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Prussian blue, a dark blue pigment containing iron and cyanide Prussian blue (medical use), the use of Prussian blue for medical treatment and diagnosis; Perls' Prussian blue, a stain used for medical diagnosis
The Crown Prince of Sweden, Charles John, formerly Marshal Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, with his Swedes, a Russian corps, a North German contingent of 10,000, two Prussian corps, and various Prussian levies, 135,000 in all, lay in and around Berlin and Stettin; and knowing his former marshal well, Napoleon considered Oudinot a match for him ...
In the Third Silesian War (the Austrian-Prussian theatre), Austria's goal was the reconquest of Silesia, but Frederick II pre-empted his enemies, and on 29 August 1756 crossed the border of Saxony without a prior declaration of war. Military success alternated and the Prussian army faced defeat in the end, in spite of major victories.
For example, Prussian blue is an iron(II,III)–cyanide complex in which there is an iron(II) atom surrounded by six carbon atoms of six cyanide ligands bridged to an iron(III) atom by their nitrogen ends. In the Turnbull's blue preparation, an iron(II) solution is mixed with an iron(III) cyanide (c-linked) complex. An electron-transfer ...
Prussian blue pigment is significant since it was the first stable and relatively lightfast blue pigment to be widely used since the loss of knowledge regarding the synthesis of Egyptian blue. European painters had previously used a number of pigments such as indigo dye , smalt , and Tyrian purple , and the extremely expensive ultramarine made ...
At first the Prussian wanted to attack Arnhem, but he was dissuaded by the nearby movement of enemy troops and artillery and intelligence that 3,000–4,000 French troops defended the city. [12] MacDonald hoped to patch together a defensive line using Molitor's troops, 3,000 French National Guards under Antoine-Guillaume Rampon at Gorinchem and ...
Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein: Battle of Gersdorf: 8 May: Indecisive battle between France and a coalition of Prussia and Russia War of 1812: Siege of Fort Meigs: 1–9 May: Effective stalemate between the US and the UK Chilean War of Independence: Battle of San Carlos (1813) 15 May: Chilean patriots defeat Spain War of ...
Franco-Prussian War: 332,142 229,000 Siege of Plevna: 1877 Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 75,000 [14] 75,000 Siege of Port Arthur: 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War: 100,000 [15] 100,000 Siege of Adrianople: 1912–1913 First Balkan War: 93,282 [16] 93,282 Siege of Liege: 1914 World War I: 25,300 6,000 Siege of Przemyśl: 1914 World War I ...