Notes and Queries, Volym 148–149Oxford University Press, 1925 |
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... James Watt ( 1736-1819 ) , the reputed inventor of the steam - engine , was honoured by the Admiralty on behalf of the nation , in the choice of his The James name for a ship of the line . Excerpt from Transactions , Newcomen Soc . Vol ...
... James Watt ( 1736-1819 ) , the reputed inventor of the steam - engine , was honoured by the Admiralty on behalf of the nation , in the choice of his The James name for a ship of the line . Excerpt from Transactions , Newcomen Soc . Vol ...
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... James ' Palace , 13 Sept. , 1831. On 2 Sept. , 1855 , Sir Richard ( who must not be confused with his namesake , Sir Richard Francis Burton , the great explorer ) , died at his seat , Sackett's Hill House , and was buried at St. Peter's ...
... James ' Palace , 13 Sept. , 1831. On 2 Sept. , 1855 , Sir Richard ( who must not be confused with his namesake , Sir Richard Francis Burton , the great explorer ) , died at his seat , Sackett's Hill House , and was buried at St. Peter's ...
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... James Lowry , who was convicted and hung in chains in 1752 for murder on the high seas ; and ( 3 ) Major James Macdonald , whose identity I have hitherto failed to trace . The only information afforded by the above description is as ...
... James Lowry , who was convicted and hung in chains in 1752 for murder on the high seas ; and ( 3 ) Major James Macdonald , whose identity I have hitherto failed to trace . The only information afforded by the above description is as ...
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... James Charles Hurst ( above ) used to say that his grandfather had seen Charles I executed . He himself died in 1888 , aged 92 . The arms used by him were A sun in splendour with a hurst of five trees as a crest . NORMAN LONG BROWN . 2 ...
... James Charles Hurst ( above ) used to say that his grandfather had seen Charles I executed . He himself died in 1888 , aged 92 . The arms used by him were A sun in splendour with a hurst of five trees as a crest . NORMAN LONG BROWN . 2 ...
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... JAMES ) This dog was white , and entirely covered with MACKINTOSH ( cxlvii . 373 ) . There is a good account of Sir James Mackintosh in ' Anderson's Scottish Nation . ' It is therein stated that he was appointed Recorder , or Criminal ...
... JAMES ) This dog was white , and entirely covered with MACKINTOSH ( cxlvii . 373 ) . There is a good account of Sir James Mackintosh in ' Anderson's Scottish Nation . ' It is therein stated that he was appointed Recorder , or Criminal ...
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