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Themistocles
Themistocles , c.525-462 BC, Athenian statesman and naval commander. He was elected one of the three archons in 493 BC In succeeding years many of his rivals were eliminated by ostracism and he became the chief figure of Athenian politics. He persuaded the Athenians to build up their navy,... Read more |
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barograph
barograph instrument used to make a continuous recording of atmospheric pressure. The pressure-sensitive element, a partially evacuated metal cylinder, is linked to a pen arm in such a way that the vertical displacement of the pen is proportional to the changes in the atmospheric pressure. The pen... Read more |
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Sir Bertram Home Ramsay
Sir Bertram Home Ramsay 1883-1945, British admiral. A career naval officer who retired in 1938, he returned to the service in World War II to command British and Allied naval units in some of the most spectacular operations of the war. He directed the evacuation of Dunkirk (1940), led the Allied... Read more |
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Ramsgate
Ramsgate , town (1991 pop. 36,678), in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, SE England. Ramsgate is a resort and yachting harbor. The town began as a fishing settlement, and extensive trade with Baltic ports developed early in the 18th cent. Queen Victoria lived there as a young princess. Examples of Regency... Read more |
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aneroid barometer
aneroid barometer Instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as represented by the height (or thickness) of a sealed, flexible, metal, concertina-shaped drum from which air has been partially evacuated. Variations in the height of the drum are transmitted to a pressure scale either mechanically,... Read more |
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The Blockade
Blockade, The, unpublished play by General John Burgoyne, was performed in Boston (1775) while the British army occupied the city. It ridicules the valor of the rebel soldiers and makes light of the situation in which the British found themselves. Shortly after their evacuation of the city, the play... Read more |
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Fort Pickens
Fort Pickens fortification on the western end of Santa Rosa Island at the entrance to Pensacola Bay, NW Fla. When Florida joined the Confederacy in Jan., 1861, Fort Barrancas on the mainland was evacuated and its garrison sent to Fort Pickens. Refusing to surrender, the fort was reinforced and... Read more |
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Hanko
Hanko or Hangö , city (1996 pop. 10,623), Southern Finland prov., SW Finland, at the tip of the Hanko peninsula on the Baltic Sea. A popular bathing resort and a manufacturing town, it is the most important winter port in Finland. It was leased to the Soviet Union for 30 years as a naval... Read more |
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Global warming prompts early evacuation of Russian research station from...
...Institute in St. Petersburg. "The evacuation is ahead of schedule because of global...Balyasnikov said. The nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika will escort a research vessel...equipment to prepare for the arrival of the icebreaker and the research vessel Mikhail Somov... |
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Rivers flood across East, forcing evacuations
...engineers feared the dam was unstable.There were scattered evacuations of homes in Deerpark, in rural southern New York state and...were monitoring a pair of ice jams in Plymouth, N.H. Icebreakers were stationed on Maine's Kennebec River and in Vermont... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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Fire aboard Argentine ship forces evacuation.(Front)
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A raging fire on an Argentine navy icebreaker forced all 296 people aboard to abandon ship in the South Atlantic, where they spent hours in lifeboats awaiting rescue by... |
 "Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN)")
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Expedition to leave Pole aboard ship.
...the options, including the safest possible evacuation, if it is deemed necessary. In order to...have researched the simplest methods of evacuation. We have enlisted a Russian icebreaker (with a helicopter) that is on a scheduled... |
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Flood forecast promising for Manitoba
...towns and rural municipalities to begin preparing for worst-case scenarios with sandbagging and evacuation plans. And the new Amphibex icebreaker will be working this weekend breaking up the slush at the outlet of the Portage diversion where... |
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Men end North Pole expedition: EVACUATE:Fast-melting ice forces the Grand...
...August or early September. But a Russian icebreaker in the area agreed to send a helicopter...to be rescued. The easiest method of evacuation was to enlist the help of the Russian nuclear icebreaker Yamal, which was on a scheduled excursion... |
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Plane evacuates sick US man from Antarctica
...during the summer months, when most scientists are ferried in and out of the station. Icebreaker ships are used to bring in fuel.A few winter evacuations of sick workers have been undertaken from Antarctica, including a dramatic midwinter... |
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Antarctic worker treated for pneumonia in NZealand
...made during the summer, when most scientists are ferried in and out of the station. Icebreaker ships are used to bring in fuel.A few winter evacuations of sick workers have been undertaken from Antarctica, including a dramatic midwinter... |
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STATE NATIVE, PARTNER 1ST AT NORTH POLE IN SUMMER.(METRO)
...evacuated by helicopter to a Russian icebreaker after they determined they would not...he had few other details of how their evacuation went. The explorers intended to hitch a ride on the icebreaker to Siberia and then fly to Helsinki... |
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MEN ARE EVACUATED ON RETURN FROM NORTH POLE.(LOCAL)
...he had few other details of how their evacuation went. The explorers intended to hitch a ride on the icebreaker to Siberia and then fly to Helsinki...home in Grand Marais, Minn., that evacuation was never the adventurers' first choice... |
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