An Abbreviated Almanac: The Hounds of Winter: Difference between revisions

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A detailed wiki article of St. Pancras Railway station.
An article on the modern Midland Grand, renamed St. Pancras Renaissance.
- There are more pictures here with great captions.
- Yet more pictures. Of special note in the photo gallery is the Midland Grand Hotel's Ladies' Smoking Room, reputed the first in Europe where a woman could smoke and not be considered vulgar. There is also mention of a Moroccan Tea Room to the left of the Grand Staircase stairwell, too.
University of Bucharest
Gheorghe Panculescu
- And here, though translation is needed.
Nitrocellulose commonly called Gun Cotton.
- Paul Vieille, Developer of Smokeless Gunpowder, produced with Nitrocellulose.

Hotel Imperial, Vienna, Austria. Strictly speaking, the Hotel Imperial was orginally built as a city palace and was not converted into a hotel until 1873, but that date has been moved up for fictional purposes.

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 ====Chapter Two: Initial Engagements====
 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont], Brazillian playboy, inventor and aviator.
+====Chapter Three: A Cautious Waltz===
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Imperial Hotel Imperial, Vienna, Austria]. Strictly speaking, the Hotel Imperial was orginally built as a city palace and was not converted into a hotel until 1873, but that date has been moved up for fictional purposes.