It was the doctor, dressed and ready for the expedition to the market, and Alex was obliged to prepare himself in haste.

It was with the assistance of one of the members of this expedition, Lauritz Esmarch, that Oersted succeeded in producing light by creating an electric discharge in mercury vapor through which an electric current was made to flow.

The expedition was under orders to make a swift survey of conditions and then to return to Earth.

In this passage Lewis Carroll incorporated references to the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's Adventures were first told, with Alice as herself, and the others represented by birds: the Lory was Lorina Liddell, the Eaglet was Edith Liddell, the Dodo was Dodgson, and the Duck was Rev.

In this passage Lewis Carroll incorporated references to everyone present on the original boating expedition of July 4, 1862 during which Alice's Adventures were first told, with Alice as herself, and the others represented by birds: the Lory was Lorina Liddell, the Eaglet was Edith Liddell, the Dodo was Lewis Carroll, and the Duck was Rev.

Albert was a loyal vassal of his relation, Lothar I, Duke of Saxony, from whom, about 1123, he received the Margraviate of Lusatia, to the east ; after Lothar became King of the Germans, he accompanied him on a disastrous expedition to Bohemia in 1126, when he suffered a short imprisonment.

He was also a military leader, and in 1046 he led an unsuccessful expedition against the Welsh.

Ealdred's expedition was betrayed by some Welsh soldiers who were serving with the English, and Ealdred was defeated.

While the Byzantine troops were assembling for the expedition, Alexios was approached by the Doukas faction at court, who convinced him to join a conspiracy against Nikephoros III.

The purpose of this expedition is debated, though Asser claims that it was for the sake of plunder.

From the winter of 1124 to September 1125, he was on a risky expedition to Peña Cadiella deep in Andalusia.

In his writing he makes mention of a moment when Alexander's secondary naval commander, Onesicritus, was reading the Amazon passage of his Alexander history to King Lysimachus of Thrace who was on the original expedition: the king smiled at him and said " And where was I, then?

* Eurypyle, queen of the Amazons who was reported to have led an expedition against Ninus and Babylon around 1760 BC

During the lifetime of Muhammad, he was involved in several campaigns such as the Battle of Uhud, the Battle of the Trench, the Invasion of Banu Qurayza, Battle of Khaybar, the Conquest of Mecca, the Battle of Hunayn, the Siege of Ta ' if, and the Battle of Tabuk where he was reported to have given all of his wealth for the preparation of this expedition.

This was the largest British expedition to the colonies, and was intended to expel the French from the Ohio Country.

In 1820, an expedition intended for the colonies ( which, at the time, were on the verge of being lost themselves, to rebels and the Monroe Doctrine ) revolted in Cadiz.

In 1981, American engineer Herman Regusters led his own Mokèlé-mbèmbé expedition, after having a conflict with the Mackal-Bryan expedition that he intended to join.

The expedition is the latest in a decades-long series of moves by Russia intended to show that it is the dominant influence in the Arctic.

The expedition under Anson sailed late, was very ill-provided, and less strong than had been intended.

This expedition included a planned pilgrimage to Jerusalem on which he intended to take his army.

The defeat of the Spanish Army ended the immediate prospect of the intended Royalist expedition to England, while delaying the return of the English monarchy for two more years and at the same time necessarily entailed the fall of Dunkirk.

Although it was intended as an expedition for the zoo, Beebe described it as " our third honeymoon this year ".

Refillable gas bottles are heavier and tend to be used on larger stoves intended for car camping or expedition base camps, or residential use ( as for barbecues ).

Ailill led the Táin Bó Cúailnge ( cattle raid of Cooley ) against the Ulaid, an expedition intended to steal their prize bull Donn Cúailnge.

While holding this office he for several years continued, in conjunction with John Churchill ( the future Duke of Marlborough ), a secret correspondence with James II, and is said to have disclosed to James intelligence regarding the intended expedition against Brest.

The expedition intended to open a dialogue between the state and the opposition.

Following an early expedition to Newfoundland, Captain James Cook declared that he intended to go not only "... farther than any man has been before me, but as far as I think it is possible for a man to go " ( emphasis added ).

He began writing while still in his teens, but he was intended for the army, and entered at Sandhurst, but receiving no commission, he left his country and in 1825 went as a midshipman to the Mexican expedition, was taken prisoner and joined the Mexican navy.

Roe's next voyage, the King expedition of 1820, was again intended to survey along the north coast, but they ran into violent weather almost as soon as they left Sydney.

Supposedly when the British Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, was preparing the Mediterranean expedition he intended to name the headquarters the Constantinople Expeditionary Force but Hamilton suggested this might be a bit of a giveaway.

At this time, Cao Cao intended to launch an expedition deep into the north to eradicate Yuan Shang and the Wuhuan tribes, but many feared that Liu Biao would attack from the south.

