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Combination rail-highway freight carrying units

open access: yes, 1943
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1943Includes bibliographical references (leaf 44).by Walter G. Wells.B.S.B.S.
Wells, Walter G. (Walter Goodwin)
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A ninny, an idiot and an economic theorist

open access: yesEconomica, EarlyView.
Abstract Anton Chekhov's story ‘The ninny’ meets the question: ‘What is the meaning of economic theory?’
Ariel Rubinstein
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of organic matter on the engineering properties of Fort Belvoir sandy clay

open access: yes, 1953
Thesis (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1953.MIT copy bound with: An investigation of rattan for concrete reinforcement / Howard Wing-yet Wong. 1953.Bibliography: leaf 33.by George C.
Tso, George C
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Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

The mortality gradient in town and country: Social class and childhood mortality in Sweden at the turn of the twentieth century

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines social‐class and urban–rural differentials in childhood mortality in Sweden from 1880 to 1910, a period of steady mortality decline, ongoing industrialization, and urbanization. Urbanization brought improvements in water quality and sanitation but also increased risks from overcrowding, pollution, and infectious diseases ...
Marcos Castillo, Martin Dribe
wiley   +1 more source

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