABBI. S. M. SCHILLER-SZINESSY, M. A., Ph.D.,
Reader in Talmudic Literature, Cambridge.
BABELAIS. GEORGE SAINTSBURY, Author of "Short
History of French Literature."

RABIES. GEORGE FLEMING, LL. D., Principal Veteri-
nary Surgeon, War Office, London.
RACKETS. H. F. WILKINSON.
RADIATION. Prof. P. G. TATT.
RAILWAY. D. KINNEAR CLARK, C. E., London; Prof.
A. T. HADLEY, New Haven, Conn.; A. M. WELLING-
TON, C. E., and S. WRIGHT DUNNING, New York.
RAINBAND, RAINGAUGE. H. R. MILL, B.Sc.
RALEIGH. S. RAWSON GARDINER, LL.D.

RAPHAEL. J. HENRY MIDDLETON, Slade Professor of
Fine Art, University of Cambridge.

RATIONALISM. Rev. J. F. SMITH.
READE. Prof. W. MINTO.

REAL ESTATE. JAMES WILLIAMS.

RECORDS. A. C. EWALD, F.S.A., Public Record Office,

Loudon.

REFORMATION. J. BASS MULLINGER, M. A., Libra-
rian, St John's College, Cambridge.
REFORMATORY. J. E. DAVIS, Legal Adviser to
Metropolitan Police Commissioners, London.
RELICS. Rev. J. G. CAZENOVE, D.D.
RELIGIONS. Prof. C. P. TIELE, University of Leyden.
REMBRANDT. J. F. WHITE, M.A.

RENAISSANCE. J. A. SYMONDS, M. A., Author of "Renaissance in Italy."

RENI. W. M. ROSSETTI, Author of "Lives of Famous Poets."

REPRODUCTION. PATRICK GEDDES, and S. H. VINES, F.R.S.

REPTILES. ALBERT GÜNTHER, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., and ST GEORGE MIVART, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. RESPIRATION. Prof. ARTHUR GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S. REVELATION, BOOK OF. ADOLF HARNACK, D.D., Professor of Church History, University of Giessen.

REYNOLDS. JOHN M. GRAY, Curator, Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

RHEA. Prof. A. NEWTON.

RHETORIC. R. C. JEBB, LL.D., Professor of Greek,

University of Glasgow.

RHEUMATISM. J. O. AFFLECK, M.D.

RHODE ISLAND. W. E. FOSTER, Librarian, Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island.

RICHARD I.-III. G. W. PROTHERO, M.A.
RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER. J. BASS MULLINGER.
RIMINI.. Prof. PASQUALE VILLARI, Senatore del
Regno, Florence.

RIVER ENGINEERING. L. F. VERNON-HARCOURT,
C. E., Author of "Rivers and Canals.'
ROADS AND STREETS. THOMAS CODRINGTON, C.E.,
Local Government Board, Whitehall.
ROBBIA. Prof. J. H. MIDDLETON.
ROBESPIERRE. H. MORSE STEPHENS.
ROBIN HOOD. J. WESLEY HALES, M.A., Professor of
English Literature, King's College, London.
RODNEY. G. F. HOOPER, Admiralty Library, White-
hall.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. P. L. CONNELLAN,
Rome.

ROMANCE. H. R. TEDDER, and MICHAEL KERNEY. ROMANCE LANGUAGES. JOHAN STORM, LL.D.,

Professor of Philology, University of Christiania. ROMAN LAW. JAMES MUIRHEAD, LL.D., Professor of Civil Law, University of Edinburgh. ROMAN LITERATURE. W. Y. SELLAR, LL.D., Professor of Humanity, University of Edinburgh. ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE. E. SCHÜRER, Professor of New Testament Theology, University of Giessen.

ROME

HISTORY-ANCIENT. H. F. PELHAM, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, Oxford. MEDIEVAL AND RECENT. Prof. PASQUALE VILLARI. TOPOGRAPHY AND ARCHEOLOGY. Prof. J. HENRY MIDDLETON.

ROPE. JAMES PATON, Curator, Corporation Galleries of Art, Glasgow.

ROSA. W. M. ROSSETTI.

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ROSSETTI. THEODORE WATTS.

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