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, 2019 The 18th Century sewing box was said to have been used by Martha Washington's maid.
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KnygotyraThis article is the sequel to the article "The Bookplates of the Fund of Lituanica of the 17th Century at the Library of Lithuanian Academy of Science." There are 6,524 books with 1,883 bookplates in the Fund of Lituanica of the 18th century.
Alma Braziūnienė
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Holocene vegetation change and fire–plant diversity shifts in Mediterranean France
Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Changes in fire activity are recognized as a major threat to biodiversity and vegetation communities across the Mediterranean Basin. However, long‐term fire–vegetation interactions remain poorly investigated. Here, we combine a high‐resolution charcoal record with pollen data from the “Étang des Aulnes” lake (southern France) to reconstruct ...
Cécile Latapy +13 more
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Upland farming in Europe is frequently assumed to have been limited and precarious, despite relict spade‐dug ridges providing firm evidence of past crop growing. Direct evidence for crop types in post‑Medieval to Modern (~since 1500 CE) uplands is rare; yet, in Ireland, relict spade‐dug ridges that date to this period are commonly interpreted ...
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
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Pietro Verri: The History of Smallpox Vaccination Through His Pencil
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The last case of natural smallpox infection occurred in 1977, and the disease is considered eradicated since 1980. Throughout the history of medicine, early attempts to combat smallpox involved inoculation, a practice based on the observation that those who recovered from the disease became immune.
Omar Simonetti +5 more
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Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia
Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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Aurélia Michel, Un monde en nègre et blanc. Enquête historique sur l’ordre racial
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2021 Mildred Lesmes-Guerrero
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Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2014 The paper addresses an important stage in the history of the English dramatic art. In this work the domestic tragedy by George Lillo is considered as a new type of social play of the 18th century. All aspects of analyzing the artistic originality and the
M. S. Gallyamova
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The Long Trajectory of Rubber Physics: 3500+ Years and Counting
Journal of Polymer Science, EarlyView.Natural rubber's trajectory is traced from Mesoamerican use of Castilla elastica through vulcanization and the pneumatic tire to macromolecular physics and modern solid‐state refrigeration. Illustrations of C. elastica and an H. brasiliensis plantation frame the historical progression from indigenous material, then industrial crop and on to advanced ...
Gregory B. McKenna
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Ladies Attire of the 18th -19th Century
, 2008 This linen high waisted lace dress and cap are from the early 18th century. Note the lace cap with its silk ribbons. The decorative hair comb was popular in both the 18th and 19th centuries.Original file name 15 Lady's attaire in Morrsitown Museum copy (
Beards, Daniel E.
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