The Civilization of Our Day: A Series of Original Essays on Some of Its More Important Phases at the Close of the Nineteenth CenturyJames Samuelson Sampson Low, 1896 - 395 страници |
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... averages for all classes of land not covered by buildings or used as railways ; aud the value of a good deal of land near towns has risen . The Reports of Assistant Commissioners to the Royal Commission on Agriculture estimate the fall ...
... averages for all classes of land not covered by buildings or used as railways ; aud the value of a good deal of land near towns has risen . The Reports of Assistant Commissioners to the Royal Commission on Agriculture estimate the fall ...
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... average of between 40 and 50 per cent . In Essex and Hants , for example ,. Another change brought about by depression is a great in- crease in the area of pasture . During the last twenty years permanent pasture has increased in Great ...
... average of between 40 and 50 per cent . In Essex and Hants , for example ,. Another change brought about by depression is a great in- crease in the area of pasture . During the last twenty years permanent pasture has increased in Great ...
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... average duration of human life sensibly increasing , we may be satisfied that our present mode of living is an improvement on the past , and that , whatever may be advanced by prejudiced observers in favour of former practices , the ...
... average duration of human life sensibly increasing , we may be satisfied that our present mode of living is an improvement on the past , and that , whatever may be advanced by prejudiced observers in favour of former practices , the ...
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... average price is out of the question . The comparison of prices for different years is serviceable as showing the tendency of values , and the following table will be useful for this purpose : - Prices per stone of 8 lbs . of Cattle and ...
... average price is out of the question . The comparison of prices for different years is serviceable as showing the tendency of values , and the following table will be useful for this purpose : - Prices per stone of 8 lbs . of Cattle and ...
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... average duration of life has increased , and it has been spent in happier and more pleasant surroundings . Before these changes occurred the agricultural population could very seldom buy meat , and lived chiefly on bacon , cheese , and ...
... average duration of life has increased , and it has been spent in happier and more pleasant surroundings . Before these changes occurred the agricultural population could very seldom buy meat , and lived chiefly on bacon , cheese , and ...
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