Thomas Edison’s contributions to society through the science of electricity are undeniable and extremely significant. However‚ in the competition between his promoted DC electricity and George Westinghouse’s AC electricity‚ Edison employed some seemingly questionable motives in an attempt to succeed in the three-fold motive; enhance his reputation as a leading scientist‚ reap the profits that would come‚ and protect his established reputation which would be ‘dented’ by losing. Edison’s reputation
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"necessity is the mother of invention". Thomas Edison statement was based on the dependence of society using technology. This statement means that items that are invented based off of what people need. This is because no one will be able to appreciate an item that has no use. An example in today’s day an age is the iPhone which was invented so people didn’t have to carry both a phone and an iPod. That is making an invention due to the necessity of the people. Marshall McLuhan flipped this statement
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Purpose The purpose of the experiment is to determine the percent yield of the precipitate; by performing double displacement reaction between solutions of two different compounds. Introduction First of all when making a solution of two different compounds; there will many variables that can be considered during the experiment. However‚ the variables are controlled variables. Controlled Variables ∙amount of water that will be dissolved with the compound (amount of water until the compound is
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Mesta Dr. Mbah December 6‚ 2012 Percent Yield of a Chemical Reaction Introduction Yield is the quantity of product in a chemical reaction‚ the theoretical yield of a reaction can be calculated using mole ratios from the balanced chemical reaction. The actual yield has to be obtained and measured in a laboratory. It may be usual to often find the actual yield to be less than the theoretical yield due to many different factors. This gives rise to the concept of percent yield. Sodium bicarbonate and
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The percent yield was calculated to be 171% indicating a source of error. The high percent yield was due to the product being wet since we did not have enough time to dry the product with the vacuum filter—since we had to evacuate the building due to the fire alarm. If we were able to vacuum filter our product more‚ the percent yield would be close to 100%. 1. Assign the peaks in your NMR spectrum of your salicylic acid. See NMR spectrum on back 2. Assign the peaks in the IR spectrum of your salicylic
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The percent yield of meso-1‚2-dibromo-1‚2-diphenylethane was calculated to be 66.36% and with a melting point of 235.1°C. Therefore‚ it can be concluded that this experiment was successfully conducted as the percent yield obtained is only 33.64% off from the equilibrium point‚ and because the melting point met the literature value. The percent yield for the product was less than 100%‚ indicating that were experimental errors‚ such as an undesirable side reaction‚ or more likely‚ an incomplete reaction
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Ten Percent Summary – Chapter 9 Lessons 1-4 The French Revolution & Napoleon In World History & Geography‚ Chapter 9 the French Revolution Begins‚ Radical Revolution & Reaction‚ The Rise of Napoleon and The Napoleonic Wars & The Fall of Napoleon and The European Reaction‚ McGraw – Hill Networks explains The French Revolution & Napoleon. Causes of the French Revolution were often seen as a major turning point in European history. The long – range causes of the French revolution are to be found in
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In‚ The One Percent Solution‚ by Gordon Lafer‚ he argues that lobbyist groups are taking advantage of the 2008 recession to work to advance the interests of the wealthy. This is being done at the expense of the poor by influencing the policy that government institutions introduce‚ vote on and implement. The lobbyist’s underlying agenda is to try and change the relationship between the workers and the owners as well as shift the expectations for government protections that the workers currently have
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4.4ai. The price elasticity of demand is given to calculate the new price. The fruit stall has 100 peaches initially but 10 peaches are rotten. It means the number of remaining peaches is 90 units. Therefore‚ the question provides the factors such as initial quantity‚ new quantity‚ initial price which are 100‚ 90‚ 1 respectively. Let the new price be x. Therefore‚ we will choose $1.2 per unit as the new price to sell the remaining peaches. 4.4aii. Case 1: If I do not discover the
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being taught at home about the practice of safe sex and prevention of an unwanted pregnancy. Teenagers that are sexually active need to be put on birth control and taught about STD’s‚ which mean sexual transmitted disease. Teen pregnancy is one hundred percent preventable. Sex and prevention Teenagers are not being taught at home about safe sex and prevention. When a child starts puberty or even before puberty parents should discuss changes that are happening with their bodies. Explaining that it
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