III.—Æolian Sandstone

1881 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
T. Mellard Reade
Keyword(s):  
Sand Dunes ◽  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
Cross Bedding ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

As bearing upon the subject of Mr. J. Arthur Phillips's interesting and valuable paper in the last number of the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, entitled, “On the Constitution and History of Grits and Sandstones,” a description of a cliff section of blown sand now to be seen on the coast at Crosby may not be without value. The section in question, which attracted the attention of a local geologist, Mr. William Semmons, and myself, is at a point on the coast where the sea is encroaching upon the sand-dunes, and washing them away at the base leaves the face almost vertical. The resemblance of the sand to rock is most striking, presenting all those peculiarities of cross-bedding and lines of erosion we are familiar with in some of the Triassic sandstones of the neighbourhood. During the last twelve years, in walks along the shore, I have often observed the laminations of the blown sand disclosed by denudation, but never so strikingly as in the present case. The beds not only display delicate laminations, but stand out in ribs and cornices, simulating Gothic mouldings in pi'ofile. On trying how so loose a material as blown sand could retain these projecting forms, I was surprised to find the projections comparatively hard and solid. On breaking a piece off, the reason became apparent; for instead of the usually dry incoherent grains of sand, below the surface-skin the sand was quite damp. A very little addition of siliceous or calcareous cement would turn the mass into rock.

scholarly journals IV.—Notes on the Process of Schist-Making in the Malvern Hills

1892 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 545-548
Author(s):  
Charles Callaway
Keyword(s):  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
Igneous Origin ◽  
The Subject

In the October Number of this Magazine, a paper by the Rev. A. Irving, D.Sc, calls for some comment. The subject, “The Malvern Crystallines,” is one which has engaged my close attention during the last seven years, and two expositions of my views have appeared in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. I am glad to find that Dr. Irving accepts my main conclusion —that the Malvern gneisses and schists are of igneous origin; but there are some important details in which he has formed a different opinion. It will not be necessary for me to discuss these differences with any fulness, since my third and final paper, which is nearly ready, treats of some of his more material objections to my views.

The Eclipse

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-130
Author(s):  
Samy Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Peace Movement ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Gaza Strip

2006-2010: during these four decisive years in the history of the peace movement, the movement experienced a dramatic eclipse. Within an Israeli society that had grown increasingly nationalist, more attached to symbols of Jewish identity and the memory of the Holocaust, more concerned than ever about security, and less interested in making peace with the Palestinians, the movement was incapable both of promoting a message of peace and taking a stance on the subject of human rights. It seemed apathetic, paralyzed, almost non-existent in the face of the terrible events that marked the period. This chapter shows how and why this eclipse occurred. These years were punctuated by two large-scale military operations, the war in Lebanon in July 2006 and Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip from late 2008 to early 2009. These hostilities caused turmoil in the Israeli collective psychology and the perception of war and peace.

scholarly journals Moving Birds in Hawai'i: Assisted Colonisation in a Colonised Land

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-64
Author(s):  
Thom Van Dooren
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Native Hawaiian ◽  
Avian Species ◽  
Kanaka Maoli ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many

In September 2011, a delicate cargo of 24 Nihoa Millerbirds was carefully loaded by conservationists onto a ship for a three-day voyage to Laysan Island in the remote Northwest Hawaiian Islands. The goal of this effort was to establish a second population of this endangered species, an “insurance population” in the face of the mounting pressures of climate change and potential new biotic arrivals. But the millerbird, or ulūlu in Hawaiian, is just one of the many avian species to become the subject of this kind of “assisted colonisation.” In Hawai'i, and around the world, recent years have seen a broad range of efforts to safeguard species by finding them homes in new places. Thinking through the ulūlu project, this article explores the challenges and possibilities of assisted colonisation in this colonised land. What does it mean to move birds in the context of the long, and ongoing, history of dispossession of the Kānaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian people? How are distinct but entangled process of colonisation, of unworlding, at work in the lives of both people and birds? Ultimately, this article explores how these diverse colonisations might be understood and told responsibly in an era of escalating loss and extinction.

I.—Eminent Living Geologists

1916 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 289-295
Author(s):  
John Edward Marr
Keyword(s):  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

The subject of the present memoir occupies a distinguished position as lecturer and teacher of our science in the University of Cambridge, one which he has held for more than thirty years, and he is well known among geologists generally as a high authority on the Palæozoic rocks, his writings being recorded in the “Quarterly Journal” of the Geological Society (of which Society he has filled the offices both of Secretary and President). His name has also frequently appeared as the author of important papers in the GeologicalMagazink and other works.

The Structure of the South-West Highlands

1922 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 301-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. B. Wright ◽  
E. M. Anderson ◽  
J. E. Richey ◽  
H. H. Read
Keyword(s):  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
The South ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
South West ◽  
The Subject

Last summer we spent seven days with Mr. E. B. Bailey investigating some of the evidence upon which he bases his interpretation of the structure of the South-West Highlands, and we feel that our experience should be at the disposal of others interested in the subject. Mr. Bailey's full account of his theory will shortly appear in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, and an abstract has already been printed in the Proceedings of that Society, dated April, 1921.

scholarly journals VII.—Supplement to a Chapter in the History of Meteorites

1882 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 424-429
Author(s):  
Walter Flight
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Microscopic Structure ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

At the end of the year 1880, Dr. O. Hahn, of Reutlingen, a lawyer by calling, published a big work entitled Die Metcoriten (Chondrite) und ihre Organismen mit 32 Tafeln photographischer Abbildungen (1880, Tubingen: H. Laupp), by which he claimed to have shown the presence in meteoric rocks of sponges, corals, and crinoids. A statement of his views was read before a meeting of the Geological Society the same summer. Early this year Dr. D. F. Weinland published a paper in support of these views, Ueber die in Meteoriten entdeekten Thierreste. Illustrated with two woodcuts (1882, Esslingen: G. Fröhner). The question was thoroughly gone into in a scientific way by Prof. Carl Vogt, of Geneva, and the conclusions at which he arrived are contained in a paper entitled Les prétendus Organismes des Météorites, published 1882, Genéve: H. Georg. It is shown that Dr. Hahn had no foundation for his conclusions; that all the pretended organic structures are purely inorganic; and that in no single case do they present the microscopic structure of the organisms for which they have been mistaken — such as crinoids, corals, and sponges. See also Dr. Laurence Smith on the subject in the Amer. Jour. Sc. 1882, February, 156.

scholarly journals “Design Thinking”: Defending Silicon Valley at the Apex of Global Labor Hierarchies

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilly Irani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

This paper examines the emergence of “design thinking” as a form of technical expertise. It demonstrates that “design thinking” articulates a racialized understanding of labor, judgment, and the subject and attempts to maintain whiteness at the apex of global hierarchies of labor.“Design thinking” is a form of expertise that poses design not as form giving, but as a form of empathic reason by which executives can plan products, services, and accumulation. Silicon Valley, business schools, and reformers promote it as a form of caring technical expertise by which some guide futures for others. The paper will examine the history of the concept of “design thinking” – a category forged by Silicon Valley designers in the face of mounting competitive pressures on design professions in the United States in the mid-2000s. By drawing on artifacts, documents, public debates about the design profession from this period, I will demonstrate how champions of “design thinking” responded to expanded availability of design labor globally by figuring Asians and machines as the creative subject's Other.

scholarly journals Bussiness ethichs course and a proposal for artist oath in fine arts faculties

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayhan Ozer
Keyword(s):  
Fine Arts ◽  
Philosophy Of Art ◽  
Social Events ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
Business Functions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Constituent Elements

