Explain how technology was a stimuli to the Age of Discovery? There were many technological advances in the Age of discovery. The development of the cannon‚ which was able shoot iron or stone balls. This device could take down city walls or fortresses. A western technician built 56 small cannon’s and gigantic gun that could hurl stone balls weighing 800 lbs. The gun could only be loaded and fired only by about a hundred men working together‚ and reloading took 2 hours. Although the cannon had serious
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Did you know that without mistakes discoveries could not be found? Thomas Edison had said ’1 percent inspiration 99 percent perspiration. In 1871 an adventurer by the name Hernrich Schliemann was digging for the lost city of troy. This explorer did not always tell the truth either. This proves that discoveries make you selfish‚ controlling‚ and greedy. Henrich Schliemann made up fake experiences about when he traveled to San Francisco. But he had never traveled to San Francisco. Schliemann loved
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Just like potato chips‚ silly putty‚ and corn flakes‚ penicillin was an accident. Many people contributed to the bringing about of penicillin. The discovery of penicillin‚ the history of it are two very important subjects on how it became what it is today. First of all‚ penicillin was discovered by a bacteriologist Alexander Fleming. This scientist discovered it by accident. He went away for a while and when he came back a mold was covering all his petri dishes. Fleming did some testing with a particular
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In ancient times‚ trade could be a matter of survival. Eventually ancient peoples began trading luxury items as well‚ such as art and jewelry. When Europe and Asia discovered each other‚ tentative political bonds began to form once they discovered what the other had to offer. The Silk Road was the most significant and important trade route for many hundreds of years‚ especially during the Tang dynasty. Although it is called the Silk Road‚ there was a variety of products and even ideas that were transported
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Rod‚ The Franklin Stove‚ Swim Fins and much more. One of his most famous discoveries was electricity. Franklin began working on electricity after he heard a lecture about it in Scotland in 1743. Five years later he sent a letter over it to the Royal Society. In 1751‚ he published his book of his electrical current experiments in England called Experiments and Observations of Electricity. Before Franklin started his discovery of electricity‚ the main idea of electricity consisted of two opposing forces
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Background study Teachers are increasingly facing serious instructional challenges as the diversity of students within each class room continues to widen. Patterson(2002) noted that within each classroom student of a wide academic range with different labels such as gifted‚ fast learners‚ average learners‚ slow learners and the low learners all face their teacher daily with full hope that their need will be met. The conventional teaching method seems not to have adequately equipped instructions with
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There were many helpful men or women on the Corps of Discovery crew‚ but by far‚ it seems Sergeant Patrick Gass was the most influential. He helped in any way he could to make the journey easier for his fellow comrades. He was the most important because his background‚ skill‚ and his leadership abilities. Patrick Gass had an important background that helped him in his career and the expedition. To start‚ he lived on the frontier. When he was old enough‚ he enlisted in Captain Caton’s Company of
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Scientific knowledge expanded rapidly‚ and influenced the way Europeans viewed the world; perhaps more profoundly than at any other time in history. Among these changes was Louis Pasteur discovery of the germ‚ which opened up a whole new world in health care. This led to Europeans using soap and taking showers more often‚ a huge market for antiseptics and disinfectants opened up‚ new methods for food preservation were discovered and used‚ the invention of the refrigerator‚ avoiding being around
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calculations‚ mathematics has significantly evolved overtime and has become one of the most important fields of study. Although‚ there have been many mathematical discoveries that have influenced our way of thinking‚ perhaps‚ the invention of Calculus should be considered one of the greatest achievements of mankind (Allen‚ page 1). The discovery of calculus has been a major time point in history. It has solved many mathematical problems as well as contributing to other scientific areas such as physics
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the outside appeared to be the same as usual‚ but on the inside‚ I knew there was a change. I was two weeks pregnant and I wouldn’t know it until about 5:30 that night. It was a very emotional discovery‚ finding that I would become a mother in a little less than nine short months. Not only did that discovery change my life‚ but it also changed the lives of many others who love and care about me. My mother‚ 33‚ would become a young grandmother and my step dad‚ 26‚ would become an even younger grandfather
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