BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY Task-1 1.1 Explain the quality control testing before you allow starting the concreting work for the foundation‚ columns‚ slab and beams. There are two main tests to be done on concrete The slump test: the slump test shows the workability of concrete. The compression test: the compression test shows the best possible strength Concrete can reach in perfect conditions. Testing should always be done carefully. Wrong test results can be costly. SAMPLING The first step
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Early History of the Pipe Organ The "king of instruments" has a long history‚ one which can arguably be traced to the concept of a collection of "fixed-pitched pipes blown by a single player (such as the panpipes)" (Randel 583). The first examples of pipe organs with the basic features of today can be traced to the third century B.C.E. in the Greco-Roman arena; it is said to have been invented by Ktesibios of Alexander and contained "a mechanism to supply air under pressure‚ a wind-chest to store
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continued to compose for the theater in 1922 and wrote a one-act‚ The Flemish‚ presented the first national opera competition: won first prize and was intended to scenes of San Carlo in Naples‚ where he was represented successfully in April of the same year under the direction of E. Mascheroni. Although greeted with great enthusiasm
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standing about two feet tall and four feet wide. It was created in the fifteenth century between the years of 1425-1430’s with oil painting on a wood panel. Oil paint is slow drying paint made when pigments are mixed with oil. It was painted by a Flemish artist named Robert Campin also known as the Master of Flemalle. The second painting‚ Deposition‚ was created in 1435-1438 in Museo del Prado‚ Madrid by artist Rogier van der Weyden. Deposition was also created with an oil painting on a wood panel
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Sydney Kraeger 10 2/18/13 APWH Chapter 14 Cornell Notes Introduction * Aeneas Sylvus doubted whether anyone could convince the Christians leaders to take arms against the Muslims * French and English armies had been fighting for over a century * The German rulers didn’t really control their states * Spain and Italy kingdoms could not unite * The plague took away a third of the European people * 1200-1500 – a time of great progress because of the renaissance
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Plan. 1. Introduction 2. History of germanic languages. 3.1. The Indo-European languages 3.2. Historical Germanic Languages 3.3. Present day Germanic languages 3. The chronological division of the History of English. 4. Conclusion. 5. Bibliography. 1. Introduction. This paper is dedicated to the history of germanic languages. Germanic languages‚ subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages‚ spoken by about 470 million people in many
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Botticelli and Warhol’s Art Works of Venus Sandro Botticelli created the beautiful‚ captivating‚ and norm breaking Birth of Venus. It depicts the story of the goddess Venus‚ having emerged from the sea as a full grown woman arriving at the shore. Painted in 1486‚ and with the medium of tempera on canvas‚ The Birth of Venus hangs in the Uffizi gallery in Florence Italy. This renaissance painting is huge and is 67.9 inches tall by 109.6 inches wide. Andy Warhol’s screen print Venus was done is
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which were preserved by the muslims -trading- italy was the centre of the mediterrainean trade; this brought about great wealth to the country; the medici family was incharge of trade; they were very wealthy‚ this wealth was used to sponsor artists‚painters‚writers etc. -italians were more attached to their classical roman heritage -six major cities of italy in which the renaissance flourished -genoa -venice -florence -milan -naples -rome HUMANISM -the study of classical writings (greeks and
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compared to the Dutch. As soon as the Paris treaty‚ signed on the 30th of May 1814 ‚ established that the Belgian state was to become part of the United Kingdom of Netherlands the Dutch dream of expansionism was accomplished and immediately the Flemish started enforcing Dutch supremacy. This meant that if you were Dutch you were treated with higher respect and had more advantages then all other races in the Dutch Kingdom. For example when the constitution adopted to revise the fundamental laws of
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Art is everywhere; from architecture to sculptures‚ paintings‚ pictures and even flower gardens. There are many styles and techniques used by artists to capture the eye of a viewer and draw them into the artwork. One such art piece that has this effect is: Mérode Altarpiece (Triptych of the Annunciation) by Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle)‚ circa 1425-1430s. This beautiful triptych was painted in oil on oak panels‚ with the center panel measuring 25 1/4 x 24 7/8” and each side panel measuring
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