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Non-linear excitation and governor control
… technique for the design of excitation and governor controllers for a power system. Power systems with a single machine connected to an infinite busbar as well as multimachine systems were considered. Control laws for rotor angle and field flux are derived. The closed loop system is shown to …
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Office of Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle
… an internship at the office of Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, splitting time between his legislative office, and campaign office. The majority of my time however was spent at his campaign office as a policy advisor to the campaign as well as constituent liaison. It was decided that in …
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Doug Wilder's first year as Lieutenant Governor
… became the first black American to be elected Governor in any state when he was elected Governor of Virginia. His victory was the fruit of labors that spanned a twenty-year political career. He entered politics at a time when Virginia was emerging from the control of a political machine headed …
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The biography of Jonathan Jennings : Indiana's first governor
… biography of Jonathan Jennings, the first state governor of Indiana. It was the first such research to originate on the central political figure in the development of Indiana statehood.All published or unpublished manuscript collections pertaining to Indiana politicians contemporary with Jennings …
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Governor James F. Byrnes and South Carolina's "Education Revolution"
… education in South Carolina during his term as governor. He was elected on a strong education platform in 1950, the same year that the legality of segregation in public schools was first challenged in his state. Byrnes led the state to improve its public school facilities, making those for …
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The Career of Peter Hardeman Burnett Calfiornia's First Governor
<p>This paper is an attempt to do a measure of justice to a pioneer who labored on the frontiers of Missouri, Oregon, and California. It Is an attempt to indicate the place of Peter Hardeman Burnett In the westward movement and to reveal the true pioneer spirit that he manifested throughout his …
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Sir Richard Southey, Lieutenant governor of Griqualand West 1872-1875
The idea for using Southey's letters as the basis for a study of his administration or Griqualand West was suggested to me by two historians, one South African and one American, almost simultaneously. Thus inspired, I spent many hours in the Cape Archives where I became fascinated by Southey, his …
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The administration of governor Ralph F. Gates of Indiana, 1945-1949
Ralph F. Gates was governor of Indiana from 1945 to 1949 when events following the end of World War II forced Hoosiers to make many crucial decisions concerning the role of state government. Gates was the first Republican governor of Indiana since the Depression and he was one of the few Hoosier …
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The Governor, the Merchant, the Soldier, the Nun, and their Slaves
… include a consideration of the households of Governor Charles LeMoyne de Longueuil; prominent Montréal merchant Ignace Gamelin Jr.; decorated soldier Luc de La Corne St. Luc; and nun Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais. These four families can be understood as microcosms of some of the …
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The Permanence of Race: Governor Deval Patrick and the Deracialization Concept
… deracialization concept through a case study of Governor Deval Patrick's first administration and reelection campaign. The study use critical discourse analysis to explore how race as a discursive social construct was present in the speeches made by Governor Deval Patrick from June 2007 through …
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The Administration of Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory (1787-1802)
With the enactment of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, Congress laid down a series of fundamental principles which were of great significance in the development of the Union and the government of the territories west of the mountains. This document laid the foundation for the American territorial …
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The Rhetorical Rise and Fall of Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement, 1952-1967
… of the evangelical political speakers, Tennessee governor Frank Clement bonded with his audiences by using a blend of religious fervor, crowd analysis, disciplined technique, and one-on-one empathy. From I952 until I956, Clement established himself as the nation's foremost political speaker, an …
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A study of traffic at Governor Square, Boston, with suggestions for its regulation
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1923
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Design and simulation of a torque sensing governor for an internal combustion engine
The design of a practical torque sensing governor which can be used with any type of prime mover and load was accomplished. An investigation was performed to determine the advantages of such a governor as applied to a small internal combustion engine. The characteristics of the engine, torque …
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To be or merely to seem? : investigating the image of the modern "education governor"
… image becomes the thing." The 1980s abound with governors promising education reform in their states, activities underscored by the August 1986 National Governors' Association education report, Time for Results. Thus, the image of the "Education Governor" has become the fashionable "thing." But …
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Governor control optimization of hydro power plants using hybrid fuzzy logic and PID control.
… moreover, more emphasis has always been put on governor control which naturally has slower response, but vital in ensuring system stability and elimination of load tracking errors. This thesis studies on ways to use fuzzy logic control (FLC) together with the conventional …
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