The history, organization and training of wind bands
- Authors: Honey, Albert Edward
- Date: 1973
- Subjects: Band music -- Instruction and study , Band music -- Analysis, appreciation , Bands (Music) -- Instruction and study , Bands (Music)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2692 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013343
- Description: From introduction: The decision to use the term "Wind Band" in connection with this work was made after much careful deliberation. The English word "Band" is derived from the French "bande" meaning a group of players. It was first applied in this context in England when the Twenty-four Violins at the Court of Charles II (in emulation of "Le Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi at the Court of Louis XIV of France) were known in England as "The King's Band "Band" is a title generally given at the present time to any of instrumentalists, and indeed, many of the World's most famous conductors have been known to refer to any large symphony orchestra as "The Band" and the dressing-room of every Symphony or Concert orchestra in the British Isles is invariably called "The Band-Room"
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- Date Issued: 1973
- Authors: Honey, Albert Edward
- Date: 1973
- Subjects: Band music -- Instruction and study , Band music -- Analysis, appreciation , Bands (Music) -- Instruction and study , Bands (Music)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2692 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013343
- Description: From introduction: The decision to use the term "Wind Band" in connection with this work was made after much careful deliberation. The English word "Band" is derived from the French "bande" meaning a group of players. It was first applied in this context in England when the Twenty-four Violins at the Court of Charles II (in emulation of "Le Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi at the Court of Louis XIV of France) were known in England as "The King's Band "Band" is a title generally given at the present time to any of instrumentalists, and indeed, many of the World's most famous conductors have been known to refer to any large symphony orchestra as "The Band" and the dressing-room of every Symphony or Concert orchestra in the British Isles is invariably called "The Band-Room"
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- Date Issued: 1973
A new model of the IO-Controlled Jovian decametric radiation
- Authors: Goertz, Christoph K
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Jupiter (Planet) Radiation Magnetosphere Ionosphere
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5521 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012043
- Description: Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is not only an emitter of thermal radiation like any other planet. Jupiter also emits relatively high-intensity non-thermal radiation in two bands, the decimetre wavelength range and the decametre wavelength range (5 MHz< f < 40 MHz). The decimetric radiation is believed to be due to synchrotron radiation of electrons trapped in a kind of Jovian "Van Allen belt". This thesis deals almost exclusively with the decametric radiation. Although the decametric radiation has been observed for 15 years since its discovery by Burke and Franklin in 1955, there is no generally accepted theoretical model of its generation to be found in the literature as yet. This is not surprising, as there are many complex and confusing aspects of the radiation. And since our knowledge of the Jovian ionosphere, magnetosphere and magnetic field is very limited indeed, every theoretical model must be based on some more or less well justified assumptions. It is, however, possible to draw some conclusions from the observed properties of the decimetric and decametric radiation. The radiation in both bands is polarized. It has been shown that at least part of the polarization is an intrinsic property of the radiation source at Jupiter, This indicates the existence of a Jovian magnetic field. The magnitude and shape of the magnetic field, however, is open to discussion, although a dipole field does seem to be a good approximation at least for large distances from Jupiter. Intro. p. 1-2.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Goertz, Christoph K
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Jupiter (Planet) Radiation Magnetosphere Ionosphere
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5521 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012043
- Description: Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is not only an emitter of thermal radiation like any other planet. Jupiter also emits relatively high-intensity non-thermal radiation in two bands, the decimetre wavelength range and the decametre wavelength range (5 MHz< f < 40 MHz). The decimetric radiation is believed to be due to synchrotron radiation of electrons trapped in a kind of Jovian "Van Allen belt". This thesis deals almost exclusively with the decametric radiation. Although the decametric radiation has been observed for 15 years since its discovery by Burke and Franklin in 1955, there is no generally accepted theoretical model of its generation to be found in the literature as yet. This is not surprising, as there are many complex and confusing aspects of the radiation. And since our knowledge of the Jovian ionosphere, magnetosphere and magnetic field is very limited indeed, every theoretical model must be based on some more or less well justified assumptions. It is, however, possible to draw some conclusions from the observed properties of the decimetric and decametric radiation. The radiation in both bands is polarized. It has been shown that at least part of the polarization is an intrinsic property of the radiation source at Jupiter, This indicates the existence of a Jovian magnetic field. The magnitude and shape of the magnetic field, however, is open to discussion, although a dipole field does seem to be a good approximation at least for large distances from Jupiter. Intro. p. 1-2.
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- Date Issued: 1972
A petrological and mineralogical study of peridotite and eclogite xenoliths from certain kimberlite pipes
- Authors: Whitfield, Gavin
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Petrology Peridotite Mineralogy Kimberlite Igneous rocks -- Inclusions Eclogite
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5044 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007690
