Papers on People and Biographies
Robert Fulton
Words: 446 - Pages: 2.... with inventions for propelling boats. He felt that several revolving paddles and stern would be most effective. After this, Fulton permanently changed his career towards canal engineering. He worked on extending the canal system by his Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation. This dealt with the system of inland water transportation based on a small canals extending throughout the countryside. He thought of things such as aqueducts for valley crossings, boats for specialized cargo, and bridge designs featuring bowstring beams to transmit only vertical loads to the piers. Although some of his bridge designs were used to build .....
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Neve Cambell
Words: 693 - Pages: 3.... for two months but found that modeling had no satisfaction and very low. After this she turned towards the theatre for a career, since she wanted to be a performer.
Another contribution to her career was when Neve was involved in the theatre. After her quitting dancing, she had turned out to be the Degas girl in "The Phantom of the Opera". She preformed at the Pantages theatre in Toronto. Neve had preformed in over 800 shows when she was done in "The Phantom of the Opera" Neve says she likes the theatre because she gets an automatic response from the audience. It was this part of her career that Neve found the love o .....
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The Time Period And People Of
Words: 695 - Pages: 3.... time are condemned. The Nun and the Monk are two examples of this. The Nun was a person who was not really living up to her name. She was not a typical nun. A typical nun would not take typical oaths and feed animals over people. For “She used to weep if she saw a mouse Caught in a trap, if it were dead or bleeding. And she had little dogs she would be feeding.” The Monk was also not a typical Monk. He wore gold jewelry and had classy attire. The Host “saw his sleeves were garnished at the hand With fine gray fur, the finest in the land.” The three rioters in the Pardoner’s Tale were also condemned. They became greedy stoppe .....
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Boris Yeltsin
Words: 2040 - Pages: 8.... factory. On May 23, 1934, Nikola Yeltsin was convicted of anti-socialist agitation. He served three years in Stalin' infamous labor camps of GULAG. After his release, Nikolai Yeltsin remained unemployed for awhile, then worked in construction, and Boris's mother Klavdiya Vasilyevna Yeltsina was a seamstress.
In his youth Boris blew off two fingers trying to disarm a hand grenade (he was most likely playing with it not disarming it). Boris graduated from Pushkin High School in Berezniki where his parents lived from the late 1930's to the early 1970's. After graduation, Boris went to Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverd .....
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Leonardo Fibonacci
Words: 391 - Pages: 2.... books on commercial arithmetic Di minor guisa is lost as well as his commentary on Book X Euclid’s Elements. One of Leonardo’s contributions to mathematics was his introducing the Decimal Number system into Europe. He was one of the first people to introduce the Hindu-Arabic number system into Europe. Fibonacci also introduced the Decimal Positional System, which originated from India and Arabia. Fibonacci wrote story problems in his book, Liber abbaci. Examples of those problems are, “A spider climbs so many feet up a wall each day and slips back a fixed number each night, how many days does it take him to climb the wall. These probl .....
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Augustus Caesar
Words: 1399 - Pages: 6.... old. Octavian was Caesar's grand-nephew but Octavian had always hoped Caesar would take him as a son. Octavian knew of everything that Caesar had done. From conquering Gaul to when he crossed the Rublican with his army, and also when he defeated his enemies and became the most powerful man in Rome. At the age of 14 Octavian had finally met his great-uncle and hero when he came back from Asia Minor and said the 3 famous words that summed up his victory, "Veni, Vidi, Vici." Latin for "I came, I saw, I conquered" In Caesar's will, Octavian's dream had finally come true. Caesar had adopted him as his son. In Caesar's will he left his .....
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Richard The Iii
Words: 707 - Pages: 3.... IV comes up with the assumption that their brother(George Duke Of Clarence) is going to murder him. So King Edward locks George up in the tower after Richard tells him about his false dream. Then Richard works his deceiving mind on George saying, “And whatsoever you will employ me in,/Were it to call King Edward’s widow sister,/ I will perform it to enfranchise you.” (I,I, ) And what Richard is saying if you want I will kill the King for you so that you can get revenge for this terrible act committed against you. And just like that the two brothers already hate each other.
Richard is a very smart and d .....
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Al Gore
Words: 640 - Pages: 3.... that year, decided to enter the military. Though his father lost his next bid for the Senate, , Jr.’s decision to join the military helped allay the concerns of his father’s constituency about , Sr.’s opposition to the war. Gore served his time in Vietnam as an army reporter. When he returned to the States in 1971, he worked as a reporter at the Tennessean . When he was later moved to the city politics beat, Gore uncovered political and bribery cases that led to convictions.
While at the Tennessean , Gore, a Baptist, also studied philosophy and phenomenology at Vanderbilt University. In 1974 he enrolled in Vanderbilt’s law school. .....
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Neil Armstrong
Words: 785 - Pages: 3.... men before
the launch, either physical or mental, a backup crew was made. The backup crew
consisted of Charles Conrad Junior, and Richard Gordon Junior. The objectives
of the mission were:
A. (Main) Rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV)
and conduct EVA operations.
B. (Secondary) Rendezvous and dock in the 4th revolution. Perform
docked-vehicle maneuvers, Evaluate systems and conduct 10 experiments.
The mission was set to launch on March 15, 1966. Due to minor problems with the
spacecraft and launch vehicle hardware the launch was delayed one day. The
launch was successful. Because of problems with the spacecraf .....
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Poe
Words: 1434 - Pages: 6.... Two years after his birth, she died of tuberculosis (Asselineau 409). When his mother died, was adopted by John Allan (Perry XI) at the urging of Mr. Allan's wife. In 1815, John Allan moved his family to England. While there, was sent to private schools (Asselineau 410). In the spring of 1826, entered the University of Virginia. There he studied Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin. He had an excellent scholastic record. He got into difficulties almost at once. Mr. Allan did not provide him with the money to pay for his fees and other necessities. was confused and homesick. He learned to play cards and started drinking. Soon he was .....
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