This Overview is a brief look at the time and the influence of Cycles. Significant events from each year are noted along with the position of the Cycles to show how history is moving in Rhythm. Enjoy the walk through history.
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The overall energy of the 1880s was mid-ranged, and every Cycle crossed over in this decade. A Physical 4th Quarter Alternatives ended its Low with an Upward Crossover in 1887. The Emotional Cycle also had and Upward Crossover in 1883 and remained in 1st Quarter Foundation for the rest of the 1880s. The Intellectual Cycle was High for half the decade, and after a Downward Crossover in 1885, it was Low for the second half of the 1880s. |
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March 21, 1880 - |
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March 21, 1881 |
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1880:
1880s The Progressive Movement
for Industry formed in
Physo-Emotional
Double 4th Quarter Alternatives. The painting by George
Inness painting in this
Emotional
Low
named "The Coming Storm" gained fame for its depiction of ominous clouds.
We were in
Intellectual 2nd
Quarter Variation,
Thompson patented a three-phase alternating current generator. |
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March 21, 1881 - |
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March 21, 1882 |
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1881:
The USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) made its last sail
under
free sail
in this
Physo-Emotional
Double 4th Quarter Alternatives.
Author Frank Baum
called for the extermination of American Indians in the
Emotional
Low.
Michelson invented the "interferometer" that used light waves to
measure distance in the
Intellectual 2nd
Quarter Variation.
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March 21, 1882 - |
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1882:
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act
which barred Chinese immigrants from the United States for 10 years during this
Emotional
Low.
Edison patents a 3-wire electrical system in this
Intellectual 2nd
Quarter Variation
which is still in use today, and Nikola Tesla discovered the rotating magnetic
field in which is the basis of almost all devices that use alternating current. |
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March 21, 1883 - |
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1883:
In the
Physical Low
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Intellectual High,
the Pendleton Act established Civil Service Commission to administer competitive
examinations for federal jobs applicants in order it replaced the spoils
system with a merit system. Amid an
Emotional Upward
Crossover,
twelve people were trampled to death in New York City on
May 30, 1883 after a stampeded was triggered by a rumor that the recently opened
Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
The
Intellectual High
was characterized as the "Edison Effect" became
the basis of electronics. |
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1884:
"Mugwumps" of
the Liberal Republicans began a search for an alternative political machine
in the
Physical 4th Quarter Alternatives. Southern Negroes won Supreme Court
ruling on voting rights in the
Emotional
High.
While we were in an
Intellectual High
Dorr E. Felt invented the first adding machine. |
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March 21, 1885 - |
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March 21, 1886 |
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1885:
Congress forbade fencing by
cattle and railroad companies in the
Physical Low.
The Great Southwest Railroad strike that began with walk-outs in 1885 that led
to massive strikes during the
1885/86 Intellectual Crossover
went unresolved in such a manner
that it precipitated the collapse of the Knights of Labor. |
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March 21, 1886 - |
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1886:
Sullivan's Chicago
Style of architecture abandoned Victorian & Romanesque styles in the
Physical 4th Quarter Alternatives.
The
Neighborhood Guild, the first settlement house, was established in New
York City in this
Emotional
1st Quarter
Foundation
to provide social services for
poorer residents of the cities.
Henry James turned to themes
of social reform, with his work "The Bostonians" while we were in
Intellectual 3rd Quarter Review. |
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March 21, 1887 - |
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1887:
Fishing disputes with
Canada brought talk of war during this
Upward Physical Crossover
and a severe real estate bust devastated wealth.
Architect H. H. Richardson designed his works in with an emphasis on aesthetic affects in the mid-1880s while where in an Emotional High.
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 abated discriminatory Railroad rates in the Intellectual 3rd Quarter Review
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March 21, 1888 - |
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1888:
Major sports organizations formed
during the Physical 1st Quarter Foundation.
The existing game of golf emerged as an organized sport in the US by founding of the St. Andrews Golf Club at Yonkers on the Hudson in 1888, the fist All American Football team began in 1889 and basketball was invented in 1891.
The famous poem “Casey at the Bat” by
Ernest Lawrence Thayer was 1st published during this
Physo-Emotional
High. The poem was based on a game played in
Stockton, Ca.
George Eastman patented 1st
successful roll film in 1880 while were where
in an
Intellectual High.
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March 21, 1889 - |
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March 21, 1990 |
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1889:
Osler emphasized the importance of humane medical practices
and established clinical training as part of the medical school curriculum
during the
Physo-Emotional
High
in 1889. The First Anti-Trust Laws
emerged in four states in 1889 and eight more states in 1891 amid the
Intellectual 3rd Quarter Review. |
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