Letter from Turner Ashby in which he accepts the resignation of Lt. A.W. McDonald, Jr. as adjutant of the regiment. Camp Evans, 1861.

Turner Ashby accepts the resignation of McDonald as adjutant of the regiment and notes the high regard in which he holds McDonald personally and professionally. Camp Evans (present-day Halltown, West Virginia). 1861.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1224/thumbnail.jp

Confederate requisition signed by Turner Ashby

Requisition receipt for the Confederate States’ Army for twenty bushels of corn, $14. Originally a United States form: in upper left corner “United” is crossed out and replaced with “Confederate.”https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1014/thumbnail.jp

Turner Ashby, Sr., father of Confederate officer of the same name, writes to George Rust regarding the payment of debts. Virginia, 1832.

Ashby notes the receipt of a sum of money intended to satisfy a debt to a Mr. Skull; Ashby sends a receipt that the amount has been given to Skull. Ashby also notes that Rust owes Ashby for salt given to cattle.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1218/thumbnail.jp

Confederate requisition for the purchase of three horses from Peter Alkine, signed by officers Turner Ashby and William Miller. 1862.

A Confederate State\u27s Army requisition for the purchase of 5 horses for artillery purposes at $135 each from Peter Alkine. Signed by Turner Ashby and Captain and Quartermaster William Miller. Dated February 28th,1862.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1229/thumbnail.jp

Confederate requisition form denoting 130 bushels of corn at 80 cents each procured from John A. Finnell at Winchester, Virginia; signed by Turner Ashby and William Miller. March, 1862.

A requisition for the Confederate States Army to John A. Finnel certifying the correct amount of $104.00 for 130 bushels of corns at 80 cents each. Received at Winchester on 03 March 1862. Signed by Turner Ashby and Captain and Quartermaster William Miller.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1227/thumbnail.jp

1862 Confederate requisition for apparel, signed by William Miller, John L. Knott, and Turner Ashby. Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Special Requisition No. 40 form denoting various apparel requisitioned at Camp Ashby on June 25th, 1862. Items include: 5 under shirts, 30 linsey shirts, 10 pair of pants, 13 pair of drawers, 25 pair of socks, 6 cotton shirts. Signed by William Miller, John L. Knott, and Turner Ashby. Ashby\u27s signature appears on this pre-signed form despite his death some weeks earlier, on June 6.https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1225/thumbnail.jp

Special requisition for horse shoes, nails and coal, signed by Turner Ashby, 1862.

This form No. 40 Special Requisition details the requisition of 100 pounds of horse shoes, 100 frost nails, and 2 bushels of stone coal by a Confederate States unit. Turner Ashby signs as commander, a Captain William Miller signs as a Quartermaster. Formerly a U.S. form, altered to read C.S. in one instance. Dated 3 February 1862, Martinsburg (present-day West Virginia).https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/1223/thumbnail.jp

Comparing two appraisal models of interest

"Interest is an emotion associated with curiosity, exploration, and knowledge-seeking (Fredrickson, 1998; Izard, 1977; Silvia, 2005a, 2005b, 2006; Tomkins, 1962). The first researchers to propose an appraisal structure of interest were Smith and Ellsworth (1985). An alternative appraisal structure of interest was proposed by Silvia (2005a, 2005b). Experiment 1 tested these competing models. Participants viewed copies of calming and disturbing classical and contemporary paintings, rated each picture for appraisals, and reported their experienced interest, pleasantness/enjoyment, and disturbingness. Experiment 2 aimed to replicate the appraisal structures for the emotion of interest and measured viewing time. Results showed (1) interest and pleasantness were unrelated; (2) novelty-complexity positively predicted interest; (3) disturbing pictures were highly interesting; (4) and viewing time positively predicted interest."--Abstract from author supplied metadata

Back to the future: how future choices impact current satisfaction

Experiment 1 tested whether the number of solutions to a proposed policy that did or did not have a direct impact on participants would influence their current satisfaction. Diverse relative to limited future choices enhanced current satisfaction when they had relevance for participants; there was, however, only a tendency for the number of future choices to influence current satisfaction when the choices did not have relevance for participants. Experiment 2 further explored the influence of choice on satisfaction, tested potential underlying processes, and the influence of individual differences. Results showed that (1) people did not show a preference for diverse over limited relevant choices when the policy had a direct effect on them (relevant condition); (2) when the policy did not have a direct effect (nonrelevant condition), people did not show a preference for diverse over limited options; and (3) participants simulated a future alternative world when considering future choices

Dynamic compressive response of wrapped carbon fibre composite corrugated cores

The experimental study on the compressive response of the carbon fibre composite sandwich structures with corrugated cores is reported. The corrugated core was manufactured from unidirectional carbon fibre pre-impregnated lamina wrapped around destructible triangular prisms. Individual wrapped triangular composite cores of relative density are cut from the sandwich beams and tested under both quasi-static compression and dynamic compression at a strain rate up to 8200s-1 using an instrumented direct impact Kolsky bar experiment. Under quasi-static compressive test, as the cores were provided with no lateral confinement, the failure mechanism of the composite core was that of progressive unwrapping of cores due to matrix cracking at the joints of the core webs. Under the dynamic compressive tests, the composite cores demonstrated rate-dependent behaviour. The strain rate dependency was attributed to the suppression of the quasi-static “unwrapping” failure mechanism, and inertial stabilisation of the struts against buckling leading to an upper-bound failure mechanism of crushing of carbon fibre material within the struts