- Description: Kimberlite, an ultrabasic diamond-bearing hypabyssal rock-type which has its origin in the Earth's upper mantle, characteristically contains rare, well-rounded xenoliths of peridotite and eclogite. These xenoliths, which undoubtedly originate from some considerable depth below the Earth's surface, possibly represent samples of upper mantle material. They have received much attention from earth scientists and numerous theories as to their origin have been proposed. Forty-two selected peridotite xenoliths from the Bultfontein, Wesselton, Dutoitspan and Roberts Victor kimberlite pipes of the Kimberley area, South Africa, and 24 eclogite xenoliths from the Roberts Victor pipe have been examined in detail using a variety of petrological and mineralogical techniques. The petrologic research comprises conventional petrographic studies, the determination of accurate modal compositions and the presentation of 22 new whole-rock chemical analyses, nine of which are of garnet peridotite, four of spinel peridotite and nine of eclogite, one being a diamondiferous specimen. Detailed mineralogical studies of the constituent minerals of the xenoliths comprises descriptive mineralogy, in most cases an estimation of the compositions of these minerals from the measurement of physical properties, X-ray powder diffraction data and the presentation of 21 new chemical analyses of pure mineral separates. This includes five analyses of clivine, five of orthopyroxene, eight of garnet, one of chrome diopside and two of omphacite. The results of the investigation have shown that the peridotites consist essentially of forsterite and enstatite with minor or trace amounts of one or more of pyrope-rich garnet, chrome diopside, chrome spinel, phlogopite and rarely graphite, and often exhibit features consistent with plastic movement and tectonic deformation. The peridotites are believed to be derived from an ultrabasic upper mantle, which is both chemioally and physically zoned. The eclogite xenoliths, which are composed mainly of pyrope-almandine garnet and omphacitic clinopyroxene and occasionally contain kyanite, corundum and diamond, are not samples of a primary eclogitic upper mantle nor the products of an eclogite fractionation related to kimberlite genesis. Chemically they are not typical of extrusive basalts and probably either represent pockets of partially fractionated basic magma trapped at mantle-level in an eclogite-stable environment or samples of high-grade crustal metamorphic eclogite accidentally incorporated into the Roberts Victor kimberlite.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Whitfield, Gavin
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Petrology Peridotite Mineralogy Kimberlite Igneous rocks -- Inclusions Eclogite
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5044 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007690
- Description: Kimberlite, an ultrabasic diamond-bearing hypabyssal rock-type which has its origin in the Earth's upper mantle, characteristically contains rare, well-rounded xenoliths of peridotite and eclogite. These xenoliths, which undoubtedly originate from some considerable depth below the Earth's surface, possibly represent samples of upper mantle material. They have received much attention from earth scientists and numerous theories as to their origin have been proposed. Forty-two selected peridotite xenoliths from the Bultfontein, Wesselton, Dutoitspan and Roberts Victor kimberlite pipes of the Kimberley area, South Africa, and 24 eclogite xenoliths from the Roberts Victor pipe have been examined in detail using a variety of petrological and mineralogical techniques. The petrologic research comprises conventional petrographic studies, the determination of accurate modal compositions and the presentation of 22 new whole-rock chemical analyses, nine of which are of garnet peridotite, four of spinel peridotite and nine of eclogite, one being a diamondiferous specimen. Detailed mineralogical studies of the constituent minerals of the xenoliths comprises descriptive mineralogy, in most cases an estimation of the compositions of these minerals from the measurement of physical properties, X-ray powder diffraction data and the presentation of 21 new chemical analyses of pure mineral separates. This includes five analyses of clivine, five of orthopyroxene, eight of garnet, one of chrome diopside and two of omphacite. The results of the investigation have shown that the peridotites consist essentially of forsterite and enstatite with minor or trace amounts of one or more of pyrope-rich garnet, chrome diopside, chrome spinel, phlogopite and rarely graphite, and often exhibit features consistent with plastic movement and tectonic deformation. The peridotites are believed to be derived from an ultrabasic upper mantle, which is both chemioally and physically zoned. The eclogite xenoliths, which are composed mainly of pyrope-almandine garnet and omphacitic clinopyroxene and occasionally contain kyanite, corundum and diamond, are not samples of a primary eclogitic upper mantle nor the products of an eclogite fractionation related to kimberlite genesis. Chemically they are not typical of extrusive basalts and probably either represent pockets of partially fractionated basic magma trapped at mantle-level in an eclogite-stable environment or samples of high-grade crustal metamorphic eclogite accidentally incorporated into the Roberts Victor kimberlite.
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- Date Issued: 1972
A structural investigation of the sulphated polysaccharide of Anathaca dentata (suhr) papenf. and the xylan of Chaetangium erinaceum (turn.) papenf.
- Authors: Russell, Irina
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Polysaccharides , Marine algae -- Composition
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4494 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013103
- Description: Hot-water extraction of Anatheca dentata, a red seaweed belonging to the family Solieriaceae, yielded a mixture of polysaccharides. Fractionation of this mixture with Cetavlon gave a glucomannan as minor component and a highly sulphated major component, which gave D- and L-galactose, D-xylose and small amounts of 3-0 (underscore)-methylgalactose, pyruvic acid and uronic acid on hydrolysis. All subsequent investigations were carried out on the sulphated major component. The sulphate was not labile to alkali, but was removed with methanolic hydrogen chloride. Periodate oxidation of the polysaccharide before and after desulphation indicated that new a-glycol groups were formed during desulphation. All the xylose units in the polymer were cleaved by periodate and this, together with the fact that the major xylose product from methylation analysis of the desulphated polymer was the 2,3, 4-tri-0 (underscore)-methyl derivative, indicated that the xylose occurs as a non-reducing end-group. Methylation of the desulphated polysaccharide revealed the presence of 1,4- and 1,3- linked D- galactose and 1,4- linked L-galactose units in the polymer. D-Glucuronic acid occurred as non-reducing end-groups. Summary, p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Russell, Irina
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Polysaccharides , Marine algae -- Composition
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4494 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013103
- Description: Hot-water extraction of Anatheca dentata, a red seaweed belonging to the family Solieriaceae, yielded a mixture of polysaccharides. Fractionation of this mixture with Cetavlon gave a glucomannan as minor component and a highly sulphated major component, which gave D- and L-galactose, D-xylose and small amounts of 3-0 (underscore)-methylgalactose, pyruvic acid and uronic acid on hydrolysis. All subsequent investigations were carried out on the sulphated major component. The sulphate was not labile to alkali, but was removed with methanolic hydrogen chloride. Periodate oxidation of the polysaccharide before and after desulphation indicated that new a-glycol groups were formed during desulphation. All the xylose units in the polymer were cleaved by periodate and this, together with the fact that the major xylose product from methylation analysis of the desulphated polymer was the 2,3, 4-tri-0 (underscore)-methyl derivative, indicated that the xylose occurs as a non-reducing end-group. Methylation of the desulphated polysaccharide revealed the presence of 1,4- and 1,3- linked D- galactose and 1,4- linked L-galactose units in the polymer. D-Glucuronic acid occurred as non-reducing end-groups. Summary, p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1972
A structural investigation of the sulphated polysaccharide pachymenia carnos (J. Ag.) J. Ag.
