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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
A famous cavalry regiment at war with Napoleon
As its commanding officer and as a noted Oxford University
academic Colonel Henry Hamilton was well placed to write the
history of the 14th (King's) Hussars. His full regimental history
covers from the origins of the regiment in 1715 to its service
during the Boer War at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
While some military history students require a work of this depth,
there are those who are primarily concerned with the periods when
regiments were on active service. For the 14th (King's) Hussars in
the 19th century, this was during the Napoleonic Wars, principally
during the Peninsular War in Spain and in the South of France, and
later in India where as H. M 14th (King's) Light Dragoons they
served with distinction in the Second Sikh War and during the
Indian Mutiny. By carefully editing Hamilton's book, and adding
illustrations and maps and supplementary material not originally
present, the Leonaur editors have created two linked volumes that
focus on these periods of the regiment's history. The Fighting 14th
follows the campaigns under Wellington and will be an essential
addition to the library of every student of the war in the Iberian
peninsula. It benefits from the inclusion of a number of
significant passages from the memoirs of one of the regiments most
renowned and daring officers, Captain Thomas Brotherton, whose
entertaining and compellingly recounted adventures bring the
history of this cavalry regiment vibrantly to life.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Three generations of Seven Countries investigators gathered in
Fukuoka, Japan, on October 30, 1993, to report on the past,
present, and future of this vital ongoing study on cardiovascular
disease epidemiology. The occasion was the 35th anniversary of the
study, which contrasts lifestyles, diet, and cardiovascular disease
rates in Japan, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, the Netherlands,
Finland, and the United States. This volume collects the formal
presentations at the 35th anniversary symposium. The Seven
Countries Study was the first to carry out both cross-sectional and
longitudinal research in populations contrasting in cardiovascular
disease rate, lifestyle, and diet. This work presents a brief
overview and history of the study followed by the investigators'
summaries of their findings on recent dramatic increases and
decreases in risk factors and disease rates. The investigators'
presentations are capped by overviews from Dr. Frederick Epstein,
University of Zurich, and Dr. Jeremiah Stamler, Northwestern
University.
This book will appeal to anyone interested in the origins, results,
present activities, and public health implications of this active,
pioneering study in cardiovascular disease epidemiology.
Two campaigns in India with the British light cavalry
As its commanding officer and as a noted Oxford University
academic Colonel Henry Hamilton was well placed to write the
history of the 14th (King's) Hussars. His full regimental history
covers from the origins of the regiment in 1715 to its service
during the Boer War at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
While some military history students require a work of this depth,
there are those who are primarily concerned with the periods when
regiments were on active service. For the 14th (King's) Hussars in
the 19th century, this was during the Napoleonic Wars, principally
during the Peninsular War in Spain and in the South of France, and
later in India where as H. M 14th (King's) Light Dragoons they
served with distinction in the Second Sikh War and during the
Indian Mutiny. By carefully editing Hamilton's book, and adding
illustrations and maps and supplementary material not originally
present, the Leonaur editors have created two linked volumes that
focus on these periods of the regiment's history.
The Puggrie Wallahs 1841-59 follows the 14th (King's ) Light
Dragoons as they take part in the second campaign fought to
subjugate the martial Sikhs of the Punjab. Hamilton's accounts of
the battles of the Second Sikh War are riveting, but of particular
interest to students of the subject will be the authors research
into the infamous 'volt-face' incident at the Battle of
Chillianwallah where cavalry regiments 'about-turned' and retired
whilst closing upon the enemy. Hamilton has included several,
rarely seen first hand accounts of the Chillianwallah engagement
that make fascinating and illuminating reading. The regiment's
campaign during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 is no less engrossing and
the book is unreservedly recommended.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Seven Countries Study was the first to establish credible data
on incidence and death rates of CHD in contrasting cultures. The
study documented population differences in average levels and
distributions of coronary risk factors. It also demonstrated large
differences in composition of the diet in otherwise similar,
stable, rural agricultural or pastoral populations. Diet and
cigarette smoking explained most of the differences in population
CHD rates, while changes in serum cholesterol and blood pressure
levels between entry and 25-year follow-up examinations explained
much of the change in CHD death rates.
Results of the Seven Countries Study were crucial to the concept
of population causes, that is, the mass phenomena involved in the
genesis of coronary heart disease, and which influence widespread
individual and species susceptibility. Where environments are
unfavourable one finds maximal exhibition of coronary risk and a
heavy population disease burden. Where favourable, individual
(genetic) susceptibility is attenuated. This concept developed from
the Seven Countries study design that combined, for the first time,
a population and an individual approach. The study was realised
trough effective collaboration established among clinicians,
epidemiologists and nutritionists from Europe, the U.S.A., and
Japan.
Implications: The Seven Countries Study has played a central
role in the population strategy of heart disease prevention and
health promotion, complementing traditional medical strategies. It
contributed to the notion that major risk factors universally
predict individual risk. Cultures as well as individuals were found
to differ greatly in absolute risk of a coronaryevent at any level
of single or combined risk factors, presumably due to different
duration of risk exposure, different gene-environment interactions,
and to factors not yet known. Intervention strategy is therefore
best determined by absolute risk. Finally, the medical, public
health, and nutrition community, as well as agribusiness
internationally, have been profoundly influenced by the Seven
Countries Study in their recommendations, toward more healthy
eating patterns.
This book is the first laboratory manual to bring together basic
procedures for measurement of stable and radioactive isotopes of
nitrogen, with specific applications to plant, soil, and aquatic
biology. This bench-top reference gives practical coverage of mass
and emission spectrometry, nitrogen fixation, nitrification, and
identification, organic nitrogen, and the radioactive isotope 13N.
Methods are described so that researchers can adapt them, without
the aid of outside references, to virtually any task they may
encounter in investigations of nitrogen transformation processes.
Key Features
* Serves as a practical guide for nitrogen isotope techniques
* Features studies of nitrogen transformations in terrestrial and
aquatic systems
* Includes basic measurement techniques plus specific applications
for stable and radioactive nitrogen isotopes
* Presents detailed protocols, overviews, and key references
* Includes fifty figures and sixteen tables
* Hands-on reference for both students and researchers
This reprint of the 14th (King's) Hussars unit history was first
published in 1901 and appears here in a new quality edition. The
14th (King's) Hussars, originally formed in 1715 as Dromer's
Dragoons and later as the King's Light Dragoons, was one of the
most distinguished regiments in the British cavalry with battle
honors earned in the Peninsular War, Punjab, Persia, Central India,
and South Africa. This complete history is presented
chronologically and details the commanders, operations and uniforms
from 1715-1900, and is complemented with superb full color plates
of uniforms and standards, and duotone photographs of the
regimental commanders during this period. Detailed maps show
operational campaign details.
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