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Waterwitch Engineering
Waterwitch, water-witch, Water Witch, or ''variant'', may refer to: Ships *, a Confederate States Navy gunboat *, several Royal Navy vessels *, several United States Navy ships * ''Water Witch'' (schooner), an 1832 ship that sank in Lake Champlain in 1866 * ''Water Witch'' (1835 cutter), a cutter owned by the Government of South Australia * ''Water Witch'' (1835 steamer), a British Cross-Channel steam packet Other uses *Waterwitch, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Highlands, Monmouth County *''The Water-Witch'', an 1830 novel by James Fenimore Cooper * ''Water Witch'' (novel) a novel by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice * Dowsing, divination to find ground water or other minerals * Pied-billed grebe, a species of waterfowl sometimes referred to as Water Witch See also * Witch (other) A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Witch, WITCH, or variations thereof may also refer to: Animals * Witch (lefteye flounder) (''Arnoglossus scapha''), a Pacific flatfish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Witch (schooner)
''Water Witch'' was constructed originally as a steamboat in Otter Creek, Vermont in 1832. In 1835, the Lake Champlain Transportation Company bought her and converted her into a schooner. Piloted by Captain Thomas Mock, who had on board his wife and three children and overloaded with iron ore, ''Water Witch'' sank in Lake Champlain during a storm on April 26, 1866. The Mocks′ infant, Roa, was in the cabin, and was lost.Eddy, 2010-2014. The wreck of ''Water Witch'' was discovered in 1977 by Derek Grout, a Canadian diver. It is considered one of the oldest fully intact commercial sailing ships located underwater in the United StatesKennard, 2001. The schooner lies on the bottom of Lake Champlain between New York and Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the .... The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Witch (1835 Cutter)
''Water Witch'' was a single-masted vessel rigged as a cutter built during 1835 in Van Diemen's Land and sunk in 1842 whilst moored in the River Murray at Moorundie, south of Blanchetown in South Australia (SA). Her wreck site was discovered in 1982 and received statutory protection as a historic shipwreck in 1983. The wreck site was the subject of an underwater survey in March 1984. She was the first European vessel to enter the River Murray via its mouth, her role in the charting of the lower reaches of the River Murray including Lake Alexandrina whilst under the command of William Pullen and her association with Edward John Eyre. Origins ''Water Witch'' was built at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land by John Gray during 1835. Career The vessel was originally built for George Watson and James Smith. She was subsequently owned by Richard Griffiths (1836), William Parcell (1837) and Thomas Strangways (1839). In 1839, she was purchased by the South Australian Government to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Witch (1835 Steamer)
''Water Witch'' (or ''Waterwitch'') was an early British wood-hulled paddle steamer, built in 1835 at Harwich, England for steam packet services from Dover to London and to Boulogne. A successful fast ship, she was later operated on services on the South Coast of England and in the Bristol Channel Description ''Water Witch'' was launched on 6 August 1835 by George Graham in the former Royal Naval Dockyard at Harwich, Essex,''Water Witch'' was sometimes referred to as "government-built", presumably on the basis of being built in a former naval dockyard. completed her final outfitting on the River Thames, and arrived at Dover on 24 September 1835. She initially measured 89 tons burthen and the hull was long, in beam and deep.As a consequence of changes in regulations she was later measured as 130 GRT, 74 NRT, with dimensions x x She was engined with a 2-cylinder beam engine, made by Maudslay, Sons and Field at Lambeth, of 80 horse power and driving two side paddle wheels. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterwitch, New Jersey
:''See also New York–New Jersey Highlands for the northwestern part of New Jersey.'' Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. An historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,621, a decrease of 384 (−7.7%) from the 2010 census count of 5,005, which in turn reflected a decline of 92 (−1.8%) from the 5,097 counted in the 2000 census. The eastern part of the town is on a high bluff that overlooks Sandy Hook Bay, the entrance to New York Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean, from which the borough derives its name. Atop this bluff are the Navesink Twin Lights. Highlands was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1900, from parts of Middletown Township. Additional parts of Middletown To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Water-Witch
