| 1869 - 604 Seiten
...barrenness, and lands which were of very little value responded to its influence, and yielded abundant crops. It was not until the early part of the present century that bone came into extensive use ns a manure, but year by year the demand increased, and from being employed... | |
| Robert Crowell, David Choate - 1868 - 502 Seiten
...first public yard granted by the town in 1668, for vessel-building and of the origin of this business. But it was not until the early part of the present century that it began to be one of any considerable importance. Even then it was confined almost entirely to the... | |
| Thomas Ragg - 1877 - 468 Seiten
...attempts at classification appear to have been vain ones, so gradually did the light break in upon him. It was not until the early part of the present century that anything like a correct classification was accomplished. And now that the labours of such men as De... | |
| 1898 - 558 Seiten
...Sydenham to differentiate between the leading exanthematous fevers but little over two centuries ago; and it was not until the early part of the present century that Pierre Breton neau, of Tours, under the term dothignenlente, and Petit and Serres ns fievre-entero-mesenterique,... | |
| James Burnley - 1886 - 420 Seiten
...— a pretty conceit which an English poet afterwards took up and hung many pleasing fancies upon. But it was not until the early part of the present century that the idea of transmitting thought by means of the electric current began to take shape in the minds... | |
| 1888 - 950 Seiten
...World scenery, flora, and fauna were to be the <lress and decoration of history, romance, and poem. It was not until the early part of the present century that there were signs of a literary awakening. There were two centres in which light began to appear, New... | |
| George Perkins Merrill - 1889 - 414 Seiten
...granite should first be undertaken. As already noted,t granite from the bowlders on the Quinc.y Common, and from Chelmsford began to be used in and about...became at all general, Indeed it may be said that it wasenot until the opening of the quarries at Qnincy in 182Гi that the granite industry assumed any... | |
| George Perkins Merrill - 1889 - 416 Seiten
...noted,t granite from the bowlders on the Quincy Common, and from Chelmstbrd began to be used in aпсГ about Boston as early as 1737, but it was not until...of the present century that its use became at all generalIndeed it may be said that it was not until the opening of the quarries at Quincy in 1825 that... | |
| United States National Museum - 1889 - 916 Seiten
...used in and about Boston as early as 1737, but it was not until the early part of the present centur}- that its use became at all general. Indeed it may be said that it was not until the opening of tbe quarries at Qnincy in 1825 that tbe granite industry assumed any importance. From this time the... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1889 - 908 Seiten
...on the Quincy Common, and from Chelmsford began to be used in and about Boston as early as 17,'$7, but it was not until th,e early part of the present century that its use became at ¡ill generalIndeed it may be said that it was not until the opening of the quarries at Quincy in 1825... | |
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