History and development of the atlantic telegraph cable and submarine telegraphy; sources for books and information
plant, which was purchased in the Fall of 1903 and was in full production by May 1904. The Harrisonburg plant was totally destroyed by fire in June 1907. The President and General Manager of both plants was William Harris Tantum who came from Trenton, NJ when the company was formed. The ...
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Prior to the arrival of Christianity, the Netherlands was inhabited by tribes who followed Celtic and Germanic paganism. They worshipped deities such as Teutates, Matrona, and Wuodan, similar to the ancient deities of the British Isles and Scandinavia. The expansion of the Roman Empire into the...
I was hoping we might catch a Whinchat this spring, but this bird was not on my radar at all. I had wondered if we would ever catch one of the dull-brown and quite unremarkable 1st year Common Rosefinches in autumn, as they are rare but regular especially in the Northern Isles and ...
It's weird because, of course, beautiful, 'calligraphic' manuscripts were being written in the British Isles for many centuries before 1600. The celebrated Lindisfarne Gospels were written around 700 AD as part of an established tradition of insular book-hands, which means that 'the history of ...
Under the meticulous direction of movie director and producer Danny Boyle, the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony transformed London's Olympic Stadium into an extravaganza of British culture and history. Titled "Isles of Wonder," it burst into life with a dramatic countdown and a flyby from ...
42 Curriculum Module: White–Native American Contact in Early American History White–Native American Contact in Early American History Editor's Introduction Jason George The Bryn Mawr School for Girls Baltimore, Maryland One of the most exciting areas of recent scholarship in U.S. history involves ...
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