"c           VAR 0244      10093 SAP RAN 2R 895-920               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0244         LOC 2157 WIDTH  9             DK  35 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              FIRM DISAPPEARANCES BY MERGER, MANUFACTURING AND MINING       "
"c              -------------------------------------------------------       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  10093                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  NUMBER OF FIRMS                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  FIRST, 1895 - FOURTH, 1920               "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                       "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  RALPH L. NELSON, THE MERGER MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN     "
"c              INDUSTRY (NBER), AN UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 10093 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1895-1920  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1919-1954.                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c                   DATA COVER MERGERS BY CONSOLIDATION (NET) AND            "
"c              ACQUISITION.  THE TOTAL OF MANUFACTURING AND MINING INCLUDES  "
"c              CERTAIN GROUPS NOT ASSIGNABLE TO EITHER OF THE SEPARATE       "
"c              GROUPS (SEE TABLES B-2 AND B-3.)                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 11/9/93.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "