a lot of concrete and descriptive language in his work. Langston Hughes’s essay “Salvation” uses detailed descriptions to impact the reader. Description is “a sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species” (“description”). Authors use concrete language to influence readers. Concrete language is “based off the five senses which are hearing taste‚ sight‚ touch‚ and smell” (“Concrete”). Hughes
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When you see roads you know that they lead somewhere.The quote “All Roads Lead to Rome” means everything that we had done to this day leads back all the way to Rome.The Roman Empire made up what we have and to this day we have made it better but we are still using their ideas and what they made back then. One example would be the Julian calendar that was made by Julius Caesar in 46 BC because it was the first calendar to split the year into 365 day‚12 months‚and with a leap day added every 4 years
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February 4‚ 2013 Subject: Tow Behind Concrete Mixer SUMMARY This feasibility report is to determine whether Builder Pros will benefit by purchasing a new tow behind concrete mixer. Builder Pros is a subcontracted construction company. On average‚ Builder Pros pours six concrete slabs per month. By purchasing a tow behind concrete mixer‚ Builder Pros can reduce man hours by 16 hours per job. Currently‚ the process of hand mixing the concrete requires 3 people to complete the job. This
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horizontal Full-round concrete placement for Austrian tunnel Environmental protection issues shaped the plans for a twin-tube vehicular tunnel 1.45 miles long outside the village of Steinhaus in Upper Austria. A cut-and-cover operation requiring the excavation of 650‚000 cubic yards of soil‚ the tunnel itself called for 130‚000 cubic yards of concrete to be placed. Because the tunnel stands in groundwater‚ it was built as what the Austrians call a white tank‚ a water-- impermeable concrete body with no
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by: Ashok kumar singh INDEX : 1. INTRODUCTION 2. WHAT ARE THE SMART MATERIALS? 3. SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS (SMA) 4. CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE (CFRC) 5. CONCLUSION 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 7. REFERENCES 1. INTRODUCTION The development of durable and cost effective high performance construction materials is important for
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Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man: The Concrete Mixer Imperialism Ray Bradbury’s “The Concrete Mixer‚” tells the story of a Martian named Ettil‚ who refuses to invade Earth on the theory that the people of Earth have greater morale than the people of Mars. Ettil had feared that his people were doomed to the same fate as the people in his books: whom at the end of every story were conquered by Earth. When the Martians’ arrive to Earth nothing is as any of them thought it would be. They had been
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INTRODUCTION Cement is a binder‚ a substance that sets and hardens independently‚ and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans‚ who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed rock with burnt lime as binder. The volcanic ash and pulverized brick additives that were added to the burnt lime to obtain a hydraulic binder were later referred to as cementum‚ cimentum‚ cäment‚ and cement. Cement is made by grinding
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Task 3(a) There are many benefits in using steel as a building material. Steel is a very structurally stable material. It is also eco-friendly and energy efficient. According to Hewlett‚ a freelance writer in Houston‚ construction steel is recyclable with the rates of over 90 percent. Unlike wood‚ there’s no need to worry about the material rotting or damages caused by insects. It is very durable and can withstand most weather conditions. There’s also no need for deforestation that are harmful
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Technology School: Meadowbrook High School Centre Number: 100075 Territory: Jamaica Topic: Concrete Production Year of Exam: 2011 Introduction This research focuses on the production of concrete at a concrete producing factory‚ Pre-Mix Jamaica‚ located in the corporate area of Kingston and St. Andrew. The aim of this research was to get a substantial and in depth analyses of the concrete producing company so that a report can be presented. In the report‚ definitions‚ descriptions
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Deierlein‚ Stanford University; Jerome F. Hajjar‚ Northeastern University For decades‚ the goal of seismic engineers has seemed straightforward: Prevent building collapse. And so they add steel braces to a skyscraper’s skeleton or beefier rebar to concrete shear walls. After absorbing the brunt of seismic shaking‚ however‚ the compromised structures often must be demolished. “The building‚ in a sense‚ sacrifices itself to save the occupants‚” says Gregory Deierlein‚ a Stanford University civil and
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