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On Double-Entry Bookkeeping: The Mathematical Treatment [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Double-entry bookkeeping (DEB) implicitly uses a specific mathematical construction, the group of differences using pairs of unsigned numbers ("T-accounts"). That construction was only formulated abstractly in mathematics in the 19th century--even though DEB had been used in the business world for over five centuries. Yet the connection between DEB and
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The long-lived effects of historic climate on the wealth of nations [PDF]
We investigate the long-run consequences of historic, climatic temperatures (1730-2000) for the modern cross-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th, and 20th ...
Bluedorn, John C. +2 more
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I read, you read, we read: the history of reading in Slovenia
Knjižnica, 2011 Purpose: The aim of the article is to research reading habits in Slovenia in the period between 16th and 19th century and to find similarities with Austria and other European countries of that time.
Anja Dular
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Solving Sangaku With Traditional Techniques [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Between 17th and 19th centuries, mathematically orientated votive tablets appeared in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples all over Japan. Known as sangaku, they contained problems of a largely geometrical nature. In the 17th century, the Japanese mathematician Seki Takakazu developed a form of algebra known as tenzan jutsu.
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Newton's Hypotheses on the Structure of Matter [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Isaac Newton's book 'Opticks' from the 18th century includes several hypotheses on the structure of matter. Most of the hypotheses were confirmed during the 19th and 20th centuries at the scale of atoms and molecules. Conflicts appear however with today's Standard Model of particle physics.
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Creation, Chaos, Time : from Myth to Modern Cosmology [PDF]
Cosmology 2016 vol.24. 501-515, 2016 Every society has a story rooted in its most ancient traditions, of how the earth and sky originated. Most of these stories attribute the origin of all things to a Creator - whether God, Element or Idea. We first recall that in the Western world all discussions of the origin of the world were dominated until the 18th century by the story of Genesis ...
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Our Administered Constitution: Administrative Constitutionalism from the Founding to the Present [PDF]
, 2019 This article argues that administrative agencies have been primary interpreters and implementers of the federal Constitution throughout the history of the United States, although the scale and scope of this administrative constitutionalism has changed ...
Lee, Sophia Z.
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Trade and Empire, 1700-1870 [PDF]
This paper surveys the rise and fall of the European mercantilist system, and the transition to the modern, well-integrated international economy of the 19th century.
Guillaume Daudin +2 more
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Studia theodisca, 2011 This article focuses on rhetorical handbooks written in Germany during the 19th century. It traces back the tradition of rhetorical handbooks, which started in ancient Greece and developed into a branch of literature in Europe, where it is attested in ...
Fee-Alexandra Haase
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L’aveu du corps : la marginalité révélée de la femme tatouée dans trois romans du XIXᵉ siècle
Droit et Cultures, 2023 During the 19th century, a new topos emerges in French literature: revealing a tattoo on a woman’s body provokes a shift in perspective on her character. This topos is built on the fact that tattooed women are then considered an unusual sight.
Jeanne Barnicaud
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