Nineteenth century kinetic theory

Two nineteenth century surgeons.

the biggest problem in guerilla warfare and at one time we were carrying so many wounded on stretchers, with two men carrying, that there were few left to fight. Food was very scarce; we seemed to live on boiled billy goat-which tastes as the billy goat smells-and a rock hard maize bread "chicken mash," equally unpalatable. Vegetables were never seen. Later we could get sheep milk yogurt and in...

Nineteenth-century scientific instruments

The first thing to be said about this book is that it is an excellent survey of nineteenth-century scientific instruments. Its excellence lies in its value as a guide to the identification of objects. The volume is extremely well produced; the illustrations, which are mainly photographs of instruments, are first class; and Dr. Turner's detailed text irreproachably sound. The book is a general a...

An early nineteenth century absorption-based theory of mesmerism.

In 1844, an obscure and little-remembered American theorist, A. Yorke (no further identification is available), published a theory of mesmerism based on absorption, i.e., mental concentration. Unlike Mesmer's conceptualization of animal magnetism as a biological fluid, however, Yorke's theory emphasized the psychological importance of the mutual interaction between mesmerist and subject. This p...

The nineteenth-century quarantine narrative.

The Nineteenth Psalm in the Criticism of the Nineteenth Century

2 The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament showeth his handiwork. 3 Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. 4 There is no speech nor language, Their voice is unheard. 5 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 6 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamb...