Forty-Third Annual Congress,Darlington and Bishop Auckland, 1886

Abstract

Although the wall-paintings in the three first floor bedrooms and the connecting passage at Ellys Manor House, Great Ponton (SK 927 304), have been known to exist for a considerable time and are amongst the most extensive and important of their period in the country, very little has been written about them and no attempt has been made to co-ordinate the information that is available.     

The Calderstones,Near Liverpool

Abstract

This article is a contribution to the revisionist literature on the monastic orders in late medieval England and their art and architecture. It discusses the visual and material cultures of the Cistercians in northern England in the period immediately before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, demonstrating the enduring popularity of the Order in the late Middle Ages and that patronage of art and architecture continued until the very moment of the Suppression. Evidence is also discussed showing that monks and nuns salvaged property from their houses in the hope that their monasteries would be restored.     

安福国会审议民国八年度国家总预算案探析

安福国会成立不久,就不断要求政府尽快提交年度预算决算案。在国会的压力下,1919年6月11日,总统徐世昌正式提交民国八年度国家总预算案。在总预算案审议过程中,焦点问题是军政费用支出,主要是军费、总统府、财政部等机构经费。国会审议结果,不仅军费削减二成,其他各项支出均有减少,政府预算总计减少二成多。在民国财政史上,政府年度总预算第一次正式被立法机构审议通过。安福国会不仅非常重视财政监督权的职责,而且在审议过程中也体现出一定的专业水平。虽然民国八年度国家总预算案最后并未严格实行,但是国会积极行使财政监督权,促进预算民主的努力还是值得肯定的。     

The Cooper in Liverpool

Abstract

This report assesses the efficiency in timing and layout of the mass-production system at the Portsmouth Dockyard block mill in the early 1800s. It is based on study of the extant buildings and machines as well as pictorial and written evidence from the past. Early output figures for some of the block-making machines reveal 8 to 17 per cent discrepancies from perfect coordination in timing. This difficulty was apparently offset by use of duplicate machines and by short-term stacking up of semi-finished parts between machine processes. An old line shafting diagram implies that the three sets of machines for making pulley-block shells of different sizes were arranged on one shop floor in a hollow rectangle, each set in its own production sequence. Although not ideal, the machinery's coordination and layout showed a greater rationality of design for efficient production 'flow' than has heretofore been documented for it.