- Authors: Farrant, Annette J
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Polysaccharides Red algae -- Composition
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4470 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011785
- Description: The highly sulphated, methylated polysaccharide isolated from Pachymenia Carnosa, a red seaweed, was shown to contain D- galactose, 2-o (underscore) methyl-D- galactose, 6-o (underscore) -methyl- D- galactose and 4-o (underscore)-methylgalactose. The polysaccharide was desulphated with methanolic hydrogen chloride. Methylation of the desulphated polysaccharide revealed that it was composed entirely of (1→73) and (1→4) links in approximately equal amounts. Treatment of the polysaccharide with alkali showed that the majority of the ester sulphate groups were alkali-stable. Partial hydrolysis and acetolysis studies indicated that the polysaccharide was extremely complex, and contained alternate (1→3) and β (1→4) glycosidic linkages. There is evidence for the presence of D-galactose-6-sulphate.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Farrant, Annette J
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Polysaccharides Red algae -- Composition
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4470 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011785
- Description: The highly sulphated, methylated polysaccharide isolated from Pachymenia Carnosa, a red seaweed, was shown to contain D- galactose, 2-o (underscore) methyl-D- galactose, 6-o (underscore) -methyl- D- galactose and 4-o (underscore)-methylgalactose. The polysaccharide was desulphated with methanolic hydrogen chloride. Methylation of the desulphated polysaccharide revealed that it was composed entirely of (1→73) and (1→4) links in approximately equal amounts. Treatment of the polysaccharide with alkali showed that the majority of the ester sulphate groups were alkali-stable. Partial hydrolysis and acetolysis studies indicated that the polysaccharide was extremely complex, and contained alternate (1→3) and β (1→4) glycosidic linkages. There is evidence for the presence of D-galactose-6-sulphate.
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- Date Issued: 1972
Diurnal and seasonal variations of the F2 region of the Antarctic ionosphere
- Authors: Williams, Morgan Howard
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Harmonic analysis , Ionosphere -- Antarctic Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5548 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013459
- Description: [From Introduction, p. 2] The first chapter of this thesis deals with an analysis of F2 critical frequency data first for SANAE and then for eleven other Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations covering the period 1957 to 1969. This shows certain aspects of the F2 behaviour. Some of the results of this chapter have been reported in a paper by Gledhill and Williams. The two most important mechanisms thought to be responsible for the Antarctic f₀F2 behaviour are incoming corpuscular radiation and horizontal neutral winds. These two mechanisms together with two others (the temperature theory of Torr and Torr and the semi-annual variation of neutral atmospheric density) are discussed in detail in part 2 (Chapters 2 to 4) with a view to discovering which aspects of the f₀F2 behaviour over Antarctica can be explained by each theory. An attempt is made in Part 3 (Chapters 5 and 6) to explain the observed behaviour by solving the continuity equation of the ionosphere for high-latitude stations. Finally, besides the critical frequency, another parameter of importance in explaining the behaviour in the F2 region is the height at which the F2 maximum occurs. This quantity cannot be read directly from an ionogram and it is not an easy quantity to determine. In fact the way in which it is usually obtained is by "scaling" the ionogram in question and converting the virtual heights obtained into real heights. In Part 4 (Chapter 7 and 8) an outline is given of the two computer programs which were written to perform this conversion.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Williams, Morgan Howard
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Harmonic analysis , Ionosphere -- Antarctic Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5548 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013459
- Description: [From Introduction, p. 2] The first chapter of this thesis deals with an analysis of F2 critical frequency data first for SANAE and then for eleven other Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations covering the period 1957 to 1969. This shows certain aspects of the F2 behaviour. Some of the results of this chapter have been reported in a paper by Gledhill and Williams. The two most important mechanisms thought to be responsible for the Antarctic f₀F2 behaviour are incoming corpuscular radiation and horizontal neutral winds. These two mechanisms together with two others (the temperature theory of Torr and Torr and the semi-annual variation of neutral atmospheric density) are discussed in detail in part 2 (Chapters 2 to 4) with a view to discovering which aspects of the f₀F2 behaviour over Antarctica can be explained by each theory. An attempt is made in Part 3 (Chapters 5 and 6) to explain the observed behaviour by solving the continuity equation of the ionosphere for high-latitude stations. Finally, besides the critical frequency, another parameter of importance in explaining the behaviour in the F2 region is the height at which the F2 maximum occurs. This quantity cannot be read directly from an ionogram and it is not an easy quantity to determine. In fact the way in which it is usually obtained is by "scaling" the ionogram in question and converting the virtual heights obtained into real heights. In Part 4 (Chapter 7 and 8) an outline is given of the two computer programs which were written to perform this conversion.
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- Date Issued: 1972
Human resources in the Cape midlands
- Authors: Truu, Mihkel Lemmit
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Human capital -- South Africa Personnel management -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1056 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007288
- Description: From Preface: Although Alfred Marshall's definition of economics has been criticised for its allegedly narrow conception of the subject, it is sometimes overlooked that he considered the study of wealth but one side of the matter. To Marshall, the other and "more important" side of economics was that it also forms "a part of the study of man". The basic thought which underlies the present study is a similar one, namely, that economics is not only concerned with goods and service, but also with men and human action. It is spatially confined to an analysis of the human resources in a region consisting of 21 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape Province, which cover an area of 72, 462 square kilometres, collectively described here as the Cape Midlands.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Truu, Mihkel Lemmit
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Human capital -- South Africa Personnel management -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1056 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007288
- Description: From Preface: Although Alfred Marshall's definition of economics has been criticised for its allegedly narrow conception of the subject, it is sometimes overlooked that he considered the study of wealth but one side of the matter. To Marshall, the other and "more important" side of economics was that it also forms "a part of the study of man". The basic thought which underlies the present study is a similar one, namely, that economics is not only concerned with goods and service, but also with men and human action. It is spatially confined to an analysis of the human resources in a region consisting of 21 magisterial districts in the Eastern Cape Province, which cover an area of 72, 462 square kilometres, collectively described here as the Cape Midlands.
