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BAKU , the See also:chief See also:town of the See also:government of the same name, in See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, on the See also:south See also:side of the See also:peninsula of Apsheron, in 40 21' N. and 49° 50' E. It is connected by See also:rail with the south Russian railway See also:system at Beslan, the junction for See also:Vladikavkaz (400 M.), via See also:Derbent and See also:Petrovsk, with See also:Batum (56o m.) and See also:Poti (536 m.) on the See also:Black See also:Sea via See also:Tiflis. A See also:long See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:quay next the See also:harbour is backed by the new town climbing up the slopes behind. ' To the See also:west is the old town, consisting of steep, narrow, winding streets, and presenting a decidedly See also:oriental See also:appearance. Here are the ruins of a See also:palace of the native khans, built in the 16th See also:century; the mosques of the See also:Persian shahs, built in 1078 and now converted into an See also:arsenal; nearer the sea the " maidens' See also:tower," transformed into a lighthouse; and not far from it remains of See also:ancient walls projecting above the sea, and showing traces of Arabic See also:architecture of the 9th and loth centuries. Beside the harbour are See also:engineering See also:works, dry docks and' See also:barracks, stores and workshops belonging to the Russian See also:Caspian See also:fleet. Besides the See also:petroleum refineries the town possesses oil-works (for See also:fuel), See also:flour-See also:mills, sulphuric See also:acid works and See also:tobacco factories. Owing to its excellent harbour Baku is a chief See also:depot for merchandise coming from See also:Persia and Transcaspia—raw See also:cotton, See also:silk, See also:rice, See also:wine, See also:fish, dried See also:fruit and timber—and for Russian manufactured goods. The See also:climate is extreme, the mean temperature for the See also:year being 58° F., for See also:January 38° for See also:July 8o°; See also:annual rainfall 9.4 in. A See also:wind of exceptional violence blows sometimes from the N.N.W. in See also:winter. Pop. (186o) 13,381; (1897) 112,253; (19o0) 179,133. The town is mentioned by the Arab geographer, Masudi, in the loth century. From r 5og it was in the See also:possession of the Persians. The Russians captured it from them in 1723, but restored it in 1735; it was incorporated in the Russian See also:empire in 18o6. In 1904-1905;
in consequence of the See also:general See also:political anarchy, serious conflicts took See also:place here between the See also:Tatars and the Armenians, and two-thirds of the Balakhani and See also:Bibi-Eybat oil-works were burned.
See Marvin, The Region of the Eternal See also:Fire (ed. 1891) and J. D. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, Baku, an Eventful See also:History (1906). (P. A.
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