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    History of Bridges

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    The very first bridges were made by nature itself‚ as simple as a log fallen across a stream or stones in the river. The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks and eventually stones‚ using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. Some early Americans used trees or bamboo poles to cross small caverns or wells to get from one place to another. A common form of lashing sticks‚ logs‚ and branches together involved the use of long reeds or other harvested fibers

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    Suspension Bridges

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    April Suspension Bridges A suspension bridge is a bridge with overhead cables supporting its roadway. The first suspension bridges were made by the primitive people using vines as cables and they would mount the roadway directly on the cable. Then in the 4th century a much stronger type was introduced in India. They used plaited bamboo cables and then iron chain to suspend the road. In the 18th century engineers encountered many problems with the stability of the bridge. The bridge would always rock

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    Anzac Bridge

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    The Anzac Bridge was first opened in 1995 was designed by Ken Wheeler from the RTA and took 6 years to build by the company Baulderstone Hornibrook. It is cable stayed bridge with a semi fan arrangement of the cables. It was built to replace the Glebe Island Bridge due to the bridge being unable to cope with large amounts of traffic. The Anzac Bridge was designed as a motorway to ease congestion and allow my traffic to flow through the bridge as well as including pedestrian paths and a bicycle path

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    Renaming the Bridge

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    Renaming of the bridge In an effort to honor indigenous Bahamian heroes‚ the government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas made a decision to rename the bridge after Sir Sidney Poitier at its cabinet meeting held on October 9th‚ 2012. An official statement was made by Charles Carter and Nicolette Bethel both co-chairs of the independence committee‚ on October 10th‚ 2012‚ coming out of the official statement the public began to express their opinion for or against on the renaming of the bridge. Confusion

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    ‘The tragedy of the common man.’ To what extent do we see this in the opening section of ‘A view from a Bridge’? The Shakespeare tragedy is when the main character is heading towards the inevitable but having many warnings on the way. Normally the main characters have on big fatal flaw and many other smaller but also important ones. The main characters are always born in royalty‚ nobility or become a general. Traditionally the narrator in the play foreshadows that the main character will die

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    The Bridge school

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    I started going to the Bridge‚ on August for summer classes. My first day at the Bridge International school was wonderful. When I arrived at the Bridge International School‚ I did not know what to expect‚ but my first day was amazing. I saw some old friends that I was schooling in the same school with‚ before the Bridge. I made new friends who were kind‚ funny and interesting. I did not know people at the Bridge International School would be that nice. I found some subjects hard‚ because I

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    Except that miss Jean Louise and mister Jim‚ were really astonished about trial. At the court about Tom Robinson and of course that is very gloomy‚ but if they would spend more time with Atticus‚ maybe they wouldn’t be that depressing and.... I think from the beginning‚ Atticus always had a sentiment that Tom will be find guilty. Remember I asked why‚ but he said that just people think that if they were born white that is giving them some privileges in that life. And they can’t even recognize that we

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    The Bridge Neverland

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    In the novel The Bridge to Neverland by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry is about a sequel to the famous kids book “Peter Pan”. The book is similiar except it has been modified and explained in details of the original story. The most interesting part of the book is the chronological order the two authors uses in their final book of Starcatchers series. This book uses the prequel of Peter and the Starcatchers in order to show how the book is supposedly seen in the modern era. Readers should be interested

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    The Magpie Bridge

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    3. In what way(s) does The Magpie Bridge contribute to the development of intercultural understanding? Having you ever had a try of the pig’s blood cake? It is a famous steamed snack in Taiwan that made of pork blood and sticky rice‚ sold on a wooden stick and eaten like an ice cream. Being popular among the Chinese society for its chewy texture and unique aroma‚ it is‚ however‚ selected the first place of the ten world’s most unusual foods by the renowned travel website VirtualTourist.com in England

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    Metre Bridge

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    Ex.No Date Aim: To find resistance of a given wire using metre bridge and hence determine the specific resistance of its material. Apparatus: A meter bridge ‚a Leclanche cell ‚ a galvanometer ‚a resistance box‚ a jockey‚ a resistance wire or resistance coil‚ a metre scale‚ a set square and connecting wires Procedure: 1.Draw the circuit diagram as shown in figure and arrange the apparatus according to the arrangement diagram. 2. Connect the resistance wire or resistance coil whose resistance

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