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Letter from Adam Brisbane to Alden Partridge, 30 January 1824.
No full textInquires about the admittance of his son, William H. Brisbane, into the academy; Adam had three sons, and, as his brother had none, he gave William H. to him (probably to inherit property).Letter originated Black Swamp [Plantation] via Robertville, SC. Transcription by Lilian R. Olson and K. M. Donley. Transcriptions may be subject to error
Letter from Adam Brisbane to Alden Partridge, 5 August 1824.
No full textInquires after his son, William H. Brisbane.Date taken from postmark. Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
Get PDFThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
Get PDFThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
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No full textTitle: Zang tumb tuuum
Author: Marinetti, F. T. (1876-1944)
Date: 1914
Dimensions: 225 page portfolio
Details: Original printed orange wrappers; in cloth case. Inscribed by the author on front fly-leaf.
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The Soldier-astronomer in Scotland: Thomas Makdougall Brisbane's scientific work in the Northern Hemisphere
No full textProf. dr Adam Wawrzyniec Bochenek (1875-1913) — Eminent Polish Anatomist — 100th Anniversary o f His Death
Get PDFNazwisko Adama Bochenka znane jest wszystkim polskim lekarzom i studentom medycyny od ponad 100 lat. Dzieło, które stworzył, pomaga budować fundamenty wiedzy kolejnych pokoleń medyków aż do dnia dzisiejszego. Anatomia człowieka Bochenka jest książką niezwykłą. Liczne ilustracje oraz charakterystyczny dla autora lekki styl pisania sprawiają, że wiedza z pozoru tak nieprzystępna i rozległa staje się przejrzysta i łatwiejsza do zrozumienia. Pozycja ta jest przykładem klasycznego, obszernego podręcznika anatomii, na jakiego napisanie niewielu tylko autorów na świecie potrafiło się zdobyć. Przez ostatnie 100 lat publikacja ta wprowadzała kolejne pokolenia lekarzy nie tylko w tajniki anatomii, ale i całej medycyny. Mimo upływu czasu, dzieło Bochenka wciąż jest uważane za podręcznik wiodący na wszystkich uczelniach medycznych w Polsce, czego niezbitym dowodem są ukazujące się regularnie nowe jego wydania. Z okazji setnej rocznicy śmierci wybitnego polskiego anatoma pragniemy przypomnieć pokrótce jego życiorys, a także przybliżyć historię powstawania największego z jego dzieł.The name of Adam Bochenek have been familiar to every physican and medical student in Poland for a hundred years. For all those years, the book he have written, has been introducing new generations o f future doctors not only to anatomy but to the medicine in general. Bochenek’s The Human Anatomy is an extraordinary book. Typical for the author, descriptive way o f writing as well as numerous drawings make all this vast and inaccessible knowledge more clear, lucid and sometimes even addictive. It is an example o f a classical, extensive handbook o f anatomy. Despite the passage of time, The Human Anatomy is still the leading textbook for all medical universities in Poland, and its new editions coming out every few years are the best way to prove it.Andrzej Grzybowsk
Applying transportation asset management in Connecticut
No full textTitle from cover.; "Author(s): Nicholas Lownes, PhD, Study Manager; Adam Zofka, PhD, Study Manager"--p. iii.; " ... prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration"--p. iii.; "December 2008."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-52).; Final report;; Performed by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering; sponsored by the Connecticut Dept. of Transportation
Oltre il gusto barocco: note su un ipotetico intreccio romano tra Robert Adam e Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia (1755-1759)
No full textIl saggio approfondisce il tema delle relazioni professionali nel corso della formazione romana del principale architetto del neoclassicismo siciliano, Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia (1729-1814). L’occasione nasce dallo studio analitico di un disegno attribuito all’architetto palermitano a confronto con un progetto dello studio di Robert Adam (1728-1792) conservato presso la Soane’s Collection di Londra.
Il testo ripercorre le principali tappe della progettazione marvugliana nel passaggio dal tardo barocco al neoclassicismo, individuando tra le altre cose, per la prima volta, il modello di riferimento per villa Villarosa a Bagheria e portando all’attenzione quanto la rinomanza dell’architetto fosse dipesa dai suoi studi presso l’Accademia di San Luca, circoscritti tramite documenti d’archivio ad un preciso ambito temporale dall’autore del contributo (1755-1759).
Il riconoscimento del valore di Marvuglia, passando dalle recensioni di autorevoli personalità come Léon Dufourny o Jacques I. Hittorf, e la sua verosimile adesione alla Massoneria (addotta dalla lettura di una sua lettera a Dufourny presso la Biblioteca Comunale di Palermo), mostrano quanto egli fosse al centro di un sistema di relazioni europee ben al di sopra di quanto ritenuto finora, che trassero origine dai contatti stretti durante il soggiorno romano e si svilupparono successivamente.
La supposta contiguità con Robert Adam, presente a Roma nel medesimo periodo, viene ulteriormente sostanziata sulla base di nuovi elementi a supporto e consente anche di retrodatare l’elaborazione progettuale di Adam ai suoi anni romani.The essay explores the theme of professional relationships during the Roman training of the main architect of Sicilian neoclassicism, Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia (1729-1814). The opportunity arises from the analytical study of a drawing attributed to the Palermo architect in comparison with a project by Robert Adam's studio (1728-1792) kept at the Soane's Collection in London.
The text traces the main stages of Marvuglian design in the transition from late Baroque to neoclassicism, identifying, among other things, for the first time, the reference model for Villa Villarosa in Bagheria and bringing to attention how much the architect's fame had depended from his studies at the Accademia di San Luca, revealed by archival documents to a specific time frame by the author of the contribution (1755-1759).
The recognition of the value of Marvuglia, passing from the reviews of authoritative personalities such as Léon Dufourny or Jacques I. Hittorf, and his probable adhesion to Freemasonry (adduced by reading a letter to Dufourny at the Municipal Library of Palermo), show how much he was at the center of a system of European relations far beyond what has been previously thought, which originated from close contacts during the Roman stay and developed subsequently.
The supposed contiguity with Robert Adam, who was present in Rome in the same period, is further substantiated on the basis of new supporting elements and also allows us to backdate Adam's design development to his Roman years
Epistola apologetica quam author libelli cui titulus Monita salutaria B.V. Mariæ, ad cultores suos indiscretos scripsit ad ejusdem censorem.
No full textDifferent states. On some copies the words 'Editio secunda.' on the title page (f. A1 recto) are lackingEuropeana-GoogleBooksThe work is signed by R.D.V. (f. G4 recto). The Monita Salutaria were published by Adam Widenfelt in 1673 in Gent (Erkel)Bibliotheca Janseniana Belgica : répertoire des imprimés concernant les controverses théologiques en relation avec le Jansénisme dans les Pays-Bas catholiques et le pays de Liège aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles / Léopold Willaert. - Paris: Vrin, 1949-1951. - 365
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