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	Patrick Meik Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Patrick went to work for his father and worked on Meik's harbours at Burntisland and Bo'ness on the river Forth in Scotland before being asked by Sir Benjamin Baker to be resident engineer (1882-1885) on the foundations and piers of the Forth Rail Bridge (designed by Baker and Sir John Fowler).
		In 1894, he was joined by his brother Charles and together they worked on a major commission to construct docks and a railway at Port Talbot, followed by an equally ambitious scheme to expand the port of Seaham, officially opened in 1905.
		Patrick Meik died in 1910, mourned as "an able and accomplished engineer: whose "kindness of heart and social qualities endeared him to a large circle of friends".
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/p/pa/patrick_meik.html (242 words)

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		Charles Meik, Sir Thomas Bouch\rquote s assistant, was sent down to Dundee to examine and make a sketch of them; and this sketch was brought in by him during the progress of the inquiry.
		Meik, a civil engineer and a very compe tent witness, was not prepared to say had scratched the iron to the depth of one sixty-fourth of an inch, and which he described as \'93very slight,\'94 should have produced such results.
		Charles Clark, living on Magdalene Green, nea r the northern end of the bridge, and who has been in the habit of noting and registering the state of the weather at Dundee for the last 14 years, told us that during that time he remembered about four storms equally violent.
	www.open2.net /forensic_engineering/riddle/forensic_eng.rtf (10966 words)

	Sunderland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This history has contributed to a lasting civic enmity between Newcastle and Sunderland, most evident in the intense football rivalry between Sunderland and Newcastle United - one of the longest lasting and fiercest rivalries in English football.
		The community, which was concentrated in the East End and, later, Ashbrooke, made a positive contribution to local business and culture.
		Sir Jack Cohen and Charles Slater, two prominent Sunderland Jews, were highly influential on local politics in the latter half of the 20th century.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sunderland (2991 words)

	Talbot Hotel
		He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, and became a fellow of All Souls College in 1704.
		It was therefore his daughter Emily Charlotte Talbot (1840-1918) who inherited her father's fortune and became just as notable in the development of ports and railways.
		With assistance from engineers Charles Meik and Patrick Meik she set about creating a port and railway system to attract business away from Cardiff and Swansea.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/196/talbot-hotel.html (1351 words)

	Thomas_meik info here at en.16-power.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After checking in the University of Edinburgh, Thomas Meik was apprenticed to John Steedman, an engineer contractor who was in the representations in Glasgow on the Hutcheson Bridge (designed by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of wordsmith Robert Louis Stevenson).
		In 1845, at the old age of 33, Meik was appointed engineer to the River Wear Commission (responsible for maritime obligations which policy Sunderland).
		In 1859, the trust took adapted the construction of the Hendon Dock on the south of the Wear, Meik was under obligation for the undiminished obligations (the business included a scintilla warehouse a lighthouse - which, supposing relocated when the South Pier was shortened in 1983, unruffled stands today).
	en.16-power.info /Thomas_Meik (529 words)

	Thomas Meik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was particularly associated with ports and railways in Scotland and northern England, and fathered two prominent engineering sons: Patrick Meik and Charles Meik.
		After attending the University of Edinburgh, Thomas Meik was apprenticed to John Steedman, an engineer and contractor who was working in Glasgow on the Hutcheson Bridge (designed by Robert Stevenson, grandfather of author Robert Louis Stevenson).
		In 1859, the commission took over the construction of the Hendon Dock on the south side of the Wear, and Meik was responsible for the entire works (the task included a grain warehouse and a lighthouse - which, although relocated when the South Pier was shortened in 1983, still stands today).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Meik (383 words)

	Kinlochleven Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The village is dominated by an aluminium processing plant, powered by a hydroelectric scheme situated in the mountains above.
		The hydroelectric scheme was constructed for the British Aluminium Company (later known as British Alcan) and was designed by engineer brothers Patrick Meik and Charles Meik.
		Chief assistant resident engineer on the project was a young William Halcrow.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/k/ki/kinlochleven.html (268 words)

