A handbook to the industries of the British Isles and the United StatesD. Rogue, 1882 - 220 pages |
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... average , about 280,000,000 yards of worsted stuffs are exported every year . A very important branch of the woollens is the carpet manufacture , which is pretty well scattered over the kingdom , though each place has a reputation for ...
... average , about 280,000,000 yards of worsted stuffs are exported every year . A very important branch of the woollens is the carpet manufacture , which is pretty well scattered over the kingdom , though each place has a reputation for ...
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... average yield of English wheat is about 30 bushels to the acre , which is higher than the yield of other European countries , Holland being 281 , Belgium 20 } , France 13 , Hungary 82 , Russia 5 , which shows how much is due to equable ...
... average yield of English wheat is about 30 bushels to the acre , which is higher than the yield of other European countries , Holland being 281 , Belgium 20 } , France 13 , Hungary 82 , Russia 5 , which shows how much is due to equable ...
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... average yield of apple returns being about 200 bushels per acre . Kent is famous for its cherries , damsons , plums and greengages , and immense quantities of gooseberries and currants are grown in Kent , Worcestershire , and ...
... average yield of apple returns being about 200 bushels per acre . Kent is famous for its cherries , damsons , plums and greengages , and immense quantities of gooseberries and currants are grown in Kent , Worcestershire , and ...
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... average breadth of 70 miles . In Virginia State the principal heights are those of the Blue Ridge , the most lofty peak of the whole range being Mount Clingman , 6,941 feet , in North Carolina , though Mount Mitchell is not far short of ...
... average breadth of 70 miles . In Virginia State the principal heights are those of the Blue Ridge , the most lofty peak of the whole range being Mount Clingman , 6,941 feet , in North Carolina , though Mount Mitchell is not far short of ...
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... average breadth of 70 miles . In Virginia State the principal heights are those of the Blue Ridge , the most lofty peak of the whole range being Mount Clingman , 6,941 feet , in North Carolina , though Mount Mitchell is not far short of ...
... average breadth of 70 miles . In Virginia State the principal heights are those of the Blue Ridge , the most lofty peak of the whole range being Mount Clingman , 6,941 feet , in North Carolina , though Mount Mitchell is not far short of ...
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