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Made for the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company, the block instrument was used to indicate in signal boxes whether a section of track was clear or occupied by a train. Gifted to the North Ayrshire Museum in 1987 by ScotRail.
Wooden and glass case with brass fittings. Telegraph operated bell with semaphore signals for up and down trains and an indicator to show the block's Train on Line/Normal/Line Clear state.
The Glasgow & South Western Railway Company formed in 1850 with the amalgamation of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & Ayr Railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway. In 1923 it became part of the London, Midland, Scottish Railway.
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument in the assembly facility, 1999. AIRS on board NASA's Aqua Satellite was launched into Earth orbit on May 4, 2002.
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About AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, in conjunction with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, AMSU, sense emitted infrared and microwave radiation from the Earth to provide a three-dimensional look at Earth's weather and climate. Working in tandem, the two instruments make simultaneous observations all the way down to the Earth's surface, even in the presence of heavy clouds. With more than 2,000 channels sensing different regions of the atmosphere, the system creates a global, 3-dimensional map of atmospheric temperature and humidity, cloud amounts and heights, greenhouse gas concentrations, and many other atmospheric phenomena. The AIRS and AMSU fly onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft and are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument in the assembly facility, 1999. AIRS on board NASA's Aqua Satellite was launched into Earth orbit on May 4, 2002.
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About AIRS
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, in conjunction with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, AMSU, sense emitted infrared and microwave radiation from the Earth to provide a three-dimensional look at Earth's weather and climate. Working in tandem, the two instruments make simultaneous observations all the way down to the Earth's surface, even in the presence of heavy clouds. With more than 2,000 channels sensing different regions of the atmosphere, the system creates a global, 3-dimensional map of atmospheric temperature and humidity, cloud amounts and heights, greenhouse gas concentrations, and many other atmospheric phenomena. The AIRS and AMSU fly onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft and are managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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This instrument is not only the oldest musical instrument in the museum's collection but also possibly the oldest keyboard instrument in a public collection in Australia. It is representative of the broad style of plucked string keyboard instruments common in several parts of Europe from about the fifteenth century until the eighteenth century that featured lid paintings as an integral part of their artistic expression. Its significance lies in these main attributes.
The instrument has a compass of 4 octaves with a short octave in the bass. The painting possibly dates from a later period being in an eighteenth century Italian style. A recent series of ultra violet and infrared images of the painting revealed repainting of some parts with the possible addition of a human figure to the group on the left hand side and to the front of the couple dancing.
Not a lot is known of the previous history of this instrument. It appears to have still been in Italian hands during the 1830s judging by an inscription on the instrument. Donald H Boalch in Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord 1440-1840 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995) suggests that this virginals is probably the same as one by de Taegis that was a part of the Savoye Collection in Paris and was sold in 1924. By all accounts it seems likely that this instrument is the only existing example by this maker.
Vincentius de Taeggiis was a member of the religious order, the Servites of Mary in the convent of San Giorgio in Bologna. He was part of the household of Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi, a nephew of Pope Gregory XV. According to existing records in the archive of the Servites of Mary in Rome there is no indication of the role he played in the household or whether he was as a carpenter, instrument maker or musician.
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I listen to this song when I'm feeling down to remind me of my greater purpose in life. I don't have to be Christian to understand the values imparted in this song. It's awe inspiring to realize that my own happiness depends on other people's happiness, and that I must do my part in maintaining that. We are all interconnected and I find that thought so encouraging. Listen when you get a sec.
During a concert in the series XXI International Festival "Young Artists in Krakow" (XXI Międzynarodowy Festiwal „Młodzi Artyści w Krakowie”). Bazylika Mariacke, Kraków, Poland
Communication between the instrument shelter at the ARM Nauru site and the Operations Center in the United States is conducted by phone, fax, and satellite. Operation of the Nauru site is managed out of the TWP Operations Center at the U.S. DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the Nauru Department of Industry and Economic Development.
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OurDailyChallenge "Writing or Drawing Instrument"
This is the instrument that I use to draw funds against (Make drawings) my account. An Automated Banking Machine, a different type of tool or instrument. Perhaps not exactly what was intended for this challenge, but for some reason this popped into my mind today.