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    Mid-19th Century Logistics

    Here's what I've found so far: A mid-19th century boxcar could haul 10 tons of freight. Depending on the locomotive and the terrain a train could consist of 10-20 boxcars. The largest riverboats could carry 500 tons of cargo. Most riverboats were a little smaller - 200 or 300 tons capacity...
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    Eastern Ural border of Europe was invented by A. Humboldt in the mid-19th century?

    Hello! Were the eastern borders of Europe (the Ural border) invented suggested and fixed by Alexander von Humboldt in the mid-19th century? He was also the first geographer who described by geographical scientific precision the Ural mountain area. Can you search books about that geographical...
  3. Druzhina

    Illustrations of early & mid-19th century Indian Soldiers

    Illustrations of early & mid-19th century Indian Soldiers Four Tribal Warriors, Delhi Area, ca. 1815–1816 Kala with Sabre Drawn and Kala in Skinner's Horse Uniform, Delhi Area, ca. 1815–1816 Sepoys of Madras, Bengal and Bombay, c.1816 after Fitzclarence Nine courtiers and servants of the Raja...
  4. jeroenrottgering

    What if you lived in the mid-19th century...

    - Reactionary, death to the revolutionaries! - Conservative, we must preserve what we gained! - Liberal, progress and economic freedom is the way! - Socialist, equality for all! - Communist, away with the aristocrats and liberals! - Nationalist, preserve my countries culture! - Monarchist...
  5. jeroenrottgering

    What if you lived in the mid-19th century...

    Imagine you lived in the mid-19th century. If so which of the following political currents would you probably support: - Reactionary, death to the revolutionaries! - Conservative, we must preserve what we gained! - Liberal, progress and economic freedom is the way! - Socialist, equality for...
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