Commercial Review of the South and West: A Monthly Journal of Trade, Commerce, Commercial Polity, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements and General Literature, Volume 12James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell J.D.B. DeBow., 1852 - Industries |
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... four thousand years ago by the Egyp- tians , who availed themselves of their thorough knowledge to control and regulate the periodical floods of the Nile . The heights of this river were mostly marked on the Nilo - meter , at Semneh ...
... four thousand years ago by the Egyp- tians , who availed themselves of their thorough knowledge to control and regulate the periodical floods of the Nile . The heights of this river were mostly marked on the Nilo - meter , at Semneh ...
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... four months of high water , with a proper outfit , to open a passage as wide and as deep as can be needed for commercial purposes . " This opinion of Mr. Ellet , it appears to me , while it involves the most singular contradiction ...
... four months of high water , with a proper outfit , to open a passage as wide and as deep as can be needed for commercial purposes . " This opinion of Mr. Ellet , it appears to me , while it involves the most singular contradiction ...
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... four children were all by the same father . They lived in separate houses in the most harmonious manner near each other . This was in 1849 ; the number may have since increased . : There are several instances of longevity . Madame ...
... four children were all by the same father . They lived in separate houses in the most harmonious manner near each other . This was in 1849 ; the number may have since increased . : There are several instances of longevity . Madame ...
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... Four of these churches are situated in the town of Baton Rouge . The Catholic church will accommodate four hundred persons , and pos- sesses property to the value of $ 12,000 ; the Methodist church , four hundred and fifty persons ...
... Four of these churches are situated in the town of Baton Rouge . The Catholic church will accommodate four hundred persons , and pos- sesses property to the value of $ 12,000 ; the Methodist church , four hundred and fifty persons ...
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... four last mentioned states , there are upwards of one hundred cotton mills in operation , consuming an- * We think we may add Louisiana and Mississippi before long .— [ ED . ] nually more than a hundred thousand bales of cotton ...
... four last mentioned states , there are upwards of one hundred cotton mills in operation , consuming an- * We think we may add Louisiana and Mississippi before long .— [ ED . ] nually more than a hundred thousand bales of cotton ...
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