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Between 1885 and 1887 the company had built the Maria Pia Bridge over the Douro at Porto, and when it was proposed to construct a railway between Marvejols and Neussargues in the Cantal department the work of constructing a viaduct to cross the River Truyère was given to Eiffel without the usual process of competitive tendering at the recommendation of the engineers of the state Highways Department since the technical problems involved were similar to those of the Maria Pia Bridge ; indeed, it was Eiffel & Cie's success with this project that had led to the proposal for a viaduct at Garabit.
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Between 1884 and 1885, European nations met at the Berlin West Africa Conference to discuss the partitioning of Africa.
Between 1878 and 1919 Britain, France and Germany, busy extending their own colonial territories in the region, threatened Liberia militarily, and France and Britain forced Liberia to cede parts of its territory to them ( 1883, 1885, 1892, 1903, 1919 ).
Between then and 1885, the Sorbonne served as the seat of the university's theology faculties and of the Académie de Paris.
Between 1880 and 1900, many significant canals were constructed, including the Huntington Canal ( 1884 ), Emery Canal ( 1885 ), Cleveland Canal ( 1885 ), and the Wakefield Ditch ( 1880 ).
Between 1 March 1883 and 30 September 1885 the line also served stations from Ealing Broadway to Windsor, running on the Great Western Main Line.
Between 1880 and 1885 the courts were clogged with a large number of cases, many of them about land claims and properties.
Between 1885 and 1888, several buildings were moved to the present location on the Whitewater River after the Missouri Pacific railroad came through the area.
Between 1885 and 1916, Crawick even had its own post office ( known as Crawick Bridge ); it also had gas-powered streetlights two years before the rest of the town of Sanquhar.
Between 1885 and 1915, the Liberty Bell made seven trips to various expositions and celebrations.
Between 1885 and 1914, Britain brought nearly 30 % of Africa's population under its control, to 15 % for France, 9 % for Germany, 7 % for Belgium and 1 % for Italy: Nigeria alone contributed 15 million subjects to Britain, more than in the whole of French West Africa, or the entire German colonial empire.
Between 1883 and 1885, she taught three terms of school, worked for the local dressmaker and attended high school, although she did not graduate.
Between 1870 and 1885 the canal was enlarged to a depth of six and a half meters at its centre, and to a width of 17 meters at its base and 68 meters at the surface level: bridges were rebuilt accordingly along the Belgian sector.
Between the years 1885 and 1897, Léo Taxil maintained a hoax against both Freemasonry and the Roman Catholic Church, by making increasingly outlandish claims regarding Freemasonry.
* Between 1884 and 1885 seasons
* Between 1885 and 1886 seasons
Between 1885 and 1918 it formed part of the South Monmouthshire constituency, and since then has been within the Monmouth county constituency.
Between 1883 and 1885 Maxim patented gas, recoil and blow-back methods of operation.
Between 1876 and 1883, Battleford was the territorial capital of the Northwest Territories ( now Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, northern Quebec, northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories ) and the NWMP fort ( Fort Battleford ) located there played an important role in the 1885 Northwest Rebellion.
Between 1885 and 1897, the people of Greystones campaigned for a harbour to aid the fishing industry and imports such as coal.
Between 1885 and 1886 he served as Lord Privy Seal in Lord Salisbury's first government.
Between 1866 and 1885, 57. 7 % all races were won by the crew on the Berkshire station, with the Buckinghamshire and Centre crews sharing 42. 3 %.
Between the passing of the Second Reform Act of 1867 and the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the town was part of the East Cheshire constituency.
Between 1885 and 1918 the town was part of the Hyde county constituency.
Between 1861 and 1885 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Devon.
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Between 1880 and 1887, Heaviside developed the operational calculus ( involving the D notation for the differential operator, which he is credited with creating ), a method of solving differential equations by transforming them into ordinary algebraic equations which caused a great deal of controversy when first introduced, owing to the lack of rigour in his derivation of it.
Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at the University of Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Leipzig.
Between 1882 and 1887, the Standard Mine also operated in the region.
Between 1887 and 1905, the Lima Oil Field was a world-class producer, yielding.
Between 1887 and 1908, the area around Elgin had 35 sawmills, most transportable water-driven whipsaws ( vertical reciprocating saws ).
Between 1880 and 1887, 97 factories were established in Knoxville, most of them specializing in textiles, food products, and iron products.
Between 1887 and 1901, he wrote two dozen settings of Wunderhorn texts, several of which were incorporated into ( or composed as movements for ) his Second, Third and Fourth symphonies.
* Between 1886 and 1887 seasons
* Between 1887 and 1888 seasons
Between 1887 and 1889, the village was modernized with a sewage system, water works, and electrical lighting.
Between 1881 and 1887, Federal and Confederate veterans held 24 major reunions together.
Between 1887 and 1895, Dubois searched at potential sites near rivers and in caves, first on the island of Sumatra, then on the Indonesian island of Java.
Between 1887 and 1965 the town was served by Wooler railway station on the Alnwick to Cornhill Branch.
Between 1796 and 1887 at least 200 vessels were launched from Salcombe.
Between 1866 and 1887, the theatre was taken over by the U. S. military and served as a facility for the War Department with records kept on the first floor, the Library of the Surgeon General's Office on the second floor, and the Army Medical Museum on the third.
Between 1871 and 1887 Bismarck sought to restrict the power of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, whom he regarded as “ the enemy within ”, through a Kulturkampf ( cultural struggle ) which included the disbanding of Catholic organisations, confiscation of church property, banishment or imprisonment of clergy and an ongoing feud with the Vatican.
Between 1920 and 1923, Prince Asaka studied military tactics at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France, along with his half-brother Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko and his cousin Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa ( 1887 – 1923 ).
Between 1887 and 1891 an attempt by Charles Cahan and others to secure a federal civil service appointment for John James Stewart, owner of the Halifax Herald and Mail, had come to nothing.
Between his first election in 1870 and his resignation in 1887, the population of Manitoba had grown tenfold ; as Premier, Norquay was responsible for expanding government services accordingly.
Between 1884 and 1887, El Murgebi claimed the Eastern Congo for himself and for the Sultan of Zanzibar, Bargash bin Said el Busaidi.
Between 1887 and 1891 Preston's population nearly doubled from 2, 000 to 3, 600.
Between 1880 and 1887, Stephens helped survey the construction of railroads in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Louisiana .< ref >
Between 1887 and 1937 he built twenty three lighthouses with his brother, David, and is noted for his experiments with optics.
Between 1887 and 1902 he stood as umpire in 12 Test matches in Australia.
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