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Bacon, Nathaniel

(Encyclopedia)Bacon, Nathaniel, 1647–76, leader of Bacon's Rebellion in colonial Virginia. An aristocrat (he was kin to Francis Bacon, had been educated at Cambridge and Gray's Inn, and was a member of the govern...

jackrabbit

(Encyclopedia)jackrabbit, popular name for several hares of W North America, characterized by very long legs and ears. Jackrabbits are powerful jumpers and fast runners. In normal progress leaps are alternated with...

Londonderry, Robert Stewart, 2d marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Londonderry, Robert Stewart, 2d marquess of: see Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, 2d Viscount. ...

Bruce, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Bruce, Edward, d. 1318, Scottish king of Ireland, brother of Robert I of Scotland. He aided his brother in the war for independence from England and in 1315 was declared heir to Robert's throne. With ...

Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of: see Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford. ...

Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of: see Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford. ...

Albany, Robert Stuart, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Albany, Robert Stuart or Stewart, 1st duke of: see Stuart, Robert, 1st duke of Albany. ...

bluestone

(Encyclopedia)bluestone, common name for the blue, crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate called chalcanthite, a minor ore of copper. It also refers to a fine-grained, light to dark colored blue-gray sandstone....

Chartres, Robert d'Orléans, duc de

(Encyclopedia)Chartres, Robert d'Orléans, duc de: see Orléans, family. ...

Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey

(Encyclopedia)Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey plăsˈē [key], 1725–74, British soldier and statesman. He went to India in 1743 as a clerk for the British East India Company and entered the military service...