10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCOPETTE»
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FLOATING OF THE STRANDED FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR "ESCOPETTE." From
the Moniteur de la Flotte of February 10th. We announced in a recent issue the
floating of the gunboat "Escopette," belonging to the naval division in Indo-China,
...
Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies,
1879
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Revue D'histoire Et D'archéologie
Au milieu du tumulte, Gilles courut vers son frère, l'escopette à la main , un coup
partit , et , au mème instant, Courières, reculant de quelques pas, tomba mort.
Tandis que ses gens attérés se pressaient autour de lui, le capitaine, aidé par ...
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Combustion Technology: Some Modern Developments
The noise, mainly at low frequency, was found to be less of a problem than
expected. C. Aircraft Propulsion Applications The SNECMA “Escopette” (
Blunderbuss) pulse jet (Bertin et al., 1953, 1957; Marchal and Servanty, 1963) for
the direct ...
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Famous First Flights That Changed History: Sixteen Dramatic ...
Still, the plane remained on course and was rapidly coming up behind the
Escopette on the sea below. For a moment it crossed Bleriot's mind that the
captain was trying to race him to England. But clearly it would be no contest, for
the No.
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Turnaround Challenge: Business and the City of the Future
Guiding Blériot's pathwas Escopette,theFrench destroyer laidon by the French
Government to helpBlériot competeagainst Britain's Hubert Latham. Escopette,
completewithMme Blériotonboard, wasBlériot's signpost for the wayto Dover (he
...
Michael Blowfield, Leo Johnson,
2013
Captions to 'THE ESCOPETTE': 1 Side view 2 Magazine holding the negative
paper, with key; Steinheil lenses with their set of diaphragms and case; camera
cover 3 The patent award and operating instructions for the 'Escopette' 4 The ...
Recommissioned in March 1910, she flew the pennant of the Senior Officer,
Channel Flotillas until June 1912 (she collided with and badly damaged the
destroyer Escopette on night exercises, 13 Sep 1910). Stricken on 1 July 1913,
she was ...
Antony Preston, John Jordan, Stephen Dent,
2007
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A new and enlarged military dictionary: in French and ...
ESCOMPTE, fr. Discount; deduction made from a principal sum of money. ,
ESCOPECHES, Fr. Large pieces of wood or rafters which are used in scaffolding.
ESCOPERCHE, Fr. an engine which serves to raise weights. ESCOPETTE, Fr. a
kind ...
“Could you tell me, please, what an escopette is?” asked Percy Ponsonby. “With
the greatest of pleasure,” said the imperturbable Rosco Cawdor.” An escopette is
a short rifle, a carbine.” “Whatdoyou knowabout thehuman eye?” said the doctor ...
John E.,Fanthorpe, Lionel,Fanthorpe, Patricia Muller,
2014
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Without Rhyme Or Reason: Gaspard de la Nuit and the ...
Et rougeoyaient face à face la tour de Nesles, d'où le guet sortit, l'escopette sur l'
épaule, et la tour du Louvre d'où, par une fenêtre, le roi et la reine voyaient tout
sans être vus. (GN, 115‒16) [The Tower of Nesle. There was at the tower of ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCOPETTE»
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Electric aircraft prepares to make landmark English Channel flight
He did not even take a compass, instead choosing to rely on the path of ship Escopette which was heading for Dover. The visibility deteriorated ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
On This Day: Louis Bleriot makes the first flight across the Channel
He initially followed the French navy destroyer Escopette, which his wife Alice was travelling on to reach Dover. Bleriot, who made his fortune ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 14»