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The New Town & Country Magazine (1787–1789) The Analytical Review (1788–1799) The Botanical Magazine, subsequently Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1787–) The Observer (1791–). Weekly. The Sporting Magazine. (1792–). Monthly. British Critic. Quarterly (1793–1826) Anthologia hibernica (1793–1794). Published in Dublin. The Monthly ...
British boys' magazines; British Society of Magazine Editors; List of 18th-century British periodicals; List of 19th-century British periodicals; List of early-20th-century British children's magazines and annuals; List of magazines published in Scotland; List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
Independent lifeboat services in Britain and Ireland began to be established around the coasts towards the end of the 18th century in response to the loss of life at sea. . More recently, independent services have been set up in response to the increasing popularity of coastal and river sport and leisure activit
The Burney Collection consists of over 1,270 17th-18th century newspapers and other news materials, gathered by Charles Burney, most notable for the 18th-century London newspapers. The original collection, totalling almost 1 million pages, is held by the British Library .
The RNLI deployed its first experimental motor lifeboat in 1904 and in 1905 converted three pulling and sailing lifeboats into motor lifeboats. One of these was Walton-on-the-Naze's Norfolk and Suffolk-class lifeboat James Stevens No.14. It was fitted with a Blake 40 hp petrol engine with 4 cylinders and running at 550 rpm. Tests on 7 June 1906 ...
A lifeboat was first stationed at Magazines village by the Liverpool Dock Trustees in 1827. The station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1863. [1] The station currently operates a B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, the Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No.51) (B-837), on station since 2009. [2]
There were some locally organised lifeboats in the 18th century, the first being in 1789 as a result of a tragic accident at the entrance to the River Tyne. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was founded by Sir William Hillary in 1824 and is financed voluntarily. It maintains many lifeboats and lifeboat stations around the coast of Britain ...
This list of 18th-century journals covers published academic journals from a variety of fields, that were current and printed between 1700 and 1799. It also includes journals that, although initially published before 1700, were current and in print during that century as well.