sides were extremely smart and has provided us with new ideas and inventions that we still use today. One tactic that was used was trench warfare. The soldiers would stand in the ground with high walls for protection. This provided shelter from gunfire. These walls were tall enough so everyone could stand behind them. One of the downsides to trench warfare was “trench foot.” This would occur when the soldiers stood in inches of water for days on end. It was a nasty infection that would get them sent
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In this‚ and subsequent descriptions of the trenches‚ I may lay myself open to the charge of exaggeration. But it must be remembered that I am describing trench life in the early days of 1914‚ and I feel sure that those who had experience of them will acquit me of any such charge. To give a recipe for getting a rough idea‚ in case you want to‚ I recommend the following procedure. Select a flat ten-acre ploughed field‚ so sited that all the surface water of the surrounding country drains
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Styling 1 Influential Fashion Designers Report BURBERRY The fashion brand Burberry is known for its iconic trench coat‚ squared pattern and natural color selection. Coming out of Britain‚ the fashion powerhouse has extended its manufacturing past the trench coat and now offers a large collection of fragrances and fashion accessories‚ such as scarves‚ shoes and belts. While the famous trench coat that many associate with the Burberry brand was created by Burberry’s original found Thomas Burberry
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and technology saw great improvements throughout the war‚ WW1 produced incredibly difficult challenges for doctors‚ surgeons‚ and nurses. With the war going on‚ old and new medical problems were presenting themselves. Things like amputations‚ trench foot‚ trench mouth‚ and influenza in large amounts caused problems for doctors and nurses. Finding wartime treatments led to new medical practices. An important technique discovered during the war was debridement.
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CHAPTER 7 SPEED - Is a scalar -measures “how fast an object is moving” INSTANTANEOUS SPEED -the speed at any given instant in time AVERAGE SPEED -the average of all instantaneous speed; found simply by a distance or time ratio. SPEED= distance/Time TIME= Distance/Time DISTAnce= Speed*Time VELOCITY- is a vector Refers to the rate at which an object changes its position VELOCITY= displacement/time MOTION- is a change in position with respect to a reference ENERGY-
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a sub-surface dam in a river bed‚ one can increase the storage volume by letting the dam wall rise over the surface‚ thus causing additional accumulation of sediments. Similarly‚ when a sand-storage dam is constructed it is necessary to excavate a trench
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advance was halted by Belgium‚ who allowed Britain and Russia to mobilise their troops. * The Battle of the Marne – German attacks on Paris was resisted by France and Britain in the Battle of the Marne. This has resulted in the temporary phase of trench warfare where the German Army “dug in” to defend themselves from the advancing Allies. * Race to the Sea – French Commander Joffre and German Commander Falkenhayn realised the advantage was positioned in the North between the Aisne and the Sea
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Dear diary‚ I was trudging across dreaded communications trench‚ feet and clothes damp and cold. The mud had gone hard as it was crunching under my worn out‚ over sized boots. I was considered lucky to even get boots. It was a narrow trench that was shared by many young and innocent soldiers who were limping to the fatal front line; I looked up into the sullen and weary eyes of a petrified soldier with curly black hair like a plate of broken noodles. His clothes were tired and filthy with a foul
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Eurasian plate. The tectonic activity is tremendous‚ with around 1‚500 earthquakes occurring every yeari. The landscape shown in Figure 1 is a result of 4 converging plate boundaries that form 5 major arc-trench systems in the country: the Kuril Trench‚ Japan Trench‚ Izu-Bonin Trench‚ Ryuku Trench (partially pictured)‚ and Nankai Trough. Here‚ we can observe that the trenches (yellow line) are parallel to the volcanoes (red dots). You can almost draw a straight line to connect all the volcanoes. Moreover
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Huns – was a miracle to begin with. When we first set foot in the trench – an in-ground tunnel to protect ourselves from the enemy while fighting – I noticed that the soldiers have an unpleasant condition. Most of them haven’t had the chance to have a decent wash for weeks. The odour was also intense and unbearable that it made most men in the trench ill. We could smell the dead bodies that are starting to decompose on the trench and on No-Man’s-Land. Not to mention the smell of exploded bombs that
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