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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Fountains"”.
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Multiphase Fountains
… and entrainment of axisymmetric multiphase fountains. The aim of this thesis is to improve our understanding of these fundamental flows frequently observed in industry and nature. In each chapter we present a series of laboratory experiments and we employ various dye visualisations and …
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Water and fountains in urban spaces
Thesis: M.S.V.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1986
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A study of round, line-like and meandering turbulent fountains
… of different classes of turbulent and miscible fountains are stud- ied: from classic axisymmetric fountains issuing from round sources, to confined fountains propagating in a quasi-two-dimensional environment, to line fountains which form when release conditions are approximately two-dimensional …
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A New Spatially-Resolved Method to Sample Biofilms from Drinking Water Fountains
… to collect or drink water. The history of water fountains can be traced back to ancient Rome. Even before potable water was provided to individual homes, water for drinking was already made available to citizens through access to public fountains. Nowadays, drinking water fountains usually exist …
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Mineral Content of Water From Public Fountains Along the Monon Trail in Central Indiana
… and biological reactions. Therefore, water fountains are located along the trail. However, no study has thus far investigated the mineral composition of water provided along the Monon trail and how it compares with commonly used bottled water. Fluoride is added to tap water in many …
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Drinking fountains : the past and future of free public water in the United States
Drinking fountains have a rich history as pieces of urban infrastructure in the United States. Installed in prominent public squares to reduce disease, help the poor, and promote a temperance agenda, early American drinking fountains often fulfilled dual roles as public art and functional public …
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“Weep You No More, Sad Fountains” an Original Choral Work Displaying Certain Archaic Compositional Devices
A study of selected contemporary choral music revealed that modern composers, seeking new sounds, frequently use archaic compositional devices. The problem for the writer became the composition of an original choral work utilizing archaic devices.
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Arethusa : a fountain through sculpture
… continues with discussion of poetic allusions to fountains survey of selected public fountains from several historical periods is undertaken to illustrate the change in sculptural design and purpose of these structures through history. Next the sculptural and environmental aspects of making this …
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Dynamics of deep-submarine explosive eruptions
… 3 we explore the dynamics of particle-laden fountains in a stratified environment, and identify two distinct flow regimes as a function of the average size of the particles, in which the flow is controlled by the ambient stratification or by the separation of particles. We build two numerical …
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Application of Automated Facial Expression Analysis and Qualitative Analysis to Assess Consumer Perception and Acceptability of Beverages and Water
… gain consumer insights regarding water fountains and water filling stations, results inferred that water quality differences did not exist between water fountains and water filling stations (metals, pH, chlorine, and microbial) (p>0.05). However, the exterior of water fountains were …
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Fountain in perpetuity: a historical examination of Islamic fountain design from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries and a contemporary interpretation
… The investigation of the design of eighteen fountains designed at the high point of Islamic civilisation by the renowned engineers: Banu Musa (9th century), alJazari (13`s century) and Taqi al-Din (161h century) is also characterised by my discovery of two manuscripts-. These appear to be …
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Water and the City: Roman Water Distribution and Use in the Transjordan Decapolis
… including channels, cisterns, reservoirs, fountains, and other distribution and storage features, and mapping them to reconstruct how these components were connected. The network is then examined to assess how water was distributed across the city and how different parts of the urban fabric …
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Autonomous routing algorithms for networks with wide-spread failures : a case for differential backlog routing
… routing algorithm through the use of Digital Fountains.
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The case for education as a fundamental right of citizenship in the United States
… present notion in American society. From water fountains to lunch counters, the use of public facilities and the receipt of public services have often been impacted by the ethno-racial group to which one belongs. One of the greatest examples of this circumstance can be found in Brown v. Board of …
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Crystal mobilisation in convecting magma chambers: an analogue experimental approach
… into the interior, followed by large particle fountains and then the entire particle pile being completely disaggregated and lofted into the interior of the chamber as the force driving convection is increased. The initiation of mobilisation can be explained by the fluidisation of a particle …
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(Re)Turn to Stone
… to the home, from thousands of public water fountains to thousands of medieval churches, from municipal buildings to Soviet housing blocks disguised under stone tiles. Stone is a vital part of the cultural fabric, holding both physical as well as intangible cultural heritage. During a period …
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The role of real-world size in object representation
… and we navigate with respect to landmarks like fountains and buildings. Here I argue that the size of objects in the world is a basic property of object representation with both behavioral and neural consequences. Specifically, I suggest that objects have a canonical visual size based on their …
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Karst water studies in the Malham area, north of the Craven faults
… field area.This research was carried out in the Fountains Fell and High Mark upland areas of the central Pennines. These two areas provide a contrasting geological framework for this work, one area (Fountains Fell) being of limestone partially covered by Yoredale and Millstone Grit series, and …
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