A quantitative investigation of the absorption of certain cations by whole plants and plant tissues
- Cresswell, Christopher Frederick
- Authors: Cresswell, Christopher Frederick
- Date: 1959 , 2014-07-24
- Subjects: Cations -- Absorption and adsorption , Plant tissues
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4262 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013335
- Description: Introduction: Part 1. Greenhouse studies were conducted to investigate the absorption of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium by lemon seedlings. The plants were grown in controlled nutrient solutions and analysis of the plant material was made to determine the relationship between the four cations in the different plant organs. Results of the experiment may be summarized as follows:- The occurrence of leaf burn appeared to be associated with a low calcium content, together with a high sodium, potassium or sodium + potassium content. The development of the seedlings was shown to be markedly influenced by the level of calcium supply and to a much lesser degree by the level of potassium supplied. The concentration of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium in the stem and leaf varied with position of the tissues on the main axis. The level of sodium was found to influence the distribution of sodium in the leaves, and the sodium content of the leaf, stem and root tissues gave a good reflection of the level of sodium supplied. The effect of the sodium treatment on the uptake of potassium appeared to be dependent on the calcium content of the tissues. Sodium treatment was found not to affect the leaf calcium content. In the stem and root tissues the calcium content was reduced when the calcium level in the nutrient medium was low, and increased the calcium content of these two tissues at the higher level of calcium supply. The sodium supply was shown to reduce the leaf magnesium only slightly, and its affect on the magnesium content of the stem and root tissues was shown to be dependent on the level of calcium supplied. The potassium content of the leaves, stems and roots increased when the supply of potassium was raised. Increasing the potassium level in the nutrient supply was found to cause a very slight reduction in the sodium content of the leaf, but did not affect the sodium content of the stem and root. Potassium did not affect the calcium content of the leaves and increased the stem calcium when sodium was not present in the nutrient media in high concentrations. In the roots potassium only increase the calcium content at the upper level of calcium supply. The magnesium content of the leaf and stem tissues was reduced as the potassium supply was increased. In the roots the general trend was for the magnesium content to increase when the level of potassium treatment was raised. The calcium content of all the plant parts increased with a rise in the calcium supply, the stem and root tissues having a greater percentage increase than the leaves. The sodium content of the plant tissue was reduced as the level of calcium supply was raised. The leaf potassium content decreased with a higher calcium level of supply. In the stem and roots the potassium content was increased by doubling the calcium supply. The calcium treatment had no influence on the magnesium content of the foliage, but in the stem and root tissues a decrease in magnesium content resulted from an increase in the calcium supply. Part II Potato tuber tissue and carrot root tissue were used as experimental material in the investigation of sodium9 potassium9 and calcium uptake by storage tissue. It was shown that when the tissue disks are transferred from distilled water to a solution of salts there is a rapid initial uptake of cation which is neither particularly selective, nor related to metabolism, but dependent on the external concentration. On the other hand, the prolonged active accumulation of cation exhibits selectivity. Potassium absorption by potato tuber tissue was shown to be stimulated by sodium9 whereas the potassium and calcium absorption by carrot root tissue was shown to be reduced by sodium. Similarly the sodium absorption by the carrot root tissue was reduced by potassium, thus suggesting that the cations compete with one another for the same absorption mechanism.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Cresswell, Christopher Frederick
- Date: 1959 , 2014-07-24
- Subjects: Cations -- Absorption and adsorption , Plant tissues
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4262 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013335
- Description: Introduction: Part 1. Greenhouse studies were conducted to investigate the absorption of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium by lemon seedlings. The plants were grown in controlled nutrient solutions and analysis of the plant material was made to determine the relationship between the four cations in the different plant organs. Results of the experiment may be summarized as follows:- The occurrence of leaf burn appeared to be associated with a low calcium content, together with a high sodium, potassium or sodium + potassium content. The development of the seedlings was shown to be markedly influenced by the level of calcium supply and to a much lesser degree by the level of potassium supplied. The concentration of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium in the stem and leaf varied with position of the tissues on the main axis. The level of sodium was found to influence the distribution of sodium in the leaves, and the sodium content of the leaf, stem and root tissues gave a good reflection of the level of sodium supplied. The effect of the sodium treatment on the uptake of potassium appeared to be dependent on the calcium content of the tissues. Sodium treatment was found not to affect the leaf calcium content. In the stem and root tissues the calcium content was reduced when the calcium level in the nutrient medium was low, and increased the calcium content of these two tissues at the higher level of calcium supply. The sodium supply was shown to reduce the leaf magnesium only slightly, and its affect on the magnesium content of the stem and root tissues was shown to be dependent on the level of calcium supplied. The potassium content of the leaves, stems and roots increased when the supply of potassium was raised. Increasing the potassium level in the nutrient supply was found to cause a very slight reduction in the sodium content of the leaf, but did not affect the sodium content of the stem and root. Potassium did not affect the calcium content of the leaves and increased the stem calcium when sodium was not present in the nutrient media in high concentrations. In the roots potassium only increase the calcium content at the upper level of calcium supply. The magnesium content of the leaf and stem tissues was reduced as the potassium supply was increased. In the roots the general trend was for the magnesium content to increase when the level of potassium treatment was raised. The calcium content of all the plant parts increased with a rise in the calcium supply, the stem and root tissues having a greater percentage increase than the leaves. The sodium content of the plant tissue was reduced as the level of calcium supply was raised. The leaf potassium content decreased with a higher calcium level of supply. In the stem and roots the potassium content was increased by doubling the calcium supply. The calcium treatment had no influence on the magnesium content of the foliage, but in the stem and root tissues a decrease in magnesium content resulted from an increase in the calcium supply. Part II Potato tuber tissue and carrot root tissue were used as experimental material in the investigation of sodium9 potassium9 and calcium uptake by storage tissue. It was shown that when the tissue disks are transferred from distilled water to a solution of salts there is a rapid initial uptake of cation which is neither particularly selective, nor related to metabolism, but dependent on the external concentration. On the other hand, the prolonged active accumulation of cation exhibits selectivity. Potassium absorption by potato tuber tissue was shown to be stimulated by sodium9 whereas the potassium and calcium absorption by carrot root tissue was shown to be reduced by sodium. Similarly the sodium absorption by the carrot root tissue was reduced by potassium, thus suggesting that the cations compete with one another for the same absorption mechanism.
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- Date Issued: 1959
A study of the biology of the Jameson reservoir near Grahamstown, Cape Province
- Authors: Darbyshire, John Frederick
- Date: 1959
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6784 , vital:21179
- Description: 1. This thesis is an ecological study of a South African water storage reservoir and it’s tributary streams. 2. A brief description of the reservoir, the surrounding vegetation, superficial geological strata, soils and early history of the reservoir is given in Chapter I. 3. The surrounding vegetation is discussed in some detail in Chapter II. The zonation of the plants and the influence of water upon it are discussed. 4. The results of the regular investigations of the physicochemical environment are presented in Appendix 1 and the salient points noted in Chapter III. 5. The species of algae collected are listed in Appendix 2 and in Chapter IV are discussed in relation to habitat and abundance. 6. The animals are dealt with in a similar manner in Chapter V. Under 'Discussion and Conclusions' in Chapter VI an attempt is made to review the findings and discuss their significance.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Darbyshire, John Frederick
- Date: 1959
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6784 , vital:21179
- Description: 1. This thesis is an ecological study of a South African water storage reservoir and it’s tributary streams. 2. A brief description of the reservoir, the surrounding vegetation, superficial geological strata, soils and early history of the reservoir is given in Chapter I. 3. The surrounding vegetation is discussed in some detail in Chapter II. The zonation of the plants and the influence of water upon it are discussed. 4. The results of the regular investigations of the physicochemical environment are presented in Appendix 1 and the salient points noted in Chapter III. 5. The species of algae collected are listed in Appendix 2 and in Chapter IV are discussed in relation to habitat and abundance. 6. The animals are dealt with in a similar manner in Chapter V. Under 'Discussion and Conclusions' in Chapter VI an attempt is made to review the findings and discuss their significance.
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- Date Issued: 1959
A study of the heroine in certain Victorian novels
- Authors: Addecott, Grahame John
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism , Heroines in literature
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2319 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013374
- Description: During the reign of Queen Victoria was seen the gradual emergence of the emancipated woman. The idea that women were innocent beings who must be kept from real knowledge of the world died hard, however, and to the end of the era there were many who repudiated the very concept of emancipation whether in literature or life. Coupled with the chivalrous, idealistic concept of womanhood was Victorian respectability, and it is not surprising that in the earlier Victorian novels we see clearly the idealistic concept of women and the effects of the cult of respectability. To illustrate my theme, of the gradual change in the concept of the novel which naturally kept pace, more or less, with the progress the emancipation of women was making, I have chosen one novel from each of seven great Victorian novelists whose works span the whale era. The only exception I have made is with Charlotte Bronte. In her case the heroines of two of her novels are discussed mainly because she is the first Victorian novelist to sound a note of protest against the then conventional concept of the heroine.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Addecott, Grahame John
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism , Heroines in literature
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2319 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013374
- Description: During the reign of Queen Victoria was seen the gradual emergence of the emancipated woman. The idea that women were innocent beings who must be kept from real knowledge of the world died hard, however, and to the end of the era there were many who repudiated the very concept of emancipation whether in literature or life. Coupled with the chivalrous, idealistic concept of womanhood was Victorian respectability, and it is not surprising that in the earlier Victorian novels we see clearly the idealistic concept of women and the effects of the cult of respectability. To illustrate my theme, of the gradual change in the concept of the novel which naturally kept pace, more or less, with the progress the emancipation of women was making, I have chosen one novel from each of seven great Victorian novelists whose works span the whale era. The only exception I have made is with Charlotte Bronte. In her case the heroines of two of her novels are discussed mainly because she is the first Victorian novelist to sound a note of protest against the then conventional concept of the heroine.
