This dissertation is concerned with investigating robust approaches for the control of pneumatic muscle systems. Pneumatic muscle is a novel type of actuator. Besides having a high ratio of power to weight and flexible control of movement, it also...
Henry Lane Stone was born in Bath County, Kentucky, near Sharpsburg, in 1842. After his father moved the family to Indiana, he attended the Indiana common schools and was also a student in an academy in Bainbridge, Indiana. After a period as a...
Joseph T. Tucker was born in Marlboro, Vermont, in 1835. He went to Kentucky in 1854 and settled in Winchester, Kentucky During the Civil War, he was made lieutenant-colonel of the Confederate 7th Kentucky Cavalry, and later was promoted to colonel...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of George Webb Morell (1815-1883), a civil engineer, lawyer, farmer, and a Union general in the United States Civil War. At the start of the war he was appointed colonel and then promoted to brigadier general. His support of his corps...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Admirals--American--1860-1870; Admirals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey (1805-1877), a member of the U.S. Navy who commanded the steam frigate (steam-powered warship) USS Colorado which became flagship of the Gulf Blockading Squadron. He patrolled the Florida panhandle and then...
