Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 8; Volume 23D. Appleton & Company, 1884 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... German National Monument on the Niederwald , and one of the new Capitol at Albany ; the improvements in the use of gas and electricity are fully illustrated ; and some strange and important discoveries in the aberration of sound as used ...
... German National Monument on the Niederwald , and one of the new Capitol at Albany ; the improvements in the use of gas and electricity are fully illustrated ; and some strange and important discoveries in the aberration of sound as used ...
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... German , 6 ; Brazilian , 4 ; Nor- wegian , 4 ; Spanish , 3 ; American , 2 ; Belgian , 1 ; others , 2 . Entered : Steamers , COASTING AND FLUVIAL TRADE . 6,002 , with an aggregate of 1,851,468 tons . Sailing - vessels , 15,725 , Cleared ...
... German , 6 ; Brazilian , 4 ; Nor- wegian , 4 ; Spanish , 3 ; American , 2 ; Belgian , 1 ; others , 2 . Entered : Steamers , COASTING AND FLUVIAL TRADE . 6,002 , with an aggregate of 1,851,468 tons . Sailing - vessels , 15,725 , Cleared ...
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... German commerce has been extending in the neutral markets , and the Government has given some tentative aid and protection in Polynesia ; but the German Government is more cautious in this respect than any other , and has resisted every ...
... German commerce has been extending in the neutral markets , and the Government has given some tentative aid and protection in Polynesia ; but the German Government is more cautious in this respect than any other , and has resisted every ...
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... Germans 7:25 per cent . The Slovenes have decreased consider- ably , owing to their adoption of the nationality of the Germans in Carinthia and Lower Styria , and in the coast - lands of that of the Italians , who received accessions ...
... Germans 7:25 per cent . The Slovenes have decreased consider- ably , owing to their adoption of the nationality of the Germans in Carinthia and Lower Styria , and in the coast - lands of that of the Italians , who received accessions ...
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... Germans who speak German . The progress of education has been remarkable , 46 per cent . of the 10,844,000 above the age of seven being able to read and write in 1880 , against only 25 per cent . in 1870 . Commerce , Industry , and ...
... Germans who speak German . The progress of education has been remarkable , 46 per cent . of the 10,844,000 above the age of seven being able to read and write in 1880 , against only 25 per cent . in 1870 . Commerce , Industry , and ...
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