	Station Information - Lochaber
		Like its predecessor at Kinlochleven, it was intended to provide electricity for aluminium production, this time at Fort William, a little further north.
		The scheme was initially designed by engineer Charles Meik but after his death in 1923, the scheme’s realisation was left to William Halcrow, by then a partner in the firm originally founded by Meik’s father Thomas Meik.
		The project was finally sanctioned by Parliament in 1921, but construction did not start until 1924; the aluminium smelter was established in 1929 and took about 95% of the 82,000kW of power generated.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lochaber.html (252 words)

	Thomas Bouch Biography
		Sloppy working practices such as poor smelting and the re-use of girders dropped into the sea during construction were factors in the bridge's collapse.
		As the engineer, Thomas Bouch was blamed for its collapse, however (his assistant Charles Meik merely left an impression that he "was aptly named").
		Bouch's design for the Forth Rail Bridge had been accepted and the foundation stone laid, but the project was cancelled due to the Tay Bridge Disaster.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Bouch_Thomas.html (243 words)

	Wikipedia: Seaham
		However, the area's fortunes changed when the Milbankes sold their estates to the third Marquess of Londonderry, who built a harbour in 1828 to facilitate transport of goods from the industries locally encouraged.
		However, this harbour later proved inadequate to deal with the millions of tonnes of coal being mined from their nearby mines, and the sixth Marquess commissioned engineers Patrick Meik and Charles Meik to reclaim land and extend and deepen the dock.
		Today, the town has a population of around 22,000.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/s/se/seaham.html (166 words)

	Civil Liberties Docket - Vol. VIII, No. 3 - May, 1963
		Charles Fried, Two concepts of interests: Some reflections on the Supreme Court's balancing test, 76 Harvard 755-78.
		Charles L. Black, Jr., The proposed amendment of Article V: A threatened disaster, 72 Yale 877-956.
		Francis Heisler and Charles Stewart, Esqs., P.O. Box 3996, Carmel, Calif.; Oliver E. Stone, Esq., 1500 Massachusetts Ave., and Jack Wasserman and David Carliner, Esqs., 902 Warner Bldg., all of Washington, D.C. Jerome v.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /meiklejohn/meik-8_3/meik-8_3-4.html (5819 words)

	Civil Liberties Docket - Vol. VIII, No. 1 - November, 1962
		Charles Morgan, Jr., Esq., 1527 Comer Bldg., Peter Hall, Esq., 1630 - 4th Ave.
		N., and Arthur Shores, Esq., A. Gaston Bldg., all of Birmingham; Charles Conley, Esq., 530 S. Union St., Montgomery; Bishop C. Ewbank Tucker, Esq., 422 S. 6th St., Louisville; John Coe, Esq., 205 Bell Bldg., Pensacola; Victor Rabinowitz, Esq., 30 E. 42nd St., NYC.
		Charles Roisman, Esq., 215 S. Broad St., Philadelphia.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /meiklejohn/meik-8_1/meik-8_1-4.html (10198 words)

	Civil Liberties Docket - Vol. XI, No. 2 - May, 1966
		Charles L Markmann, The noblest cry: A history of the American Civil Liberties Union.
		Article: Alan F Charles, "They shall not be questioned in any other place": A new look at legislative immunity, 3 Law in Trans Q 45, Winter, 1966.
		Apr 26, 1966: USSC granted cert limited to constitutionality of Ky obscenity statute which makes sale prima facie evidence of knowledge, does not allow the defense of good faith belief that books did not violate the law, and as applied excluded evidence of Def's lack of knowledge.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /meiklejohn/meik-11_2/meik-11_2-3.html (11811 words)

