Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records‚ wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines‚ an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women
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The concept of underwater endeavors has been around since the ancient times‚ the Egyptians used reeds to hunt in the water. The first time the concept was used in a military manner was by Alexander the Great’s army to clear obstructions during the siege of Syracuse in about 413 BC. Both of these instances were very primitive underwater developments‚ but held the basic concepts of a modern day submarine. They used underwater concealment to achieve a goal and that is the overall main concept of a modern
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Bible has Scientific Knowledge Before Its Time. The Earth. Wisdom that predates the earliest scientific discoveries. The ocean floor contains deep valleys (2 Sam. 22:16; Job 38:16; Ps. 18:15) and towering mountains (Jonah 2:6). The ocean contains underwater springs (Genesis 7:11; Job 38:16; Proverbs 8:28). There are other examples. 4. Was written by some __ different authors. 40 5. For the Old Testament prophets‚ fulfilled prophecy is the ultimate apologetic. True 6. We need to precise
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officer. After an automobile accident cut short his career in naval aviation‚ Cousteau indulged his interest in the sea. In Toulon‚ where he was serving on the Condorcet‚ Cousteau carried out his first underwater experiments‚ thanks to his friend Philippe Tailliez who in 1936 lent him some Fernez underwater goggles‚ predecessors of modern swimming goggles.[1] Cousteau also belonged to the information service of the French Navy‚ and was sent on missions to Shanghai and Japan (1935–1938) and in the USSR(1939)
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operated vehicle revealed five shipwrecks of possible archaeological significance. There was only enough time to permit the collection of a detailed video and sonar imagery of only one site. This information was sent to the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) at Texas A&M University to determine the ships origin and importance. The shape of several amphoras or containers from the site date back to the end of the third century B.C. or the beginning of the second century B.C. making this the deepest
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15 INVENTIONS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD SUBMITTED BY: DIWATA‚ MICHAEL PAULO E. CH21FA1- BS CHE CHEM002-ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SUBMITTED TO: ENGR. EFREN CHAVEZ LIGHTNING ROD American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin was particularly interested in electricity and set up a small laboratory in his house to investigate its properties. His interest soon switched from electricity to lightning after he noticed the similarities between the two. One stormy night‚ he conducted a life-threatening
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Dr Joann Fletcher is recognised as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of York‚ where she is a professor of Egyptian archaeology and part of a Mummy Research Group.
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Oceanography also called oceanology or marine science‚ is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean. It covers a wide range of topics‚ including marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents‚ waves‚ and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers blend to further knowledge
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Dead Men Tell No Tale’s “Only the Devil and I know the whereabouts of my treasure‚ and the one of us that lives the longest should take it all.” – Edward Teach (Blackbeard) “YO HO YO HO a Pirates life for me!” In the 18th Century the seas where terrorized by pirates. The black flag with a skull and cross bones stuck fear into the hearts of all men‚ women‚ and children. And‚ even today we see the lasting impression pirates have on us as a society through movies‚ books‚ TV shows‚ and cartoons
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The development of historical archaeology in the United States‚ stated with a historic preservation movement in the mid-nineteenth century after the civil war. The historic preservation movement‚ was the result of the American elite wanting to preserve their history in the United States. Many of the American elite believed that their history is being threatened by the social changes caused by immigration and the new industrial capitalists wanting to destroy historical monuments for their own economic
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