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    World Without Electricity

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    habit‚ we heavily depend on electricty to function. The majority of items that are used on a daily basis depend on electricity to function. Modern socirety adapted to electricity more than ever. There is no specific date as to when electricity was discovered. In June 1752 Benjamin Franklin proved that lightening is electricity. In 1791 Galvani publisged his doscoverey of Bio electricity. In 1800 Volta invented the Galvanic cell‚ in which this day in age we call it the battery. Without these advances

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    Informative Speech Outline I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Jane Brox said‚ “Time and task were both disorienting. For if you were to remove everything from our lives that depends on electricity to function‚ homes and offices would become no more than the chambers and passages of limestone caves… simple shelter from wind and rain. No way to keep out cold‚ or heat‚ for long. No way to preserve food‚ or to cook it. The things that define us‚ that without their purpose‚ they lose

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    Great Inventions Of China

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    with their many great inventions‚ that they brought along the Silk Road. The great inventions were paper‚ printing press‚ compass‚ gunpowder‚ kites‚ etc. Only one of the magnificent inventions stand out from the others. That one would be‚ the compass. The compass helped introduce new parts of our Earth that we could not find ourselves. The compass was made of magnetite‚ which was magnetic. The magnetite aligned north and south because the of the magnetic fields or pulls against the north and south

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    1. How is electricity produced? The most simple way of producing static ekectricity is by rubbing or friction. When you rub two different kind of materials that are insulator‚ you can transfer electrons from one substance to another. Nowadays‚ to create electricity we use battery and generators. Voltage can be made by heart‚ light or mechanical pressure. http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity-info2.htm 2. Where and how is electricity used? Electricity gives us ability to produce

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    Electricity is vital to our lives‚ but many people seem to be terrified when it comes to electricity because of the potential injuries sustained from an electric shock. Therefore‚ many people prefer to hire an electrician to do the job. Sometimes a very simple connection can be quite costly‚ like the installation of a light bulb. Well‚ why not try to learn how to do these simple connections by yourself. The importance of knowing these steps is that you save money and‚ time without depending on others

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    Invention of the computer

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    Invention Of the Computer By Kenneth H. Russell The invention of the personal computer took place about 50 years ago. Steve Jobs and others had developed the Apple+. Since then the whole world has affected by it in the following ways: 1. Computers balance financial transactions such as our personal bank account. 2. On a larger scale the IRS keeps track of every American in a variety ways by computer. 3. Our intelligence services keep track of people by computer who would do us harm. 4. Computers

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    Mother of Invention

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    Introduction It has been said throughout time that‚ necessity is the mother of invention‚ but what facilitates necessity in today’s modern society has become a vast gray area. As a society‚ we are use to‚ and so dependent on‚ such modern conveniences‚ as high-speed internet‚ cell phones‚ laptops‚ tablets‚ search engines‚ and GPS‚ so much so that we would not know how to function without them. The dependence on modern technology is making way for a whole generation that is incapable of doing anything

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    The Importance of Electricity As long as the electricity is available‚ no one thinks much about it. The importance is realized when the power goes out. Whether it’s during the day or at night‚ electricity keeps our lives in order. It affects your business‚ your schedule and even your entertainment. Electricity runs everything in our everyday life. Gas stations can’t pump gas without it. Businesses have to close because their cash registers won’t work without it. Restaurants can’t cook food without

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    Invention of the Car

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    Being one of the most significant inventions of the 1920s‚ the automobile drastically changed the lives of Americans for the better. It not only improved transportation‚ obviously‚ but it also gave the economy the boost it needed to provide America with the age of prosperity that the 20s is known for. The first automobile developed with a combustion engine was invented by Henry Ford who later founded the Ford Motor Company‚ which was known for its achievements in bringing America its first affordable

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    Internet Inventions

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    Internet Inventions Several inventions have changed the way people communicate with each other. From the old fashioned telegraph to today’s modern electronic forms of communicating‚ people have beencreating easier ways to correspond. Electronic communication‚ such as e-mail and other internet offerings‚ have created a cheap and incredibly fast communications system which is gaining steady popularity. E-mail is basically information‚ usually in letter form‚addressed to a destination on the internet

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