The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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Page 96
... towns power over the public health . To this day London is governed by separate legislation . The Towns Improvement ... town so that by reason of overcrowding it would be more dangerous in time of sickness or plague , and the carrying ...
... towns power over the public health . To this day London is governed by separate legislation . The Towns Improvement ... town so that by reason of overcrowding it would be more dangerous in time of sickness or plague , and the carrying ...
Page 97
... town council , the police commissioners or trustees , or the parochial board , accord- ing to circumstances . There is no distinction of urban and rural authority . The central authority is the board of supervision con- stituted by 8 ...
... town council , the police commissioners or trustees , or the parochial board , accord- ing to circumstances . There is no distinction of urban and rural authority . The central authority is the board of supervision con- stituted by 8 ...
Page 98
... town has an import- ant woollen trade and possesses dyeing and fulling mills . Pudsey appears in Domesday as " Podechesaie . " It was sold by Edward II . to the Calverley family , from whom it passed to an ancestor of the Milners . By ...
... town has an import- ant woollen trade and possesses dyeing and fulling mills . Pudsey appears in Domesday as " Podechesaie . " It was sold by Edward II . to the Calverley family , from whom it passed to an ancestor of the Milners . By ...
Page 99
... town is the Mirador of Solano , or castle of Puerto Cabello , which has often proved an obstacle to enemies advancing from the interior . In 1883 the muni- cipality , with a population of 12,000 , contained a tannery , a foundry and ...
... town is the Mirador of Solano , or castle of Puerto Cabello , which has often proved an obstacle to enemies advancing from the interior . In 1883 the muni- cipality , with a population of 12,000 , contained a tannery , a foundry and ...
Page 102
... town - hall of Toulon ( Louvre ) , went to Normandy , where he executed a statue of Hercules and a group of Janus and Cybele for the marquis of Vaudreuil , and visit- ing Paris made the acquaintance of Le Pautre and Fou- quet , who ...
... town - hall of Toulon ( Louvre ) , went to Normandy , where he executed a statue of Hercules and a group of Janus and Cybele for the marquis of Vaudreuil , and visit- ing Paris made the acquaintance of Le Pautre and Fou- quet , who ...
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