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NORE, THE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 742 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NORE, THE

NORE, THE , a sandbank at the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

THAMES

Thames, See also:

England, marked by various buoys and by a lightship, with revolving See also:

LIGHT

light. This See also:

SHIP

ship lies 3 M. from the nearest point on the See also:

Kent See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, about the same distance from the See also:

Essex coast, and 471 M. below See also:

LONDON

London See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge. The first light was placed here as an experiment by Mr Hamblin, its patentee, in 1731. In 1797 the neighbouring anchorage was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a See also:

mutiny in the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

FLEET

fleet then lying here, well known in See also:

HISTORY

history as the Mutiny of the Nore.

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