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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
of Maidstone, in Kent. Although iron balls are noticed as being used by the French towards the close of the 14th century, yet no mention is made of them in English history before 1550, when, in an acquittance for delivering up the artillery at Boulogne, they are styled boudetz de. fer. Stone balls were not entirely laid aside in England till the civil war, time of Charles I. Elongated bullets for rifled cannon are now frequently, especially by English writers, termed bolts. These are oftenwrinkled appearance to the goods when taken out of the loom. Aerophanes and gauze are goods of a similar description, either white or colored. Crape is said to have been made by Ste Badour, Queen of France, A. D. 680. It was first made at Boulogne. Crape—mo-rette′. （Fabric.) A gauzy woolen fabric of fine texture, the warp being light and open, and the weft relatively heavy and fleecy. White or colored. Crap′ing—ma-chine′. A machine by which silk is craped, i. e. crinkl
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and charcoal pulverized, and having a head which may be either solid or hollow, to contain a bursting charge, and is closed at bottom with a circular piece of gun-metal, having a central aperture, into which the stick is screwed, and smaller surrounding apertures for the escape of gases. If the shell-head be employed, it is provided with a fuse, so as to burst at or before the time of striking. These rockets were first employed in the attack on Boulogne, in 1806, and again at Copenhagen, in 1807. They were also used at the battle of Leipsic, 1813, by the British rocket troop, an organization which is still maintained in that service. In Hale's rocket, the stick is dispensed with. As originally made, this rocket, which in external appearance resembles Congreve's, had a central aperture at the rear, through which the propelling gas escaped, surrounded by smaller tangential apertures for imparting rotation. These were employed by the Un
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
*Crete to Alexandria, Egypt1501,600 1859*Singapore to Batavia63020 1859Denmark to Heligoland4628 1859*Cromer, England, to Heligoland32830 1859Isle of Man to Whitehaven, England3630 1859Sweden to Gottland6470 1859Folkestone, England, to Boulogne, France2430 1859Malta to Sicily6075 1859Jersey to Pirou, France2110 1859*Otranto, Italy, to Aviano, Turkey50400 1859*Ceuta, Africa, to Algesiras, Spain25700 1859*Cape Otway, Circular Head24060 1860Great Belt, Denmark (2 cables)1418 1860*Daccaous damage. In 1770 the Russians burned the Turkish fleet in the port of Tchesme, and destroyed the fortifications by the shock of the explosion. In 1804 the loaded catamarans of Fulton were used by the English against the French fleet off Boulogne. But little damage was done. The experiments were repeated again and again against Le Forte Rouge at Calais, 1804 (Fulton blew up the brig Dorothea in Walmer Roads, October, 1805. See Fulton's Torpedo war, and Torpedoes, their invention and
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 5: political studies abroad (search)
guration of the new president, the personnel and character of his cabinet, and finally gave what is aptly designated as the balance-sheet of the revolution. In his astonishment at the enormous popular majority of Louis Napoleon, he declared that France has voted like a drunken man, and that many feared he would at once make himself emperor, but such an act of usurpation he dismissed as improbable, and if undertaken, no matter under what pretence, as sure to result in failure as did that at Boulogne. He believed that both the army and the great body of the people were true to the republic, and would support it against all its enemies whatsoever, and that there was at that time no reason to fear that the president-elect would accept the imperial crown if it were offered him. Besides, he suggested that with the formation of his cabinet and the establishment of his government on a working basis, M. Napoleon has his hands full without thinking immediately of putting on the crown of his un
James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W. Higginson, J. S. C. Abbott, E. M. Hoppin, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, Women of the age; being natives of the lives and deeds of the most prominent women of the present gentlemen, Camilla Urso (search)
-won crosses, rendered homage to the fair violinist, who saw with delight the faces of Alexander Dumas, Lord Cowley, and Professor Alard. Her finest morceau on this occasion was a Fantasie-Caprice of Vieuxtemps. From Paris she went to Arras, Boulogne, Valenciennes, and Cambray. At Boulogne she appeared at two successive concerts given by the Musical Society of that town,--a circumstance almost unknown in the records of the society. After spending fourteen months abroad, she returned to ABoulogne she appeared at two successive concerts given by the Musical Society of that town,--a circumstance almost unknown in the records of the society. After spending fourteen months abroad, she returned to America, where she has remained ever since. Her life since then has been the same story of travel, study, and concerts. She has become a great favorite both in the East and West. What Boston thinks of her may be understood from the fact that she has given more than one hundred concerts in that city. There she feels herself entirely at home, surrounded by sympathetic and appreciative friends. One of the sincerest and most highly prized of all tributes to her musical accomplishments is a let