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- Date Issued: 1972
Income distribution and economic growth in South Africa
- Spandau, Arnt Michael Karl Max
- Authors: Spandau, Arnt Michael Karl Max
- Date: 1972
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , DCom
- Identifier: vital:21131 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6517
- Description: It is the purpose of this study to examine the interplay of supply and demand factors for the South African economy, and to relate this to the functional, personal, and racial distribution of incomes. On the one hand, it appears that a concentration of incomes in the hands of those who possess both the ability and willingness to save, and to utilize the savings for productive investments, is a crucial determinant for the enhancement of economic growth. On the other hand, an excessive income concentration may severely limit the purchasing power of the major part of the population, thus inhibiting domestic investment. The study is developed, partly in terms of a theory of economic development, and partly in terms of a theory of economic growth. The analysis covers the period from 1918 to the present time. Periods during which the actual economic growth would have been faster had the distribution of incomes favoured work income receivers at the expense of other income receivers, are identified by employing a short-term post-Keynesian model of functional income distribution. Periods during which an acceleration of economic growth would have been achieved had the opposite condition prevailed, are also shown. An analysis is made both of the division by race of aggregate income, and of racial wage differentials in particular economic sectors. A noticeable identity between the economic growth performance and racial wage differentials is evidenced both for the mining and manufacturing sectors. It appears that in the long-term, there is regularity in respect of correlations between measures of the inequality in the size distribution of income on the one hand, and the rates of investment and economic growth on the other. From this observation, it becomes evident that inequality in the distribution of personal income has been a necessary condition for the attainment of economic growth in South Africa. It is obvious that a study of this sort necessitates the use of much statistical data. In order to avoid major disturbances in the flow of the theoretical and analytical arguments through the discussion of the statistical material, the work is submitted in two volumes, viz.,Volume 1 dealing with the Theory and Analysis, and Volume II with the Statistical Foundations.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Spandau, Arnt Michael Karl Max
- Date: 1972
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , DCom
- Identifier: vital:21131 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6517
- Description: It is the purpose of this study to examine the interplay of supply and demand factors for the South African economy, and to relate this to the functional, personal, and racial distribution of incomes. On the one hand, it appears that a concentration of incomes in the hands of those who possess both the ability and willingness to save, and to utilize the savings for productive investments, is a crucial determinant for the enhancement of economic growth. On the other hand, an excessive income concentration may severely limit the purchasing power of the major part of the population, thus inhibiting domestic investment. The study is developed, partly in terms of a theory of economic development, and partly in terms of a theory of economic growth. The analysis covers the period from 1918 to the present time. Periods during which the actual economic growth would have been faster had the distribution of incomes favoured work income receivers at the expense of other income receivers, are identified by employing a short-term post-Keynesian model of functional income distribution. Periods during which an acceleration of economic growth would have been achieved had the opposite condition prevailed, are also shown. An analysis is made both of the division by race of aggregate income, and of racial wage differentials in particular economic sectors. A noticeable identity between the economic growth performance and racial wage differentials is evidenced both for the mining and manufacturing sectors. It appears that in the long-term, there is regularity in respect of correlations between measures of the inequality in the size distribution of income on the one hand, and the rates of investment and economic growth on the other. From this observation, it becomes evident that inequality in the distribution of personal income has been a necessary condition for the attainment of economic growth in South Africa. It is obvious that a study of this sort necessitates the use of much statistical data. In order to avoid major disturbances in the flow of the theoretical and analytical arguments through the discussion of the statistical material, the work is submitted in two volumes, viz.,Volume 1 dealing with the Theory and Analysis, and Volume II with the Statistical Foundations.
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- Date Issued: 1972
Monochord to moog : a study of the development of stringed keyboard instruments with special reference to popularity trends
- Authors: Shuttleworth, Betty
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Keyboard instruments -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2676 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007441
- Description: The object of the present work has been to trace the evolution of stringed keyboard instruments from the monochord to the present day piano forte. So many inventions have occurred that a chronology of these would be both tedious and of little added value to the existing literature. In the present work the emphasis has been on those innovations which achieved some measure of popularity and can be regarded as essential steps in arriving at the products and methods of modern piano manufacturers. In order to bring this work up to date, visits have been paid to John Broadwood & Sons and the British Piano Museum in London; to the Essex Institute and Pingree House in Salem, Massachusetts; the Smithsonian Institute (Division of Musical Instruments) in Washington; the various Yamaha Factories in Hamamatsu, Japan; and the Piano Manufacturing Company in Wellington, South Africa. Special attention has also been paid to the development and popularity trends of mechanical, pneumatic and electric pianos. In the last Chapter of this study, the information gained is applied to the identification and dating of stringed keyboard instruments found in South Africa or referred to in newspapers or Africana.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Shuttleworth, Betty
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Keyboard instruments -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2676 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007441
- Description: The object of the present work has been to trace the evolution of stringed keyboard instruments from the monochord to the present day piano forte. So many inventions have occurred that a chronology of these would be both tedious and of little added value to the existing literature. In the present work the emphasis has been on those innovations which achieved some measure of popularity and can be regarded as essential steps in arriving at the products and methods of modern piano manufacturers. In order to bring this work up to date, visits have been paid to John Broadwood & Sons and the British Piano Museum in London; to the Essex Institute and Pingree House in Salem, Massachusetts; the Smithsonian Institute (Division of Musical Instruments) in Washington; the various Yamaha Factories in Hamamatsu, Japan; and the Piano Manufacturing Company in Wellington, South Africa. Special attention has also been paid to the development and popularity trends of mechanical, pneumatic and electric pianos. In the last Chapter of this study, the information gained is applied to the identification and dating of stringed keyboard instruments found in South Africa or referred to in newspapers or Africana.
