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See also:GIAMBELLI (or GIANIBErL1), FEDERIGO , See also:Italian military engineer, was See also:born at See also:Mantua about the See also:middle of the 16th See also:century. Having had some experience as a military engineer in See also:Italy, he went to See also:Spain to offer his services to See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. His proposals were, however, lukewarmly received, and as he could obtain from the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king no immediate employment, he took up his See also:residence at See also:Antwerp, where he soon gained considerable reputation for his knowledge in various departments of See also:science. He is said to have vowed to be revenged for his rebuff at the See also:Spanish See also:court; and when Antwerp was besieged by the See also:duke of See also:Parma in 1584, he put himself in communication with See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, who, having satisfied herself of his abilities, engaged him to aid by his counsels in its See also:defence. His plans for provisioning the See also:town were rejected by the See also:senate, but they agreed to a modification of his See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme for destroying the famous See also:bridge which closed the entrance to the town from the See also:side of the See also:sea, by the See also:conversion of two See also:ships of 6o and 70 tons into infernal See also:machines. One of these exploded, and, besides destroying more than See also:i000 soldiers, effected a See also:breach in the structure of more than 200 ft. in width, by which, but for the hesitation of See also:Admiral Jacobzoon, the town might at once have been relieved. After the surrender of Antwerp Giambelli went to See also:England, where he was engaged for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in fortifying the See also:river See also:Thames; and when the Spanish See also:Armada was attacked by See also:fire-ships in the See also:Calais roads, the panic which ensued was very largely due to the conviction among the Spaniards that the fire-ships were infernal machines constructed by Giambelli. He is said to have died in See also:London, but the See also:year of his See also:death is unknown.
See See also:Motley's See also:History of the See also:United See also:Netherlands, vols. i. and ii.
End of Article: GIAMBELLI (or GIANIBErL1), FEDERIGO
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