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Stationary steam power in the United Kingdom, 1800–70: An empirical reassessment
The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 825-848, August 2025.Abstract The conventional view that the industrial revolution was premised on the unprecedented supply of mechanical power delivered via steam engines has been undermined by econometric work, purporting to show that their adoption outside the cotton and mining sectors was extremely limited until at least 1870.
Sean Bottomley
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Evolving stories of self: Informational transitions and tattoos
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 7, Page 959-973, July 2025.Abstract Throughout history, tattoos have served as a means of expressing identity, culture, and preserving information. Beyond their visual appeal, tattoos continue to be used in the modern world as a way for individuals to showcase their identity, honor and remember others, and mark significant events. In this paper, we explore the connection between
Maja Krtalić +2 more
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Investigación Bibliotecológica: Archivonomía, Bibliotecología e Información, 2006 La encuadernación es uno de los elementos históricos distintivos que favorecen la valoración cultural del libro antiguo como objeto patrimonial. El análisis de la encuadernación como un problema de conocimiento es una tarea pendiente en el terreno ...
Alberto Compiani +2 more
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NMR Relaxometry and IR Thermography to Study Ancient Cotton Paper Bookbinding
Applied Sciences, 2019 Defects related to degradation were observed in an ancient book paperboard cover through nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry and infrared thermography.
Mariagrazia Tortora +2 more
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npj Materials Degradation, 2022 Herein, the deteriorating aspects of a historical manuscript (papers and leather bookbinding) dated back to the 17th century were evaluated with reference to the role of the associated fungal communities.
Amr Fouda +4 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 413-427, February 2025.Abstract Cultural heritage practices is formed by different socio‐technical regimes. Today, it is increasingly formed by the regime of commodification, expressed in terms like interoperability and reuse. This signifies a shift from a regime of the authentic object where the value is in the unique object positioned in a particular institutional context.
Karin Hansson
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Automating Abercrombie: Machine‐learning trademark distinctiveness
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 826-860, December 2024.Abstract Trademark law protects marks to enable firms to signal their products' qualities to consumers. To qualify for protection, a mark must be able to identify and distinguish goods. US courts typically locate a mark on a “spectrum of distinctiveness”—known as the Abercrombie spectrum—that categorizes marks as fanciful, arbitrary, or suggestive, and
Shivam Adarsh +4 more
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The Sociality of Form: Camillo Sitte's Urban Morphologies
The German Quarterly, Volume 97, Issue 4, Page 490-505, Fall 2024.Abstract This article examines a text by a lesser‐known figure of fin‐de‐siècle Vienna, Camillo Sitte's Der Städtebau nach seinen künstlerischen Grundsätzen (1889), tracing the relationship between urban form and social structure in Sitte's treatise. It identifies the key points of this relationship in terms of causality: the form of public spaces can ...
Margareta Ingrid Christian
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Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi, 2019 The paper describes a somewhat forgotten book collection of the outstanding Wrocław editor Jan Kuglin, in terms of the editions on print aesthetics contained therein.
Ewa Repucho
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