Although format, purpose and method of art which is in the same age with the history of humanity showed significant changes from past to present and still is continuing to show changes, the main three elements which generated it have never changed. These ones are; artist, artwork and receiver. It is necessary to mention that these three constituent elements show significant changes just like art itself. Artist is the most effective one between them.As it would be wrong to say that artist is a tradesman by looking only business functions and value of the works; it will not resolve the subject to say not tradesman by just looking through the philosophy of art, either. Artistry is a high concept including being tradesman. It is not expected from a carpenter to react to social events or it cannot be criticized butcher's not to react to social events.  An airplane pilot in the face of social events is not condemned for his opinions about the event and a jockey will not face with a reaction for not referring social events, either.         Keywords: art, ethics, fine arts.

scholarly journals Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi

2021 ◽  
pp. 339-336
Author(s):  
Zeynep Atbaş
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Art ◽  
Book Illustration ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The One

"Ottoman sultans showed a great interest in books; on the one hand, they had their palace workshops prepare manuscripts ornamented with unique illustrations and illuminations; on the other hand, they collected books created in other locations of the Islamic world through various means, such as, gifting, looting, and purchasing. The subject of this article involves the artistic manuscripts from the Ilkhanid era that entered the Topkapı Palace Treasury. Most manuscripts in the Topkapı Palace Library consist of copies and sections (juz’) of the Koran. With their illumination and binding, these large-format books designed by the skillful illuminators and bookbinders of the Ilkhanid era are early fourteenth-century masterpieces of Islamic art of the book. Among these are Koran sections prepared for the famous Ilkhanid ruler, Sultan Uljaytu Khodabanda, and the renowned vizier, Rashid al-Din. Some examples were written by the most illustrious Islamic calligraphers, Yaqut al-Musta’simi and Arghun Kamili, illuminated by the famous artist of the era who worked in Baghdad, Muhammad b. Aybak b. Abdallah, and bound by bookbinder Abd al-Rahman. The Ilkhanid era was also a time when fascinating and important manuscripts were prepared in terms of book illustration. Two of the three Mongol-era manuscripts in the Topkapı Palace collection are copies of the Jami’at-Tawarikh—a general history of the world prepared by a commission led by the vizier Rashid al-Din under the order of the Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan— while the third is a copy of the Garshaspnama. In addition, some paintings that appear in one of the palace albums belong to a volume of the Jami’at-Tawarikh on the history of Mongol khans, which has not survived. The significant and unique paintings of the Ilkhanid era are the Miʿrajnama paintings made by Ahmed Musa featured in the album prepared for Bahram Mirza, the brother of the Safavid sultan, Shah Tahmasp. The preface of the album written by Dust Muhammad refers to the famous painter Ahmed Musa, who lived in the era of the Ilkhanid ruler Abu Said, to have “removed the veil from the face of painting and invented the painting that was popular in that era.” In addition, the author states that he illustrated a Miʿrajnama. However, only the eight album pages with miʿraj images have survived this work. Through their bindings, illuminations, calligraphy, and illustrations, Ilkhanid era manuscripts from the Topkapı Palace constitute a vital collection that demonstrates the advanced level reached by the arts of the book during this era. "

IV.—On the Post-pliocene Formations of the Isle of Man

1875 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Birds
Keyword(s):  
Quarterly Journal ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
Isle Of Man ◽  
North Wales ◽  
History Of ◽  
Special Points

It is not a little remarkable that, while almost every part of England and Scotland, and particularly the district of “the Lakes” and North Wales, has been abundantly studied and written about,—and while Ireland also has been almost completely surveyed,—the Isle of Man should not only have been left untouched by the Geological Survey, but, latterly at least, should have well-nigh escaped the attention of geologists altogether. With the exception of three or four papers by the Rev. J. G. Cumming, published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, and their embodiment in a more popular form in his History of the Isle of Man, and Guide Book, scarcely anything appears to have been written upon the geology of the island, besides some Memoirs published in the infancy of the science, or a few brief notices of special points since.

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