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  • He passed up the Rivère du Nord much farther than the French, which he called the Derwent; and in his passage affixed names to various places, which have effaced those given by the original French discoverers -- whose survey, however, to the extent of their navigation, was more correct than his own.

    The History of Tasmania, Volume I John West 1840

  • Thomson Scientific broadens Chinese patent coverage in Derwent World Patents Index

    November 2007 2007

  • + Thomson Scientific Broadens Chinese Patent Coverage in Derwent World Patents Index

    Briefs: Report from the Fall 2007 OCLC Members Council Meeting; SPARC/ACRL release materials on the progress of open-access journal publishing; More Chinese Patent Coverage from Derwent « ResourceShelf 2007

  • Thomson Scientific has broadened its coverage of China's growing patent activity with the addition of English-translated Chinese Utility Model Registrations in Derwent World Patents Index

    November 2007 2007

  • The company does supply Twitter data to an investment firm in London called Derwent Capital Markets, which set up a $40 million hedge fund in May that openly uses a Twitter-based formula to guide its investment decisions.

    Decoding Our Chatter Robert Lee Hotz 2011

  • Chester, was a Roman fort or village, and past it flows the river then and now called Derwent or something similar.

    Roman Britain in 1914 1889

  • In due course our ship entered the estuary called the Derwent, at whose head stands Hobart, the capital of Tasmania.

    Following the Equator, Part 3 Mark Twain 1872

  • In due course our ship entered the estuary called the Derwent, at whose head stands Hobart, the capital of Tasmania.

    Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872

  • Derwent, which is about three-quarters of a mile in width at this place, is crossed by a bridge of wood, which forms a part of the main road from

    The History of Tasmania , Volume II John West 1840

  • The attention of the London committee of the wesleyan mission was aroused by their agents stationed at Port Jackson, who referred to this colony as "a settlement called the Derwent, two weeks 'sail distant."

    The History of Tasmania, Volume I John West 1840

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