Author: William Cooper Nell
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781298490308
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Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Author: William Wells Brown
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Category : Randolph County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Category : Quabbin Reservoir (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Author: Leofranc Holford-Strevens
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191578002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Why do we measure time in the way that we do? Why is a week seven days long? At what point did minutes and seconds come into being? Why are some calendars lunar and some solar? The organisation of time into hours, days, months and years seems immutable and universal, but is actually far more artificial than most people realise. The French Revolution resulted in a restructuring of the French calendar, and the Soviet Union experimented with five and then six-day weeks. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores these questions using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Author: Herbert Spencer
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783337233990
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An epitome of the Synthetic philosophy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author: Rufus W. Adams
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Author: John Quincy Adams
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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