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- Date Issued: 1972
The great bonds : nature, law and grace in "King Lear", "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Macbeth"
- Authors: Simpson, Mary-Helen Dawn
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth , Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra , Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2315 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013229
- Description: By looking at the world inhabited by those characters who partake of the dramatic action in King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and the relationship of these characters to their world, or universe, it is hoped to establish how certain factors affect the genesis, development and resolution of the tragedies in which they play their roles. This will be done by an examination of what Shakespeare sometimes called the "Bonds," which, as we shall see, derive from the mediaeval concepts of Nature, Law and Grace that were current in his time. This thesis does not claim to offer a complete or exclusive solution to the problem of the critical interpretation of these three tragedies: one of the dangers of Literary criticism has always appeared to the writer to be that of maintaining that the approach adopted is the only one and of attempting to demonstrate that the theory coincides at every point with the work - admitting of no inconsistencies or alternatives, and thereby making nonsense of a theory that does have considerable validiity. Similarly, it is with considerable hesitation that names have been given to the various Bonds discussed. Once one names them and applies a certain range of definitions to these names, it is difficult to stress that the names and definitions are not static or rigid. The Bond of Nature, for example, although it has a central core of meaning common to all three tragedies, is not treated from the same viewpoint in King Lear as it is in Antony and Cleopatra or Macbeth. Three considerations have prompted the writer to select this subject for the theme of a thesis. Firstly , the hypothesis that some failure, violation, misunderstanding or inadequacy of the Bonds lies at the heart of the tragic movement does appear to augment existing concepts of the nature of tragedy and help us better to understand the Why? How? and When? of the tragic process. Secondly, the concept of the principles of Nature, Law and Grace as determinants of the Bonds, which occurs so frequently in Elizabethan thinking, does seem to offer us a unified approach to their treatment of man and the world he inhabits at any particular point in history. By quoting from a wide range of sources dealing with this subject, the writer hopes to demonstrate that such a concept did exist, and that it was relatively consistent and generally accepted by Shakespeare and many of his contemporaries. It is, moreover, a system of thought that can embrace within its ambit such diverse materials as the great chain of being; the microcosm and the macrocosm; the nature of the soul; the structure of the family, the clan or the nation; the concepts of sin, damnation and life everlasting; the four elements; and the humours - and assign to these and many others a proper nature, place and function in the overall scheme. Thirdly, the writer was prompted to select this subject for a thesis because no critical writing to date appears to have dealt fully with the subject of the Bonds and their relationship to these principles of Nature, Law and Grace in Shakespearean tragedy . There have, it is true, been critics who have dealt with facets of these principles, and there have been critics who have commented on the violation, misunderstanding or inadequacy of various Bonds, but none of them seems to have dealt with the subject as a whole. Preface, p. iv-vi.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Simpson, Mary-Helen Dawn
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth , Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Antony and Cleopatra , Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2315 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013229
- Description: By looking at the world inhabited by those characters who partake of the dramatic action in King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and the relationship of these characters to their world, or universe, it is hoped to establish how certain factors affect the genesis, development and resolution of the tragedies in which they play their roles. This will be done by an examination of what Shakespeare sometimes called the "Bonds," which, as we shall see, derive from the mediaeval concepts of Nature, Law and Grace that were current in his time. This thesis does not claim to offer a complete or exclusive solution to the problem of the critical interpretation of these three tragedies: one of the dangers of Literary criticism has always appeared to the writer to be that of maintaining that the approach adopted is the only one and of attempting to demonstrate that the theory coincides at every point with the work - admitting of no inconsistencies or alternatives, and thereby making nonsense of a theory that does have considerable validiity. Similarly, it is with considerable hesitation that names have been given to the various Bonds discussed. Once one names them and applies a certain range of definitions to these names, it is difficult to stress that the names and definitions are not static or rigid. The Bond of Nature, for example, although it has a central core of meaning common to all three tragedies, is not treated from the same viewpoint in King Lear as it is in Antony and Cleopatra or Macbeth. Three considerations have prompted the writer to select this subject for the theme of a thesis. Firstly , the hypothesis that some failure, violation, misunderstanding or inadequacy of the Bonds lies at the heart of the tragic movement does appear to augment existing concepts of the nature of tragedy and help us better to understand the Why? How? and When? of the tragic process. Secondly, the concept of the principles of Nature, Law and Grace as determinants of the Bonds, which occurs so frequently in Elizabethan thinking, does seem to offer us a unified approach to their treatment of man and the world he inhabits at any particular point in history. By quoting from a wide range of sources dealing with this subject, the writer hopes to demonstrate that such a concept did exist, and that it was relatively consistent and generally accepted by Shakespeare and many of his contemporaries. It is, moreover, a system of thought that can embrace within its ambit such diverse materials as the great chain of being; the microcosm and the macrocosm; the nature of the soul; the structure of the family, the clan or the nation; the concepts of sin, damnation and life everlasting; the four elements; and the humours - and assign to these and many others a proper nature, place and function in the overall scheme. Thirdly, the writer was prompted to select this subject for a thesis because no critical writing to date appears to have dealt fully with the subject of the Bonds and their relationship to these principles of Nature, Law and Grace in Shakespearean tragedy . There have, it is true, been critics who have dealt with facets of these principles, and there have been critics who have commented on the violation, misunderstanding or inadequacy of various Bonds, but none of them seems to have dealt with the subject as a whole. Preface, p. iv-vi.
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- Date Issued: 1972
The novelistic documentary : a study of the non-fiction novel
- Authors: Visser, N W
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Nonfiction novel , Reportage literature -- History and criticism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2316 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013280
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Visser, N W
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Nonfiction novel , Reportage literature -- History and criticism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2316 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013280
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- Date Issued: 1972
Thermal decomposition of ammonium metavanadate
- Authors: Stewart, Brian Victor
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Decomposition (Chemistry) , Solids -- Thermal properties , Ammonia
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4503 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013274
- Description: The isothermal, endothermic, stepwise decomposition of ammonium metavanadate (AMV) in inert (argon or nitrogen), oxidising (air or oxygen) and reducing (ammonia) atmospheres as well as under high vacuum (pressure < IOn bar) conditions has been investigated. The reverse reaction, the isothermal recombination of V₂ 0₅ with ammonia and water vapour has also been investigated. The decomposition and recombination reactions were followed by continuously recording the mass loss of the sample with time using a Cahn R.G. Automatic Electrobalance. This enabled small samples ( ~ lOmg) to be used and consequently any self cooling of the sample during the decomposition was minimized. The intermediates and final products formed have been characterized by chemical analysis, X-ray powder diffraction studies, infrared spectroscopy and the mass loss involved in their formation. The changes in the physical properties of the samples during decomposition and recombination have been investigated by surface area measurements (using the BET method and krypton adsorption) and eIectron microscopy. Values for the enthalpy changes involved in the decomposition have been obtained by differential scanning calorimetry. The stoichiometry of the isothermal decomposition of ammonium metavanadate, under the various conditions of surrounding atmosphere has been discussed. Except for the later stages of the decomposition in ammonia, the results correspond well to the gradual reduction of the ratio of "(NH₄)₂ 0" to "V₂0₅" units from the original 1:1 ratio in ammonium metavanadate to pure "V₂0₅" with ammonia and water being evolved throughout the decomposition in the mole ratio of 2:1. The final product of the decomposition in vacuum, argon and air is "V₂0₅" and in ammonia, below 360°, V0₂. The kinetic parameters for each of the stages of the decomposition of AMV in each of the atmospheres studied have been determined. The mechanism of the first stage of the decomposition under the different conditions of surrounding atmosphere has been discussed from both the kinetic and the thermodynamic points of view. The absolute reaction rate theory has been applied to the decomposition in inert atmospheres enabling the formulae of the activated complexes formed during each stage to be calculated. It has also been shown that the detailed atomic movements occurring during the first stage of the decomposition in ammonia can be predicted from a knowledge of the stoichiometry of the reaction and of the detailed crystal structures of the starting and product materials. The kinetics and mechanism of the recombination of "V₂0₅" with ammonia and water vapour to form AMV have also been discussed in detail.
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- Date Issued: 1972
- Authors: Stewart, Brian Victor
- Date: 1972
- Subjects: Decomposition (Chemistry) , Solids -- Thermal properties , Ammonia
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4503 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013274
- Description: The isothermal, endothermic, stepwise decomposition of ammonium metavanadate (AMV) in inert (argon or nitrogen), oxidising (air or oxygen) and reducing (ammonia) atmospheres as well as under high vacuum (pressure < IOn bar) conditions has been investigated. The reverse reaction, the isothermal recombination of V₂ 0₅ with ammonia and water vapour has also been investigated. The decomposition and recombination reactions were followed by continuously recording the mass loss of the sample with time using a Cahn R.G. Automatic Electrobalance. This enabled small samples ( ~ lOmg) to be used and consequently any self cooling of the sample during the decomposition was minimized. The intermediates and final products formed have been characterized by chemical analysis, X-ray powder diffraction studies, infrared spectroscopy and the mass loss involved in their formation. The changes in the physical properties of the samples during decomposition and recombination have been investigated by surface area measurements (using the BET method and krypton adsorption) and eIectron microscopy. Values for the enthalpy changes involved in the decomposition have been obtained by differential scanning calorimetry. The stoichiometry of the isothermal decomposition of ammonium metavanadate, under the various conditions of surrounding atmosphere has been discussed. Except for the later stages of the decomposition in ammonia, the results correspond well to the gradual reduction of the ratio of "(NH₄)₂ 0" to "V₂0₅" units from the original 1:1 ratio in ammonium metavanadate to pure "V₂0₅" with ammonia and water being evolved throughout the decomposition in the mole ratio of 2:1. The final product of the decomposition in vacuum, argon and air is "V₂0₅" and in ammonia, below 360°, V0₂. The kinetic parameters for each of the stages of the decomposition of AMV in each of the atmospheres studied have been determined. The mechanism of the first stage of the decomposition under the different conditions of surrounding atmosphere has been discussed from both the kinetic and the thermodynamic points of view. The absolute reaction rate theory has been applied to the decomposition in inert atmospheres enabling the formulae of the activated complexes formed during each stage to be calculated. It has also been shown that the detailed atomic movements occurring during the first stage of the decomposition in ammonia can be predicted from a knowledge of the stoichiometry of the reaction and of the detailed crystal structures of the starting and product materials. The kinetics and mechanism of the recombination of "V₂0₅" with ammonia and water vapour to form AMV have also been discussed in detail.
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- Date Issued: 1972
A contribution to the biology of warthog (Phacochoerus africanus, Gmelin) in the Sengwa region of Rhodesia
- Authors: Cumming, D H M
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Warthog Warthog -- Physiology Warthog -- Ecology
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5843 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010740
- Description: To the AmaZulu a warthog is "inhlovudawana" or "little elephant"; to arrogant hunters it is the "poor man's rhinoceros"; to some writers of encyclopaediae it is a "grotesque and hideous beast"; to stockmen it has long been a carrier of diseases. Injury was added to insult with the discovery that the blood of these self-assured, often comical and certainly engaging animals supports the greater proportion of tsetse flies in the African savannas. Their significance as the primary hosts of Glossina morsitans Westw., the vectors of tryanosomiasis, justified an extended field study of warthog biology. This thesis reports four years of field work on warthogs, together with complementary observations of hand-reared warthogs (and their offspring) which roamed freely in the vicinity of the remote field station on which I live. The Sengwa Research Project, of which this study forms a part, was initiated in 1965 to study relationships between game animals and tsetse flies. One of the main problems investigated in the Sengwa Project is that of "host encounter" (Glasgow, 1961, Bursell, 1970) and how the distribution, abundance and behaviour of game animals may affect their availability to hungry tsetse flies. I have, accordingly, been concerned with discovering how warthog are dispersed in the Sengwa area and have attempted to gain some understanding of the factors, both environmental and social, which may affect or govern their dispersion and possibly population number. Intro. p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Cumming, D H M
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Warthog Warthog -- Physiology Warthog -- Ecology
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5843 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010740
- Description: To the AmaZulu a warthog is "inhlovudawana" or "little elephant"; to arrogant hunters it is the "poor man's rhinoceros"; to some writers of encyclopaediae it is a "grotesque and hideous beast"; to stockmen it has long been a carrier of diseases. Injury was added to insult with the discovery that the blood of these self-assured, often comical and certainly engaging animals supports the greater proportion of tsetse flies in the African savannas. Their significance as the primary hosts of Glossina morsitans Westw., the vectors of tryanosomiasis, justified an extended field study of warthog biology. This thesis reports four years of field work on warthogs, together with complementary observations of hand-reared warthogs (and their offspring) which roamed freely in the vicinity of the remote field station on which I live. The Sengwa Research Project, of which this study forms a part, was initiated in 1965 to study relationships between game animals and tsetse flies. One of the main problems investigated in the Sengwa Project is that of "host encounter" (Glasgow, 1961, Bursell, 1970) and how the distribution, abundance and behaviour of game animals may affect their availability to hungry tsetse flies. I have, accordingly, been concerned with discovering how warthog are dispersed in the Sengwa area and have attempted to gain some understanding of the factors, both environmental and social, which may affect or govern their dispersion and possibly population number. Intro. p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1971
Creative processes in young children
- Authors: Styles, Irene Mavis
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Creative ability in children , Creative thinking
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3244 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013327
- Description: Enthusiasm for developing creativity in the individual has been remarkably widespread - at least in America - over the past twenty-five years or so. The armed services, the arts and sciences, educational institutions, businesses and industries are recognising to a greater and greater extent, the urgent necessity of developing this relatively neglected aspect of people is personalities. Their reasons differ, of course, and usually the welfare of the individual himself is not the main concern. This is perhaps fortunate, as advances made on philanthropic grounds alone have never progressed very rapidly. In business and industry, new ideas are urgently needed for survival - this was especially evident after World War II which was, in the end, really a battle of ideas. The importance of this implication has not decreased with distance in time from that conflagration, indeed, individuals in the armed services are probably the people most deeply involved in and the most concerned with the problem of developing creative thought. "We are in a mortal struggle for the survival of our way of life", writes Guilford. "The need (for developing creativity) is a national crisis" says Anderson*. Intro., p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Styles, Irene Mavis
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Creative ability in children , Creative thinking
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3244 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013327
- Description: Enthusiasm for developing creativity in the individual has been remarkably widespread - at least in America - over the past twenty-five years or so. The armed services, the arts and sciences, educational institutions, businesses and industries are recognising to a greater and greater extent, the urgent necessity of developing this relatively neglected aspect of people is personalities. Their reasons differ, of course, and usually the welfare of the individual himself is not the main concern. This is perhaps fortunate, as advances made on philanthropic grounds alone have never progressed very rapidly. In business and industry, new ideas are urgently needed for survival - this was especially evident after World War II which was, in the end, really a battle of ideas. The importance of this implication has not decreased with distance in time from that conflagration, indeed, individuals in the armed services are probably the people most deeply involved in and the most concerned with the problem of developing creative thought. "We are in a mortal struggle for the survival of our way of life", writes Guilford. "The need (for developing creativity) is a national crisis" says Anderson*. Intro., p. 1.
