Andrew Rinella Taylor/3 Chemistry Honors February 24‚ 2016 The Life and Impact of Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi was born on April 25‚ 1874 in Bologna‚ Italy. Marconi had one brother and was the son of Giuseppe Marconi and Annie Jameson. He was born into a wealthy family and was privately educated in the Italian cities of Bologna‚ Florence‚ and Leghorn. He was fascinated with the work of a well known scientist‚ Heinrich Hertz‚ and his discoveries on radio waves. In 1895‚ at one of his father’s
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Nowhere placed loneliness After watching the film‚ I only feel loneliness. As Giuseppe Tornatore’s first English-language film‚ “The Legend of 1900” was renowned in the end of the twentieth century. It tells a story of a pianist’s legendary life. On the luxury cruise Virginian‚ An orphan is abandoned in the first class. He is named after the year he was found‚ 1900. Nineteen Hundred becomes a prodigy with special piano talent‚ as he slowly grows up. He performs piano on the cruise‚ and everyone
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that a Florentine won‚ Salvi was awarded the commission anyway. The work began in 1732‚ and the fountain was completed in 1762. It cost almost 20 years. Salvi died in 1751‚ with his work half-finished. The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Panini. The first purpose of building it was originally to provide water from Aqua Virgo aqueduct for thermal baths. The fountain was refurbished in 1998; the stonework was scrubbed and the fountain provided with recycling pumps. And now‚ it is
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of Ferdinand de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine. In Pazzia‚ Isabella was required to feign madness‚ imitate all the other actors in her troupe‚ and speak several languages. She apparently performed this piece so spectacularly that one spectator‚ Giuseppe Pavoni‚ declared that the audience was so awed that “as long as the world goes on‚ her beautiful eloquence and worth will be praised”. Isabella performed twice for Henry IV‚ King of France‚ and his wife
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Recognize the structure‚ sculpture or painting (There will be 15. I will provide the names of the artists.) Chapters 10- 11 1. El Greco: The Burial of Count Orgaz [pic] 2. Diego Velazquez: Las Meninas [pic] 3. Bernini: Colonnade of St. Peter’s; David [pic] [pic] 3. Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew [pic] 4. Peter Paul Rubens: Henry IV Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici [pic] 5. Johannes Vermeer: The Milkmaid [pic] 6. Rembrandt: The Nightwatch
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What we found was a city literally "frozen in time". About two thousand inhabitants were unable to get away in time and perished. Archaeologist‚ Giuseppe Fiorelli devised a technique for injecting plaster into the cavities left by decomposed bodies in the volcanic materials. When the plaster hardened‚ a cast was formed showing the bodies exactly as they died‚ right down to the expressions on their
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The son of a fisherman‚ Galante was born in an East Harlem tenement to Vincenzo "James" Galante an immigrant from the town of San Germano dei Berici in Veneto and Vincenza Russo‚ who had immigrated from Castellammare del Golfo‚ Sicily in 1906. His career in crime started when he was only 11‚ forming a juvenile street gang on New York’s Lower East Side. He is the father of Bonanno family reputed capo James Galante. As a teenager‚ Galante became a mafia associate during the Prohibition era‚ becoming
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As I approach the Royal Portal also known as the west façade‚ to the left and the right of are the northern and southern tower. The south tower was completed in 1160 and is 349 feet tall. The North Star is 377 feet tall and is capped by a spire added in the early 16th century to an already existing tower. Between the towers are the three lancet windows. As I enter the central portal I look up and I see the breathtaking clerestory windows the high 120 feet ceilings‚ and large buttresses‚ your eyes
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Magnitude is a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake. It may be expressed using several magnitude scales. One of these‚ Used in Southern California‚ is called the Richter scale. To calculate magnitude‚ the amplitude of waves on a seismogram is measured‚ correcting for the distance between the recording instrument and the earthquake epicentre. Since magnitude is representative of the earthquake itself‚ there is thus only one magnitude per quake. Taking the Lawton
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Manuel Maria de los Dolores Falla Matheu (Cádiz‚ November 23‚ 1876 - Alta Gracia‚ Argentina‚ November 14‚ 1946) was a Spanish composer. Representative of musical nationalism‚ is one of the most important Spanish composers of the early twentieth century‚ with Isaac Albéniz‚ Enrique Granados‚ Joaquin Turina and Joaquin Rodrigo. Musical nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country‚ region‚ or ethnicity‚ such as folk tunes and melodies‚ rhythms
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