Steam Weapons and War How Steam Alters Defense and Offense
The article surveys early steam weapon concepts in Britain and France, noting steam engines for naval and field use, defensive fortifications, and the potential impact on warfare. It weighs the advantages of steam over gunpowder, predicts shifts in strategy, and contemplates national arms race dynamics and naval readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Girard
Paris
Annales de Sciences Militaires
Les
Anales de L'Industrie
Perlo
Conta
Perkins
England
America
France
Russia
Turkey
Austria
Siean
Krederie
Bonaparte
Steaus
Carnot
Navy Board
Duke of Wellington
Mechanic's Register
Treland and Dublin Review on Ireland’s state and emancipation
Extracts argue that Ireland’s misery and political strife threaten Britain’s empire. They urge decisive reform and legal emancipation for Catholics as essential to peace, union, and prosperity, warning that without fairness and reform the two nations will drift into further conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treland
Edinburgh Review
Ireland
Britain
Roland
England
Great Britain
Hoagland
Plunkett
Importation of Spirits into England and Duty Reduction
Debates on relaxing the spirits monopoly propose allowing Irish and Scottish whiskey imports and extending same laws to England. Speaker urges reducing duty from 10s 6d to 5s per gallon on malt spirits and supporting colonial spirit duties uplift, while acknowledging illicit distillation issues differ from Ireland and Scotland. Barrack-like discussion touches kingland law alignment and export facilitation for Irish and Scotch manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Robinson
Kingland
Ireland
Scotland
Aberdeen
Mdis Au Courant
Horse exports lift prices amid rising breeding
Since the peace, exports of horses to Europe, North America, the West and East Indies, and Austria have surged beyond prior levels. This demand and other evident causes have inflated prices, with no likely fall despite a large rise in breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Desert
United States of America
Continent
North America
West and
East Indies
Austria
Fossil Deer Remains Attract Royal Dublin Society Notice
At a meeting the Royal Dublin Society resolved to allocate one hundred pounds from next year’s grant to fund Sir Charles Giesecke’s autumn tour to Connaught. Archdeacon Maunsell’s letter describes fossil deer remains found with shells and marl in a valley near limestone hills, proposing a flood or dispersal theory and noting preservation conditions. Resolutions followed to publish a description of the skeletons and to report on the specimens.
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Tuewlay
Charles Giesecke
Province of
Connaught
Maunnell
G. Knox
W. P
Middleton Lodge
March Bth
Limerick
Royal Dublin Society
Vierne
Hills Co
Ireland
Occitania
Knox
Committee of
Natural Philosophy
Archdeacon Maunsell
Joy
London
Behnes
Panormo
Thomas Lawrence
Chantry
Gallagher
Hamon
England Exrten Storms and Fancy Dress Ball Report
Weather notes describe repeated tornado-like storms and high tides causing coastal damage in Crickerell and Vermoure with coins and goods recovered. A Clifton Hotel fancy dress ball hosted by Berkshire Freeholders featured lavish entertainment, champagne, and four-room supper. Berkshire voters consider Palmer for county representation. Hallett also plans to run amid anticipated contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crickerell
Christian
Cairton
Clifton Hotel
Braxsatar
Freeholdera
Berkshire
Palmer
Holme Park
Neville
Braybrooke
Hallett
Persians at Leip sic Fair eye trade with German goods
A March letter from Leipsig notes Persians visiting German manufactories to assess goods for their country. They expect silk and Cashemere wool purchases, favor Oriental ornaments, and study Asia interior tastes. Russian transit and Poland trade bring both opportunities and difficulties, with Canada furs selling well and Russia’s fur market weak.
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Leipsig
Germany
Alsace
Asia
Leipsi
Russi
Russian Poland
China
Canada
Freud
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Witary
Naval Parparl
Irtanet
SRAM
Watts
Fdinburgh Review
Dablin
Afie
Bunlianent Street
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