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... Admiralty in 1760 ; but as all early steam navigators attempted in the first place to assimilate their inven- tions to the two propellers known to nature - the duck's foot and the salmon's tail - it was possible that he was not aware of ...
... Admiralty in 1760 ; but as all early steam navigators attempted in the first place to assimilate their inven- tions to the two propellers known to nature - the duck's foot and the salmon's tail - it was possible that he was not aware of ...
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... Admiralty Warrant to the first Kent ambi - navigator vessel , dated April 26 , 1790 , in- forms us that she was 51 feet in length , 6 feet 2 inches in breadth , 3 feet 4 inches in depth . In this vessel the vibrators ' appear to have ...
... Admiralty Warrant to the first Kent ambi - navigator vessel , dated April 26 , 1790 , in- forms us that she was 51 feet in length , 6 feet 2 inches in breadth , 3 feet 4 inches in depth . In this vessel the vibrators ' appear to have ...
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... Admiralty was vested in the Navy Board and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty . The civil administration gave every opportunity for jobbery , peculation and waste ; but the Navy Board were bitterly opposed to any plan which , in ...
... Admiralty was vested in the Navy Board and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty . The civil administration gave every opportunity for jobbery , peculation and waste ; but the Navy Board were bitterly opposed to any plan which , in ...
Page 172
... Admiralty appointed him Master of the Ambi- navigator ship . He was one of the committee of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture chosen to conduct experiments in Greenland Dock ; but he was no scientist or mathematician ...
... Admiralty appointed him Master of the Ambi- navigator ship . He was one of the committee of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture chosen to conduct experiments in Greenland Dock ; but he was no scientist or mathematician ...
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... Admiralty on June 30 , 1794 ; but towards the end of 1796 he desired a new arrange- In November Lord Spencer , who had succeeded Lord Chatham at the Admiralty , wrote to him : - ' My Lord , -Some difficulties on the subject of the Kent ...
... Admiralty on June 30 , 1794 ; but towards the end of 1796 he desired a new arrange- In November Lord Spencer , who had succeeded Lord Chatham at the Admiralty , wrote to him : - ' My Lord , -Some difficulties on the subject of the Kent ...
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Page 274 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 53 - That it is now necessary to declare, that, to report any opinion, or pretended opinion, of his Majesty upon any bill, or other proceeding, depending in either House of Parliament, with a view to influence the votes of the members, is a high crime and misdemeanour, derogatory to the honour of the Crown, a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament, and subversive of the constitution of this country...
Page 82 - After sharing in the benefits of one revolution, I have been spared to be a witness to two other revolutions, both glorious.
Page 44 - Commons, that the war on the continent of North America may no longer be pursued for the impracticable purpose of reducing the inhabitants of that country to obedience...
Page 31 - He looked like a dying man ; yet never was seen a figure of more dignity ; he appeared like a being of a superior species.
Page 144 - Dear Citizen, — This morning at six o'clock Citizen Hardy was taken away by order from the Secretary of State's office : they seized every thing they could lay hands on. Query — Is it possible to get ready by Thursday...
Page 275 - I believe that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever.
Page 90 - That this meeting does most cordially rejoice in the establishment and confirmation of liberty in France, and that it beholds, with peculiar satisfaction, the sentiments of amity and good-will which appear to pervade the people of that country towards this, especially at a time when it is the manifest interest...
Page 276 - I further declare, that I do not believe that any sin whatsoever committed by me can be forgiven at the mere will of any pope, or of any priest, or of any person or persons whatsoever; but...
Page 83 - France their congratulations on the Revolution in that country, and on the prospect it gives to the two first kingdoms in the world, of a common participation in the blessings of civil and religious liberty.