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The Carrying Trade and the First Railways in England, C1750-C1850
The Carrying Trade and the First Railways in England, c1750-c1850 Carolyn Dougherty PhD University of York Railway Studies November 2018 Abstract Transport and economic historians generally consider the change from moving goods principally on roads, inland waterways and coastal ships to moving them principally on railways as inevitable, unproblematic, and the result of technological improvements. While the benefits of rail travel were so clear that most other modes of passenger transport disappeared once rail service was introduced, railway goods transport did not offer as obvious an improvement over the existing goods transport network, known as the carrying trade. Initially most railways were open to the carrying trade, but by the 1840s railway companies began to provide goods carriage and exclude carriers from their lines. The resulting conflict over how, and by whom, goods would be transported on railways, known as the carrying question, lasted more than a decade, and railway companies did not come to dominate domestic goods carriage until the 1850s. In this study I develop a fuller picture of the carrying trade than currently exists, highlighting its multimodal collaborative structure and setting it within the ‘sociable economy’ of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England. I contrast this economy with the business model of joint-stock companies, including railway companies, and investigate responses to the business practices of these companies. I analyse the debate over railway company goods carriage, and identify changes in goods transport resulting from its introduction. Finally, I describe the development and outcome of the carrying question, showing that railway companies faced resistance to their attempts to control goods carriage on rail lines not only from the carrying trade but also from customers of goods transport, the government and the general public. -
Feuling® Reaper® Series Camshafts for Milwaukee Eight Grinds: 405, 465, 508, 521
FEULING® REAPER® SERIES CAMSHAFTS FOR MILWAUKEE EIGHT GRINDS: 405, 465, 508, 521, 592 • FEULING® REAPER® camshafts have wide lobe separations producing very wide power bands • Smooth camshaft lobe ramps are easier on valve-train components eliminating excessive valve-train noise and wear. • Better Throttle Response - Increased MPG - Easy Starting - Unique Idle Sound • Made in U.S.A. 405 CAM - A workhorse, producing a wide powerband increasing torque and HP throughout the entire RPM range when compared to stock. Direct bolt in replacement for Milwaukee Eight engines, can be used with stock valve springs, pushrods, lifters and exhaust. Will respond well with slip-on mufflers and or complete exhaust system and a high flow air cleaner. Note Feuling recommends using mufflers with smaller cores for best lower RPM power and pull. Part # 1340 Valve Lift Open Close Duration @ 50" lift @ TDC Lobe Centerline Intake .395 4 ATDC 24 ABDC 200 .068 103 Exhaust .405 36 BBDC 11 BTDC 205 .049 108 RPM range: 1,700 - 5,700 Grind: 405 Overlap: 7 465 CAM - The 465 Reaper is an accelerator, producing solid bottom end performance with substantial gains above 2,800 RPM when compared to stock. This direct bolt in replacement for Milwaukee Eight engines can be used with stock valve springs, pushrods, lifters and exhaust. Will respond well with slip-on mufflers and or performance exhaust system and air cleaner. Use of performance valve-springs is not required but may result in a quieter, smoother running valve-train See Feuling #1107. This cam will also respond well with increased bore and or compression Part #1343 Valve Lift Open Close Duration @ 50" lift @ TDC Lobe Centerline Intake .445 4 BTDC 23 ABDC 207 .100 99.5 Exhaust .465 50 BBDC 6 ATDC 236 .100 112 RPM range: 1,850 - 5,950 Grind: 465 Overlap: 10 521 CAM - Aggressive pulling power with a "nasty" sound, the REAPER 521 grind will shine in 114" and larger cubic inch engines with added compression ratio. -
Using Object-Based Learning at the London Transport Museum
EDUCATING ABOUT TRANSPORT HISTORY: DEVELOPING OBJECT-LEARNING PROGRAMS AT THE LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM An Interactive Qualifying Project Report submitted to the Faculty of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Science degree in cooperation with the London Transport Museum Submitted by: Andrew Barth Luke Perreault Ryan Santos Woodrow Shattuck Project Advisors: Professor Zhikun Hou Professor Wesley Mott Sponsor Liason: Elizabeth Poulter Submitted on: 19 June 2013 Abstract Incorporating engineering objects into educational outreach programs is a proven means to excite students about transport engineering. Grounded in theories of museum education and object-based learning, we offer means to help the London Transport Museum (LTM) achieve this mission: narratives on various disciplines of transport engineering, an engineering object catalog, and “toolkits” for using objects in engineering education programs. These resources and suggestions for acquiring new engineering objects are designed to enhance current and future program development. i Table of Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ i Authorship...................................................................................................................................... iv Table of Figures ............................................................................................................................. vi Acknowledgements -
