Chess History and Reminiscences ppt

... Charlemagne and chess, Al Mamun and chess, Canute and chess, are as well authenticated and worthy of credit, as other more important incidents found in history, notwithstanding that encyclopaediasts and ... GUTENBERG EBOOK, CHESS HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES *** This etext was produced by Stephen D. Leary CHESS HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES by H. E. Bird ====== To My Hi...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:20

... of chess and its friendly reciprocity, and least of all in the eyes of our foreign chess brethren and entertainers. NOTE. This monster Chess Contest between the North and the South of England, ... DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF CHESS WRITERS, LACK OF CHESS HISTORY RETROSPECT, AND HABITS, AND IDIOSYNCRACIES OF CHESS PLAYERS: the German hand-books, the Modern...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 13:20

... patronize, and he provided an eye- witness and visceral connection to many of the events and people described in this work. Harry Amana grounded my history and understanding of the black press and ... being marked by “band concerts and flag raising exercises” and attracting “beautifully gowned ladies and Philadelphia’s ‘professional men,’ the elite of black society.” 3 Ov...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 22:20

... 99 and securities clearing and settlement systems in making their choices, which, in turn, fosters competition between payment systems and among securities clearing and settlement systems, and ... European Commission and the approval of the EU Council. The 1, 2 and 5 cent coins show Europe’s place on the globe, the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins depict Europe as a group of individua...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... description and illustration, see Dobson's Monograph. SIZE.—Head and body, 1·65 inch; tail, 2 inches. NO. 85. VESPERUGO PACHYPUS. HABITAT.—Darjeeling, Tenasserim, and Andaman Islands. DESCRIPTION.—Crown ... DESCRIPTION.—Head broad and flat; ears oval and broad; the outer margin convex, reflected backwards, and forming a thick lobe terminating close to the angle of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 21:20

... English Church, about four millions, and those of the poor Kirk of Scotland, the plundered Church of Ireland, and the "voluntary" efforts of the hundred and one sects of Dissenters, together ... Lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island, and had conducted with great care and success CHAPTER VIII. 104 the establishment of that smaller colony. However, Norfolk Island was abandon...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 08:20

... quadrupeds, the dog and the hog. New Zealand and the low islands must be content with dogs alone; the Marquesas, Friendly Isles, and New Hebrides, have only hogs; and Easter Island and New Caledonia ... Society Islands, and the Friendly Islands, during one and thirty days. The season for prosecuting our discoveries in high southern latitudes advanced, and the savage rocks of N...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20

... high, and lies full five leagues distant from the main. This island I named after Dr Solander, and called it Solander's Island. The shore of the main lies nearest E. by S. and W. by N. and ... an island. Between this land and Cape Egmont lies the bay, the west side of which was our situation at this time, and the land here is of a considerable height, and diversified by bil...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20

... leagues. This island is destitute of wood, and the soil seems to be sandy and barren. Between Tahowrowa and Mowee lies the small uninhabited island Morrotinnee. Morotoi is only two leagues and a half ... thence to be conveyed by land to Kiachta, a distance of one thousand three-hundred and sixty-four miles; and thence on to Pekin, seven hundred and sixty miles more; and after...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20

... three islands of this group, Grand Canaria, Teneriffe, and Palma, which are larger and better peopled than the other four, are still unsubdued and possessed by the aboriginal idolaters. Grand Canaria ... Grand Canaria has between eight and nine thousand souls, and Teneriffe, which is the largest of all these islands, is said to contain fourteen or fifteen thousand, and is divided...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 11:20