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Thatholla (Unwind)

- Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
  • Language: Tswana/Rolong
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162446 , vital:40933 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-09
  • Description: "Where does the chief want us to go today? To leave in the evening when it is cold. With a drizzle of rain like a mist. With all the lads afraid of mounting their horses. Our saddles will be wet, and our trousers creased. By Morake's child, I will curse somebody! We of the Tau family, are one-handed. We receive food with it and feel pleased. We kill our own monkey's at Matsau-Tsau. Where did they see him? They saw him at the sugarcane fields. Why does he say he wants Basotho? He says he wants a Basotho blanket. Jump on my back and away we go. Fathers, let us go." Riding song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

The aerial roots of Wild fig corner, King Williams Town, 1959

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

The anatomy of human misery and its therapy : a study of miracles and healing in the life of our Lord and in the early church, until the Council of Nicaea

- Hawkridge, John Bernard

  • Authors: Hawkridge, John Bernard
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Miracles , Spiritual healing -- Psychological aspects , Healing in the Bible , Church history
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
  • Identifier: vital:1257 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012229 , Jesus Christ -- Miracles , Spiritual healing -- Psychological aspects , Healing in the Bible , Church history
  • Description: This thesis seeks to show that miracles and healing are inseparable from the Messianic task of Jesus Christ; and that in so far as He commissioned His Church to continue that Messianic task, it is reasonable to expect that miracles and healing would continue. The early history of the Church is examined for evidence confirming this expectation, and a question is asked of the contemporary Church.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

The economic geography of the Union's chicory Industry : past and present

- Young, Bruce Stratton

  • Authors: Young, Bruce Stratton
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Chicory -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:4882 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013438
  • Description: The motivating force behind this survey and study of a branch of the Union's agricultural industry has been the conviction that detailed case studies of economic activities and their influences on the map of the country are the essential foundation stones on which mature scholars may build a perceptive and valuable economic geography of the Union.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

The executive government of the Cape of Good Hope, 1825-54

- Fryer, Alan Kenneth

  • Authors: Fryer, Alan Kenneth
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- 1795-1872
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:2604 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011896
  • Description: The study of administrative processes is a relaltively new one both in the field of history and sociology. In both disciplines what is required is study of the sructure and growth of adminstrative systems and of the impact of administrative action on the community it seeks to serve and which it often provokes. In the field of history, Professor F. Tout in his chapters on administrative history ... gave new vitality and understanding to medieval studies. In the main, South African history, though probably not more so than other Commonwealth countries, has been less fortunate. Preface, p. 1.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

The fact and meaning of the resurrection : a study in emphases

- Bill, Jean-Francois

  • Authors: Bill, Jean-Francois
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Resurrection , Resurrection -- Biblical teaching
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
  • Identifier: vital:1289 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014595
  • Description: INTRODUCTION. The fact of the Risen Christ is the focal point which gives meaning to the Christian faith as a whole. Modern thought, while not denying the Resurrection, tends to confine it to its doctrinal or credal significance. In contrast, the early Christians were conscious of the presence of the Risen Lord and consequently the Resurrection was a fact of living experience. As mere history it loses its moral significance; as mere faith it becomes vague belief in deathlessness, and undermines the reality of the Atonement. The Resurrection is both fact and faith.
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The fishes of the family Eleotridae in the Western Indian Ocean

- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968

  • Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
  • Date: 1959
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:14973 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018772 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 11
  • Description: Family Eleotridae - The Gobioid fishes are one of the major trials of ichthyologists, and when general regional collections are worked up, these fishes tend to be pushed aside, and are apparently often identified with some impatience by those not especially interested. It is not indeed uncommon for later workers to find several species in a bottle supposed to contain only one, or to find one and the same fish in the same collection labelled with different names. All this is understandable, for not only are there numerous species, but almost all are small to minute, so that accurate description and especially illustration are no light undertaking. In addition, they are generally covered with mucus, so that two exactly similar living specimens, preserved in different media, e.g. alcohol and formalin, can emerge looking so completely different, that the purely museum worker may be forgiven for considering them different species. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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The historical development of geography as a subject in the schools of the Cape Province (1772-1951)

- Knox, John Charles

  • Authors: Knox, John Charles
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Geography -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1974 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012702 , Geography -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope
  • Description: As the title indicates, this is a study of the historical emergence of geography as a subject in Cape schools, and covers the period 1772-1951. The account is not merely descriptive and factual, for wherever possible an attempt is made to assess the nature and scope of the geography which was taught at different periods in relation to modern, authoritative ideas concerning the pedagogic application of the subject in the school. The work as a whole is predominantly concerned with the historical development of geography in the secondary school. However, in the initial four chapters the slight and insubstantial nature of the available data precludes the possibility of differentiating between geoeraphy of primary standard and that of secondary standard, and in these early chapters all references to the subject are consequently generalized. In Chapter 5, which deals with the period during which Langham Dale was Superintendent-Genera l of Education, geography of secondary standard becomes distinguishable from that of primary standard for the first time, and from this point onwards the two are differentiated to the fullest extent possible, and the former is chiefly emphasized. The entire study is presented against a broad background of relevant, educational developments of a general nature.
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The identity of Scarus gibbus Ruppell, 1828 and of other parrotfishes of the family Callyodontidae from the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean

- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968

  • Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
  • Date: 1959
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:14978 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018777 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 16
  • Description: Parrotfishes have long been one of the major problems of the taxonomist, largely as a result of classification based on preserved material. Workers such Bleeker, who handled fresh specimens, provided useful descriptions and at least passable illustrations of Parrotfishes. There has, in consequence, been a general tendency to use such names in preference to those of earlier workers, notably Lacepede and Valenciennes, most of whose descriptions, based on long dead specimens, not only lack accurate, or indeed any, illustration, but rarely contain critical diagnostic data. In consequence, the nomenclature has been in a state of utter chaos, and any worker privileged to travel and examine early type specimens incurs a good deal of responsibility, since the majority of other workers are usually not in a position to query his opinions about their identities. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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The nature of modern mathematics: inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University

- Abrahamson, B

  • Authors: Abrahamson, B
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Mathematics
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:591 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020660
  • Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation) iiidc:provenance
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The photo-fluorescence properties of some organic materials

- Cameron, Antony John Wesley

  • Authors: Cameron, Antony John Wesley
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Hydrocarbons -- Spectra -- Fluorescence , Organic compounds , Energy transfer
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:5514 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010041 , Hydrocarbons -- Spectra -- Fluorescence , Organic compounds , Energy transfer
  • Description: In this thesis I have given an account of the experimental work carried out by me at Rhodes University from the beginning of 1954 to the end of 1955, and the analysis of the results which was completed during the following two years, 1956 and 1957. The dissertation is divided into two sections; Part I deals with the photo fluorescence spectra of a large group of organic compounds, and Part 2 describes an investigation of the photo-fluorescence properties of and energy transfer in liquid organic solutions.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

The solubility of mercurous chloride in water at 25°C

- Clur, Dennis Alwin

  • Authors: Clur, Dennis Alwin
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Mercury compounds -- Solubility , Mercuric chloride
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4522 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014705
  • Description: [From Introduction]. In 1955, Dry and Gledhill, both formerly of this Department, published their paper on the Solubility of Mercurous Chloride in Water at 25°0, and it was originally intended that this thesis should be an extension of the study to cover the temperature range from 5 t o 55°0. A preliminary investigation at 25°0, however, failed to yield results which were consistent with their findings, even though their apparatus and experimental technique were used. In an effort to resolve these difficulties their method of saturating the calomel in the conductance cell was thoroughly investigated, and as this procedure was found to be responsible, it was necessary to evolve an entirely new approach. The technique finally adopted was to saturate the mercurous chloride solutions by mechanical stirring in siliconed vessels and to carry out the conductance, pH, and total mercury concentration measurements on the filter ed solution. This method gave good results, and was free from the many extrapolations prevalent in the original procedure.
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The sorption of Hydrochloric Acid and Potassium Hydroxide by mohair and wool

- Bamford, Graeme Reginald Ernest

  • Authors: Bamford, Graeme Reginald Ernest
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Hydrochloric acid -- Absorption and adsorption , Hydroxides -- Absorption and adsorption , Wool , Mohair
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4452 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009503
  • Description: The main object of the present investigation has been to establish a titration curve for mohair keratin and to compare it with similar data for wool, to determine whether the differences in physical and chemical properties could be attributed in any way to the acidic and basic character of these fibres. As shown in subsequent discussion such measurements provide extremely useful information regarding the chemical structure of proteins in general, and in the technical fields involving processes such as wool scouring, carbonizing and dyeing. The study has been extended to include certain modified wools, i.e. photochemically damaged, and oxidized keratin. The most successful contribution to the titration data of wool keratin is the work of Steinhardt and Harris and subsequent authors have tended to adopt their procedures without modification. In the present study attempts have been made to obtain a clearer understanding of the fundamental processes. New techniques and analytical methods have been introduced to improve the accuracy of the measurements.
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The thermal decomposition of irradiated silver permanganate

