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Excerpt from The History of Twenty-Five Years, Vol. 1
The Battle of the Ships and Guns New Railways in the Country and in London The Displacement of the Working Classes in Towns Lord Derby's Action to prevent Evictions Mr. Peabody's Gift and Sir S. Waterlow's Company The Metropolitan Board of Works The State of the Themes in 1858 The proposed Remedy The Thames Embankment The Coal and Wine Duties continued The Embankment and other Improvements adopted The Application of Steam to the Mercantile Marine The Introduction of the Steam Propeller The Invention of Compound Engines The Increasing Size and Power of Steam Vessels The Great Eastern The Atlantic Telegraph An Attempt to lay a Cable in 1857 is renewed in 1858 Rejoicings at its Success The Cable dumb A new Enterprise decided on Apathy in the United States Doubts ln England The Great Eastern purchased The Attempt of 1865 Its Failure The Cable laid in 1866 The Introduction of Anaesthetics Law Reform Bankruptcy The Transfer of Real Estate The Consolidation of the Statutes Imprisonment for Debt.
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