Simple Machine: A machine with few or no moving parts. Simple machines make work easier. Examples: Screw‚ Wheel and Axle‚ Wedge‚ Pulley‚ Inclined Plane‚ Lever Compound Machine: Two or more simple machines working together to make work easier. Examples: Wheelbarrow‚ Can Opener‚ Bicycle Inclined plane: A sloping surface‚ such as a ramp. Makes lifting heavy loads easier. The trade-off is that an object must be moved a longer distance than if it was lifted straight up‚ but less
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Throughout the course of history‚ civilizations have been developing all over the globe. Some of these civilizations have shared several goals‚ experiences‚ and problems. Two particularly noteworthy civilizations are those of Greece and China. Greece had many city-states within in it. Two major Greek city-states were Sparta and Athens. Despite belonging to Greece‚ these city-states were unique culturally‚ politically‚ and socially. The Han Dynasty in China is another civilization that was unique in terms
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Many simple machines have been created even since the early times. According to Ron Kurtus from his website article‚ "Simple Machines"‚ the ancient Egyptians used levers to lift stones to build their pyramids and ramps to raise them to the top. Also he states that in Roman times‚ stones were tossed at enemies using catapults. The catapults used levers to fling the stones‚ and pulleys to pull down the arm of the catapult. The purpose of all of these simple machines is to lessen the amount of work
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Humanity spreads and settles On this earth‚ there are four kinds of ancient and prosperous civilization appeared long ago， They are the ancient Egyptian civilization‚ Sumerian civilization‚ ancient India and Chinese.The four civilizations have the same points and different points.In my opiniom‚the same point is the key to make a civilization in this time. First ‚they all lived near water.Sumerian near the Euphrates，India have Ganges River‚China have yellow river and Egypt have Nile.Water is the most
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People and Civilizations of the Americas An ancient civilization called Mesoamerican of the Maya developed a written language which enabled scribes to record the important actions of rulers and military events. One of the scribes was called the Mayan Scribe. The Mayan Scribe used a complex writing system to record religious concepts and memorializes the actions of their kings. Lady WacChanil-Ahau‚ the Maya princess‚ mounted a litter decorated with rich textiles and animal skins. The Mayans had
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used in Western Civilization. Many important cities‚ such as Constantinople relied on the trade in order for survival. Without trade‚ many societies would not have discovered jobs‚ materials‚ and foods. Different cultures had different supplies which taught one another careers which would make trade successful. There were many important trade routes which were located on land and in the sea. The Tin Road/Silk Route was very important to eastern civilization. This route which
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Abstract The Bridgeport Interact 412 Vertical machining center is supported by the language developed by Heidenhain. The language is a modified version of the conventional G-codes with added features. The machining center has the facility to use either the G-codes or the modified language. The modified language also has the facility of using functional parameters within a program by substituting them with variables which are either entered at a later stage or calculated by the controller
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society a civilization. There are also many things that makes a civilization advanced. Government‚ Religion‚ and culture impacts societies and makes them civilizations. Some of the products that were constructed that plays along with these three characteristics helps make these civilizations advanced. These three things that made up these civilizations have brought them a long way. Government plays a very big part in changing a society into a civilization. The majorities of these civilizations had
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What simple machines did you incorporate into your nifty lifting machine? 1. In the nifty lifting machine Kenny‚ Kaylee and I used three simple machines. We used a pulley system as our first simple machine. The pulleys are what allowed pulling the 600 gram can up the five centimeters. My group also used a wheel and axle‚ which is the crank that we used to pull up the cans. The wheel is the gear and the axle is the dowel rod we used to tie the rope around. Then we used a wedge to stop the gear on
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overarching theme of Lord of the Flies is the conflict between the human impulse towards savagery and the rules of civilization which are designed to minimize it. Throughout the novel‚ the conflict is dramatized by the clash between Ralph and Jack‚ who respectively represent civilization Vs. savagery .The differences are expressed by each boy’s distinct attitudes towards authority. Civilization can be seen as cultural and intellectual refinement in human society . In the Lord of the Flies ‚ the boys started
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