WebIn the 19th century, the philosophers of the 18th-century Enlightenment began to have a dramatic effect on subsequent developments in philosophy.In particular, the works of Immanuel Kant gave rise to a new generation of German philosophers and began to see wider recognition internationally. Also, in a reaction to the Enlightenment, a movement …

WebCrawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic, discovered by performing surgeries on disabled African American slaves that included the amputations of their fingers and toes. Life and work ...

WebDiseases and epidemics of the 19th century included long-standing epidemic threats such as smallpox, typhus, yellow fever, and scarlet fever.In addition, cholera emerged as an epidemic threat and spread worldwide in six pandemics in the nineteenth century. The third plague pandemic emerged in China in the mid-nineteenth century and spread worldwide …

WebEarly 19th century France widely converted to the short scale, and was followed by the U.S., which began teaching it in schools. Many French encyclopedias of the 19th century either omitted the long scale system or called it "désormais obsolète", a now obsolete system. Nevertheless, by the mid 20th century France would officially convert back ...

WebThe "century of humiliation", also known as the "hundred years of national humiliation" (in Mandarin 百年国耻 Bǎinián Guóchǐ), is a term used in China to describe the period of intervention and subjugation of the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China by Western powers and Japan from 1839 to 1949.The term arose in 1915, in the atmosphere of rising …

WebThe Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England.It is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Eastbourne and 1 ⁄ 3 mile (540 m) south of Wilmington. Locally, the figure was once often called the "Green Man". The Long Man is 235 feet (72 m) tall, holds two "staves", and is …

WebThe Vondelpark is a public urban park of 47 hectares (120 acres) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid and situated west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein.The park was opened in 1865 and originally named Nieuwe Park (English: New Park), but later renamed Vondelpark, after the 17th-century …

WebTerminology. Synonyms include con, confidence game, confidence scheme, ripoff, scam, and stratagem.The perpetrator of a confidence trick (or "con trick") is often referred to as a confidence (or "con") man, con-artist, or a "grifter".The shell game dates back at least to Ancient Greece.. Samuel Thompson (1821–1856) was the original "confidence man". ". …

WebLong Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about 7 miles (11 km) ... Sawley, but gained separate status in the 19th century. Harrington Mill. There are several fine examples of industrial architecture in Long Eaton. Most have to do with its development as a lace-making centre.

WebLa Amistad (pronounced [la a.misˈtað]; Spanish for Friendship) was a 19th-century two-masted schooner, owned by a Spaniard colonizing Cuba.It became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives, who had been captured and sold to European slave traders and illegally transported by a Portuguese ship from West Africa to Cuba in …