Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaties France entered into with the United States of America in 1778, to give open support to the USA in its revolutionary war against Britain and to promote ...

In addition to being a radio host, Glenn Beck is a self-taught historian, an avid collector of national and international historic artifacts, and founder of “The American Journey Experience,” an ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms, as ...

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Abstract: Objective: Driver drowsiness detection is a key technology that can prevent fatal car accidents caused by drowsy driving. The present work proposes a driver drowsiness detection algorithm ...

A naval cause celebre, the dispute between Augustus Keppel and Sir Hugh Palliser after the inconclusive battle of Ushant in 1778 led to the courts martial (and acquittals) of both admirals. The causes ...

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Among the manuscripts at the National Maritime Museum is one of exceptional interest to the student of naval warfare. It is a journal, kept by an officer in the French flagship Bretagne, of the ...

Washington and his troops braved a brutal winter in an encampment at southeastern Pennsylvania’s Valley Forge from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. Through a combination of disease, malnutrition, ...

Abstract: The ultimate breakdown strength E/sub bd/ of a dielectric material is found to decrease as the dielectric-constant k increases. A thermochemical description of the ultimate breakdown ...

The Articles of Confederation, the governing law at that time, gave the government no power to tax. The government had to rely on contributions from each state. As one man said, why did they need the ...

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