• Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, RN (29 May 1831 – 13 October 1899). Born in Knockbrex, near Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, he...
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  • language and literature John Colomb (1838–1909), British naval strategist, younger brother of Philip Howard Colomb Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892), French children's...
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    lantern was first put into practice by Captain Philip Howard Colomb, of the Royal Navy, in 1867. Colomb's design used limelight for illumination, and his...
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    story of the genre termed "Invasion Literature" written by Admiral Philip Howard Colomb and six co-authors, intended to warn Britain about what he saw as...
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    the son of General George Thomas Colomb, and was the younger brother of British Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb. He was educated privately, and entered...
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    began using signal lamps. In 1867, then Captain, later Vice Admiral, Philip Howard Colomb for the first time began using dots and dashes from a signal lamp...
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  • Halton Colomb, was a colonel in the Royal Artillery and also a competent amateur painter. His third son was Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb and the...
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    genre with the serialized novel The Great War of 1892 (1892) by Philip Howard Colomb.: 188  Pearson wanted to capitalize on both of these trends;: 106 ...
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    genre with the serialized novel The Great War of 1892 (1892) by Philip Howard Colomb.: 188  Pearson wanted to capitalize on both of these trends;: 106 ...
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    for Black and White included Samuel Bensusan, J. Keighley Snowden, Philip Howard Colomb, Nora Hopper, Henry Dawson Lowry, Robert Wilson Lynd, Theodore Bent...
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    May 1902, during the journey, and was buried at Aden. Commander Philip Howard Colomb was in charge for the remainder of the journey. She paid off at Portsmouth...
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    Elder & Co. p. 253. "Sir Charles Wager (1666–1743)". threedecks.org. "Philip Cavendish (d.1743)". threedecks.org. Harrison, Simon. "Sir John Balchen...
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  • 21 September 1860. He was for several years engaged with Captain Philip Howard Colomb R.N. in developing a system of visual signalling, applicable to naval...
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    number of other experts and special correspondents, such as Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, Colonel (Sir) Frederick Maurice, and others. In 1895, appeared the...
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    States Navy Admiral Alfred T. Mahan and Royal Navy Vice Admiral Philip Howard Colomb. He also began urging the Japanese government to maintain at least...
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    contribution to the Memoirs of Sir Astley Cooper Key by Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb (1898). Burrows was active in Oxford church affairs as chairman of...
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  • Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture Royal Navy Rear-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb Army Major-General The Hon. Sir Charles John Sackville-West KBE CMG...
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  • Publ. 1897 London : S. Low, Marston and company, limited, pp.465 Philip Howard Colomb, Naval Warfare, pp. 258–9.  This article incorporates text from a...
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    was over and the British forces had re-embarked at Zula. Commander Philip Howard Colomb relieved Fellows as Captain of Dryad on 6 July 1868, Commander Fellows...
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  • 1660-1760. Minutes of the Court Martial, in the Public Record Office Philip Howard Colomb, Naval Warfare, its ruling principles and practice historically treated...
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    de 1805. Paris: Librairie militaire de R. Chapelot. pp. 119–120. Colomb, Philip Howard (1905). The battle of Trafalgar. W. Clowes & sons, limited, 1905...
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    Thomas Bernard Collinson (1821—1902), Royal Engineers General George Thomas Colomb Major-General Sir Cyril Colquhoun Lieutenant-General Daniel Colquhoun (...
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    future jazz and classical composers, including Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis among others...
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  • (2010–2024) Tim Collins; MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale (1997–2005) John Colomb John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir Michael Colvin Alberto Costa; MP for...
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  • Carl von Clausewitz – military theorist, On War Menno van Coehoorn John Colomb Julian Corbett – Edwardian British Naval theorist, Some Principles of Maritime...
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    Operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2 Colomb, Philip Howard. Naval warfare, its ruling principles and practice historically...
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    Brunel University London. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Colomb, Wendy; Damphousse, Kelly (2004). "Examination of Newspaper Coverage of...
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    promotion and retirement-observations". Hansard. 225: 862. 2 July 1875. Colomb, Philip Howard (1898). Memoirs of Sir Astley Cooper Key, GCB, DCL. London: Methuen...
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    used as a synonym for heliograph because of this origin. The Colomb shutter (Bolton and Colomb, 1862) was originally invented to enable the transmission...
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    François Moré, Philip Colomb, Louys Gruaz and John Amick Act 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 20 28 March 1793 An Act for naturalizing Francois Moré, Philip Colomb, Louys Gruaz...
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