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- Date Issued: 1971
Developmental studies of certain South African Ascostromatic ascomycetes
- Authors: Tim, Stephen K-M
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Fungi -- Parasites Ascomycetes Pyrenomycetes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4245 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007289
- Description: From General Introduction: Toward the last half of the nineteenth century, the structure and mode of development of the ascocarp has aroused much interest. De Bary (1887) recognised the fruiting bodies of the Ascomycetes as 'compound sporophores' made up of interwoven hyphae or of pseudoparenchyma consisting of a peripheral layer separate from an inner tissue. These fruiting bodies included the discocarp or apothecium, the pyrenocarp or perithecium and the cleistocarp or cleistothecium. The name, Pyrenomycetes, has been variously applied to a group of Ascomycetes but mainly to the perithecial types, inclusive of the true perithecia and the loculate forms. The perithecium itself was described as a 'cup-shaped discomycetous' sporocarp with margins incurved to form a pyriform structure (de Bary, 1887). The presence or absence of a stroma had been long considered as a basis for the separation of the major groups of the Ascomycetes. Separation on these grounds was found unacceptable as it grouped together clearly unrelated species or separated related ones. As the subdivisions of the pyrenomycetous Ascomycetes are dependent upon the morphological features of the ascocarp, it would be pertinent to discuss the following: a) The Stroma. b) The various forms of ascocarp which mayor may not be associated with such a stroma. i) Perithecia: free or immersed in a stroma. ii) Uni- or multiloculate stromata. c) The centrum, the details associated with the centrum and the use of these details in the taxonomy of the pyrenomycetes.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Tim, Stephen K-M
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Fungi -- Parasites Ascomycetes Pyrenomycetes -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4245 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007289
- Description: From General Introduction: Toward the last half of the nineteenth century, the structure and mode of development of the ascocarp has aroused much interest. De Bary (1887) recognised the fruiting bodies of the Ascomycetes as 'compound sporophores' made up of interwoven hyphae or of pseudoparenchyma consisting of a peripheral layer separate from an inner tissue. These fruiting bodies included the discocarp or apothecium, the pyrenocarp or perithecium and the cleistocarp or cleistothecium. The name, Pyrenomycetes, has been variously applied to a group of Ascomycetes but mainly to the perithecial types, inclusive of the true perithecia and the loculate forms. The perithecium itself was described as a 'cup-shaped discomycetous' sporocarp with margins incurved to form a pyriform structure (de Bary, 1887). The presence or absence of a stroma had been long considered as a basis for the separation of the major groups of the Ascomycetes. Separation on these grounds was found unacceptable as it grouped together clearly unrelated species or separated related ones. As the subdivisions of the pyrenomycetous Ascomycetes are dependent upon the morphological features of the ascocarp, it would be pertinent to discuss the following: a) The Stroma. b) The various forms of ascocarp which mayor may not be associated with such a stroma. i) Perithecia: free or immersed in a stroma. ii) Uni- or multiloculate stromata. c) The centrum, the details associated with the centrum and the use of these details in the taxonomy of the pyrenomycetes.
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- Date Issued: 1971
Extractives of Leonotis and Euryops species
- Authors: Eagle, G A
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Stereochemistry Leonotis -- Analysis Euryops -- Analysis Botanical chemistry
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4465 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011610
- Description: The isolation and structure determination of dubiin and leonitin, two new diterpenoid acetates from Leonotis dubia and Leonotis leonitis respectively, are discussed. The compounds are diterpenoids of the labdane type and are closely related to marrubiin. The proposed structures are based on chemical and spectral evidence. Dubiin, C₂₂H₃₀0₆̕ contains a tertiary hydroxy- group, a furan ring and a ó-lactone while leonitin, C₂₂H₃₀0₇̕ is a γ - dilactone. at C-20. Both compounds are unusual in being oxygenated The extraction of three Euryops species and the isolation of euryopsol, C₂₂H₃₀0₄̕̕ are also described. A furanoeremophilane structure containing three hydroxy- groups, one of which is at a bridgehead position, is proposed. Euryopsol is the first furanoeremophilanoid with a substituent attached at C-IO
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Eagle, G A
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Stereochemistry Leonotis -- Analysis Euryops -- Analysis Botanical chemistry
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:4465 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011610
- Description: The isolation and structure determination of dubiin and leonitin, two new diterpenoid acetates from Leonotis dubia and Leonotis leonitis respectively, are discussed. The compounds are diterpenoids of the labdane type and are closely related to marrubiin. The proposed structures are based on chemical and spectral evidence. Dubiin, C₂₂H₃₀0₆̕ contains a tertiary hydroxy- group, a furan ring and a ó-lactone while leonitin, C₂₂H₃₀0₇̕ is a γ - dilactone. at C-20. Both compounds are unusual in being oxygenated The extraction of three Euryops species and the isolation of euryopsol, C₂₂H₃₀0₄̕̕ are also described. A furanoeremophilane structure containing three hydroxy- groups, one of which is at a bridgehead position, is proposed. Euryopsol is the first furanoeremophilanoid with a substituent attached at C-IO
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- Date Issued: 1971
In community in Christ: a study of theological setting of the sacraments in the New Testament
- Authors: Moore, Basil S
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Sacraments Sacraments (Liturgy)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1240 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007688
- Description: Introduction: Neville Clark has rightly warned against the attempt to approach the theology of the sacraments from a broad and general definition of a 'sacrament' from which we 'read off' a Christian doctrine of the sacraments without paying due regard to the biblical statements. Such an approach could not but obscure the essential differences between the sacraments, and the fact that they stem from historical roots. On the other hand, the specialist treatment of the sacraments which begins by making a detailed analysis of the biblical material fails to do justice to the wholeness of biblical theology and tends to treat the sacraments in isolation not only from each other but also from other aspects of Christian theology with which they are inalienably connected. Bearing in mind the difficulties inherent in both of these approaches, a fresh and more systematic approach is required.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Moore, Basil S
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Sacraments Sacraments (Liturgy)
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1240 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007688
- Description: Introduction: Neville Clark has rightly warned against the attempt to approach the theology of the sacraments from a broad and general definition of a 'sacrament' from which we 'read off' a Christian doctrine of the sacraments without paying due regard to the biblical statements. Such an approach could not but obscure the essential differences between the sacraments, and the fact that they stem from historical roots. On the other hand, the specialist treatment of the sacraments which begins by making a detailed analysis of the biblical material fails to do justice to the wholeness of biblical theology and tends to treat the sacraments in isolation not only from each other but also from other aspects of Christian theology with which they are inalienably connected. Bearing in mind the difficulties inherent in both of these approaches, a fresh and more systematic approach is required.
