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Journal of the House of Lords
… Court at every Session, they operate as a most powerful Engine in making the People of the Country more attentive … the Natives of Ceylon to act as Jurymen is a most powerful Engine for raising the Value of Character amongst them, and …
Journal of the House of Lords
… it has always appeared to me that the most powerful Engine that could be devised to secure the Popularity and …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Dipti Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Geog.). Supervised by Driver, Felix F. Chronological coverage: 18861936 The Rwanda …
A History of the County of Oxford
… further reduced by the more general use of the suction gas-engine now finding its way into farms and manufactories. By … at from 10 d. to 1 s. a day for a 10 brake-horse-power engine, as against 10 s. a day, which is a fair estimate, for …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… their toll in the Chalk Country. 102 In 1790 the carding engine first made its appearance at Bradford-on-Avon 103 and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to mechanization and a smaller working force. Steam-plough engine men, for instance, drew 18 s. to 21 s. a week. 227 … Wiltshire. 292 In 1859 Pocock purchased a 10 h.p. Fowler engine, an anchorage, and a three-furrow plough. He ploughed … of the steam plough. 294 In 1859 he purchased a 14 h.p. engine and sold seven four-ox teams. Operations, he found, …