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- 2051: The Human Eye in Space
- ... the stimulus, contrast between the stimulus and background, length of time exposed to the stimulus. * Minimum separable: shortest distance by which two lines can be separated and still be perceived as two lines. "During the day, the earth has a predominantly bluish cast..... I could detect individual houses and streets in the low humidity and cloudless areas such as the Himalaya mountain area.... I saw a steam locomotive by seeing the ... to see them in previous Gemini flights. After the Apollo flights this phenomena was noted by the crew of all three Skylab missions especially when they crossed the South Atlantic Anomaly. W.Zachary Osborne, Ph.D., Lawrence Pinsky, Ph.D., at University of Houston & J.Vernon Bailey at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center conducted an investigation on this phenomena and concluded that they were due to heavy cosmic radiation penetrating thru the craft and ...
- 2052: Inventions of the Early 19th Century
- ... have been needed and solutions have been required to make our lives easier and more enjoyable. From the time our forefathers colonized the shores of a new land, up till the time of the modern day super-conductor: people have created devices and made discoveries on our behalf to make life easier for everyone. Before the early nineteenth century communications were inadequate. The limitations of our hearing meant that distant events ... lacked was: knowledge of recent scientific developments, adequate funds, mechanical ability, and political influence. Like all successful inventors of the nineteenth century, Morse exploited his strengths and worked on his weaknesses. Morse used Professor Leonard D. Gale's suggestions of improving both his battery and electromagnet by following the suggestions of Joseph Henry. Together they incorporated Henry's suggestions and stepped up the distance they could send messages from fifty feet ... Morse died in 1872. While communications were important in the nineteenth century, there were some other inventions that made life a little easier. In April of 1849, Walter Hunt patented his invention which to this day we probably wouldn't get by without. Hunt invented the safety pin, patented it, and then without hesitation sold all rights to the pin for $400. In 1846, Elias Howe invented the sewing machine ...
- 2053: Social Criticism in Literature, As Found in George Orwell's Animal Farm and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
- ... get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we would become rich and free.'" (Orwell, 10) The other animals take this utopian idea to heart, and one day actually do revolt and drive the humans out. Two pigs emerge as leaders: Napoleon and Snowball. They constantly argued, but one day, due to a difference over plans to build a windmill, Napoleon exiled Snowball. Almost immediately, Napoleon established a totalitarian government. Soon, the pigs began to get special favours, until finally, they were indistinguishable from humans ... Dickens: A Bibliography. New York: William Morrow & Company, Ltd., 1988. King, Martin. Students' Guide to Animal Farm. Scotland: Tynron Press, 1989. Lucas, John. The Melancholy Man: A Study of Dickens' Novels. London: N.P., N.D. Orwell, George. Animal Farm. London: Penguin Books, 1985. Shelden, Michael. Orwell: The
- 2054: The Kangaroo
- The Kangaroo 1. Describe the creature physically. a. What does it look like? b. What does it feel like? c. What does it smell like? d. How many legs does it have? e. Does it have a tail? f. What are the animal's habits? g. Is it intelligent? h. What creature is it related to? i. What is it's ... rivers that run throughout Australia. They drink very little water. They can last two months without it. The kangaroo is not really a predator, they eat mostly grass. They are nocturnal animals(sleep during the day, go out at night). Their predators consist of humans, wild dogs, Pythons, and large birds of prey. Q5. Morbidity- How long does it live? A5. The life expectancy of a kangaroo in the wild is ... If it does pose a threat, they will be very vicious. It is very dangerous to attempt getting close to one. Q8. History of the creature? How old is the species? Where? A8. The modern day kangaroo is the descendant of kangaroos who stood an average of ten feet tall and weighed somewhere near 300 pounds. Fossils of these mammoth creatures where found in Australia. The kangaroo got it's ...
- 2055: Green Laws Boost Clean-up Iindustry
- Green Laws Boost Clean-up Iindustry Engelskaflevering d. 01.09.95 I Have companies around the globe really become "house-proud", or is planet earth just in for a spring cleaning? It is hard to say - but one thing is for sure; the ... on our shopping list and always in ecological form. But just recently another common purchase was substituted; red wine, French red wine to be exact, had to give way to a Spanish bottle instead. The day by day "revolution" on the dinner table was my mother's contribution to the prevention of the French nuclear tests. French products in gene-ral was banned on our shopping list - and still are. How far ...
