Content description: The Great Mustasaari. C60, C61. Boat shed on the eastern shore of the Great Mustasaari.
black and white
sisällön kuvaus: Iso Mustasaari. C60, C61. Venevajat Ison Mustasaaren ...itärannalla.
mustavalkoinen
Content description: A wolf island. The shed opposite the Blue House, B35 on the right, B34 on Susisaari on the left.
black and white
sisällön kuvaus: Susisaari. Sinistä taloa vastapäätä olevat ...vajat, oikealla B35, vasemmalla B34 Susisaaressa.
mustavalkoinen
Himeji-jo Castle is visited by numerous sightseeners every year. In order to derive fire safety measures for the visitors' safety, 1/25 scale model experiments were carried out to characterize the ...smoke movement in the castle's main tower. The experiments demonstrate interesting effects of the architectural features of the castle to the smoke movement. The tests generated detailed information on the distribution of smoke for different fire scenarios ; zones left safe and others invaded by smoke. Integration of these results with the evacuation characteristics of the building should be essential for the func- tional life safety planning of the castle.
Decision making under constraints is the provenance of economics, and the decisions of medieval rulers regarding war form a fertile area for the study of the making of choices. Potentially, there is ...a marvelous case for examining whether military history is amenable to economic analysis. The pithy popular image of the High Middle Ages—castles and knights—is actually helpful. Studying the economics of castles and warfare can also tell us a lot about the time. This chapter examines the concept of opportunity cost with respect to castle-based warfare during the High Middle Ages. It presents an accounting for the sheer number of castles, especially in relation to English kings. It then assesses the cost of castle building and show why, despite the truly enormous cost, the advantages outweighed the cost. Armies were not irrelevant but their cost was high and the advantages slight. The chapter concludes by pointing to where economic principles other than the principle of opportunity cost may be seen in the history of castle building.
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