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The Reception of Neptune’s Discovery in British and American Protestant Theology

Studia Historiae Scientiarum
The discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, first theoretically and then observationally, was a 19th-century event that went beyond the interests of the narrow group of astronomers of the time.
Zenon Roskal, Jacek Rodzeń
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CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE IMPERIAL MEMORY POLICY TOWARDS THE DNIEPER UKRAINE AND THE CRIMEA IN THE 19TH — EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Київські історичні студії, 2019
The research is devoted to the implementation of the imperial memory policy towards the Dnieper Ukraine and the Crimea in the 19th — early 20th century. Ukraine had been ruled by foreign states for centuries.
Oleh Ivanyuk, Ihor Mohnatyuk
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A moral history of seizures: reported causes of seizures in the nineteenth century

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
In the nineteenth century, neurology was in its infancy as an organized medical specialty. At that time, seizures were often attributed, under the guise of scientific explanations, to moral causes or behaviors.
Márcio Pinheiro Lima, Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian   +1 more
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Trabecular bone ontogeny of the human talus

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies of trabecular ontogeny may provide insight into the factors that drive healthy bone development. There is a growing understanding of how the juvenile skeleton responds to these influences; however, gaps in our knowledge remain. This study aims to identify ontogenetic trabecular patterns and regional changes during development within ...
Rebecca A. G. Reid, Catriona Davies, Craig Cunningham   +2 more
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The revision of baphetids from the Middle Pennsylvanian of the Czech Republic: Morphology, ontogeny, palaeoecology, and the reassessment of the phylogeny of Baphetoidea

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The baphetoids represent a clade of the Carboniferous stem‐tetrapods (Middle Mississippian—Middle Pennsylvanian) with a characteristic extension of the orbits into antorbital vacuities, which formed keyhole‐shaped openings on the skull. The more derived baphetids were crocodile‐like piscivores frequently occurring in coal‐bearing lacustrine ...
Pavel Barták, Martin Ivanov, Boris Ekrt
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Fire Histories and Rainforest Aboriginal Archaeology in the Wet Tropics Bioregion, North Queensland

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Unlike the dominant Australian savanna‐sclerophyll vegetation, tropical rainforests do not burn easily. Any evidence of fire in Australian rainforests therefore invites explanations of its source. Analysis of 187 radiocarbon dates that include selected charcoal fragments from 23 soil pits and 7 archaeological sites from the Wet Tropics ...
Richard Cosgrove, Åsa Ferrier, Fleur King, Laurance May, Simon Haberle, Ernie Raymont, Corrine Barlow, Judith Field, Patrick Moss, Ron Stager   +9 more
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Thermal‐Infrared Measurements of the North‐East Tower at Ardrossan Castle

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thermal‐infrared imaging of buildings is used to investigate a range of phenomena including the accumulation of moisture. In general, the presence of moisture poses a direct danger to historic structures and must be characterized prior to any intervention.
Michael Bowry, Amanda Simpson, Junseo Bae, Christopher Brooke, Annalise Gillan, John Hughes, Louise Allan, Christine Campbell, Andy Jones, Martin Kostigovs, Leanna Lennox, Colin Macintyre, Jill McColl, Michael McCulloch, Craig McLelland, Alison Montgomery   +15 more
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Disinformation by Proponents of Perkins’ Patent “Metallick Tractors” (1798–1806) to Sway Public Opinion in Britain in Favor of a Fraudulent Therapy

Histories
In 1796, American physician Elisha Perkins patented “metallick Tractors” for the treatment of various ailments, particularly those associated with pain.
Douglas J. Lanska
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking the Size and Complexity of Iron Age Hillforts in NW Iberia Thanks to Aerial Archaeology and Geophysics

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper tackles one key limitation in the analysis of Iron Age communities in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula: the limited exploration of areas beyond the fortified settlements known as castros (hillforts). The vast majority of archaeological studies have focused exclusively on the areas inside the walls of these settlements, which are ...
César Parcero‐Oubiña, Carlos Otero‐Vilariño, María Gómez‐Faro, Jesús Ignacio Jiménez Chaparro, Pastor Fábrega‐Álvarez, Juan Torrejón‐Valdelomar, Marta Crespo‐Fernández, David González‐Álvarez   +7 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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