- 2056: The Choosing of a Landfill Site
- ... used. Such sites are only suitable in certain locations and for certain wastes. A typical example would be a landfill in a coastal location, receiving an inorganic waste such as bottom ash from MSW incineration. D) Unrestricted contaminant release No control is exerted over either the inflow or the outflow of water. This strategy occurs by default for MSW, in the form of dumps, in many rural locations, particularly in less developed countries. It is also in common use for inert wastes in developed countries. Options C and D might be considered unacceptable in some European countries. Landfill techniques Landfill techniques may be considered under seven headings: location and engineering phasing and cellular infilling waste emplacement methods waste pre-treatment environmental monitoring gas control ... particular to encourage the early establishment of methanogenesis. There is ample experimental and field evidence to show that this can be effective. The covering of wastes with inert material at the end of each working day has been an integral feature of sanitary landfilling techniques as developed in the USA during the 1960s and 1970s. It is common practice at MSW landfills in many countries around the world but is ...
- 2057: Fossil Fuel Consumption, CO2 and Its Impact on Global Climate
- ... One of the most widespread concern related to global climatic changes. Introduction: Climate represents normal weather condition of an area over a period of many years. This is in contrast to weather which is the day to day changes in the atmosphere. It is now realised that our global "climatic normals" had fluctuated in the past millions of years which was nowhere related to human activities. Nevertheless, with the increasing human population and ... warming only lasts for 15 years (Tolba, 1992). There have been much fluctuation on temperature before 1900. For example, in Europe, particularly low temperature normals have been experienced during the period 1430 to 1850 A.D. Therefore, 'global warming' could just be another natural fluctuation in temperature. At present time, using our current understanding on the atmosphere that based on hypothesises and models, we cannot yet make accurate predictions on ...
- 2058: Birth Defects
- ... one in three hundred people carries this disease, but carriers are ten times more common among mid and eastern European Jews" (Gravelle 56). This devastating disease has a tremendous emotional effect on the parents. From day one they watch their beautiful healthy child grow up and live a normal life. Their child could live a normal life for three to four years without any symptoms. And then with no warning their ... nasal bridge and prominent nostrils. c) neuro-developmental abnormalities: The average IQ of a person ranges greatly. However, the mean average is about 70 and follow up studies indicate that no great improvement is likely. d) Congenital abnormalities: Health defects occur in up to 50 percent of cases and skeletal defects are common, predominantly fusion of the bones of the fingers, toes and arms. ( Gardner 6) However fetal harm cannot be ... for the child and felt that they might not be able to have another. I saw her for the first time when she was 10 days old... I think I was the most petrified I'd ever been in my life, turning the corner and wondering what I would see... She was much more deformed than I had been told. At the time I thought,' Oh, my god, What have ...
- 2059: Global Warming
Fact or Fiction?
- ... W. Spencer. They are the two gentlemen who are responsible for the maintaining of satellite temperature records since its beginning. Thanks also to my many mentors who also assisted this project, including Arlin Super, Ph.D. meteorologist from the U.S. River Systems and Meteorology Group, Herman Washington, meteorologist of the National Weather Service in Cleveland, and A.J. Colby, chief meteorologist WICU-TV Erie. Glossary Atmosphere. The gaseous mass that ... 45° C. This is partially due to a phenomenon known as the "urban heat-island effect." The "heat-island effect" is a result of cities acting as a mini greenhouse, capturing the heat of the day and "storing" it in pavement, buildings, cars, etc. thus releasing the heat energy during nighttime hours. The NCDC United States Figure 4a: Ground-based temperature data vs. Satellite-measured data.. Sources: John Christy, & Roy W ... they can do the following: Measure the integrated air temperature over several thousand feet in the vertical; Measure temperatures at various levels in the atmosphere; Provide nearly complete global coverage in as little as a day. (Macdonald et al) The Greenhouse Effect is at the heart of the debate of global warming. Major greenhouse gases include water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide. Figure 6 shows a simple model of the ...
- 2060: Jane Erye
- ... the family which includes the sounds of waves and animals that surrounded them. Juana his wife had a song too, an ancient song that had only three notes and yet endless variety of interval. One day their baby , Coyotito got stung by an scorpion a deadly poisonous, tiny creature the couple was panicked and didnt know what to do. Their neighbors help them to get to a doctor but it ... came to the shopkeepers they looked at mens clothes that had not sold so well. The news came to the doctor whether he has been cured his baby; The doctor remember the things hed experienced in Paris all the luxurious room he had been slept the restaurant with a waiter holding a bottle of wine. He can allthis if he have the pearl. In the town, in little office ... she taught that the pearl was a threat to them and it could bring bad luck. It was known in the early morning through the whole town that was going to sell his pearl that day. It was known outside and inside the town. An appraiser tying to buy the pearl by a 1000 pesos but Kino doesnt like it. When the appraiser, first saw the pearl he was ...
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