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Mark E. Smith and The Fall: Art, Music and Politics
No full textAn edited collection with Benjamin Halligan that examines the post-punk music of Mark E. Smith and The Fall form a variety of critical perspectives.
This volume offers a comprehensive range of approaches to the work of Mark E. Smith and his band The Fall in relation to music, art and politics. Mark E. Smith remains one of the most divisive and idiosyncratic figures in popular music after a recording career with The Fall that spans thirty years. Although The Fall were originally associated with the contemporaneous punk explosion, from the beginning they pursued a highly original vision of what was possible in the sphere of popular music. While other punk bands burned out after a few years, only to then reform decades later as their own cover bands, The Fall continue to evolve while retaining a remarkable consistency, even with the frequent line-up changes that soon left Mark E. Smith as the only permanent member of the group. The key aspect of the group that this volume explores is the invariably creative, unfailingly critical and often antagonistic relations that characterize both the internal dynamics of the group and the group's position in the pop cultural surroundings. The Fall's ambiguous position in the unfolding histories of British popular music and therefore in the new heritage industries of popular culture in the UK, from post-punk to anti-Thatcher politics, to the 'Factory fiction of Manchester' and on into Mark E. Smith's current role as ageing enfant terrible of rock, illustrates the uneasy relationship between the band, their critical commentators and the historians of popular music. This volume engages directly with this critical ambiguity. With a diverse range of approaches to The Fall, this volume opens up new possibilities for writing about contemporary music beyond traditional approaches grounded in the sociology of music, Cultural Studies and music journalism - an aim which is reflected in the variety of provocative critical approaches and writing styles that make up the volume
Finite element assisted method to reduce harmonic content in the airgap flux density of a high temperature superconducting coreless rotor generator
No full textThe paper reports on an investigation to reduce harmonic content in the airgap flux density of a high temperature superconducting synchronous generator with a coreless rotor. 3D finite element field simulation has been applied and a simple optimisation technique devised. The shape of specially designed flux diverters has been optimised
Psicogeografia, Cenas de Música Popular e Métodos de Mapeamento Móvel: Experimentos Pedagógicos Transdisciplinares no Mapeamento de Cenas Urbanas na Cidade Baixa, 2014-2015
No full textThis chapter engages with the alternative pedagogical methods I developed over two years of postgraduate seminars I lead at Unisinos, RS, focusing especially on the use of psychogeographical methods for urban research. It details how on the methodological bases of psychogeography and cartographic and digital research methods, as well as a series of case studies, I led teams of researchers to map the creative industries of Cidade Baixa in Porto Alegre, using mobile methods. This chapter presents the challenges of this exercise as well as its potentials for new modes of pedagogy and researc
(06) The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, Volume I: 1898-1924 [1921-1924: Beginnings of Experimentation with Liquid Propellants]
No full textMeticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.
This section covers Robert Goddard\u27s life from 1921 through 1924. During this time, Goddard began his experimentation with liquid propellants for rockets, became a part-time consultant on solid-propellant rocket weapons for the U.S government, began a twenty-year tenure as Director of Physical Laboratories at Clark University, and married Esther Goddard (formerly Kisk).
This section contains the following published articles by Goddard: That Moon-rocket Proposition - Refutation of Some Popular Fallacies , Scientific American (1921) The High-altitude Rocket , Monthly Weather Review (1924)
This section contains correspondence by, to, and about Robert H. Goddard from the following people and entities: Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustveldt, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Charles Greeley Abbot, Vatican Observatory, the Trustees of Clark University, Wallace W. Atwood, Navy Bureau of Ordnance, Wallace W. Atwood, F.W. Baldwin, Hermann Oberth, Lieutenant Commander Theodore Stark Wilkinson, C.S. Thompson, Major A. Gibson, William de C. Ravenel, Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, Jr., A.A. Hamerschlag, Burton E. Livingston, Watson Davis, E.E. Free (Popular Radio), Axel Corlin, Nature, Albert Adams Merrill, David White, French Embassy.
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(08) The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, Volume II: 1925-1937 [1925-1930: Liquid-Propellant Rockets Fly]
No full textMeticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.
This section covers Robert Goddard\u27s life from 1925 through the middle of 1930. During this time, Goddard achieved his greatest success on March 16, 1926, with the first ever flight of a liquid-propellant rocket. This period also saw a 1929 flight that attracted a great deal of public attention, as well as the beginning of an important friendship with Charles Lindbergh who would also become a significant benefactor.
