The compass‚ steel‚ paper‚ the printing press‚ and the kite are all inventions from Ancient China. All of these inventions have a huge impact on the world today. Ancient China has had many inventions that have impacted and changed the world. The invention that has the greatest impact is gunpowder. Gunpowder was made by accident by Chinese alchemists were trying to find the elixir of life. They discovered it when they mixed sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and potassium nitrate. The Chinese started to use gunpowder
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Many of us have probably heard about how Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the
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A telephone‚ or phone‚ is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound‚ typically and most efficiently the human voice‚ into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances‚ and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user. The wordtelephone has been adapted into the vocabulary of many
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The discovery of Uranus‚ or "George’s Star" as it was originally called‚ was a revolutionary event in the field of astronomy. But to understand the significance of this discover‚ we must understand the conditions that exsisted just before and during this landmark milestone. Up to this point‚ several planets‚ those that are visible to the naked eye‚ and with out the aids that modern technology allow us‚ had been identified "before recorded history"‚ as an article about the discovery in "Science and
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DISCOVERY OF EARTH’S HISTORY: “FOSSILS” I.OBJECTIVES 1. WHAT IS FOSSILS? 2. HOW THEY WERE FORMED? 3. FOSSILIZATION PROCESSESS 4. FOSSILS RECORD 5. TYPES 6. PSEUDOFOSSILS 7. HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF FOSSILS 8. TRADING AND COLLECTING 9. IMAGE GALLERY II.DISCUSSION FOSSILIZATION PROCESSESS Permineralization Permineralization is a process of fossilization that occurs when an organism is buried. The empty spaces within an organism
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efficiency functions‚ such as working memory‚ processing speed‚ and reasoning. The term "journey of self-discovery" refers to a travel‚ pilgrimage‚[1] or series of events whereby a person attempts to determine how they feel‚ personally‚ about spiritual issues [2] or priorities‚[3][4] rather than following the opinions of family‚ friends‚ neighborhood[5] or peer pressure. The topic of self-discovery has been associated with Zen.[6] A related term is "finding oneself".Awareness is the first step in the
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like no other before her‚ her name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She changed her name to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was dedicated to taking care of the poor and helping the needy and She devoted her life to taking care of the sick and anyone who needed love. Through her compassion and care‚ Mother Theresa had a great and lasting influence on the world around her. After she opened Missionaries of charitys‚15 others opened around the world. All that which is apparent in the book "Mother Teresa‚ A Complete
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Ancient China was one of the most complex civilizations of the early world. The ancient Chinese culture came up with many inventions to help cities and kingdoms thrive. Many of these inventions are still used today such as the compass‚ paper‚ and silk. These inventions not only helped ancient Chinese life‚ but ours as well. Even though they seem like a simple project‚ these inventions changed history. The first of these many inventions was silk. Silk was first crafted in 3000 BC. Silk was considered
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difference in this world. First I wouldn’t have a peronality. We would not be able to do anything at all. If I was taught that I was nothin then I would be a rebel and disagree. There are many reasons for disagreeing. It would be a world of no free will and then I would get a group to join me cause I wouldn’t want to get killed for my thoughts. So there would be a major change. Chapter II Anthem * How would you feel if you were “assigned” a mate at a time of mating? * I would have many feelings
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and scientific advancements. Many inventions and discoveries have been made by so many great minds whose purposes were to make our life always better than before. Ever since the beginning of all mankind‚ human have always had the ambition to improve their life. From that ancient time to the present‚ we can’t list all of our discoveries and inventions. Each of them is very important and helped making our life better. Among these‚ three most important inventions that define our life in the 21st century
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