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Greenhouse Gases Nitrous Oxide
1,153 words
Indeed, in my opinion, technology does owe ecology
an apology. This is because ecological imbalances
were as a result of the Industrial revolution,
which could be said to be the beginning of the
non-ending technological advancement cycle. During
Industrial revolution, we began altering or
climate and environment through changing
agricultural and industrial practices. Before the
industrial revolution, human activity released
very few gases into the atmosphere, but now
through population growth fo...
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Johannes Van Der Waals
1,122 words
... slightly negative and the other end of it is
slightly positive. The Dispersion forces exist
between non-polar molecules. Dispersion forces are
another of van der Waals' three forces. They exist
between non-polar molecules. It is important to
remember that within a bond, electrons are
constantly MOVING. They zoom around the atoms
really quickly. As a result, there may be a tiny
instant in that time span where the electrons
happen to dominant on one side, rather than the
other. However, this t...
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Meat Packing Atlantic Ocean
932 words
Uruguay republic, in east central South America,
is the second smallest country on the continent.
This country is bounded on the north by Brazil, on
the east by Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, on the
south by the Atlantic Ocean and the Ro de la
Plata, and on the west by Argentina. The Uruguay
River forms Uruguay's western boundary in full.
Uruguay's land mass in whole is a small 176, 215
sq km. Uruguay's capital city is Montevideo which
is the main port, and economic center of the
country. The cu...
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Planets And Solar System
1,809 words
"A planet is a celestial body that revolves around
a central star and does not shine by its own light
" (Grolier, 1992). The only planetary system that
is known to man is our solar system. It is made up
of nine planets which range in size and make-up.
The nine major planets in our solar system are
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. There are also many
other minor planets which are also in our solar
system, but they are unimportant compared to the
nine major ...
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Isaac Newton Jet Stream
906 words
# 8220; He [Isaac Newton] sought out secluded
areas, where he would sit for hours at a time, not
so much to observe the natural world as to immerse
himself in it" Sir Isaac Newton was a man who
would keep to himself. If not for that quality he
may not have made the discoveries that he did. He
would often sit in the garden for hours on end
just thinking and formulating his ideas about the
universe. In fact, that is the very place where
the ideas of gravity and centrifugal force first
came to him....
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Compressed Air And Water
702 words
The goal of the following research is to
demonstrate that Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
reduced energy and water consumption will not only
protect their environment, but also earn and save
them extra income. Brewing used to require about
25 litres of water per litre of beer, nowadays it
requires only 4 to 5 litres , on the other hand,
compressed air accounts about 10 % of electricity
consumption in the industry . CUB needs to use
cutting edge technologies, more preventive
maintenance programs...
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Raku Ware And Staffordshire Pottery
1,051 words
Raku Ware was originally from Japan in the town of
Kyoto and was named after the Raku family during
the 16 th Century. At this time, the Emperor Hide
yoshi had conquered Korea and the native potters
immigrated to Japan bringing with them pottery
techniques and knowledge. The pots were produced
for the Zan Buddhist tea ceremony and the
decorating and firing of the pots were part of the
tea ceremony. Bernard Leach introduced Raku into
the west after living in Japan and China setting
up pottery in ...
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Timer At Sulphur Creek Timer At Sulphur Man
628 words
In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London,
there are three principal themes. They are
respecting nature, and considering results of
actions. The main theme, or universal truth, is
heeding warnings. The themes are shown through the
character and his actions. The main character in
the story had an attitude that prevented him from
heeding internal and external warnings. He did not
respect nature's power, and therefore he paid with
his life. His attitude was arrogant and careless.
The man had no...
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Spark Plug Cast Iron
1,260 words
... ions severe enough to threaten sight. This is
why it is recommended to wear appropriate safety
gear. Drive Shafts Shafts are a major component of
the trimmer and you must pay particular attention
to their durability. Most shafts are made of
hardened steel. Flex shafts generally have been
ignored by industry because of their high
proliferation. As long as the shaft is labelled as
a strong, reinforced unit, it should have no
problems with breakage. Benefits you gain with
flex shafts are the an...
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Quantum Mechanics Main Issue
1,046 words
... derivation and decision making. The same
applies to the couplets: order / disorder, element
/ system, evolution / revolution and not alive /
alive. The latter is at the heart of the applied
ethical issue of abortion: when should a foetus
begin to be considered a live thing? Life springs
suddenly. It is not more of the same. It is not a
matter of quantity of matter. It is a qualitative
issue, almost in the eye of the beholder. All
these are problems that call for a non-continuum
approach, for...
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Earth Surface Rise In Sea Level
802 words
Global Warming Global Warming, aside from
pollution is one of scientists biggest concerns.
