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| Battle of The Sound | |||||||
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 First Phase of the Battle of the Sound by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten |
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 United Provinces Denmark |
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1st squadron:Witte de With† 2nd squadron:Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam 3rd squadron: Pieter Floriszzon† |
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| 1st squadron: 11 ships 2nd squadron: 10 ships 3rd squadron: 12 ships 4th squadron: 11 ships Total number of guns: 1 605 Men: 4 055 seamen and about 2 423 soldiers |
1st squadron: 11 ships 2nd squadron: 13 ships 3rd squadron: 11 ships Total number of guns: 1 270 |
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| 4 ships 350 dead 850 wounded |
2 ships 296 dead 503 wounded |
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Drawing by Willem van de Velde the Elder
The naval Battle of The Sound took place on 8 November 1658 (29 October OS) during the Dutch-Swedish War, near the Sound or Oresund, just north of the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Sweden had defeated Denmark and an army under Charles X of Sweden had Copenhagen itself under siege. The Dutch fleet was sent to prevent Sweden from gaining control of both sides of the Sound and controlling Baltic trade.
The Dutch, under the command of Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam with Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer as his flag captain, who had sailed to the Baltic in support of Denmark, had 41 ships with 1413 guns while the Swedes had 45 ships with 1838 guns, arranged in groups of three within each Division. The seven Danish ships with about 280 guns were unable to assist their Dutch allies because of adverse northern winds and could only watch. Obdam, who first received very complicated written instructions from Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and asked his boss to explain them again “in three words”, summed up his mission in a single sentence: “Save Copenhagen and punch anyone in the face who tries to prevent it”. That “anyone” was the English fleet; the British didn’t intervene however. The Swedes aggressively attacked, but failed as the approaching Dutch had the weather gage. The Dutch forced the Swedish fleet to end the blockade of the Danish capital, which eventually forced Charles to abandon the siege entirely.
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| Brederode (de With) | 59 | Ran aground, captured by Wismar and sank; de With killed |
| Landman | 40 | |
| Zeeridder | 22 | |
| Princesse Louise | 32 | |
| Cogge | 40 | |
| Windhont | 23 | |
| Prins Willem | 28 | |
| Wapen van Medemblick | 36 | |
| Groningen | 36 | |
| Center (Lt. Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam) | ||
| Eendracht (Obdam) | 72 | |
| Rotterdam | 52 | |
| Zon | 40 | |
| Wapen van Rotterdam | 40 | |
| Wapen van Dordrecht | 40 | |
| Halve Maen | 40 | |
| Duyvenvoorde | 40 | |
| Stavoren | 40 | |
| Deutecom | 24 | |
| Waegh | 40 | |
| Gouden Leeuw | 38 | |
| Hoorn | 28 | |
| Princes Albertina | 36 | |
| Rear (Vice Admiral Pieter Floriszoon) | ||
| Jozua (Floriszoon) | 50 | Pieter Floriszoon killed |
| Breda | 28 | Captured but abandoned and recaptured |
| Jupiter | 32 | |
| Alkmaar | 36 | |
| Westfriesland | 28 | |
| Wapen van Holland | 38 | |
| Eendracht | 38 | |
| Caleb | 40 | |
| Jonge Prins | 30 | |
| Wapen van Monnickendam | 26 | |
| Transports | ||
| Judith | 24 | |
| Vergulden Haen | 16 | |
| Liefde | 24 | |
| Medea | 24 | |
| Perel | 23 | |
| Fruytboom | 23 | |
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| Danish Squadron (Bjelke) | ||
| Trefoldighed (Bjelke) | 66 | |
| Tre Løver | 60 | |
| Norske Løve | 48 | |
| Hannibal | 44 | |
| Graa Ulv | 36 | |
| Johannes | 20 | |
| Hojenhald | 8 | |
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| 1st squadron (Sjoheljm) | ||
| Cesar (Sjoheljm) | 54 | |
| Amarant | 46 | |
| Apollo | 46 | |
| Wismar | 44 | |
| Vestervik | 40 | |
| Fides | 36 | |
| Hjort | 36 | |
| Sodermanland | 38 | |
| Svan | 38 | |
| Östergötland | 36 | |
| Halfmane | 28 | |
| 2nd squadron (K. G. Wrangel and Strussflycht) | ||
| Victoria (Wrangel) | 74 | |
| Måne | 46 | |
| Merkurius | 46 | |
| Mars | 44 | |
| Svard | 44 | |
| Pelican | 40 | Captured by Wapen van Rotterdam |
| Örn | 38 | |
| Samson | 32 | |
| Morgonstjerna (merchantman) | 48 | Captured by Eendracht |
| Goteborgsfalk (merchantman) | 24 | |
| Krona | 68 | |
| 3rd squadron (Bjelkenstjerna) | ||
| Drake (Bjelkenstjerna) | 66 | |
| Carolus | 54 | |
| Falk | 40 | |
| Nordstjerna | 40 | |
| Delmenhorst | 36 | Captured by Hollandia and Wapen van Medenblik |
| Leopard | 36 | Damaged by Brederode; burnt after action |
| Rafael | 36 | |
| Samson | 36 | |
| Jagare | 26 | |
| Konung David (merchantman) | 42 | |
| St Johannes (merchantman) | 36 | |
| Kalmarkastell (merchantman) | 32 | |
| 4th squadron (G. Wrangel) | ||
| Hercules (G. Wrangel) | 58 | |
| Maria | 46 | |
| Småland | 46 | |
| Svenska Lejon | 40 | |
| Svan | 36 | |
| Fenix | 30 | |
| Fortuna | 30 | |
| Salvator | 30 | |
| Hök | 28 | |
| Rose (merchantman) | 40 | Captured by Landman |
| Ångermanland (merchantman) | 20 | |
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Bezold (June 21, 1837 – February 17, 1907) was a German physicist and meteorologist born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria.
