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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
20 feet long, 65 feet 3 inches broad, and 43 feet deep, launched on the ClydeSept. 8, 1892 Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, twin-screw, North German Lloyd, 649 feet long, 66 feet wide, 43 feet deep, 13,800 tonnage, 28,000 horse-power, launched at Stettin, GermanyMay 4, 1897 Oceanic, White Star liner, 685 feet long, 68 feet wide, 44 feet deep, 17,250 tonnage, launched at BelfastJan. 14, 1899 Deutschland, twin-screw Hamburg-American liner, 687 feet long, 67 feet wide, 44 feet deep, registered tonnage of 16,500 tons, 37,800 horse-power, launched at Stettin, Germany1900 [This vessel made the record voyage from Plymouth, over the long course, at an average speed of 23.51 knots per hour. On this trip 601 knots, equivalent to 692 statute miles, were covered in one day (July 30, 1901）]. Celtic, twin-screw, White Star liner, 700 feet long, 75 feet broad, 49 feet deep, 20,900 tonnage, built at Belfast, first voyage to New YorkJuly 27, 1901 Fastest Atlantic Ocean passages. Route.Steamer
The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Grave to Gay. (search)
lensko, three hundred miles from Moscow, was taken on the 17th of August, 1812. It was immediately armed, provisioned, and made the pivot upon which turned the march upon Moscow. In the rear of Smolensko, the second line had enormous magazines at Minsk and Wilna, only eight marches off. A third line occupied Grodno, Kovno and Bialystock: a fourth, Thodno, Plock, Warsaw and Elbing; a fifth, Dantzic, Bamberg and Posen: a sixth, Stettin, Custrin and Glogaw. His rear, then, from Smolensko to Stettin, was closed up by six lines of troops and magazines. Four hundred thousand men crossed the Niemen, (Col. Napier saw the roll.) Of these, 240,090 remained in reserve, in the country that lies between the Borysthenes and the Niemen. The problem now to be solved, was a march upon Moscow, from Smolensko. The distance is only three hundred miles. Up to Smolensko the country was all on Napoleon's side, and he procured horses, men and provisions, without any difficulty. Was this a very rash en