4 .

REV

481

R E Y

Years.

Value at

Value at

Value at

5 per ct.

4 per ct.

3 per ct.

13

•5303

•6000

•6809

14

■5051

•5775

•6611

15

•4810

•5553

•6419

16

•4581

•5339

■G232

17

•4363

■5134

•6050

18

•4155

•4936

•5874

19

•3957

•4746

•5703

20

•3769

•4564

•5537

21

•3589

•4388

•5375

22

•3418

•4219

•5219

23

•3255

•4057

■5067

24

'3100

•3901

■4919

25

■2953

•3757

•4776

26

•2812

•3607

■4637

27

•2673

■3468

•4502

28

•2551

•3335

■4371

■ 29

•2429

•3206

•4243

30

•2314

•3003

•4120

31

■2204

•2965

•4000

32

•2099

•2851

•3883

33

•1999

•2741

•3770

34

•i903

■2630

•3660

35

-1813

•2534

*3554

36

•1726

■2437

•3450

37

•1644

•2343

*3350

38

•1566

•2253

■3252

39

•1491

•2166

•3158

40

■1420

' -2083

•3066

find the present value of any sum to be received at the end ofa given term of years, discounting at the rate of 3, 4, or 5 per■cent, compound interest. Find by the above table the presentvalue of ll. to be received at the end of the given term; whichmultiply by the number of pounds proposed (cutting off fourfigures "from the. product on account of the decimals), then theresult will be the value sought : for example, the present value of10,000/. to be received ten years hence, and the rate of interest•’ percent. Is equal to *6139 X 10,000 = 6139 0000/. or 6139/.Again, the present value of 10,000/. due in ten years, the rate ofmterest being 3 per cent, is '7441 X 10,000 = 7441. See An-nuities.

Reversion of Series, in algebra, a kind of reversed opera-'■ l0a °^ an infinite series. See Series.

REVIEW, ill military affairs, is the drawing out all or part ofi'e army in line of battle, to be viewed by the king, or a general,hat they may know the condition of the troops. The firings aregenerally thirty-six rounds, viz. by companies; by grand divi-i'° ,ls ;.by sub-divisions; obliquely, advancing, retreating; byl-i'ii ’ *^ e square; street-firings, advancing and retreating ; aud

‘‘stly, a volley.

,. KVi ew is also applied to literary journals, which give a peri-leal view of the state of literature: a> the Monthly Review, theCritical Review, &c.

in i EVlEW > Commission or, is a commission sometimes granted,„" a , p >c,ra ° r( finary cases, to revise the sentence of the court of dele-e rr *’ w , l ' l | ' n R > s apprehended they have been led into a materiallute-"•>' ^ i c °mmission the king may grant, although the sta-'deflnh' 4 a i VIII. declare tli« sentence of the delegates

used t * Ve . : t ,ecause the pope, as supreme head by the canon-law,the sllc ' 1 commission of review; and such authority as

tutos taf<ra < rel A^? rc ^xortecl is now annexed to the crown, hy"sta-ufrlirlii v HI. e. 1, and 1 Eliz. c. 1. But it is not matter

. ^Sdfijcct may demand ex debito justitirc, hutRFVISf' °* fuvo >' r > an< -i which therefore is often denied,fie nrinterl i’,tl n0n §''? r ‘ nters ’ a second or third proof of a sheet to,0 see whether -id m . ort * er to be compared with the last proof,,V ivto! igq mistakes marked in St are corrected. ‘

REVIVOR, Bill of, is where a bi/1 has been exhibited in Chan-cery' against one wbo answers, and before the cause is heard, orif heard, before the decree enrolled either pa.rty dies. 1 lie causeis then said to die also, and a bill of revivor must be brought, thatthe former proceedings may stand revived, and the cause befinally determined.

REVOCATION, in law, signifies the recalling, or annullingand making void, some power, grant, deed, &c. made before.

REVIVIFICATION, in chemistry, is generally applied to thedistillation of quicksilver from cinnabar.

REUNION ISLAND, an island in the South Sea, discoveredby tbe French on the 16th Dec. 1773; lying, according to M. dePages, in lat. 48° 21' S. and Ion. 66° 47' VV.

REVOLUTION ill politics, signifies a change in the constitu-tion of a state ; and is a word of different import from revolt, with,which it is sometimes confounded. When a people withdrawtheir obedience from their governors for any particular reason,without overturning the government, or waging, an offensive waragainst it, they are in a state of revolt; when they overturn the. go-vernment, and form a new one for themselves, they effect a revo-lution.

Revolution, in astronomy, is the period of a planet or comet,&c. or its course from any point of its orbit till it returns to thesame again. See Astronomy.

Revolution, in geometry, the motion of rotation of a line,about a fixed point or centre, or of any figure about a fixed axis,or upon any line or surface.

REVULSION, in medicine, is the turning a tlux of the hu-mours from one part to another by bleeding, cupping, friction, si-napisms, blisters, fomentations, bathings, issues, selons, strongpurging of the bounds, &c.

REWAII, a town of Hindustan, in Allahabad ; 57 milesS.S.W. of Allahabad , and 116 N. N. E. of Gurrah. Lon. 81.36. E. Lat. 24. 35. N.

REY ISLE, an island in the bay of Panama , near the W. coastof America . Lon. 80. 5. W. Lat. 8. 0. N.

REYNOLDS, SrR Joshua, the celebrated painter, was bornJuly Hi, 1723, at Plympton, in Devonshire. His father was mi-nister of the parish, and also master of the grammar-school. Hetaught young Reynolds, who soon displayed a happy knowledgeof what he read. .He discovered likewise talents for composition,aud a natural propensity to drawing. But his father designing himfor the church, he sent him to one of the universities. Soon afterthis period he grew passionately fond of painting; and, on the pe-rusal of Richardson’s theory of that art, resolved to make it Irisprofession. At his own request, therefore, he was removed toLondon ; and about 1742 became a pupilto Mr. Hudson. About1749, Mr. Reynolds went to Italy under the auspices, and in thecompany, ot Commodore Keppcl. Having remained about twoyears in Italy , and acquired the language as well as the arts of thecountry, he returned to England. r l lie first pieces that distin-guisiieu him were a portrait of Commodore Keppel, of LordEdgecombe, and a few others, which introduced him to the firstbusiness in portrait-painting; and lie afterwards painted so manyillustrious characters, that w e feel the less regret for his having leftbehind him so few historical paintings; though what lie lias donein 1 hat department shews him to have been qualified to excel inboth. The only landscape, perhaps, which he ever painted, ex-cept those beautiful ones which compose the back-grounds ofmany of his portraits, is “ A View on the Thames from Rich-moncl,” which, in 1784, was exhibited by the Society for promot-ing Painting and Design in Liverpool. In 1764 Mr. Reynoldsfirst commenced the Literary Club. Upon (he foundation of theRoyal Academy of Painting , Sculpture, and Architecture, he wasappointed president, with the cordial approbation of all the loversof art. On this occasion, his majesty conferred on the presidentthe honour of knighthood; and Sir Joshua delivered his first dis-course at the opening of the Academy on Jan. 2, 1769: each suc-ceeding year, on the distribution of the prizes, Sir Joshua deliver-ed to the.students a similar discourse; all of which have been col-lected and published. In autumn 1785, lie went to Brussels ,where he expended about 1000/. on the purchase of paintings,which had been taken from the different monasteries and religioushouses in Flanders and Germany - In 1790, being desirous toprocure the vacant professorship of perspective in die academy for■Mr. Bonomi, an Italian architect, whom fie had got admitted an6 G associate,