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History of the steel industry in the Port Talbot Area 1900-1988
No full textThis thesis examines the history of steelmaking at Port Talbot in South Wales from the start of modern steelmaking in 1902 to 1988. Although the British steel industry has been studied at national level, few studies have looked at company level and fewer on plant level studies. By studying this large and significant steelmaking site this thesis sheds light on the interaction between national constraints and local forces for change or inertia and on the interaction of plant management, industry leadership and national Government policies. A number of themes are examined including issues of locational inertia and change; technological innovation and choice; relationships to, and changes in markets; products and demand levels; the role of the state; and issues of decision making. The later includes managers, management structure, conflict among managers, corporate rivalries, relationships with banks and Government, and within nationalised industries.
The thesis covers the origins of modern steelmaking at Port Talbot in the 1900s, its expansion and integration with iron making during World War One. It looks at Port Talbot within the framework of heavy steel rationalisation in the 1920s and the inconclusive manoeuvrings to build a strip mill in the 1930s. After World Ward Two Port Talbot emerged as Britain’s leading strip mill through a complex interplay of technological and locational choices including Government pressure and corporate rivalries. The boom years of the 1950s were followed by consolidation and modernisation in the 1960s through the Government inspired over expansion of the strip mill sector. After re-nationalisation in 1967 Port Talbot became involved in internal struggles with rival strip mills over investment. At each stage the thesis uses the detailed local adaptation and innovation within that context.
The thesis draws on extensive primary sources including the National Archives, Government Reports and documents, company records, Bank of England papers, trade papers, technical journals, trade union papers and local newspapers. The secondary literature on the steel industry is discussed and revised where appropriate and this study adds a full-scale plant level industrial history of one of the most important British steelworks to this literature
Talbot 25hp car
No full textA Talbot arrives in Darwin after being driven from Adelaide. The two drivers are both sons of Harry Dutton: J.H. Dutton (L) and G.P.H. Dutton (R). Jimmy Gosse is in the background (obscured). The Talbot first made the trip on 20 August 1908, when Harry Dutton and Murray Aunger drove to Darwin from Adelaide. They made history as the first people to drive across the Australian continent, leaving Adelaide 51 days earlier on the 30th June 1908.Helyar, Lois & Geoff
Dr. Louis T. Talbot\u27s Memorial Service Pt.2
No full textLouis Talbot; memorial service; Biola Hour Radio Program; Dr. Paul Bauman; Dr. Malcolm R. Cronk; aired Jan. 25, 197
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Interrogating crime
No full textAbout the book:
Crime: Local and Global and its sister text Criminal Justice: Local and Global are two new teaching texts that aim to equip the reader with a critical understanding of the globally contested nature of 'crime' and 'justice'. Through an examination of key concepts and criminological approaches, the books illuminate the different ways in which crime is constructed, conceived and controlled. International case studies are used to demonstrate how 'crime' and 'justice' are historically and geographically located in terms of the global/local context, and how processes of criminalisation and punishment are mediated in contemporary societies. Crime: Local and Global covers the way local events (such as prostitution) have wider aspects than previously thought. Links with people traffickers, international organised crime and violence cannot be ignored any longer. Each crime or area of activity selected within this text has a global reach, and is made ever more possible due to the way globalisation has opened up markets, both legitimate and illegitimate. The book's approach and scope emphasises that we can no longer view 'crime' as something which occurs within certain jurisdictions, at certain times and in particular places. For example, the chapter on cybercrime highlights the 'illegal' acts that can be perpetrated by second lifers, anywhere in the world, but are they a crime
Optical coherence tomography and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy: Approaches to dual-channel retinal tissue imaging
No full textWe report a Talbot bands-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) system capable of producing longitudinal B-scan OCT images and en-face scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) images of the human retina in-vivo, with various degrees of simultaneity
Abear and Talbot families at Shuswap Station
No full textL-R back: Tom Callaghan, Mrs. Talbot, Winnie Mosher, Mrs. Mosher, Lily Callaghan, Nina Abear. Front: Frank Abear, Nora Talbot, Verna Abear, L. Talbot
Le complexe sidérurgique de Port Talbot
No full textDumont R., Lobenberg M., Chaline Claude. Le complexe sidérurgique de Port Talbot. In: L'information géographique, volume 25, n°5, 1961. pp. 220-222
Oxidation of Aluminium-Magnesium alloys at elevated temperature in the solid, semi-liquid and liquid states
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Sensitive thermogravimetric equipment was used to monitor the oxidation rates of A1-1 to 9% Mg alloys in 0.21 oxygen/0.79 helium mixtures with and without 0.03 atm water vapour pressure, in the temperature range 500-725°C which include their respective solid, semi-liquid and liquid states. These measurements were supported by structural and topographical studies of oxide films using SEM, X-ray diffraction, and TEM with electron diffraction and EDX techniques. The objective was to provide information in the context of dross formation during melting operations. The only oxidation product observed was MgO. The oxidation rates do not follow simple rate laws. The rate normally increases as the temperature is raised except for a curious inverse relationship for liquid alloys just above the liquidus temperatures due to the formation of undulating surfaces. An amorphous MgO film formed on liquid alloys restricted the initial oxidation but, following an incubation period, crystallisation of the film induced breakaway oxidation. The crystallisation was promoted by high magnesium contents, high temperatures and moist atmospheres. The oxidation rates for alloys in the semi-liquid state were as follows: (i) for 50% liquid, the rates were initially faster than those for wholly liquid alloys due to the presence of solid phase particles which acted both as disruptive stress-raisers and as sources of nuclei for crystallisation of the amorphous oxide film over the liquid phase. For the moist atmosphere: (i) wholly solid alloys and semi-liquid alloys with 50% liquid oxidised faster than in the dry atmosphere because of the injection of OH- ions into the oxide with consequent disruptive effects caused by hydrogen absorption by the alloy. The addition of 0.003% Be to Al-8% Mg alloy decreased the oxidation rate markedly by toughening the MgO films preventing cracking and hence the nucleation of tertiary MgO. Small additions of Mn or Zr offset the effect of Be and probably enhanced the Mg 2+ ion conductivity in the oxide by the 4+ injection of Mn 2+ , Mn 4+ or Zr ions. For alloys with Be, although breakaway eventually occurred it was not initiated by crystallisation of the amorphous film and moisture in the atmosphere increased the oxidation throughout the temperature range, 500-725°C.Financial support was provided by the
Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Swindon, U.K
Speculations: Thinking, Making, Drawing. Group exhibition curated by Richard Talbot and Madeleine Kennedy, with among others Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Wilson. Total of 35 drawings, including archival material from TWAM and drawings from Henry Moore Institute in Leeds.
No full textSpeculations: Making Thinking Drawing, an exhibition co-curated by Talbot, which brought together archival material with the work of contemporary artists in order to explore the innovative and imaginative ways in which ideas, materials, space and structure can be evoked and investigated on the flat plane of the paper’s surface. The exhibition was curated by Talbot in collaboration with TWAM and the Henry Moore Institute and made possible by the support of the Newcastle University Institute for Creative Arts Practice. It was the inaugural exhibitions of Drawing? - a series of exhibitions, discussions, publications, lectures and events based around the theme of drawing, which took place in various museums and galleries in the North East over the 2015/16 period. Loading…Loading
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