EARLY NAVAL ORDNANCE

U.s. Naval Ordnance Test Station an Activity of the Naval Material Command

This is a Project Michelson study report. The author analyzes 17 Chinese Communist dramatic films and compares them with traditional Chinese literature and drama and with Chinese films produced in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The dominant themes discussed are 1. The Feudalistic Family 2. Liberation of Women 3. Liberation of Youth 4. Reactionary Figures 5. Revolutionary Figures 6. Antiindividualism 7. ...

Classification of Unexploded Ordnance

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Visual ordnance recognition

We describe a method for recognizing surface-lying ordnance in test ranges using stereo range information and image edge maps. This method is to be used by an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) surveying the test range for autonomous clearing of ordnance. We concentrate on a particular type of cylindrical ordnance (BLU-97) in current usage in U.S. military test ranges. In order to locate instances o...

An Examination of Changes in the Distribution of Wealth From 1989 to 1998: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances

The views presented in this paper are those of the author alone, and they do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or its official staff. The author wishes to thank Rochelle Antoniewicz for sharing the flow of funds calculations used in this paper, Amber Lynn Lytle for research assistance, Annamaria Lusardi, Martha Starr-McCluer and John Weich...

Breed and ”Booze”, naval demand and early modern production