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Cannon operation. Cannon operation required specialised crew and gunners, who were first enlisted by the Spanish in the 14th century. [1] The nature of cannon operation often depended on the size of the cannon and whether they were breech-loading or muzzle-loading. English cannons of the late 14th century became mobile, while the largest cannon ...
Shorts. Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called "shorts" because they are a shortened version of trousers, which cover the entire leg, but not the foot.
The track "Until We Get Caught" was featured on the video game Madden NFL 07, with the album title shortened to This Is a Stick Up…. There is an acoustic hidden track, at 8:42 on "Make a Run for It". On iTunes, the hidden track is released separately as "Acoustic", and "Make a Run for It" is only 4:11 long. Personnel Hit The Lights
Incapillo is a Pleistocene -age caldera – a depression formed by the collapse of a volcano – in La Rioja Province, Argentina. It is part of the southernmost volcanic centre in the Andean Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ). Subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate is responsible for most of the volcanism in the CVZ.
A setting pole or quant ( quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts by pushing the craft in the desired direction. The pole is used to push against the river or sea bed or, in some cases, the bank of the river. If used from the stern of the craft, the action is ...
Knobkerrie. A display of Zulu knobkerries (foreground) A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie, and knopkierie ( Afrikaans ), is a form of wooden club, used mainly in Southern Africa and Eastern Africa. Typically they have a large knob at one end and can be used for throwing at animals in hunting or for clubbing an enemy's head.
a section of The Night Revels of Han Xizai, painted in the 10th century. A group of musicians in Qixiong; Five dynasties. Hanfu ( simplified Chinese : 汉服; traditional Chinese : 漢服; pinyin : Hànfú, lit. " Han clothing"), are the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han Chinese since the 2nd millenium BCE.
Straw man. U.S. president William McKinley has shot a cannon (labeled McKinley's Letter) that has involved a "straw man" and its constructors ( Carl Schurz, Oswald Garrison Villard, Richard Olney) in a great explosion. Caption: "SMASHED!", Harper's Weekly, 22 September 1900. A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal ...