Postal service--History; Postal service--Southwest, Old
In every civilization of which any record has been preserved, there is known to have been some organized plan for maintaining communication by couriers who were either post runners or riders mounted. The relaying of these couriers was an obvious...
A. Plan - 1. East chevet with three apses 2. Transept topped with a square lantern tower 3. Polygonal stairway turrets 4. Nave and aisles 5. Crypt-hall with ambulatory set with niches throughout; B. Longitudinal section; C. Axonometric projection.
This study explored the predictive relationships of teacher efficacy, teacher knowledge, and teacher practices with student achievement. More specifically, secondary mathematics teachers' efficacy beliefs, geometry knowledge for teaching, and the...
Neef, Joseph, 1770-1854; Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 1746-1827
In the early nineteenth century the Pestalossian system of education became very popular in Europe, and, aided by the necessity of something positive to take the place of the decayed and formalistic systems then prevalent, the movement spread...
The role of mothers, the constitution of families, and the power of their stories are the bedrock of my thesis, which is the first 90 pages of a novel entitled Playing House . In it, I hope to investigate the denotation and connotation of the words...
University of Louisville--Presidents; College presidents; Architects; Architectural models;
Architect Jens Frederick Larson and the president of U of L, Dr. John W. Taylor, pose in front of a model of a plan for the university's Belknap Campus housed in a glass case. Larson created a master plan for the expansion of the university in the...
Micro air vehicles (MAVs) are type of unmanned aircraft with a maximum length of 150 mm (6 in.) and flight speed of less than 10 m/s. Because their flight speed is comparable to the environmental wind speed coupled with their small size and low...
A common problem faced by most organizations in today's world is one of worker-task assignments. Assigning a large number of complex tasks to workers at various training levels can be a complicated process which has the potential to cost or to save...
Catalog of an exhibition of a proposed city plan of Louisville by presented by the University of Louisville, Allen R. Hite Art Institute February 1949.
Plan developed for city of Lystra on South Creek of Rolling Fork in Nelson County, Kentucky, is comprised of perpendicular streets and blocks of uniform size. Printed in the lower right corner, "Note. The Town is divided into 188 Lots. The...
Plan of the city of Washington, D.C. illustrates the L'Enfant design and shows the location of the Capitol Building, the President's House and streets named for the first fifteen states, including Kentucky. Each block is numbered. Elevation versus...
Plan developed for the city of Franklinville between the Licking River's North and Middle Branches in Mason County, Kentucky, consists of perpendicular streets and blocks of uniform size. Printed on the map, "Note. Each Square contains 16...
Reprint of 1831 map of Louisville, Kentucky, on a scale of 400 feet to the inch. Inverted, with northern boundary of Ohio River at the bottom of the page and southern boundary Prather Street (now Broadway) at the top, Beargrass Creek at left, and...
Informational handout from Stearns Coal and Lumber Company with two sticks of dynamite. The handout reads, in part, "Dynamite! The Stearns Coal and Lumber Company announced a plan which will enable certain selected coal dealers to blast their...
Buildings; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architectural rendering of University of Louisville Belknap Campus created by Jens Fredrick Larson in 1936. Larson created a master plan for the expansion of the university's Belknap Campus that was never realized due to the Second World War....