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Rollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Winter Park, Florida, on Lake Virginia just north of Orlando. Chartered in 1885, it is Florida's first recognized college.
Rollo
Rollo (Hrolf, c. 860–c. 930) was the Viking chieftain who founded Normandy under the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with Charles the Simple, was baptized as Robert in 912, and became ancestor of William the Conqueror; his origins, Danish or Norwegian, remain disputed.
Rollo Armstrong
Rollo Armstrong (Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, born 1966), aka Rollo or R Plus/R+, English producer behind Faithless and his sister Dido's albums; founded Cheeky Records and produced the 1992 Felix hit Don't You Want Me.
Rollo Weeks
Rollo Weeks (Rollo Percival Loring Weeks, born 1987) is a former British actor from Chichester, brother of Honeysuckle and Perdita Weeks. Known for The Little Vampire (2000) and The Thief Lord (2006), he left acting for business.
Rollon
Rollon is an Italian manufacturer of linear motion systems, including linear guides, telescopic rails, actuators, and ball screws, founded in 1975 and part of The Timken Company since 2018.
Rollover protection structure
A rollover protection structure (ROPS) is a cab frame or rollover bar attached to tractors and earth-moving machines, protecting operators during overturns when used with a seatbelt.
Rollover protection system
A rollover protection system is a combination of strong roof structures, rollover-activated side curtain airbags, deployable convertible roll bars, and electronic stability control that prevents rollovers entirely.
Rollright Stones
The Rollright Stones are three Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, the King's Men circle, the King Stone, and the Whispering Knights, on the Oxfordshire–Warwickshire border in England.
Rolls-Royce BR700
The Rolls-Royce BR700 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines of 14,000 to 21,500 lb thrust, built at Dahlewitz, Germany, powering the Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global jets, and the Boeing 717.
Rolls-Royce Corniche
The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a hand-built two-door luxury car produced from 1966 to 1995 as the coupé and convertible derivatives of the Silver Shadow, with 7,370 built.
Rolls-Royce Cullinan
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is a full-size super-luxury SUV produced by Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, England. Launched in 2018, it is the marque's first SUV, named after the Cullinan Diamond.
Rolls-Royce Ghost
The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a four-door luxury saloon built at Goodwood, England, launched in 2009 as the smaller sibling of the Phantom and the marque's best-selling model.
Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon, also known as the Griffon engine, was a British 37-liter liquid-cooled V-12 aero engine that powered late-war Spitfires and the Avro Shackleton.
Rolls-Royce Holdings
Rolls-Royce Holdings is a British aerospace and defense company headquartered in London, known for large civil turbofan engines and nuclear reactors for Royal Navy submarines.
Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British engineering company, founded in Manchester in 1906 by Henry Royce and Charles Rolls, famous for the Silver Ghost car and the Merlin aero engine.
Rolls-Royce Merlin
The Rolls-Royce Merlin, originally the private-venture PV.12, is a British 27-liter liquid-cooled V-12 aero engine of 1933 that powered the Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, and P-51 Mustang.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a British luxury automobile manufacturer, wholly owned by the BMW Group, that designs and hand-builds Rolls-Royce cars at Goodwood in West Sussex, England, since 2003.
Rolls-Royce Motors
Rolls-Royce Motors was the British motor car business separated from the aero engine manufacturer in 1971, which built Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars at Crewe until 2002.
Rolls-Royce Pearl
The Rolls-Royce Pearl is a family of turbofan engines for business jets, exclusively powering the Bombardier Global 5500 and 6500, Gulfstream G700 and G800, and Dassault Falcon 10X.
Rolls-Royce Phantom
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is the flagship saloon of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, hand-built at Goodwood, England, and produced across eight generations since 1925, reaching its centenary in 2025.
Rolls-Royce Phantom IV
The Rolls-Royce Phantom IV is a state limousine chassis built between 1950 and 1956, of which only 18 were made, nearly all for royalty and heads of state.
Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII
The Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII is the eighth generation of the Phantom, a full-size ultra-luxury saloon unveiled in 2017, built at Goodwood, and the only Rolls-Royce with the Gallery art display.
Rolls-Royce R
The Rolls-Royce R was a British 37-liter supercharged V-12 aero engine built for air racing, powering the Supermarine S.6B to the Schneider Trophy in 1931 and a 407.5 mph world seaplane speed record.
Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a three-shaft high-bypass turbofan family developed as the sole engine for the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; its overruns bankrupted Rolls-Royce in 1971.
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud is a luxury car produced at Crewe from 1955 to 1965 in three series, the last Rolls-Royce sold as a rolling chassis for coachbuilt bodies.
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, officially the 40/50 H.P., is a six-cylinder luxury car launched in 1906 and built until the mid-1920s, whose trials earned Rolls-Royce its reputation.
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a full-size luxury saloon produced at Crewe from 1965 to 1980, the first Rolls-Royce with monocoque construction, replacing the Silver Cloud.
Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit
The Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, also known as the Silver Spirit, is a luxury saloon built at Crewe, England, from 1980 to 1997 as successor to the Silver Shadow II.
Rolls-Royce SMR
Rolls-Royce SMR is a British company, launched in 2021 and majority owned by Rolls-Royce, that designs a 470 MWe pressurised water small modular reactor built from factory modules.
Rolls-Royce Spey
The Rolls-Royce Spey is a British twin-spool turbofan, in the RB.163 and RB.168 series, that entered airline and military service in 1964 and powered the Trident, One-Eleven, and British Phantoms.