* Agricola's Ditch

Agricola's dialogue Bermannus, sive de re metallica dialogus or a dialogue on metallurgy, ( 1530 ) the first attempt to reduce to scientific order the knowledge won by practical work, brought Agricola into notice ; it contained an approving letter from Erasmus at the beginning of the book.

* Agricola's work on gemstones and mineralogy: De Natura Fossilium, translated from Latin by Mark Chance Bandy

Among Agricola's other theoretical works is Musica instrumentalis deudsch ( 1529 ), a study of musical instruments, and one of the most important works in early organology ; and one of the earliest books on the Rudiments of music.

Agricola's De formando studio-his long letter on a private educational programme-was printed as a small booklet and thus influenced pedagogical insights of the early-sixteenth century.

Agricola's ' De inventione dialectica ' has a huge impact on the Deaf community.

Monument on the place of Mikael Agricola's death near Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast | Primorsk

* 1556 – Georg Agricola's influential book on metallurgy

The first major documents on the subjects from the west, however, date from the 16th century, with works such as Sebastian Virdung's Musica getuscht und ausgezogen ( 1511 ), and Martin Agricola's Musica instrumentalis deudsch ( 1529 ).

Kintore is the site of Deers Den Roman Camp and is thought to relate to Agricola's campaigns into Scotland ; moreover, Deers Den is associated with the invasion of Severan. Archaeologists say that the Kintore camp was definitely occupied in 120 AD and may have been occupied on as many as three occasions during the Scottish campaigns, before lack of resources and more pressing matters elsewhere in the Roman Empire induced consolidation and retreat.

His books were clearly used by 2nd-early 3rd century historians such as Cassius Dio's report on Agricola's exploration of Britain, and Hegesippus may have borrowed from his account of the Great Jewish Revolt.

Twice it was advanced to the line of the Antonine Wall, at about the time when Hadrian's Wall was built and again under Septimius Severus, and once further north, beyond the river Tay, during Agricola's campaigns – although each time it was soon withdrawn.

Signs of occupation included a good deal of Roman material, including pottery, bronzes and brooches, potentially reflecting a trading relationship between the Votadini and the Romans beginning with Agricola's foray north in AD 80, and continuing through to the establishment of the Antonine Wall around AD 140, when the Romans temporarily established themselves nearby at Cramond.

This is a demonstration of Agricola's real legacy: his importance should not be measured so much by what he wrote, but rather by his personal influence over others, and his powerful stimulus-he was truly a great teacher and model humanist.

Agricola's Rucouskiria ( Rukouskirja-prayer book ) was printed in March 1544.

It was mainly translated from the German version, but some parts are influenced by the Swedish version and Agricola's own translation of the New Testament.

This collector coin was issued to honor Mikael Agricola's lifework as a contributor to Protestant reformation in Finland and as the father of the Finnish written language.

Agricola apparently yielded, and Luther's book Against the Antinomians ( 1539 ) was to serve as Agricola's recantation.

Tacitus ' statement Perdomita Britannia et statim missa ( Britain was completely conquered and immediately let go ), denotes his bitter disapproval of Domitian's failure to unify the whole island under Roman rule after Agricola's successful campaign.

Although it is probable that Agricola's campaign was a severe shock and setback for the British tribes that inhabited the area which would become Scotland, it did not ultimately achieve the aim of incorporating them into the empire, nor was this ever achieved.

In 78-84 AD, the legion was part of Gnaeus Julius Agricola's campaigns in northern Britain and Scotland, and built the base at Inchtuthil.

Mrs. Hoover was also well versed in Latin ; she collaborated with her husband in translating Agricola's De Re Metallica, a 16th century encyclopedia of mining and metallurgy.

He also says, introducing the events of the year of four emperors, that Britain was abandoned having only just been subdued ( although some think this is in reference to the consolidation of Agricola's later conquests in Scotland ).

Because of this trespass, the king reduced Molteni's and Agricola's combined salaries to a single annual salary of 1, 000 Thalers ( Agricola's annual salary alone had been 1, 500 Thalers ).< ref > Scherer, F. M. < i > Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries .</ i > Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003 .</ ref > Agricola died in Berlin at age 54.

