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1. Schonbek lighting incorporates top quality products
August 04, 2008
Since 1870, Schonbek Lighting has been manufacturing and designing their famous Schonbek Chandeliers. These crystal chandeliers come in different styles such as the Wall Sconces, Candelabra, high-tech lighting, crystal lamps, and so on. Started by Adolf Schonbek who discovered fine crystals in Bohemia, the company specializes in various chandelier lights. Adolf’s business expanded as many people in Europe purchased his fine crystal Schonbek Chandelier. In fact, the Queen of London purchased one of the chandeliers for the Buckingham Palace. The Schonbek Chandeliers are also installed in the Whi... (read more)
Author: Clint Jhonson
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2. Modern Furniture
July 30, 2008
Classical Household ?? Bed room Bed: 1870*2170*1210mm; Night Stand: 600*415*630mm; Dresser: 1250*530*1900mm; Mirror: 1450*950*50mm; 6-Ladder Cabinet: 1080*480*1280mm; home furniture,Outdoor Furniture,Restaurant Furniture office furniture, bedroom furniture contemporary furniture mdf furniture Modern furniture antique furniture diningroom furniture livingroom furniture Hotel furniture Glass Furniture wooden furniture Commercial Furniture Outdoor Furniture Panel Furniture glass furniture household furniture We specializing in producing furniture, office furniture, bedroom furniture... (read more)
Author: wp stjerne
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3. Simmons Mattresses: Beds and Options from Simmons that You will Melt In
July 24, 2008
Simmons Mattresses started making mattresses in 1870 in Wisconsin. Today, they are one of America's largest mattress manufacturers with 18 plants across the US and Puerto Rico.
The Simmons brand of products is broken down into 5 lines or mattress styles. To learn more about each, keep reading.
The Beautyrest Sleep System
Beautyrest represents Simmons mattresses' most well-known and popular line of mattress models. The beds utilize a special coil technology that allows couples to share a bed without disturbing each other.
Essentially, the Beatyrest mattress creates isolat... (read more)
Author: Trevor Price
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4. Schonbek Lighting
July 07, 2008
The complete name of the company Schonbek Lighting is Schonbek Worldwide Lighting, Inc. Schonbek Lighting has been manufacturing the lighting products since 1870. Therefore, its products are found all around the world. Important products of Schonbek Lighting are crystal chandelier designs, wall sconces, candelabra, crystal lamps and high tech lighting. These products are sold like hot cakes in the markets all around the world.
The lighting products which are manufactured by Schonbek are not found only in a single color but are found in different colors. One can buy lighting products of Sc... (read more)
Author: Jason Peters
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5. Natural Medicinal Herb: Shilajit
July 05, 2008
Shilajit is the very important Ayurvedic compounds that rejuvenates the body. Shilajit is believe to be first discovered in Modern times by British Explorer Sir Martin Edward Stanley during 1870 –the time when India and Nepal were part of the British Empire. It contains just more than 85 minerals in ionic form and the active principle fulvic acid, humic acid, hippuric acid and benzopyrones. It is mainly used to treat diabetes and various urinary problems. When combined with other herbs it rapidly enhances its effect.
It is believed to have strong beneficial effects on the kidneys, urina... (read more)
Author: Dr.jenny Hobson
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6. Jumeau Dolls: Their Golden Age
June 07, 2008
The Jumeau Company were the finest French dolls makers in the time of the world's greatest dolls. The latter half of the 19th Century was the golden age of doll making and France was at its center. The world looked to France as the masters of doll making and their dolls were, and still are, the most prized dolls amongst collectors.
The heyday of Jumeau came in 1860's and 1870's. The production techniques had reached their height, the company were innovating and changing their dolls to meet the desires of customers and their skills had reached their pinnacle.
Jumeau and Bisque Dolls ... (read more)
Author: Al Wood
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7. Cigar Bungalows in Key West Florida
May 29, 2008
Since the nineteenth century, Key West has comprised one on the historic hubs of cigar tradition. Erstwhile boasting more cigar factories per capita than anywhere else on the globe, Key West had always had a major part in the cigar industry. Shortly after the U.S. Civil War , this town turned into a Mecca for Cuban citizens taking flight from their nation's revolution against Spain. By the late 1870's there were over 100 factories making cigars.
Cuban influence in Key West commenced on a massive scale in 1868 when the first war against Spanish authority created a mass exodus. When Cubans... (read more)
Author: Marie Wakefield
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8. Rome - Cultural Capital of World (Part - II)
May 15, 2008
The capital of Italy – Illustrating Neoclassicism Architecture
Rome became the capital city of Italy in 1870, during that time a new style of architecture developed in Italy called neoclassicism. It was building style influenced by the Antiquity architecture. Later it influenced Roman architecture predominantly. After being the capital city of Italy several new buildings are constructed to house ministries, embassies and other government agencies, all of them were great example of palaces in neoclassical styles. The Best example of neoclassicism architecture is the Monument of Vittorio Em... (read more)
Author: omar mahmood
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9. Mother's Day; 10 Gift Picks
April 28, 2008
Celebrated on the second Sunday in May, Mother’s Day was originally intended as a call to unite women against war. This occurred in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe. This inspired Ann Jarvis to improve sanitation throughout the Civil War through what was called Mother’s Work Days. After she died, her daughter Anna Jarvis started the crusade to found a memorial day for women. The first such Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908, in the church where the elder Ann Jarvis had taught Sunday School. In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson declared the first national Mother's Day... (read more)
Author: Allison Merlino
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10. Reds Tickets - Now Book Tickets With An Authorized Ticket Broker!
