She said that proved she wasn't to be trusted with a fire in her room, and she could be burned to a crisp without anybody knowing it.

Once the front lines stabilised, a combination of barbed wire, machine guns and rapid fire rifles proved deadly to horse mounted troops.

Despite the drawbacks, sustained artillery fire proved deadly during the engagement, especially during the French cavalry attack.

Despite the change to indirect fire, cannon proved highly effective during World War I, directly or indirectly causing over 75 % of casualties.

He also shut up the chief Christian church of the city, before the investigations proved that the fire was the result of an accident.

Congress requested that Belton modify 100 flintlock muskets to fire eight shots in this manner, but rescinded the order when Belton's price proved too high.

Breech loading weapons proved to have a much faster rate of fire than muzzle loaders, causing military forces to abandon muzzle loaders in favor of breech loading designs in the late 1860s.

The most effective way to protect walls against cannon fire proved to be depth ( increasing the width of the defences ) and angles ( ensuring that attackers could only fire on walls at an oblique angle, not square on ).

Some effects ( particularly fire, smoke, and floating bunnies ) in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit proved impossible to do in stop motion and so were rendered on computer.

Developing a system that could fire both shells and missiles reliably proved complex and largely unworkable.

The Shillelagh was a disappointment compared to the later BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile first produced in 1970 by the U. S. The TOW system, which could not fire gun rounds, and was guided by a wire which directly sent commands to the missile, proved simpler and more versatile.

Often, the scenes which expose the weaknesses of heresy ( Glory of the Martyrs, 79, 80 ) focus on images of fire and burning, whilst the Catholics are proved right by the protection lavished on them by God.

He reported, some years later, that he was watching a fire one evening while contemplating one of the great military issues of the day — an assault on the fortress of Gibraltar, which had proved impregnable from both sea and land.

Aragorn eventually succeeded, and Gandalf questioned Gollum, threatening him with fire when he proved unwilling to speak.

It proved too unwieldy and unreliable for regular touring, and he eventually doused the last Mellotron that he owned in petrol and set fire to it in a field .< ref name =" The Birotron ">

* There is fire on the hill ( called Pratijñā, required to be proved )

The practice occurred all over the Korean battle lines and proved that integrated combat units could perform under fire.

This Pedro Berruguete work of the 15th century depicts a story of Saint Dominic and the Albigensians, in which the texts of each were cast into a fire, but only Saint Dominic's proved miraculously resistant to the flames.

The last fire coincided with the start of the growth of the city into a large production center of textiles, originally as a cottage industry, but since the start of the 19th century on an industrial scale, especially the manufacture of bombazijn ( a mixture of cotton and linen ) proved an export hit.

The airplane carrying Lee circled the tower as Lee attempted to shoot the sniper ; however, the turbulence proved too great to enable Lee to focus sufficiently to fire upon Whitman.

Their innovative steam fire engine proved an outstanding technical success by helping to quell the memorable Argyll Rooms fire on 5 February 1830 ( where it worked for five hours when the other engines were frozen up ), but was met with resistance from London's established ' Fire Laddies ' and municipal authorities.

In 1903, a disastrous fire at the D. R. Sperry factory, located on the island, proved that this equipment was inadequate.

The entire length of the street could be raked with rifle fire from this barn.

Any posse riding down the street to demand Blue Throat's surrender would be wiped out with one deadly burst of fire.

These remarkable ships and weapons, ranging the oceans, will be capable of accurate fire on targets virtually anywhere on earth.

Top scientists have warned that an area hit by an atomic missile of massive power would be engulfed in a suffocating fire storm which would persist for a long time.

This can be accomplished substantially by a continued trend toward better facilities and techniques for fire control and more resources to cope with critical fire periods, and a more intensive application of a program of prevention, detection, and control of insect and disease infestations.

It is proposed that in 10 years all commercial timberlands, all critical watersheds, and other lands in the National Forest System developed or proposed for intensive use will be given protection from fire adequate to meet the fire situation in the worst years and under serious peak loads.

An additional 15 million acres will be given a lesser degree of protection but adequate to meet the average fire situation.

The ultimate trail system will be of value primarily for recreation and wildlife utilization and fire protection.

The role of an earthquake in starting the destruction of whole cities is tremendously frightening, but fire may actually be the principal agent in a particular disaster.

The only cardinal sin which may be committed in warming a wine is to force it by putting it next to the stove or in front of an open fire.

Years ago when I asked her to put me in Social Security, so's I wouldn't have to be working now, Miss Julia threatened to fire me -- all because it would mean a few more dollars a year to her ''.

A fire wouldn't have mattered except that it would cause Pops to be found sooner.

The fire ant is thought to infest approximately two million acres of land in Georgia, attacking crops, young wildlife and livestock and can be a serious health menace to humans who are allergic to its venom, Blasingame said.

These warning colours tend to be red or yellow combined with black, with the fire salamander ( Salamandra salamandra ) being an example.

* 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.

Hippolytus of Rome pictures the underworld ( Hades ) as a place where the righteous dead, awaiting in the bosom of Abraham their resurrection, rejoice at their future prospect, while the unrighteous are tormented at the sight of the " lake of unquenchable fire " into which they are destined to be cast.

It was the only way they could be mounted and survey the overall battlefield with safety from distant musket fire.

From their introduction, muskets could pierce plate armour, so cavalry had to be far more mindful of the fire.

As early American Indians lacked the proper pottery that could be used directly over a fire, they developed a technique which has caused many anthropologists to call them " Stone Boilers ".

The use of a casemate instead of a gun turret limited these weapons field of fire, but allowed a larger gun to be fitted relative to the chassis, more armour to be fitted for the same weight, and provided a cheaper construction.