1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454442103321

Autore

Lewis Geoffrey <1929->

Titolo

Carson : the man who divided Ireland / / Geoffrey Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-282-02480-9

9786612024801

0-8264-3232-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

941.5082092

Soggetti

Politicians - Ireland

Lawyers - Ireland

Electronic books.

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

Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Dublin; 2 Home Rule; 3 London; 4 Oscar Wilde; 5 The End of Unionist Government; 6 The Naval Cadet; 7 The House of Lords; 8 The Conservative Leadership; 9 Asquith's Home Rule Bill; 10 Ulster; 11 Marconi; 12 The Curragh; 13 Craigavon; 14 War and Peace; 15 Opposition; 16 The Fall of Asquith; 17 Final Attempt; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The partition of Ireland in 1921, and the birth of Northern Ireland as a political entity, was the work of one man above all. Edward Carson, born in Dublin in 1854, was a brilliant lawyer whose cross-questioning of Oscar Wilde at his libel trial brought about Wilde's downfall. An inspiring orator and a political heavyweight at Westminster, his defence of Unionism in the years before the First World War, and of the rights of Ulster not to be swamped in an independent Ireland, made a united Ireland a political impossibility. While some of his actions were denounced in England as close to treason



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996279558003316

Titolo

ANSI/IEEE Std C57.21-1981 : IEEE Standard Requirements, Terminology, and Test Code for Shunt Reactors Over 500 kVa / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : IEEE, , 1981

ISBN

0-7381-4300-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

621.3815

Soggetti

Electronic apparatus and appliances - Standards

Electronic circuits - Standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This standard applies to all oil-immersed or dry-type, single-phase or three-phase outdoor or indoor shunt reactors rated 501 kVA and larger. It covers general requirements, terminology, ratings, insulation classes, dielectric tests, losses, impedance, temperature rise, construction, accessories and the test code.