This sarcophagus from the time of Ancient Rome was the final resting place for an officer of the Roman Army‚ but it is anything but modest. It is covered in stories and symbols displaying the power of this dedicated soldier and his beloved Roman Empire. Romans who could afford such magnanimous sarcophagi took the opportunity to get one for them to be buried in order to stand out from the crowd and display their wealth and fame. In Ancient Rome‚ war heroes and generals commissioned striking sarcophagi
Premium Roman Empire English-language films Ancient Rome
An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air‚ or‚ in general‚ the atmosphere of a planet. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil‚[1] or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. The human activity that surrounds aircraft is called aviation. Crewed aircraft are flown by an onboard pilot‚ but unmanned aerial vehicles may be remotely controlled or self-controlled by onboard computers. Aircraft
Premium Airship Aircraft Wing
A telephone‚ or phone‚ is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound‚ typically and most efficiently the human voice‚ into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances‚ and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user. The wordtelephone has been adapted into the vocabulary of many
Premium Telephone
Invention of Lying Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said‚ “Silently‚ one by one‚ in the infinite meadows of heaven‚ blossomed the lovely stars‚ the forget-me-nots of the angels.” There has been a lot of talk about heaven over the years. Many people who have claimed that they know what heaven is like or what we experience when we die. While this can be comforting to some‚ it raises questions of how they could know given the fact that one would have to either be a prophet of God or someone who has actually
Premium Afterlife Religion Lie
Benjamin Franklin was an intelligent and creative inventor. He is famous for his inventions and genius‚ but was also highly respected in his own day by the most distinguished people of the time. Franklin’s ideas spanned from the arts to science to economics to politics. The question is which of his inventions is most important. Seymour Stanton Block divulges his answer to this question in “Benjamin Franklin America’s Inventor.” Franklin’s reputation sparked from his work with lightening
Premium Benjamin Franklin American Revolution Nikola Tesla
inventive devices. It is amazing that such unique and seemingly crazy ideas can turn a profit‚ but we have found 10 of dumbest inventions that did just that! To find out how these crazy inventions miraculously earned their inventors millions of dollars‚ all you have to do is read along! Don’t forget to return for our coming part two article‚ with the top five dumbest inventions that made way too much money! Number Ten: The Inventive Doggles This unique head accessory is made for canines who always
Premium Marketing Steve Jobs Apple Inc.
I would like to continue with some other Chinese inventions‚ then introduce a small research and draw our conclusions. Paper Money It is so common in out everyday life that we hardly give a thought to the fackt that it had to be invented by someone. Around 650 AD (po kr.)‚ the emperor of China began to issue paper "value tokens" for general use. The first paper banknotes appeared in China about 806 AD. Its original name was ’flying money’ because it was so light it could blow out of one’s
Premium Centuries
been many advances made in artillery from the times when an arrow was so powerful to the 155mm rounds fired from howitzers on the battlefield today. Of all the advancements made to improve the effectiveness of artillery‚ the recuperator is the most important technology that cannons have ever received to help increase accuracy. In wars of the past before the recuperator‚ landing cannon fire accurately was extremely difficult because of the amount of pressure that the cannon powder would create. The pressure
Premium United States World War II President of the United States
A lot of children enjoy making paper airplanes. A lot of adults do‚ too. Whether you are a kid‚ or just a kid at heart‚ you too can learn to make good paper airplanes. In time‚ you too will learn to make paper airplanes‚ on airplanes paper‚ featuring paper airplane designs‚ with excellent paper airplane instructions‚ and create the best paper airplane. Difficulty: Moderately Easy Instructions Things You’ll Need: Paper A computer The internet 1. Get a sheet of paper. All you need to start
Premium Aircraft Wright brothers Flight
experience. The world can thank Eugene Polley for this extreme advancement in television accessibility‚ which may as well be one of the most important inventions ever made. Polley told an interviewer in 2002: “The flush toilet may have been the most civilized invention ever devised‚ but the remote control is the next most important. It’s almost as important as
Premium Television Radio United Kingdom