The great storm and the fall of the first Tay Rail Bridge

Note on the Reports of Wind Force and Ve

Note on the Reports of Wind Force and Velocity during the Tay Bridge Storm, December 28th, 1879

✍ Robert H. Scott 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 205 KB

Offa and the Mercian Wars: The Rise and Fall of the First Great English Kingdom

✍ Peers, Chris 📂 Fiction 📅 2012 🏛 Pen and Sword 🌐 English ⚖ 3 MB

In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the expansion of Mercia's power. During that turbul

Offa and the Mercian Wars: The Rise and Fall of the First Great English Kingdom

✍ Peers, Chris 📂 Fiction 📅 2012 🏛 Pen and Sword 🌐 English ⚖ 443 KB

In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the expansion of Mercia's power. During that turbul

Passage of the first locomotive over the

Passage of the first locomotive over the suspension bridge over the falls of Niagara

✍ John A. Roebling 📂 Article 📅 1855 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 59 KB

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

✍ Kennedy, Paul 📂 Fiction 📅 1987 🏛 Vintage 🌐 English ⚖ 2 MB

About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe.

Decline and Fall of Pompey the Great

✍ H. P. Collins 📂 Article 📅 1953 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English ⚖ 1004 KB