Part 1: Timeline Reflection Pinhole Camera (400Bc-1040AD) The first capturing of imagery involved the design of a dark‚ lightless room with one side covered with large delicate sheet. The earliest mention of this device is by the Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti. A pin is used to pierce the sheet and create a small pinhole. On the outside where the hole was made place a lit candle. What happens now is that the light would travel from the candle through the pinhole and reflect an image of the candle on the
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AP European History Timeline Project Zach Parks Part 1: Diplomacy 1555 – Peace of Augsburg 1648 – Peace of Westphalia 1763 – Peace of Paris 1814 – Congress of Vienna 1848 – The Frankfurt Assembly 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles 1945 – Formation of the United Nations 1975 – Helsinki Conference Part 2: Revolutions The Peace of Augsburg The Peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555‚ ending the wars of religion in the Holy Roman Empire. It stated that the leaders of the many provinces
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Timeline of events and causes of the Challenger Space shuttle accident In 28 January 1986‚ the Space Shuttle Challenger was launched for the Last time and exploded less than 2 minutes after the lift-off resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members on board (Space shuttle challenger: Wikipedia‚ 2006). The failure of the solid rocket booster o-rings was attributed to several factors‚ including faulty design of the solid rocket boosters‚ insufficient low temperature testing of the O-ring
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genetically-modified type of insulin‚ called Humilin‚ to be sold on the market. Humulin is a man-made form of insulin that regulates glucose levels in the human body. Sometimes‚ it is used to counteract the effects of diabetes. (www.rosebudmag.com‚ “GMO Timeline: A History of Genetically Modified Foods.” GL Woosley) During the 1980s‚ scientists discovered that DNA particles can be taken from one organism and transplanted into another. In 1983‚ the implications of this process became
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Assess the significance of the role of individuals in reducing racial discrimination in the period 1877-1981. The post-civil war era of American history could be argued as one with great promise for African Americans. With the North winning the Civil War and Lincoln granting the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863‚ surely the seeds had been sown for equality for all in America; blacks and whites included? Despite the foundations having been laid for equality‚ it may not be surprising that only small
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Timeline between Dec 1934- May 1936 13/12/12 Dec 1934- Italian soldiers lost to the Ethiopians‚ Mussolini said that it was their territory- they quarreled about the disputed territory on the borderland of Italian Somaliland. Jan 1935- Britain‚ France‚ and Italy sign the Stresa pact‚ which protest the German rearmament. Feb 1935- Mussolini sent approximately 100000 troops to Italian Somaliland. The League of Nations did not anything. June 1935- Britain banned arms on Italy and Ethiopia. August
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British Crime Films Of The 20th Century 1910-1920 – WW1 (1914-1918)‚ Depression‚ Unemployment‚ men out in France Fighting. 1911 – A Burglar For one Night (Bert Haldane) Silent Film Deals with unemployment (A problem at the time) A man fired from his job‚ turns to crime but is ‘rescued’ by his lover. Due to the war‚ the British crime film industry slowed down a little. People didn’t want to be reminded of the harshness of real life but wanted to be taken away from the war and real life therefore
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Pre-1933: Locarno Conference 1925 ∙ Italy hoped it would guarantee Austria as its frontier but it did not Comintern ∙ Communists International aimed to create the vision Marx had had of an international communist power ruling the world ∙ Headed by Stalin 1933: Rise of Hitler‚ wanted to: destroy the Versailles settlement build up the army recover lost territory Lebensraum (living space for the German people) Hitler withdrew Germany from World Disarmament
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15 Sept *Insurer American International Group Inc. seeks $40 billion in short-term financing from the Federal Reserve. *Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said it plans to file for bankruptcy protection. The bankruptcy represents the end of a 158-year old company that survived world wars and the collapse of long-term capital management but could not survive the global credit crunch. *Bank of America agreed to buy investment bank Merrill Lynch for $50 billion in a transaction that creates the world’s
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Civil Rights Movement: 1890-1900 1890: The state of Mississippi adopts poll taxes and literacy tests to discourage black voters. 1895: Booker T. Washington delivers his Atlanta Exposition speech‚ which accepts segregation of the races. 1896: The Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson the separate but equal treatment of the races is constitutional. 1900-1910 1900-1915: Over one thousand blacks are lynched in the states of the former Confederacy. 1905: The Niagara Movement is founded by W.E.B. du
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