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Journal of the House of Lords
… of the Question. How many Men ought there to be to each Gun? It depends on the Size of the Gun. What is the Size of the Guns? I take it they mostly … Eighteen-pounders, and some of a lighter Description of Gun; they are not confined to any particular Class of Gun; …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Agaric - Air gun Agaric [agrigg; agrick; agaricus; agaricke; agarick; … the jaundice and the spleen.' [Culpeper (1653, new ed. n.d.)] It was most commonly ingested as a drink and brewed as … Found made of SILK, SILVER Sources: Tradecards. Air gun OED, using a quotation dated 1829, described an air GUN …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Hertford, 12 miles (W. by S.) from Hertford, and 20 (N. W. by N.) from London; containing, with those portions of the … rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 2 miles (W. N. W.) from Hurst-Pierrepoint; containing 395 inhabitants, …
Survey of London
… and Bacon's 'steam guns,' prototypes of the modern machine gun. * Ultimately Nash let off the buildings in sections and … Street and assisted Burgess and Edis. It is marked "Steam Gun Factory" on Davis's Map of St. Marylebone, 1834. For Sir …
Survey of London
… account of British firms of distillers, by H. Sarson. D.N.B. The life, times and scientific labours of the second …
Survey of London
… the Prince's statue under its protective canopy is of gun-metal bronze. This arrangement was criticized at the … latter part of 1863 and early part of 1864 Scott expected gun-metal from the Government and accepted that the groups … H.C.C. 2, Grey to Cole, 3, 9 Jan. 1862. T. 3 Jan. 1862. N.M. pp. 12: RA Add. H2/4: H.C.C. 2, Clarendon to Grey, 19 …
Survey of London
… Grey was 'a little disappointed'. 281 Foley estimated the gun-metal he would need at twelve tons. 282 His appointment … owing to him, in consideration of the twelve tons of gun-metal supplied by the Government, was the same as that … that is, 87 per ton. Ibid., H2/5016, 51213, 7989. N.M. p. 15. Scott, Recollections, p. 266: N.M. p.42. RA Add. …
Old and New London
… and a dash the letter A, and a dash and a dot the letter N. The letters of the alphabet are thus made up of a series …
Old and New London
… tried to persuade the soldiers to surrender the Tower, two gun-shops in the Minories were broken open by the rioters, …
A Dictionary of London
… out of Seven Step Alley between Hutchison's Avenue and Gun Square, Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O.S. 1848-51-O.S. … from the text illuminators living near the Cathedral (N. and Q. 9th S. IV. p. 134). It has been suggested that this … crossing Ludgate, the chanting of the Credo took place (N. and Q. 9th S. IV. pp. 190-1). Amen House Mentioned 1641 …