[9] In The Electrical Engineer of August 12, I find some remarks of Prof. J. J. Thomson, which appeared originally in the London Electrician and which have a bearing upon some experiments described by me in your issue of July 1.
— from The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

And now the tribes I had summoned to aid the Government had arrived, and my force consisted approximately of the following:— Regulars, armed with Remingtons 550 Gellabas 200 Armed Bazingers under Sharaf ed Din, amongst whom, as leaders, were Abder Rasul, Sheikhs Khudr, Umbatti, Mungid Madani, Hassan Wad Sattarat, Sultan Begu, Suleiman Wad Farah, Muslem Wad Kabbashi, and others 1,300 Various 100 —— Total guns (of which about 600 were Remington rifles) 2,150 —— Also a muzzle-loading mountain gun and thirteen artillerymen.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

She had made herself some sort of a vague revengeful promise, that no man wearing a blue uniform should ever darken her doors.
— from Throckmorton: A Novel by Molly Elliot Seawell

We waited until broad daylight, but no further disturbance occurred, and what was strangest of all, the valley both above and below us seemed entirely destitute of either Pawnee or Cheyenne.
— from Buffalo Land Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West by W. E. (William Edward) Webb