Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . Fig. 14.—Lamp-PostDistribution. nels of the Caucasus may be added to the Novorossisk branch of the Caucasus Rail-road passes through two tunnels, the longer ofwhich is 1,338 metres, and the shorter 365metres in length. The Souram Tunnel of theBaku-Batoum Railway, which was opened onthe 31st of October, is the largest tunnel inRussia, being 4*4 kilo
Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . Fig. 14.—Lamp-PostDistribution. nels of the Caucasus may be added to the Novorossisk branch of the Caucasus Rail-road passes through two tunnels, the longer ofwhich is 1,338 metres, and the shorter 365metres in length. The Souram Tunnel of theBaku-Batoum Railway, which was opened onthe 31st of October, is the largest tunnel inRussia, being 4*4 kilometres, or a mile andthree quarters long. By its means the steepgrades of the Souram Pass are avoided, andthe petroleum trains, which formerly had to bedivided at this point, are now able to pass tothe Black Sea unbroken. EPIDEMICS. At certain periods in the his-tory of mankind certain diseases have attainedsuch force as to affect large areas of territoryand kill great numbers of men; and have thenbeen known as epidemics. It is the design ofthis article to sketch the general history of thegreatest of these epidemics. The Black-Death.—One of the most memor-able of the epidemics of the middle ages was agreat pestilence in the four
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