Famous Americans of Recent TimesHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 - 473 стор. |
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... India - rubber shoes of twenty years ago , which had to be thawed out under the stove before they could be put on , and which , if left under the stove too long , would dissolve into gum that no household art could ever harden again ...
... India - rubber shoes of twenty years ago , which had to be thawed out under the stove before they could be put on , and which , if left under the stove too long , would dissolve into gum that no household art could ever harden again ...
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... India - rubber ? We are familiar with the stories of poor and friendless men , possessed with an idea and pursuing their object , amid obloquy , neglect , and suffering , to the final tri- umph ; of which final triumph other men reaped ...
... India - rubber ? We are familiar with the stories of poor and friendless men , possessed with an idea and pursuing their object , amid obloquy , neglect , and suffering , to the final tri- umph ; of which final triumph other men reaped ...
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... India - rubber could then be bought in Boston for five cents a pound , and a pair of shoes made of it brought from three to five dollars . Surely here was a promising basis for a new branch of manufacture in New England . It happened ...
... India - rubber could then be bought in Boston for five cents a pound , and a pair of shoes made of it brought from three to five dollars . Surely here was a promising basis for a new branch of manufacture in New England . It happened ...
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... India - rub- ber mania in those years similar to that of petroleum in 1864 . Not to invest in India - rubber stock was regarded by some shrewd men as indicative of inferior business talents and general dulness of comprehension . The ...
... India - rub- ber mania in those years similar to that of petroleum in 1864 . Not to invest in India - rubber stock was regarded by some shrewd men as indicative of inferior business talents and general dulness of comprehension . The ...
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... India - rubber Companies in the United States was wholly fallacious . The Roxbury Company had manufac- tured vast quantities of shoes and fabrics in the cool months of 1833 and 1834 , which had been readily sold at high prices ; but ...
... India - rubber Companies in the United States was wholly fallacious . The Roxbury Company had manufac- tured vast quantities of shoes and fabrics in the cool months of 1833 and 1834 , which had been readily sold at high prices ; but ...
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