originally made from stone and over time people discovered that iron and wood have great strength when used under tension and compression. The Importance of Trusses Before the industrial revolution almost all trusses in use were made of stone. But stone wasn’t as good as wood and iron when resisting tension and compression. Countries like the United States had much wood so they made many wooden truss bridges. Throughout the 19th centenary many types of trusses where patented from wood to iron but
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The bridge in San Francisco Since it was built in 1937 more than 16‚000 have jumped to their death. It is a site where most people have committed suicide than anywhere else in the world‚ in 2004 there were 24 deaths from this bridge. In my research reading I found that the bridge had a note at the entrance saying ‘CRISIS COUNSELING. There is hope make the call. The consequences for jumping from this bridge are fatal and tragic’ The people in the film spoke of how suicides of friends had affected
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Case study 7.2 The Tacoma narrows Suspension Bridge. In the Tacoma narrows bridge project the project planning was fairly planned‚ developers and Engineers did not coordinate proper strategies and a scope management for this project‚ even before its inauguration and opening‚ the bridge exhibited strange characteristics that were noticeable right away. I think the only appropriate project planning was the budget that was obtains by the federal
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The revenge play or revenge tragedy is a form of tragedy which was extremely popular in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. The best-known of these are Thomas Kyd ’s The Spanish Tragedy and William Shakespeare ’s Hamlet. The genre was first categorised by the scholar Fredson Bowers. Contents [hide] 1 Origins‚ conventions‚ and themes 2 History 3 Influence 4 Film 5 References Origins‚ conventions‚ and themes[edit] The only clear precedent and influence for the Renaissance genre is the work
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TRAGEDY Aristotle A tragedy is the imitation of an action of some magnitude that is serious and also complete in itself‚ in language with pleasurable accessories [rhythm and harmony]‚ in a dramatic‚ not a narrative form‚ with incidents arousing pity and fear‚ to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. Elements are these: Plot--most important‚ should be complex Character--tragic hero--elevated; brought down Diction Thought Spectacle Melody Peripety--change from one state of
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Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans‚ it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language‚ spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history; other systems‚ such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary‚ were previously used. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script‚ and was in turn the basis of the Latin‚ Cyrillic‚ Coptic‚ and many other writing
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support‚ you may see question marks‚ boxes‚ or other symbols. Greek alphabet Type Alphabet Spoken languages Greek‚ with many modifications covering many languages Time period ~800 BC to the present[1] Parent systems Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Greek alphabet Child systems Gothic Glagolitic Cyrillic Coptic Armenian alphabet
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English Language Club The Bridge Franz Kafka I was stiff and cold‚ I was a bridge‚ I lay over a ravine. My toes on one side‚ my fingers clutching the other‚ I had clamped myself fast into the crumbling clay. The trails of my coat fluttered at my sides. Far below brawled the icy trout stream. No tourist strayed to this impassable height‚ the bridge was not yet traced on any map. So I lay and waited; I could only wait. Without falling‚ no bridge‚ once spanned‚ can cease to be a bridge. It was toward evening
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Greek Mythology: How it Relates to Greek Religion and Culture Ancient Greeks believed in a series of myths‚ which explained nature‚ set the moral code for the Greek people‚ and some were just entertaining stories. These myths turned the Greek world from a world of fear into a world of wondrous beauty. Many of these gods and goddesses were associated with a particular task or activity (Buxton). The Greek people believed that the gods were incorporated into every aspect of their lives. The Ancient
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Greek Gods/ Goddesses Question 1: Who are the Greek Gods and Goddesses? The Greek Gods and Goddesses are mythical people. They were made up by Hesiod‚ a possible contemporary with Homer‚ At the centre of Greek mythology is the pantheon of deities who were said to live on Mount Olympus‚ the highest mountain in Greece. From their perch‚ they ruled every part of human life. Olympian gods and goddesses looked like
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