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Natural history in India during the 18th and 19th centuries
Journal of Biosciences, 2013 European access to India was multi-dimensional: The merchant-rulers were keen to identify commodities that could be profitably exported to Europe, cultivate commercial plants in India that grew outside their possessions, and find substitutes for drugs and simples that were obtained from the Americas.
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The Swedish drug problem: Conceptual understanding and problem handling, 1839–2011
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2014 AIM - To analyse the Swedish drug question by examining dominant concepts used to portray the problem in the years 1839-2011. Theoretically, we understand these concepts as ideological tools that shape the political initiatives and administrative efforts
Edman Johan, Olsson Börje
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The Relationship Between Enslaved Individuals And Plantation Architecture In 18th And 19th Century Virginia [PDF]
, 2020 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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Pere Vieta (1779–1856), promoter of free public teaching of physics in Catalonia [PDF]
, 2015 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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The History of Sewerage in Szczecin in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2019 The utilization of sewage was a serious problem in medieval and early modern Szczecin in Western Pomerania. The basis of this system was latrines, cesspools and drainage channels. In the mid-19th century there were plans to build a sewage disposal system in Szczecin. Its originator was James Friedrich Ludolf Hobrecht.
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New additional material of meteor showers during 9th -19th centuries in the Islamic history [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 This article presents twelve records of meteor showers in Arabic chronicles covering period from the 9th to the 19th century. The observations were in Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Yemen. These new addition historical records are considered to be important events which indicate a serious current interest in astronomy.
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Hugh Miller: stonemason, geologist, writer [PDF]
, 2007 Hugh Miller was born in 1802 in Cromarty, Ross-shire. He started his working life as a stonemason’s apprentice; he later became a social commentator and crusader.
Taylor, Michael A
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A. Lincoln, Philosopher: Lincoln’s Place in 19th-Century Intellectual History
, 2008 The nineteenth century in Europe and America was an era of second thoughts. Those second thoughts were largely about the Enlightenment, which had been born in the mid-1600s as a scientific revolution and blossomed into the Age of Reason in the 1700s ...
Guelzo, Allen C.
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Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789-2015 [PDF]
, 2015 [Excerpt] This report presents data on Member tenure and a historical analysis of tenure trends. During the 19th century, the average service of Representatives and Senators remained roughly constant, with little or no change over time; the average years
Glassman, Matthew E, Wilhelm, Amber Hope
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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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