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Hace 3 días · Cattle grazing below high water, Isle of Dogs, 1792 (Robert Dodd, detail: National Maritime Museum) The Embanking of the tidal Thames is the historical process by which the lower River Thames, at one time a broad, shallow waterway winding through malarious marshlands, has been transformed by human intervention into a deep, narrow tidal canal flowing between solid artificial walls, and ...
Hace 4 días · It is but right that, in describing a work of such grandeur and national importance as the Thames Embankment, we should mention the names, not only of the principal engineer—Sir Joseph W. Bazalgette—to whom, of course, it will be a monument of enduring fame, but also of those of the contractors and resident engineers; the former were Messrs. Furness, Ritson, and Webster, and the latter ...
Hace 3 días · The Russian National Library in Moscow is the largest library in the country. With its vast collection of books, manuscripts, and documents, it is a valuable resource for researchers and scholars. Moscow enjoys a rich cultural heritage.
Hace 3 días · In 2000 the National Library named after M.F. Akhundov established an internet hall. In 2001 a training center was opened by the library. It uses an automated management system since 2003.The Russian National Library (initially called the Imperial Public Library, later the N. Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library) opened to readers in 1814.
Hace 3 días · New plans have been filed to create a temporary public library branch at 950 Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The facility will operate while the city pursues renovations of the Him Mark Lai Library Branch. The city’s Real Estate Division is listed as responsible for the application. The city’s plans for the Him Mark Lai Library ...
Hace 3 días · 28 May 2024. Bern, 24.05.2024 - Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider returned three archaeological cultural goods of great significance to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, Mr Fouad Hussein. These three Mesopotamian objects, which are between 1,700 and 2,800 years old, had been confiscated ...
Hace 3 días · The National Library transferred its collection of 534,000 books and intellectual works to the new Library. The former building serves as the Research Library, which holds a vast collection of approximately three million items, including sutras, manuscripts, primary sources, research materials, and books. The new library building has 16 reading ...
