The World Almanac and Book of FactsNewspaper Enterprise Association, 1918 The World Almanac and Book of Facts is a US published reference work and conveys information about such subjects as world changes, tragedies, sports feats, etc. It has been published yearly from 1868 to 1875, and again every year since 1886. The first edition of The World Almanac was published by The New York World newspaper in 1868 (the name of the publication comes from the newspaper itself, which was known as The World). Published just three years after the end of the US Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, its 120 pages of information touched on such events as the process of Reconstruction and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Publication was suspended in 1876, but in 1886 newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, who had purchased The New York World and quickly transformed it into one of the most influential newspapers in the country, revived The World Almanac with the intention of making it a compendium of universal knowledge. The World Almanac has been published annually since. |
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... tons . Forty - one will be steel vessels and fifty - two wooden . How staggering are these figures may be conveyed to the lay mind only by comparison . They exceed by 74,350 tons the launchings for the entire year 1901 , the record pre ...
... tons . Forty - one will be steel vessels and fifty - two wooden . How staggering are these figures may be conveyed to the lay mind only by comparison . They exceed by 74,350 tons the launchings for the entire year 1901 , the record pre ...
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... tons of coal now lying They own thousands of acres of un- on the surface of the earth within a half - day's ride from New York . separated from the slate and refuse and made ready for the market at a cost of a few cents per ton . " This ...
... tons of coal now lying They own thousands of acres of un- on the surface of the earth within a half - day's ride from New York . separated from the slate and refuse and made ready for the market at a cost of a few cents per ton . " This ...
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... tons , and the clock 1 tons . Other large telescopes are the 36 - inch at Lick Observatory , Mt. Hamilton , Cal . , where many important astronomical discoveries have been made ; the 26 - inch at the U. S. Observatory , Washington ...
... tons , and the clock 1 tons . Other large telescopes are the 36 - inch at Lick Observatory , Mt. Hamilton , Cal . , where many important astronomical discoveries have been made ; the 26 - inch at the U. S. Observatory , Washington ...
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... tons = 0.00002790179 long tons = 0.02834953 kgs . = 0.00002834953 metric tons . = 1 av . lb. 16 av . ozs . = 0.01 short cwt . = 0.0005 short tons = 0.0004464285 long tons = 0.4535924277 kgs . = 0.00045359243 metric tons . 1 short cwt ...
... tons = 0.00002790179 long tons = 0.02834953 kgs . = 0.00002834953 metric tons . = 1 av . lb. 16 av . ozs . = 0.01 short cwt . = 0.0005 short tons = 0.0004464285 long tons = 0.4535924277 kgs . = 0.00045359243 metric tons . 1 short cwt ...
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... TONS AND POUNDS IN USE IN THE U. S. Metric Tons . TROY POUNDS . Avoirdupois Lbs . 1 CN CO THE LOO789 1 2 0.822 857 1.645 71 Kilograms . 0.373 24 Short Tons . Long Tons . 0.000 411 43 0.000 367 35 0.000 373 24 0.746 48 0.000 822 86 ...
... TONS AND POUNDS IN USE IN THE U. S. Metric Tons . TROY POUNDS . Avoirdupois Lbs . 1 CN CO THE LOO789 1 2 0.822 857 1.645 71 Kilograms . 0.373 24 Short Tons . Long Tons . 0.000 411 43 0.000 367 35 0.000 373 24 0.746 48 0.000 822 86 ...
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