From January 24‚ 1848 to about 1851 the California Gold Rush changed California forever. The discovery of gold by James Marshal in a stream near Sutter’s Mill Fort sparked the beginning of this historic event. The results forever changed California. The towns‚ population‚ and economic changes before‚ during‚ and after the Gold Rush proves the impact of this historical event. Life before the Gold Rush in California was simple. San Francisco was a small and unused town with very little excitement
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Natural Resources of Pakistan by Terra on February 12‚ 2011 · 47 comments in Featured‚National Pakistan‚ officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan‚ located in South Asia has 650 miles of coastline on the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. The west is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran. India is to the east and China in the far northeast. The country is strategically located between South Asia‚ Central Asia‚ and the Middle East. Land is a valuable natural resource. Other natural resources include an
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nitrateAmmonium Nitrate How they are manufactured? Ammonium nitrate is made commercially by passing ammonia gas (NH3) and a water solution of nitric acid (HNO3) through a pipe. The ammonia combines with the nitric acid to form ammonium nitrate. The formula for this reaction can be written as NH3 + HNO3 → NH4NO3. Large amounts of heat are released during the reaction‚ so the pipe and supporting equipment must be very strong. The solution of ammonium nitrate in water is allowed to evaporate‚ leaving
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Statement of Purpose - Civil Engineering (SOP) In this essay I outline my academic and extra-curricular accomplishments. Also discussed are my career objectives and the motivation to pursue the graduate program in Civil Engineering at the University of Massachusetts‚ Amherst. The undergraduate curriculum in Chemical Engineering at IIT‚ Kharagpur‚ introduced me to a wide gamut of subjects‚ both in and outside the field. Various courses like Mass Transfer‚ Heat Transfer‚ Fluid Mechanics and
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As Korea ‘s biggest trading partner and investment destination ‚ China ‘s economic system is now a barometer of Korea ‘s economic advancement. 1‚ 2009 ‚ the Chinese Ministry of Commerce‚ China replaced the U.S. as the world’s biggest trading nation from the news substantially cargo Korea ‘s key media awareness‚ and South Korea for your initial time final 12 months surpassed Japan to turn into China ‘s largest supply of imports ‚ in which massive machinery‚ electronic elements demand increase as the
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Discovered in the Early 20th century‚ Ellison’s Cave is named after the individual who owned the cave and the surrounding land atop Pigeon Mountain in the early 1900’s. He and his family would use the cave for cold storage‚ however‚ no significant exploration of the cave was undertaken for several decades‚ and the cave became "lost." Beginning in 1968‚ in an effort to map and document all of Georgia’s karst features‚ cavers "rediscovered" the cave. At that point‚ realizing that the cave entrance
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The main objective of the present work is to characterize some pigments from the tomb of Nakht-Djehuty (TT189)‚ time of Ramesses II (c.1279–1212 BC)‚ El-Assasif district‚ El-Qurna necropolis‚ Luxor (ancient Thebes)‚ Upper Egypt. The characterization of the examined wall paintings was carried out by means of optical microscopy (OM)‚ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray detector (EDS)‚ X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD)‚ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR)
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France is an independent nation in Western Europe and the center of a large overseas administration. It is the third-largest European nation after Russia and Ukraine. In ancient times France was part of the Celtic territory known as Gaul or Gallia. Its present name is derived from the Latin Francia‚ meaning "country of the Franks‚" a Germanic people who conquered the area during the 5th century‚ at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It became a separate country in the 9th century
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Art-2 Comparative Formal Analysis The Culture Shift between the Paleolithic and Sumerian Period The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period) marked the birth of art. During that period‚ humankind began to acknowledge the forms of human and animals‚ thus creating many sculptures and paintings in attempt to represent the world around them. Venus of Willendorf (ca. 28‚000 BCE.) also known as Nude woman‚ from Willendorf‚ Austria‚ was one
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Self-sufficiency in cement Sarwar A Chowdhury It is hard to pinpoint where and when the uses of cement were first discovered‚ or who invented it. Some say it was in ancient Rome‚ where engineers first used concrete made from volcanic rock and ground brick or pottery. Now‚ in modern times‚ concrete is a composite construction material composed of cement and other materials. Regardless of when the use of cement began‚ cement has become the major construction material for many centuries in the world
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