A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... means of repairing the loss which bigotry had inflicted on her . The loss was the more serious because internal weakness was followed by external complications . The death of the King of Spain let loose once more the dogs of war on ...
... means of repairing the loss which bigotry had inflicted on her . The loss was the more serious because internal weakness was followed by external complications . The death of the King of Spain let loose once more the dogs of war on ...
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... mean between the populations of 1811 and 1821 ) to upwards of 11,000,000 . Notwithstanding the war which this country had been conducting , the increase of its population in only fifteen years had been two - thirds as great as that ...
... mean between the populations of 1811 and 1821 ) to upwards of 11,000,000 . Notwithstanding the war which this country had been conducting , the increase of its population in only fifteen years had been two - thirds as great as that ...
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... means of which the weaver was able to use any one of three shuttles , each containing a different coloured weft , without the trouble of taking them from and replacing them in the lathe . ' By means of these inventions the productive ...
... means of which the weaver was able to use any one of three shuttles , each containing a different coloured weft , without the trouble of taking them from and replacing them in the lathe . ' By means of these inventions the productive ...
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... means of fire . ' Steam was actually used early in the eighteenth century as a motive power for pumping water from mines ; and Newcomen , a blacksmith in Dartmouth , invented a tolerably efficient steam engine . It was not , however ...
... means of fire . ' Steam was actually used early in the eighteenth century as a motive power for pumping water from mines ; and Newcomen , a blacksmith in Dartmouth , invented a tolerably efficient steam engine . It was not , however ...
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... and thus made the piston move in a true straight line . He regulated the supply of water to the boiler ' Lord Brougham's Men of Letters and Science , p . 367 . 6 I. by the means of ' floats , ' 70 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... and thus made the piston move in a true straight line . He regulated the supply of water to the boiler ' Lord Brougham's Men of Letters and Science , p . 367 . 6 I. by the means of ' floats , ' 70 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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