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A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

William Sweetland of Bath

By: Gordon D.W. Curtis

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A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

William Sweetland of Bath

By: Gordon D.W. Curtis

William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs, mostly for churches and chapels in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, but also for locations scattered south of a line from the Wirral to the Wash. Gordon Curtis places this work of a provincial organ builder in the wider context of English musical life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. An introductory chapter reviews the provincial musical scene and sets the organ in the context of religious worship, public concerts and domestic music-making. The book relates the biographical details of Sweetland's family and business history using material obtained from public and family records. Curtis surveys Sweetland's organ- building work in general and some of his most important organs in detail, with patents and other inventions explored. The musical repertoire of the provinces, particularly with regard to organ recitals, is discussed, as well as noting Sweetland's acquaintances, other organ builders, architects and artists. Part II of the book consists of a Gazetteer of all known organs by Sweetland organized by counties. Each entry contains a short history of the instrument and its present condition. Since there is no definitive published list of his work, and as all the office records were lost in a fire many years ago, this will be the nearest approach to a comprehensive list for this builder.

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350

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Routledge

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1317187024

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9781317187028

Hard X-Ray Imaging of Solar Flares

By: Michele Piana,A. Gordon Emslie,Anna Maria Massone,Brian R. Dennis

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Hard X-Ray Imaging of Solar Flares

By: Michele Piana,A. Gordon Emslie,Anna Maria Massone,Brian R. Dennis

The idea for this text emerged over several years as the authors participated in research projects related to analysis of data from NASA's RHESSI Small Explorer mission. The data produced over the operational lifetime of this mission inspired many investigations related to a specific science question: the when, where, and how of electron acceleration during solar flares in the stressed magnetic environment of the active Sun. A vital key to unlocking this science problem is the ability to produce high-quality images of hard X-rays produced by bremsstrahlung radiation from electrons accelerated during a solar flare. The only practical way to do this within the technological and budgetary limitations of the RHESSI era was to opt for indirect modalities in which imaging information is encoded as a set of two-dimensional spatial Fourier components. Radio astronomers had employed Fourier imaging for many years. However, differently than for radio astronomy, X-ray images produced by RHESSI had to be constructed from a very limited number of sparsely distributed and very noisy Fourier components. Further, Fourier imaging is hardly intuitive, and extensive validation of the methods was necessary to ensure that they produced images with sufficient accuracy and fidelity for scientific applications. This book summarizes the results of this development of imaging techniques specifically designed for this form of data. It covers a set of published works that span over two decades, during which various imaging methods were introduced, validated, and applied to observations. Also considering that a new Fourier-based telescope, STIX, is now entering its nominal phase on-board the ESA Solar Orbiter, it became more and more apparent to the authors that it would be a good idea to put together a compendium of these imaging methods and their applications. Hence the book you are now reading.

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173

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Springer Nature

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3030872777

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9783030872779

Energy

By: Gordon J. Aubrecht

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Energy

By: Gordon J. Aubrecht

This text focuses on energy needs, trends and long term prospects and resource supplies. It discusses the physics of energy, atoms, nuclei, thermal energy, solar energy, alternative energy, and consequences of energy production.

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716

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0023046015

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A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior

By: Judith R. Gordon

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A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior

By: Judith R. Gordon

Now in its fourth edition, this text focuses on managing in a global environment and workforce diversity. It discusses contemporary issues for managers such as quality of work life, work/family issues and gender in the workplace.

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Allyn & Bacon

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0205145205

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9780205145201

A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

William Sweetland of Bath

By: Mr Gordon D W Curtis

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William Sweetland of Bath

By: Mr Gordon D W Curtis

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409494497

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Book's by Gordon D.W. Curtis

A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

Hard X-Ray Imaging of Solar Flares

Hard X-Ray Imaging of Solar Flares

Energy

Energy

A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior

A Diagnostic Approach to Organizational Behavior

A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England

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