* For a bibliography of Agricola's works: Gerda C. Huisman, Rudolph Agricola.

Gnaeus Julius Agricola | Agricola's Campaigns in Scotland

Later scholars and students commonly quoted Agricola's lists as a historical source ; only in the late eighteenth century did scholars begin to critically evaluate the " gods " in Agricola's lists and the information he presented about them, determining with further research that most of the figures in his lists were not gods, but local guardian spirits, figures from folk mythology or explanatory legends, cultural heroes, Christian saints under alternative names, and, in one case, a harvest-time festival.

in three months the Army spent three-quarters as much as had been expended on the `` big Ditch '' in ten years.

The faculty have been drawn into the event as well, and cancel all classes on Ditch Day so the underclassmen can participate in what has become a highlight of the academic year.

In 2012, Ditch Day fell on May 24.

He argued against the belief in revelation and the holding on to a literal interpretation of the Bible by the predominant orthodox doctrine through a problem later to be called Lessing's Ditch.

In 1887, Eddy built the Halagueno diversion ditch on the Pecos, 3 miles above the site of the Avalon Dam ( which was completed in 1890 ) and incorporated the venture, calling it the Pecos Valley Land and Ditch Company.

Much of the land on which the town is now built was, previous to the laying out of the town, owned by David H. Ditch, whose log home, which stood until 1881, was used as a hotel, and later in 1825, when Waterloo was declared the country seat, courts were held there.

They volunteer in several areas during the week including flightline security, crowd control, custom ( homebuilt ) aircraft parking, and marshalling aircraft on two of the airport's busiest taxiways during the week, " Papa " and " The Ditch ", both of which run parallel to runway 18 / 36.

" Singha beer " is repeated throughout the song " House of the Gods " on the 1990 album Hell's Ditch by The Pogues.

In addition, to make the sabotage appear more convincingly as a calculated Chinese attack on an essential target – thereby masking the Japanese action as a legitimate measure to protect a vital railway of industrial and economic importance – the Japanese press labeled the site " Liǔtiáo Ditch " ( → liǔtiáogōu ) or " Liǔtiáo Bridge " ( → liǔtiáoqiáo ), when in reality, the site was a small railway section laid on an area of flat land.

In order for his supply barges to reach the castle, he employed 968 men to work on what was called ' The Great Ditch '.

One of the oldest irrigation projects on the Tongue River is the T & Y Ditch, which dates from 1886.

On learning of this attack, the Nawab raised his army and marched on Calcutta, arriving with the main body on 3 February and encamping beyond the Maratha Ditch.

The Nawab troops then made for a bridge a mile further on, crossed the Maratha Ditch and reached Calcutta.

* Waimea Ditch on Kauai

Construction on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ( also known as " the Grand Old Ditch " or the " C & O Canal ") began in 1828 but was not completed until 1850.

Since the more refined productions of Sugar Ditch Revisited and 1987's The World We Knew, the band has concentrated less on raw, primitive sounds than in its early years.

The present building stands on the site of an earlier structure built in 1837 trading from Hanging Ditch.

One variation on " Ding-Dong Ditch " involves pranksters inserting a pin into a doorbell so that it rings continuously.

Camping is not allowed on the refuge but is allowed on the Lake Drummond Reservation ( Corps of Engineers ' site ) which is located at the Feeder Ditch spillway.

Visitor activities include birdwatching, photography, hiking, bicycling, boating and canoeing ( a boat-launching ramp, offering access to Lake Drummond, is provided onto the Feeder Ditch, at the eastern edge of the refuge ), fishing, and deer hunting on parts of the refuge during the designated season.

Hiking opportunities include the nearly ( wheelchair-accessible ) Dismal Town Boardwalk Trail, located on Washington Ditch Road, that winds through part of the swamp habitat ; a number of the refuge ’ s unpaved roads that are also open to bicycling ; and the Dismal Swamp Canal Trail, an former section of Route 17 converted into a multi-use trail.