Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events Volume 10; Embracing political, military, and ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; ... science, agriculture, and mechanical industry
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Books Group, 752 стр., ISBN:
1130529991
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...paid thereon, ?29,778,757; amount expended, ?82,135,559. Railway communication is now open from Bombay to Madras and Calcutta, and the principal cantonments in India. During the month of August the entire line of railroad between Calcutta and Lahore, the capital of the Punjab, was thrown open to commerce. The great iron bridge over the Sutlej was completed, and Calcutta was thus brought into direct communication with Mooltan, a distance of 1,554 miles. On April 27th the first telegram was received in London direct from Calcutta; it reached its destination at eleven o'clock A. M. of the day on which it was written in Asia. Telegraphic service between India and England was greatly benefited by the completion of the Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta submarine cable, connecting at the...
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