Word: eng
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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Cambridge University (Eng.) thinks her prospects for next year's race with Oxford are rather dubious. Her trial eights have been selected...
Bochm's statue of Carlyle was unveiled Friday on the Embankment at Chelsea, Eng., where he spent the last forty years of his life...
...table of the principal libraries of the world, in the latest volume of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, the volumes accredited to the principal college libraries are as follows: Cambridge (Eng.) University Library, 200,000, besides a total of 266,500 volumes belonging to the separate college libraries; Trinity College, Dublin. 192,000; Edinburg University, 140,000; Glasgow University, 125,000; University College, London, 100,000; Oxford Bodleian, 400,000, besides a total of 306,000 among the several colleges; British Museum, 1, 500,000; Sarbonne (Paris), 125,000; Berlin University, 200,000; Bonn, 225,000; Breslaw University, 350,000; Erlanger University...
Chas. Darwin, the well-known scientist, died yesterday at his home near Aspington, Eng., after a short illness...
...double-screw, steel armor plated turret ship Colossus was launched at Portsmouth, Eng., yesterday. She is of 9146 tons burthen, and her engines are 6000 horse power...