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- Date Issued: 1959
A study of the predators and parasites of Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera) on vines in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
- Authors: Whitehead, Vincent Booth
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Hemiptera , Parasites , Insect pests -- Biological control , Grapes -- Diseases and pests
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5896 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013425
- Description: [Introduction] In the Western Cape Province the mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso), was first reported on vines in 1930 by Joubert (1943a). By 1935 this mealybug had spread to the Hex River Valley, and subsequently to all the main table grape producing areas of the Western Cape Province. At present Pl. citri is the most important insect pest of the table grape industry and can, if not effectively controlled, result in a loss of at least five per cent of the export table grape crop (Kriegler, 1954). Some preliminary work on the natural enemies of Pl. citri on vines was carried out by Stubbings in 1948, but no further work of this nature has been undertaken in this area since then. The fact that the natural enemies can be an effective check to this mealybug on vines in the Western Cape Province has been known for a number of years (Potgieter, 1937; Hattingh, 1943; Joubert, 1943a; Myburgh, 1951). The present work is an attempt to obtain some basic knowlege of the population fluctuations of the insects concerned in this biological control. Surveys undertaken have shown that there is a complex of primary, secondary and possibly tertiary Hynenopterous parasites associated with Pl. citri. The presence of hyperparasites reduces the efficiency of the primary parasitic Hymenoptera. The usefulness of these primary parasites is further reduced as they only occur in effective numbers for a short period of the year. On the other hand, although attacked by some parasites, the numerous coccinellids found preying on Pl. citri are of more importance in reducing the mealybug populations, as they are present on the vines in effective numbers for the greater part of the year.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Whitehead, Vincent Booth
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Hemiptera , Parasites , Insect pests -- Biological control , Grapes -- Diseases and pests
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5896 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013425
- Description: [Introduction] In the Western Cape Province the mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso), was first reported on vines in 1930 by Joubert (1943a). By 1935 this mealybug had spread to the Hex River Valley, and subsequently to all the main table grape producing areas of the Western Cape Province. At present Pl. citri is the most important insect pest of the table grape industry and can, if not effectively controlled, result in a loss of at least five per cent of the export table grape crop (Kriegler, 1954). Some preliminary work on the natural enemies of Pl. citri on vines was carried out by Stubbings in 1948, but no further work of this nature has been undertaken in this area since then. The fact that the natural enemies can be an effective check to this mealybug on vines in the Western Cape Province has been known for a number of years (Potgieter, 1937; Hattingh, 1943; Joubert, 1943a; Myburgh, 1951). The present work is an attempt to obtain some basic knowlege of the population fluctuations of the insects concerned in this biological control. Surveys undertaken have shown that there is a complex of primary, secondary and possibly tertiary Hynenopterous parasites associated with Pl. citri. The presence of hyperparasites reduces the efficiency of the primary parasitic Hymenoptera. The usefulness of these primary parasites is further reduced as they only occur in effective numbers for a short period of the year. On the other hand, although attacked by some parasites, the numerous coccinellids found preying on Pl. citri are of more importance in reducing the mealybug populations, as they are present on the vines in effective numbers for the greater part of the year.
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- Date Issued: 1959
A study of the relationship between the poetry and criticism of Ezra Pound 1908-1920
- De Villiers, André Rex Wepener
- Authors: De Villiers, André Rex Wepener
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2317 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013320
- Description: From the preface: The purpose of this thesis is exposition rather than criticism. Pound's position in the hierarchy of the 'New Criticism' would provide an extremely interesting subject; but I have rather tried to outline; the standards which he has laid down as being central in the technics of good poetry and to show how closely he has adhered to them in his own verse. I have limited the period to be discussed because all of the essential principles which he employs in his writing after 1920 are discernible in the body of his work published before that date.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: De Villiers, André Rex Wepener
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:2317 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013320
- Description: From the preface: The purpose of this thesis is exposition rather than criticism. Pound's position in the hierarchy of the 'New Criticism' would provide an extremely interesting subject; but I have rather tried to outline; the standards which he has laid down as being central in the technics of good poetry and to show how closely he has adhered to them in his own verse. I have limited the period to be discussed because all of the essential principles which he employs in his writing after 1920 are discernible in the body of his work published before that date.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Acacia Karoo - Eastern Cape (South Arica)
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Acacia karroo -- South Africa , Trees -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , essay
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109187 , vital:33083
- Description: Transcript: "Acacia karroo 01. 11. 1959. At Bashee Bridge, between Idutywa and Umtata, Transkei, trees just beginning to flower. One fairly advanced. At Kei bridge on the Transkei-Komga border only a few yellow dots of flower appearing; also as King William's Town. The winter and spring had been good this year. Last-week in May and into June. Autumnal tints fine. Trees change to a rich gold, made lovelier by the fern-like nature of the foliage. Colour varies from yellow to gold. July. Branches now bare August. Branches mostly bare still but where a tree is growing in a damp area, new shoots are staring 28.12.1958. Travelling between Grahamstown and King William's Town. Acacias in the Great Fish River valley were well out in flower, far in advance of those near Grahamstown, in the Keiskamma River valley, and at King William's Town. Always some trees in an area flower in advance of the rest and, always, certain trees surpass all others Sept.1960. Trees burst into leaf in about second week despite severe drought. Rather irregular as between tree and tree with some trees still in their old dark foliage and some still leafless after the winter, 16.10.1960. A few puffs of flower coming out. Otherwise only rough, unopened flower buds 1 June 1961. In the King William's Town bushveld many of the Acacia trees, now almost leafless or only sparsely leaved, have appearance of spume-like scum spread over them, a dirty off- white mass. But this is an illusion; it is caused by the fuzzy, wispy seed-covers of Clematis now in full seed.”
