SCIENTIFIC INVENTION ASSEMBLY LINE: Primitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ran some Eli Olds (1864-1950)‚ an early car-maker (he manufactured the Oldsmobile‚ the first commercially successful American car). Henry Ford (1863-1947) used the first conveyor belt-based assembly-line in his car factory in 1913-14 in Ford’s Highland Park‚ Michigan plant. This type of production greatly reduced the amount of time taken to put each car together (93 minutes for a Model T) from its
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dark figure was close behind me‚ a sound of hooves becoming louder. It was a nightmare had turned into reality. The bridge...I had to reach the bridge… The sanctuary of the bridge was ahead of me and I cracked the whip and Gunpowder whinnied and raced on ahead‚ an unstoppable force of nature. At last‚ I had reached the bridge. Turning to face the dark figure‚ he had pulled the reins‚ forcing his horse to raise up. My eyes could not turn away as the figure lifted the glowing head…Gunpowder jerked up
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My Invention would be a way to keep children and surfers completely safe in water activities in the pool and the ocean. My product name is the magic bubble. What the target market is parents and experienced surfers. The product also has much potential to be marketed not only in the US but throughout the entire world. The Magic Bubble is built within a wet suit that is linked to a tube with string that can pulled at anytime that fills the back of the suit with a pocket of air that would potentially
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Krishna Amin Mr. Zahn History 8‚ Period 5 13 May 2016 Harriet Tubman’s Greatest Achievement Background information on harriet tubman was born in 1822 in Dorchester county‚ Maryland. Tubman was babysitting at the age of five. She was work at the field and hauling logs at the age of twelve. Minty Ross married a free black man and became Harriet Tubman. In 1849 tubman made a life changing decision to run away unable to convince her husband to come with her. Her husband also said “if you run away I
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Over centuries humans have always continued to try and find new ways of converting one form of energy into one which humans can manipulate for their own use. One of the most recent forms of converting energy‚ which is gaining in popularity is nuclear energy. With 14 percent of the world using it today it is a viable alternative to burning fossil fuels. To give you a basic idea on how the process of converting energy works according to the Canadian Nuclear Association is as basic as‚ “splitting the
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role of scientific invention of the second half of XX century. But we shouldn’t forget that it is would have been impossible without countless ideas and inventions which mankind had made before. Every minute of our life is history in the making. Nowadays technical progress is developing so fast‚ that people who lived 50 years ago even couldn’t imagine our modern way of life. They couldn’t realize things‚ which is widespread and habitual for us. Today’s events can soon enter history books as well.
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Nikki Slesin Ms. Marshall-Fleenor History 9-1 November 17‚ 2007 Islamic Achievements made by the Muslims during the Golden Age In less than a century after Muhammad created the Islamic faith and state‚ Muslims and the new cultural power of Islam controlled half of the civilized world. Expansion that started with the rule of the Rightly Guided Caliphs continued under the Umayyad Dynasty‚ which ruled from A.D 661 to 750. Islam gained political control and influence from Spain to the borders
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many impressive achievements. She was born in Dorchester county‚ Maryland in 1822‚ and was give. The name minty. After the Atlantic slave trade ended in 1808‚ great pressure was put on May lands Eastern Shore to provide slaves for the cotton fields in the Deep South. "Minty" then chose her mothers name which was Harriet and her husbands last name which was Tubman. When her master died‚ she made a decision that could change her life forever. "I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things
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The current field of research into the cause of the downfall of the knightly class generally agrees that it was primarily a result of the introduction of gunpowder weaponry‚ but some recent scholarship suggests otherwise. Up through the present‚ historians have believed that the gunpowder revolution in military technology predominantly caused the knightly class in Europe to disappear. Unlike previous ranged weapons developments‚ firearms took no skill to operate and had the power to punch through
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October 6‚ 2013 A World Without Facebook Imagine how difficult it would be for a 18-year-old to delete their Facebook account. Years of their life invested on one site all vanish with one push of a button. Think of all the friends they would loose‚ and all the information that came with them. How disconnected would they be‚ now that they can no longer know what is going on in the network of people they have chosen to be informed about? Loosing this powerful tool for communication‚ how much would
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