1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715340903321

Titolo

Failure of turbine overspeed trip mechanism because of inadequate spring tension

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, , 1990

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Information notice ; ; no. 90-76

Soggetti

Feed-water pumps

Steam-turbines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"December 7, 1990."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707048103321

Autore

LaBerge Gene L.

Titolo

New observations on the age and structure of Proterozoic quartzites in Wisconsin / / by Gene L. Laberge, J.S. Klasner, and Paul E. Myers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1991

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 18 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Contributions to Precambrian geology of Lake Superior region ; ; ch. B

U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 1904-B

Soggetti

Quartzite - Wisconsin

Geology, Stratigraphic - Proterozoic

Geology, Structural - Wisconsin

Geology, Stratigraphic

Geology, Structural

Proterozoic Geologic Period

Quartzite

Wisconsin



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 23, 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791736103321

Autore

MacKenzie John M

Titolo

The Scots in South Africa [[electronic resource] ] : ethnicity, identity, gender and race, 1772-1914 / / John M. MacKenzie with Nigel R. Dalziel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-78170-274-8

1-84779-446-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Studies in imperialism

Altri autori (Persone)

DalzielNigel R

Disciplina

968.0049163

Soggetti

Scots - South Africa - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1. Introduction: imperialism and identities; 2. The Scots presence at the Cape; 3. Radicals, evangelicals, the Scottish Enlightenment and Cape Colonial autocracy; 4. Scots missions and the frontier; 5. Continuing migration to Natal, the Cape and the Transvaal; 6. Professionals: the Church and education; 7. The professionals: the environment,medicine, business and radicals; 8. Maintaining Scots identity; 9. Conclusion; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The description of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation' has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its population. But each of these groups can be sub-divided and in the white case, the Scots have made one of the most distinctive contributions to the country's history. The Scots, as in North America and Australasia, constituted an important element in the patterns of



White settlement. They were already present in the area of Dutch East India Company rule and, after the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, their numbers rose dramatically. They were