|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 4041 - 4050 of 5332 matching essays
- 4041: Martin Luther
- ... the colonies. This grip caused the central economy of Spain to grow at the expense of the colonies. During the duration of this period, the 1500's through the 1700's, mercantilism had a major effect on the economies in the new world. English speaking colonies were effected by England's policies and acts. These policies and acts were means of controling the economy of the colonies in America and strengthen ...
- 4042: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
- ... his own grocery shop, and eventually he came to own two." (Mayer,1979) Alfred often discussed current events with his two daughters, and also his keenly-held political beliefs. Margaret's father had a considerable effect on her political beliefs. Although he had once been a member of the Liberal party, he won a place on the local town council as an independent, which essentially meant conservative. He served in this ...
- 4043: Louis Pasteur 3
- ... not capable of growth in scientists' broth, which nurtured bacteria. Pasteur worked for five years to isolate and culture the pathogen. Finally he prepared a vaccine for injection. Animals could now be saved but the effect of trying out on humans had to wait. On July 6, 1885, Joseph Meister with 18 bites from a rabid dog, was brought to Pasteur. He treated him over a 12-day period with the ...
- 4044: Louis Pasteur 2
- ... Melun. Half the animals were first immunized with cultures of weakened anthrax microbes; then all were injected with strong cultures. Within a few days, the untreated animals were dead; but the immunized animals showed no effect of the disease. The test verified Pasteur's results beyond all doubt. Later he proposed that all inoculation cultures be called vaccines and the inoculating technique, vaccination (see Vaccines). Treatment for Rabies Human beings contract ...
- 4045: Lord Kelvin
- ... the sun, including meteorites and even planets. In collaboration with Hermann Von Helmholtz, he calculated and published in 1853 a value of 50 million years. What he did not know at the time was the effect of the- as-yet-undiscovered radioactivity. He also made inquiries into the age of the earth, calculating a maximum of 400 million years. These calculations were based on the rate of cooling of a globe ...
- 4046: Lenis, Vladimir
- ... backwards country. Peasants who lived in absolute poverty made up the vast majority of Russia s population (Haney 19). Russia s version of the feudal system had ended a mere 49 years earlier, but in effect it meant that peasants now owned the meager parcels of land upon which their survival rested. Their ruler, Czar Nicholas II, ruled aloof of his disorganized nation. His government of appointed officials and men in ...
- 4047: Led Zeppelin
- ... easy for Led Zeppelin. Tragic news hit as the band was preparing to leave the US at the end of the tour. Plant's young son Karac had died suddenly from a virus infection. The effect was devastating. Plant disappeared into the country to mend the wounds. His bandmates worried about him, wondered about the future of the group, but within a year Plant had re-emerged with new dedication. In ...
- 4048: Kerouac
- ... himself in his grandiose plans to be a writer (Deck 23). Kerouac had many influences, but it was mostly his originality which led him to become a great writer. Jack Kerouac had a long lasting effect on America for years to come, because he enlightened people in different ways to think and live. Kerouac created a new style of writing known as spontaneous prose; which is a style of writing in ...
- 4049: Karl Marx 5
- ... the work of Saint-Simon, concerned with social progress as a result of workers leading the country. The political economy of Britain was another as was his friendship with Engels, both of which had an effect on Marx's transformation from a radical democrat to a communist revolutionary. Marx's theory of society originates from the simple observation that humans must produce food and material goods in order to survive. As ...
- 4050: Karl Marx 2
- ... balance must be struck between the needs of the individual, and the needs of society. Even an idea such as communism, which may not be fully applicable can still have, and has had, a profound effect on future society and humankind.
Search results 4041 - 4050 of 5332 matching essays
|