- Sole, Michael John

  • Authors: Sole, Michael John
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Decomposition (Chemistry) , Irradiation , Permanganates , Silver compounds , Metals -- Thermal properties
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4502 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013265
  • Description: The thermal decomposition of silver permanganate, pre-irradiated in BEPO and in a ⁶°C₀ Ϫ 'hot spot' has been investigated in the temperature range 100 - 125°C. The results are similar to those for irradiated KMn0₄ and the mechanism proposed for the latter is again suggested. The activation energy for the migration of point defects over the induction period is 1.03 ev. The decompositions of unirradiated and irradiated crystals differ in that the latter undergo physical disintegration over the acceleratory period. X-ray studies immediately prior to disintegration show strain and fragmentation in the irradiated crystal. An explanation involving the annealing of point defects at dislocation is advanced to explain the changes produced in the p/t plots with increased dosage, and fixed decomposition temperature. Summary, p. 94.
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The transport system of the Border : a study of transport and communications in the Border region of the Cape Province with special reference to the effect of transport on the economic and commercial development of the region

- Smith, Hugh Hamilton

  • Authors: Smith, Hugh Hamilton
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Transportation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Harbors -- South Africa -- East London , Railroads -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Transportation, Automotive -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Communication and traffic -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:1122 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018721
  • Description: Transport undoubtedly occupies a most important place in the economic and commercial life of all countries. In this respect South Africa is no exception, and very briefly, the principal economic functions of transport are enumerated below. 1. Transport establishes communication between consumers and the producers of goods or services. 2. Transport facilitates the movement of persons between the place where they live and the place where they work - usually this is a daily procedure, but in South Africa it also entails the movement of large numbers of Natives from the Native Reserves to work for some months at a time either in the gold mines or in the several urban areas of the Union. 3. Transport makes geographical specialization possible, for agricultural or mineral resources will only be exploited, or specialized industries established, in a particular area, if the commodities produced can be transported to other parts of a country, or the world; and other capital and consumer goods brought to the producers living in the area of specialized production. 4. Transport faciitates industrial production because, of raw materials which come from many sources. Furthermore, transport enables the finished products of industry to be distributed to the markets in which they are sold. In all these cases, the efficiency of transport has to be measured not only in terms of its cost, but also in terms of its efficiency, which includes, inter alia, the time taken, the frequency of services, the safety of goods and passengers while in transit and the provision of various special services, such as the provision by railway undertakings of private siding facilities. This thesis will be divided into five parts, the first dealing with the technical and commercial development of the Buffalo Harbour. It has been decided to deal with the Harbour first because, not only has it been the focal point of the transport system of the Border Region since the latter part of the nineteenth century, but it has dominated the economic and commercial development of East London, as well as that of the Border Region as a whole. The second part deals with the evolution of the railway system from the 166 mile long East London and Queenstown Railway, to the present 1,110 miles of the Cape Eastern System. This historical chapter is followed by an analysis of the traffic of the Cape Eastern System. Part Three deals with the theory, practice, and economic consequences, of railway rating policy. Part Four is a detailed analysis of the goods traffic forwarded from, and received at East London in the period from 1st April, 1953 to 31st March, 1956. Part Five deals with roads and road transport. Finally, certain conclusions are offered, based on the significant points revealed by the investigation on which this thesis is based. In this thesis the theory of transport will not be dealt with in detail for it is essentially a factual account of the development of the transport system of the Border Region and an analysis of the present situation. It has unfortunately not been possible to make in this thesis a study of railway finance or railway economics with regard to the Cape Eastern System, for the data upon which to base such an investigation are not available for the Cape Eastern System in isolation. No attempt will be made to assess either the technical or the operating efficiency of the railway system for not only would this require more data than are available, but also a technical knowledge not possessed by the writer.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Thorn tree canopy - King Williams Town

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Thota peli na Molapo (The rolling downs of Molapo)

- Group of 20 women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 20 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
  • Language: Sotho
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161066 , vital:40588 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-08
  • Description: The soloist rises in pitch throughout the song. "Rolling downs of Molapo. Mokale and Khethisa are quarreling over the spring at Nkala. Horses are saddled. Who is the mother of the unmarried girl? Giver her a letter, Makamore, the marriage letter. There is a fight at the rolling downs. Horses should be saddled. They are going to Maseru. The worst singer is Raphane's mother. I shouted with a sad voice. I shouted and shook the graves. Women's party song with clapping.
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Tlalerwa re Humanega (Improverished by the wild dog)

- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey

Tlhaba we re tsena bene kakwe rea (We stab)

- Group of men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Kwena (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Molepolole f-bs
  • Language: Tswana/Kwena
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162835 , vital:40988 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-11
  • Description: "We stab, we enter. This is the song of the Kwena." All these songs were led by different soloists. It is difficult to obtain an adequate translation of an initiation song as they appear to be couched in mysterious and highly idiomatic terms. This song is used also as a fighting song. Male initiation song.
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Tloga o ense ka dinao kwalatla (Stand up, brave men)

- Japhta Modisane, Hugh Tracey

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