Download Video Products and Analyze Mission Results from Reapers Or Any Other Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Aircraft Supported by a Distributed Crew
Disclaimer The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the US Government. 2 The MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft: Humans and Machines in Action by Timothy M. Cullen Submitted to the Engineering Systems Division on August 12, 2011 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Systems: Technology, Management, and Policy Abstract Remotely piloted aircraft and the people that control them are changing how the US military operates aircraft and those who fly, yet few know what “drone” operators actually do, why they do what they do, or how they shape and reflect remote air warfare and human-machine relationships. What do the remote operators and intelligence personnel know during missions to “protect and avenge” coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and how do they go about knowing what they know? In an ethnographic and historical analysis of the Air Force’s preeminent weapon system for the counterinsurgencies in the two countries, this study describes how social, technical, and cognitive factors mutually constitute remote air operations in war. Armed with perspectives and methods developed in the fields of the history of technology, sociology of technology, and cognitive anthropology, the author, an Air Force fighter pilot, describes how distributed crews represent, transform, and propagate information to find and kill targets and traces the observed human and machine interactions to policy assumptions, professional identities, employment concepts, and technical tools. In doing so, he shows how the people, practices, and machines associated with remotely piloted aircraft have been oriented to and conditioned by trust in automation, experience, skill, and social interactions and how they have influenced and reflected the evolving operational environment, encompassing organizations, and communities of practice. -
Sculptor Nina Slobodinskaya (1898-1984)
1 de 2 SCULPTOR NINA SLOBODINSKAYA (1898-1984). LIFE AND SEARCH OF CREATIVE BOUNDARIES IN THE SOVIET EPOCH Anastasia GNEZDILOVA Dipòsit legal: Gi. 2081-2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10803/334701 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.ca Aquesta obra està subjecta a una llicència Creative Commons Reconeixement Esta obra está bajo una licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence TESI DOCTORAL Sculptor Nina Slobodinskaya (1898 -1984) Life and Search of Creative Boundaries in the Soviet Epoch Anastasia Gnezdilova 2015 TESI DOCTORAL Sculptor Nina Slobodinskaya (1898-1984) Life and Search of Creative Boundaries in the Soviet Epoch Anastasia Gnezdilova 2015 Programa de doctorat: Ciències humanes I de la cultura Dirigida per: Dra. Maria-Josep Balsach i Peig Memòria presentada per optar al títol de doctora per la Universitat de Girona 1 2 Acknowledgments First of all I would like to thank my scientific tutor Maria-Josep Balsach I Peig, who inspired and encouraged me to work on subject which truly interested me, but I did not dare considering to work on it, although it was most actual, despite all seeming difficulties. Her invaluable support and wise and unfailing guiadance throughthout all work periods were crucial as returned hope and belief in proper forces in moments of despair and finally to bring my study to a conclusion. My research would not be realized without constant sacrifices, enormous patience, encouragement and understanding, moral support, good advices, and faith in me of all my family: my husband Daniel, my parents Andrey and Tamara, my ount Liubov, my children Iaroslav and Maria, my parents-in-law Francesc and Maria –Antonia, and my sister-in-law Silvia. -
History of Transport
History of Transport Did you know that a very important invention happened a very long time ago? In 3500BC, a wheel was attached to a cart for the first time. This invention meant that people could use a cart to carry food that they had gathered instead of having to carry it by hand. People could use the cart to carry items for longer distances. In 1783, a man called Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier flew in a hot air balloon for the first time. This is a hot air balloon. Jean-François worked as a French chemistry and physics teacher. He knew that the people who flew in the hot air balloon for the first time would be remembered forever. King Louis XVI thought that two criminals should be put into the hot air balloon, but Jean-François disagreed. He managed to convince King Louis XVI to let him be the first person to fly. In 1785, Jean-François tried to cross the English Channel in a hot air balloon. The balloon deflated during the flight and crashed. Jean-François was killed in this accident. A man called George Stephenson invented the first steam-powered engine in 1814. He called the engine ‘Blucher’. Blucher’s first job was to carry eight coal wagons along an uphill track. Blucher was so successful that Stephenson ended up building another sixteen engines. German inventor Karl von Drais invented something that he called the ‘Laufmaschine’, which means ‘running machine’. It looked a lot like a bicycle, but something was missing! Can you see what is missing from this bicycle invention? This invention had two wheels and handles at the front of it for steering, but it had no pedals. -
