Lennart Torstensson
Lennart Torstensson , 1603-51, Swedish general in the Thirty Years War . He was one of the generals trained by Gustavus II in the new techniques of war. As commander of the Swedish artillery at Breitenfeld (1631) and the Lech (1632), he was responsible for the success of the new mobile field artillery. Captured after an unsuccessful attack on Wallenstein, Torstensson was held (1632-33) prisoner. After the death of Baner, Torstensson succeeded to command of the Swedish troops in 1641. He infused new morale into the mutinous army and led the Swedes to numerous victories in Saxony, Moravia, Silesia, and Bohemia, including the second battle of Breitenfeld (1642). In 1643-44 he overran Denmark, which opposed Sweden, but after the indecisive battle of Kolberg Heath (1644) he left Karl Gustav Wrangel in charge of the Danish war and reentered Germany. His brilliant victory at Jankau (1645) cleared the way to Prague and Vienna. Sickness forced him to resign (1646) command to Wrangel. He was made count of Ortala in 1647 and held high civil posts in Sweden. He was the military teacher of Charles X. The name also appears as Torstenson.
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Travel: Island in the sun; HARRY ARNOLD FINDS PEACE ON SAMOS.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 6/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...Crocodile Dundee. This was the Greek island of Samos, so what exactly was going on? Vasilis...the Oriental Garden Chinese restaurant in Samos's bustling resort of Pythagorio, was...that - if you like very hot weather then Samos is the place for you but in August it can...
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Time Off : Nothing but peace and quiet on idyllic island; Jane Clare enjoys the slower pace of life on beautiful Samos.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 9/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...south west coast of the Greek island of Samos has just a few things to offer, like peace...night in Kokkari, just west of the port of Samos. On the balcony, in the fresh, sea wind...out to Pythagorion, on the south east of Samos, the place to be seen if you have a yacht...
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The International Conference on Institutional Evaluation Techniques in Education (ICIETE, Samos, Greece, 2005)
Magazine article from: Journal of Science Education; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Techniques in Education (ICIETE) was held in Samos, Greece, 1-3 July, 2005 to bring together...collegial debate". The event continued the Samos international conference tradition in creating...institutions from Europe, who came to Samos ICIETE with the specific aim of sharing...
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Police say 20 illegal immigrants detained on Greek island of Samos
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/12/2005; 188 words
; ...AP Worldstream 07-12-2005 Dateline: SAMOS, Greece Police detained 20 illegal immigrants on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Samos on Tuesday, authorities said. The 17...likely come from the nearby Turkish coast, Samos police said. Their nationalities were...
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3am: Holly Samos.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 4/9/2001; 229 words
; Byline: Polly Graham, Jessica Callan and Eva Simpson MUCH embarrassment for Chris Evans' sidekick Holly Samos when she tried to take out two videos from a Blockbusters branch in South London. The assistant told her: "You've got a pounds...
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United States: A sheep in wolf s clothing: the Samos E-5 recoverable satellite (part 1).
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 7/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...spacecraft, the United States Air Force had its own large, pressurized, recoverable space capsule. Developed in secret, the Samos E-5 spacecraft flew with a reconnaissance camera, but it was clearly an Air Force effort to develop a manned military spacecraft...
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International Conference on Institutional Evaluation Techniques in Education, ICIETE (Samos, Greece, 2006)
Magazine article from: Journal of Science Education; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...ProQuest: ... denotes text missing in the original.) ...ference on Institutional Evaluation Techniques in Education on Samos Island, Greece was held from June 30 - July 3, 2006. It was organized by the Research and Training Institute of the East...
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Travel: Play it again Samos; TRAVEL ADVICE CONTEST DocHOLIDAY your problems solved.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...Corfu again, I would suggest a week in Samos. This island, just off the Turkish coast...Faliraki on Rhodes or parts of Kos. Samos is densely wooded, in places quite mountainous...There are some spectacular beaches on Samos, mainly based around Pythagorion and Samos...
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SAMOS clean-up for water system.
Magazine article from: Process Engineering; 9/1/1999; 480 words
; ...array chromatography system, dubbed SAMOS (system for the automatic monitoring of...depends on how clean the water is. The SAMOS only works on samples that contain only...them. Hewlett Packard, which makes the SAMOS, recommended that Southern Water should...
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Lucky Break Gold, Samos Resources and Stardust Ventures list on the VSE. (Vancouver Stock Exchange)
PR Newswire; 1/8/1988; 700+ words
; LUCKY BREAK GOLD, SAMOS RESOURCES AND STARDUST VENTURES LIST ON...PRNewswire/ -- Lucky Break Gold Inc., Samos Resources Ltd. and Stardust Ventures...Exchange this morning, Lucky Break and Samos at the opening and Stardust at 10 a...
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Aristarchus of Samos
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Aristarchus of Samos The Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos (ca. 310-230 B.C.) hypothesized that the earth...distances of the sun, moon, and earth. Born on the island of Samos, Aristarchus studied at Athens in the Lyceum under Straton...
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Pythagoras of Samos
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS ( b. Samos, ca. 560 b.c.; d. Metapontum, ca. 480 b.c.) mathematics...c. (or, according to another tradition, 520 b.c.) he left Samos to settle in Croton, in southern Italy, perhaps because of his opposition...
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Duris of Samos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Duris of Samos , fl. 3d cent. BC, Greek historian. A descendent of Alcibiades , Duris was tyrant of Samos for a time. He wrote Samian Chronicle —a history of Samos—and a rambling history of Greece and Macedonia...
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Samos
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Samos An island in the Aegean Sea, SW of Ephesus , visited by Paul briefly before he came to Miletus (Acts 20: 15). Jews had been living on the island for some time (1 Macc. 15: 23); it had been part of the Roman province of Asia since 129 BCE.
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Conon of Samos
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Conon of Samos ( b . Samos; fl . Alexandria, 245 b.c.), mathematics, astronomy, meteorology...x2013; 1340. See also Gerald L. Geison, “ Did Conon of Samos Transmit Babylonian Observations?, ” in Isis , 58 , pt...
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