1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911092730203321

Autore

Tyler Royall <1757-1826.>

Titolo

The contrast : manners, morals, and authority in the early American republic / / [edited by] Cynthia A. Kierner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-4937-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KiernerCynthia A. <1958->

Disciplina

812/.1

Soggetti

Manners and customs

Conduct of life

Betrothal

Arranged marriage

Mate selection

Politics and literature - United States - History - 18th century

Comedies.

Sources

History

Drama

Electronic books.

New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 18th century Drama

United States Intellectual life 1783-1865 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A reprint of The contrast by Royall Tyler, with annotated footnotes and an extensive introduction; also features selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The contrast / Royall Tyler -- Primary documents: The former, present, and future prospects of America (1786); The dabblers (1788); Effects of the stage on the manners of a people (1792); Anti-theater petition (1793); The art of pleasing men and women (1747) ; Mercy Otis Warren on Chesterfield's letters (1779); For the females (1787); Fantastical, preposterous fashions [of] gentlemen (1787); On matrimonial obedience (1792); Proper conduct of the wife towards her



husband (1804); Panegyric on the marriage state (1786); How to prolong the happiness of the marriage union (1787); Plan for the establishment of public schools (1786); The progress of a countryman (1787); The will of the people (1792); The natural aristocracy (1813).

Sommario/riassunto

"The Contrast", which premiered at New York City's John Street Theater in 1787, was the first American play performed in public by a professional theater company. The play, written by New England-born, Harvard-educated, Royall Tyler was timely, funny, and extremely popular. When the play appeared in print in 1790, George Washington himself appeared at the head of its list of hundreds of subscribers. Reprinted here with annotated footnotes by historian Cynthia A. Kierner, Tyler's play explores the debate over manners, morals, and cultural authority in the decades following American Revolution. Did the American colonists' rejection of monarchy in 1776 mean they should abolish all European social traditions and hierarchies? What sorts of etiquette, amusements, and fashions were appropriate and beneficial? Most important, to be a nation, did Americans need to distinguish themselves from Europeans-and, if so, how? Tyler was not the only American pondering these questions, and Kierner situates the play in its broader historical and cultural contexts. An extensive introduction provides readers with a background on life and politics in the United States in 1787, when Americans were in the midst of nation-building. The book also features a section with selections from contemporary letters, essays, novels, conduct books, and public documents, which debate issues of the era



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911138550403321

Autore

Sueker Keith H

Titolo

Power electronics design : a practitioner's guide / / Keith H. Sueker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, MA, : Elsevier/Newnes, c2005

ISBN

9786610629480

9781280629488

1280629487

9780080459929

0080459927

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

621.31/7

Soggetti

Power electronics - Design and construction

Electronics - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; body; 1. Electric Power; 1.1. AC versus DC; 1.2. Pivotal Inventions; 1.3. Generation; 1.4. Electric Traction; 1.5. Electric Utilities; 1.6. In-Plant Distribution; 1.7. Emergency Power; 2. Power Apparatus; 2.1. Switchgear; 2.2. Surge Suppression; 2.3. Conductors; 2.4. Capacitors; 2.5. Resistors; 2.6. Fuses; 2.7. Supply Voltages; 2.8. Enclosures; 2.9. Hipot, Corona, and BIL; 2.10. Spacings; 2.11. Metal Oxide Varistors; 2.12. Protective Relays; 3. Analytical Tools; 3.1. Symmetrical Components

3.2. Per Unit Constants 3.3. Circuit Simulation; 3.4. Simulation Software; 4. Feedback Control Systems; 4.1. Basics; 4.2. Amplitude Responses; 4.3. Phase Responses; 4.4. PID Regulators; 4.5. Nested Control Loops; 5. Transients; 5.1. Line Disturbances; 5.2. Circuit Transients; 5.3. Electromagnetic Interference; 6. Traveling Waves; 6.1. Basics; 6.2. Transient Effects; 6.3. Mitigating Measures; 7. Transformers and Reactors; 7.1. Transformer Basics; 7.2. Construction; 7.3. Insulation Systems; 7.4. Basic Insulation Level; 7.5. Eddy Current Effects; 7.6. Interphase Transformers

7.7. Transformer Connections 7.8. Reactors; 7.9. Units; 7.10. Cooling;



7.11. Instrument Transformers; 8. Rotating Machines; 8.1. Direct Current Machines; 8.2. Synchronous Machines; 8.3. Induction (Asynchronous) Machines; 8.4. NEMA Designs; 8.5. Frame Types; 8.6. Linear Motors; 9. Rectifiers and Converters; 9.1. Early Rectifiers; 9.2. Mercury Vapor Rectifiers; 9.3. Silicon Diodes--The Semiconductor Age; 9.4. Rectifier Circuits--Single-Phase; 9.5. Rectifier Circuits--Multiphase; 9.6. Commutation; 10. Phase Control; 10.1. The SCR; 10.2. Forward Drop; 10.3. SCR Circuits--AC Switches

10.4. SCR Motor Starters 10.5. SCR Converters; 10.6. Inversion; 10.7. Gate Drive Circuits; 10.8. Power to the Gates; 10.9. SCR Autotapchangers; 10.10. SCR DC Motor Drives; 10.11. SCR AC Motor Drives; 10.12. Cycloconverters; 11. Series and Parallel Operation; 11.1. Voltage Sharing; 11.2. Current Sharing; 11.3. Forced Sharing; 12. Pulsed Converters; 12.1. Protective Devices; 12.2. Transformers; 12.3. SCRs; 13. Switchmode Systems; 13.1. Pulse Width Modulation; 13.2. Choppers; 13.3. Boost Converters; 13.4. The 'H' Bridge; 13.5. High-Frequency Operation; 13.6. Harmonic Injection

13.7. Series Bridges14. Power Factor and Harmonics; 14.1. Power Factor; 14.2. Harmonics; 14.3. Fourier Transforms; 14.4. Interactions with the Utility; 14.5. Telephone Influence Factor; 14.6. Distortion Limits; 14.7. Zero-Switching; 15. Thermal Considerations; 15.1. Heat and Heat Transfer; 15.2. Air Cooling; 15.3. Water Cooling; 15.4. Device Cooling; 15.5. Semiconductor Mounting; 16. Power Electronics Applications; 16.1. Motor Drives and SCR Starters; 16.2. Glass Industry; 16.3. Foundry Operations; 16.4. Plasma Arcs and Arc Furnaces; 16.5. Electrochemical Supplies; 16.6. Cycloconverters

16.7. Extremely Low-Frequency Communications

Sommario/riassunto

This book serves as an invaluable reference to Power Electronics Design, covering the application of high-power semiconductor technology to large motor drives, power supplies, power conversion equipment, electric utility auxiliaries and numerous other applications.Design engineers, design drafters and technicians in the power electronics industry, as well as students studying power electronics in various contexts, will benefit from Keith Sueker's decades of experience in the industry. With this experience, the author has put the overall power electronics design process in the context o