Jacques Alexandre César Charles
Jacques Alexandre César Charles , 1746-1823, French physicist. He confirmed Benjamin Franklin's electrical experiments, became interested in aeronautics, and was the first to use hydrogen gas in balloons. In this type of balloon, known as the Charlière, he made an ascent in 1783 of almost 2 mi (3.2 km). He became professor of physics at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Inventor of a thermometric hydrometer, he also improved various devices, the Gravesande heliostat and Fahrenheit's aerometer among others, and anticipated Gay-Lussac's law of the expansion of gases. For Charles's law, see gas laws .
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Quantrill's War: The Life and Times of Willliam Clarke Quantrill
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 1/1/1997; ; 389 words
; Quantrill's War: The Life and Times of William Clarke Quantrill, by Duane Schultz. Rarely does a book feature such...schoolteacher, a man utterly devoid of morals, "Bill" Quantrill used the turmoil of the Civil War-and especially...
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Quantrill leaves bloody legacy; His Southern rangers kill military and civilian prisoners alike.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...Partisan Rangers led by William Quantrill, a man who seems to have had...many instances shooting them. William Clarke Quantrill was born in Canal Dover, Ohio...followers was failing. The end for William Clarke Quantrill came suddenly, as so often...
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SELF-GUIDED TOUR IN LAWRENCE TRACES PATH OF QUANTRILL'S RAID.(Travel & Leisure)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 5/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...guerrillas, led by 26-year-old William Clarke Quantrill, nearly achieved their goal...tour, with 15 stops, follows Quantrill's route the day of the raid...target. On Aug. 18, 1863, Quantrill assembled 400 men in Missouri...
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RAIDER FINALLY AT REST CONFEDERATE GUERRILLA'S REMAINS REBURIED IN MISSOURI.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/25/1992; 700+ words
; ...Confederate guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill is still causing friction between...We are recognizing not just Quantrill, but the partisan rangers...Confederate guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill on Saturday in Higginsville...
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`Blood feud' fuels rivalry ; Gridiron duel inflames partisans.
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 11/24/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to build a coffin for Capt. William Clarke Quantrill, the infamous leader of guerrilla...Kan., in 1863, he agreed. Quantrill's bones had been released...Topeka headquarters. Most of Quantrill's remains were interred during...
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Budding seeds of death ; Motley crew brought violence to Kansas
Newspaper article from: St. Joseph News-Press; 11/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the Civil War. His name was William Clarke Quantrill, an Ohioan in his early 20s...and siblings. Unfortunately, Quantrill had not always been privy to...purported character flaws, Quantrill was smart and had graduated...
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Historian relates how blacks served with Confederates
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 9/27/2001; ; 671 words
; ...The Capital-Journal Before William Clarke Quantrill and hundreds of his Missouri...scout out the town. Noland, Quantrill's primary scout, is just...to the public. Noland joined Quantrill because his family in Missouri...
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QUESTION AND ANSWER COLUMN
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 12/14/2003; ; 561 words
; ...of the sacking of Lawrence by Quantrill's raiders? --- A.K...According to histories of the event, William Clarke Quantrill and his men charged into a still...Quantrill's Lawrence Raid," by William C. Pollard Jr. (Baranski Publishing...
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HERO OF CIVIL WAR WILL BE HONORED AT SPECIAL EVENTS.(LOCAL/STATE)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 8/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...separate battles with the infamous Quantrill's Raiders in Kansas. Lewis...Kan., when the infamous William Clarke Quantrill led his band of guerrillas in...Although in some quarters Quantrill and his men were romanticized...
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Frank James' Navy Colt.(Handguns in History)
Magazine article from: Handguns; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...THE CIVIL WAR AS A MEMBER OF QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS PRIOR TO HIS NOTORIOUS...during his fighting days with Quantrill. The Navy was the best-balanced...rode with former schoolteacher William Clarke Quantrill and his band of guerrillas as...
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William Clarke Quantrill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Clarke Quantrill , 1837-65, Confederate guerrilla leader, b. Canal Dover (now...the rank of captain in the Confederate army. On Aug. 21, 1863, Quantrill, with about 450 men, pillaged Lawrence, Kans., and wantonly killed...
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Quantrill, William Clarke
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Quantrill, William Clarke (1835–65) guerrilla leader, born in Ohio. After dabbling in a number of careers, Quantrill became a jayhawker in Kansas; he avoided arrest by misrepresenting...
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Quantrill's Raid
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
QUANTRILL'S RAID QUANTRILL'S RAID. William Clarke Quantrill, leading a band of 448 Missouri guerrillas...Quantrill's War: The Life and Times of William Clarke Quantrill, 1837 – 1865. New York: St...
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Starr, Belle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and he especially admired William Clarke Quantrill, the ruthless leader of the marauding guerilla band "Quantrill's Raiders." So he was fiercely proud when Bud joined with Quantrill to serve as a scout. However...
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