Named Entity Results, Chester (United Kingdom)

The voyage of Ranulph earle of Chester , of Saer Quincy earle of Winchester , William de Albanie earle of Arundel , with divers other noble men to the Holy land, in the second yere of K. Henry the third. Matth. Paris . Holensh. pag. 202., IN the yeere 1218, Ranulph earle of Chester was sent into the Holy land by king Henry theChester was sent into the Holy land by king Henry the third with a goodly company of souldiers and men of warre, to ayde the Christians there against the Infidels, which at the same time had besieged the city of Damiata in Egypt . In which enterprise the valiancy of the same earle after his comming thither was to his great praise most apparant. There went with him in that journey Sa thither was to his great praise most apparant. There went with him in that journey Saer de Quincy earle of Winchester , William de Albanie earle of Arundel , beside divers barons, as the lord Robert fitz Walter, John constable of Chester , William de Harecourt, and Oliver fitz Roy sonne to the king of England, and divers others.

The travailes of Ranulph Glanvile earle of Chester . RANULPH GLANVILE earle of Chester , a man of a very noble house, and learned in both the Lawes, deserves of duetie to be here placed by me in the catalogue of woorthy and notable men. He applied so well all the yeeres of his youth to the study of humane and divine Lawes, that he came not so soone to the age of a man, as he had purchased to himselfe by reason of his singular learning, renowme and honour. When the noble men of France went Chester , a man of a very noble house, and learned in both the Lawes, deserves of duetie to be here placed by me in the catalogue of woorthy and notable men. He applied so well all the yeeres of his youth to the study of humane and divine Lawes, that he came not so soone to the age of a man, as he had purchased to himselfe by reason of his singular learning, renowme and honour. When the noble men of France went to Ptolomais, upon the counsell of John Brenne king of Jerusalem, they resolved to besiege Damiata a city of Egypt , in the yeere 1218. And then Henry the king upon the motion of Honorius the third, bishop of Rome, sent thither this earle Ranulph with a great power of armed souldiers, to further the enterprise of the Christians: whose valure in that warre (by the testimonie of Polidor Virgil) was marveilously commended of all men. After the end of which businesse, he being returned into his coun

in neutral territory, even filling up blank commissions sent out to them by the Congress for the purpose. Among expeditions fitted out by them was one under Captain Wickes to intercept a convoy of linen ships from Ireland. He went first into the Bay of Biscay, and afterward entirely around Ireland, sweeping the sea before him of everything that was not of force to render the attack hopeless. Deane observes to Robert Morris that it effectually alarmed England, prevented the great fair at Chester, occasioned insurance to rise, and even deterred the English merchants from shipping in English bottoms at any rate, so that, in a few weeks, forty sail of French ships were loading in the Thames, on freight, an instance never before known. In the spring of 1777 the commissioners sent an agent to Dover, who purchased a fine, fast-sailing English-built cutter, which was taken across to Dunkirk. There she was privately equipped as a cruiser, and put in command of Captain Gustavus Conyngha

he storm-cloud flies, The threatening billow on the deep Obedient lies.) The very same year the county palatine of Chester received the same relief from its oppression, and the same remedy to its disorders. Before this time Chester was little less distempered than Wales. The inhabitants, without rights themselves, were the fittest to destroy the rights of others: and from thence Richard II. drew the standing army of archers, with which for a time he oppressed England. The people of Chester applied to Parliament in a petition penned as I shall read to you: To the king our sovereign lord, in most humble wise shown unto your excellent Majesty, the inhabitants of your Grace's county palatine of Chester; That where the said county palatine of Chester is and hath been always hitherto exempt. excluded and separated out and from your high court of Parliament, to have any knights and burgesses within the said court; by reason whereof the said inhabitants have hitherto sustained

Clarke, George -1763 Colonial governor; born in England; came to America during the reign of Queen Anne; and settled in New York. When Governor Cosby died he was proclaimed governor pro tem. by the council, and later was commissioned lieutenant-governor by the British government. He died in Chester, England, in 1763.

ntages of one of these baths, which were accessible alike to the rich and the poor. The buildings were illuminated at night by lamps and candelabrae, the light of which was, according to Seneca, thrown on crystal balls placed in the vaulting or on the walls, so as to produce the most dazzling reflection. Glass was introduced in the time of Pliny, who calls it a modern invention. He was mistaken. Remains of baths have been found in all countries where the Roman power extended. At Chester, England, among the ruins of a bath were found bricks stamped with the impression leg XX, leading to the inference that the structure had been erected by the 20th Roman legion, surnamed the Victorious. Those of Pompeii are still in a wonderful state of preservation. In one of the baths of Rome, the basin was found to be coated with a cement so hard that it was impossible to dissolve it sufficiently to analyze its substance. It was a Roman palm (about three inches) thick, and capable of re

t Arch. Name.River.Place.Number of Arches.Span.Rise.Curve.Architect.Date. Ft. In.Ft. In. Washington AqueductCabin John CreekMaryland1220 090 0SegmentMeigs1861 ChesterDeeChester200 042 0SegmentHarrison1820 Vielle BriondeAllierBrionde1183 370 3SegmentGrennier1454 UlmDanubeUlm181 222 3SegmentWiebeking1806 Castle VecchioAdigeVerChester200 042 0SegmentHarrison1820 Vielle BriondeAllierBrionde1183 370 3SegmentGrennier1454 UlmDanubeUlm181 222 3SegmentWiebeking1806 Castle VecchioAdigeVerona159 1055 3EllipseUnknown1354 LavourAgontLavour159 1064 8EllipseSager1775 LondonThamesLondon5152 029 6EllipseRennie1832 ClaixDracGrenoble150 262 3SegmentUnknown1611 AlmaSeineParis141 028 0EllipseDe la Gourniere1857 Pont y PryddTaafGlamorgan1140 035 0SegmentEdwards1755 NeuillySeineNear Paris5127 1031 10EllipsePeronnet1774 Miars, over the Thames. 6. St Mascence, over the Oise. 7. Waterloo, over the Thames. 8. Gloucester, over the Severn. 9. London, over the Thames. 10. Chester, over the Dee. 11. Great Western Railway, over the Thames at Maidenhead. A remarkable bridge (3) was built in 1751 across the Taaf, in Glamorganshire, Wales

page 597. Ther′mo-stat. A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperatures. The balance-thermometer is poised horizontally on an axis, and so arranged that as the mercury contracts or expands in the tube on either side of the mean temperature for which it is adjusted, one end or the other of the thermometer will tip up and actuate a device whereby the heat of an apartment or greenhouse is increased or diminished, as the case may be. One form was invented by Dr. Cummings of Chester, England, and used to open and shut the windows of hot-houses A balance-thermometer. patented in England in 1816 by Kewley, was employed to open and shut doors. An electrical thermostat consists of an ordinary mercurial thermometer, provided with a platinum wire connecting with the mercury in the bulb. Through the other end of the tube is inserted another platinum wire capable of being elevated or depressed. These two wires are in connection with the poles of a battery, and in the circuit