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1Ton — (t[u^]n), n. [OE. tonne, tunne, a tun, {AS}. tunne a tun, tub, a large vessel; akin to G. & F. tonne a ton, tun, LL. tunna a tun; all perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. tunna a tun. Cf. {Tun},{Tunnel}.] (Com.) A measure of weight or… …
2Henry Burden — (April 22, 1791–January 19, 1871) was an engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy, New York called the Burden Iron Works that featured the most powerful water wheel in the world.Early lifeHenry Burden was born in Scotland …
3Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …
4USS Mystic (1853) — was a steamer acquired by the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War when she was known as the USS Memphis and served in the Paraguay expedition of 1858 and 1859. During the American Civil War, she was used by the Union Navy as a gunship in… …
5USS Pulaski (1854) — USS Pulaski (1854), a 401 tonne/395 long ton (burden) side wheel steamship, was in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Kazimierz Pułaski. Named Metacomet when built for commercial owners in 1854, she served as USS Pulaski from… …
6USS Bienville (1861) — was a 1558 ton (Burden) wooden side wheel steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted with heavy guns and assigned to the Union blockade of the waterways of the Confederate States of… …
7USS Banshee (1862) — was a large steamship “blockade runner” that was captured by the Union Navy and converted to Navy use during the American Civil War. Banshee , a 533 ton (burden) side wheel steamship, was built in Liverpool, England, in 1862 for employment… …
8Rush-Bagot Treaty — (1817) An exchange of notes between Richard Rush, acting U.S. secretary of state, and Charles Bagot, British minister in Washington on April 28 and 29, 1817, in which the two nations agreed to limit their naval forces on the Great Lakes.… …
9Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
10environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