Bezold studied mathematics and physics at the University of Munich and the University of Göttingen. He taught meteorology in Munich from 1861, becoming a professor in 1866. In 1868 he began teaching at the Technical University of Munich. In 1875 he was named a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
From 1885 to 1907 director of the Prussian Institute of Meteorology at the University of Berlin. His main interest as a scientist was the physics of the atmosphere and he contributed much to the theory of electrical storms.
Bezold was one of the early researchers of atmospheric thermodynamics. He considered pseudo-adiabatic processes describing air as it is lifted, expands, cools, and eventually condenses and precipitates its water vapor.
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Irrealism is a philosophical position first advanced by Nelson Goodman in “Ways of Worldmaking”, encompassing epistemology, metaphysics and aesthetics.
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Irrealism was initially motivated by the debate between phenomenalism and physicalism in epistemology. Rather than viewing either as prior to the other, Goodman described them both as alternative “world-versions”, both useful in some circumstances, but neither capable of capturing the other in an entirely satisfactory way, a point he emphasizes with examples from psychology. He goes on to extend this epistemic pluralism to all areas of knowledge, from equivalent formal systems in mathematics (sometimes it is useful to think of points as primitives, sometimes it is more useful to consider lines the primitive) to alternative schools of art (for some paintings thinking in terms of representational accuracy is the most useful way of considering them, for others it is not). However, in line with his consideration of phenomenalism and physicalism, Goodman goes beyond saying merely that these are “world-versions” of the world, instead he describes worlds as “made by making such versions”.
Artist Tristan Tondino, has had several exhibitions entitled “Irreality” which crossover into other fields and include philosophy, mathematics, ophthalmology, science and politics. “Realism is an Irrealism. Reality is plurality - we partially create it, we must open our universes and our perceptions to all new versions that may promote the concept of human rights and expand its possibilities. In a painting depicting a chair and entitled “The Hegemony of the Real”, Tondino has written “That the Real must be regarded as a fiction does not detract from its hegemony”.
The philosophical term may be used in more specific or arguably narrower senses, such as “colour irrealism”.
Margiana, ca. 300 BCE.
Margu (Greek Margiana) was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, mentioned in the Behistun inscriptions of ca. 515 BCE by Darius Hystaspis. It was centered at Merv in modern Turkmenistan.
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The White-fronted Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola albifrons) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps.
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Johann Anton Weinmann (1782-1858) was a German botanist who served as Inspector of the Gardens in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He published a Flora that is the basis of some binomial species identifications using the author abbreviation Weinm..
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Animal Lover is an album, released in 2005 by The Residents.
It portrays human life through the eyes of different animals. In the CD booklet, the lyrics to a song are preceded by a story from an animal’s point of view. For example, “On the way (To Oklahoma)” begins with a story, from the animal’s viewpoint, about a man obsessed with tigers. On the next page, the lyrics are shown, giving the listener the details behind the story. On this particular track, the man goes insane, thinks he’s a tiger, and kills a dog. The story precedes the song itself, but also tells us what happened to the man.
However, not all tracks contain stories. “Dreaming of an Anthill (Teeming)”, “Ingrid’s oily tongue”, and “Mr. Bee’s bumble” are instrumental tracks. There aren’t any stories to these songs in the booklet, perhaps to allow the listener to discern the story him/herself.
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The album also contains a bonus CD, generally called “…Imaginary Jack”. According to the Cryptic Corporation, it really is one long track, divided to six parts to the enjoyment of the listener. The full title is actually the entire text written on the disc:
“I stood at my window staring at an arcing streetlight.
A sudden wind made me pull my shoulders to my ears.
I pissed into the dark.
It smelled like canned tuna.
My swollen lip throbbed.
I could still taste the blood.
My eyes rolled back looking for memories.
I stopped.
I was changing details in my mind, remembering only what I wanted it to be, not what it was.
I had only a short time to do what had to be done, after that it would all be forever absorbed by my imaginary Jack.“
The tracks on the bonus CD combine elements from tracks from the original CD with elements from then-unreleased material. For example, the instrumental versions of “My Window” and “The Monkey Man” were sampled on track 2, as well as lyrics from unreleased material and modulated lyrics from “Burn My Bones” and “The Monkey Man”.
An CD containing a series of lush instrumental organizations was released in January 2008. It was limited to 1000 copies and sold very quickly.
The unusual noises with which “Burn My Bones” open are a sample from the instrumental version of “Two Lips”, albeit a thoroughly dismantled version.
The song ‘My Window’ was used as the encore song for The Resident’s ‘The Bunny Boy’ tour.