Producing a Past: Cyrus Mccormick's Reaper from Heritage to History
Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2014 Producing a Past: Cyrus Mccormick's Reaper from Heritage to History Daniel Peter Ott Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Ott, Daniel Peter, "Producing a Past: Cyrus Mccormick's Reaper from Heritage to History" (2014). Dissertations. 1486. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/1486 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2014 Daniel Peter Ott LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO PRODUCING A PAST: CYRUS MCCORMICK’S REAPER FROM HERITAGE TO HISTORY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY JOINT PROGRAM IN AMERICAN HISTORY / PUBLIC HISTORY BY DANIEL PETER OTT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MAY 2015 Copyright by Daniel Ott, 2015 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation is the result of four years of work as a graduate student at Loyola University Chicago, but is the scholarly culmination of my love of history which began more than a decade before I moved to Chicago. At no point was I ever alone on this journey, always inspired and supported by a large cast of teachers, professors, colleagues, co-workers, friends and family. I am indebted to them all for making this dissertation possible, and for supporting my personal and scholarly growth. -
Simone Weil Durante Il Soggiorno a New York, Tra Luglio E Ottobre Del 1942 - Ec Cetto Le Annotazioni Raccolte in Un Taccui No a Londra Negli Ultimi Mesi Di Vita
I testi che compongono questo quarto e ul timo volume dei Quaderni furono scritti da Simone Weil durante il soggiorno a New York, tra luglio e ottobre del 1942 - ec cetto le annotazioni raccolte in un taccui no a Londra negli ultimi mesi di vita. Pub blicati nel 1950 da Gallimard con il titolo La connaissance surnaturelle, vengono ora ri proposti per la prima volta in una sequenza rigorosa e completa. Dato il carattere la cunoso dell’edizione francese, nella quale fra l’altro non ci si è preoccupati di segna re il passaggio da un quaderno all’altro, né di rispettarne la successione cronologica, si è infatti preferito fondare la traduzione su un accurato studio dei manoscritti. Questi testi si presentano, anche formal mente, come la continuazione dei quaderni di Marsiglia. Ma ora la riflessione tende a concentrarsi progressivamente intorno ad alcuni nuclei tematici spesso svolti in an notazioni piuttosto lunghe, con un proce dimento di scrittura più prossimo a un’ar ticolazione per brevi capitoli che non al l’andamento frammentato dei precedenti quaderni. In particolare, mai come in que sto periodo il pensiero della Weil si appun ta sul significato della favola e dei miti, esercitandosi su testi delle più svariate tra dizioni — e proprio in questa zona si in contreranno alcune intuizioni folgoranti, per esempio sulla simbolica zodiacale. Il volume si chiude con un completo ap parato di indici relativi all’intera compa gine dei Quaderni: degli autori e opere cita ti e commentati; dei personaggi storici e leggendari, luoghi, popoli, entità, esseri di vini; delle figure, immagini, parole. -
The History of Transport Systems in the UK
The history of transport systems in the UK Future of Mobility: Evidence Review Foresight, Government Office for Science The history of transport systems in the UK Professor Simon Gunn Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester December 2018 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr Aaron Andrews for his help with the research for this review, especially for creating the graphs, and Georgina Lockton for editing. The review has benefited from the input of an Advisory Group consisting of Professor Colin Divall (University of York); Professor Gordon Pirie (University of Cape Town); Professor Colin Pooley (Lancaster University); Professor Geoff Vigar (University of Newcastle). I thank them all for taking time to read the review at short notice and enabling me to draw on their specialist expertise. Any errors remaining are, of course, mine. This review has been commissioned as part of the UK government’s Foresight Future of Mobility project. The views expressed are those of the author and do not represent those of any government or organisation. This document is not a statement of government policy. This report has an information cut-off date of February 2018. The history of transport systems in the UK Executive summary The purpose of this review is to summarise the major changes affecting transport systems in the UK over the last 100 years. It is designed to enable the Foresight team to bring relevant historical knowledge to bear on the future of transport and mobility. The review analyses four aspects of transport and mobility across the twentieth century. The first section identifies significant points of change in the main transport modes. -