April 16, 2008
Major League Baseball team, the Reds is a great team that has witnessed a great rush for Reds tickets! They belong to the Central Division of the National League and are based in Cincinnati Ohio. What started off as an amateur club in 1863 became fully professional in the year 1869. The Great American Ball Park at Cincinnati was the home ballpark of the Reds. The Red Stockings, as they were known as won straight 130 games in the year 1869 and 1870. In the year 1870 when the Red Stockings parted ways with the American Association, the team dropped ‘Stockings’ from their name. The Reds towards t... (read more)
Author: reed tieri
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11. Artist William Merritt Chase
February 24, 2008
William Merritt Chase was born on November 1st, 1849 in Nineveh, Indiana. After joining and leaving the Navy in 1869, he decided to leave Indiana and head off to New York to study art. While there, he studied at The National Academy of Design. In 1870 he left New York to help support his family in St. Louis, he worked as a still-life painter and started to make a name for himself. The wealthy art collectors in St. Louis decided they wanted to expand his talent in Europe and they sponsored a 5 year stay in Munich in return for paintings.
Chase returned back to the United States in 1878 and... (read more)
Author: crizza reyes
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12. What Determines The Shape And Size Of A Baseball Glove
February 10, 2008
A baseball glove is also called a mitt and it a rather large glove made of leather that base ball players wear when the field so as to enable them to catch the balls which are being hit by the other team.It is also used to catch the ball when it is thrown by another teammate. It was Doug Allison who first used a glove and that too because he was hurt in his hand. And this was way back in 1870. Many of the baseball players rejected the glove and termed it feminine but much later many players began to wear a glove to protect their hands and they found that with a glove they were able to catch t... (read more)
Author: Muna wa Wanjiru
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13. Calvin Coolidge: Man of the Great Generation
February 10, 2008
Introduction
The heroes of the Greatest Generation were made well known to us through Tom Brokaw’s best selling book. These were the children of the Great Generation who lived and shaped our nation from the 1870’s to the 1950’s. They were the principal players in the Spanish American War, The Philippine Insurrection, World War I, The Roaring Twenties, Prohibition, and the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
Part One Calvin Coolidge: His Origins and Career
Calvin Coolidge was born into this Great Generation on July 4, 1872 in Plymouth Notch Vermont, and died on January 5, 1933 ... (read more)
Author: Bernard Fleury
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14. Vacation Rentals In Kure Beach North Carolina
January 05, 2008
Are you looking to explore some extremely dazzling beaches in North Carolina? The Southern Coast of North Carolina boasts some really good beaches. Carolina beach and Kure beach are the most famous beaches of North Carolina.
Before discussing Vacation Rentals Kure Beach N.C. Realtors, it is worthwhile to mention some background information. Kure Beach is a relatively young beach by historical standards. It was only after the 1870’s that its development began when Hans Kure came to Carolina from Denmark. He bought large portions of land in the island which led to the emergence of the town ... (read more)
Author: Will Moore
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15. Various Types of Fire Sprinkler Systems and Their Uses
November 26, 2007
This article describes various types of fire sprinkler systems and their uses. It also specifies the areas of application of different systems.Fire sprinkler is used to spread water in case of any fire accidents that reach a particular temperature. Fire sprinkler was first invented in 1870’s in United States. Fire sprinkler may be automatic or open orifice system. Automatic fire sprinkler uses a frangible bulb that has different color coding for the purpose of indicating the temperature of fire. It will operate individually in a fire. It releases water pressure and allows water flow from the ... (read more)
Author: Muna wa Wanjiru
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16. 10 Reasons To Visit Florence In Italy
September 12, 2007
You can define Florence as the city of “pleasance, elegance, excellence, opulence, magnificence….” In fact, you may need lot more beautiful adjectives to describe the city completely. Certainly, Florence has floral pleasance, architectural elegance, artistic excellence, cultural opulence, and renaissancial magnificence.
Florence is one of the most fantastic cities of Italy. The heart of Tuscany resting on the Arno River was the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1865 to 1870. Long ruled by the Medici family, Florence is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. The cit... (read more)
Author: James Burrows
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17. Antitrust Laws Will be Used More Often
July 10, 2007
Anti-trust laws were designed to protect consumers from companies that desired to corner the market and artificially inflate prices. The goal was to limit the economic power of companies and to ensure that business continues to function. These anti-trust laws force companies to break up into smaller entities thereby creating competition and lower prices.
