standard: * It is a fusion of gold and silver in one coin * Made in specific proportion to one another * Currency would be exchangeable for a combination of gold and silver bullion bars in fixed proportion. Introduced by Alfred Marshall (1888) to the Gold and Silver Commission to the United Kingdom. He wanted to implement these standard to defeat the “Gresham’s Law”. STRENGTHS * The price level would be more stable than it would be under the gold standard because shocks to the individual
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satisfactory 90 % yield was obtained for this isomer. From Isomer A produced‚ 0.502 g was taken and then used to synthesize Isomer B which was obtained at a yield of 50 %. The infrared spectra measured showed an active CO bands with frequencies: 1866‚ 1888‚ 1920 and 2025 cm-1. In Isomer B only one υ(CO) mode was observed with frequency of 1880 cm-1‚ hence Isomer can considered as a cis-isomer and isomer B a trans-isomer. Results Isomer A Isomer B Isomer A was obtained as a very fine‚ light yellow
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1.The history of automobile The first working steam-powered vehicle was probably designed by Ferdinand Verbiest‚ a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm-long scale-model toy for the Chinese Emperor‚ that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest’s model was ever built. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he created a steam-powered tricycle.
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The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil‚ 13 May 1888 Next year sees the 120th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil. Some contemporary writers saw the period as an horrific maltreatment of our fellow human beings while others saw through this and viewed the patriarchal and familial advantages that society‚ especially slaves received. Whichever way one sees it‚ the period before its abolition saw a huge boost in Brazil’s economy‚ mainly down to its vast manpower – 37% of all African slaves
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The Baroque style of art emerged during a tumultuous period of religious and political change (Carl and Charles 2012). During the 16th century‚ rival religious beliefs weakened the power of Catholic dogma and papal authority across Europe. As a result‚ the Counter-Reformation sought to make institutional reforms‚ and reinvigorate the mystical and evangelical ideals of Catholic theology (Mullett 2002). These reforms included strict guidelines on the purpose and content of religious artworks. The Baroque
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yards. But where the baths important in other ways to the Romans and not just for bathing‚ for example were the baths used for Romanization? Bathing was a social phenomenon in ancient Rome. W. R. Inge in Society in Rome Under the Caesars (London 1888) argued that bathing has to be classed as an amusement because the average citizen spent so much of
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accomplish many thing as a president he passed an act called the Sherman Antitrust Act which allowed people to pay how much as they wanted for goods (food or basic clothing).Also‚ in the paper i’m going to talking about the hull house‚ The election of 1888‚ Jane Addams (co founder of the hull house) and the Sherman Antitrust act. Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States he was born on August 20‚1833.He lived on a farm by the Ohio river below Cincinnati. Before his presidential time
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Winter (/ˈwɪntər/) is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates‚ between autumn and spring. It is caused by the axis of the Earth in the respective hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter‚ and some use a definition based on weather‚ but when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere‚ and vice versa. In many regions‚ winter is associated with snow and freezing temperatures. At the
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forms of moral behaviours‚ which they then reinforce those morals throughout their relationships and over time it becomes ‘common knowledge’. This has been found during the discourse on ‘sex killers’ dating back to the late nineteenth century. In 1888‚ ‘Jack the Ripper’‚
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history. In 1885‚ George Eastman created paper film. Later‚ in 1889‚ he fabricated the more recognizable celluloid film. His first camera‚ a box-shaped contraption with a fixed-focus lens and one shutter speed‚ was called a Kodak and hit shelves in 1888. It was the first to be affordable enough to charm the typical consumer. Unlike the digital devices used by today’s portrait photographer at Arts Photography‚ the Kodak was sold preloaded with 100-exposure film. Once filled‚ it was sent to the
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