This section contains correspondence by, to, and about Robert H. Goddard from the following people and entities: Charles Greeley Abbot, William Jackson Humphreys, Nikolai Rynin, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Alexander Wetmore, Otto Willi Gail, Arthur Arton Hamerschlag, Robert Lademann, William Francis Magie, German Consulate General, Mary Proctor, Wallace W. Atwood, Arthur Lee Willard, J. Kuhr Huddle, Willy Ley, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr., Arthur Amos Noyes, George W. Gray, Howard Blakeslee, Robert E. Molt, George C. Neal, James W. Good, Harlow Shapley, Arthur W. Ewell, Science Service, E.E. Free, Hugh M. Dorsey, Frederick T. Birchall, C. Fayette Taylor, Henry du Pont, Charles A. Lindbergh, John C. Merriam, Major C.E. Hocker, Charles H. Thurber, David Lasser, Waldemar Kaempffert, T. O\u27Conor Sloane, Colonel Henry Breckinridge, Daniel Guggenheim, Karl T. Compton.
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(05) The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, Volume I: 1898-1924 [1915-1920: Experimentation with Solid Propellants]
No full textMeticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.
This section covers Robert Goddard\u27s life from 1915 through 1920. During this time, he became an Assistant Professor in Physics at Clark University, demonstrated that reaction takes place in a vacuum, hence a rocket could function in airless space, received his first Smithsonian grant for rocket work, conducted research for the U.S. Signal Corps and Army Ordinance, demonstrated solid-propellant military rockets, published A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes , and began his twenty-plus year tenure as Professor of Physics at Clark University.
This section contains the following published articles by Goddard (there are also unpublished works on subjects such as atomic disintegration): Approximate Solution of a General Case of Rocket Action , Physical Review (1919) A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes , Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (1919) On High-altitude Research , Science (1920) The Rocket Method , Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1920) The Possibilities of the Rocket in Weather Forecasting , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1920)
This section contains correspondence by, to, and about Robert H. Goddard from the following people and entities: William T. Foster, Edmund C. Sanford, Edward Charles Pickering, Charles Greeley Abbot, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Edgar Buckingham, Hudson Maxim, Richard Rathbun, George I. Rockwood, Samuel Wesley Stratton, Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Major General George O. Squier, Colonel Edward Marsh Shinkle, Robert Simpson Woodard, Nahum D. Goddard, George E. Hale, Hugh M. Dorsey, General Clark C. Williams, Hudson Maxim, General George W. Burr, Walter S. Adams, Major W.A. Borden, Clarence N. Hickman, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert O’Leary, Charles F. Marvin, Gordon S. Fulcher, Bronx Exposition Inc, A. Russell Bond (Scientific American Monthly), Karl Taylor Compton, Henry N. Crowther, Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Robert Esnault-Peleterie, Lieutenant Colonel Amos A. Fries, Macmillian & Co., Ltd., Lieutenant Commander Olaf M. Hustveldt, William de C. Ravenel, F.P. Fergusson.
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Design study of a high temperature superconducting generator with YBCO windings
No full textThis paper considers the potential merits of using a HTS rotor winding in a low-speed high-torque synchronous generator and the possibility of building a small-scale demonstrator to investigate the practicality of building such a full-size machine. Pareto optimization results are presented for a full size machine with a high temperature superconducting rotor winding made from a new generation YBCO material and for three configurations of demonstrator. Because evaluation of FEM models is usually computationally expensive, a variation of Kriging method has been used for this optimization. A number of design issues and some other configurations of demonstrator are discussed. Some sensitivity analysis was performed to determine the importance of: the temperature of the HTS winding, the size of the demonstrator, and the clearance between the HTS coils and the warm parts of the machine
(14) The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, Volume III: 1938-1945 [1941-1945: JATO and Variable Thrust for the Military]
No full textMeticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.
