In an exploratory survey of the serviceability of wood in the
marine environment in the Pacific Northwest, pressure-creosoted
piling with tops protected from wetting by the superstructure provided
40 and more years of service and showed little or no indication
of deterioration. The service life of these piling is still...
Published March 1979. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
Revised March 1981. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
The Norwegian-Swedish Crisis of 1905 is unique because the two
kingdoms, united in a dual monarchy, separated peacably. The thesis
raises three questions: why did Norway want independence at all, why
was the secession peacable, and can any of the factors which solved
the Crisis of 1905 be injected or...
Published August 1981. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the Sea Grant Catalog: http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/publications
American meteorology was synonymous with subjective weather forecasting in the early twentieth century. Controlled by the Weather Bureau and with no academic programs of its own, the few hundred extant meteorologists had no standing in the scientific community. Until the American Meteorological Society was founded in 1919, meteorologists had no...
