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- 951: George Meade
- ... of all, he defeated General Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Why would not General Meade crush General Lee at this battle and end the war there? Facts say that heavy fog and rain forced Meade to stop. Likewise, on June 1, !863 a surprise encounter forced his troops into the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest battle on American soil. This battle came about when General Lee's army ...
- 952: George Meade
- ... of all, he defeated General Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Why would not General Meade crush General Lee at this battle and end the war there? Facts say that heavy fog and rain forced Meade to stop. Likewise, on June 1, !863 a surprise encounter forced his troops into the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest battle on American soil. This battle came about when General Lee's army ...
- 953: Antony And Cleopatra
- ... love. We cannot call her winds and waters sighs and tears; they are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can report. This cannot be cunning in her; if it be she makes a shower of rain as well as Jove. (I, ii, 147-152) After Antony reveals that he has just heard news of his wife's death, we are once again offered an example of Enobarbus' freedom to speak his ...
- 954: Antoine Lavoisier
- ... materials, or products. He concluded that combustion results from the rapid chemical union of a flammable material with a newly discovered gas, which he named "oxygen", previously known as dephilogisticated air. The word oxygen means acid producer. Lavoisier and others had found that oxygen is a part of several acids. Lavoisier incorrectly reasoned that oxygen is needed to make all acids. He developed endings of the degree of oxygen by adding ...
- 955: Thomas Edison
- ... invented the incandescent lamp. In the year 1910, Tungsten filament was discovered giving off white light instead of yellow light. In 1925, lamps were given an inside frosting that had a fine spray of hydrofluoric acid. In the late 19th century, florescent lamps were invented. They are tubes filled with low-pressure neon gas. Thomas Edison invented many things we still used today. I think the light bulb was the greatest ...
- 956: Thomas Edison
- ... one of Edison's friends said the lab storeroom even had the eyeballs of a US senator. (Denmark pg. 54) Most of these lab substances had no practical use, but a few did. Edison used rain-forest nuts to make phonograph needles. Japanese bamboo was used to make filament (wire) for his light bulb. The hair of the Amazon was used for a wig for the first talking doll. In the ...
- 957: Life And Legend Of Howard Hugh
- ... detail was immaculate. If the scene called for a rainy night, Hughes would require the actors to be on call until it rained at night, and force them to stay awake all night in the rain. The director, Hughes, would demand re-take after re-take of scenes, often because of his own flaws. Hughes attention to detail on the ground was nothing compared to that of the air. The film ...
- 958: Allen Ginsburg In America
- ... so open with his views helped put America in a mood which was against the war. The list of 60's events that Ginsberg played an important part in. He participated in Ken Kesey's Acid Test Festivals in San Francisco, and helped Kesey relieve tension between the San Francisco hippies and the Hell's Angels. In the summer of 1965 Ginsberg made a trip to London with several other Beat ...
- 959: Shaka Zulu
- ... the assegai, was no good for hand-to-hand combat, and left the warrior defenceless after he threw it, so Shaka introduced the short stabbing spear. His warriors used their shields to deflect the initial rain of assegais, then advanced on a nearly defenceless enemy with their stabbing spears. In a style fitting his reputation for bravery, Shaka demonstrated his stabbing spear in a battle with the Butelezi. Responding to the ...
- 960: Shel Silverstein
- ... town How it feels to be an unfunny clown." And he told them all why he looked so sad, And he told them all why he felt so bad. He told them of Pain and Rain and Cold, He told of darkness in his soul, And after he finished his tale of woe, Did everyone cry? Oh no, no, no, They laughed until they shook the trees With " hah-hah-hahs ...
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