Chancery reform and law reform by Getzler, J

“…Michael Lobban shows how dissatisfaction with the law-equity split in English civil justice predated the Judicature Act reforms by two generations at least (one could argue two-and-a half centuries or more—periodization fails quickly). Lobban links the first modern debates over fusion to high legal politics on the one hand and to the more intricate internal problems of evidence, procedure, and jurisdiction on the other. …”

The Polyhedral and Elusive Nature of Geyao by Rastelli, Sabrina

“… For the last six and a half centuries, a lot has been written about Ge ware, but mostly in a fragmentary way that has made the understanding of this ceramic ware complex and confusing. …”
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Dîme, production agricole et événements climatiques : le cas de Piura au nord du Pérou (17-19ème siècles) by Jakob Schlüpmann

“…This article analyzes the practice of farming out tithes and the evolution of their revenue over two and half centuries in Piura, northern Peru. It details the steps that allow the establishment of a tithes series and shows the steady growth of agrarian production in the Piura region between the 17th and 18th centuries, the tithe receipts peak during the second half of the 18th century, and a downturn occurs in the first years of the 19th century. …”
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The Dark Side of British Horror Fiction: Politics, Taboos and Censorship by Alberto Lázaro

“… Nearly two and a half centuries have passed since the first British Gothic novels began to attract attention with their pages full of monstrous characters, excessive violence, explicit sexual content and all kinds of horrific scenes. …”
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Commedia dell’arte și grummelot-ul by Ciprian Scurtea

“…This theatrical genre expanded its existence for over two and a half centuries. Nevertheless, the true term “Commedia dell’Arte”, in other words, its structure into a theatrical genre, is the theatrical form practiced during the 18th century. …”
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Ownership, technology and patterns of coalmining activity in Northumberland between 1600 and 1850 by Telford, Stephen James

“…It begins in the early seventeenth century when mining was confined to a few manors on the banks of the Tyne and traces chronologically the great changes in the nature, scale and location of the industry which occurred during the ensuing two-and-a-half centuries. The second part analyses the major influences which controlled the location and movement of mining, dealing primarily with the roles of land and colliery ownership and of changing technology. …”
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Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami, January 2022: globally the most significant opportunity to observe an explosive and tsunamigenic submarine eruption since AD 1883 Krakatau by James P. Terry, James Goff, Nigel Winspear, Vena Pearl Bongolan, Scott Fisher

“…With a volcanic explosivity index possibly equivalent to VEI 5, this represents the largest seaborne eruption for nearly one and a half centuries since Indonesia’s cataclysmic explosion of Krakatau in AD 1883. …”
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An acute respiratory distress syndrome drug development collaboration stimulated by the Virginia Drug Discovery Consortium by John S. Lazo, Ruben M.L. Colunga-Biancatelli, Pavel. A. Solopov, John D. Catravas

“…During the past one and a half centuries, at least in the Western countries, discovering and developing drugs has been primarily the domain of pharmaceutical companies largely built upon concepts emerging from organic chemistry. …”
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De hoofdvleugel van de kasteelruïne Valkenburg aan de Geul by Jörg Soentgerath

“…Although various consolidations and archaeological activities took place in the past one and a half centuries, relatively little attention was paid to the building history of the main wing. …”
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Evolving toward Evolutionary Systematics by Matthias Glaubrecht, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Martin Husemann

“…Founded nearly one and a half centuries ago, in the year 1884, at about the same time as quite some other museum journals around the world (Glaubrecht et al. 2008), the “Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut” looks back on a quite successful era of publishing important research contributions of scientists at or associated with Hamburg’s Natural History Museum. …”
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The main wing of the ruin of Valkenburg castle upon the river Geul by Jörg Soentgerath

“…Although various consolidations and archaeological activities took place in the past one and a half centuries, relatively little attention was paid to the building history of the main wing. …”
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Colonisation and the Genesis and Perpetuation of Anti-Blackness Violence in South Africa by Suriamurthee Moonsamy Maistry

“…In this article, I reflect on the genesis of anti-Blackness over three and a half centuries and argue that despite Black resistance over this period, the systematic orchestration of anti-Blackness through repressive violence, constantly morphing policy legislation and relentless propaganda machinery has imprinted on the psyche of South Africans in particular ways. …”
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Great British drawings by Harrison, C

“…<br> Great British Drawings reveals the full breadth of achievement and inventiveness of British artists in all drawing media, from pencil, to pen and ink, to watercolour, as well as the fascinating history of British art over the course over three and a half centuries.…”

Spinoza’s affective aesthetics: Art and architecture from the viewpoint of life by Gökhan Kodalak

“…The relationship between aesthetics and Spinoza’s philosophy, however, has been nothing but a huge missed encounter, resulting in the publication of only a few books and a handful of articles throughout a vast period of more than three-and-a-half centuries. Which begs the question: might there be, despite our persistent negligence, much more to the relationship of Spinoza and aesthetics than first meets the eye? …”
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Les Dominicains au Portugal du xiiie à la fin du xve siècle. Éléments de synthèse sur leur histoire et leur architecture by Saul António Gomes, Jean-Marie Guillouët

“…Its architecture is complex and reveals a phenomenon of updating of the constructive forms, whereas, at the same time, formulas that had been practiced for more than one and a half centuries were maintained.…”
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The diversity of religious life in Ukraine by Anatolii M. Kolodnyi

“…Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe. For three and a half centuries it was part of the colonial Russian Empire. …”
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Phylogeny of <i>Calvittacus</i> Revealing a New Species from China (Acari: Eriophyidae) by Yue Yin, Yi-Wen Lu, Xin-Yu Liu, Xiao-Feng Xue

“…After over one and a half centuries of field surveys, regional fauna of eriophyoid mites remains unclear. …”
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The tidal measurements of James Cook during the voyage of the <i>Endeavour</i> by P. L. Woodworth, G. H. Rowe

“…This paper makes an assessment of the quality of Cook's tidal observations using modern knowledge of the tide, and with an assumption that no major tidal changes have taken place during the past two and half centuries. We conclude that Cook's tidal measurements were accurate in general to about 0.5 ft (15 cm) in height and 0.5 h in time. …”
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Reanalyses of Maskelyne's tidal data at St. Helena in 1761 by P. L. Woodworth, J. M. Vassie

“…In the present paper, the newly digitised Maskelyne data have been reanalysed by several techniques in order to obtain an updated impression of whether the tide has changed at that location in over two and a half centuries. This new data set may be found via <a href="https://doi.org/10.5285/e66db85a-eaae-6665-e053-6c86abc0bfb9">https://doi.org/10.5285/e66db85a-eaae-6665-e053-6c86abc0bfb9</a> (Woodworth and Vassie, 2022). …”
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Paesaggi produttivi della frontiera arabo-bizantina in Sicilia sud-orientale (IX-XI secolo) by Michelangelo Messina

“… As a frontier zone between the two main empires of Early Medieval Mediterranean (Byzantium and Islam), the vast insular territory of Sicily was the object, for over two and a half centuries (827-1091), of the convergence and clash of competing social and economic systems, which inevitably redefined its historical landscape and the history of its material culture. …”
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