“BROOKLYN BRIDGE” The Brooklyn Bridge’s construction is one of the great achievements in United States history and helped pave the way for New York City’s rapid expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was an undertaking that required extraordinary effort‚ sacrifice and ingenuity by its designers as well as its builders to complete. Its completion was a feat of engineering that was unmatched in its time: it was the longest suspension bridge – the first to use steel-wire – and dominated the New
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railway bridges because it made good use of iron. The Pratt has many variations‚ most with their own unique name. For instance‚ the Baltimore‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the Parker are all based off the Pratt. Pratt Truss How the forces are spread out Here are two diagrams showing how the forces are spread out when the Pratt Truss is under a load. The first shows the load being applied across the entire top of the bridge. The second shows a localized load in the center of the bridge. In both
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straws‚ and cup (which was 21 cm long) 6 to 7 cm longer. We could also fix the slide (which was 36 cm in total) by making it 6 to 7 cm longer as well. Our bridge needed a stronger base because it kept falling side to side. So we can put a couple more straws to each side of the cups and tape them all together. I am certain that if we redo our bridge we can succeed. Scientific Inquiry is posing a question‚ then developing a hypothesis‚ next designing experiments‚ then collecting data‚ next drawing
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Hermopolite Monastery of Apa Apollo. In essence‚ this book is a compilation of an exposition on the titular primary sources and location‚ a presentation of the discussed primary texts in both its original script (and a translated version in English)‚ and detailed commentary. Clackson begins with some background information in the section Discussion. Here‚ she provides some context for the reader by discussing what was currently known about the monastery of Apa Apollo‚ its significance‚ from where
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OK Jamaica shoes – Ethiopia A TNC is also known as a transnational corporation. These companies transcend national borders e.g. Mc Donald’s or Pizza Hut. Ok Jamaica Shoes is also a good example of a TNC as it currently supplies shoes to over 40 retailers in Ethiopia‚ as well as many more in Kenya‚ Tanzania Djibouti and Canada. OK Jamaica shoes are also in the process of expanding its export base to the European‚ American and Canadian
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The Bridge: Synopsis In 1970‚ Antonello is 22 years old and recently married. He has been working on the Westgate Bridge for almost 2 years and loves his job. Like many of his workmates‚ Antonello is proud of the bridge. He believes it is going to be more spectacular than the Sydney Harbour Bridge‚ that it is going to bring the city together and that they‚ the bridge builders‚ will be remembered for years to come. On the 15th October 1970 the Westgate Bridge collapses during construction and thirty-five
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Many problem skills had to be used and improvised during the movie‚ Apollo 13‚ but the one that amazed me was when Jim and Fred had to manually adjust the ship. I believe this held a significant amount of importance for getting the astronauts home. Everyone knew that to be able to reenter the earth’s atmosphere the ship only had a tiny amount of room for error. When NASA informed the astronauts that they needed to do another burn‚ but they don’t have enough power to start up the ship for the computers
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decided to trespass on to California’s highest bridge‚ and take a selfie. In the process of taking a selfie‚ the unidentified woman accidentally fell sixty feet of the Foresthill Bridge‚ landing on a trail below. Paul Goncharuk‚ a friend says “they we’re taking a picture on the bridge‚ and then the big bolts that are holding the beams together‚ she stepped on them kind of weirdly and lost balance and fell backwards”. The Foresthill bridge is the highest bridge in the state of California‚ and measures to
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Dead Man’s Shoes The story takes place in South Africa. It is about what happens after a local farmer dies in an accident. From all over the nearby area‚ bachelors‚ divorcés and widowers come to try if they have got a chance to fill out the dead man’s place. And there is many good reasons to try‚ because the widow is not only attractive‚ she is also rich. She and her late husband had made a very nice and wealthy farm. Besides that‚ there is not very many white women available in this area. The
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believe on July 16‚ 1969 Apollo 11 made history by landing on the moon. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made history on July 16‚ 1969‚ but only because they managed to stratagen all of mankind. In the United States‚ starting at a young age teacher and professors from elementary school all the way up to college/higher education teach their students that Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon. There are tons of conspiracy theories about the Apollo 11 landing on the moon
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