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Well-point techniques and the shallow water table in boulder clay (1974)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M., & Visvalingam, M. (1974). Well-point techniques and the shallow water table in boulder clay. The Journal of soil science, 25(4), 505-516. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.1974.tb01145.x

The reliability of water-table measurements in clay soil is currently under review (Twocock, 1971; Bonell, 1971; Visvalingam, 1972). This paper summarizes some of the experimental results from a boulder clay catchment in East Yorkshire. The experimen... Read More about Well-point techniques and the shallow water table in boulder clay.

The administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673 (1974)
Thesis
Turnbull, A. (1974). The administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212464

The intention of this thesis is to provide a study of the administrative developments in the navy from the Restoration to the resignation of the Duke of York as Lord High Admiral in 1673. The administration is examined closely and this reveals the we... Read More about The administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673.

The oligo-miocene sediments of the Maltese Islands (1974)
Thesis
Pedley, M. (1974). The oligo-miocene sediments of the Maltese Islands. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213835

The Maltese Islands are situated at the south-western end of the Malta-Ragusa Rise, an area characterised by high gravity anomaly values and a ridge-like bathymetrical profile. The Islands lie 50-80km. south of Sicily and 282km. away from the north A... Read More about The oligo-miocene sediments of the Maltese Islands.

The influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England (1974)
Thesis
Hepple, J. R. (1974). The influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218082

The argument, a discussion of the influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England, is presented in what might be termed a 'legal' framework. Firstly the initial proposition is put forward, that the landowners exe... Read More about The influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England.

The English pillow lace industry : a study of rural industry in competition during the nineteenth century (1974)
Thesis
Spenceley, G. F. R. (1974). The English pillow lace industry : a study of rural industry in competition during the nineteenth century. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218297

This thesis attempts to give substance to research in an oft-neglected area of Britain's economy by studying, in depth, one of the numerous rural industries which existed in England as it passed through its industrial revolution, and beyond. The pict... Read More about The English pillow lace industry : a study of rural industry in competition during the nineteenth century.

Feeding and mortality in the early months of life : changes in medical opinion and popular feeding practice, 1850-1900 (1973)
Thesis
Roberts, A. E. (1973). Feeding and mortality in the early months of life : changes in medical opinion and popular feeding practice, 1850-1900. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220402

This thesis is concerned with the artificial feeding of very young children during the second half of the nineteenth century, and its implications for infant health and survival. The decline of breastfeeding which occurred in England between the year... Read More about Feeding and mortality in the early months of life : changes in medical opinion and popular feeding practice, 1850-1900.

The sedimentology and petrology of the new red sandstone of the Elgin Basin, North East Scotland (1973)
Thesis
Williams, D. P. (1973). The sedimentology and petrology of the new red sandstone of the Elgin Basin, North East Scotland. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213737

The New Red Sandstone Elgin Basin occupied the approximate position of the present day Moray Firth. The basin was dominantly continental in character although periodic marine incursions occurred from the main Norwegian Basin to the east.

To the so... Read More about The sedimentology and petrology of the new red sandstone of the Elgin Basin, North East Scotland.

Residential patterns in the nineteenth century city : Kingston upon Hull, 1851 (1973)
Thesis
Tansey, P. A. (1973). Residential patterns in the nineteenth century city : Kingston upon Hull, 1851. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220394

Studies of residential patterns have tended to concentrate on cities in modern societies at a similar stage of advanced industrial development. Those studies which have been carried out in less advanced societies, however, suggest that the forces beh... Read More about Residential patterns in the nineteenth century city : Kingston upon Hull, 1851.

The neutron method for measuring soil moisture content - a review (1972)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M., & Tandy, J. D. (1972). The neutron method for measuring soil moisture content - a review. The Journal of soil science, 23(4), 499-511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.1972.tb01680.x

THE various methods of measuring the soil moisture content and its variations in space and time have been reviewed by many authors (Taylor, 1955; Marshall, 1959; Todd, 1960; Ballard and Gardner, 1965; Cope and Trickett, 1965). The moisture content is... Read More about The neutron method for measuring soil moisture content - a review.

Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900 (1972)
Thesis
Fisher, J. R. (1972). Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213711

The work of historians over the past decade has done much to clarify the nature of the impact of cheap imports on British agriculture in the late nineteenth century. A feature of such work has been the emphasis placed on the positive adaptation of ag... Read More about Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900.

Economic and social attitudes to landed property in England 1790-1850. (1972)
Thesis
Martin, D. E. 1. (1972). Economic and social attitudes to landed property in England 1790-1850. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215913

The principal aim of this thesis is to examine the ideas that were held on the subject of landed property in England between approximately 1790 and 1850. In the opening chapters the debate about landed property in the 1790s is considered. Under the... Read More about Economic and social attitudes to landed property in England 1790-1850..

Karst water studies in the Malham area, north of the Craven faults (1971)
Thesis
Ternan, J. L. (1971). Karst water studies in the Malham area, north of the Craven faults. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213965

[Introduction]:
'Science invites her admirers here, presenting one a knot of questions to solve respecting these rifted rocks, and those huge fragments of stone, that lie arranged in such orderly array ...'

These words written of the Malham area... Read More about Karst water studies in the Malham area, north of the Craven faults.

Problems involving heat transfer with change of phase (1971)
Thesis
Beckett, P. M. (1971). Problems involving heat transfer with change of phase. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220614

In Part I, two-dimensional laminar film condensation is investigated on the basis of boundary layer theory. The case of flow past a semi-infinite flat plate, which is aligned parallel to a uniform mainstream with velocity Um*(x)=Uo*, is discussed by... Read More about Problems involving heat transfer with change of phase.

Deviation of the Sungei Mulia (1970)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M. (1970). Deviation of the Sungei Mulia. Geographica : journal of the Department of Geography, and Geographical Society, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 6, 123-129

Changes in land use triggering the instability of canalised river channels in padi fields in the Gombak Valley, Selangor, Malaysia.

The responses to unemployment in the 1930's, with particular reference to South-East Lancashire (1970)
Thesis
Hayburn, R. H. C. (1970). The responses to unemployment in the 1930's, with particular reference to South-East Lancashire. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213757

This Thesis is a study of unemployment in the 1930's in the cotton-spinning region of South-East Lancashire, including the two cities of Manchester and Salford. It falls into three sections. The first concerns the economic background - contemporary e... Read More about The responses to unemployment in the 1930's, with particular reference to South-East Lancashire.