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    Rod mills are very similar to ball mills‚ except they use long rods for grinding media. The rods grind the ore by tumbling within the the mill‚ similar to the grinding balls in a ball mill. To prevent the conditions leading to rod charge tangling‚ the length to diameter ratio is maintained at 1.4 to 1.6. Rod mills accept feed up to about 50 mm (2 in.) and produce a product in the size range of 3000 to 270 mm (–4 to –35 mesh). Grinding action is by line contact between the rods extending the length

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    studied three philosophers Thomas Hobbes‚ John Stuart Mill‚ and Immanuel Kant. Each of these philosophers believed that there was an ultimate human good. Hobbes believed that power was the ultimate human good‚ while Mill believed it was happiness‚ or pleasure in life. Kant on the other hand believed human dignity was the ultimate human good. The two points of view I chose to compare and contrast are those of Mill and Kant. As previously mentioned Mill believed that the ultimate human good was producing

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    ------------------------------------------------- John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill‚ FRSE (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher‚ political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor tosocial theory‚ political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century".[3]Mill’s conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control.[4] He was a proponent

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    and analyzed. There are many arguments in which Mark Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill are on the same page about the rights women should have. They both go about it in different contexts but at the end of their pieces of work the end is complimentary of one another. Mary Wollstonecraft’s 13 chapters of A Vindication of the Rights of Women states an argument that all human beings are equal and both men and women have the same exposure to reason. All humans should have a chance to pursue and strive

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    “We Call On You to Deliver Us From the Tyrant’s Chain”: Lowell Women Workers Campaign for a Ten Hour Workday The burgeoning textile mills in Lowell‚ Massachusetts‚ brought increasing competition among the owners and declining conditions for the workers. In the 1830s the women working in the mills turned to economic protests and collective action; their “turn outs” or strikes proved unsuccessful in combating the wage cuts. In the 1840s mill workers turned to political organization as they mounted

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    Ball mills and rod mills are both excellent mining machines for grinding ores into fine powders and particles. However‚ many customers are confused when they choosing equipments for grinding due to their similar appearance. This paragraph is a brief explanation to the difference of ball mill and rod mill below. The calling name of ball mill and rod mill comes from the different grinding medium. Rod mill is called rod mill because the grinding medium in the barrel is steel rod. Rod mill is usually

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    as vast backgrounds and foregrounds depicting a certain place or type of landscape. In saying this‚ they also exploit the traditional conventions of portraiture‚ as in both portraits the figures are not distinct. The children in Constable’s Flatford Mill appear as indistinct figures‚ as the viewer should only refer to them as subjects that are needed to clarify the context and relation to Constable’s childhood‚ and to ensure the focus is mostly on the landscape. Friedrich’s Wanderer also exploits the

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    line. The “ Life in the Iron-Mills” revolves around Hugh and Deborah Wolfe. It is taken place in the mid 1800s in an unknown factory ridden town. The narrator tells the story through first person as middle class citizen of unknown origin or gender. I believe this story mainly is a representation of the corrupt and unequal social structure that the author may have been living in at the time. The Story starts out with a detailed description of the “town of iron-works”‚ that they live in. The author

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    Away From home: Working girls of Lowell essay                 The American economy was growing and changing in the mid 1800’s and new technology meant more demand for work. With the demand for work increasing the work place also changed from just men working to both men and women working. This new trend was set in Lowell‚ Massachusetts by a man named Cabot Lowell. Cabot had seen the textile factories in England and he wanted to make sure that his factories were not as dirty as the ones in England

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    14040833 Price Mythology 1060 17 February 2013 Role of Women in Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days In most Greek mythology there is a general hostility towards the female sex‚ which relays that most poets and writers themselves were sexist. Throughout Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days‚ women are portrayed in a very subservient manner‚ placing them far below men and are almost despised. However‚ in more than one instance‚ manipulation‚ women’s true power‚ is shown. They are constantly

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