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Acacia karroo -- South Africa , Trees -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , essay
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109187 , vital:33083
- Description: Transcript: "Acacia karroo 01. 11. 1959. At Bashee Bridge, between Idutywa and Umtata, Transkei, trees just beginning to flower. One fairly advanced. At Kei bridge on the Transkei-Komga border only a few yellow dots of flower appearing; also as King William's Town. The winter and spring had been good this year. Last-week in May and into June. Autumnal tints fine. Trees change to a rich gold, made lovelier by the fern-like nature of the foliage. Colour varies from yellow to gold. July. Branches now bare August. Branches mostly bare still but where a tree is growing in a damp area, new shoots are staring 28.12.1958. Travelling between Grahamstown and King William's Town. Acacias in the Great Fish River valley were well out in flower, far in advance of those near Grahamstown, in the Keiskamma River valley, and at King William's Town. Always some trees in an area flower in advance of the rest and, always, certain trees surpass all others Sept.1960. Trees burst into leaf in about second week despite severe drought. Rather irregular as between tree and tree with some trees still in their old dark foliage and some still leafless after the winter, 16.10.1960. A few puffs of flower coming out. Otherwise only rough, unopened flower buds 1 June 1961. In the King William's Town bushveld many of the Acacia trees, now almost leafless or only sparsely leaved, have appearance of spume-like scum spread over them, a dirty off- white mass. But this is an illusion; it is caused by the fuzzy, wispy seed-covers of Clematis now in full seed.”
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- Date Issued: 1959
Die Christelike en die tragiese: intreerede aan die Universiteit Rhodes
- Authors: Antonissen, R K J E
- Date: 1959
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:592 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020661
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Antonissen, R K J E
- Date: 1959
- Language: Afrikaans
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:592 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020661
- Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Education for Barbarism: Bantu (Apartheid) Education in South Africa
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , Education – South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33948 , vital:33132 , Bulk File 7
- Description: This is a booklet put out by the Unity Movement of South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , Education – South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33948 , vital:33132 , Bulk File 7
- Description: This is a booklet put out by the Unity Movement of South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the Western Indian Ocean
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Blenniidae -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14976 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018775 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 14
- Description: Blennioid fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae are found in almost all seas. They are small, agile fishes of shallow water, most being intertidal. The body is normally naked, elongate; the pectoral and vertical fins well developed; the pelvics mostly reduced, the rays hidden in thick tissue, used as limbs for support of the body. Many species freely leave the water and are as agile as grasshoppers on land. I have found them virtually unaffected by underwater explosions, e.g. detonators, even close by, possibly because they have no air bladder. While some are sombre, many of these fishes are brilliantly coloured, those living in weed showing wide variation in colour on a basically similar pattern. While more abundant than in most tropical areas, none are of economic significance in the W. Indian Ocean. 67 species are described. All new species, and all others possible, including sexual dimorphs, have been figured, 24 in colour, and 53 monochrome illustrations, total 77. In the case of 4 species, neither specimens nor illustrations could be obtained. The locality from which each specimen illustrated came is given in each case. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Blenniidae -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14976 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018775 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 14
- Description: Blennioid fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae are found in almost all seas. They are small, agile fishes of shallow water, most being intertidal. The body is normally naked, elongate; the pectoral and vertical fins well developed; the pelvics mostly reduced, the rays hidden in thick tissue, used as limbs for support of the body. Many species freely leave the water and are as agile as grasshoppers on land. I have found them virtually unaffected by underwater explosions, e.g. detonators, even close by, possibly because they have no air bladder. While some are sombre, many of these fishes are brilliantly coloured, those living in weed showing wide variation in colour on a basically similar pattern. While more abundant than in most tropical areas, none are of economic significance in the W. Indian Ocean. 67 species are described. All new species, and all others possible, including sexual dimorphs, have been figured, 24 in colour, and 53 monochrome illustrations, total 77. In the case of 4 species, neither specimens nor illustrations could be obtained. The locality from which each specimen illustrated came is given in each case. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Fishes of the family Lethrinidae from the Western Indian Ocean
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Lethrinidae -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14979 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018778 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 17
- Description: Among the most difficult problems of the systematist are certain groups of tropical fishes, notably the Parrotfishes and the Lethrinidae, whose bright colours fade quickly after death. Both of these groups are especially abundant in the Indo-Pacific. The Parrotfishes are troublesome enough, but the species do tend to retain the same livery fairly constantly in life, and there are several features that provide well defined generic cleavage, as well as useful clues to species. The Lethrinidae are more difficult, having fewer variable features. Even dimensions, e.g. relative depth, are useful only when comparable stadia can be compared, as considerable general change in body shape may occur with growth. Under the water these are troublesome fishes to identify, as most species are camouflaged by an intricate pattern of cross bars, cloudy patches, and reticulations, which make them all look much alike. In addition, they are among the most wary of the reef fishes, and difficult to approach for close scrutiny. Fresh from the water, the concealing, darker, cross markings and reticulations usually fade within a few moments, and some species are not difficult to recognise, since just after death, colour and pattern are normally reasonably constant within one species, a few are almost constant, others show variation round a typical pattern. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Lethrinidae -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14979 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018778 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 17
- Description: Among the most difficult problems of the systematist are certain groups of tropical fishes, notably the Parrotfishes and the Lethrinidae, whose bright colours fade quickly after death. Both of these groups are especially abundant in the Indo-Pacific. The Parrotfishes are troublesome enough, but the species do tend to retain the same livery fairly constantly in life, and there are several features that provide well defined generic cleavage, as well as useful clues to species. The Lethrinidae are more difficult, having fewer variable features. Even dimensions, e.g. relative depth, are useful only when comparable stadia can be compared, as considerable general change in body shape may occur with growth. Under the water these are troublesome fishes to identify, as most species are camouflaged by an intricate pattern of cross bars, cloudy patches, and reticulations, which make them all look much alike. In addition, they are among the most wary of the reef fishes, and difficult to approach for close scrutiny. Fresh from the water, the concealing, darker, cross markings and reticulations usually fade within a few moments, and some species are not difficult to recognise, since just after death, colour and pattern are normally reasonably constant within one species, a few are almost constant, others show variation round a typical pattern. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Gobioid fishes of the families Gobiidae, Periophthalmidae, Trypauchenidae, Taenioididae, and Kraemeriidae of the Western Indian Ocean
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Gobiidae -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14975 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018774 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 13
- Description: Much said in the introduction to the Eleotridae (Bulletin No. 11 of this series, July 1958) applies with equal force to this large and closely related family, the overwhelming majority of whose members are small to minute fishes of shallow water, embracing some of the smallest vertebrates in existence. Most are found in coastal areas, some in freshwater, others have penetrated to fairly deep water. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Gobiidae -- Indian Ocean
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14975 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018774 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 13
- Description: Much said in the introduction to the Eleotridae (Bulletin No. 11 of this series, July 1958) applies with equal force to this large and closely related family, the overwhelming majority of whose members are small to minute fishes of shallow water, embracing some of the smallest vertebrates in existence. Most are found in coastal areas, some in freshwater, others have penetrated to fairly deep water. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Ionospheric studies of the solar eclipse 25 December, 1954
- Authors: McElhinny, M W
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Ionosphere -- Research , Solar eclipses
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5531 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012869
- Description: Since the Kennelly- Heaviside hypothesis in 1902 of the existence of a partially conducting layer in the upper atmosphere was proved to be true by the experiments of APPLETON and BARNETT (1925) and BREIT and TUVE (1926), this region has become known as the ionosphere. The ionosphere was soon discovered to consist of, not one but several layers (Fig. 1) (i) A layer at a height of just over 100 km. called the E layer. (ii) A layer at a height of approximately 300km. called the F₂ layer. (iii) A layer at a height of approximately 200 km. called the F₁ layer; this layer differs from the other two in that it is only present during the day time in Summer. (iv) Occasional intense reflections from a height of about 100 km. are found - these cannot be attributed to the normal E layer and have received the name "Sporadic E". The presence of two E layers (E₁ and E₂) has been suggested by HALLIDAY (1936) and BEST and RATCLIFFE (l978) but until recently most workers still seem to attribute these reflections to Sporadic E. Recent measurement by rockets of the electron density at E layer heights still do not confirm whether such bifurcation exists in the E region. The diurnal and seasonal variations of the first three layers indicate that the sun is the chief agent in their production. It is generally agreed that these layers consist of ionised molecules or atoms and free electrons produced by radiation from the sun. The origin of Sporadic E ionisation is still obscure, but it is thought that these sudden increases in ionisation which occur in E layer heights are due to passing meteors. Recently it has also been suggested by SEDDON, PICKAR and JACKSON (1954) from rocket measurements that Sporadic E might be due to a steep electron density gradient above the B layer.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: McElhinny, M W
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Ionosphere -- Research , Solar eclipses
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:5531 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012869
- Description: Since the Kennelly- Heaviside hypothesis in 1902 of the existence of a partially conducting layer in the upper atmosphere was proved to be true by the experiments of APPLETON and BARNETT (1925) and BREIT and TUVE (1926), this region has become known as the ionosphere. The ionosphere was soon discovered to consist of, not one but several layers (Fig. 1) (i) A layer at a height of just over 100 km. called the E layer. (ii) A layer at a height of approximately 300km. called the F₂ layer. (iii) A layer at a height of approximately 200 km. called the F₁ layer; this layer differs from the other two in that it is only present during the day time in Summer. (iv) Occasional intense reflections from a height of about 100 km. are found - these cannot be attributed to the normal E layer and have received the name "Sporadic E". The presence of two E layers (E₁ and E₂) has been suggested by HALLIDAY (1936) and BEST and RATCLIFFE (l978) but until recently most workers still seem to attribute these reflections to Sporadic E. Recent measurement by rockets of the electron density at E layer heights still do not confirm whether such bifurcation exists in the E region. The diurnal and seasonal variations of the first three layers indicate that the sun is the chief agent in their production. It is generally agreed that these layers consist of ionised molecules or atoms and free electrons produced by radiation from the sun. The origin of Sporadic E ionisation is still obscure, but it is thought that these sudden increases in ionisation which occur in E layer heights are due to passing meteors. Recently it has also been suggested by SEDDON, PICKAR and JACKSON (1954) from rocket measurements that Sporadic E might be due to a steep electron density gradient above the B layer.
