The sources of phosphorus in the waters of Great Britain

Total phosphorus (TP) and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) loads to watercourses of the River Basin Districts (RBDs) of Great Britain (GB) were estimated using inventories of industrial P loads and estimates of P loads from sewage treatment works and diffuse P loads calculated using region-specific export coefficients for particular land cover classes combined with census data for agricultural stocking densities and human populations. The TP load to GB waters was estimated to be 60 kt yr(-1), of which households contributed 73, agriculture contributed 20, industry contributed 3, and 4 came from background sources. The SRP load to GB waters was estimated to be 47 kt yr(-1), of which households contributed 78, agriculture contributed 13, industry contributed 4, and 6 came from background Sources. The 'average' area-normalized TP and SRP loads to GB waters approximated 2.4 kg ha(-1) yr(-1) and 1.8 kg ha(-1) yr(-1), respectively. A consideration of uncertainties in the data contributing to these estimates suggested that the TP load to GB waters might lie between 33 and 68 kt yr(-1), with agriculture contributing between 10 and 28 of the TP load. These estimates are consistent with recent appraisals of annual TP and SRP loads to GB coastal waters and area-normalized TP loads from their catchments. Estimates of the contributions of RBDs to these P loads were consistent with the geographical distribution of P concentrations in GB rivers and recent assessments of surface waters at risk from P Pollution.

"Just as fragments are part of a vessel": a translation into medieval Occitan of the life of Alexander the Great

This article examines a 14th-c. translation into Old Occitan prose of a late-antique life of Alexander the Great: Justin’s Epitome of the 'Historia Philippicae' of Pompeius Trogus. The article argues that it is the work of translators whose knowledge of pagan Latin materials was incomplete and whose use of their native tongue rested on non-literary bases. This text has not been edited before, and examining its uneven treatment of its source provides important new insights into the work of translators in the later Middle Ages. In conclusion, the article suggests some new approaches to the understanding of translation as a process of reconstruction and adaptation.

Bibliographic projects: respectfully submitted to the Right Honourable the Earl of Ellesmere, and the other commissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into the affairs of the British museum,

"Specimen [and criticism] of a proposed catalogue of the Royal library preserved in the British museum."

Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the State of the Copper Mines and Copper Trade of This Kingdom.

Includes bibliographical references.

The report of the general officers appointed by His Majesty's warrant of the first of November 1757, to inquire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition to the coasts of France : to which is prefixed, a copy of His Majesty's warrant directing the said inquiry : with an appendix, containing the papers referred to in the said report

Page 62 is misnumbered 64

Report of an investigation into the public cleansing service in the Administrative county of London,

Mode of access: Internet.

Final report of the Commissioners of inquiry into the affairs of King's college university, and Upper Canada college.

Mode of access: Internet.