On the communications between Europe and India through EgyptSmith, Elder and Company, 1846 - 73 Seiten |
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... expense ; and the work would not be attended with any engineering difficul- ties , nor would the expense be great in comparison with the magnitude of the undertaking . * * The author of this memoir published " a Historical Ac- count of ...
... expense ; and the work would not be attended with any engineering difficul- ties , nor would the expense be great in comparison with the magnitude of the undertaking . * * The author of this memoir published " a Historical Ac- count of ...
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... expense of transport by steam , both in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean , is at the same time diminishing , in consequence of the improvements already made in steam navigation , of any importance relating to it in ancient writers . He ...
... expense of transport by steam , both in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean , is at the same time diminishing , in consequence of the improvements already made in steam navigation , of any importance relating to it in ancient writers . He ...
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... expense of transport . It is well known that a very trifling diminution in the expense of freight to Suez , and of the transport through Egypt , would cause a considerable importation of Indian and Chinese produce into the ports of ...
... expense of transport . It is well known that a very trifling diminution in the expense of freight to Suez , and of the transport through Egypt , would cause a considerable importation of Indian and Chinese produce into the ports of ...
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... expense ; and the judgment of the engineer will be best shown in the calculations by which he renders the means conformable to the end . Probably , experience will show that unless the sur- plus water be carried off by new canals to ...
... expense ; and the judgment of the engineer will be best shown in the calculations by which he renders the means conformable to the end . Probably , experience will show that unless the sur- plus water be carried off by new canals to ...
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... expense of the barrage and their own ignorance . Several years ago , the Pasha of Egypt employed Monsieur Mongel to construct a dry dock at Alex- andria . The English at that time had no dry dock in the Mediterranean , though they are ...
... expense of the barrage and their own ignorance . Several years ago , the Pasha of Egypt employed Monsieur Mongel to construct a dry dock at Alex- andria . The English at that time had no dry dock in the Mediterranean , though they are ...
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afford agent Alexandria ancient Arab empire Austrian steamers barrage Beyrout Britain British Consul British Government Cairo Cairo to Suez carry CHARLES GUTZLAFF commercial communications with India Consular Corfu Damietta diplomatic East India Company England English establishment Europe and India European powers execution expense fleet Foreign Office France French Government French packets French steamers frigates Gibraltar Greece hostile improvement India through Egypt Indian empire Indian passengers Indian trade inhabitants interests interruption Ionian Islands Kench Kosseir Levant line-of-battle ships Lord Lord Palmerston Louis Philippe Malta Mamlooks Marseilles means Mediterranean ment merchants miles ministers Mohammed Mohammed Ali monopoly Monsieur Mongel month Myos Hormos naval force naval power necessary Nile Pasha of Egypt Peninsular and Oriental political port possession present projects railway ranean Red Sea render round the Cape ship canal Shishak shores sovereign of Egypt steam navigation Suez Sultan Syria terranean tion transit through Egypt transport Trieste troops Turkey Turkish vessels
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Seite 17 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Seite 14 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Seite 17 - And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem : and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.