Saturday, June 20, 2009
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RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DREYSE, JOHANN NICHOLAS VON- 1787-1867. inventor of the needle gun. son of a locksmith. b. sommerda. apprenticed in father's shop + 1806-1809 in altenberg + dresden. 1809-1814 in paris where he worked in a gun factory run by a swiss. pauly, returned to sommerda + joined krebiezel in a factory using machine tools. 1824patented new percussion action + experimented in improving shooting. 1827 invented the needle gun/breech--loading + in 1836, w/ help from prussian govt, the 1st complete needle gun. opened gunary in 1841. 1864 enobled w/ his family. d. 1847.
DROPSY- contraction of hydropsy-fluid retention. edema, uncertain of causes. blah blah blah
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Friday, June 19, 2009
RANDOM PRETTY
the fancy pretty columbine popped up in the back 40 too.
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DREDGE- the naturalists- implement to obtain specimens. illustrations. 4 pgs
DREDGING- excavating materials under water. 4 pgs. illsutrations + graphs.
DRESDEN- caoital of the kingdom of SAXONY on the elbe. known since 1206, of slavonic origin. capital of henry, the illustrious, margrave of miessen, in 1270, but belonged for sometime after his death, 1st to wenceslas of bohemia, then margrave of brandenburg. early in 14th C restored to margrave of miessen. on division of territory in 1485, it fell to the albatine line. almost burned to the ground in 1491, rebuilt + in 16th C, fortifications began + expanded. john george II, in the 17th C formed the grosser garten,+ improved the town, but it was in the 1st 1/2 of the 18th C, under augustus I + augustus II, kings of poland + electors of saxony that it got its present appearance.
more fire. bombarded in 7 yr war in 1760 + 1813 by napoleon + used by napoleon. 1 butress + 2 arches of the old bridge blown up. the french began to dismantle the fortifications + completed in 1817. after french gone, made into gardens + promenades. the revolution in 1849 + more crap. 1866 occupied by prussians.
