The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... chief provincial centres , as at Canton , Foochow , and Hang- chow , & c . , and their descendants still occupy the same position . They are , like their kinsmen in Peking , entitled to draw a pittance from the provincial taxes as ...
... chief provincial centres , as at Canton , Foochow , and Hang- chow , & c . , and their descendants still occupy the same position . They are , like their kinsmen in Peking , entitled to draw a pittance from the provincial taxes as ...
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... chief centres of production are at the cities of Tung - chuan - fu , Chao- tung , and Ning - yuan . The mines are worked as a Government monopoly , private mining being nominally prohibited . No con- cessions have so far been granted to ...
... chief centres of production are at the cities of Tung - chuan - fu , Chao- tung , and Ning - yuan . The mines are worked as a Government monopoly , private mining being nominally prohibited . No con- cessions have so far been granted to ...
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... chief Tu Win Siu as their sultan . In the north - west a similar Mahommedan rebellion broke out in the province of Kansuh . This was followed by a revolt of the whole of the central Asian tribes , which for 2000 years had more or less ...
... chief Tu Win Siu as their sultan . In the north - west a similar Mahommedan rebellion broke out in the province of Kansuh . This was followed by a revolt of the whole of the central Asian tribes , which for 2000 years had more or less ...
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... chief . Order and discipline were well maintained , and both men and officers were steadily improving in the knowledge of their profession . During a temporary absence of Admiral Ting , however , the Chinese second in command claimed ...
... chief . Order and discipline were well maintained , and both men and officers were steadily improving in the knowledge of their profession . During a temporary absence of Admiral Ting , however , the Chinese second in command claimed ...
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... chief of the staff to Count von Waldersee , lost his life in the fire which destroyed the apartments in the Winter Palace occupied by the German headquarters ( 17th April ) . The situation . The political task which confronted the ...
... chief of the staff to Count von Waldersee , lost his life in the fire which destroyed the apartments in the Winter Palace occupied by the German headquarters ( 17th April ) . The situation . The political task which confronted the ...
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