unable to focus all colors to the same focal point; a common problem found back then in refracting telescopes. 1672 – French sculptor Sieur Guillaume Cassegrain developed the Cassegrain telescope; the first reflecting telescope. 1774 – Sir William Herschel was a well-established Newtonian-style telescope maker who discovered Uranus‚ two moons of Uranus and Saturn. He was the first to design and construct a giant reflector telescope‚ with his 40-foot telescope. 1845 – The Leviathan of Parsonstown‚
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Count Basie (William) Count Basie (1904-1984) was an extremely popular figure in the jazz world for half a century. He was a fine pianist and leader of one of the greatest jazz bands in history. The story of Count Basie is very much the story of the great jazz band that he led for close to 50 years (1935-1984)‚ an orchestra with a distinctive sound‚ anchored by a subtle but powerful beat‚ complimented by exceptional ensemble work‚ and graced with superb soloists. But perhaps the most surprising
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In April 1871‚ following Germany’s unification‚ the Jews residing in German gained full civil emancipation and citizenship (17). Within 70 years‚ Jews across Eastern Europe were being systematically exterminated by the hands of the Nazi regime. Antisemitism’s onset during the early twentieth century relied on the mass hysteria surrounding economic instability and the destruction of mainland Europe following the first world war. The Nazi’s meteoric rise to power was due in part to their explanation
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The definition of literature is not easy to concretely decide upon‚ and deciding if a piece of work is literature is harder to conclude when there is no concrete definition of the category. Various people have differing opinions on what makes literature literature: it may be believed that literature consists of the Classics (Shakespeare‚ Homer‚ Sophocles‚ etc.)‚ and it may also be believed that literature consists of what students are forced to read while in school (The Catcher in the Rye‚ The Crucible
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General Comments Keats was so moved by the power and aliveness of Chapman’s translation of Homer that he wrote this sonnet--after spending all night reading Homer with a friend. The poem expresses the intensity of Keats’s experience; it also reveals how passionately he cared about poetry. To communicate how profoundly the revelation of Homer’s genius affected him‚ Keats uses imagery of exploration and discovery. In a sense‚ the reading experience itself becomes a Homeric voyage‚ both for the
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History 111A (Ancient Near East) Professor Spyridakis Fall 2013 REQUIRED READINGS J. Oates‚ Babylon N. K. Sanders‚ ed.‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh J. A. Wilson‚ The Culture of Ancient Egypt H. M. Orlinsky‚ Ancient Israel Before the midterm‚ read relevant chapters on the main Mesopotamian cultures in Oates ’ Babylon as well as the Sanders and Wilson books. Orlinsky ’s Ancient Israel should be read in the second part of the course‚ along with relevant materials on Persia in Oates ’
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Biometrics Biometrics is described as the use of human physical features to verify identity and has been in use since the beginning of recorded history. Only recently‚ biometrics has been used in today’s high-tech society for the prevention of identity theft. In this paper‚ we will be understanding biometrics‚ exploring the history of biometrics‚ examples of today’s current technology and where biometrics are expected to go in the future. By definition‚ “biometrics” (Woodward‚ Orlans‚ and Higgins
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another simple application of Bernoulli’s equation. The principle of the venturi meter was demonstrated in 1971 by the Italian Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746- 1822) but it was not until 1887 that the principle was applied by the American Clemens Herschel (1842- 1930)‚ to a practical instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a fluid. The device consists essentially of a convergence in pipe- line‚ followed by a short parallel- sided throat and a divergence‚ called as a diffuser. Venturi meters
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History and Development of Statistics Simple forms of statistics have been used since the beginning of civilization‚ when pictorial representations or other symbols were used to record numbers of people‚ animals‚ and inanimate objects on skins‚ slabs‚ or sticks of wood and the walls of caves. Before 3000 BC theBabylonians used small clay tablets to record tabulations of agricultural yields and of commodities bartered or sold. The Egyptians analyzed the population and material wealth of their country
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Robert Jeffrey Mrs. Silva Sports Literature and writing period 6 29 January‚ 2016 Legends of Baseball Yogi Berra and Ty Cobb revolutionized what being a baseball player means. Both men‚ especially Cobb‚ were extremely hard working and aggressive. So much so‚ Cobb was willing to injure other players even if it meant he would be thrown out of the game. This aggressive mind set utilized by both players‚ propelled them to becoming hall of fame members and together‚ they set numerous records
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