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Church of England in Tasmania under Bishop Montgomery, 1889-1901 Open

Philip Hart · 2023

The Episcopate of Henry Hutchinson Montgomery, fourth Bishop of Tasmania, was a period of unparalleled expansion for the Church of England, This was directly due to Montgomery's infectious enthusiasm, and flair for organization. Though hel…

Novel Fabrication Tools for Dynamic Compression Targets with Engineered Voids Using Photolithography Methods Open

Silvia Pandolfi, Thomas Nixon Carver, Daniel Hodge, Andrew FT Leong, Kelin Kurzer-Ogul , et al. · 2022

Mesoscale imperfections, such as pores and voids, can strongly modify the properties and the mechanical response of materials under extreme conditions. Tracking the material response and microstructure evolution during void collapse is cru…

Ptychographic wavefront characterisation for single-particle imaging at X-ray lasers Open

Benedikt J. Daurer, S. Sala, Max F. Hantke, Hemanth K. N. Reddy, Johan Bielecki , et al. · 2020

A well-characterised wavefront is important for many X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) experiments, especially for single-particle imaging (SPI), where individual bio-molecules randomly sample a nanometer-region of highly-focused femtosecon…

Energy Savings Analysis of the Proposed Revision of the Washington D.C. Non-Residential Energy Code Open

Michael Rosenberg, Rahul A. Athalye, Philip Hart · 2017

This report presents the results of an assessment of savings for the proposed Washington D.C. energy code relative to ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2010. It includes annual and life cycle savings for site energy, source energy, energy cost, and car…

Implementation of Energy Code Controls Requirements in New Commercial Buildings Open

Michael Rosenberg, Philip Hart, Mike Hatten, Dennis Jones, Matthew Cooper · 2017

Most state energy codes in the United States are based on one of two national model codes; ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1 (Standard 90.1) or the International Code Council (ICC) International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Since 2004, covering the…

Developing Performance Cost Index Targets for ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Appendix G – Performance Rating Method - Rev.1 Open

Michael Rosenberg, Philip Hart · 2016

Appendix G, the Performance Rating Method in ASHRAE Standard 90.1 has been updated to make two significant changes for the 2016 edition, to be published in October of 2016. First, it allows Appendix G to be used as a third path for complia…

Developing Performance Cost Index Targets for ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Appendix G – Performance Rating Method Open

Michael Rosenberg, Philip Hart · 2016

Appendix G, the Performance Rating Method in ASHRAE Standard 90.1 has been updated to make two significant changes for the 2016 edition, to be published in October of 2016. First, it allows Appendix G to be used as a third path for complia…

Assessing Potential Energy Cost Savings from Increased Energy Code Compliance in Commercial Buildings Open

Michael Rosenberg, Philip Hart, Rahul A. Athalye, Jian Zhang, Weimin Wang · 2016

The US Department of Energy’s most recent commercial energy code compliance evaluation efforts focused on determining a percent compliance rating for states to help them meet requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (A…

The Tui Mines: a portion of the Te Aroha mining district Open

Philip Hart · 2016

After initial interest in it during the initial rush, the Tui portion of the Te Aroha field was largely ignored until Clem Cornes made a discovery in 1885 that produced great hopes for obtaining gold and silver. Investors were quickly inte…

The Eureka mine at Waiorongomai Open

Philip Hart · 2016

High on the mountainside, the Eureka was developed by two experienced miners for two and a half years before its ore was first crushed. Its owners were sustained during that long wait by anticipations that their ore was payable, working st…

Lavinia and Henry Dunbar Johnson Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Rawinia Manukau, of Ngati Tamatera, married Henry Dunbar Johnson in 1868, when aged 21. Johnson had been a storekeeper at Coromandel from 1863 onwards and after 1866 had the first store at the site of the future Paeroa. In both places, but…

Financial struggles and (rare) successes of miners in general and at Te Aroha in particular Open

Philip Hart · 2016

The price for gold mined at Waiorongomai was comparatively good during the 1880s and 1890s. But miners hoping for a windfall from their efforts found that the reality of their lives was a constant struggle to make a reasonable living. Alth…

Charles Gould: a farmer living near Te Aroha Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Coming from a wealthy family and with a brother who became a successful businessman, Charles Gould left the South Island to settle in Waitoa with every prospect of making a success of the large estate he had acquired. Observers praised the…

