Sweden
['swidən]
Definition
(noun.) a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
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Examples
- But being neglected by Sweden, it was soon swallowed up by the Dutch colony of New York, which again, in 1674, fell under the dominion of the English. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Saw-mills of France, Germany, Norway, Sweden. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The early smelting furnaces of Germany resembled the Catalan, and were called the Stückofen, and in Sweden were known as the Osmund. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These include Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Japan and Canada. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Sweden got nothing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sweden joined his enemies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Both Denmark and Sweden at this time were deep in the affairs of Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its fur is short, soft and silky; the best skins being brought from Russia, Sweden and Norway and Hudson Bay territories. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are no Pal?olithic remains in Sweden or Norway, nor in Ireland or Scotland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sweden, Norway and Denmark show a higher telephone development than the other European countries, but even in Denmark, where the telephone development is highest, we find but 3. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The pope favoured the tyrant and the archbishop, and Gustavus Vasa found no difficulty in establishing the reformation in Sweden. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sweden, Denmark, and Norway had already gone over to the Protestant side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The earliest of these is Branca’s steam turbine of 1629 (see Fig. 85) and the most important of this class in use to-day are those of Mr. Parsons, of England, and De Laval, of Sweden. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- We cannot even catalogue here the minor Grand Monarchs of the time in Florence (Tuscany) and Savoy and Saxony and Denmark and Sweden. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Early records mention saw-mills run by water-power in the thirteenth century in France, Germany and Norway; and Sweden had them in the next century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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