Project Gutenberg 2014-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 447 Various Verschillende Various, Various Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 423, January 1851 Produced by Brendan OConnor, Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 423, January 1851" by Various is a periodical publication that was released during the mid-19th century. The magazine includes a range of essays, articles, and creative works that comment on various topics of social, political, and cultural interest from that period. One of the featured articles discusses the influence of the supply of precious metals on historical events, weaving an intricate narrative that connects economics with the fabric of society throughout history. The opening of the publication introduces the reader to a complex exploration of how fluctuations in currency and the availability of precious metals have shaped human affairs. It highlights significant historical events, mentioning the decline of the Roman Empire and its correlation with changes in the supply of gold and silver, before moving on to contemporary matters like the impacts of the California Gold Rush on global economics. The author uses historical examples to illustrate the far-reaching consequences of currency change, suggesting that such economic elements exert powerful influence over social conditions and national prosperity, a theme intended to resonate in the minds of readers attuned to the socio-political climate of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45694/45694-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 61.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scotland -- Periodicals England -- Periodicals AP Text Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Economics Category: Journals 619122 2025-06-18T13:29:05.704404 text/html 605098 2024-10-24T07:18:35 text/html 374211 2025-06-18T13:29:14.720390 application/epub+zip 382877 2025-06-18T13:29:07.237383 application/epub+zip 302352 2025-06-18T13:29:06.460429 application/epub+zip 537435 2025-06-18T13:29:20.276341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540389 2025-06-18T13:29:13.838365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471641 2022-09-20T19:34:16.428041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558709 2023-09-20T03:56:26.598314 text/plain 538738 2024-10-24T07:18:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15861 2025-06-18T13:29:20.433318 application/rdf+xml 12507 2025-06-18T13:29:06.578370 image/jpeg 2401 2025-06-18T13:29:06.516406 image/jpeg 346220 2025-06-18T13:29:05.763403 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog