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... British East India Com- pany . 1709 Prussic acid discovered by Diesbach . 1710 A post - office in America . 1713 The famous bull " Unigeni . tus " against the French Jan- senists . 1714 Rise of commerce in Austria ; first manufactories ...
... British East India Com- pany . 1709 Prussic acid discovered by Diesbach . 1710 A post - office in America . 1713 The famous bull " Unigeni . tus " against the French Jan- senists . 1714 Rise of commerce in Austria ; first manufactories ...
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... British Museum founded . British . Allan Ram Helvetius , Fr. say , Shenstone , Gray , Collins , Akenside , Churchill Racine , Fr. Gellert , Ger . Winckle- mann , Ger . John Rysbrach , sculptor . Hogarth , Wilson , & Joshua Reynolds ...
... British Museum founded . British . Allan Ram Helvetius , Fr. say , Shenstone , Gray , Collins , Akenside , Churchill Racine , Fr. Gellert , Ger . Winckle- mann , Ger . John Rysbrach , sculptor . Hogarth , Wilson , & Joshua Reynolds ...
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... British army takes possession of New - York . Hessians hired for service in America . 1781 Herschel's discovery of the 1781. Battle of Cowpens ,. A.D. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY , etc. UNITED STATES . GREAT BRITAIN . 1767 First spinning machine ...
... British army takes possession of New - York . Hessians hired for service in America . 1781 Herschel's discovery of the 1781. Battle of Cowpens ,. A.D. PROGRESS OF SOCIETY , etc. UNITED STATES . GREAT BRITAIN . 1767 First spinning machine ...
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... British governor - general . Russia - Revolt of the Cossack Pugat- scheff , calling himself Czar Peter . Ottoman Empire : -Abdul Hamid . 1775. Pope Pius VI . ca. Spain : -Able ministry of Florida Blan- 1776 Necker , comptroller - gene ...
... British governor - general . Russia - Revolt of the Cossack Pugat- scheff , calling himself Czar Peter . Ottoman Empire : -Abdul Hamid . 1775. Pope Pius VI . ca. Spain : -Able ministry of Florida Blan- 1776 Necker , comptroller - gene ...
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... British naval supremacy . ) Lord Liverpool , premier . Wool victorious at Queenstown , Oct. 12 . Captain Jones , in ... British . Peace of Ghent , 1815. Battle of New Orleans ; British defeated by General Jackson , Jan. 8 . War against ...
... British naval supremacy . ) Lord Liverpool , premier . Wool victorious at Queenstown , Oct. 12 . Captain Jones , in ... British . Peace of Ghent , 1815. Battle of New Orleans ; British defeated by General Jackson , Jan. 8 . War against ...
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Page 492 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
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