Sunday, May 20, 2007
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA POST
BENGUELA-african country south of Angola. gotta check an old atlas, might have it
BERGAMOT (oil)- i am fond of earl grey and have a bergamot perfume so i read this entry. -from th rind of a citrus fruit(realy?!?), leaves and flowers like bitter orange. 3" round. thin lemon yellow, smooth rind.
BERLIN-entymology of the name obscure. celtic? ber=short and lyn=lake, or wend word wer=free open place. or 'werl'=river island. prof paul cassel in recent published dissertation suggestsgerman word bruhl(w/ umlauts) marshy district. which it was.
-beginnings, was 2 towns coln + berlin. 1st date 1237, mentioned from a letter in 1244. earlyreformation reformed 1565, population 12,000. after 30 years war-6,000.on death of the great elector in 1688, the pop was 20,000. the elector Frederick III, after king fred I sought to make it a royal 'residence', raised berlin's rank in 1701. from that time it grew in extant, splendor, and population.
Fred the great found it at his succession in 1740 w/ 90,000. at succession of Fred William IV in 1840 it had 331,894 and in July 1874 949,144. from 2 townships to 16 covering 25 sq miles.
considered changing from province to kingdom.
progress and prosperity checked here and there. 17c imperialists and swedes under Wallenstien and under Gustavus Adolphus as enemies within berlin's walls. 18c austrians and russians during 7 years war. 19c napoleon I and the french. 1848 the march revolution, but 1866 + 1870 wiped away these dark spots.
BERMUDAS/SOMMER'S ISLANDS/SUMMER ISLANDS- 'discovered' when ship wrecked under Juan Bermudez on voyage to cuba from Spain with hogs in 1522. Henry May(l?), an englishman had the same fate in 1598 and lastly sir george sommers shipwrecked in 1609. sir george settled there, plans for settlement, but died before completed to his design.1612 granted offshoot of Virginia Co. 1st wealth tobacco and later salt loagoons at turks island.1726 Berkeley chose bermuda as seat of missionary establishment. 1st paper started in 1784.
BERNADOTTE, jean-baptiste-jules, later King charles XIV of Sweden and Norway. B 1764 in Bearn to a lawyer.parents wanted him to go into law as well, but chose military career in 1780. he rose thru ranks 1792 a colonel, 1793 a general of brigade. also diplomatic skills. 1806 he was created a prince of Ponte Corvo. 1810, the death of prince Augustenburg of sweden left the kingdom without heir. he was nominated successor to charles XIII of sweden. was against napoleon. 1818, king. d 1844, succeeded by son oscar.
whoops, there went geometry. was gonna say chemistry but that was gone the year i fucking took that damn class.
BENGUELA-african country south of Angola. gotta check an old atlas, might have it
BERGAMOT (oil)- i am fond of earl grey and have a bergamot perfume so i read this entry. -from th rind of a citrus fruit(realy?!?), leaves and flowers like bitter orange. 3" round. thin lemon yellow, smooth rind.
BERLIN-entymology of the name obscure. celtic? ber=short and lyn=lake, or wend word wer=free open place. or 'werl'=river island. prof paul cassel in recent published dissertation suggestsgerman word bruhl(w/ umlauts) marshy district. which it was.
-beginnings, was 2 towns coln + berlin. 1st date 1237, mentioned from a letter in 1244. earlyreformation reformed 1565, population 12,000. after 30 years war-6,000.on death of the great elector in 1688, the pop was 20,000. the elector Frederick III, after king fred I sought to make it a royal 'residence', raised berlin's rank in 1701. from that time it grew in extant, splendor, and population.
Fred the great found it at his succession in 1740 w/ 90,000. at succession of Fred William IV in 1840 it had 331,894 and in July 1874 949,144. from 2 townships to 16 covering 25 sq miles.
considered changing from province to kingdom.
progress and prosperity checked here and there. 17c imperialists and swedes under Wallenstien and under Gustavus Adolphus as enemies within berlin's walls. 18c austrians and russians during 7 years war. 19c napoleon I and the french. 1848 the march revolution, but 1866 + 1870 wiped away these dark spots.
BERMUDAS/SOMMER'S ISLANDS/SUMMER ISLANDS- 'discovered' when ship wrecked under Juan Bermudez on voyage to cuba from Spain with hogs in 1522. Henry May(l?), an englishman had the same fate in 1598 and lastly sir george sommers shipwrecked in 1609. sir george settled there, plans for settlement, but died before completed to his design.1612 granted offshoot of Virginia Co. 1st wealth tobacco and later salt loagoons at turks island.1726 Berkeley chose bermuda as seat of missionary establishment. 1st paper started in 1784.
BERNADOTTE, jean-baptiste-jules, later King charles XIV of Sweden and Norway. B 1764 in Bearn to a lawyer.parents wanted him to go into law as well, but chose military career in 1780. he rose thru ranks 1792 a colonel, 1793 a general of brigade. also diplomatic skills. 1806 he was created a prince of Ponte Corvo. 1810, the death of prince Augustenburg of sweden left the kingdom without heir. he was nominated successor to charles XIII of sweden. was against napoleon. 1818, king. d 1844, succeeded by son oscar.
whoops, there went geometry. was gonna say chemistry but that was gone the year i fucking took that damn class.
