William Small 1734-1775: Teacher, Mentor, Scientist

Several studies have examined the life of William Small but only in respect to certain phases of his life, particularly Small\u27s connections to Thomas Jefferson, James Watt, or the Birmingham Lunar Society. In 1758 William Small was recruited for the post of professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary. From 1760 through 1762, he was Thomas Jefferson\u27s only professor at the College of William and Mary. In 1764 Small returned to England and, with the assistance of Benjamin Franklin and others, became physician and scientific advisor to Matthew Boulton, a wealthy industrialist. Small, Boulton, and Erasmus Darwin established the celebrated Birmingham Lunar Society, which played an important role in the industrialization of Britain in the late eighteenth century. In 1767, Small met James Watt and thus began a collaboration that produced the steam engine. While American scholars have concentrated on Small\u27s influence on Thomas Jefferson, British scholars have focused on Small\u27s role in the Birmingham Lunar Society or his role in the development of the steam engine. This study examines Small\u27s life in its entirety. Areas of Small\u27s life overlooked by previous studies include his early life and education, the substance of his teaching career at the College of William and Mary, and his medical career. The true extent of Small\u27s influences and the connections that he maintained between British and American intellectuals can only be seen by examining his life in its entirety. This study sought to bring together the disparate elements of Small\u27s life in order to make clearer his place in history

Virtual globes as a platform for developing spatial literacy

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial TechnologiesVirtual globes offer a solution to the traditional obstacles of time and money to implementing geospatial technologies in the classroom as a tool since they are free and intuitive interfaces. However, little research has investigated whether virtual globes are capable of teaching spatial thinking skills as traditional geospatial technologies have been shown to do. By comparing the work of 6th grade students using either paper maps or a virtual globe application to investigate the country of Ghana, this study seeks to quantify the differences in learning of spatial skills between each method. Specifically, this research looks at the differences in results, approaches, and how the students’ previous exposure to geospatial technologies affects each of these variables

Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, U.S. Navy Part II: High Command

This, the second of a two-part series, reviews Hewitt\u27s final preparations for his role in the conflict and describes his unqualified success in one of the first major counter­offensives made by the Allies in World War II—the amphibious attack on French Morocco

Idaho National Lab Impedance Measurement Box High Voltage Coupling Circuit

Our project goal is to build a 300V [1] coupling circuit for the Idaho National Lab’s (INL) Impedance Measurement Box (IMB). The IMB is a device that determines the frequency spectrum of the internal impedance of a battery by measuring its impedance to various frequencies. The procedure involves the box outputting a sum of sines (SOS) signal into a battery, capturing its voltage response, and processing the voltage time record into an impedance spectrum. This allows the box to determine the internal impedance of the battery, which can be used to predict the battery’s life and other characteristics. [2] The IMB is currently built to measure batteries of up to 50V. Our goal is to design and construct a circuit that will allow the box to measure batteries of up to 300V. This will be done through the use of a coupling circuit and a state machine. The coupling circuit will operate by using a high voltage capacitor and resistors to protect the IMB and allow it to measure the battery without the source voltage ever exceeding 30V, which is the max the future IMB is designed to safely handl

UA1C11/53 Class of 1920 Calendar Photos

11 images used by the Class of 1920 to produce a calendar. January is missing. February depicts George Washington, Valentine\u27s Day and Abraham Lincoln emancipating a slave. March depicts by St. Patrick\u27s Day and Easter. April may depict the end of the Civil War. A May Queen and June bride follow April. Archibald Willard\u27s Spirit of \u2776 is acted out for July. Tennis players depict August. September depicts school children. October depicts Halloween with a witch and her cauldron. November depicts Thanksgiving and Pilgrims. A skating party depicts December

The weight of water

Leonardo da Vinci’s pioneering work on hydrostatics combined traditional knowledge and innovative empiricism in an attempt to understand an object fraught with paradox: the water-filled container