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- 7781: Carol Causs
- ... of the earth's surface) survey of the state of Hanover, to link with the existing Danish grid. Gauss eagerly accepted the job, and took personal charge of the survey. He made his measurements by day, and reduced them by night, using his incredible mental ability for calculations. To aid him in his survey, Gauss invented the heliotrope, which worked by reflecting the Sun's rays using a design of mirrors ...
- 7782: Mission Days Report
- ... padres followed his footsteps. Twenty-one missions eventually were completed, nine of which were founded by Father Serra. Out of these 21 missions only 4 had a presidio. The missions were intended to be one days walk apart. For 600 miles, along the California Coast from San Diego to San Francisco Bay, these 21 missions had been built. Another explorer by the name of Captain Juan Bautista de Anza greatly ...
- 7783: Capone
- ... s men but Moran was never there. The police and all the people of Chicago all knew the murders were ordered by Capone. But with no evidence, Capone could not be arrested. The St. Valentines Day Massacres publicity was the most any gang event had ever received. Of all the murders, the cause of many may lie in the hands of the prohibition act. The act started on January 16 ...
- 7784: The Slavery of Africans
- ... society. I would, once again, like to make clear that I do not disagree that slavery was an act of near genocide, and ought never be forgotten nor trivialized - we owe the African of our day a great apology. Nor do I disagree that perhaps Africans contributed to global markets in the early days of European expansion (Miller, 71). However, I do not think it right that we bandage Africa in ...
- 7785: Margaret Thatcher
- ... four finalists, Mrs.. Thatcher included. The finalists were to appear before the local party's divisional council, a group of fifty rank and filers who represented all the Tory party workers in the district. "The day before the final interview, one of the four finalists dropped out, and only the three candidates remained, but as far as the group selection committee was concerned, there was no real choice." (Mayer, 1979) A ...
- 7786: Weapons of World War 1
- ... up different than they did than, maybe we wouldn't even be here. I think its totally amazing how these weapons weredesigned several years ago but are still evolving ,being used, and improved to this day.
- 7787: Michelangelo, Renaissance Man
- ... are among the city's most notable images. His dome for St. Peter's became the symbol of authority as well as the model for domes all over the Western World; the Capital in Washington, D.C. is derived from it. Michelangelo was the last great man of Italy's golden age of art. He worked with many of the leaders of his time, the popes and the rulers of the ...
- 7788: Maria Mitchell
- ... Following that she opened a grammar school of her own. And only a year after that, at the age of eighteen she was offered a job as a librarian at Nantucket's Atheneum during the day when it opened to the public in the fall of 1836. At the Atheneum she taught herself astronomy by reading books on mathematics and science. At night she regularly studied the sky through her father ...
- 7789: The Assyrians
- ... BC. About this time the Assyrians established a number of trading colonies in Cappadocia (central Anatolia), protected by treaties with local Hattic rulers. The most important of these was at Kultepe (Kanesh), north of present-day Kayseri, Turkey. Political developments Brought this enterprise to an end in 1750 BC. Assyria lost its independence to a dynasty of Amorite. Then Hammurabi of Babylon took over and established himself ruler of Assyria. The ...
- 7790: The Byzantine Empire
- ... the largest profiteers of Byzantine. (Encarta) After the Roman empire fell in 476 AD, Byzantine conquered all. It took over the space of southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia, and the northeast corner of Africa. The present day countries in these areas include the Balkan Peninsula, Syria, Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. This large empire known as Byzantine didn't get called Byzantine until scholars named it. The people of that time were not ...
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