Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Demetrius Poliorcetes” in alphabetic letter N, entry group 1, entry navigation-acts of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...s in the , which were subsequently reprinted in a small book in 1824. Captain Montgery introduced his work with the remark that one might, perhaps, trace the origin of iron vessels to an invention of Demetrius Poliorcetes when he was besieging Rhodes, 304 years before the present era. After some other interesting historical researches, Captain Montgery pointed out that the chief obstacle to successful shipbuildin...
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