Renaissance invention S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M what kind of word is this? But more importantly‚ how the heck am I supposed to pronounce this‚ I frustratedly thought to myself. “Trying to read again”. Dad asked as he walked in my room with a fabricated smile face. “Yep‚ Can you help me again? I asked in a wary voice “Maybe later‚ you know our neighbors Johannes Gutenberg? “Yeah” I responded “what about him?” “He’s working on some printing press that I’m helping him with”‚He added. “See you at dinner”. He
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Marcia Douglas Electricity Comes To Cocoa Bottom Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom takes the reader on a journey of light‚ from the flicker of the firefly in rural Jamaica‚ through the half-moonlight of the limbo of exile in the USA to the point of arrival and reconnection imaged by the eight-pointed star. It is also a journey of the voice‚ traversing back and forth across the Atlantic and across continents‚ pushing its way through word censors and voice mufflers and ending in tongues of fire
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Fruit can make electricity!? Title: Fruit can make electricity!? I. Purpose The purpose of this activity is to find out if electricity can be made from some fruits. II. Hypothesis Fruits can generate electricity III. Procedure A. Research Electricity Is one type of energy or power. The electricity in one form or another is all around us. For example‚ our bodies and other living things have electricity in them. By controlling the electricity around us‚ by making it work for us‚ we have changed
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I identify myself most with the story of “Daughter of Inventions”‚ because this story shows how a family who moved from their country‚ Dominican Republic to America. Their mission in America was to do their best‚ to have a better life‚ and a socioeconomic status by working hard. Being American has a profound message for many immigrants. They refer to it as‚ freedom‚ responsibility‚ and respect towards others. the purpose of immigrants who move to this country is to find freedom of this nation in
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The Best and Worst inventions Creative humankind invent abundance of objects that was thought to be of benefits of people. Some inventions are beneficial‚ some of them are also destructive. In my point of view‚ the greatest invention is the airplane. Airplanes make it possible for people to “fly” across the ocean and discover the other land on the earth. At the same time‚ we can have friends of different nationality. This transport reduces the time of travelling which makes our vacations more interesting
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ELECTRICITY I. DISCOVER OF ELECTRICITY About 600 B.C.‚ Thales‚ a Greek philosopher and scientist‚ observed that a piece of amber attracted small bits of “paper” or very thin wood shavings after it was rubbed with wool. He had discovered‚ in effect‚ static electricity. William Gilbert‚ an English scientist in the sixteenth century‚ found that many other different materials could be made to act like amber. Whenever these objects were rubbed against each other‚ they were able to attract each other
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The Invention of the Gatling Gun The Gatling Gun was first introduced in the Civil War‚ at the Battle of Petersburg. This machine was exceptionally useful for the North‚ which benefited the Union‚ securing a winning victory. Unfortunately‚ the gun wasn’t used much‚ as it was established during the end of the war. The Gatling Gun was created and named after Richard J. Gatling (Richard). Born on September 12‚ of 1818‚ he grew up helping his father invent the cotton machine‚ which would pluck the
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The central theme of the article “The Invention of Heterosexuality” is about how sexuality has changed throughout time and what is believed to be normal has also changed. What was the article about?: Throughout time the way that a man or a women is viewed has changed in a great deal. Men have also been believed to be a certain way in order to be a true man‚ same goes for a woman. If they do anything that is not the way they should be acting then they are not true. Dr. Kiernan was the first one
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anemometer- helicopter- ornithopter-Da Vinci was fascinated by birds. He watched them‚ sketched them and borrowed ideas from them for his inventions. One of the results of this fascination was the ornithopter‚ a device conceived by da Vinci that would theoretically have allowed humans to soar through the air like birds. While da Vinci’s parachute would have allowed a human being to jump off a cliff without being hurt‚ the ornithopter was actually a way for people to soar off the ground and into
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created a camera that can actually capture a moment in time and saves it inside the camera‚ and that camera can transfer the image to the computer‚ while being capable of editing the image on the camera itself? I think the digital camera is very important because it takes photography to a whole new level. In this essay‚ I will explore who invented the digital camera‚ where that person got their idea‚ and how it affect our society. The digital camera is an extremely useful device‚ being capable
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