Piahana Hou: a Ngati Rahiri rangatira Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Piahana Hou, as the half-brother of Karauna Hou, had an illustrious ancestry, but to Pakeha he was known as, briefly, the skipper of a river steamer and, for most of his life, as a labourer. His interests in several blocks of land enabled …

Clement Augustus Cornes: the discoverer of the Tui Mines Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Clem Cornes was one of the most prominent Hauraki miners from the start of mining there until his death in 1906. He was also notable for a complicated, if unpublicized, private life resulting from his wife’s bigamy (or trigamy?). He prospe…

Thomas Francis Long: a businessman who prospected at Te Aroha Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Born in Tasmania, Thomas Francis Long worked as a carpenter and miner before settling in Waihi in the late 1890s. Subsequently he was a miner and contractor at Karangahake and Thames before settling in Gisborne, where his various business …

Thomas Mcindoe: a Te Aroha saddler who Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Starting out as a saddler at Te Aroha in 1891, Thomas McIndoe also became an agent, especially a successful land agent, acquiring some land holdings for himself. After leaving Te Aroha in 1911 he was a businessman in Auckland for the rest …

Special settlements in the Te Aroha district Open

Philip Hart · 2016

When negotiations for the Crown purchase of the Aroha Block were nearing completion in the late 1870s, some Englishmen sought land on which to establish special settlements. Local responses ranged from those wishing to see new capital inve…

The vegetation of the Te Aroha district Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Pakeha settlers universally admired the mountain’s vegetation, and several enthusiasts made botanical surveys. Both because of its intrinsic beauty and also to attract tourists, portions of the mountain were removed from the goldfield and …

Pollution in the Te Aroha district caused by mining Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Whereas miners (and their supporters in the Mines Department) felt constrained by the imposition of environmental controls, many Te Aroha residents were concerned about the purity of their domestic water supply, although a vocal minority w…

The first crushing at Waiorongomai, November 1883 Open

Philip Hart · 2016

By the time the battery was ready to crush the first batches of ore, expectations were high – too high. On 1 November 1883, when treatment started, suspicions of unethical conduct were raised by its being done in secrecy, suspicions raised…

Hardy’s Mines Ltd, of Waiorongomai Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Hardy’s Mines Ltd was formed on 30 April l904 to acquire all Edwin Henry Hardy’s mining properties. Because of his experience, Hardy was to supervise the work for the first three years of the company’s existence. Details are provided of th…

Involvement in political issues by people living in the Te Aroha district Open

Philip Hart · 2016

As only a minority of residents were enthusiastically interested in national political issues, efforts to encourage debates about such issues by forming clubs largely failed. There was much more interest in local politics, where many of th…

William Morris Newsham: a prospector and miner in the Te Aroha district Open

Philip Hart · 2016

New Zealand-born William Morris Newsham fought against Maori without suffering any mishaps, but when aged 35 had the most perilous experience of his life. When assisting to survey a potential railway line in the King Country, he was captur…

Ranapia Mokena: son of Mokena Hou Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Little is known of the early life of Ranapia Mokena. He owned land close to Thames and acquired interests in other blocks, which provided him with some income, but he was never wealthy, as indicated by his being sued for a series of small …

Edwin Henry Hardy: a Waiorongomai mine owner Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Edwin Henry Hardy worked as a surveyor before going to England to study mining. Upon his return in 1896 he was a representative in Hauraki of English mining companies and supervised several Coromandel mines in addition to acquiring mines i…

Joseph Campbell and his thermo-hyperphoric process Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Joseph Campbell was both an Anglican clergyman and a scientist, with a preference for the latter. Actively involved in educating the masses in scientific matters, and particularly those, like miners, with particular problems to overcome, h…

Rumours of gold at Te Aroha Open

Philip Hart · 2016

From the time of the opening of the Thames goldfield, miners were tormented by the belief that the best gold would be found in Te Aroha mountain, on their southern horizon - so near and yet so far because of Maori resistance to prospecting…

Women’s lives in the Te Aroha district Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Pioneer women were praised for their hard work, and this paper deals with all aspects of their lives in this district in the late nineteenth and, occasionally, the early twentieth century. Details are provided of all the women who held sha…

Mining at Te Aroha before the murder in February 1881 Open

Philip Hart · 2016

Mining was slow to restart after the Christmas holidays on a goldfield whose value was still unknown. Some miners did not return, but other men, mostly with mining experience, replaced them. As was pointed out, more testing was required to…

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