(Encyclopedia) Waterloo campaign, last action of the Napoleonic Wars, ending with the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon I, who escaped from Elba in Feb., 1815, and entered Paris on Mar. 20, soon faced a…
Red haematite (peroxide of iron), found abundantly in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is of a deep, lakey hue, used for flesh tints. The Persian Red, which is of a darker hue with…
Congo: Rulers
Theophile Theodore Joseph Antoine Baron Wahis, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1900–12)
Felix Alexandre Fuch, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1912–16)
Eugene Joseph…
[Red Shield]. Mayer Amschel, in 1763, made his appearance in Hanover barefoot, with a sack on his shoulders and a bundle of rags on his back. Successful in trade, he returned to Frankfort…
(3 syl.). A word or line which reads backwards and forwards alike, as Madam, also Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor. (Greek, palin dromo, to run back again.) (See Sotadic.) The following…
