...greatest improvements in locomotion that the world has seen. Road-making was improved and cheapened at the end of last century and the beginning of the present century by two Scotchmen, Telford and Macadam. In 1807 the first steam voyage in every respect successful...

...The coast there lends itself to the sort of enterprise which attracted the most adventurous spirits at the end of last Century and the beginning of the present. The cliffs are steep, are riddled with caves, and form, little coves that invite small boats to enter...

...a subvention either from the state or from the municipal authorities. Great improvements took place at the end of last century and the beginning of the present one, both in Stockholm and in the large industrial centres in different parts of the country. The work...

...constitutes an excellent method for the ablation of haemorrhoids. " One word about ligatures. All surgeons at the end of last century and the beginning of the present were very fearful of applying them, owing to an instance of fatal haemorrhage which occurred after...