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- 6671: Clipper Ships
- ... James Baines. The Lightening would race the Red Jacket, a vessel built by George Thomas. These two ships raced, and the Red Jacket logged 2,020 nautical miles in six days. These ships were once great. Now we have larger, stronger, and faster ships. Once great clippers are now nothing but museum exhibits. The old let to the new. Even on the ocean, this law follows.
- 6672: Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations
- ... own Solar System, beyond our furthest planet Pluto, beyond what our most powerful telescopes can project. With the latest in Technology and Sciences, we (The Human Race) have only chipped off a flake of the great Pillar of Technology and Civilization. The question is: Are we alone? Are human beings the only possessors of eyes that search the night sky for new galaxies. The only builders of devices that extend the ... of Stars in the Galaxy = 300,000,000 In Outer Space, there a Nebular Clouds that form all the stars, planetary systems, etc. In these clusters the planets are formed and the due to the great number of wobbling stars, nebular stars etc. We come to the conclusion that not all stars will be able to hold on to their planetary systems so the next note is... Δ The number of ...
- 6673: Armadillos
- ... have is a coat armor, unique among other animals. They have bony plate armor on the outside of their bodies'. Each species has a different pattern for every little plate they carry. They all are great burrowers. They sink a hole with them in it as one approaches. It takes a good man to haul even a little one back if it is halfway down it's retreat under the ground ... bet was effective in getting a snake to its armored hide and grinding the life out of it. It then eats the snake not effected by the poison. The king of the tribe is the Great Armadillo. It is a big creature in appearance, a yard in length from nose to tail covered with the armor. It even has armor on its legs. Its claws are very long and awfully strong ...
- 6674: Mining in Space
- ... six months out of his or her entire lifetime on the space station. At the other end of the scale, Lunar soil can be processed into its constituent materials. In between steps are also of great interest. For example, the MoonUs soil is rich in oxygen, which makes up most of the mass of water and rocket propellant. This oxygen could be RcookedS out of the Lunar soil. Since most of ... asteroid into an orbit around Earth. If the Earth has so-called Trojan asteroids, as does Jupiter, the energy required to bring materials from them to low Earth orbit (LEO) would be only 1% as great as that required to launch the same amount of mass from Earth. (Once again, moreover, the fact that more economical means of propulsion can be used for orbital transfers than for accelerating material to orbital ...
- 6675: Kent State University Incident
- ... April 29, 1970, President Richard Nixon launched a full scale attack in Cambodia, which greatly accelerated AmericaΉs involvment in this conflict. The reaction from the American college student population was one that led into great controversy and heated debates. When Nixon announced his decision on the following day, many people were upset, and thousands of people protested. The end result of one particular protest was bloody, and a perfect example ... America. He called the protesters ³bums², and blamed them for many of the problems in the country. At this point one poorly delt with mistake had turned into a major national issue and caused a great deal of low patriotic morale (Four Deaths at Noon). The entire nation was in shambles, and the actions of the citizens reflected these feelings. It is clear that the Kent State incident was a horrible ...
- 6676: The Colt Six-Shooter
- ... Dragoon with a square-back trigger guard and a Texas Ranger scene on the cylinder. This particular scene was of a Texas Ranger and an Indian in a fight scene. The colt revolver served a great purpose for the Texas Rangers. This pocket-sized gun could be casually carried around and easily reloaded. The beauty of the gun was its six consecutive shots and its precise accuracy. The Texas Rangers and other Texas gunslingers know Colt as the "cream of the crop" in gun making, supreme revolving techniques and great precision make Colt the number one gun for Texans. Bibliography: 1. The Handbook of Texas, p 382 The Texas Historical Association 2. Colt : An American Legend, all pages Wilson Publishings ; Robert Lawrence Wilson 3. How ...
- 6677: Assignment: Mythology Research Project
- Assignment: Mythology Research Project In The Yoruba and Madagascar myths of creation, the beginning of the world was a formless Chaos which was neither sea nor land. Orisha Nla, also called the Great God, was sent down from the sky to the Chaos by Olorun, the Supreme Being. His obligatory mission was to create solid land and to aid him in the accomplishment of this task, he was ... Supreme Being. Olorun was satisfied with the good things reported to him and sent Orisha Nla to finish. He planted trees, Olorun made rain water fall from the sky and grew the seeds into a great forest. The creation of earth took four days and on the fifth Orisha Nla rested from his work. Orisha fashioned the first people from earth for Olorun, but only the Supreme Being was able to ...
- 6678: Being a Hero
- ... much grief as it does splendor. What is a hero? We would like to think that a hero is someone who has achieved some fantastic goal or status, or maybe someone who has accomplished a great task. Heroes find themselves in situations of great pressure and act with nobility and grace. Though the main character of Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas, is such a person, it is not by his own doing. He encounters situations in which death is near ...
- 6679: The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois
- ... punishable by ostracism. Iroquois also believed offenses brought evil, such as drought, famine, or other scourge upon entire community. The planting festival was used for all to confess any transgressions that could have angered the Great Spirit. Although there are many similarities between both the Micmac and the Iroquois, there are some differences that make them separate communities. The government and laws are only a small part of what unites these ... punishable by ostracism. Iroquois also believed offenses brought evil, such as drought, famine, or other scourge upon entire community. The planting festival was used for all to confess any transgressions that could have angered the Great Spirit. Although there are many similarities between both the Micmac and the Iroquois, there are some differences that make them separate communities. The government and laws are only a small part of what unites these ...
- 6680: The Seminole
- ... where the Europeans mispronounce their names. The Europeans called them Seminoles when the word is really simanoli. In 1763, Britain forced Spain to trade Florida for Cuba. (Garbarino 39) In 1783, Florida became Spanish after Great Britain lost the Revolutionary War. The period of peace and prosperity was now over for the Seminoles. The American settlers were soon attracted to the fertile land that the Seminole owned. Some of them even ... Seminoles, demanded their slaves back, and they sent slave-catchers to the Seminole lands. (Garbarino 39) The War of 1812 also affected the Seminole because some were with the United States, and some were with Great Britain. As a result of continuing skirmishes between the United States and the Seminole, the United States declared war on the Florida Indians in 1817. They claimed that their mission was to recapture slaves, but ...
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