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- Date Issued: 1959
King Kong: gala preview in aid of the African Music and Drama Trust
- Authors: Goldreich, Arhtur
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: King Kong (Musical) -- History and critisism , Musicals -- South Africa -- History and critisism , Music -- South Africa , Matshikiza, Todd, 1921-1968 -- King Kong
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/53867 , vital:26340 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Goldreich, Arhtur
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: King Kong (Musical) -- History and critisism , Musicals -- South Africa -- History and critisism , Music -- South Africa , Matshikiza, Todd, 1921-1968 -- King Kong
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/53867 , vital:26340 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Linkage in extra-sensory perception
- Authors: Marsh, Maurice Clement
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Telepathy , Extrasensory perception
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3215 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012840
- Description: The aims of this investigation were firstly to find whether 371 subjects, mainly students at Rhodes University, would be able to reproduce target drawings made 470 miles away by an agent in Cape Town, by means of General Extra-Sensory Perception; secondly, to find whether any association existed between any such hit scoring ability shown and personality ratings derived from a battery of personality test material; and thirdly, to find whether providing the subjects with material designed to link them more closely with the agent would increase their scoring rate. The 17,440 drawings returned by the subjects were randomised, and scored against a randomised set of 100 drawings consisting of 50 which had actually been used as targets, intermixed with 50 that were equal in difficulty but which had not been used as targets, and which were inserted merely as controls. Three independent judges assessed the subjects' drawings, and awarded hits in terms of title, shape and association. In the crucial title hits highly significant deviations in favour of the experimental target drawings were found, the control series of drawings showing no such effects. It was found that the subjects' hits were distributed evenly throughout the whole 25 day period of the experiment for each target, and showed no tendency to occur more frequently in the week a particular drawing was being used as a target than in the other weeks when it was not. When the subjects were divided into a high scoring and low-scoring group in terms of their E.S. P. abiility, the high- scoring group proved to be significantly more extraverted (as measured by the Bernreuter B3I scale) than the low- scoring group, confirming a relationship previously reported by Humphrey. In addition the data showed several other relationships, predicted by the work of previous experimenters, although these did not reach the .01 level of statistical significance. To assess the effect of the Linkage Material the subjects were divided into an experimental and a control group. The Experimental Group was supplied with correct Linkage Material, the Control Group with incorrect Linkage Material, which they were led to believe was correct . The two sets of Linkage Material were equated in all other respects. The Experimental Group showed significant improvements in scoring rate when supplied with a photograph and description of the agent, and a probably significant improvement when supplied with squares of handkerchief which had previously belonged to him. When supplied with squares of colour, also appearing on the agent's target sheets, no significant increase in scoring rate took place on the target drawings, but a significant decrease occurred in hits scored on the control targets. By contrast no consistent significant fluctuations were shown by Control Group Subjects, leading to the conclusion that the correctness of the Linkage Material was a factor contributing to its effectiveness. A qualitative examination of the hits scored by the subjects revealed that they tended to reproduce the concepts depicted by the target drawings, rather than the actual shapes drawn by the agent, suggesting that the hits were being produced by a telepathic process rather than a clairvoyant one. The results of the experiment suggest that the subjects were assisted by the Linkage Material to gain access to the agent's mind as a whole, and not to particular items in it. This throws doubt on the correctness of Whately Carington's Association Theory of Telepathy, which the experiment was designed to test.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Marsh, Maurice Clement
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Telepathy , Extrasensory perception
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:3215 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012840
- Description: The aims of this investigation were firstly to find whether 371 subjects, mainly students at Rhodes University, would be able to reproduce target drawings made 470 miles away by an agent in Cape Town, by means of General Extra-Sensory Perception; secondly, to find whether any association existed between any such hit scoring ability shown and personality ratings derived from a battery of personality test material; and thirdly, to find whether providing the subjects with material designed to link them more closely with the agent would increase their scoring rate. The 17,440 drawings returned by the subjects were randomised, and scored against a randomised set of 100 drawings consisting of 50 which had actually been used as targets, intermixed with 50 that were equal in difficulty but which had not been used as targets, and which were inserted merely as controls. Three independent judges assessed the subjects' drawings, and awarded hits in terms of title, shape and association. In the crucial title hits highly significant deviations in favour of the experimental target drawings were found, the control series of drawings showing no such effects. It was found that the subjects' hits were distributed evenly throughout the whole 25 day period of the experiment for each target, and showed no tendency to occur more frequently in the week a particular drawing was being used as a target than in the other weeks when it was not. When the subjects were divided into a high scoring and low-scoring group in terms of their E.S. P. abiility, the high- scoring group proved to be significantly more extraverted (as measured by the Bernreuter B3I scale) than the low- scoring group, confirming a relationship previously reported by Humphrey. In addition the data showed several other relationships, predicted by the work of previous experimenters, although these did not reach the .01 level of statistical significance. To assess the effect of the Linkage Material the subjects were divided into an experimental and a control group. The Experimental Group was supplied with correct Linkage Material, the Control Group with incorrect Linkage Material, which they were led to believe was correct . The two sets of Linkage Material were equated in all other respects. The Experimental Group showed significant improvements in scoring rate when supplied with a photograph and description of the agent, and a probably significant improvement when supplied with squares of handkerchief which had previously belonged to him. When supplied with squares of colour, also appearing on the agent's target sheets, no significant increase in scoring rate took place on the target drawings, but a significant decrease occurred in hits scored on the control targets. By contrast no consistent significant fluctuations were shown by Control Group Subjects, leading to the conclusion that the correctness of the Linkage Material was a factor contributing to its effectiveness. A qualitative examination of the hits scored by the subjects revealed that they tended to reproduce the concepts depicted by the target drawings, rather than the actual shapes drawn by the agent, suggesting that the hits were being produced by a telepathic process rather than a clairvoyant one. The results of the experiment suggest that the subjects were assisted by the Linkage Material to gain access to the agent's mind as a whole, and not to particular items in it. This throws doubt on the correctness of Whately Carington's Association Theory of Telepathy, which the experiment was designed to test.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Macleantown: a study of a small South African community
