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- 851: Airships
- Airships INDEX PROLOGUE 2 TYPES OF AIRSHIP 2 RIGID AIRSHIP 2 NONRIGID AIRSHIP 3 HISTORY OF RIGID AIRSPS 3 HISTORY OF NONRIGID AIRSHIPS 4 AIRSHIPS TODAY 5 HINDENBURG 6 HINDENBURG DISASTER 7 PROLOGUE An airship is a type of lighter-than-air aircraft with propulsion and steering systems, it is ... gas expands, air is bled from the ballonets while a constant pressure is maintained throughout the envelope. When the gas contracts upon descent, air is pumped back into the ballonets. HISTORY OF RIGID AIRSHIPS The German company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin had the most success in building rigid airships. The first Zeppelin was flown on July 2, 1900; it was 419 ft ...
- 852: The Latvian-Russian Relations
- ... of the post- communism countries face more problems than ever. But if they overcome them, there will be prosperity and the countries will reach economic independence. People cannot forget their history; they have to learn to stand up for their rights, which they were forbidden of for over a half of the century, and the main thing, to effectively communicate. This ... well being of the whole country and it's people in the future. In order to understand the current position of Latvia, it is necessary to know it's basic history. December 25, 1991 is marked as the fall of the Soviet Era. This victory for Latvia and Latvian people did not come easy. Latvia was a free country until 1940 ... were inspired to acts of greatness; others were driven to their deaths" and these horrible memories will never be forgotten. (Dobbs, 105) Even though communism was a significant part of history and the lives of the people who were influenced by it, it is in the past, and it is time for the people of these countries to move on ...
- 853: Homeric Simile In Paradise Lost
- ... mythological themes into their myths, reassembling Truth as, in his figure, Isis reassembled the body of Osiris” (MacCaffrey, 120). His similes descend from the universals of myth to instances in history, legend, and nature, and so show something of the life-history of the archetypes. Therefore Miltonic similes, like Miltonic diction, contribute to the tightly-knit pattern of the whole poem, and serve to underline the unities rather than the diversities of ... in-unity, lending new dimensions to his basically simple themes; Milton was not merely indulging irresponsibly a “love of classical literature.” The second and third types are those drawn from history, including the Bible and those from nature. Analogies in the third group invoke particularly “elemental” nature: clouds, winds, volcanoes, lightning, sun spots, shooting stars, rainbows, mists (MacCaffrey, 121). In ...
- 854: The Code of Hammurabi
- ... to distinguish between secular and divine authority. To understand the differences between secular and divine law, we must first realize the different species of law that have bound man throughout history. These are, specifically, divine law, natural law and human law. The concept of divine law; higher law extolled through religious belief and doctrine, as I will explain, characterized the legal ... human behavior, which can be considered the proactive enactment of civilized society. Hammurabi's code, compiled to curb natural law, became the first form of procedural justice recorded in human history. These judgements, which sought unified temporal retribution for various grievances, were the first examples of secular influence toward the roles of government and law. “142. If a woman hates her ... imperialism of positivist belief, that the United States has shaped our own legal philosophy of ontological liberalism. Socrates, an Athenian scholar, philosopher, and retrospectively one of the greatest thinkers in history, became a willing martyr for the cause of positivism, never knowing that his death served an opposite purpose, signaling the over indulgence of positivist thought. Athenian society is a ...
- 855: Marco Polo
- ... about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice's influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the ... if Marco's account is to be believed, the Polos became great favorites of the khan, and Kublai eventually made Marco one of his most trusted emissaries(Great Lives from History 16765). On these points Marco has been accused of gross exaggeration, and the actual status of the Polos at the court of the khan is much disputed. If at first ... in the khan's court. Marco, his father, and his uncle not only survived-itself an achievement amid the political hazards of the time-but also prospered(Great Lives from History 1678). Apparently, the elder Polos carried on their trading while Marco was performing his missions; yet seventeen years is a long time to trade without returning home to family ...
- 856: Standardization of the English Language
- ... a tongue that still possesses vast possibilities of change, channeled in the direction of vocabulary rather than of sounds or grammatical structure. Bibliography 1. Baugh, A. and Cable Thomas, A History of the English Language ( London, 1978 ) 2. Berndt, Rolf, History of the English Language ( Leipzig, 1982 ) 3. Blake, Norman, The Cambridge History of the English Language ( Cambridge, 1992 ) 4. Burnley, David, The Language of Chaucer ( London, 1989 ) 5. Pei, Mario, The Story of the English Language ( New York, 1967 ) 6. Strang, ...
- 857: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
- Robber Barons or Captains of Industry Since the gilded age of American history historians have debated weather or not the great industrial leader who put our counrty back together in the torent years following the civil war were robber barons or captains of ... industry. Perhaps the most famous of these three men and most deffinently the richest of them is J. D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller acumulated his huge fortune, ranked the largest in American history by Time Magazine, through the oil industy. He stared his capitalistic ventures as a child by lending a farmer who lived by him a sum of money and then having ... practices of the time. Hill was guilty of conspiering with his competators to keep prices artificaly high, therefore he was guilty of colusion. Of these three great men of American history, Andrew Carnegie was the one who had the most favorable traites when it came to business practices. Carnegie came to America as an imigant from Scotland and lived the ...
- 858: Exploring Mars
- ... is exploratory, searching for useful raw materials such as water and at the same time building up an extensive scientific picture of Mars-its state at the present moment, its history and what the future developments are going to be. As astronauts journey to Mars and finally reach there the main concern and top priority when landing will be the astronauts ... and conduct some analyses. The things that astronauts are looking for is the chemical and mineral composition of the rocks which would provide them with the information on the geological history of Mars, at which places were the rocks formed, at which temperatures and pressures were they formed, development of the atmosphere and the history of water on Mars. Necessary information will be profited from the rocks that are on the surface, but when drilling deep into the ground and dislodging the rock, it ...
- 859: Richard Iii
- ... scandal surrounding the princes did have an effect over the rule of Richard, but there are many other underlying aspects that could have extended Richards rule, and changed the way history looks back on him. Many historian look upon Richard as a villain. Others attribute this view as tainted due to the perverse nature of England following his reign, and the ... the better of England. Looking at such actions can shed light on the true characteristics of his rule, and that he quite may have been a beneficial part of English history. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was the brother of King Edward IV of the House of York. The House of York had been in control of the throne of England for ... country in Edwards will because Edward was in his minority. The new king would then take control of the country when he came of majority. This was commonplace in English history, even to the extreme of having infants play the part. Why was the Duke of Gloucester, Richard, so disturbed by this occurrence? Richard and many others in the family ...
- 860: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2
- ... is a very important figure in the Socialist movements across the world. His name is synonymous with the 1917 revolution in Russia, which has many implications for Modern Western Intellectual history. Lenin was born in central European Russia on April 22, 1870. He was born into the nobility with a cultured family. He had an early love for literature and a ... bourgeoisie government we have today in which the Mensheviks and the Social Democrats held most of the seats. The belief of the Mensheviks was one of a "stagest" theory of history. (Whiteman, interview) A bourgeoisie democracy must be established before the socialist revolution can occur. Lenin and the Bolsheviks believed that the time was conducive to revolution. (Whiteman, interview) Much to ... their class interests leaving the mass majority of people without a party for organization. In 1919 there was a general strike in Winnipeg . This was an important event in Canadian history and was influenced by the revolution in 1917. In the 1920's there were mass strikes in England again influenced by the 1917 revolution. The socialist parties from across ...
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