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    Why the Armada Failed

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    weren’t accurate‚ and‚ because they were hitting above the water line they didn’t sink any ships. The only ships lost were Spanish ships which had collided in the confusion of battle. Still‚ when the Armada attempted to occupy the Isle of Wight‚ Sir Francis Drake successfully commanded a squadron of ships to draw the fleet into the Channel (they could have avoided the Channel‚ but they would risk being shipwrecked). When the Armada was waiting for Parma’s men‚ they were driven away by fireships‚ which

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    Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist who in 1951‚ started working on on studying DNA by using a technique called X-ray diffraction. Her expertise was the X-ray diffraction mostly of proteins and lipids in a solution on DNA fibers. Franklin and a student‚ Raymond Gosling‚ took pictures of DNA and made the observation that there are two forms of DNA; the “A” form‚ which is dry and the”B” form‚ which is wet. One of their pictures of this observations‚ known as Photograph 51‚ became famous and was

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    In Novum Organum‚ Francis Bacon warns against "Idols...which have immigrated into men ’s minds from the various dogmas of philosophies and also from wrong laws of demonstration." He called these idols‚ Idols of the Theatre‚ in which he goes on to talk about how common errors in thinking keep people from arriving at the truth. Descartes‚ Galileo‚ and Montaigne are three historic figures whom have tried to fix these errors in thinking in their own writing. Descartes was a noble man and tried

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    Maurice Wilkins

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    Biophysicist Maurice Wilkins was born on December 15‚ 1916‚ in Pongaroa‚ New Zealand. He worked with the Manhattan Project before turning to biophysics. He produced the first image of DNA fibers. Also a conflict did occur between him and his colleague Rosalind Franklin‚ helped do the Watson and Crick double-helix model shared in 1953. Wilkins got the Nobel Prize for his work. He died on October 6‚ 2004. Early life Maurice Wilkins was born by two Irish parents. When he was born his father‚ Edgar

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    hatred‚ the belief that one is superior to another‚ lack of control‚ and self-destructive patterns. Within the reason category‚ there are the physical aspects of personal gain‚ and the rise and quest for power. Two great philosophers‚ Machiavelli and Francis Bacon‚ write of the destruction through man. Machiavelli’s writing of “The Qualities of the Prince‚” and Bacon’s writing “The Four Idols‚” show their views of human nature and how it can become a destructive force. The quest for power is one of

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    School of Engineering‚ Technology and Maritime Operations THE DESIGN OF A SMALL SCALE PELTON TURBINE RIG FOR USE IN A LABORATORY Abstract Contents Introduction Aims and objectives The aim of this project is to design a simple Pelton wheel rig for experimental use in a university laboratory. The final design should be able to be built with the equipment and resources at the university and be able to be operated with the most basic knowledge of water turbines. This report

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    Merda

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    named the “Henry System”. Fingerprints are formed in full detail before birth and remain unchanged throughout life unless they are affected by a deep seated injury. A method of classifying fingerprints and research in this field was initiated by Sir Francis Galton and Henry Faulds independently at the end of the 19th century. In 1900 a committee was appointed by the Home Secretary to enquire into methods of the ’Identification of Criminals by Measurement and Fingerprints’. What changed? This proposed

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    Elizabeth (1998) Critique

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    “Elizabeth‚” is a biographical film of Queen Elizabeth I of England produced by Tim Bevan‚ Alison Owen‚ and Eric Fellner released in year of 1998. The film was directed by Shekhar Kapur starring Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth‚ Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham‚ and Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley. This movie is the first of the series of Elizabeth with a following sequel‚ “Elizabeth: The Golden Age‚” that was released in 2007. The colorized film of “Elizabeth” focuses on the enthronement of the

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    To What Extent Does Blackadder Provide an Accurate Impression of Queen Elizabeth’s Appearance‚ Character and Abilities? In this essay‚ I will discuss the similarities and differences of Blackadder’s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth and other sources‚ including my own knowledge. Blackadder is a TV show on many different historical figures about a man called Edmund Blackadder and his dog robber‚ Baldrick. It has four series that cover Richard III‚ Elizabeth I‚ the Prince of Wales and World War I.

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    The Great Gatsby

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    The cover of The Great Gatsby is among the most celebrated pieces of art in American literature.[9] It depicts disembodied eyes and a mouth over a blue skyline‚ with the image of a naked woman reflected in the irises. A little-known artist named Francis Cugat was commissioned to illustrate the book while Fitzgerald was in the midst of writing it. The cover was completed before the novel‚ with Fitzgerald so enamored of it that he told his publisher he had "written it into" the novel.[9] Fitzgerald’s

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