CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PEOPLE. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. II.1872 |
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... provinces raise all kinds of grain - wheat , rye , barley , oats , & c . , leguminous plants , hemp , flax , colza , tobacco , hops , dye - plants , and chicory . Bel- gium contains upwards of 7,000,000 acres , of which one - half is ...
... provinces raise all kinds of grain - wheat , rye , barley , oats , & c . , leguminous plants , hemp , flax , colza , tobacco , hops , dye - plants , and chicory . Bel- gium contains upwards of 7,000,000 acres , of which one - half is ...
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... provinces . The minis- try includes departments for home affairs , foreign affairs , finance , justice , public works , and war . The administration of justice retains the forms of French jurisprudence . The total revenue of B. for 1864 ...
... provinces . The minis- try includes departments for home affairs , foreign affairs , finance , justice , public works , and war . The administration of justice retains the forms of French jurisprudence . The total revenue of B. for 1864 ...
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... provinces , which alone come into contact with British India , are under the authority of the Khan of Kelat , who , with ... province of Kerman . of Christ represents the purely ' humanitarian ' B. corresponds in general with the ancient ...
... provinces , which alone come into contact with British India , are under the authority of the Khan of Kelat , who , with ... province of Kerman . of Christ represents the purely ' humanitarian ' B. corresponds in general with the ancient ...
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... province of Bessarabia , Russia . The town is situ- ated on the right bank of the Dniester , 48 miles from its mouth , and has paper - mills , tanneries , forges , and saltpetre - works . Pop . 15,000 , including many Armenians ...
... province of Bessarabia , Russia . The town is situ- ated on the right bank of the Dniester , 48 miles from its mouth , and has paper - mills , tanneries , forges , and saltpetre - works . Pop . 15,000 , including many Armenians ...
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... province , in Hindustan . In 1765 , the soubah or viceroyalty of this name was , along with Bahar and part of Orissa , ceded by the Great Mogul , virtually in full sovereignty , to the English East India Company . As a natural conse ...
... province , in Hindustan . In 1765 , the soubah or viceroyalty of this name was , along with Bahar and part of Orissa , ceded by the Great Mogul , virtually in full sovereignty , to the English East India Company . As a natural conse ...
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