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Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for bombardment (1368 words) |
 | Corfu incident (31 August 1923) The naval bombardment and occupation of the Greek island of Corfu by Italian troops. |
| With Gustav Hertz, he experimented in electron bombardment of gases, providing support for the theory of atomic structure proposed by Niels Bohr and information for the quantum theory of Max Planck. |
| It is caused by the unequal bombardment of larger particles, from different sides, by the smaller molecules of the fluid. |
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Bombardment - LoveToKnow 1911 (187 words) |
| It is, therefore, obvious that mere bombardment can only achieve its object when the amount of suffering inflicted upon non-combatants is sufficient to break down their resolution, and when the commandant permits himself to be influenced or coerced by the sufferers. |
| A threat of bombardment will sometimes induce a place to surrender, but instances of its fulfilment being followed by success are rare; and, in general, with a determined commandant, bombardments fail of their object. |
| Bombardments are, however, frequently resorted to in order to test the temper of the garrison and the civil population, a notable instance being that of Strassburg in 1870. |
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