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Mount vernon
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The first u.s. president was buried on this estate (which was originally owned by his halfbrother lawrence washington, who changed the name from epsewasson plantation on his return from serving under vice-admiral edward vernon as a captain of royal marines aboard the flagship hms burford). in his autobiography commodore charles morris relates the beginning one of the u.s. navy’s oldest and most honored ceremonies. in may of 1801, then a young midshipman, he was on board uss congress when: about 10 o’clock in the morning of a beautifully serene day, we passed mount vernon.... when opposite the house, by order of captain sever, the sails were lowered, the colors displayed half-masted, and a mourning salute of thirteen guns was fired as a mark of respect to the memory of washington, whose life had so recently closed, and whose tomb was in our view. in 1906, president theodore roosevelt was much impressed with this ceremony and, learning that the honors were only traditional he immediately made them official with general order no. 22 of june 2nd 1906. today’s ceremony includes (whenever possible) parading the marine guard and band, manning the side, playing the national anthem, and tolling the ship’s bell. all on deck face the tomb and salute, while buglers sound taps and the ensign is half-masted. civilian personnel on board customarily uncover and place their hands or hats over their hearts. smaller naval ships do not have bands or buglers nor do they have a regularly detailed guard. however, each has a national ensign and a bell. the tolling of the latter is thus the most distinctive aspect of the ceremony. other tributes have been paid to the usn’s first commander-in-chief. in august 1814, rear admiral sir george cockburn sealifted a british ground force to benedict, maryland, from where they marched into washington, d.c., and set fire to almost all public buildings and a few private residences. before evacuating, navy secretary william jones ordered the navy yard destroyed, saving the british the trouble. after being repaired, the president’s mansion was whitewashed to cover smoke discoloration, thereafter being known as the “white house.” withdrawing from the raid on 26th august, admiral cockburn paid his enemy’s first president the courtesy of ordering the bell of his flagship hms sea horse to be tolled as she came opposite mount vernon. (cockburn later conveyed napoleon to st. helena, staying on as the exiled emperor’s jailer and the island’s governor.) during the civil war, mount vernon was (unofficially) neutral ground. soldiers in blue and grey left their arms outside the gates and met fraternally at the tomb of the father of their divided country.
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Mount, английский
- In lenses, a specific set of pins and cams that couple a particular lens to a particular camera body. for photographs, a way of protecting the photograph and giving it a rigid support.
- [1] to place artillery aboard ship. [2] a housing for a gun or guns. [3] to launch a mission.
- Опорное (виброизолирующее) основание
- То, на что что-то ставится, крепится, что является опорой, подставкой
Mount, английский
Mount a drive, английский
Присоединить диск
Mount a gun, to, английский
To place it on its carriage.
Mount a tire, английский
Mount a volume, английский
Монтировать том
Mount areevo, английский
[sp. montar arriba]. mount aloft; jump up quickly.
Mount athos, mount athon, английский
Mount call, английский
A call to the mount function in unix. the mount function requests that a removable file system contained on the block special file identified by spec be mounted on the directory identified by dir. the spec and dir arguments are pointers to path names. after a successful call to mount, all references to the file dir refer to the root directory on the mounted file system. the mounted file system is inserted into the kernel list of all mounted file systems. this list can be examined through the mounted file system table.
Mount command, английский
Команда монтирования
Mount diablo meridian, английский
Mount diablo surveyors historical society, английский
Mount display pcb, английский
Mount lofty, английский
Mount palomar observatory, английский
Mount point, английский
- Точка монтирования (файловой системы)
- A directory on one volume that an application can use to mount a different volume, that is to set it up for use at the location a user specifies. in other words, you can use a mount point as a gateway to the volume. when a volume is mounted at a mount point, users and applications can refer to the mounted volume by the path of the mount point or a drive letter. for example, with a mount point set the user might refer to drive d as c:mntddrive’ as well as ‘d:’.’
Mount point directory, английский
Каталог точки монтирования
Mount rod, английский
Mount stromlo observatory, английский
Mount wilson observatory, английский
Originally, английский
Первоначально
Washington, английский
- Шт. вашингтон {сша)
- Г. вашингтон {столица сша)
Plantation, английский
- Forest stand regenerated artificially either by sowing or planting.
- An intensively managed stand of trees of either native or introduced species, created by the regular placement of seedlings or seed
- A large farm that raises cash crops.
- Зона зелёных насаждений (в городе)
Autobiography, английский
Midshipman, английский
- 1. during the 17th century, a naval rating for an experienced seaman.
- A naval cadet appointed by the admiralty, with the exception of one in each ship appointed by the captain. no person can be appointed midshipman until he has served one year, and passed his examinations; nor a lieutenant without having previously served six years in the royal navy as midshipman, and having further passed two severe examinations—one in seamanship and one in gunnery. a midshipman is then the station in which a young volunteer is trained in the several exercises necessary to attain a knowledge of steam, machinery, discipline, the general movements and operations of a ship, and qualify him to command.
- Formerly, a senior petty officer belonging to a group from which commissioned officers would be chosen. so-called because they berthed amidships, between the crew who berthed forward and the commissioned officers who lived aft. to be rated midshipman, a candidate had to have served at least two years at sea, either before the mast or as a captain’s servant, the latter position being reserved for “young gentlemen” with patronage connections. after a minimum of six years of sea service a midshipman could take the examination for third lieutenant, but might have to wait many more years before a vacancy arose. thereafter advancement depended entirely on seniority (see also master’s mate). during the napoleonic wars midshipmen tended to fall into three distinct categories: • well-connected teenage “gentlemen,” confidently expecting to pass the lieutenant’s examination and be commissioned. • ambitious but embittered 30–40 year-olds, who had either repeatedly failed that exam or, worse, had passed but lacked the essential patron. • hard-bitten professional seamen, promoted from the lower deck and not expecting to go further. nowadays it is the rank of the most junior british naval officer, equivalent to u.s. ensign but not commissioned and classified as “subordinate officer.” the rank insignia, which originated in 1758, is a white collar patch that some say can be traced all the way back to roman times when a white toga was the badge of aspirants to higher office. in the united states the title refers to members of the naval reserve officer training corps at a u.s. university and to students at the u.s. naval and merchant marine academies. navy regulations give them an ambiguous status, saying “midshipmen are, by law, officers in a qualified sense” (author’s emphasis). see also passed midshipman and aviation midshipman.
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Mourning salute, английский
As a token of grief, the national ensign is raised fully, then lowered from the masthead and secured. the u.s. army, air force, and marine corps call the lowered position “half-staff,” while the u.s. navy and all british forces call it “half-mast.” originally the gap was equal to the width of a flag to allow the invisible flag of death (which is superior to all human entities) to take its place above the ensign. nowadays the royal navy lowers the ensign by one-third of the length of the pole and the united states navy by exactly one-half. in non-military usage, anywhere from one-third to two-thirds of the way up the flagpole or ship’s mast is acceptable. the modern practice is first mentioned in 1612, but originated much earlier. when striking a half-masted ensign, it is always raised to the truck before lowering. see half-mast/staff.
Mouldy, английский
Obsolete rn lower deck term for a torpedo (origin uncertain).
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