The Ubaid Period : Evidence of Architectural Planning and the Use of a Standard Unit of Measurement - the "Ubaid cubit" in Mesopotamia

Megalithic metrology, the notion that Neolithic monument builders employed a standard unit of measurement when setting out stone circles, has a long history. William Stukeley was the first to suggest that this standard unit was the druid cubit. He may have drawn on Isaac Newton's 1728 description of the temple of Abydos, which noted that the layout utilised cubits in the design, though the druid cubit was Stukeley's invention. This idea of a standard universal measure seemingly lay dormant for over a century until Edward Duke, Charles Piazzi Smyth and Sir William Flinders Petrie proposed other metrological systems. The subject was taken up again in 1930 when Ludovic McLellan Mann wrote a pamphlet entitled Craftsmen's Measures in Prehistoric Times in which he detailed new measures; the ‘alpha unit’ (0.619 inches) and the ‘beta unit’ (0.55 inches). A special committee formed from members of the Glasgow Archaeological Society and the Glasgow University Geological Society resoundingly disagreed, but Mann found approval from outside the archaeological community when his ideas were taken up by Major F C Tyler, who used them to elaborate on his own version of the lengths of Alfred Watkins’ old straight tracks. More famously, Alexander Thom made megalithic metrology, (the megalithic rod, yard, foot, and inch) an essential part of his thesis, ideas which received an esoteric twist in the New Age writings of John Michell. Was this an original discovery or was Thom influenced by Mann and others before him?

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The standard unit mass flow rate of gas-liquid mixtures

Automation Telemechanization and Communication in Oil Industry ◽

10.33285/0132-2222-2020-9(566)-13-16 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 13-16

Author(s):

V.N. Petrov ◽

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V.F. Sopin ◽

L.A. Akhmetzyanova ◽

Ya.S. Petrova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mass Flow Rate ◽

Mass Flow ◽

Flow Rate ◽

Liquid Mixtures ◽

Unit Mass ◽

Standard Unit

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Interrelation of Architectural Concepts and Principles of Artificial Lighting in the Moscow Concert Hall Zaryadye

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-117 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 4-13

Author(s):

Maria M. Ilyevskaya

Keyword(s):

Concert Hall ◽

Distinctive Features ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Building Type ◽

Concert Halls ◽

Architectural Language ◽

The Creation ◽

Architectural Planning ◽

The Individual ◽

Formal Features

The article is focused on the analysis of the Zaryadye Concert Hall building in Moscow in terms of the significance of artificial lighting for the creation of the imagery and perception of this facility within the typology of entertainment music-oriented buildings. Through the example of modern places of entertainment, the author reveals a number of formal features (typological attributes), which, being common to buildings of this function, constitute the basis of their image and become obvious due to the realized lighting concept. The interpretation of these attributes in the interaction of architectural planning and lighting concepts in the Zaryadye Concert Hall is traced. In conclusion, the distinctive features of the building under consideration are determined. At the same time, they reflect a new understanding of concert halls as a building type, the changes related to the overall development of architecture, as well as the elements of the individual architectural language.

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Unit of Measurement Used and Parent Medication Dosing Errors

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2014-0395d ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 134 (2) ◽

pp. X18-X18

Keyword(s):

Unit Of Measurement

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Enterprise Architecture Planning Untuk Proses Pengelolaan Manajemen Aset Dengan Zachman Framework

Register Jurnal Ilmiah Teknologi Sistem Informasi ◽

10.26594/r.v2i2.552 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 98

Author(s):

Titus Kristanto

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Asset Management ◽

Enterprise Architecture ◽

Management Process ◽

Implementation Planning ◽

Is Evaluation ◽

Zachman Framework ◽

Architectural Planning

AbstrakManajemen aset merupakan hal terpenting dalam perusahaan. Proses manajemen aset yang tepat, dapat membuat aset yang dimiliki perusahaan lebih optimal. Dalam penelitian ini, Penulis membahas perancangan Enterprise Architecture (EA) manajemen aset yang dimiliki oleh PT Pembangkit Jawa Bali (PT PJB) dengan Zachman Framework. Ada 7 (tujuh) tahapan yang dilakukan perusahaan dalam manajemen aset yaitu tahapan pengumpulan data, inisialisasi perencanaan, melihat kondisi perusahaan, menganalisis hasil kondisi enterprise, membuat perencanaan arsitektur, membuat rencana implementasi, dan membuat portofolio aplikasi. Hasil penelitian adalah evaluasi blueprint arsitektur untuk diimplementasikan pada beberapa tahun di masa mendatang.Kata kunci: Enterprise Architecture Planning, manajemen aset, Zachman Frameworks. AbstractAsset management is a cornerstone for any business organisations. Proper asset management process can make a company's assets more optimal. This paper discusses the design of enterprise architecture of management assets owned by PT Pembangkit Jawa Bali with Zachman Framework. There are 7 stages in asset management, i.e. data collection, initialization planning, Observing the existing condition of enterprise, analyze the results of the condition of enterprise companies, create architectural planning, create implementation planning, and create application portfolio. The results of this reseach is evaluation of architectural blueprint to be implemented for several years in the future.Keywords: Asset management, Enterprise Architecture Planning, Zachman Framework.

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