Fire Extinguishers In 200 BC‚ the romans used bucket brigades or bucket chains to put out fire until Ctesibius of Alexandria invented the hand pump to deliver fire to the water. In the Middle Ages ‘squirts’ began to apply jets of water to fires. It wasn’t until after the Great Fire of London that a more modern fire extinguisher was created. The first version of the modern portable fire extinguisher was invented by Captain William Manby in 1819‚ consisting of a copper vessel of three
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Literature Literature (from Latin litteraetantri (plural); letter) is the art of written works‚ and is not bound to published sources (although‚ under circumstances unpublished sources can be exempt). Literally translated‚ the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two major classification of literature are poetry and prose. "Literature" is sometimes differentiated from popular and ephemeral classes of writing. Terms such as "literary fiction" and
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Lets Head Out The Fire Escape!... What Fire Escape? Once upon a time‚ in an age of laissez-faire‚ there erupted a horrible fire in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Usually fires aren’t as a big of a deal in comparison to other natural disasters such as earthquakes. But when the number of deaths pass 100 from a fire‚ something must be wrong in that picture. Statistically‚ fires have only had a few deaths as total and a number of people who are injured. But during this time‚ reality hit
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vulnerable. On Sunday evening‚ October 8‚ 1871‚ just after nine o’clock‚ a fire broke out in the barn behind the home of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary at 13 DeKoven Street. How the fire started is still unknown today‚ but an O’Leary cow often gets the credit. The firefighters‚ exhausted from fighting a large fire the day before‚ were first sent to the wrong neighborhood. When they finally arrived at the O’Leary’s‚ they found the fire raging out of control. The blaze quickly spread east and north. Wooden
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Elements of Power (Slide 4) Power is fundamental‚ and it comes from many sources‚ such as intelligence‚ money‚ information‚ and hard work. Bertrand Russell said that power is just as fundamental a concept in social science as energy is in physics. Although people often speak of power as a bad thing‚ it is neither good nor bad by itself. Rather‚ it is the way we use power that determines whether it is harmful or beneficial. For that reason‚ aspiring leaders must be fully aware of power and
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Ecocriticism is the study of literature and environment from an interdisciplinary point of view where all sciences come together to analyze the environment and brainstorm possible solutions for the correction of the contemporary environmental situation. Ecocriticism was officially heralded by the publication of two seminal works‚[citation needed] both published in the mid-1990s: The Ecocriticism Reader‚ edited by Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm‚ and The Environmental Imagination‚ by Lawrence Buell
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Literature Songs Killing An Arab by The Cure History Composer Robert Smith has said that the song "was a short poetic attempt at condensing my impression of the key moments in L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus". The lyrics describe a shooting on a beach‚ in which the Arab of the title is killed by the song’s narrator; in Camus’ story the protagonist‚ Meursault‚ shoots an Arab on a beach‚ overwhelmed by his surroundings. Meursault is condemned for his honesty about his feelings. He is
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What is Literature? Language Department IPGK Pendidikan Teknik Based on your experience learning literature‚ what is literature? What are the characteristics of literature? Do you need to learn literature? • Traditionally‚ literature is “imaginative” writing. • However‚ the distinction between “real” and “fake” or “fact” and “fiction” isn’t always a good distinction; many classical works were non-fiction. Literature is Subjective • Since the 1980’s‚ the “literary
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Fire Safety On a cold summers night the fire department received a two-alarm house fire. When the first-in engine arrived on the scene they reported heavy smoke and flames visible from the exterior. Others units then arrived on the scene to help battle the blaze that destroyed the two-story house. Thankfully‚ no one was injured. Fire investigators determined the cause of the blaze was a candle that has been left burning unattended while the homeowners left the house. Accidents like this are
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