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    person’s moral compass to make them agree with the argument of the author. American Literature is influenced by the emotion of the time that it is happening in and also by the emotions and beliefs of the audience. In the reading of “the pit and the pendulum” Poe would use imagery to help the reader be able to see the setting of the location where the man was being held captive in a way that would make the person reading the material feel the sense of fear and be able to put a picture of the

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    through the fear of being encased in the dark. The setting of darkness in ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ creates the same effect of fear‚ both in the narrator and the reader. Darkness is present even before the narrator is in the tomb. The “black-robed judges” are the first which bring out darkness into the setting. Since they were the ones who sentenced the narrator to death in the tomb‚ they can be seen as the first glimpse of the immense darkness that the narrator was about to experience (in the tomb)

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    The Greatest Invention

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    THE GREATEST INVENTION SOARS What invention soars like a bird but is much bigger? An airplane! I bet most of you got that. But this here isn’t a regular invention. It’s the greatest invention. It’s just so amazing. I mean we get a chance to fly. And I bet there’s tons of other ways the airplane is awesome. I’ll share some things about the airplane. First‚ you must know who invented such a fabulous invention. The genius or should I say geniuses who made the airplane were the wright brothers

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    Chinese Inventions

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    Great inventions from the East. Although not many people know‚ perhaps more than half of the inventions and discoveries which the modern world relies on were originated from East Asia. The East Asian culture has contributed to our world civilization achievements in the fields of agriculture‚ shipping‚ astronomy‚ printing‚ paper money‚ oil‚ martial arts‚ ammunition and mathematics. These inventions were essential blocks in the building of the world as we know today. Therefore‚ this museum report

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    Slowing the Biological Clock Team B BSHS 371 July 23‚ 2012 Rafael Gomez Slowing the Biological Clock The biological clock is an organism’s rhythm that controls the cycle of behaviors that occur on a daily basis. Slowing the biological clock is in reference to the cells that are constantly changing in an individual’s body. A person should take care of his or her body at a young age because the effects of the care will have outcomes as the person ages. There are several contributing

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    Invention of The Telephone

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    The Invention of the Telephone: The Silver Lining in Communications Outline Thesis: The steps and process to how the invention of the telephone was made and came about. 1. The usage of the Telegraph. a) The telegraph was the form of communication in the 1800s. b) There was a growing demand for more and more messages be sent at once by the device. c) Alexander created the Harmonic Telegraph which led to the invention of the telephone. 2. The process of making The Telephone A. Bell shaped a piece

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    History of Atomic Clock

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    Rabi‚ a physics professor at Columbia University‚ suggests a clock could be made from a technique he developed in the 1930’s called atomic beam magnetic resonance. 1949 Using Rabi’s technique‚ NIST (then the National Bureau of Standards) announces the world’s first atomic clock using the ammonia molecule as the source of vibrations. 1952 NIST announces the first atomic clock using cesium atoms as the vibration source. This clock is named NBS-1. 1954 NBS-1 is moved to NIST’s new laboratories

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    Monroe Clock Company

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    MONROE CLOCK COMPANY * Issue: Jim Monroe‚ president of Monroe Clock Company‚ decided to sell a new household timing device. And this complete product would have to be sold through wholesalers and manufacturers’ representatives‚ which were new to Monroe Clock‚ so the price will be an important factor. Jim’s controller‚ Tom‚ had provided figures showing a full cost of $11.60 and factory price of $14.70‚ and Frank Tyler‚ his sales manager‚ had worked out a cost of $6.30 excluding fixed overhead

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    Iodine Clock Reaction

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    most effective‚ this aim will be carried out as an iodine clock reaction. The goal of this aim is to find out what catalyst is best to make this reaction occur at the fastest rate. 3. Determine the effects of the presence of ethanol on the rate equation. It is known that ethanol effects hydrogen peroxide and therefore it has an effect on the rate equation. This aim will find out the effect of ethanol by carrying out the iodine clock reaction with and without ethanol present and the results

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    Greatest Invention

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    What is the greatest invention of all time? Throughout time there have been lots of new inventions which have both hindered and helped everyday life with humans. There are many different possible world’s greatest inventions because they have all helped out humankind in some way‚ some more than others. I think that the greatest invention of all time is Harnessed Electricity. Some may argue that this was not an invention it was a discovery but although electricity itself was a discovery there was

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