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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: H. C. G. MatthewPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198614111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 61472
Book Description
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of men and women who have shaped all aspects of British history, from the explorer Pytheas of the fourth century BC to modern figures (such as Malcolm Bradbury) who died up to 31 December 2000. The stories of these lives - told in substantial, authoritative, and readable articles - have been published simultaneously in 60 print volumes and online. The DNB was published in its earliest form in 1885. For this new Oxford DNB all the original lives have now been rewritten or revised. A special project, completed in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery in London, has enabled the Oxford DNB to publish the largest ever selection of national portraiture. It is an essential work of reference which makes quite fascinating reading.
Military Aspects of Geology
Author: E. P. F. RosePublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786203944
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book complements the Geological Society’s Special Publication 362: Military Aspects of Hydrogeology. Generated under the auspices of the Society’s History of Geology and Engineering Groups, it contains papers from authors in the UK, USA, Germany and Austria. Substantial papers describe some innovative engineering activities, influenced by geology, undertaken by the armed forces of the opposing nations in World War I. These activities were reactivated and developed in World War II. Examples include trenching from World War I, tunnelling and quarrying from both wars, and the use of geologists to aid German coastal fortification and Allied aerial photographic interpretation in World War II. The extensive introduction and other chapters reveal that ‘military geology’ has a longer history. These chapters relate to pre-twentieth century coastal fortification in the UK and the USA; conflict in the American Civil War; long-term ‘going’ assessments for German forces; tunnel repair after wartime route denial in Hong Kong; and tunnel detection after recent insurgent improvisation in Iraq.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2142
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Invisible Tides
Author: Mrs. Beatrice Kean (Stapleton) SeymourPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 396
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