This section covers the final years of Robert Goddard\u27s life, from 1941 to 1945. During this time, he became the Director of Research for the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, at Annapolis, Maryland, developing variable-thrust rocket motor later used on Bell X-2 rocket plane. He also became Director of the American Rocket Society and took on the role of Consulting Engineer for Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
This section contains correspondence by, to, and about Robert H. Goddard from the following people and entities: William R. Enyart, Harry Guggenheim, George W. Lewis, Charles Lindbergh, Wallace A. Atwood, Major General Archibald H. Sunderland, N.L. Laschever, Colonel D.C. Pearson, Clarence N. Hickman, Colonel L.A. Codd, Charles Greeley Abbot, Lieutenant Charles Fink Fischer, Captain Homer A. Boushey, Frederick G. Keyes, McFall Kerbey, Rear Admiral Ray Spear, Captain Dewitt Clinton Ramsey, Commander L.C. Stevens, Irvin Stewart, J.A. Folse, Major William H. Wenstrom, Captain A.C. Miles, Curtis Hill, M. B. Bleecker, Walter Brown Woodson, Colonel P. H. Dane, C.M. Fisher, Lieutenant J. S. Warfel, J.J. Murphy, Colonel Paul H. Kemmer, Charles M. Allen, Colonel Henry Breckinridge, H. B. Mallett, Percy M. Roope, Herbert Taylor, Bromley Seeley, Robert L. Earle, Edmund Wilson, Vernon A. McLaskey, Theodore Adams, John N. Wheeler, Dr. William H. Cole, L.T.E. Thompson, G. Edward Pendray, Robert L. Earle, Captain H.T. Kelly, William B. Allen, Gilbert Grosvenor, Colonel G. W. Trichel, Henry C. Parker, Warren S. Orton, A. W. Robinson, J.W. Long, Judge Carl E. Wahlstrom, G. W. Brady.
Disclaimer: The images in these scans have been rendered somewhat distorted after the fact. We apologize for this error. Thankfully, most of the photographs used in these papers are part of the The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record and can be seen individually in high-quality scans.https://commons.clarku.edu/papersgoddard/1013/thumbnail.jp
Geochemical Characterization of the Upper Mississippian Goddard Formation, Springer Group, in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma
No full textThe Goddard Formation is the basal unit of the Late Mississippian-Early Pennsylvanian Springer Group of Oklahoma. This Formation is part of a stacked oil and condensate play in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP). Unconventional production of the Goddard has been ongoing since 2012. However, published geochemical interpretations for this formation are still few. This study characterized regional trends in the organic geochemistry of the Goddard Formation within the Anadarko Basin. Bulk geochemical and biomarker analyses were used to develop an organofacies model for the Goddard. Bulk geochemical and biomarker data were also used to conduct source rocks and oil correlations.
Explanations for an unusual abundance of tricyclic terpanes in this Formation were also evaluated.
This study evaluated 15 source rocks and 11 oils from the Goddard in the Anadarko Basin. An outcrop sample and oil seep from the neighboring Ardmore Basin were also included in the sample set. Analyses were conducted using Rock-Eval pyrolysis, whole oil-gas chromatography, gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry (GCMSMS) methods. Geochemical data collected in this study classified the Goddard Formation as a Type B organofacies. This organofacies type reflects a marine depositional environment dominated by siliciclastic sedimentation. Biomarker analyses indicated that the depositional environment for the Goddard was suboxic with normal to slightly elevated salinity and a non-stratified water column. The presence of fusinite and benzo(e)pyrene supported a periodic but minor contribution of oxidized terrestrial plant matter following wildfire events. Comparison of the biomarker signature for both the source rock and oils revealed a striking similarity. The most useful biomarker family for correlation of Goddard source rocks and oils was the tricyclic terpanes.
Tricyclic terpanes dominated the m/z 191 chromatogram for both Goddard oils and extracts. Neither thermal stress nor biodegradation were able to account for the abundance of tricyclic terpanes. Fractionation mechanisms were also inconsistent with the geochemical similarity between the oils and extracts. Finally, the abundance of algae-like Tasmanite fossils, a proposed precursor for tricyclic terpanes, was low in the Goddard. Interpretations in this study support a non-Tasmanite precursor for the tricyclic terpanes. A non-Tasmanite precursor may still have been a marine algae similar to Tasmanite. Glacial production of iron-rich loess and a major mass extinction during the Late Mississippian would have been conducive to blooms of low-diversity algal communities in setting such as the Anadarko Basin.
Future work in the Goddard could include studies of stable carbon isotopes to look for indicators of algal blooms and explore correlation with total organic carbon. Additional biomarker studies could focus on outcrops in the nearby Ardmore Basin to assess whether abundant tricyclic terpanes are only found in the Goddard Formation within the Anadarko Basin
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