Articles on 1860 in the United Kingdom, Including - 1860 English Cricket Season, Bull Bridge Accident, Atherstone Rail Accident, 1860 Oxford Evolution Debate, Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 1860 Open Championship, Convention of Peking, R V Hay (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book contains chapters focused on 1860 in the United Kingdom, 1860 in England, and 1860 in Scotland. More info: Events from the year 1860 in the United Kingdom. *Prime Minister - Viscount Palmerston, Liberal * 25 January - HMS Prince of Wales, a 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate ship of the line is launched. * March - Food and Drugs Act, 1860 prohibits the adulteration of certain foodstuffs. * October - John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant leave Zanzibar to search for source of the Nile. * 17 October - The first professional golf tournament is held at Prestwick in Scotland, sometimes regarded as the first Open, although it is not truly open until the following year. ** Lord Elgin orders his forces to set fire to the huge complex of Beijing's Old Summer Palace, known as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness, which burns to the ground. * 1 December - Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book contains chapters focused on 1860 in the United Kingdom, 1860 in England, and 1860 in Scotland. More info: Events from the year 1860 in the United Kingdom. *Prime Minister - Viscount Palmerston, Liberal * 25 January - HMS Prince of Wales, a 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate ship of the line is launched. * March - Food and Drugs Act, 1860 prohibits the adulteration of certain foodstuffs. * October - John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant leave Zanzibar to search for source of the Nile. * 17 October - The first professional golf tournament is held at Prestwick in Scotland, sometimes regarded as the first Open, although it is not truly open until the following year. ** Lord Elgin orders his forces to set fire to the huge complex of Beijing's Old Summer Palace, known as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness, which burns to the ground. * 1 December - Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round.

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Hephaestus Books

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United States

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September 2011

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September 2011

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246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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46

ISBN-13

978-1-244-28098-4

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9781244280984

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1-244-28098-4



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