Industry in England: Historical OutlinesMethuen & Company, 1896 - 479 páginas |
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... seen that originally , during the greater part of the stone age , Britain was inhabited by the short , dark , Iberian race , and that towards the end of that period it was invaded by a tall and fair Celtic people , who either brought ...
... seen that originally , during the greater part of the stone age , Britain was inhabited by the short , dark , Iberian race , and that towards the end of that period it was invaded by a tall and fair Celtic people , who either brought ...
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... seen only in a few favoured spots . Whereas to - day the cultivable and cultivated area includes the greater part of the surface , it was at that time only a small fraction of it . Forests and scrub , fen , moor , and marsh occupied ...
... seen only in a few favoured spots . Whereas to - day the cultivable and cultivated area includes the greater part of the surface , it was at that time only a small fraction of it . Forests and scrub , fen , moor , and marsh occupied ...
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... seen in the numbers of beavers that built their colonies on the streams , remaining in remote parts till the twelfth century . Indeed , it is evident that the Britain of pre- Roman days must have been , on the whole , a very wild and ...
... seen in the numbers of beavers that built their colonies on the streams , remaining in remote parts till the twelfth century . Indeed , it is evident that the Britain of pre- Roman days must have been , on the whole , a very wild and ...
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... seen ploughing with his rude plough fastened to his horse's tail , while in the Isle of Man a farmer of the present generation sacrificed one of his cattle at the cross roads to cure a plague which was destroying the others . The ...
... seen ploughing with his rude plough fastened to his horse's tail , while in the Isle of Man a farmer of the present generation sacrificed one of his cattle at the cross roads to cure a plague which was destroying the others . The ...
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... seen ) for salting meat for winter use , and some idea of the importance of the salt manufacture of that period may be obtained from the fact that in six shires no less than 727 salt works are named in Domesday as paying rent to their ...
... seen ) for salting meat for winter use , and some idea of the importance of the salt manufacture of that period may be obtained from the fact that in six shires no less than 727 salt works are named in Domesday as paying rent to their ...
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