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 28: the city Oration,—the true grandeur of nations.—an argument against war.—July 4, 1845.—Age 34. (search)
police against malefactors within your country; and, on principle, I cannot distinguish the right to such a police from the right to military protection against an invading enemy. Perhaps you may think this a cavil, rather than an argument; for the true answer is that no wars are purely defensive. But surely we are justified in strengthening our coasts when we are within an hour's steaming of the French, who are actually wild for a descent on England, after Thiers's romance of the camp at Boulogne, in his last volume. I know that Dr. Wayland holds it better to submit to invasion than to incur the guilt of war. But guilt rests in the motive; and if the motive is protection, not annoyance, does it contravene the precepts of the Gospel? . . . The last report I had of your doings was the account of the Anti-Texas meeting. Speech at Faneuil Hall, Nov. 4, 1845. Works, Vol. I. p. 149. I am really proud, my good friend, of the prominence of your exertions on every occasion in behalf of
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
he fanous forest of Fontainebleau; then went through the palace; then to Paris, reaching my old quarters, Rue de la Paix, at five o'clock; in the evening went to Ambigu Comique to see Le Naufrage de la Meduse. June 16. Left Paris in train for Boulogne; while train stopped at Amiens for refreshments ran to see the famous cathedral; crossing from Boulogne to Folkestone was quite sea-sick; met aboard Miss Hosmer the sculptor, Gibson, Macdonald, and other artists from Rome; reached London betweenBoulogne to Folkestone was quite sea-sick; met aboard Miss Hosmer the sculptor, Gibson, Macdonald, and other artists from Rome; reached London between nine and ten o'clock in the evening. June 17. Looked about for permanent lodgings; took rooms at No. 1 Regent Street [Maurigy's]; saw my old friend J. Parkes, and dined with him in Saville Row. June 18. Left a few cards on old friends; saw the queen in her carriage coming from the levee; went to the opera, Don Giovanni; afterwards to Monckton Milnes, who seemed much altered since I knew him. June 19. Down into the city; dined at Dolby's; in the evening went to Albert Smith's Mont Blan
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 22: 1848! (search)
. What history is condensed in these few words? Why has not that history been faithfully and minutely recorded, as a warning and a guide to the men of future revolutions? Why has no one deduced from the events of the last eighty years a science of Revolution, laid down the principles upon which success is possible, probable, certain? The attempt, and not the deed confounded Europe, and condemned her to more years of festering stagnation. As I looked out of the window of my hotel, in Boulogne, says a recent traveler, it seemed to me that all the men were soldiers, and that women did all the work. How pitiful! How shameful! A million of men under arms! The army, the elite of the nation! One man of every ten to keep the other, nine in order! O infinite and dastardly imbecility! I need not say that the Tribune plunged into the European contests headlong. It chronicled every popular triumph with exultation unbounded. One of the editors of the paper, Mr. Charles A. Dana, we
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 4 (search)
nd all its immense material by water, and plant it down on a new theatre of operations near two hundred miles distant, is an enterprise the details of which must be studied ere its colossal magnitude can be adequately apprehended. Perhaps the best light in which such an operation may be read is furnished in Napoleon's elaborate Notes on his intended invasion of Great Britain in 1805, when he proposed to transport an army of one hundred and fifty thousand men in four thousand vessels from Boulogne to the English coast. As a military operation, there is, of course, no comparison to be made, because the Army of the Potomac had at Fortress Monroe an assured base in advance. It is simply as a material enterprise that there is a similarity. These notes are given in the collection of Memoirs dictated to Montholon and Gourgaud (Historical Miscellanies, vol. II., pp. 373, et seq.) It was an undertaking eminently characteristic of the American genius, and of a people distinguished above a
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
nd, and dau. of Wm. Partridge, Lieut.-governor of New Hampshire. His children, born in Boston, were Andrew, b. 7 Nov. 1707, grad. H. C. 1724, Register of the Court of Admiralty, member of the Council, and d. at Milton 24 Jan. 1771, a. 63; Sarah, b. 22 Ap. 1709, m. Byfield Lyde, Esq., 17 Aug. 1727, and d. 5 Oct. 1768; Jonathan, b. 23 July 1710, grad. H. C. 1728, Chief Justice and Lieut.-governor of Nova Scotia, where he d. 29 Mar. 1776, leaving son Daniel, a merchant in Halifax, d. at Boulogne, France, 17 Nov. 1841, a. 78, and a dau. Mary Emilia Elizabeth, who m. Dr. Tim. L. Jennison, and d. in Camb., 23 Aug. 1848, a. 88; William, b. 12 Ap. 1712; Thomas, b. 14 May 1713. Jona-than the f. after his return from Europe, devoted himself for a time to commerce, in company with his father, but afterwards abandoned it for public life. He was a member of the Council, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1722, 1723, 1726, 1727; and was elected in 1729, but was negatived by Gov. Burnet. He then visited Europe
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