- Authors: Irving, James
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Macleantown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Village communities -- South Africa South Africa -- Rural conditions South Africa -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2590 , vital:20306
- Description: For some years the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University has been engaged in an intensive study of the area of the Eastern Province of the Union of South Africa known to South Africans as the Border Region. By a singular chance an invitation from the East London Divisional Council to investigate the condition of a Border village arose when, in the course of a visit from its Secretary, sufficient data was shown concerning the conditions of village life in the region, to suggest that a special study should be made of rural problems on an intensive basis. In the first instance the enquiry directed to the Institute was administrative in the sense that difficulties were arising in the villages to warrant the establishment of sufficient authentic facts to point the way to methods of solving the immediate difficulties of the Council. While this object has not been overlooked, and it would have been less than courteous to have overlooked the demand that brought-the research into being, it has been thought necessary to widen the scope of the investigation to include materials that go beyond the administrative needs of the Council. The scope of the investigation has been widened to include an analysis of the village community as well as a co-ordinated body of brute fact. While "irreducible fact" is the basis on which the investigation rests, the attempt has been made to isolate meaning and significance of the data; it is in the latter field that deeper aspects of administrative decisions lie more often than in mountains of fact no matter how reliable. A community is an organised unit; there is no simple explanation of the way in which human social institutions work except by analysing the behaviour of people in their everyday activity. The manner in which the organisation works and be more or less efficient and there was prima facie evidence that the community of Macleantown was not organised to yield maximal efficiency. The causative factors involved in this drop in efficiency thus becomes one of the basic tasks , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Irving, James
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Macleantown (South Africa) -- Social conditions Village communities -- South Africa South Africa -- Rural conditions South Africa -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2590 , vital:20306
- Description: For some years the Institute of Social and Economic Research at Rhodes University has been engaged in an intensive study of the area of the Eastern Province of the Union of South Africa known to South Africans as the Border Region. By a singular chance an invitation from the East London Divisional Council to investigate the condition of a Border village arose when, in the course of a visit from its Secretary, sufficient data was shown concerning the conditions of village life in the region, to suggest that a special study should be made of rural problems on an intensive basis. In the first instance the enquiry directed to the Institute was administrative in the sense that difficulties were arising in the villages to warrant the establishment of sufficient authentic facts to point the way to methods of solving the immediate difficulties of the Council. While this object has not been overlooked, and it would have been less than courteous to have overlooked the demand that brought-the research into being, it has been thought necessary to widen the scope of the investigation to include materials that go beyond the administrative needs of the Council. The scope of the investigation has been widened to include an analysis of the village community as well as a co-ordinated body of brute fact. While "irreducible fact" is the basis on which the investigation rests, the attempt has been made to isolate meaning and significance of the data; it is in the latter field that deeper aspects of administrative decisions lie more often than in mountains of fact no matter how reliable. A community is an organised unit; there is no simple explanation of the way in which human social institutions work except by analysing the behaviour of people in their everyday activity. The manner in which the organisation works and be more or less efficient and there was prima facie evidence that the community of Macleantown was not organised to yield maximal efficiency. The causative factors involved in this drop in efficiency thus becomes one of the basic tasks , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Report on slum clearance and the ability of Europeans to pay an economic rent in a small South African city
- Authors: Irving, James
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Slums -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Whites -- South Africa -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2565 , vital:20304
- Description: In this paper an analysis is developed of the characteristics of a group of Europeans who have been declared to be living in houses unfit for habitation in terms of the criteria laid down in the Slums Act No. 53 of 1934. It is assumed, for purposes of analysis, that the group will be transferred to municipal housing and that, like the Coloured and Africans in the City of Grahamstown, economic rent scales will be applied. This paper is, therefore, concerned with the present condition of the tenants in the slum but is predictive in terms of what will most probably happen if they are transferred to better municipally owned housing under economic rentals. The specific reasons why economic rent, without subsidisation, is likely to be applied to this group need not concern us in this paper. Even if an economic rent is not applied the discussion is held to be of value so far as sets up standards and techniques by which levels of subsidisation, if applied, might be measured. Further, the data is held to be factually interesting so far as it relates to the poverty of Europeans on which, little has been written for some years. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Irving, James
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Slums -- South Africa -- Grahamstown Whites -- South Africa -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Economic conditions Grahamstown (South Africa) -- Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Book , Text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2565 , vital:20304
