Peacock Research Articles

Peacocks Ltd and Ors v Chapman Taylor and Ors

Peacocks Ltd and Ors v Chapman Taylor and Ors

The Millstones of Ancient Pompei A petro-archaeometric study

This study concerns 47 hourglass and 25 rotary-hand millstones from Pompei. All of them are made of volcanic rocks. Most samples were chemically analysed and all were studied by optical microscopy. Out of the rotary-hand millstones, 20 are composed of leucite basaltic trachyandesites belonging to the oldest eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius, 4 are mugearites and hawaiites from Etna, and 1 (of uncertain provenance) is a leucitic tephriphonolite. Among the hourglass millstone samples, 29 are leucitic phonolites from the Orvieto quarries discovered by Peacock (1986), and 18 are leucite basaltic trachyandesites identical to the rocks making up the rotary-hand millstones. The typology of the hourglass millstones varies between the different manufacturing areas. According to the morphological classification we propose here Orvieto millstones belong to the A type and Somma-Vesuvius millstones to the B type. Therefore, our research demonstrates that millstone trade was frequent and important in Roman times.

A Prototype for Mr. Toobad in Peacock's Nightmare Abbey

A Prototype for Mr. Toobad in Peacock's Nightmare Abbey

A Prototype for Mr. Toobad in Peacock's Nightmare Abbey

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Turtles and Peacocks: Collaboration in Entertainment-Education Television

Turtles and Peacocks: Collaboration in Entertainment-Education Television

Olive cultivar improvement through selection and biotechnology

The olive research program at the University of Adelaide is focussed on the selection of improved olive cultivars. Superior selections have been obtained from populations of feral olives that have escaped from cultivationand now grow wild throughout the southern areas of Australia. Several trees have been deemed 'superior' based on oil yield and quality data obtained by Soxhlet extraction, gas chromatography and organoleptic assessment. Techniques developed for analysing new selections will also be used to provide quality assurance to the Australian olive industry. Cultivar identification of Australian and international accessions is now a routine practice using DNA fingerprinting by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. A genetic marker linked to peacock spot disease resistance was identified using bulked segregant analysis and a linkage map for olive has been generated that will be used to locate further molecular markers linked to agronomic traits. These markers will be used on new selections to make predictions about their performance under long-term cultivation. We have also investigated the degree of cross- and self-incompatibility between the cultivars Frantoio, Manzanillo, Kalamata, Pendolino and Picual, using a 5 x 5 diallel cross.

Progress towards pest and disease management in Australian olive production

With the rapid expansion of the Australian olive industry during the past decade, plantings have been made in many parts of Australia including both temperate and sub-tropical regions, where summer-dominant rainfall may present production problems. Australia appears to be free of many cosmopolitan olive pests and diseases such as olive moth (Prays oleae), olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) and olive knot (Pseudomonas savastanoi), although some species such as black scale (Saissetia oleae) and peacock spot (Spilocea oleaginea) are widely distributed. Australia also has several native pests of cultivated olive, including olive lace bug, Froggattia olivinia and Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni. The industry has identified sustainable pest and disease management as a key priority, and a national project has been funded by the Australian Government through the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.

Operating within the law B. Campbell, K. Callum and N. A. Peacock 210 × 149 mm. Pp. 254. 2001. Shifnal: TFM Publishing. £24·95

Operating within the law B. Campbell, K. Callum and N. A. Peacock 210 × 149 mm. Pp. 254. 2001. Shifnal: TFM Publishing. £24·95

Kew (1998-1999)/Susan Peacock (b. 1951)

Kew (1998-1999)/Susan Peacock (b. 1951)

Shelley's First "Pythian"

Previous articleNext article No AccessShelley's First "Pythian"Michael ErkelenzMichael Erkelenz Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Modern Philology Volume 97, Number 3Feb., 2000 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/492867 Views: 3Total views on this site Copyright 2000 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

The Making of Peacocks Treatise on Algebra: A Case of Creative Indecision

Peacock occupe une place importante dans la litterature de l'histoire des mathematiques du XIX e siecle grâce a son traite d'algebre, premier ouvrage traitant d'algebre publie en Angleterre

Mr. Darwin misread Miss Peacock's mind: a new look at mate selection in light of lessons from nature

Mr. Darwin misread Miss Peacock's mind: a new look at mate selection in light of lessons from nature

Left-footedness in Peacocks: An Emperor's Tale

Left-footedness in Peacocks: An Emperor's Tale

Left-footedness in Peacocks: An Emperor's Tale

Left-footedness in Peacocks: An Emperor's Tale

Book Review: The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, by George Gheverghese Joseph

Book Review: The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, by George Gheverghese Joseph

Book Review: The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, by George Gheverghese Joseph

Book Review: The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, by George Gheverghese Joseph

Peacock Named ACLS Representative

Peacock Named ACLS Representative

Schubert's 'Nina' and the True Peacocks

Schubert's 'Nina' and the True Peacocks

Peacock and His "Pet Politician": An Unpublished Latin Squib on the Coalition against Palmerston

Peacock and His "Pet Politician": An Unpublished Latin Squib on the Coalition against Palmerston

The “manifest destiny” of the performing arts by A. Peacock

The “manifest destiny” of the performing arts by A. Peacock