In 1736, he participated in the expedition organized for that purpose by the French Academy of Sciences, led by the French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis ( 1698 – 1759 ) to measure a degree of latitude.

As Bonaparte's fleet crossed the Mediterranean, it was pursued by a British force under Nelson, sent from the British fleet in the Tagus, to establish the purpose of the French expedition and defeat it.

He also gave a list of grievances of the English people and stated that his proposed expedition was for the sole purpose of having " a free and lawful Parliament assembled ".

In January 1131, he had also a favourable interview with Henry I of England, and in August 1132 Lothar III undertook an expedition to Italy for the double purpose of setting aside Anacletus as antipope and of being crowned by Innocent.

He led an expedition that was ostensibly for the purpose of foraging to obtain corn ( maize ) for the horses in the remaining force, but Patton used it also to hunt outlaws at their rancheros.

In 1929, he went to Nicaragua as part of an expedition whose purpose was to conduct a survey for the Inter-Oceanic Nicaragua Canal.

In 1929, Groves departed for Nicaragua in charge of a company of the 1st Engineers as part of an expedition whose purpose was to conduct a survey for the Inter-Oceanic Nicaragua Canal.

These passages lead in erratic directions, some leading beyond the southern edge of the Temple Mount ( they are at a depth below the base of the walls ); their purpose is currently unknown – as is whether they predate the Temple Mount – a situation not helped by the fact that apart from Warren's expedition no one else is known to have visited them.

The total defeat of the Athenian expedition to Sicily and the consequent revolts of many of the subject-allies has weakened Athenian finances severely ; the acknowledged purpose of the revolutionary movement is to revise the constitution to better run Athens ' finances.

The purpose of the two-ship expedition was to establish trade with China and Japan, facilitate trade in South America, and examine California for a possible colony.

The dispute became so harsh that Philip the Fair organized an expedition to arrest the Pope, with the purpose of removing Boniface from his office by the help of a general council.

The evident purpose of the expedition was to locate a port by which New Mexico could be supplied, as an alternative to the laborious overland route from New Spain.

In 1736, together with Pierre Louis Maupertuis, he took part in the expedition to Lapland, which was undertaken for the purpose of estimating a degree of the meridian arc.

Although the purpose of the expedition was to discover, identify and collect Mexico's birds, it has also been described as yet another honeymoon between him and Blair.

In response to Beebe's dismissal, Horsfall retorted that he had been ill-treated by Beebe from the beginning of the expedition, and that his subsequent actions had been for the express purpose of revenge.

Beebe undertook an expedition to Brazil in 1915, for the purpose of capturing more birds for the zoo.

In 1923, Harrison Williams agreed to finance such an expedition, and Beebe was provided with a steam yacht called the Noma for this purpose along with a support crew.

Jocelyn accompanied him on this expedition for the purpose of documenting Asia's fiddler crabs.

The BBC mounted a fact finding expedition ( Expedition Turtle ) to assess its suitability for this purpose.

( The Balmis expedition used Spanish orphans for the same purpose.

An expedition typically refers to a long journey or voyage undertaken for a specific purpose, often exploratory, scientific, geographic, military or political in nature.

Although the expedition carried some modern equipment, such as a radio, watches, charts, sextant, and metal knives, Heyerdahl argued they were incidental to the purpose of proving that the raft itself could make the journey.

The expedition was hampered from the outset by uncertainty in its purpose and command structure — political maneuvering in Athens swelled a lightweight force of twenty ships into a massive armada, and the expedition's primary proponent, Alcibiades, was recalled from command to stand trial before the fleet even reached Sicily — but still achieved early successes.

A purpose of the trip was to allow Butler and Fletcher to discuss the details of a future expedition into Mexico.

Too many people think that the primary purpose of a higher education is to help you make a living ; ;

Obviously, such a Northern tourist's purpose is somewhat akin to a child's experience with Disneyland: he wants to see a world of make-believe.

The steady purpose of our society is to assure justice, before God, for every individual.

Steele's purpose is to present a general defense of his political writing and a resume of the themes which had occupied him in the Englishman ; ;

For this purpose a degree of intellectual and emotional involvement is necessary ; ;

How literature does this, or for whom, is certainly not clear, but the content, form, and language of the `` message '', as well as the source, would all play differentiated parts in giving and molding a sense of purpose.

One might argue that the ultimate purpose of literary scholarship is to correct this spontaneous provincialism that is likely to obscure the horizons of the general public, of the newspaper critic, and of the creative artist himself.

One of them is that it gives meaning and purpose to life.

As to our action, let us align ourselves with the purpose expressed by Jesus in the Lord's Prayer: `` Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven ''.

The Chicago contingent of modern critics follow Aristotle so far in this direction that it is hard to see how they can compare one poem with another for the purpose of evaluation.

The whole purpose of Man's Hope is to portray the tragic dialectic between means and ends inherent in all organized political violence -- and even when such violence is a necessary and legitimate self-defense of liberty, justice and human dignity.

The NCTA is well advised to seek funds for this purpose from the present session of Congress.

It is not in business for the purpose of absorbing increased municipal costs no matter how high a purpose that may be ''.

The amount which may be borrowed from the SBA depends on how much is required to carry out the intended purpose of the loan.

The collection of information is meaningless unless it is understood and used for a definite purpose.

It is the purpose of Armed Forces Day to give Americans an opportunity to honor men of the Armed Forces, those who have made the supreme sacrifice, those who remain to preserve our security.

The Secretary of the Interior or any duly authorized representative shall be entitled to admission to, and to require reports from the operator of, any metal or nonmetallic mine which is in a State ( excluding any coal or lignite mine ), the products of which regularly enter commerce or the operations of which substantially affect commerce, for the purpose of gathering data and information necessary for the study authorized in the first section of this Act.

The purpose of the adjusted Federal share relating to the base allotment and of the transition provisions for reaching the unadjusted Federal share is to prevent dislocations from abrupt changes in matching rates.

This facility is needed for the purpose of securing funds to finance agricultural market development activities of the Government of the United States in other countries.

the purpose of producing plays at the College is three-fold: to provide the Carleton students with the best possible opportunity for theater-going within the limits set by the maturity and experience of the performers and the theatrical facilities available ; ;

The purpose of the Club is to promote better athletic teams at Carleton and to increase interest in them among the student body.