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18 hours ago · Libertarian economist Milton Friedman states that for the 1880s, "The highest decadal rate [of growth of real reproducible, tangible wealth per head from 1805 to 1950] for periods of about ten years was apparently reached in the eighties with approximately 3.8 percent."
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2 days ago · 1880s. 1881: Nikolay Benardos presents carbon arc welding, the first practical arc welding method. 1884: Hiram Maxim invents the recoil-operated Maxim gun, ushering in the age of semi- and fully automatic firearms. 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms. 1884: Sir Charles Parsons invents the modern steam ...
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2 days ago · By the 1880s women in temperance and suffrage movements shifted the boundaries between private and public life in Dallas by pushing their way into politics in the name of social issues. [181] During 1913–19, advocates of woman suffrage in Dallas drew on the educational and advertising techniques of the national parties and the lobbying ...
2 days ago · Mar. 21, 2024, 9:16 AM ET (CBS) Body found in drinking water reservoir in Rochester was there for nearly a month. Rochester, New York. Rochester, industrial city, seat (1821) of Monroe county, northwestern New York, U.S.
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4 days ago · prime minister (1880-1885), United Kingdom. prime minister (1868-1874), United Kingdom. (Show more) Political Affiliation: Liberal Party. Tory Party. Role In: Alabama claims. Bulgarian Horrors. Eastern Question. Home Rule. Ballot Act.
4 days ago · This table has been compiled from a combination of historical and contemporary sources. By 1880, the first date chosen, many western nations had established an age of consent for the first time, typically of 12 or 13 years.
5 days ago · Building on transitional genres, such as fictional detective ‘pseudo-memoirs’, detective stories flourished from the 1880s, offering, on the one hand, excitement and exotic locales and, on the other, ‘a sense of security’ in the midst of a society undergoing the unsettling process of urbanisation (pp. 240–1).