The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1994 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... began to be used as a public conveyance between towns and was eventually known as a stagecoach , or stage . About 1610 a stage service began operating in Scotland between Edinburgh and Leith . About the same time hackney coaches ( those ...
... began to be used as a public conveyance between towns and was eventually known as a stagecoach , or stage . About 1610 a stage service began operating in Scotland between Edinburgh and Leith . About the same time hackney coaches ( those ...
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... began their own coinage systems , using the Roman system as a starting point on which to base denominations and designs . The coinage of the Eastern Roman Empire passed into the coinage system of the Byzantine Empire . Oriental Coinage ...
... began their own coinage systems , using the Roman system as a starting point on which to base denominations and designs . The coinage of the Eastern Roman Empire passed into the coinage system of the Byzantine Empire . Oriental Coinage ...
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... began in England toward the end of the 16th century as a result of the de- pletion of the forests that had provided wood for charcoal . The first coke " ovens " were simply conical piles of bituminous coal , which were ig- nited and ...
... began in England toward the end of the 16th century as a result of the de- pletion of the forests that had provided wood for charcoal . The first coke " ovens " were simply conical piles of bituminous coal , which were ig- nited and ...
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