Their next adventure took the group to 1605 London, mere days away from the Gunpowder Plot. After encouraging Barbara and Ian to enjoy a showing of Shakespeare's plays at the Theatre, the Doctor took Vicki to the court of King James I, disguised as a priest of York, with Vicki as his...
Who invented gunpowder? Who invented the first tank? Who invented the first battery? Who invented the bullet? Who invented the first bullet train? Who invented the crossbow? Who invented the first vaccine? Who invented the first cigarette?
The site of Gunwharf Quays was one of the original naval locations in Portsmouth. In the 17th century the first main ordnance yard for the Navy was established here. Ships would collect their gunpowder, canon balls and other weapons before going to sea. Over the years the site was home to...
a等待火药 Waits for the gunpowder[translate] a咸丰县甲马池镇中心卫生院 Countyfeng County armor and war horse pond town center public health center[translate] a再过两周就到我儿子的生日了 Again crossed two weeks to arrive my son's birthday[translate] ...
aRocket technology has progressed considerably since the days of ‘fire arrows’ (bamboo poles filled with gunpowder) first used in China around 500 BC, and, during the Sung Dynasty, to repel Mongol invaders at the battle of Kaifeng (Kai-fung fu) in AD 1232. These ancient rockets stand in...
To take the fort, Indian sappers moved to the front gate under covering fire from artillery guns, emplaced gunpowder on the gate itself, and opened the fortress for British exploitation. Four British regiments of foot then stormed through the gate and took the castle after bitter hand-to-...
In game theory, a player enjoys a first-mover advantage if he achieves a higher payoff by turning the game into a sequential one with him being the first mover, provided of course that the game can be changed in the first place. Leaving the proviso aside
immediately applied themselves to getting hold of the military power of the country, well knowing that the King was already trying hard to use it against them, and that he had secretly sent the Earl of Newcastle to Hull, to secure a valuable magazine of arms and gunpowder that was there. ...
through a crack in the moon’s crust into a deep chasm, The Doctor ventured onto the moon and used a blackboard to communicate with the astronauts in the vacuum. He told them to use the moon’s reduced gravity to jump out of the chasm, which resulted in them being freed. (Moon ...
Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc. noun (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of...