This paper attemps to understand a dilemma embedded in the Declaration of Independence: the expected costs of war against Britain far exceeded any possible war benefits, if these are construed simply as the removal of colonial taxation.

The aim of this project was to provide improved understanding of steelworks' emissions and their impacts on the ambient air quality. Novel methods and strategies to characterise airborne particulate matter were developed and implemented. A combination of real-time and off-line techniques was...