addition to the Burleigh drill‚ the next most impressive implementation of technology in blasting of the Hoosac Tunnel involved nitroglycerin. In 1866‚ Thomas Doane imported a liquid and unstable explosive called trinitroglycerin‚ which is called nitroglycerin in America. His decision to think outside of the box and import the substance changed many aspects of the tunneling process. The Hoosac Tunnel was the first location where the explosive was used in the United States‚ and it became an integral part
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“Through the Tunnel” Response to literature essay The satisfaction for ones self? Or the satisfaction of others recognizing? The short story “Through the Tunnel”‚ written by Dorris Lessing‚ tells us about a boy named Jerry who craves the satisfaction of acceptance. Although‚ he realizes his self-satisfaction is enough praise. Lessing’s purpose for writing this story is for readers to understand that sometimes you don’t need to have other recognize
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SHAVING THROUGH TUNNEL ESSAY When I can look life in the eyes‚ grown calm and very coldly wise‚ life will have given me the truth‚ and in exchange-taken my youth. In this quote Sara Teas suggest that when child-like excitement goes away‚ your intellectual capacity has grown‚ and you see things more realistically‚ that’s when you have matured. In the stories Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing and Shaving by Leslie Norris the authors suggest that growing in age had=s nothing to do with maturing
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3 December 2012 Keeping Your Head in It Doris Lessing’s short story‚ “Through the Tunnel” teaches the reader that if you put your mind to something‚ you can achieve anything. The universal theme is revealed through the dynamic struggle of the protagonist and the vivid imagery of the setting. In the beginning of the story‚ Jerry meets the native boys‚ who show him the tunnel. The native boys see one of the older boys swim deep under the water and come up on the other side
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Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing Conflicts can arise in many ways. In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ an eleven year old boy named Jerry is vacationing at the shore in France. Feeling lonely and bored he wanders off to a rocky beach to join a group of French boys‚ older than he‚ who are diving and swimming there. As a foreigner he finds himself ignored by them‚ but discovers they are swimming through a long underwater tunnel and he is determined that he will do the same someday
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In “Through the Tunnel‚” Doris Lessing is the theme. The author uses Jerry‚ mom‚ and the setting to develop the theme. The theme is growth requires risk and struggle. Doris Lessing‚ talks about this creative short story that talks about Jerry‚ 12 years old‚ an English boy‚ has a goal set and he is on a mission to swim through the tunnel for two minutes and has to work hard to achive it. Jerry‚ the young English boy helps build the theme as he shows determination‚ hard work and a positive mindset
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Boven Road Tunnel" AUTHOR: Murray Cronje‚ Pr.Tech (Eng.) SYNOPSIS The paper will firstly discuss the intricacies of the sophisticated reflector design and electrical construction for electromagnetic interference conformity‚ for the induction luminaire that was chosen for this project. Then the paper will continue to discuss the principles of the lighting design for the interior of this tunnel‚ based on CEN and CIE recommendations‚ including some visual renderings of the tunnel design which
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Executive Summary This report will discuss the infrastructure management of the Storm Water Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) of Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. This tunnel was built mainly to cater to the reoccurring flash floods that happened in the area‚ and to act as an alternate traffic route. It began construction in 2003 and was operational early 2007. A structure of such magnitude required in-depth designing and precise construction methods to ensure that the structure would
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UHI 12 INSTRUMENTATION OF A WIND TUNNEL PROJECT BEng(Hons) Gaurab Ghosal ABSTRACT The wind tunnel being built in Scone airport is a closed loop wind tunnel. On completion this will provide a much needed facility for education purpose as it can be used by engineering students for aerodynamic evaluations. To conduct these evaluation proper evaluating tools needs to be setup. In this section the possible instruments that can be setup in this wind tunnel has been evaluated with Matlab based
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man it was clear to come out of the tunnel. At one point‚ there was an air raid and the lights in the tunnel went out‚ the ‘Tunnel Kings’‚ Danny and Willie‚ the men who were in charge of creating the tunnel were traveling through. Danny was surprisingly claustrophobic and held up the tunnel momentarily during the best time to sneak out-during the dark. It was going smoothly until one man fell on his package he was taking with him. The guards heard him and the tunnel was shut down. The remaining hour
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