The phrase "mid-nineteenth" refers to the period that is halfway through or in the middle of the 1800s, specifically between the years 1840 and 1860.
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Sentences with «mid nineteenth»
- Muybridge took his bulky photographic paraphernalia into the Californian wilderness of the mid nineteenth century and captured, obviously in black and white, hugely emotive pictures, which even viewed now hold a haunting quality. (nakedpastor.com)
- Indeed, when Auguste Comte (1798 - 1857) promoted his new Religion of Humanity in the mid nineteenth century, he introduced a calendar of 13 months, named after such people as Moses, Aristotle, Caesar, Shakespeare and Descartes. (religion-online.org)
- The Old Port Mill, which forms part of the complex was most likely built by convicts in the mid nineteenth century and commenced operating as a flour mill in 1863. (wikiaustralia.com)
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