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  2. Foreign Miners' Tax Act of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    Foreign Miners' Tax Act of 1850. The Foreign Miners' Tax Act of 1850 (official name An Act for the better regulation of the Mines and the government of foreign Miners, nickname the miserable law of 20 piastres) [1] : 210 was an Act passed by the United States state of California in 1850, imposing a tax of $20/month on foreign miners.

  3. Madras Engineer Group - Wikipedia

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    Madras Engineer Group ( MEG ), informally known as the Madras Sappers, is an engineer group of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bengaluru. The Madras Sappers are the oldest of the three groups of the Corps of ...

  4. Total dissolved solids - Wikipedia

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    Total dissolved solids ( TDS) is a measure of the dissolved combined content of all inorganic and organic substances present in a liquid in molecular, ionized, or micro-granular ( colloidal sol) suspended form. TDS are often measured in parts per million (ppm). TDS in water can be measured using a digital meter.

  5. Stochelo Rosenberg - Wikipedia

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    Musician. Instrument (s) Guitar. Years active. 1980s – present. Website. www .therosenbergtrio .info. Stochelo Rosenberg (born 19 February 1968) is a Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio .

  6. John Mayer Trio - Wikipedia

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    John Mayer Trio. The John Mayer Trio is a blues rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2005. Comprising singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan, the band has released one live album, Try! in 2005. Three of the songs on the album were co-written by Jordan, Mayer, and Palladino, and ...

  7. Trio Matamoros - Wikipedia

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    The Trío Matamoros was a Cuban trova group. It was formed in 1925 by Miguel Matamoros (8 May 1894 in Santiago de Cuba – 15 April 1971; guitar ), Rafael Cueto (14 March 1900 in Santiago de Cuba – 7 August 1991; guitar) and Siro Rodríguez (9 December 1899 in Santiago de Cuba – Regla, 29 March 1981; maracas and claves ).

  8. Freeminer - Wikipedia

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    Freeminer. The "Freeminer Brass", a symbol of the Freeminers' authority above the Crown. Freeminer is an ancient title given to coal or iron miners in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, who have earned the right to mine personal plots, known as gales .

  9. The Miners' Next Step - Wikipedia

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    The Miners' Next Step was an economic and political pamphlet produced in 1912 calling for coal miners through their lodges, to embrace syndicalism and a new 'scientific' trade unionism. The pamphlet was written by the 'Unofficial Reform Committee' a group of syndicalist and socialists involved in the Plebs' League and the Cambrian Combine ...