Born on May 18‚ 1889‚ American engineer and chemist Thomas Midgley‚ Jr. was controversial for two of his discoveries. One‚ he discovered the Freon while working for General Motors in 1930. He intended it to be a safe non-toxic refrigerant to be used in household appliances‚ to replace the dangerous refrigerants used before like ammonia and propane. Freon and other CFCs soon replaced the various toxic or explosive substances previously used as refrigerants‚ and were later used in other applications
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Aquinas on Usury 1 The idea of lending money at a cost or interest rate has been a concept that has been around for centuries. St Thomas Aquinas was an early Western philosopher who is acclaimed to be the thought of much of the catholic churches teachings today. Aquinas was against the notion of lending money at interest for various reasons. Following the catholic view on usury often leads to an association with greed and exploiting the person in need of the loan. In today’s society usury is almost
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satisfy emotional impulses‚ logic-based texts always contain minutia that appeal to other aspects of the human psyche. This paradox is none the better exemplified than in the ironically named “Common Sense‚” a 1776 pamphlet by famous revolutionary Thomas Paine. In his writing‚ Paine argues that colonial America should separate from Britain‚ citing offenses by England’s monarchy‚ the pros of separation and unifying the states‚ and England’s fallacious
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English Composition In Thomas Sowell’s Needs‚ the author defines the word need as misinterpretation of the word want. A want is a desire of an individual or individuals that are not deemed necessary. It fulfills a longing or satisfaction and can be described as material value. According to Sowell‚ the things people need are not realistic because of its prices. These needs are usually items that are out of reach or difficult to obtain. This includes items of high prices and are associated with
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The first stanza begins when Hardy listens “the voice” “Saying that now you are not as you were When you had changed from the one who was all to me” the phrase “you are not as you were” suggests to the reader a feeling of nostalgia as he remembers “the one who was all to me”‚ the long vowels transmit melancholy‚ and it is emphasized by “all to me” that creates an echoing effect. To continue this feeling the poet finishes “But as at first‚ when our day was fair” this phrase‚ started with staccato
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Edward Thomas Quotations – The power of language “Silence/Stained with all that hour’s songs.” Synaesthesia of sound being described in a visual term (MARCH) Conversational – “Now I know that Spring” (MARCH)/“But these things also are Spring’s” (BUT THESE THINGS ALSO) Language and words prove that we love the Earth‚ “As the earth which you prove/ That we love.” (WORDS) The problems with language Names are confusing and pointless. They “half decorate‚ half perplex‚ the thing it is.” (OLD MAN) To someone
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poems. “To me the universe was all void of Life‚ of purpose‚ of volition‚ even of hostility‚ it was one huge‚ dead‚ immeasurable‚ Steam- Engine rolling on‚ in its dead indifference‚ to grind me limb from limb”‚ was posited by Carlyle‚ and affirmed by Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s poems are generally perceived to be pessimistic and cynical in nature‚ wherein the existence of humans on earth by a supposed Divine authority is criticized and condemned. Several of his poems‚ in particular‚ the Wessex collections
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Cryonics (often mistakenly called "cryogenics") is the practice of cryopreserving humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. The process is not currently reversible. Cryonics can only be performed on humans after clinical death‚ and a legal determination that further medical care is not appropriate (legal death). The rationale for cryonics is that the process may be reversible in the future if performed soon enough
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in schools and people were prosecuted. Life for the Arabs was horrible and hopeless and the Turks prevented the Arabs from living free lives. His life‚ his involvement in the war‚ his influence‚ and his effect on the world will be discussed here. Thomas Edward Lawrence
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Thomas Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg‚ Virginia‚ on January 21‚ 1824. After graduating 17th in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He served in the Mexican War and won two brevets. While he was in Mexico‚ Jackson became a Presbyterian. A friend said that‚ "He never smoked‚ he was a strict teetotaler and never touched a card." In 1851‚ Jackson was recruited to teach at the Virginia Military Institute. His students called him
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