What we might not know is where all these anti-trust laws came from. The origin of these laws came from the populist movement of the 1870’s. The federal government chimed in and enacted the Interstate Commerce Laws around 1887 which gave ... (read more)
Author: Murad Ali
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18. BLACK HILLS GOLD JEWELRY
June 22, 2007
Black Hills Gold jewelry is an original American art form created in the 1870’s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The design utilizes leaves, grape clusters and vines, made from “pink gold” and “green gold”, to surround the main focal point of each piece. The pink color is made by combining gold with copper, and the delicate green color is achieved by adding sterling silver with gold. By law, any piece of jewelry bearing the description "Black Hills Gold" must be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota. While there are several manufacturers of authentic Black Hills Gold jew... (read more)
Author: Michael Amato
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19. The Effects of Pheromones - An Introduction
May 19, 2007
The term pheromone comes from two Greek words: pherein ("to transfer") and hormon, which means "to stimulate". Pheromones are aromatic chemical compounds released by one individual that affect the sexual physiology and behavior of another individual.
Since 1870 scientists have known about pheromones and recorded the effects of pheromones on mating in insects and other animal species. In 1986 the scientists proved the existence of human pheromones and began to document their effects on humans.
Humans cannot consciously detect another person's pheromones, i.e. we can't "smell" them in ... (read more)
Author: Pax Shumway
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20. Are People Dying to Live Here?
May 01, 2007
West Virginia is the second largest coal producer in the United States. In 1731 the first white settlement was established in Berkeley county. At that time hardwood forests covered 75% of the state and become one of West Virginia’s major natural resources in addition to oil and natural gas. Coal was discovered in 1742 and rapid industrial expansion began in the 1870’s. While over a million acres have been set aside as state wildlife reserves, West Virginia continues to lead the country in glass, steel, aluminum, and chemical manufacturing. Needless to say such factories create a lot of ... (read more)
Author: Danielle Golden
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21. History of Mothers Day
April 10, 2007
The history of Mother's Day has a unique beginning, which has yielded a lovely holiday over time. Although it is celebrated worldwide, the festivities are held on different days of the year, depending on the holiday's origins in a particular country. Mother's Day in the United States was started in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, who is also remembered for having written the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." A social activist who was unhappy with the result of the American Civil War, namely, multitudes of war dead, she wrote a Mother's Day Proclamation, which was a call fo... (read more)
Author: Anne Harvester
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22. Food & Wine Of Florence
April 06, 2007
Florence, often considered as ‘Rome Light’, is the city of the Medici and art abounding. Florence is situated in the heart of Tuscany, on the Arno River between the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas, in the middle of the Italian peninsula. From1865 to 1870, Florence was the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Now it is the capital city of Tuscany, Italy. The city was long ruled by the Medici family and oftentimes conceived the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Florence is a city of remarkable beauties including churches, monasteries, museums, galleries and palaces. This city also called ... (read more)
Author: James Burrows
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23. Paris' Hidden Gem: The Jacquemart-Andre Museum
March 10, 2007
Paris museums are not all about crowds and famous paintings. You can love the Louvre and leave it too and savor instead, one of the small, more accessible museums that impart a particularly Paris flavor like the private Musee Jacquemart-Andre at 158 Boulevard Hausmann in the fashionable 8th.
The Jacquemart-Andre is a highly personal place, a grand town house (fairly plain on the street but wonderfully sumptuous within) built in the 1870’s and filled with art chosen by the discerning eyes of a married couple, Edouard Andre and his society painter wife, Nelie Jacquemart who traveled the wor... (read more)
Author: Razvan Jr
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24. Boston Terrier - The facts every owner of this dog breed should know
December 11, 2006
The Boston Terrier is one of the few breeds of dog that America can claim as its own. Around 1870, Robert C. Hooper of Boston purchased Hooper's Judge, a cross between an English Bulldog and an English White Terrier. Hooper's Judge was bred with a smaller female, and that litter bred with French bulldogs, providing the beginnings of the Boston Terrier, America's first non-hunting dog. Though originally bred for dog fighting, Boston Terriers are no longer used for that purpose and the aggressive traits have been bred out of the breed.
Also know as the Boston Bull, Boston Terriers are comp... (read more)
Author: Robert Benjamin
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25. Lenin and His Role In Bringing Communism to Russia
September 30, 2006
Any mention of communism in Russia has to start with a discussion of Vladimir Lenin. Here is an overview of Lenin, an undeniably important historical figure.
Lenin and His Role In Bringing Communism to Russia
Vladimir Lenin was born on April 22, 1870, as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. He is known as the father of Russian Communism, as well as the first Communist leader of the Soviet Union. His rise to fame and power brought him through several revolutions and the end of imperial power in Russia, and he will forever be known as the man who changed Russia's entire course of history. His ea... (read more)
Author: Richard Monk
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