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Technology & inventions · Developing

Lady Burges (1799 EIC ship)

Lady Burges (or Lady Burgess) was launched in 1799 as an East Indiaman. She made three voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) between 1800 and 1805. She was wrecked in 1806 early in her fourth voyage. EIC voyag

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Arts & music · Challenging

Gorre & Daphetid

The Gorre & Daphetid ( ˈɡɔːri , dɪˈfiːtɪd ) model railroad was an HO-scale layout built by John Whitby Allen in Monterey, California. Allen built three versions of the railroad, which was also known as "The Gorre" or jus

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History & culture · Developing

SS Belgian Crew

Belgian Crew was a cargo ship which was built in 1942 by Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne as Empire Claymore for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was transferred to the B

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Everyday life · Challenging

Peter Rannald

Peter Rannald (died 1609) was a Scottish tailor who worked for Anne of Denmark, the wife of James VI of Scotland. He made her gowns and the costumes she wore at masques. He was probably a relation of Patrick Rannald, who

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Language & communication · Challenging

Edmund Larken

Edmund Roberts Larken (1809–1895) was an English cleric and Christian socialist, a patron of radical causes and author on social matters. Along with other unconventional views, he was noted as possibly the first parish p

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Language & communication · Developing

Bartholomew Newsam

Bartholomew Newsam (died 1593) was an English clockmaker who worked for Queen Elizabeth I. Probably born at York, Newsam carried on business in London as a clockmaker, apparently from the date of Queen Elizabeth's access

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