The Spanish Restoration: 1875-1923
The pronouncement of Martinez Campos accelerated the accession to the throne of Alfonso XII and thus the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. The crisis of 1902 began in the reign of Alfonso XIII and finally ended with the proclamation of the Second Republic.
1. Introduction
The architect of the return of the Bourbons to the Spanish crown was Canovas del Castillo, since he paved the way by obtaining the abdication of Queen Isabella II in favor of her son Alfonso and drafted a manifesto in favor of
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Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue by Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian’s paintings are abstract oil works on canvas, typically measuring 0.75 x 0.65 meters. Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue is an abstract composition of geometric shapes on a white background, with squares and rectangles of different colors and sizes. The pure colors are crisp, bright red, yellow, and blue, alternately distributed. According to Mondrian, no metric power relations should exist between colors, but such relations had
Read MoreWater Resources: Uses, Management, and Conservation
Water Balance
Water balance: Rain = surface runoff + evaporation + underground runoff. In a lamb, regional inputs and outputs are always balanced.
Basin
A basin is an area of land where water and sediments drain into a common riverbed. It is a natural formation with magnificent hydrogeological, physical, chemical, and biological properties that make up various common elements (climate, etc.). It is formed by many water currents and increases the water below.
It starts in small streams, to rivers, and
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Concrete
Material consisting of cement, water, and aggregates. Additives can be added to improve its characteristics. Concrete is a material with good compressive strength and poor tensile strength. The aggregates do not act directly on the setting of concrete; they make up approximately 80% of the mix. Aggregates provide increased strength, durability, abrasion resistance, and tensile strength. They also give more grip to the mix but make it less workable. Fresh concrete has to have plasticity to
Read MoreEvolution of Design Specialization: From Craft to Communication
The Origins of Specialization in Design
Project work, the drawing and accompanying triad of design conception, dates back to the late nineteenth century, which complicates the design field. During that time, “design” was a generic term referring to any project expressed through the drawing of objects in the habitable world. The beginnings of specialization among the various branches of design are consistent with the development of industrial culture, and with it, the beginnings of the separation
Read MoreDescartes’ Cogito: Understanding Innate, Adventitious, and Factitious Ideas
Thoughts and Ideas
Thoughts and ideas, as the cogito deduces, suggest that we always think. Because if you stop thinking, there would stop what we think. Ideas should be the object of our knowledge. There are thousands of different types of ideas. First, there are innate ideas, born with me and coming from the faculty of thinking itself (the lumen naturale rationis). These are known by intellectual intuition, are evident, and therefore true (like mathematical truths). Then there are ideas that seem
Read MoreIsabel II and the Democratic Sexenio: A Reign in Spain
The Reign of Isabel II
The Regency: First Phase (1833-1843)
The reign began with the so-called inheritance conflict that arose following the death of her father, Ferdinand VII. Isabel was born in 1830, meaning she was a child when the king fell ill in 1832 and was raised for succession. According to Salic law, women could not reign, but Ferdinand nullified this with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1830. He named his wife Maria Cristina regent and forced the courts to swear to his daughter Isabel as successor.
Read MoreIconic Landmarks: Statue of Liberty and Columbus Monument
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a monument located on a small island in the U.S. city of New York. This is a statue whose height is 46 meters, and it was given to the United States as a symbol of international friendship from France.
The Statue of Liberty has become an important sightseeing place of New York and also of the United States. People can visit the inside of the statue, taking an elevator or climbing stairs. When they finally arrive at the top, they can enjoy the amazing
Read MoreEmployment Contracts: Types, Requirements, and Duration
What is an Employment Contract?
It is the agreement between two persons whereby one of them, the worker, agrees to provide certain services under the direction of the other, the employer, receiving guaranteed remuneration in return.
People Involved in the Employment Contract
- The worker: This is the natural person building on the work.
- The employer: This is the individual, community, or property receiving services in return for surrendering a salary.
Limits to Recruitment and Work
- The worker:
- After 18 years
Physics Problems: Solutions and Explanations
1. Which of the following statements is correct? Functions of the form y = kxn always give a straight line when plotted on logarithmic paper.
2. Note which of the following results is correct, based on the theory of computation error: (0.23)3 = 0.012.
3. In an experiment, a ball of plasticine falls from a height H = 3.00 ± 0.02 m. The gravity is g = 9.81 ± 0.01 ms-2. If errors are given by uncertainties, the velocity of the ball just before impact with the ground is closer to 7.67 ± 0.03 ms-1.
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