States‚ replacing farmlands and times are changing. New inventions and factories are now coming up‚ new jobs have risen up and now men are going to work in the factories. This was the industrial revolution. “Low-cost‚ high-grade coal‚ oil and natural gas- the backbone of the industrial revolution- will be a distant memory by 2050‚”(Jeremy Grantham) this quote shows how the industrial revolution was such a big part of American history. The greatest impacts of the revolution were the making of factories
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What do you think was the single most important invention of the Industrial Revolution?Why and what impact did it have? Be specific. I strongly believe that the single most important invention of the Industrial Revolution was alternating electric current (AC current) . AC current‚ invented by Nikola Tesla‚ is involved in everything around us today. From outlets and electric heat to a majority of common household appliances‚ AC current is seen in a large portion of what we today consider as “everyday
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IGCSE Directed Writing The expansion of the air travel industry is beginning to raise many thoughts and disclaims‚ as the myth following the airplanes greenhouse gas emission is convincing more and more people‚ as the tension concerning the global warming is rising at an alarming stage. But still‚ others think differently‚ bringing somehow incertitude on the subject. We will try‚ in this article‚ to reveal the truth about the air industry‚ and to discard any false thesis. Many theories
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Clock is the best invention in the world! The history of clocks is very long. There are many different types of clocks over the years. The word ‘clock’ was first used in the 14th century. It comes from the word for bell in Latin (“clocca”). The very first timekeepers were natural clocks such as the sun‚ moon and stars. Ancient people used sticks and stones to find out the time around 3500 B.C. When it was between 3500 BCE and 1949‚ the inventors improved clocks‚ and became the clock that
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Bennett Inyang +2347035032875 School of Information Technology and Communications‚ American University of Nigeria‚ Yola‚ Adamawa State‚ Nigeria. Introduction Consequent upon the series of airplane crashes that Nigeria witnessed between October 2005 and December 2006‚ the Federal Government was forced to take an uncommon‚ critical look into the aviation sector and possibly carry out a holistic overhauling of the entire system. The series of
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The Maya: Greatest Achievements The Mayan tribe are an ancient people who lived around 1800 BC to 900 A.D. The most remarkable thing that the Mayans did was their money system. The second most important achievement that the Mayan had was their calendar. The Mayan made two main calendars‚ one for rituals called tzolkin‚ and a solar calendar called haab. Based on this they made their years and times. The Mayan were extremely smart and way beyond their time. “The Maya priest-astronomers collected
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ever before in history. The result of all these ingenious‚ innovative inventions has been a total revolution in the way people live their lives. After examining the multitude of invention descriptions on the four websites and considering from other sources‚ I have concluded that the telephone‚ printing press‚ automobile‚ airplane and the computer have contributed most to economic growth. First and foremost‚ the invention of the telephone is ranked number one among my five choices. From my
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people obsesses. It depends on their real state of life‚ on how they manage and control it because there are a lot of people financially support there own beloved obsession. But the question is‚ is obsession considered addiction? For me it`s a big yes‚ why I say that? Obsession and addiction are literrally different‚ they have there own meanings‚ but if you deeper think of it‚ you will see whats there similarities. I think obsession is a form of addiction but in a lower sense unlike drug addicton and
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The compass has served as a navigational aid to many tourists‚ travelers‚ and numerous explorers. Though the compass has served well in navigation‚ it has affected and improved mankind greatly. In China‚ building was refined in many ways by the compass. It has enabled many to find positions‚ direction or route. No one knows when‚ where‚ or by whom the compass was invented (dEstaing and Young 153). We do know though‚ that there were numerous inventors of the compass. The first compass was invented
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A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source.[6] LEDs are used as indicator lamps in many devices and are increasingly used for other lighting. Appearing as practical electronic components in 1962‚[7] early LEDs emitted low-intensity red light‚ but modern versions are available across the visible‚ ultraviolet‚ and infrared wavelengths‚ with very high brightness. When a light-emitting diode is switched on‚ electrons are able to recombine with holes within the device‚ releasing energy
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