The expedition was intended to establish the source of the Mississippi River, and in part to settle the question of an undetermined boundary between the United States and British Canada.

Expedition member, John Roskelley wrote to Eddie Bauer requesting that he be able to use the down gear originally intended for an unsuccessful spring expedition to Makalu on the Trango expedition and the company agreed.

The expedition was intended to explore the Southern Ocean and to find land in the proximity of the South Pole.

These ships had been intended to take part in an expedition against the Scottish Darién scheme.

It is now almost 30 years since the Villas-Bôas brothers (...) led the expedition known as ' Brazil's march to the West ' which was intended to open up the heart of the interior for colonization.

A British preservation group sent an expedition to Comoros in 1992 to bring some of the bats to Britain to establish a breeding population.

He personally wanted to lead an expedition to seize back Xinjiang to bring it under Chinese control, in the style that Zuo Zongtang led during the Dungan revolt.

Learning about the lands and people there, Flaherty decided to bring a camera with him on his third expedition in 1913, but knowing nothing about film, Flaherty took a three-week course on cinematography in Rochester, New York.

A long-cherished dream of Markham's, it required all of his skills and cunning to bring the expedition to fruition, under naval command and largely staffed by naval personnel.

The first Roman expedition to Iberia was unable to bring the Carthaginian troops in the hinterland of Massalia to a pitched battle, so it continued on its way to northern Iberia under Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, a move which proved decisive for the outcome of the war.

To finance the expedition Roosevelt received support from the American Museum of Natural History, promising to bring back many new animal specimens.

Thorstein, Leif's brother, marries Gudrid, widow of the captain rescued by Leif, then leads a third expedition to bring home Thorvald's body, but is driven off course and spends the whole summer wandering the Atlantic.

Da Gama and his crew contracted the services of a pilot whose knowledge of the monsoon winds allowed him to bring the expedition the rest of the way to Calicut ( Kozhikkodu ), located on the southwest coast of India.

Years later, Crusoe joins an expedition to bring slaves from Africa but he is shipwrecked in a storm about forty miles out to sea on an island ( which he calls the Island of Despair ) near the mouth of the Orinoco river on September 30, 1659.

He also has a special affection for the martyred maiden Saint Winifred who lies at the centre of the first book in the series, A Morbid Taste for Bones, ( though this was not originally the novel chosen to launch the chronicles ), in which Cadfael takes part in an expedition to Wales to excavate the saint's bones and bring them to the Abbey in England, establishing it as a pilgrimage site of healing relics.

Cumberland hoped that the Royal Navy might bring him reinforcements and supplies which would allow him to regroup and counterattack, but the British mounted an expedition to Rochefort instead, despite suggestions that it should be sent to aid Cumberland.

The time spent on these activities purely magical is going to bring in experience, although often it would have earned on an expedition adventurer to kill monsters and find treasures.

John led an expedition to Ireland in 1210 in an effort to bring the Anglo-Norman barons under control.

* Britain was uneasy at French expansion and had a technical claim on the Congo via Lieutenant Cameron's 1873 expedition from Zanzibar to bring home Livingstone's body, but was reluctant to take on yet another expensive, unproductive colony.

She failed to join the expedition, but Scott promised to bring back samples of fossils to provide confirmatory evidence for the theory.

In conjunction with operations around Abercorn further down the trade route, this was enough to end the slave trade going east from Mweru, but not enough to bring Mwata Kazembe under British rule, and a military expedition had to be sent in 1899 from British Central Africa ( Nyasaland ) to do that job ( see the article on Alfred Sharpe for more details ).

He personally wanted to lead an expedition to seize back Xinjiang to bring it under Chinese control, in the style that Zuo Zongtang led during the Dungan revolt.

Unknown to Boone, Henderson led another expedition following in Boone ’ s tracks, widening the path so they could bring through wagons.

The senior Charbonneau had been hired by the expedition as an interpreter and, learning that his pregnant wife was Shoshone, the captains Lewis and Clark agreed to bring her along.

The Big Man is responsible for commanding his fellow Feegles and trying to maintain some semblance of order, but in truth the kelda decides what will be done and the Big Man works out the fine ( for a Feegle's plans ) details — although no Big Man shown so far would go on a serious expedition and not bring along the clan gonnagle, ( who tend to be much brighter than the other male Feegles and have a fund of lore, stories, and ideas they can draw upon.

Fearing a possible weakening of influence in the northern vassal states following the successful Chinese invasion of Ava in 1660, King Narai mounted an expedition to bring Chiang Mai under the direct control of Ayutthya.

Although the expedition was successful in taking control of Lampang and other smaller cities, a second expedition had to be conducted to bring Chiang Mai under control.

* Lord Baltimore sponsors expedition to bring settlers to Newfoundland.