The Long Nineteenth Century in Intellectual History

History of Science. Science in the Nineteenth Century

that show variations comparable to those seen among men and among apes of different species today. These variations accounted for some of the controversy of classification, especially when limited fossil material was available. In subsequent chapters the teeth, skulls and pelves are described in relation to other hominid or pongid fossils. The teeth of the australopithecines were hominoid in sh...

Scientists in nineteenth century Australia. A documentary history

The Nineteenth Psalm in the Criticism of the Nineteenth Century

2 The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament showeth his handiwork. 3 Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. 4 There is no speech nor language, Their voice is unheard. 5 Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, 6 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamb...

The nineteenth-century quarantine narrative.

Two nineteenth century surgeons.

the biggest problem in guerilla warfare and at one time we were carrying so many wounded on stretchers, with two men carrying, that there were few left to fight. Food was very scarce; we seemed to live on boiled billy goat-which tastes as the billy goat smells-and a rock hard maize bread "chicken mash," equally unpalatable. Vegetables were never seen. Later we could get sheep milk yogurt and in...