- Description: In this paper an analysis is developed of the characteristics of a group of Europeans who have been declared to be living in houses unfit for habitation in terms of the criteria laid down in the Slums Act No. 53 of 1934. It is assumed, for purposes of analysis, that the group will be transferred to municipal housing and that, like the Coloured and Africans in the City of Grahamstown, economic rent scales will be applied. This paper is, therefore, concerned with the present condition of the tenants in the slum but is predictive in terms of what will most probably happen if they are transferred to better municipally owned housing under economic rentals. The specific reasons why economic rent, without subsidisation, is likely to be applied to this group need not concern us in this paper. Even if an economic rent is not applied the discussion is held to be of value so far as sets up standards and techniques by which levels of subsidisation, if applied, might be measured. Further, the data is held to be factually interesting so far as it relates to the poverty of Europeans on which, little has been written for some years. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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- Date Issued: 1959
Rhodes University Graduation Ceremony 1959
- Authors: Rhodes University
- Date: 1959
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: vital:8093 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004403
- Description: Rhodes University Graduation Ceremony in the University Great Hall on Friday , 3rd April, 1959, at 8 p.m. [and] Graduation Ceremony held in April 1959: University College of Fort Hare. Graduation Ceremony at Fort Hare on Friday, April 17th, 1959.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Rhodes University
- Date: 1959
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: vital:8093 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004403
- Description: Rhodes University Graduation Ceremony in the University Great Hall on Friday , 3rd April, 1959, at 8 p.m. [and] Graduation Ceremony held in April 1959: University College of Fort Hare. Graduation Ceremony at Fort Hare on Friday, April 17th, 1959.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Serioline fishes (yellowtails: amberjacks) from the Western Indian Ocean
- Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Seriola , Yellowtail
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14977 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018776 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 15
- Description: Among the most esteemed by the big game angler, these fishes are of world-wide distribution, and the various species (commonly named “Yellowtail” in South Africa), are all built on much the same plan, the caudal lunate, the dorsal and anal fins long and mostly low. All are powerful swimmers, presumably able to cover vast distances, and within each genus and subgenus the different species do not differ widely from one another. As a result, there has been a general tendency for systematists to identify species, even in remote parts, with those already known. The literature reveals astonishingly few detailed original descriptions of these fishes, and there has been a regrettable tendency merely to reproduce early illustrations that are technically good, rather than to provide originals of actual specimens, which has caused widespread confusion. Two genera are treated here, viz. Seriola Cuvier, 1817 and the monotypic Seriolina Wakiya, 1924; Zonichthys Swainson, 1839 is regarded as Atlantic only, while the pelagic monotypic Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 is so well known as scarcely to need inclusion here. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Smith, J.L.B. (James Leonard Brierley), 1897-1968
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Seriola , Yellowtail
- Language: English
- Type: Text
- Identifier: vital:14977 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018776 , Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 15
- Description: Among the most esteemed by the big game angler, these fishes are of world-wide distribution, and the various species (commonly named “Yellowtail” in South Africa), are all built on much the same plan, the caudal lunate, the dorsal and anal fins long and mostly low. All are powerful swimmers, presumably able to cover vast distances, and within each genus and subgenus the different species do not differ widely from one another. As a result, there has been a general tendency for systematists to identify species, even in remote parts, with those already known. The literature reveals astonishingly few detailed original descriptions of these fishes, and there has been a regrettable tendency merely to reproduce early illustrations that are technically good, rather than to provide originals of actual specimens, which has caused widespread confusion. Two genera are treated here, viz. Seriola Cuvier, 1817 and the monotypic Seriolina Wakiya, 1924; Zonichthys Swainson, 1839 is regarded as Atlantic only, while the pelagic monotypic Naucrates Rafinesque, 1810 is so well known as scarcely to need inclusion here. , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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- Date Issued: 1959
The anatomy of human misery and its therapy : a study of miracles and healing in the life of our Lord and in the early church, until the Council of Nicaea
- Authors: Hawkridge, John Bernard
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Miracles , Spiritual healing -- Psychological aspects , Healing in the Bible , Church history
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1257 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012229 , Jesus Christ -- Miracles , Spiritual healing -- Psychological aspects , Healing in the Bible , Church history
- Description: This thesis seeks to show that miracles and healing are inseparable from the Messianic task of Jesus Christ; and that in so far as He commissioned His Church to continue that Messianic task, it is reasonable to expect that miracles and healing would continue. The early history of the Church is examined for evidence confirming this expectation, and a question is asked of the contemporary Church.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Hawkridge, John Bernard
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Miracles , Spiritual healing -- Psychological aspects , Healing in the Bible , Church history
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1257 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012229 , Jesus Christ -- Miracles , Spiritual healing -- Psychological aspects , Healing in the Bible , Church history
- Description: This thesis seeks to show that miracles and healing are inseparable from the Messianic task of Jesus Christ; and that in so far as He commissioned His Church to continue that Messianic task, it is reasonable to expect that miracles and healing would continue. The early history of the Church is examined for evidence confirming this expectation, and a question is asked of the contemporary Church.
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- Date Issued: 1959
The economic geography of the Union's chicory Industry : past and present
- Authors: Young, Bruce Stratton
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Chicory -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:4882 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013438
- Description: The motivating force behind this survey and study of a branch of the Union's agricultural industry has been the conviction that detailed case studies of economic activities and their influences on the map of the country are the essential foundation stones on which mature scholars may build a perceptive and valuable economic geography of the Union.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Young, Bruce Stratton
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Chicory -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:4882 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013438
- Description: The motivating force behind this survey and study of a branch of the Union's agricultural industry has been the conviction that detailed case studies of economic activities and their influences on the map of the country are the essential foundation stones on which mature scholars may build a perceptive and valuable economic geography of the Union.
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- Date Issued: 1959