Menorca was a British possession for more than seventy years between 1708 and 1802. This thesis traces British influence upon, and involvement with Menorca from the seventeenth century until Spain recovered the island in 1802. Eighteenth-century Menorcan history has been tackled specifically by only two British historians, Ella Murdie (1931) and Desmond Gregory (1990), but neither has drawn upon primary source material which is to be found outside Britain. The following study is based on British archives, on primary sources in Spain, Mallorca and Menorca, and on some hitherto untapped material in Britain and Canada. Chapter one is an account of English interest in Menorca prior to 1708, and chapter two deals with the capture and early years of British de facto rule. The following three chapters analyse the Menorcan social structure, and the island's administrative, judicial and ecclesiastical institutions and organisation. Chapters six and seven examine the role of the military garrison and naval base. Chapter eight illustrates Menorcals vulnerability to attack; chapter nine assesses the impact of British de jure government, and chapter ten is an account of the final British occupation. The last chapter adds a coda to the British presence, and appraises the value of the island to Britain, and of Britain to Menorca. Britain's determination to retain Menorca sprang more from pride than sound judgement. It soured relations with Spain; it ignored the island's poor intrinsic commercial potential, and that Menorcals defence demanded a priority in naval and military resources quite disproportionate to the island's political and strategic importance. Britain gained little from Menorca and lost much, but the reverse was true of the Menorcans. Despite the clash of religion, the generally tolerant British government gave scope for the Menorcans who so chose to benefit socially, culturally, commercially and materially from the British presence.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Open University. BLDSC no. DX182226. / 3 volumes.

<p>Nowadays, due to global warming and the depletion of petroleum reserves, renewable energies have gained special prominence. At the moment, wind energy is the most successful renewable energy resource, and the technology to convert this wind energy into electricity has been very developed. As a consequence, the costs per kWh of generation have decreased and it has become a competitive alternative for conventional fossil-fuel power plants to generate electricity.However, a lot of factors and variables are involved in wind power generation. In the first part of this document, some of this factors like the Betz limit, the classification of wind turbines and its components, and the power curve of a wind turbine are explained.In the second part, the performance of a real wind farm is studied. The wind farm is called Es Milà, and it is located in an island called Minorca, in Spain.Firstly, a description of this wind farm and the energy and electricity in Minorca is made.Then, with meteorological and power data of 2007 a thorough study of its performance is completed. In this study, first of all some meteorological aspects like wind direction, wind velocity and its distribution are discussed.After that, the study focuses on electricity production, looking at the power curve, at the expected and the real production, and trying to explain a little of the reactive power.</p>

Nowadays, due to global warming and the depletion of petroleum reserves, renewable energies have gained special prominence. At the moment, wind energy is the most successful renewable energy resource, and the technology to convert this wind energy into electricity has been very developed. As a consequence, the costs per kWh of generation have decreased and it has become a competitive alternative for conventional fossil-fuel power plants to generate electricity.However, a lot of factors and variables are involved in wind power generation. In the first part of this document, some of this factors like the Betz limit, the classification of wind turbines and its components, and the power curve of a wind turbine are explained.In the second part, the performance of a real wind farm is studied. The wind farm is called Es Milà, and it is located in an island called Minorca, in Spain.Firstly, a description of this wind farm and the energy and electricity in Minorca is made.Then, with meteorological and power data of 2007 a thorough study of its performance is completed. In this study, first of all some meteorological aspects like wind direction, wind velocity and its distribution are discussed.After that, the study focuses on electricity production, looking at the power curve, at the expected and the real production, and trying to explain a little of the reactive power.

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En aquest estudi s'analitza l'evolució del sector vitícola de Menorca durant els segles XVIII, XIX i XX confrontant-lo amb la del sector ramader. En el segle XVIII es constata un avanç de la producció vinícola, gràcies a l'estímul de l'augment de la població. No obstant això, aquesta disminueix a partir de 1830, quan l'economia insular sofreix una severa depressió. L'excedent vinícola generat ocasiona una forta caiguda dels preus. Així, quan el oídium assoli la illa a partir de 1852, s'experimentarà una arrencada massiva de vinyes. Paral·lelament augmenta el pes de la ramaderia bovina, amb una importància creixent de la producció formatgera, i que, quan a la dècada de 1960 desaparegui el cultiu del blat, es convertirà en l'únic sector agrari de la illa. Tanmateix, i malgrat l'augment dels rendiments esdevingut a partir de 1950, la ramaderia presentarà una capacitat de generació de renda decreixent. / En este estudio se analiza la evolución del sector vitícola de Menorca durante los siglos XVIII, XIX y XX confrontándolo con la del sector ganadero. En el siglo XVIII se constata un avance de la producción vinícola, gracias al estímulo del aumento de la población. Sin embargo, ésta disminuye a partir de 1830, cuando la economía insular sufre una severa depresión. El excedente vinícola generado ocasiona una fuerte caída de los precios. Así, cuando el oídium azote la isla a partir de 1852, se experimentará un arranque masivo de viñedo.Paralelamente aumenta el peso de la ganadería bovina, con una importancia creciente de la producción quesera, y que, cuando en la década de 1960 desaparezca el cultivo del trigo, se convertirá en el único sector agrario de la isla, pero que, pese al aumento de los rendimientos acaecido a partir de 1950, presentará una capacidad de generación de renta decreciente. / This study examines the evolution of the vineyard in Minorca during the XVIII, XIX and XX centuries, and compares it with that of the livestock sector. In the eighteenth century there is a breakthrough in wine production, thanks to the stimulus of increased population. However, it decreases from 1830, when the island economy suffers a severe depression. The wine surplus generated causes a sharp drop in prices. Thus, when the oidium plagued the island from 1852, it will experience a massive boot vineyard. In parallel, the weight of cattle increases, with a growing importance of cheese production, and which, when in the 1960's the crop of wheat disappear, it will become the only agricultural sector of the island. However, and despite the rise in yields occurred after 1950, it will present a declining capacity of income generation.