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PATRICK O'FARRELL

Kusha Haraksingh

Thomas Elsaesser

Kristine Moruzi, Beth Rodgers, Michelle J. Smith

This extensive research-led introduction discusses the dominant concerns informing the development of the periodical genre for children, which is characterised by a tension between didacticism and enjoyment and how it responds to changing ideas about children and childhood. It then turns to the methodological and definitional challenges of examining children’s periodicals over two centuries and across a wide geographical range. It explores how the sheer volume of magazines and their ephemerality pose significant problems for the contemporary researcher while also reflecting on the periodical features of these texts that are significant for young readers. It also discusses how shifts in form and content require scholars to develop an expansive definition of the children’s periodical. Finally, it discusses the scope and structure of the volume and consider how it can contribute to further scholarship in the field.

Sharon Graham

Stephen C. Neff

David Thompson

AbstractThis chapter describes in detail the development of watches throughout Europe from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth century. It defines what constitutes a watch, and investigates the development of the watch in Germany, France, The Netherlands, and Flanders, as well as England and Switzerland. It covers the influx of Huguenots and their influence on the watchmaking industry. It explains the various advances in mechanisms used, for example, the fusee watch movement, balance spring, duplex escapement, and cases created. Finally, it covers the work of leading makers including Tompion, Graham, Ellicott, Mudge, Arnold, Earnshaw, Quare, and Breguet.

Hanoch Gutfreund, Jürgen Renn

This chapter considers what the theory actually achieved and specifically reexamines the meaning of the relativity principle. The question of its meaning was raised by critical observers whose comments led to a partial reinterpretation of general relativity. The German physicist Erich J. Kretschmann argued that the principle of general covariance has no physical content and only constitutes a mathematical requirement. This contention generated an exchange of letters in which Einstein conceded Kretschmann's criticism, but Einstein does not mention Kretschmann's remarks explicitly in his book. The chapter discusses these developments and correlates them with his correspondence with colleagues and with other texts he published during the formative years.

Carey A. Watt

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CJS Editors

P.F.M. Fontaine

Brij Bhushan Sharma

A. H. Stone

William Bebb. Richardson, American Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History. et al.