British and American Yarn Count Systems: An Historical Analysis

1971 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-368
Author(s):  
David J. Jeremy
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Measuring Systems ◽  
Yarn Count ◽  
Textile Industries ◽  
The Middle Ages

Mr. Jeremy traces since the Middle Ages the interaction of technology and business organization in shaping the measuring systems for yarn in the British and later the American textile industries. Despite the attendant confusion and difficulties, a remarkable motley of such systems arose and has persisted.

Conceiving Prime Matter in the Middle Ages: Perception, Abstraction and Analogy

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Polloni
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Prime Matter ◽  
Epistemic Access ◽  
The Middle Ages

Abstract In its formlessness and potentiality, prime matter is a problematic entity of medieval metaphysics and its ontological limitations drastically affect human possibility of conceiving it. In this article, I analyse three influential strategies elaborated to justify an epistemic access to prime matter. They are incidental perception, negative abstraction, and analogy. Through a systematic and historical analysis of these procedures, the article shows the richness of interpretations and theoretical stakes implied by the conundrum of how prime matter can be known by human beings. In particular, the reasons behind the later medieval acceptance of analogy as the main way to unveil prime matter become clearer by pointing out the correlation between the ontological and epistemological levels of the medieval examination of prime matter.

History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Gregorovius ◽  
Annie Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
The Middle Ages
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