Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . FRANKLIN PIERCE JAMES BUCHANAN 1841—PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 1847—BATTLP: of BUENA vista—MEXICAN WAR STOKV OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 233 when the voyage was performed in twelve days eighteen liours, or notmuch more than a third of the average time taken by the old line
Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . FRANKLIN PIERCE JAMES BUCHANAN 1841—PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 1847—BATTLP: of BUENA vista—MEXICAN WAR STOKV OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 233 when the voyage was performed in twelve days eighteen liours, or notmuch more than a third of the average time taken by the old liners ;and the shortest passage home was in April-May, 1842, in twelve-days seven and a half hours. The average speed outwards wasnine and a half, and homeward eleven and a quarter miles per these seventy voyages the Great Western carried 3165passengers to New York and brought 2609 home. THE GREAT BRITAIN. According to Captain Claxton, Managing Director of theGreatWestern Steamship Company, no sooner had the Great Westernperformed her voyage, with the greatest ease, to New York and back,than the directors found that steamships of larger dimensions would offerbetter chances of remuneration. They now determined that theirsecond ship should be built of iron instead of wood, and propelled by thescrew instead of the paddle wheel. Accordingly the keel of the GreatBritain was la
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