Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... roads in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -Advantages of good roads - Want of roads in Australia - Turnpike roads - Canals - Railway of 1680 - Railway statistics 154 CHAPTER XIV . Houses the Pyramids Mechanical power ...
... roads in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -Advantages of good roads - Want of roads in Australia - Turnpike roads - Canals - Railway of 1680 - Railway statistics 154 CHAPTER XIV . Houses the Pyramids Mechanical power ...
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... roads , railways . The clink of the hammer is heard in the forge , and the rush of the stream from the mill - dam tells of agriculture and commerce . But even the Indians themselves have become labourers . A number of the tribes have ...
... roads , railways . The clink of the hammer is heard in the forge , and the rush of the stream from the mill - dam tells of agriculture and commerce . But even the Indians themselves have become labourers . A number of the tribes have ...
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... roads , with canals , and now , more especially , with railroads , which render distant pro- vinces as near to each other for commercial purposes as neighbouring villages in less advanced countries . Science has created the electric ...
... roads , with canals , and now , more especially , with railroads , which render distant pro- vinces as near to each other for commercial purposes as neighbouring villages in less advanced countries . Science has created the electric ...
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... roads - these advantages , which the poorest man in England possesses or may possess , constitute individual property . They are means for the supply of wants , which in themselves are essentially more valuable for obtaining his full ...
... roads - these advantages , which the poorest man in England possesses or may possess , constitute individual property . They are means for the supply of wants , which in themselves are essentially more valuable for obtaining his full ...
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... The foundations of the civilization of this country were probably laid by our Roman con- querors , who carried roads through the island , and taught us how to cultivate our soil . Yet improvement went CHAP . VIII . 85 Duration of Life .
... The foundations of the civilization of this country were probably laid by our Roman con- querors , who carried roads through the island , and taught us how to cultivate our soil . Yet improvement went CHAP . VIII . 85 Duration of Life .
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