Prony was a French Navy corvette warship during the American Civil War that ran aground and was lost off Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. It proved impossible...
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Prony or de Prony may refer to: Gaspard de Prony (1755–1839), French mathematician and engineer Prony's method, a mathematical method to estimate the...
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position. As part of an operation to rescue the crew of the wrecked French corvette Prony, Winslow struck the wreck of a lightship on November 7. The Confederates...
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under Lt. Werden's command attempted to provide assistance to the French corvette Prony which had run aground, but between concern for the weather and Rebel...
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This is a comprehensive list of 19th-century French steam-driven (or steam-assisted) frigates and corvettes - both paddle-driven and screw-propelled varieties...
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Riche De Prony, bridge-builder, educator, and scientist. Mellen Press. 1998. Fourier, Joseph (1822). Théorie analytique de la chaleur (in French). Paris:...
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Horsepower (category Articles containing French-language text)
James Watt invention of the late 18th century), and later by means of a Prony brake connected to the engine's output shaft. Modern dynamometers use any...
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cadets being trained to officer the fleet. Amazone was modelled on the French corvette Diligente, with a ship displacement of 370 tonnes and a length overall...
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HMS Cossack (1854) (category Corvettes of the Royal Navy)
HMS Cossack was a Cossack-class corvette which was laid down as Witjas for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was seized due to the Crimean War breaking out...
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July 1847. "Launch". Aberdeen Journal. No. 5194. Aberdeen. 28 July 1847. "French Fourth Rate frigate 'La Renommée' (1847)". Threedecks. Retrieved 3 November...
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