Typical compounds formed by your element The history of your element’s discovery Pierre Janssen in France first noticed a bright yellow line during an eclipse (1868) Norman Lockyer in England noticed a yellow line in the solar spectrum (1868)Sir William Ramsay discovered helium on earth (1895) Five uses for your element or its common compounds 1. Main filling for blimps (airships) 2. Used to fill balloons 3. Detects leaks in sealed containers 4. Gas shield for arc welding
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where he had felt no discrimination based on his skin colour or ethnicity. After the war‚ like many other ethnic minorities‚ he could not find work in his field and eventually took up a job as a schoolteacher in the East End of London. The book To Sir‚ With Love (1959) was based on his experiences there. The other famous works are A Kind of Homecoming‚ Paid Servant‚ A Choice of Straws‚ Reluctant Neighbours. His numerous writings have dealt with the difficulties of being an educated black man‚ a black
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Sir Frederick Grant Banting Among the Greatest Canadians 2011-01-08 Sir Frederick Grant Banting was one of the greatest Canadians in history. He was born on November 14‚ 1891 near Alliston Ontario‚ and died in 1941 at the age of 50. After serving as a medical officer in France during the First World War‚ Frederick Banting was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. He was also responsible for one of the greatest achievements in medical history‚ the discovery of insulin in 1922. He had saved
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Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton-one of the greatest minds in history. He was an all-around genius. He was a mathematician‚ a natural philosopher‚ an inventor‚ and an English physicist. Some of the phenomenal things he did include studying how light reacts to reflection‚ formulating laws of universal gravitation and motion‚ and built the first ever reflecting telescope. In 1642 Isaac Newton was born into a very poor farming family in Woolsthorpe‚ England. When he was very young‚ his grandma took
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Sir Frederick Banting was born in Alliston‚ about forty minutes north of Toronto‚ approximately two hours and thirty minutes from Peterborough. Banting was an average student who struggled through secondary school and failed first year Arts‚ he still managed to maintain high hopes for becoming a doctor (Library and Archives Canada). Early treatment of insulin deficient patients was feeding them fresh pancreas and pancreas extracts. Theses treatments were ineffective as the insulin was destroyed
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In 476 AD‚ during the medieval times‚ there were many knights. Most knights followed a chivalric code. By definition chivalry means the rules and customs of medieval knighthood. Chivalry can also be defined by seven knightly virtues: courage‚ justice‚ mercy‚ generosity‚ faith‚ nobility‚ and hope. Gawain demonstrates chivalry by honoring the king and taking his place when cutting off the Green Knight’s head. He also shows justice when he makes a deal with Bertilak of Hautdesert‚ that with whatever
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Sir Robert Peel is one of the founding fathers of the principles of modern day policing. Peel was born in Bury Lancashire in 1788. He held different political offices during his life time‚ one being prime minister. Although he held many political offices Peel was considered to be a social reformist and is known as “The Founder of Modern Day Policing”. His reforms changed the penal system and resulted in lower crime rates. As a result of the Peels reforms her created the “Metropolitan Police”. The
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it is a part of who we are‚ our humanity. We all have it. It forms us. So let us get on with our lives and stop being prejudice against each other if you cannot accept yourself for who you are‚ don’t judge. That is the law of humanity. The text ‘To Sir with Love’ is a brilliant story of an untrained black man‚ who becomes a teacher at a mostly white school‚ with quite a reputation for a disregard for the rules. He uses his knowledge of the real world to get this bunch of disruptive kids ready for
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Introduction Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is a social worker and the founder and chairman of BRAC‚ the largest NGO in the world. Fazle Hasan Abed was born in 1936 into a landed family in Baniachong in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district. Fazle Abed’s father and his three uncles were adopted by Syed Shamsul Huda‚ who was one of the most influential personalities in Calcutta. Under Syed Shamsul Huda’s direction‚ Fazle Abed’s father Syed Mustafa Ali and his three uncles received education from the prestigious
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11/29/13 English IV A Modern Day Sir Thomas In society today it is blatantly apparent that there are more than a few problems with society itself but they can for the most part be narrowed down into a more general criteria that applies for most what we would call first world societies. These problems range for social equality to even such things as living conditions and or minimum wage and their perpetrators per say have done almost nothing to solve these problems or progress towards a better
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