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  • HMS Phosphorus was the Dutch naval brig Haasje that the Royal Navy captured in 1803 and took into service in 1804 as a fireship. She took part in a notable...
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    -26.217; -56.750 1806, July 19 – HMS Blanche captures French Guerrière 1806, August 2 – The fireship HMS Phosphorus repels an attack by the French privateer...
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  • the Royal Navy captured in 1803 and took into service in 1804 as the fireship HMS Phosphorus. She took part in a notable single-ship action in 1806. The...
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    Cook departs from Plymouth on Captain Cook's new ship, HMS Resolution and the companion ship HMS Adventure in an attempt to prove the existence of an uncharted...
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    evening/western star (Venus), while the burning of the funeral pyre lasts until Phosphorus, the morning/eastern star (also Venus) has set (descended). With the assistance...
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    hematite ore which is low in phosphorus. Sidney Gilchrist Thomas developed a more sophisticated process to eliminate the phosphorus from iron. Collaborating...
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    Republic of Texas. October 24 – The earliest United States patent for a phosphorus friction match is granted to Alonzo Dwight Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts...
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    Copenhagen: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets, to prevent the Dano-Norwegian navy from surrendering to Napoleon;...
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    the factory, where many sickened and died from poisoning from the white phosphorus used in the matches, went on strike to demand improved working conditions...
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  • Second Pyrmont Bridge built. Sayers, Allport & Potter market successful phosphorus-based rabbit poison. 1903 Glebe Island Bridge and Her Majesty's Theatre...
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  • discoverer of Japp-Klingemann reaction Christina Miller, synthesized phosphorus trioxide Peter D. Mitchell, discoverer of the chemiosmotic mechanism of...
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  • "the late". Active shared the award for Fornoyelsen with the fireship Phosphorus. On 13 January 1808, Pandora, Commander Henry Hume Spence, captured the...
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    Branch Satisfaction Nancy Akers Goonang Api Victoire Eruption Incendiary Phosphorus Sophie Ignition Beacon Firebrand Flambeau Flash Fuze Rocket Salamander...
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    Press, 2002) p230 Roza, Greg (2009). The Nitrogen Elements: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. pp. 7–8...
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    service until December 1964. A 24-class sloop was also named for the horse; HMS Flying Fox was launched in 1918 and served for only a few years before becoming...
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    death was not reported to the press for more than a year after he died. HMS Sainfoin was named after Sainfoin in 1943. McLean, Ken (2006). Designing...
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