A plot 1750 illustrates the relation between the abscissa 1760 as the closest point of approach and the ordinate 1770 as the miss metric. Diversion to expand approach distance around an obstacle is maintained to equal the miss metric reaches fifty-feet in this example. FIG. 18 shows a tabular...
Ironically, George III’s well-documented, recurrent and serious mental illness had no adverse effect on his own reign as monarch from 1760-1820. Interestingly enough, Bedlam was the popular name for the Bethlem Royal Hospital, sometimes known as St Mary Bethlehem Hospital. The word “Bedlam”,...
Steven Watson, The Reign of George III, 1760–1815 (1960, reprinted 2004). The most accessible later introductions to the period include Roy Porter, English Society in the Eighteenth Century (1982); W.A. Speck, Stability and Strife: England, 1714–1760 (1977); Eric J. Evans, The Forging...
late 17th and 18th centuries depicted a royal household which in minutest detail was essentially that of the medievalsovereign. The six maids of honour of QueenCharlotte, wife ofGeorge III(1760–1820), correspond to the six “dauncelles” who attendedMargaret of Anjou, wife ofHenry VI(1422–...
…addition, by the 1760s the British had made clear their intention to take the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. Although Spain pressured the British out of temporary possession of the islands, the need for greater military control of the South Atlantic region had become apparent. Read More culture...
late 17th and 18th centuries depicted a royal household which in minutest detail was essentially that of the medievalsovereign. The six maids of honour of QueenCharlotte, wife ofGeorge III(1760–1820), correspond to the six “dauncelles” who attendedMargaret of Anjou, wife ofHenry VI(1422–...
…addition, by the 1760s the British had made clear their intention to take the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. Although Spain pressured the British out of temporary possession of the islands, the need for greater military control of the South Atlantic region had become apparent. Read More culture...