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    Advancements in Rockets

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    named Roger Bacon worked on improving the gun powder to make the rockets fly farther. In France Jean Froissart found out that you can shoot rockets more accurately by shooting the rockets out of tubes. In Italy Joanes de Fontana made a water skimming torpedo that was used for setting enemy boats on fire. Rockets and Science‚ Sir. Newton did a lot of studying on how gravity works and found his three laws of motion witch help people advance rockets and find out how rockets would do in outer

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    “Tragedy of World War 1” Journalist: Joe Herzberg July 1914 Whoever knew that two bullets would spark the First World War. When news broke out that Archduke was assassinated‚ Europe was going downhill. Tragedy struck across Europe when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Germans followed out their schlieffen plan to attack Belgium. This plan called for holding

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    Pearl Harbor Essay

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    leaked‚ curiosity got the best of these young and brave soldiers. The mess deck grew silent as the Sgt Maj explained what happened on the morning of 7December. “At approximately 748hrs (Hawaiian time)‚ the first wave of the 353 fighter‚ bomber‚ and torpedo planes attacked Pearl Harbor. It was said that the Japanese chose to attack on a Sunday was because they believed Americans would be more relaxed and thus less alert on a weekend. When the Japanese Aerial Commander called out‚ ’’Tora‚ Tora‚ Tora.’’

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    Peral Harbor

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    Overview of The Pearl Harbor Attack‚ 7 December 1941 Related Resources: Ships Present at Pearl Harbor‚ 0800 7 December 1941 Action Report for Commander in Chief‚ Pacific Fleet‚ including other commands‚ and ships at Pearl Harbor Additional Action Reports concerning the Attack on Pearl Harbor Where were the Carriers on 7 December 1941? Oral Histories of Pearl Harbor Attack Survivor Reports-Pearl Harbor U.S. Ships named for Sailors to Commemorate their Actions during the Attack on Pearl

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    The Vietnam War had also played a huge role in being one of the longest and most memorable war in U.S. history so far. This paper emphasises on the Country Vietnam before the war and what led the United States to become involved. Also it talks about the battles and what happened and why people started to protest and the effects it had on the involvement in the war.The Vietnam war was a long period for protesters‚ hardship‚ loses in war and families and realization that the U.S. should not get into

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    Benito Mussolini

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    By the time the 1930s had arrived and East Africa faced a financial depression‚ Britain’s former enemy Germany began to see a change in the government. In the year 1933‚ former World War I German soldier and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler‚ who still harbored hatred against the Allied Powers for punishing Germany after the first World War in the Versailles Treaty‚ hoped to not only gain back German pride‚ but he hoped to complete a sinister plot in which he would become

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    Insurance Law

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    TEST II 1. Explain what is “Total Failure of Consideration” and explain your understanding of cases Tyrie & Fletcher ? (6/5) Answer : Total Failure of Consideration is a condition where the insured has never had anything of value in return for the their own payment The risk may fail to run‚ resulting in a Total Failure of Consideration because of : ❖ The proposal may be withdrawn after the premium has been paid ❖ The Policy may be void for mistake or because there was

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    Archetypes In Star Wars

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    Psychoanalytic Criticism on Featured Film‚ Star Wars A Myth-Freudian Criticism Star Wars is a classic movie written and directed by George Lucas that encompasses a vast array of archetypes and phallic/yonic symbols that yield fascinating "between the lines" interpretations. An analysis of such archetypes reveals a great deal of what the main characters are thinking. The synopsis of the movie is as such: The story commences with Princess Leia escort ship being boarded by Empire in hope to

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    and Dr. Ann Rogers The history of drones started in 1917 when Peter Cooper and Elmer A. Sperry invented the first gyroscopic stabilizer‚ which ensured airplanes to fly forward as well keeping balance. The first drone named Sperry Aerial Torpedo was born in 1917 which equipped with the gyroscopic stabilizer‚ and it can fly 50 miles with 300 pounds of bombs. Nevertheless‚ this very first drone had never been put into use on real battlefield. Before 1935‚ not a single drone could go back

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    mounted or towed behind to give a broad picture of the site where the higher frequencies provide a much clearer image. The next method that was discussed in the article was side-scan sonar systems. This method uses an object that is shaped like a torpedo; this is then towed behind the ship at a depth that is around 10 percent of the width. The side-scan method uses two

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