Global Warming is caused by the Greenhouse effect.
There are 4 steps in the Greenhouse effect. 1
-Sunlight radiates from the sun, through space, to
earth? s atmosphere. 2 - the sunlight enters the
atmosphere and hits Earth. Some of it turns into
heat energy in the form of infrared light. The
heat gets absorbed by surrounding air and land,
which in turn makes it warm. 3 - Infrared rays,
which are remitted i...
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Genital Herpes Herpes Virus
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Herpes has been Herpes Herpes Herpes has been
around for a very long time. So long that it very
likely predates the human species. Herpes derives
its name from the Greek word herein, which means
to creep or crawl. The physicians of Greece,
treating herpes over 2, 000 years ago, described
herpes of the mouth and herpetic sores in the
groin, which traveled around the flank and genital
regions. Throughout history many a physician
attempted to understand the herpes virus. Due to
similarities amongst...
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Nuclear Weapons Human Beings
494 words
The stories and events that unfold in John
Herseys, Hiroshima, have certainly been
eye-openers for me. As a child in middle school
and high school I, we have all heard of the atomic
bomb and of course of Hiroshima, but never in as
much detail or on such a personal level as these
stories. Not even in chemistry or physics class,
where I learned some of the specifics as to how
the bomb works, had I known of the destructive
force of the bomb or its gruesome effects on human
beings. As I mentioned be...
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Birth Control 2 C
478 words
History of Birth Control Although birth control
has been practiced since ancient times, the first
organized efforts developed during the 19 th
century as population increased dramatically
because of improved medical care, nutrition, and
sanitation. However, birth control met with
resistance. In 1873 the United States Congress
enacted the Comstock Law, which prohibited the
distribution of birth-control devices and
information. During the early 1900 s, American
nurse Margaret Sanger led the birth-...
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Million Years Ago Ice Ages
283 words
During the past billion years, the Earths climate
has changed from warm, ice-free periods to cold
periods where the Earth was covered with many huge
glaciers, and back to warm again. We are currently
near the end a warm period in between ice ages. It
is believed that there were many ice ages, 36, 15,
and 3 million years ago. The last ice age is
estimated to have been about 20, 000 years ago.
Approximately 55 million years ago the whole earth
was warm. The difference in temperature of the
equator...
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Made Of Heavy Heavy Nylon Dogs
893 words
The Iditarod Picture this: You are going to travel
over one thousand miles across Alaska car? by
train? by plane? NO! ! You are travelling by
dogsled your only companions on this journey will
be eleven to fourteen of the most honest, loyal
and strong dogs that you can find. For over six
grueling months, you and your carefully selected
dogs have been training, and now it is up to you
and your canine companions. For sledders (or
mushers) this is a dream come true because they
are about to start th...
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One Of The Greatest University Of Cambridge
843 words
James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell was born
in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the thirteenth of
November in 1831. His original name was James
Clerk. Maxwell was added after his mother died
when James was a mere eight years old. In 1841,
Maxwell was sent to the Edinburgh Academy when he
was eleven. At the Edinburg Academy, Maxwell had
two papers published by the Royal Society of
Edinburg. From the Edinburg Academy, Maxwell began
furthering his academic career at the University
of Cambridge in 1850....
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Daniel Jack
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Jasper Newton Daniel was born in 1848 as the tenth
child of thirteen. At the age of 12 Jack Daniel
started a career that would last him a lifetime.
He was hired out to work for a man by the name of
Dan Call, a preacher at a Lutheran church. At Mr.
Call? s distillery he learned the trait of making
whiskey. Three years later he and Mr. Call were
full partners in the whiskey making business. Mr.
Call was a dedicated Lutheran. Just after the
civil war his family and church told him to make a
decisio...
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Eighteenth Century Ideas
1,214 words
Book Review of Longitude Sometimes all it takes is
one man. One man who believes and endeavors. One
man who will go against the grain, no matter the
odds. In her book Longitude: The True Story of a
Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific
Problem of his Time, published by Walker and Co.
in 1995 with 184 pages, Data Sobell portrays the
difficulty of cultivating a means with which to
accurately measure lines of longitude in a way
many people may never have thought about. Today,
it is taken f...
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Meteorological Observations Color Blindness Dalton
225 words
John Dalton was born on September 6, 1766, in
Eaglesfield, England. He was the son of a weaver
and received his early education from his father
also at a Quaker school in his hometown, where he
began teaching at the age of twelve. In 1781 he
moved to Kendal, where he conducted a school with
his cousin and older brother. He moved to
Manchester in 1793, and lived there the rest of
his life as a teacher, fist at New College and
later as a tutor. He died on July 27, 1844. Dalton
began a series of me...
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