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121Mortal coil — For other uses, see Mortal coil (disambiguation). Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the… …
122List of retronyms — This is a list of retronyms, which are terms renamed after something similar but newer has come into being.NounsA B; Acoustic guitar : Before the invention of the solid body electric guitar, all guitars amplified the sound of a plucked string… …
123SMS König Wilhelm (1868) — SMS König Wilhelm was an armored frigate of the Prussian and later the German Imperial Navy.The ship was built in 1868 by the Thames Iron Works in Blackwall, London. Citation last = Massie first = Robert K. title = Castles of Steel publisher =… …
124Chatham Roberdeau Wheat — Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (April 9, 1826 – June 27, 1862) was a Captain in the United States Army Volunteers during the Mexican War, Louisiana State Representative, lawyer, mercenary in Cuba, Mexico, and Italy,… …
125Improvised firearm — An improvised firearm is a firearm manufactured by someone who is not a regular maker of firearms, such as a firearms manufacturer or a gunsmith, and are typically constructed by adapting existing materials to the purpose. Improvised firearms are …
126SMS Prinz Adalbert (1865) — The Prinz Adalbert was an ironclad warship of the Prussian Navy, originally ordered by the Confederate States Navy.The Prinz Adalbert was built under the cover name Cheops by the French shipyard of the Arman brothers in Bordeaux, a sister ship of …
127SMS Arminius (1864) — The Arminius was an ironclad warship of the Prussian Navy, later the Imperial German Navy.She was built by the Samuda Brothers shipyard in Poplar as a speculative project, laid down in 1863 and launched on 20 August 1864. Similar vessels had been …
128Bulgaria–United States relations — Bulgarian American relations, first formally established in 1903, have moved from missionary activity and American support for Bulgarian independence in the late 19th century to the growth of trade and commerce in the early 20th century, to… …
