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Natural history from the 18th century - a global tale? by Simone Ochsnerdiscusses the apparent paradox that a series of scientific works from the 18th century, which mainly seem to focus on the local, can be considered global tales.
Simone Ochsner
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Pere Vieta (1779–1856), promoter of free public teaching of physics in Catalonia [PDF]
Free public teaching of physics in Catalonia started in the early 19th century, even if the interest in experimental physics goes back to the 18th century, where this discipline was discussed at various learned societies.
Puig Pla, Carles
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Strategie polskich tłumaczy włoskich librett w XVIII wieku
Strategies in Translating Italian Librettos in 18th Century Poland Polish dramatic writers of the 18th century very often referred to the European repertoire. The majority of Polish dramas in fact were translations or adaptations of foreign texts. Among
Jadwiga Miszalska
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The Relationship Between Enslaved Individuals And Plantation Architecture In 18th And 19th Century Virginia [PDF]
The Relationship Between Enslaved Individuals And Plantation Architecture In 18th And 19th Century Virginia Emma Clark, Depts. of History and Anthropology, with Dr. Bernard K. Means, Dept.
Clark, Emma
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Linguistica Neerlandica: a Dutch translation of the Port-Royal Grammar [PDF]
history of linguistics, 18th century, the NetherlandsIn this note it is pointed out that the first translation of the so-called Port-Royal Grammar, the Grammaire générale et raisonnée (1660), was a Dutch one.
Noordegraaf, J.
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Why ABC Matters: Lexicography and Literary History
The purpose of this article is twofold. First, I wish to discuss the origins of The Swedish Academy Dictionary against the backdrop of the social and cultural history of lexicography in 18th and 19th century Europe.
Jon Helgason
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The author focuses on the history of the Polish scientific educational style. The 18th century science in is an area for empirical, theoretical, and practical knowledge of the natural world. The article discusses a Polish text by Krzysztof Kluk, Zwierząt
Jerzy Biniewicz
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The 18th century constitutes for the States of the House of Savoy a period of improvement under the government of enlightened princes. They arouse the interest of the authors of encyclopedias and dictionaries in France owing to the concern to establish ...
Eric Gasparini
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Traces of the Presence of Armenian Merchants in Łowicz and Armenian Episodes in the Religious History of This City in the 17th and 18th Centuries In the 17th and the 18th century in Łowicz Armenians were mostly tradesmen, particularly associated with the
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Voltaire, Diderot, and Russian History in the 18th Century
En las primeras páginas de la Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, publicada entre 1759 y 1763, Voltaire presenta una serie de reflexiones acerca del método que se debería seguir al escribir un trabajo histórico y de las características que debería tener un historiador ideal. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar en qué medida el texto
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