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Die offene Editionswerkstatt: Carl Maria von Webers Briefe in der digitalen WeGA

RIDE, 2020
This review focuses on the digital edition of correspondence by the German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826). In addition to his famous opera "Der Freischütz" and a huge repertory of other esteemed compositions, Weber left behind a vast number of
Torsten Roeder
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Boring mathematics, artistes pompiers and impressionists [PDF]

arXiv, 2010
The 19th century impressionist movement, as a reaction to "art pompier", is proposed as a comparison with modern evolutions in mathematics.
arxiv  

In defense of biographytoward forging a “total history”. A call to the new generation of historians of 19th-century Mexico [PDF]

, 2017
The purpose of this essay is to highlight the importance of biography as a means to forging a “total history”. It defends the merits of biographical studies by emphasizing what it allows us to discover in terms of public, private, social, economic, legal,
Fowler, Will
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„Jahresberichten” jako źródło do historii edukacji (na przykładzie sprawozdań wschodniopruskich szkół średnich z XIX wieku)

Klio, 2011
„Jahresberichten” As the Source of the History of Education (the Example of the Secondary School Reports in the19th Century East Prussia) Summary One of the most important tasks of the Prussian secondary schools, reformed in theyears 1808–1812, was ...
Tomasz Chrzanowski
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Explicit formulas for orthogonal polynomials derived from their difference equation [PDF]

arXiv, 2015
We solve the difference equation with linear coefficients by the Momentenansatz to obtain explicit formulas for orthogonal polynomials.
arxiv  

A Brief History of Astronomical Brightness Determination Methods at Optical Wavelengths [PDF]

arXiv, 2001
In this brief article I review the history of astronomical photometry, touching on observations made by the ancient Chinese, Hipparchus and Ptolemy, the development of the concept (and definition) of magnitude, the endeavors of Argelander and Zoellner, work at Harvard at the end of the 19th century, and the development of photography, photomultipliers,
arxiv  

Timing History: The Introduction of Graphical Analysis in 19th Century British Economics

, 2002
L’introduction de graphiques temporels dans la pensee economique britannique du XIXeme siecle a ete permise par une nouvelle initialisation du temps historique, qui se presente desormais sous la forme d’evenements comparables, mesurables, et standardises.
H. Maas, M. S. Morgan
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Globalization, Convergence and History [PDF]

There were three epochs of growth experience after the mid 19th century for what is now called the OECD 'club'; the late 19th century, the middle years between 1914 and 1950, and the late 20th century.
Jeffrey G. Williamson
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Some Reflections on the Teaching of Military History in Canada [PDF]

, 2012
Military History occupies a somewhat tenuous position in the curricula of Canadian universities. It is most often regarded as a kind of marginal enterprise to be offered by a faculty member who has some side-interest in these matters as a relief from the
Vogel, Robert
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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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