Spectral analysis of the physical stature of Americans and Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries reveals a cyclical structure similar to the traditional view of the business cycle: a longer cycle with a length of 7-10 years, and a shorter cycle with a length of 3-5 years. The correlation between height cycles and cycles of economic variables such as grain prices indicates an influence of eco...

The search for longevity is hardly new. Before recent times, advocates for longevity fell into two general time periods. From the 16th century to the 18th century, individuals worked to extend the lives and vitality of elderly people; they believed senescence was a time of considerable worth. From the 19th century through the early 20th century, however, anti-age advocates generally depicted ol...

The beginnings of pathology Pathology is the study of deviation from normal health. It has been studied from the time when man first began to reason on the disorders which affected him. Its separation from medicine in general began with enquiry into the causes of disease and the early history of pathology has been described by Long.' During the 5000 years of Egyptian dynasties around three quar...

The article is devoted to the analysis of Pitirim Sorokin’s book “The Sociology Revolution” in context scientific achievements field theory revolution. author analyzes: first, those ideas and thoughts that formed basis Sorokin's concept comparison with approaches existed his time; Secondly, had been developing 20th century under influence book. considers, needs be considered researches on cause...

By studying some case studies, this article shows how the works of Spanish jurists from 17th and 18th centuries were used in 19th century, both Britain also overseas British Atlantic (from Washington to California, passing through Florida), solve judicial conflicts about land exploitation. The reader will see what extent unexpected sources law intertwined into daily practice North American cour...

The two major aims of this study are (1) To test the performance of the Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm (LRA) to quantify past landscape changes using historical maps and related written sources, and (2) to use the LRA and map reconstructions for a better understanding of the origin of landscape diversity and the recent loss of species diversity. Southern Sweden, hemiboreal vegetation zone. ...

Among the least investigated personalities of milanese erudition between 18th and 19th century, we find Carlo Amoretti (1741-1816): polygraph, naturalist, Winckelmann’s first Italian translator Leonardo scholar as prefect Ambrosiana Library. Starting from manuscripts kept at Istituto Lombardo – Accademia di Scienze e Lettere in Milan, this paper aims to shed a light on observations around 14th ...

Doubt could be expressed that a special section on late 19th century mathematics, or, more specifically, on Victorian mathematics, was an appropriate place for a lecture on 19th century logic. Most 19th century scholars would have been of the opinion that philosophers are responsible for research on logic. On the other hand, the history of late 19th century logic indicates clearly a very dynami...

A search of historical documents about suicide in Siberian tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries indicated that they had very high suicide rates. It would be of great interest to explore suicidal behavior in these tribes today.