Mad Hatters The term “mad hatters” comes from the nineteenth century‚ when hat designers made hats out of felt. The reason there was mercurious nitrate in the hats was because they had to use mercury to cure to felt. The mad hatters were mainly located in France. The hats the mad hatters made were 6 ½ to 8 inches in height. For example if your head was 22 inches in circumference your hat size would be 6 7/8 inches. On a lot of hats there was a symbol saying 10/6. Some people say
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You are an Athletic Trainer. You are watching a local basketball basketball just in case anybody gets hurt. Then out of nowhere‚ a player hears a pop in his leg ‚ and is going through a lot of pain. You spring into action and try to help the poor player. Will you get him back into action in no time or will his basketball dreams be ruined forever? As an athletic trainer‚ you will have a lot of responsibilities. Athletic Trainers help athletes maintain physical health by teaching them how to
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killers are often punished by death. What Happened in Kodaikanal and continues to happen is nothing less than a serial crime. How could anyone explain a factory that deliberately cheated its employees and the world about the dangerous effects of mercury flaunt all possible safety measures which resulted in the death and destruction of lives and families. When a large corporate is charged of a crime it can be often dismissed as deliberate attempt to defame the company. Hindustan Unilever is the largest
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Mercury Mercury is called after the messenger of the Roman Gods. Mercury is 0.39 AU from the Sun. Mercury is 0.61 AU from the Earth. Mercury is quite a small planet. Its diameter‚ the distance right round its middle‚ is only 3‚031 miles or 4‚878 kilometres. Mercury’s average orbital speed is 48 km/s. Its orbit of the Sun lasts for only 87.96 days. Mercury only turns very slowly on its axis‚ taking 58.64 days to complete the turn from day to night. Mercury has an extremely thin atmosphere around
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Remember chemistry class? Heavy metals are simply a certain class of metallic elements. Our bodies require trace amounts of some heavy metals‚ including copper‚ zinc‚ and others‚ but even these can be dangerous at high levels. Other heavy metals such as mercury‚ lead‚ arsenic‚ and cadmium have no known benefits‚ and their accumulation over time can cause serious illness and even premature death. The industrialization of our world has dramatically increased the overall environmental ’load’ of heavy metal
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Relation between character-atmosphere The environment is an important aspect in a story; it will determine most of the attitudes taken in the written work. The atmosphere will tell the feelings expressed by the characters in the story though to the relation between character-atmosphere. Related with the atmosphere is the mood. Given that the atmosphere affects the character therefore it will also affect the mood. In the story “All Sumer in a Day” the atmosphere has even more influence though
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Midterm Examination Earth Science and Society Magan R. Kight The four other major contributors to the development of modern astrology after Copernicus were Tycho‚ Kepler‚ Galileo‚ and Newton. Tycho devised the most precise instruments available before the invention of the telescope for observing the heavens.("The observations of‚" 2010) Kepler developed three laws of planetary motion. He stated that the orbits of the planets are elliptical‚ that the planets revolve around the Sun at different
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The article summarized below is from THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (issue Dec.97) by William R. Newcott. It tells about how comets are important and their effect on earth and its people.<br><br>Comets are leftover scrubs of material that did not make it to planethood in the events creating our solar system. They orbit in a perpetual Deepfreeze until some subtle gravitational nudge upsets the delicate balance. The Great Falls begins. First a snowball drifts towards the sun and steadily accelerates. As solar
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1. Which of the following is not one of Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion? A) As a planet orbits the sun‚ it sweeps out equal areas in equal time. B) The closer a planet is to the sun‚ the slower it moves in its orbit. C) A planet’s orbit is an ellipse‚ with the sun at one focus. D) The more distant a planet’s orbit is from the sun‚ the longer it takes to complete an orbit. Table for Individual Question Feedback Points Earned: 1.0/1.0 Correct Answer(s): B 2. What are the three
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Albert Maldonado 5/14/14 Rice Outline: Mars One AP English IV Thesis: In the Mars One Mission‚ the hopeful explorers will face three main problems: the budget is too ambitious‚ getting to Mars will be a difficult task‚ and terraforming Mars is harder than it seems. I. Introduction A. Something interesting B. Thesis statement II. To begin with‚ Mars One’s budget is far too low and won’t get the funds it needs. A. Set budget not enough 1. Say they need $6 billion 2. Forget
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