Transport Museum

Figure 1.1. Whtt by Chantrey in Suspension, c. 1974. Originally in Westminster Abbey, the statue was left behind when the Transport Museum, where it had been housed from I960, moved from Clapham to York. (U.K National Archives, Authors Photo)...

In 2006, a table-top energy-dispersive XRF (ED-XRF) spectrometer was acquired by the Archaeometry Lab to facilitate non-destructive analysis of obsidian and other types of artifacts. One of the first projects performed on the new XRF spectrometer was the re-analysis of the geological samples from sources in Peru. As a result, it is now possible for the Archaeometry Lab to use either XRF or NAA to successfully determine the provenance of obsidian artifacts from Peru. Due to its light weight, the spectrometer also has the potential to be transported from the laboratory to museums and to archaeological sites for in situ analysis. 

Indirect effects. Although this could include an almost infinite number of contributions, here it will be defined as including emissions from anything people take with them into the museum (e.g., clothes). Anything more detached, for example, emissions from road transport or fixed human equipment (e.g., photocopiers) will not be considered. 

Fabrics to be transported should have sturdy cardboard or tube supports and should be protected. When handling a rolled museum fabric, touch only the tube and do not grab the museum fabric. Carry and store tubes horizontally, never vertically. Fabrics laid flat on a support or a mount should be kept horizontal at all times. Floors of hallways and rooms should be smooth, and the truck or dolly used for transport should be equipped with swivelling, rubber-covered casters and shock absorbers. Secure museum fabrics on the truck and move slowly. If the fabric is to be carried by hand, the object must be placed in a box or a case. One should never carry them exposed or hanging free. 

The Infantry Landing Ship Tef elberg saiUnil in a 500-ship convoy, containing numerous other passen> er ship auxiliaries, transporting troops for the landin> s in French North. Africa in November 19 12. imperial li ar Museum)... 

The Europa s six years of enforced immobility came to an end when the. merican authorities moved her across the River Weser to drydock for inspection and repainting.. Afterwards she sailed to the United States where she was refitted as a troop transport. She is seen still wearing the dazzle colouring which had been applied for her participation in Operation Sealion. (Imperial U ar Museum)... 

Objects, including large guns, were recovered from the sea prior to the formation of the Mary Rose Trust in 1979, and they were taken to the conservation laboratories of the City Museum the same day. Close planning and liaison with the people providing equipment to lift the guns from the wreck site and take them ashore, the road transport and the museum staff were essential. Once the operation became full-time in 1979, the Mary Rose Trust, a charity and a company limited by guarantee, was formed to excavate and, if feasible and... 

Today, almost all international museums and galleries possess collections which contain plastics. Plastics may be identified within building materials, defence equipment, ethnography, furniture, housewares, information technology, medical and sports equipment, modem art, photography and toys. Many combine metals, textiles and wood with plastics in their construction. In addition to the objects themselves, many of the materials used to store, transport and display them are also plastics. While museums continue their policy to collect objects that reflect both everyday life and historical events, the proportion of plastics in museums will increase. 

X-ray fluorescence is used to detect elemental magnesium, aluminium, silicon and iron present in glass fibres. They exhibit detection limits around 5 ppm. Handheld XRF analysers are now available and finding increasing use in museums because they can be used in storage areas and displays to examine olgects without the inconvenience of transportation. 

Traces of metals are present in most polymers as a result of processing in stainless steel reaction vessels, being transported in metal containers and shaping in metal moulds or rolling between metal rollers. Many metal ions catalyze oxidation by accelerating decomposition of hydroperoxides at room temperature. Observation of plastics materials in museums suggests that copper is a highly effective catalyst for semi-synthetic materials such as cellulose nitrate and... 

The Freedom Tower and World Trade Centre Office Towers 2, 3 and 4 will be partially fuelled by four 1.2 MW fuel cell systems (4.8 MW in total) to be acquired by the New York Power Authority (NYPA). Also, The Freedom Tower, World Trade Centre Transportation Hub, Memorial and Memorial Museum will be powered by 184 million kW of renewable energy. NYPA will purchase 93 million KW hours of renewable energy credits (RECs) and Silverstein Properties, the developers, will also purchase a further 91 million KW hours of RECs for Towers 2, 3 and 4. 

Deutsches Museum http //www.deutsches-museum.de/ (accessed September 21, 2010). The archives of the Deutsches Museum are the leading collections for the history of science and technology in Enrope. They hold currently 4.3 kilometers of archival material, sources, and documents. The archival collections focus on transportation, aeronautics, and astro-nantics, the history of physics and chemistry. The library offers literature that primarily relates to the history of the natural sciences and technology, ranging from nonfiction titles to scientific mannals or specialist essays and papers from the invention of the letterpress to the present day (from Web page). 

Binnenkade, A. (1995). Frauen und Manner im Tunneldorf Goschenen [Men and women in the tunnel village of Goschenen], Unpublished manuscript. Annotated bibliography produced for the Swiss Museum of Transport. 

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