Sugar and Railroads: A Cuban History, 1837-1959

A History of Embryology (1959), by Joseph Needham

In 1931 embryologist and historian Joseph Needham [3] published a well-received threevolume treatise titled Chemical Embryology [4]. The first four chapters from this work were delivered as lectures on Speculation, Observation, and Experiment [5], as Illustrated by the History of Embryology at the University of London. The same lectures were later released as a book published in 1934 titled A H...

Railroads and American Economic Growth : A

This paper examines the historical impact of railroads on the American economy, with a focus on quantifying the aggregate impact in the agricultural sector in 1890. Expansion of the railroad network may have affected all counties directly or indirectly — an econometric challenge that arises in many empirical settings. However, the total impact on each county is captured by changes in that count...

Railroads and American Law

[History of Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas, part I: 1909-1959].

Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas was born in May 1909. At first, issues appeared in step with the academic year, but publication began to follow the calendar year in 1957. Volume 18 was skipped in 1926-7 in an effort to correct confusion in the numbering of volumes and pages of earlier issues. October 1928 saw the journal grow from 6 issues per year to 9. Although the Spanish Civil War brought publi...

Sword, Shield and Buoys: A History of the NATO Sub-Committee on Oceanographic Research, 1959–19731

In the late 1950s the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) made a major effort to fund collaborative research between its member states. One of the first initiatives following the establishment of the alliance's Science Committee was the creation of a sub-group devoted to marine science: the Sub-committee on Oceanographic Research.This paper explores the history of this organization, chart...