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    companies in 1885 • Schumacher finally joined when his largest mill burned to the ground. • Together they formed the Consolidated Oatmeal Company CONTINUED… • The Consolidated Oatmeal Company collapsed under financial and legal trouble in 1888. • Soon after in 1888‚ 4 more leading to 7 of the largest American oat millers united as the American Cereal Company. ECONOMIES OF SCALE • Under the American Cereal Company name‚ production was doubled and costs of production were cut in 1890 by taking the

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    Upon the first glance‚ Drew Grey’s novel “London’s Shadows: the Dark Side of the Victorian City” would appear to be about the unfolding events of the Whitechapel murders in London during the year of 1888‚ but this is not the full purpose of the novel. Drew Grey; a senior lecturer in history of crime at the University of Northampton (The University of Northampton) ‚ applies his knowledge to provide consideration of “the ways in which the killings affected attitudes towards the perceived problems of

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    declared as winners. EPL games areusually held in Saturdays or Sundays. It was known as Premiership from 1993 to 2007 and nowsince it is sponsored by Barclays Bank‚ it is known as Barclay’s Premier League.However the concept of league goes back to 1888. Since 1888 a total of 23 teams have beencrowned as Champions of English football. Since the inception of Premier league in 1992‚ 44teams have competed against each other for the title and four has gone on to

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    telephone. Many other inventions marked Bell’s later life‚ including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications‚ hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888‚ Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.[8] He has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history. John Logie Baird FRSE (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world’s first practical‚ publicly demonstrated television system‚ and also the world’s first

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     This was evidenced in his farewell letter which was delivered to his parents shortly after his departure for Spain. 2.) Discuss Important things that happens to Rizal during his trip to different country. - Rizal’s Trip to HongKong On February 28‚ 1888‚ a year after the publication of Noli Me Tangere‚ and six months after his arrival in the Philippines‚ José Rizal sailed from Manila again‚ by "advice" of the government. The controversy over the Noli took its toll on Rizal. He soon found that he had

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    "Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. During this period of three months where 5 prostitutes were killed; each one had their throats cut then they were mutilated. The main reason this case has become famous is because it was the first widely broadcasted murdered with a gruesome act to killing the victims. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the

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    Upon the first glance‚ Drew Gray’s novel “London’s Shadows: the Dark Side of the Victorian City” would appear to be about the unfolding events of the Whitechapel murders in London during the year of 1888‚ but this is not the full purpose of the novel. Drew Gray; a senior lecturer in the history of crime at the University of Northampton (The University of Northampton)‚ applies his knowledge to provide consideration of “the ways in which the killings affected attitudes towards the perceived problems

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    was an author‚ athletic director‚ chairman of the board of the New Haven Clock Company‚ and director of the Peck Brothers Company. He was general athletic director and head advisory football coach at Yale University from 1888-1914‚ and chairman of the Yale football committee from 1888-1912. Camp played footba ll at Yale and helped evolve the rules of the game away from Rugby and Soccer rules into the rules of American Football as we know them today. One precursor to Walter Camp’s influence was William

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    Sonya Kovalevsky was born on January 15‚ 1850 in Moscow‚ Russia. She grew up in a very intellectual family. Her father was a military officer and a landholder; her mother was the granddaughter of a famous Russian astronomer and an accomplished musician. She grew up living a lavish life‚ and was first educated by her uncle‚ who read her fairy tales‚ taught her chess‚ and talked about mathematics. She even bumped into the subject of trigonometry while studying elementary physics. She achieved

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    the early 19th century connected to a series of murders in the town of Whitechapel (Bio.com). The name Jack the Ripper was coined in the middle of the line of murders‚ thanks to an anonymous letter that was sent to the police officers in September of 1888 (Casebook). After a couple of weeks‚ some journalists found out about the story and it spread like wildfire‚ making Jack the Ripper the first serial killer to create a worldwide panic. Jack the Ripper did a lot of things in his murderous years‚ he

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