THE ERASMUS WILSON BEQUEST.

Erasmus Wilson on Ringworm *

Erasmus Wilson, whose book entitled A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases of the Skin16 was published just one hundred years ago, needs no advocate. No apology need be offered for any of his writings or teachings, as is attested by the fame which he attained in many fields. He began his professional career as an anatomist, and he published b...

Mortality, Education and Bequest Mortality, Education and Bequest

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective

The Vanishing Bequest Tax: The Comparative Evolution of Bequest Taxation in Historical Perspective Several countries have recently abolished or significantly reduced their taxes on bequests. Bequest taxes, on the other hand, were among the first to be introduced when modern systems of taxation were developed at the end of the nineteenth century. We propose an explanation for these facts which i...

The Wilson-Wilson Experiment

An example of unipolar induction is a slab of material with (relative) permittivity and (relative) permeability μ that is immersed in a uniform external magnetic field H0 parallel to the plane of the slab, such that if the slab has velocity v perpendicular to H0 but also in the plane of the slab, a nonzero voltage difference V is detected between sliding contacts (fixed in the laboratory) on op...

Economics & Informatics Erasmus School of Economics Erasmus University Rotterdam