''The Water-Witch'' is an 1830 novel by James Fenimore Cooper. Set in 17th-century New York and the surrounding sea, the novel depicts the abduction of a woman, Alida de Barbérie, by the pirate captain of the brigantine ''Water-Witch'', and the subsequent pursuit of that elusive ship by her suitor, Captain Ludlow. Cooper wrote the novel while on an extended tour of Europe, during his stay in the villa Palazzu detta del Tasso near Naples. Cooper tried to print the novel while he was in Italy in 1829 but Papal The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ... censors forbade its publication there. He was eventually able to print the novel in Dresden before also sending copies to his publishers in the US and England. Critic Allan Axelrod describes the novel as heavily influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Witch (novel)
''Water Witch'' is a science fiction novel by authors Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice that was first published in 1982. Plot introduction On the desert planet of Mahali, political power is held by a hereditary line of water witches who can sense and control water. A young con artist girl named Deza tries to impersonate a water witch, helped by the spirit of her recently dead conman father, who now resides in a small animal called a mbuzi. Characters in ''Water Witch'' * Radi * Deza * Edvar * Princess Sheria Publication history *1982, USA, Ace Books Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by A. A. Wyn, Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mystery fiction, mysteries and western (genre), westerns, and soon branched out int ... , Pub Date Jan 1982, Paperback *1999, USA GK Hall & Company , April 1999, Large Print Hardcover 1982 American novels 1982 science fiction novels American science fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dowsing
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations ( radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active dowsers in Germany ''alone'' can generate a conservatively-estimated annual revenue of more than 100 million DM (US$50 million)"''GWUP-Psi-Tests 2004: Keine Million Dollar für PSI-Fähigkeiten'' (in German) an. gravesites, malign "earth vibrations" and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus. It is also known as divining (especially in water divining), doodlebugging (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum or treasure) or (when searching for water) water finding, or water witching (in the United States). A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones—individually called a dowsing rod, divining rod (Latin: ''virgula divina'' or ''baculus divinatorius''), vining rod, or witching rod—are so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pied-billed Grebe
The pied-billed grebe (''Podilymbus podiceps'') is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Because the Atitlán grebe (''Podilymbus gigas'') has become extinct, the Pied-Billed Grebe is now the sole extant member of the genus '' Podilymbus''. The pied-billed grebe is primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas. Other names of this grebe include American dabchick, rail, dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, pied-bill, thick-billed grebe, and water witch. Taxonomy and name The pied-billed grebe was described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' in 1758 as ''Colymbus podiceps''. The binomial name is derived from Latin ''Podilymbus'', a contraction of ''podicipes'' ("feet at the buttocks", from ''podici-'', "rump-" + ''pes'', "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek ''kolymbos'', "diver", and ''podiceps'', "rump-headed", from ''podici-'' + New Latin ''ceps' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witch (other)
A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Witch, WITCH, or variations thereof may also refer to: Animals * Witch (lefteye flounder) (''Arnoglossus scapha''), a Pacific flatfish * Witch (righteye flounder) (''Glyptocephalus cynoglossus''), a European flatfish * ''Araotes lapithis'', the witch, a butterfly of India * Megrim (''Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis''), sometimes known as witch Arts, entertainment, and media Comics * '' W.I.T.C.H.'', an Italian fantasy comics series first published in 2001 * ''Witches'' (Marvel Comics), a 2004 supernatural comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics * ''Wytches'' (comics), a 2014 horror comic series by Scott Snyder and Jock Fairy tales and literature * Hag, or witch, a stock character in fairy tales * ''The Witch'' (fairy tale), a Russian fairy tale * ''The Witch'' (play), a 1616 play by Thomas Middleton * "The Witch" (short story), an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov * ''The Witch'', the English title of ''Anne Pederstotter'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
