It was very successful. It continued to
be manufactured well into the 1920's. Charles competed with his own
self-designed three cylinder car manufactured by the Duryea Power
Company. In 1914 he gave up business and became an engineering
consultant.
http://duryea.ssi.net/links.htm
Census
The first complete world census was carried out in 1801. The results -
China (295 million people), India (131 million), Russia (33 million),
France (27 million), Ottoman Empire (21 million), Germany (14
million), Spain (11 million), Britain (10 million), Ireland and the
USA (c. 5 million each).
Data for these countries today:
China (1,302,505,000), India (1,047,074,000), Russia (142,881,000),
France (59,107,500), Turkey (71,374,700), Germany (81,947,100), Spain
(41,197,900), Britain (59,751,900), Ireland (3,917,300), USA
(288,212,300).
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jun02/mattison.htm
http://www.gazetteer.de/home.htm
http://www.ipums.umn.edu/international/
Chauvinism
Chauvinism - excessive and self-aggrandizing promotion of one's group
- is named after the hapless Nicolas Chauvin. He served as a soldier
under Napoleon.
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