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The article is devoted to the study of the problem of migration processes in the late 19th – early 20th centuries from the territory of Austria-Hungary to America.
I. Malatsai
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Key developments in geometry in the 19th Century [PDF]
This paper describes several key discoveries in the 19th century that led to the modern theory of manifolds in the twentieth century: intrinsic differential geometry, projective geometry and higher dimensional manifolds and Riemannian geometry.
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Performativity and Financial Markets: Option Pricing in the Late 19th Century [PDF]
The paper revisits the performativity thesis in economics stressing the plural character of knowledge, which includes not only scientific models but also every form of practical knowledge that systematizes the visible and the articulable experience of ...
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Astronomy and astronomers in Jules Verne's novels [PDF]
Almost all the "Voyages Extraordinaires" written by Jules Verne refer to astronomy. In some of them, astronomy is even the leading theme. However, Jules Verne was basically not learned in science. His knowledge of astronomy came from contemporaneous popular publications and discussions with specialists among his friends or his family.
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Spectacular Post-Perihelion Tails of Bright Kreutz Sungrazers [PDF]
A vast majority of bright comets between the late 2nd century and the early 18th century, moving in potentially Kreutz orbits according to Hasegawa & Nakano (2001), was first sighted between 2 and 16 days after perihelion, thanks to the spectacular tails that they were then displaying. In this paper I examine the basic properties of the post-perihelion
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Past Influenza pandemics and their effect in Malta [PDF]
The influenza virus type A has caused repeated pandemics throughout the 19th and 20 th century causing significant morbidity and mortality on a worldwide scale.
Savona-Ventura, Charles
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The Oedipus and Electra Complex in Italian literature of the late 19th century [PDF]
As Ellen Key outlined in 1900, the 20th century centred on the child and literary theory started analysing texts from a Freudian and Jungian perspective.
Borg Farrugia, Christine
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China’s Road in the Great Divergence:Qing’s Model of Economic Development in the 1644-1911 Era [PDF]
This dissertation includes 4 chapters and examines the question whether the Chinese economic developments of the late 18th and early 19th century can be considered unique or were similar to the West.The dissertation states that late Imperial China was a ...
Ni, Yuping
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Transnational Dialogues in the Images of A Ilustração, 1884-1892
A Ilustração, directed by the Portuguese Mariano Pina (1860-1899) and published between May 1884 and January 1892, was a Luso-Brazilian illustrated magazine that for most of its existence was edited and printed in Paris before being sent to its main ...
Valle, Arthur
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Estimating Atmospheric Mass Using Air Density [PDF]
Since the late 19th century, several investigators have estimated the mass of the atmosphere. Unlike previous studies, which focus on the average pressures on the earth's surface, this analysis uses the density of air above the earth's surface to predict the mass of the atmosphere. Results are consistent with recent pressure-based estimates.
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