The Maxim Gun By Alexander Thompson Hiram S. Maxim‚ who was working with an engineering works in Fitchburg‚ Massachusetts‚ invented the Maxim machine-gun in 1884. Hiram Maxim was born in Sangersville‚ Maine on February 5‚ 1840. His first patented inventions included models of electric lamps and gas appliances‚ and curling irons. Maxim’s first idea of inventing a weapon effective for battlefield combat came from a man he met at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition. This man told
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00 Mr. Ward APUSH II 11 December 2014 Essay #11 Developments in transportation‚ rather than in manufacturing and agriculture‚ sparked American growth in the first half of the 19th century; moreover‚ it was the booming railroad industry‚ the country massive turnpikes‚ and the canals promoting water travel that sparked American growth in the first half of the 19th century. Railroads had been in the making for years‚ and they just kept improving‚ thus improving the ease of news spread and travel throughout
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NAME Gen 105 Student Survival Guide Using Axia’s Educational Resources First‚ print the Course Syllabus and Calendar to review before class begins. On your computer‚ create a folder for each class under My Documents. Create sub-folders by weeks‚ or one sub-folder for materials and one for assignments you completed for the class. Under the Classroom tab‚ find Materials for each week of class. Each week‚ download all files on your computer under the folders created. Backup your files in a portable
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and having them published in Britain. This idea did not go as he had planned‚ but he still continued to use birds and flowers as his main subjects in his artwork. His paintings of landscapes never really caught on until later on in his life when the Hudson River School paintings were being rediscovered and then his work became more appreciated. The four principles of organization are very prevalent in this painting. When looking for the unity in this piece it is found in the family of hummingbirds
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Winkle is the detailed descriptions of nature in the story such as the Catskill mountains and the Hudson river. "Panting and fatigued‚ he threw himself‚ late in the afternoon‚ on a green knoll‚ covered with mountain herbage‚ that crowned the brow of a precipice. From an opening between the trees he could overlook all the lower country for many a mile of rich woodland. He saw at a distance the lordly Hudson‚ far‚ far below him‚ moving on its silent but majestic course‚ with the reflection of a purple
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In the novel Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly‚ the protagonist of the story Andi Alpers goes to Paris with her father to finish her senior thesis. Andi is failing school and must finish her senior thesis to graduate. The place where she stays is at the house of one of her father’s close friends who is addressed as G. G is a historian who is fixated on the French Revolution and wishes to create a museum about the French Revolution‚ for this reason‚ he owns many artifacts from the era of the French
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buy into it. A celebrity the media loves to use as a rolemodel is actress Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence is known in the media her relatable and quirky attitude and her love for food. She is often quoted with calling herself a person with an average body who is too “fat” for Hollywood because she eats cheeseburgers on a daily basis. Now‚ she did acknowledge a problem that Hollywood has with its unhealthy body standars‚ Jennifer Lawrence is not a average person with an average body. In fact‚ it probably
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Litigating and Negotiating Nature in Eastern James Bay Article Review This article by Hans Carlson presents a political and legal progression by the James Bay Development Corporation that essentially alters the native Cree’s relationship to their land. Starting in Quebec‚ from 1971 to 1975 the Grande River Hydro-electric Complex started the construction on four dams in eastern James Bay‚ publicized to provide electricity to the Quebec grid. Living off the eastern James Bay land is the people of
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Fireproof Alyssa Hart My experience of this movie was a great one; and this is actually a movie that I will remember for the rest of my life. I wouldn’t say that this is something that I learned‚ perhaps‚ but more of a huge reminder of what it takes to actually keep a relationship and marriage going in the right direction; but when he realized he needed to do more of the little things to keep everything going‚ and just how important that is in a successful marriage. “The Love Dare” is definitely
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Railways in Niagara Peninsular and its impact on the region Before the arrival a railways in Niagara peninsula The major influence in the Niagara region were the canals. Notably the First Welland Canal built by William Hamilton Merritt opened in the year 1829‚ which enabled the ships to avoid the Niagara Falls. The Welland canal transformed the Niagara peninsular‚ many rural regions industrialized‚ rural areas started to transform into urban areas. There was an inflow of construction workers who
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