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High Sheriffs of Devon since 1832
In 1898 the Public Record Office published a list of the High Sheriffs of Devon until 1832. The following list has been compiled from the London Gazette
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of deficiency for Army and Navy pensions.
Deficiency Estimate for Army and Navy Pensions. 26 Mar. HD 381, 55-2, v51, 4p. [3679] Fiscal 1898; for service in Indian wars, 1832-42
[Creek Orphan Fund]
Creek Orphan Fund. 13 May. SR 599, 46-2, v6, 3p. [1898] Unwarranted handling of funds arising from the treaty of 24 Mar, 1832; bill to reimburse the fund
The Origin, Evolution, and Demise of the U.S. Sea Turtle Fisheries
Fishing was America's first industry, and turtling played an important role in the nation's developing fisheries. However, before the European settlers arrived in the New World, Native Americans had already developed spiritual and gastronomic relationships with sea turtles. There are indications that ancient Florida tribes had eaten sea turtles and then placed the skulls in burial mounds (Johnson, 1952)
Galois Got his Gun
This paper appeals to the figure of \'Evariste Galois for investigating the
gates between mathematics and their "publics." The figure of Galois draws some
lines of/within mathematics for/from the outside of mathematics and these lines
in turn sketch the silhouette of Galois as a historical figure. The present
paper especially investigates the collective categories that have been used in
various types of public discourses on Galois's work (e.g. equations, groups,
algebra, analysis, France, Germany etc.). In a way, this paper aims at shedding
light on the boundaries some individuals drew by getting Galois his gun. It is
our aim to highlight the roles of authority some individuals (such as as
Picard) took on in regard with the public figure of Galois as well as the roles
such authorities assigned to other individuals (such as the mediating role
assigned to Jordan as a mediator between Galois's "ideas" and the public). The
boundary-works involved by most public references to Galois have underlying
them a long-term tension between academic and public legitimacies in the
definition of some models for mathematical lives (or mathematics personae
On the social utility of symbolic logic: Lewis Carroll against ‘The Logicians’
Symbolic logic faced great difficulties in its early stage of development in order to acquire recognition of its utility for the needs of science and society. The aim of this paper is to discuss an early attempt by the British logician Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) to promote symbolic logic as a social good. This examination is achieved in three phases: first, Carroll’s belief in the social utility of logic, broadly understood, is demonstrated by his numerous interventions to fight fallacious reasoning in public debates. Then, Carroll’s attempts to promote symbolic logic, specifically, are revealed through his work on a treatise that would make the subject accessible to a wide and young audience. Finally, it is argued that Carroll’s ideal of logic as a common good influenced the logical methods he invented and allowed him to tackle more efficiently some problems that resisted to early symbolic logicians
Synopsis of the genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Chile
The species of Empicoris Wolff, 1811 recorded from Chile are listed, and an identification key for all four species is provided. New distributional records from Chile are added: E. errabundus (Say, 1832) and E. vagabundus (Linnaeus, 1758), the last species is recorded for the first time from the Neotropical Region.Fil: Melo, MarÃa Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientÃficas y Técnicas. Centro CientÃfico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de LimnologÃa "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de LimnologÃa; ArgentinaFil: Faundez, Eduardo Iván. Universidad de Magallanes. Instituto de la Patagonia. Laboratorio de EntomologÃa; Chil
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