In memoriam: William F. Swiger (1916-1996)

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Former Stone & Webster Engineering VP and senior consulting engineer William F. Swiger died on Jul. 28, 1996 at the age of 80. After graduating summa claude in 1939 from the University of Washington, Swiger continued his study in 1940 and finished the degree of Master of Science with a major in soil mechanics and foundation engineering from Harvard University. In recognition of his contributions to engineering geology, Swiger was the recipient of many awards and became chairman of the Executive Committee of the ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Div.

Obituary, Officials and employees, Engineering services, Engineering firms, American Society of Civil Engineers, Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Swiger, William F.

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Painting and the rise of volcanology: Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei

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Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei illustrations (1776-1779) provide the most detailed volcanic activity in Southern Italy in the 18th century. Hamilton, then British envoy to the court of Naples, commissioned his personal painter, Pietro Fabris, to do some gouache paintings of Mount Vesuvius in the accepted sublime style. With Campi Phlegraei and other publications on Italian volcanoes, Hamilton was regarded as an authority on all things volcanic.

Appreciation, Behavior, Hamilton, William (South African poet), Gouache painting

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Workstation clusters rise and shine

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Workstation clusters, networks of microprocessor-based systems that combine the computing power of the workstations, rival the power of a supercomputer at much lower cost. Very-large-scale integration technology has made them cost-effective for scientific computing.

Usage, Cover Story, Information management, Laboratories, Workstations (Computers)

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