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- Date Issued: 1971
The novels of André Malraux : a restatement of man's tragic dilemma in contemporary terms
- Authors: Greshoff, C J
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Malraux, André, 1901-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2299 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012092
- Description: Writing about Eighteenth Century England, and more particularly about the age of Johnson, Trevelyan gives us an admirable definition of a classical age: It is a "classical age, that is an age of unchallenged assumptions, when the philosophers of the streets such as Dr. Johnson, have ample leisure to moralise on the human scene, in the happy belief that the state of society and the modes of thought to which they are accustomed are not mere passing aspects of an ever shifting kaleidoscope, but permanent habitations, the final outcome of reason and experience. Such an age does not aspire to progress, though it may in fact be progressing; it regards itself not as setting out but as having arrived." To apply this definition of a classical age to the protean Nineteenth Century might, at first glance, seem impossible or at least dangerous. Yet it is only when we see this century - and more particularly the period 1871-1914 - as a truly classical age, as the classical age of the Bourgeoisie, that we can understand the direction and meaning of the revolt during the Twenties and Thirties of which Malraux' work is so representative. Introduction, page 1.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Greshoff, C J
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Malraux, André, 1901-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2299 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012092
- Description: Writing about Eighteenth Century England, and more particularly about the age of Johnson, Trevelyan gives us an admirable definition of a classical age: It is a "classical age, that is an age of unchallenged assumptions, when the philosophers of the streets such as Dr. Johnson, have ample leisure to moralise on the human scene, in the happy belief that the state of society and the modes of thought to which they are accustomed are not mere passing aspects of an ever shifting kaleidoscope, but permanent habitations, the final outcome of reason and experience. Such an age does not aspire to progress, though it may in fact be progressing; it regards itself not as setting out but as having arrived." To apply this definition of a classical age to the protean Nineteenth Century might, at first glance, seem impossible or at least dangerous. Yet it is only when we see this century - and more particularly the period 1871-1914 - as a truly classical age, as the classical age of the Bourgeoisie, that we can understand the direction and meaning of the revolt during the Twenties and Thirties of which Malraux' work is so representative. Introduction, page 1.
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- Date Issued: 1971
The Wesleyan Methodist Church in the Transvaal, 1823-1902
- Authors: Veysie, Donald Clifford
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Methodist Church of Southern Africa Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- History Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- To 1880 Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- 1880-1910
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1234 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007463
- Description: From Preface: A preliminary survey of the history of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the Transvaal revealed that the period of the early missions, before the formation of the Transvaal and Swaziland District, required research into the documents of other Districts for the purpose of writing a detailed history. It was therefore decided to confine research to the Documents of the Transvaal and Swaziland District and to write introductory chapters on the period of the early missions. The detailed research for this dissertation begins, therefore, with the creation of the Transvaal and Swaziland District in 1880. The natural point at which to finish appeared, at first, to be the beginning of the Second Transvaal War of Independence, but further research indicated that it would be more useful to conclude with the end of the war in 1902.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Veysie, Donald Clifford
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Methodist Church of Southern Africa Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- History Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- To 1880 Transvaal (South Africa) -- History -- 1880-1910
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1234 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007463
- Description: From Preface: A preliminary survey of the history of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the Transvaal revealed that the period of the early missions, before the formation of the Transvaal and Swaziland District, required research into the documents of other Districts for the purpose of writing a detailed history. It was therefore decided to confine research to the Documents of the Transvaal and Swaziland District and to write introductory chapters on the period of the early missions. The detailed research for this dissertation begins, therefore, with the creation of the Transvaal and Swaziland District in 1880. The natural point at which to finish appeared, at first, to be the beginning of the Second Transvaal War of Independence, but further research indicated that it would be more useful to conclude with the end of the war in 1902.
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- Date Issued: 1971
W.H. Auden: a study of his poetry and its critics, 1930-1960
- Authors: Millard, Geoffrey Charles
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Auden, W. H., (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2284 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007629
- Description: How does a poet fare nowadays at the hands of his critics? This study examines the critical reception Auden received from 1930 to 1960; through a close consideration of a selection of the poems written in this period it will be demonstrated that a considerble discrepency exists between Auden's poetic achievement and. the criticism it received. The main reason for this discrepancy is the lack of attention to individual poems in favour of sweeping surveys of a volume of poetry or the poet's total output. The core of the thesis lies here and the thesis as a whole derives from concern for a poet's reputation during his poetic career.
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- Date Issued: 1971
- Authors: Millard, Geoffrey Charles
- Date: 1971
- Subjects: Auden, W. H., (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:2284 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007629
- Description: How does a poet fare nowadays at the hands of his critics? This study examines the critical reception Auden received from 1930 to 1960; through a close consideration of a selection of the poems written in this period it will be demonstrated that a considerble discrepency exists between Auden's poetic achievement and. the criticism it received. The main reason for this discrepancy is the lack of attention to individual poems in favour of sweeping surveys of a volume of poetry or the poet's total output. The core of the thesis lies here and the thesis as a whole derives from concern for a poet's reputation during his poetic career.
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- Date Issued: 1971