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Thorsten Nordenfelt | Nordenfelt-class Ottoman Empire | Ottoman submarine Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid | Abdülhamid ( 1886 ) was the first submarine in history to fire a torpedo while submerged.
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* 1885 – 1887: Thorsten Nordenfelt of Örby, Uppsala Municipality, Sweden produces a series of steam powered submarines.
By a stroke of good fortune, another friend of Skouloudis, a Swedish captain, was leaving his job as representative of arms manufacturer Thorsten Nordenfelt ’ s company for a more important posting.
As a salesman for the Swedish inventor Thorsten Nordenfelt, Zaharoff was known for his crafty, aggressive and corrupt business tactics.
" Thorsten Nordenfelt had already demonstrated his vessel at an international gathering of the military elite, and the major powers would have none of it, but smaller nations attracted by the prestige were a different matter.
Nevertheless, although the submarine was lost whilst under tow in 1880, it impressed the Swedish industrialist Thorsten Nordenfelt sufficiently to finance him.
The Thorsten Nordenfelt | Nordenfelt-designed Ottoman Empire | Ottoman submarine Abdülhamid ( 1886 ) was the first submarine in the world to fire a torpedo while submerged.
The surname was and is often spelt Nordenfeldt, though Thorsten and his brothers always spelt it Nordenfelt, and the 1881 Census shows it as Nordenfelt.
Thorsten Nordenfelt and his brother-in-law started a small business to trade Swedish steel for British rails in 1887.
Discussions between Thorsten Nordenfelt and the English reverend George Garrett led to the production of a series of steam powered submarines.
In 1873 Palmcrantz patented the multi-barrel, lever-actuated, machine gun that would later be known as the Nordenfelt machine-gun after his financial backer, Thorsten Nordenfelt.
Thorsten and Empire
Thorsten Opper in Hadrian: Empire and Conflict notes: " Hardly anything is known of Antinous ' life, and the fact that our sources get more detailed the later they are does not inspire confidence.
Thorsten and was
Jarrah was unique among the hijackers in that he did not live with any other hijackers, but rather lived with a German student named Thorsten Biermann.
The first WPA-sanctioned World Straight Pool Championship was held in 2006 ( the winner was Germany's Thorsten Hohmann, a player who also won the world nine-ball title three years earlier ).
Thorsten has one of the lead roles in a new psychological thriller ( feature-length film ) titled Occupant, which was released in the U. S and Canada in October 2011 on demand in many cable / satellite markets as well as on most digital platforms, including iTunes, Amazon, Blockbuster, PlayStation.
William H. Smyth, a Californian engineer, invented the word " technocracy " in 1919 to describe " the rule of the people made effective through the agency of their servants, the scientists and engineers ", and in the 1920s it was used to describe the works of Thorsten Veblen.
The band was founded in 1992 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany by Thorsten Benning, Morten Gass, Robin Rodenberg and Reiner Henseleit.
Two years later it was renamed the Ordo Sinistra Vivendi (" Order of the Left Way "), and then the Order of Deorc Fyre under the direction of Thorsten Moar, and in the same year created the Black Order.
This biological perspective, sometimes seen as racist and increasingly unpopular, was criticized by early 20th century scholars, including Frances Kellor, Johan Thorsten Sellin and William Du Bois, who argued that other circumstances, such as social and economic conditions, were the central factors which led to criminal behavior, regardless of race.
It was proved prime in 2003 by Jens Franke, Thorsten Kleinjung and Tobias Wirth with their own distributed ECPP program.
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Cleen began as a side project of Haujobb ’ s Daniel Myer, who teamed up with vocalist Thorsten Meier for the first few releases, beginning with 1997 ’ s Designed Memories.
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As of 2009 Tangerine Dream comprises Edgar Froese and Thorsten Quaeschning, who collaborated in the composition of Jeanne d ' Arc ( 2005 ) and several subsequent releases.
Involving production by German producers Thorsten Brötzmann, Leslie Mandoki, and Peter Ries, Elle ' ments also entered the Austrian, German and Swiss Albums Chart at number-one.
Furthermore, the international achievement of Cambridge's rowers far exceeded that of Oxford's: the World Champion stern pair of Germans Thorsten Engelmann – the heaviest ever boat race oarsman at – and Sebastian Schulte ; Olympic Gold medallist Kieran West MBE and GB medal winner Tom James.
Weyland ( Völund ) made the magic sword Gram ( also named Balmung and Nothung ) and the magic ring that Thorsten retrieved.
In 1916, influenced by Thorsten Veblen he set up the New Machine, an association which sought to apply the criteria of industrial efficiency to the political process.
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