Fiat Experimentum-! Charles Fox once belonging to Jonathan Wild

once belonging to Jonathan Wild

North West of Poona

Regent's Canal linked the Grand Junction Canal with the River Thames

Governor Eyre was later to be suspended from duty whilst an investigation into his method of suppressing the outbreak was undertaken

7th September 1973

Fiat Experimentum-! Charles Fox once belonging to Jonathan WildFiat Experimentum !, 1877. Britannia shows off a new weapon to the Lord of the Admiralty. This cartoon relates to the reported battle at the end of May 1877, (which is in the background of the cartoon), between a Turkish warship and four small Russian gunboats. It was during this battle that the power of the new torpedo was demonstrated. The Turkish vessel was in little trouble, until the Russians put a launch to the side of her, and sent off a