Ever Faithful
Ever Faithful Ever Faithful Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba David Sartorius Duke University Press • Durham and London • 2013 © 2013 Duke University Press. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Tyeset in Minion Pro by Westchester Publishing Services. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Sartorius, David A. Ever faithful : race, loyalty, and the ends of empire in Spanish Cuba / David Sartorius. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0- 8223- 5579- 3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978- 0- 8223- 5593- 9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Blacks— Race identity— Cuba—History—19th century. 2. Cuba— Race relations— History—19th century. 3. Spain— Colonies—America— Administration—History—19th century. I. Title. F1789.N3S27 2013 305.80097291—dc23 2013025534 contents Preface • vii A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s • xv Introduction A Faithful Account of Colonial Racial Politics • 1 one Belonging to an Empire • 21 Race and Rights two Suspicious Affi nities • 52 Loyal Subjectivity and the Paternalist Public three Th e Will to Freedom • 94 Spanish Allegiances in the Ten Years’ War four Publicizing Loyalty • 128 Race and the Post- Zanjón Public Sphere five “Long Live Spain! Death to Autonomy!” • 158 Liberalism and Slave Emancipation six Th e Price of Integrity • 187 Limited Loyalties in Revolution Conclusion Subject Citizens and the Tragedy of Loyalty • 217 Notes • 227 Bibliography • 271 Index • 305 preface To visit the Palace of the Captain General on Havana’s Plaza de Armas today is to witness the most prominent stone- and mortar monument to the endur- ing history of Spanish colonial rule in Cuba. -
Fourth Quarter 2014
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NACA SPECIAL ISSUE Volume 31, Number 4 Fourth Quarter 2014 FROM CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY HISTORIAN COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS o you notice Dsomething differ- THE SPIRIT OF THE ent? That’s right, our NACA...BY AN OLD IN THIS ISSUE: incredible graphics NACA GUY folks from the Headquarters Communications 1 From the Chief Historian By Jack Boyd Support Services Center (CSSC) have updated 1 Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the design of News & Notes. It was about time he spirit at the Ames the National Advisory Committee for to bring this newsletter up to current stan- T Aeronautical Laboratory in Aeronautics dards for readability, and we also asked them the days of the National Advisory 1 The Spirit of the NACA…by an Old NACA Guy to reflect the National Advisory Committee Committee for Aeronautics 3 The Wind Tunnel District of the NACA Ames for Aeronautics (NACA) centennial theme (NACA) was one of freedom Aeronautical Laboratory in the design. (Hence the black and yellow and innovation. No reasonable 6 Lewis Research Center and the Post-War coloring used in the markings on so many idea was discouraged. There was NACA Inspections classic NACA/NASA research craft.) I think a freedom to learn. Continuous 13 NASA Langley—The Beginning of It All they’ve done a great job. How about you? One learning, even when done uncon- 19 In the Words of Those Who Were There: Oral Histories from the NACA Days aspect that I’m particularly pleased with is the ventionally, kept curiosity strong. -
Time Travelers Camporee a Compilation of Resources
1 Time Travelers Camporee A Compilation of Resources Scouts, Ventures, Leaders & Parents…. This is a rather large file (over 80 pages). We have included a “Table of Contents” page to let you know the page numbers of each topic for quick reference. The purpose of this resources to aid the patrols, crews (& adults) in their selection of “Patrol Time Period” Themes. There are numerous amounts of valuable information that can be used to pinpoint a period of time or a specific theme /subject matter (or individual).Of course, ideas are endless, but we just hope that your unit can benefit from the resources below…… This file also goes along with the “Time Traveler” theme as it gives you all a look into a wide variety of subjects, people throughout history. The Scouts & Ventures could possibly use some of this information while working on some of their Think Tank entries. There are more events/topics that are not covered than covered in this file. However, due to time constraints & well, we had to get busy on the actual Camporee planning itself, we weren’t able to cover every event during time. Who knows ? You might just learn a thing or two ! 2 TIME TRAVELERS CAMPOREE PATROL & VENTURE CREW TIME PERIOD SELECTION “RESOURCES” Page Contents 4 Chronological Timeline of A Short History of Earth 5-17 World Timeline (1492- Present) 18 Pre-Historic Times 18 Fall of the Roman Empire/ Fall of Rome 18 Middle Ages (5th-15th Century) 19 The Renaissance (14-17th Century) 19 Industrial Revolution (1760-1820/1840) 19 The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 19 Rocky Mountain Rendezvous (1825-1840) 20 American Civil War (1861-1865) 20 The Great Depression (1929-1939) 20 History of Scouting Timeline 20-23 World Scouting (Feb.