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before 1967 – present. Known for. experimental music. Howard While Skempton (born 31 October 1947) is an English composer, pianist, and accordionist . Since the late 1960s, when he helped to organise the Scratch Orchestra, he has been associated with the English school of experimental music.
The shear vane test is a method of measuring the undrained shear strength of a cohesive soil. The test is carried out with equipment consisting of a rod with vanes mounted to it that is inserted into the ground and rotated. A gauge on the top of the rod measures the torque required to cause failure of the soil and provides a conversion to shear ...
This is a list of compositions by British composer Howard Skempton. As of February 2008 there exists no complete catalogue of Skempton's work; for this reason the list may be incomplete. Compositions are arranged chronologically by year of composition, but within each year they are not necessarily listed in the order they were composed.
Lento (Skempton) Lento is a composition for orchestra written by Howard Skempton in 1990. It was Skempton's third work for large forces, and his first major success. [1] The piece was commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Skempton was to write a piece to be performed between the Prelude from Richard Wagner 's Parsifal and a Deryck Cooke ...
Proctor compaction test. The Proctor compaction test is a laboratory method of experimentally determining the optimal moisture content at which a given soil type will become most dense and achieve its maximum dry density. The test is named in honor of Ralph Roscoe Proctor [de], who in 1933 showed that the dry density of a soil for a given ...
A claim chart is a widely used device in patent infringement litigation. [1] It is a convenient and effective means for analyzing and presenting information regarding a patent claim. In each, typically, there are two columns: the left column contains the language of the patent claim under analysis, separated into the successive limitations (e.g ...
Shewhart individuals control chart. In statistical quality control, the individual/moving-range chart is a type of control chart used to monitor variables data from a business or industrial process for which it is impractical to use rational subgroups. [1] The chart is necessary in the following situations: [2]: 231.
Images (Skempton) Images is a cycle of piano pieces composed by Howard Skempton in 1989. This work and a variations set, The Durham Strike, are the only large-scale piano works by Skempton, although he has been composing piano music since the beginning of his career. The work was commissioned by Channel 4 's HTV West for "Images", a six-part ...