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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Isle of Man"”.
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On discourse and materiality: personhood in the Neolithic of the Isle of Man
… takes a fresh look at the Neolithic archaeology of the Isle of Man, using that material to evaluate a number of themes in contemporary archaeology. The theme of personhood in prehistory is most central to the study. This project discusses the prevalent interpretative schemes which archaeologists …
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The Neolithic pottery of the Isle of Man and its relationship to that of the surrounding area
… project focuses on the Neolithic pottery of the Isle of Man and its relationship to that used in neighbouring parts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (the Irish Seaprovince). The Manx pottery has not been studied as a complete corpus since the early 1930s, since which time the …
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Exploring Legal Multiculturalism in the Irish Sea: Multiculturalism, Proto-Democracy, and State Formation on the Isle of Man from 900-1300
… to ascertain how legal multiculturalism on the Isle of Man could be viewed as a product of the shared proto-democratic character of the Irish and the Norse legal traditions. Further, I wish to explore how this multiculturalism influenced the development of the state on the island and, coming …
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Manx English: a phonological investigation into levelling and diffusion from across the water
This study aims to locate the Isle of Man within the sociolinguistic field of language variation and change. Stigmatised features of speech on island communities are often cited as examples to discuss accent levelling (the loss of traditional features), in addition, the research into geographical …
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Gone with the shining things
The lure of gold in the great reefs of Johannesburg near the end of the 19th century not only attracted the famous mining barons such as Cecil John Rhodes, Alfred Beit and Barney Barnato: working men also came from far and wide to feed their families with their labour. Among them was my …
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The Manx Bar: The History and Development of a Unique Legal Profession
A comprehensive history of how the Isle of Man, a small self-governing common law jurisdiction in the middle of the Irish sea, shaped its own independent legal profession, whilst being less than 30 miles from three developed legal professions: England, Ireland and Scotland. It charts how Manx …
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Electric vehicle design, racing and distance to empty algorithms
This research began with the goal of designing and building an electric motorcycle to compete in the Isle of Man TT Zero race. A set of parametric physics-based models was derived to size the batteries and motors, predict vehicle speeds and predict the time required to finish the race. In June 2011 …
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Genetic structure and colonisation history of European and UK population of Gammarus pulex
The structure of populations has been studied for many years and there have been three main factors that have been suggested as the cause for present-day distributions of species, those being environment, biology and history. With the use of molecular data and advanced phylogeographic approaches it …
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Mar Gur Dream Sí Iad Atá Ag Mairiúint Fén Bhfarraige: ML 4080 the Seal Woman in Its Irish and International Context
This dissertation is a study of the migratory supernatural legend ML 4080 “The Mermaid Legend” The story is first attested at the end of the eighteenth century, and hundreds of versions of the legend have been collected throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Ireland, Scotland, the …
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Bands and orchestras in the major northern seaside resorts of England, 1865-1911 : a socio-cultural history.
… investigates the social and cultural history of the seaside bands in Bridlington, Scarborough, Blackpool, Southport, and Douglas (Isle of Man), from 1865, the start of the Bridlington era, to 1911, the end of the long Victorian period. It pays particular attention to the Bridlington Quay …
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Hot section components life usage analyses for industrial gas turbines
… in. Avoiding failure calls for proper monitoring of how the lives of these components are being consumed. Efforts are thus being made to estimate the life of the critical components of the gas turbine, but, the accuracy of the life prediction methods employed has been an issue. In view of the …
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Scandinavian place-names in Northern Britain as evidence for language contact and interaction
My thesis consists of an examination of various types of place-name formations, as evidence of the linguistic contact and interaction which occurred between incoming Scandinavian speakers and the native population of northern Britain, in light of current theories of language contact. The first …
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The Skiddaw Group of Cumbria : early Ordovician Turbidite sedimentation and provenance on an evolving microcontinental margin.
During the Early Palaeozoic, the southern British Isles were part of a microcontinent Eastern Avalonia. In the early Ordovician Eastern Avalonia was close to the continent of Gondwana. in high southern latitudes. Northward drift of Eastern Avalonia during the Ordovician brought it towards Baltica …