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		The F. Charles Adler Papers is a collection of materials, including correspondence, writings, and memorabilia, which reflects the conductor's career from 1936 through 1955.
		Born in London in 1889, Adler began his career in the United States as conductor of the New York Festival Orchestra, a component of the Federal Music Project which was sponsored by the Works Progress Administration.
		Charles Adler, Cond., WNYC Symphony Orchestra, 10/26/41, sides 6 and 3
	libwww.syr.edu /digital/guides/xml/adler_fc.xml (1416 words)

	Great Martial Arts Books
		Frankly, it is not one of my favorite works (it has been cited as a source of some of the World War II antics of the Japanese Army as well as the right wing idiocies of Yukio Mishima and others of his ilk), but I think Wilson has done a good job with the translation.
		Charles Tuttle has reprinted a 1941 translation done by A.L. Sadler of the Budo Shoshinshu of Daidoji Yuzan and titled it The Code of the Samurai.
		It is a collection of precepts for members of the warrior class and, like Hagakure, helped form much of the thought of the bushi of the Edo period.
	www.koryu.com /library/mskoss5.html (4907 words)

	Charles Meik - Everything on Charles Meik (information, latest news, articles,...)
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		1923 - English - Engineer - Thomas Meik - Patrick Meik
		Thomas Bouch - Tay Bridge - 28 December - 1879 - Scotland - Japan - London - 1894
	www.spiritus-temporis.com /charles-meik (362 words)

	FlightWind
		Another E'lkoi, younger than Meik but with a bent back, explained, "It has rhythmic elements used by the hypermodern grandmasters.
		"This next troupe is quite renowned," Meik said as a new group of
		Meik, Bhollu, and the other E'lkoi watched me.
	www.cyberkwoon.com /forum/kb.php?mode=article&k=170 (779 words)

	Overview of Lochaber Hydro-Electric Power Scheme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A hydro-electric scheme of the SW Highland Council Area, the Lochaber Scheme is closely associated with the Aluminium Smelter at Fort William, which takes the majority of the power.
		Constructed in three phases between 1924 and 1944, the scheme was the work of engineers Charles Meik and William Halcrow for the British Aluminium Company and harnesses the Rivers Mashie, Pattack, Spean, Spey and Treig, together with a number of smaller rivers, benefiting from the exceptional rainfall in this area.
		The uppermost part of the scheme is located 9 miles (14.5 km) west southwest of Newtonmore and was completed with the help of Canadian troops in 1943.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/features/featurefirst10538.html (319 words)

	Violet Books: Creeps bibliography
		One of the most famous "sleezy" horror anthology series of all times was the Creeps series edited by Charles Birkin (1907-1985) for the publisher Philip Allan in London.
		Birkin was not given credit, having remained anonymous as the anthologist.
		He was himself a master of the contes cruel, & contributed to his own series under the byline Charles Lloyd, his middle name becoming his last.
	www.violetbooks.com /creeps.html (483 words)

	Late Goal Spoils Exhibition Opener For Aggies :: UC Davis opens 2004 season September 2 at the University of San ...
		The Argonauts went ahead early in the contest when Nick Hooper took a pass from Meik Fischer-Phifer and dribbled around a charging Aggie goalkeeper Charles Warne before putting the ball in from the left side.
		UC Davis outshot Notre Dame de Namur 22-7 on the afternoon but managed just the one score.
		NDNU: Nick Hooper (Meik Fischer-Phifer), 12:20; Brian Meherg, 82:36.
	www.cstv.com /sports/m-soccer/stories/082504aba.html (293 words)

	AikiWeb Aikido Forums - Koryu and Modern Budo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		To get another, and perhaps updated, viewpoint, check out any of Dr. Karl Friday's work.
		You would do well to also add the three books that Diane and Meik Skoss have made available through Koryu Books.
		Ellis Amdur's last book is also a valuable resource for information about Japanese koryu.
	www.aikiweb.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4092 (429 words)

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