Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, 第 8 巻W. & R. Chambers, 1891 |
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... present form was incorporated by royal charter in 1840 , although it had then had an existence of three years ' duration as the Peninsular Company , which carried mails to Portugal and the south of Spain , and afterwards to Egypt . The ...
... present form was incorporated by royal charter in 1840 , although it had then had an existence of three years ' duration as the Peninsular Company , which carried mails to Portugal and the south of Spain , and afterwards to Egypt . The ...
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... present alternate Silurian and Devonian forma- tions . West of the Alleghanies , throughout the great bituminous coalfields , the rocks are mainly conglomerate . The mountains and the western plateau region were originally highly ...
... present alternate Silurian and Devonian forma- tions . West of the Alleghanies , throughout the great bituminous coalfields , the rocks are mainly conglomerate . The mountains and the western plateau region were originally highly ...
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... present the production is about one - third of that estimate . Pittsburgh is the centre of the bituminous region , and the annual production is about 25,000,000 tons . The proximity of coal and iron in such vast quantities has made ...
... present the production is about one - third of that estimate . Pittsburgh is the centre of the bituminous region , and the annual production is about 25,000,000 tons . The proximity of coal and iron in such vast quantities has made ...
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... present bronze coinage , first issued in the end of 1860 , is of only about half the value of the old copper penny and as metal is worth only about one- seventh of a penny . The German pfennig was also originally a silver coin , bearing ...
... present bronze coinage , first issued in the end of 1860 , is of only about half the value of the old copper penny and as metal is worth only about one- seventh of a penny . The German pfennig was also originally a silver coin , bearing ...
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... present holder or the original grantee it was proposed that the payment should in no case continue beyond the life of the present holder . In former commutations of perpetual pensions a scale of twenty - seven years ' purchase was ...
... present holder or the original grantee it was proposed that the payment should in no case continue beyond the life of the present holder . In former commutations of perpetual pensions a scale of twenty - seven years ' purchase was ...
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