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Silvio A. Bedini

Scent of Time. A Study of the Use of Fire and Incense for Time Measurement in Oriental Countries

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Scent of Time. A Study of the Use of Fire and Incense for Time Measurement in Oriental Countries

Gerald J. Gruman

History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life

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This study aims to trace the origin and evolution of the idea of prolongevity: the belief that it is possible and desirable to extend significantly the length of life by human action. Primary attention is given to developments before the end of the 18th century. There are, however, numerous references to modern times. The author has tried to integrate the history of ideas and the history of science, for a concept like prolongevity reflects almost equally the influence of philosophy, religion, science, and medicine. He has also attempted to apply some of the methods of world history. Contents: Introduction: The Problem of Death, and the Idea of Prolongeviry; Apologism; Prolongevity Legends; Taoist Prolongevitism in Theory and in Practice; The Alchemists; The Hygienists; The Philosophes; Epilogue; Bibiliography. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.

History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life

Howard Kaminsky

Master Nicholas of Dresden

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Nikolay Gogol and His Contemporary Critics

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George R. Abernathy, Jr.

English Presbyterians and the Stuart Restoration, 1648-1663

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English Presbyterians and the Stuart Restoration, 1648-1663

John H. R. Polt

Jovellanos and His English Sources

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Robert J. M. Collins

Physical Health and Psychiatric Disorder in Nigeria

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Charles A. Leguin

Roland De La Platiere, A Public Servant in the 18th Century

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John Buechler

Correspondence of Francis Parkman and Henry Stevens, 1884-1885

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Plant Colonization Studies on Black Wastes From [Anthracite] Mining in Pennsylvania

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The Colonial Virginia Satirist

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Eleven-digit Regular Sexagesimals and Their Recipricols

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Matthew Wallrath

Excavations in the Tehuantepec Region, Mexico

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Bernard R. Goldstein

Arabic Version of Ptolemy’s Planetary Hypotheses

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George F. Bass

Cape Gelidonya

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Antikythera Shipwreck Reconsidered

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Charles H. O’Brien

Ideas of Religious Toleration at the Time of Joseph II. A Study of the Enlightenment Among Catholics in Austria

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Historia Francorum Qui Ceperunt Iherusalem

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This is a print on demand pub. Raymond D’Aguilers, chaplain of Count Raymond IV of Toulouse, wrote an eyewitness account of the crusades entitled “Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem.” His 12th-cent. history has influenced later historians in their accounts of the First Crusade and has led to many misinterpretations. This translation offers a clearer understanding of the crusades; it catches the spirit of the chaplain and reveals the suffering and misgivings of the clerics who journeyed to Jerusalem. Explains the author’s use of visions and Biblical material and his resort to ecclesiastical fiction. “Offers a vivid account of the crusaders’ journey to Jerusalem and the capture of the Holy Sepulchre in 1099.” Maps. (reprint ed.)

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David Pingree

Painted Medallions in the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris

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Prussian Mercantilism and the Rise of the Krefeld Silk Industry

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Dal Pozzo-Albani Drawings of Classical Antiquities in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

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Physiognomics in the Ancient World

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Charles Willson Peale with Patron and Populace. A Supplement to Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale

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Civilizing Power. Study of the Panathenaic Discourse of Aelius Aristides Against the Background of Literature and Cultural Conflict

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Architecture of the Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates at Kourion

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Philip R. Bjork

Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho

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Ianula

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Training of an Elite Group

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Infidel Scourge of God

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Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit (Series A, Vol. 1 and 2)

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The first installment: provides all available biblio. info. concerning works in Jyotihsastra & related fields & bio. info. concerning their authors. Jyotihsastra is traditionally divided into 3 skandhas or branches: hora or genethlialogy and other forms of horoscopic astrology, ganita or mathematics & mathematical astronomy, and samhita or divination. The related fields to which attention is paid in this study are cosmology & geography (largely of the Jainas) and those aspects of dharmasastra that involve the determination of the proper times for the performance of ritual acts. This vol. contains in their initial form the list of abbrev. of journals & series, the biblio., the list of mss. catalogues, and the articles concerning authors whose names begin with a, i, u, r, l, e ai, o, and au.

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Arnold Blumberg

Diplomacy of the Mexican Empire, 1863-1867

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Monastic Reform in Lorraine and the Architecture of the Outer Crypt, 950-1100

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Sanskrit Astronomical Tables in the United States

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Pierre A. Mackay

Certificates of Transmission on a Manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri (Ms. Cairo, Adab, 105)

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Flavius Merobaudes

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Benjamin Rush

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Rising People

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Catalogue of a joint exhibition to celebrate the American Bicentennial, held in Philadelphia from April 28 through Nov. 1976, with materials from the collections of the American Philosophical Soc. (APS), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and The Library Company of Philadelphia. The catalogue, like the exhibit itself, is addressed to Amererican citizens who wish both to know more about the formation of the American nation in the years from 1765 to 1789 and to see the very books and documents in which the men of that generation recorded their thoughts, decisions, and acts. The catalogue therefore excludes bibliographical data; but it contains commentaries on the significance of individual entries. Profusely illustrated.

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Distractions of Peace During War

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Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571), Vol. I

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