The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... trading to the Levant . A fresh im- pulse , however , has been given of late years to the trade of Alexandria by its having become an important post in the overland route to India . The fall of Rome and its empire drew along with it not ...
... trading to the Levant . A fresh im- pulse , however , has been given of late years to the trade of Alexandria by its having become an important post in the overland route to India . The fall of Rome and its empire drew along with it not ...
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... trade in fish and salt , which they found in some of these islands . Thither the Veneti , a people inhabiting that part of Italy which stretches along the coasts of the gulf , retired , when Alaric , King of the Goths , and afterwards ...
... trade in fish and salt , which they found in some of these islands . Thither the Veneti , a people inhabiting that part of Italy which stretches along the coasts of the gulf , retired , when Alaric , King of the Goths , and afterwards ...
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... trade . These small dredges are worked by eight or ten men , and cost about L.350 . A well - constructed steam - dredge of 16 horse - power will , under favourable circumstances , raise about 140 tons of stuff per hour . The excavated ...
... trade . These small dredges are worked by eight or ten men , and cost about L.350 . A well - constructed steam - dredge of 16 horse - power will , under favourable circumstances , raise about 140 tons of stuff per hour . The excavated ...
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... trade of this country ( 17th Vict . , cap . 5 ) was passed March 23 , 1854 ; and an act to amend and consolidate the acts relat- ing to merchant shipping ( 17th and 18th Vict . , cap . 104 ) on the 10th August 1854. The latter act ...
... trade of this country ( 17th Vict . , cap . 5 ) was passed March 23 , 1854 ; and an act to amend and consolidate the acts relat- ing to merchant shipping ( 17th and 18th Vict . , cap . 104 ) on the 10th August 1854. The latter act ...
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... trade of the world ; whosoever commands the trade , commands the riches of the world , and consequently the world itself . " The reign of Henry V. , however , was most glorious in maintaining the naval superiority over the fleets of ...
... trade of the world ; whosoever commands the trade , commands the riches of the world , and consequently the world itself . " The reign of Henry V. , however , was most glorious in maintaining the naval superiority over the fleets of ...
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