somehow we still aren’t sure what exactly caused the bursting ball of flames on this ride. In this article we will talk about the before‚ during‚ and after effects of this gruesome episode. This zeppelin which was named “Hindenburg” was a German airship that was heading to Lakehurst‚ NJ. The Hindenburg was 803 feet long‚ and 135 feet wide. It was carried about 100 passengers on this flight‚ with the inside looking very beautiful‚ as if it were only for
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In the story “The Machine Stops” there were many fantastic happenings that in the time it was written in 1906 people never gave it any merit of it possibly happening. Although‚ it is a story of fiction written in the past it seems to foreshadow what is very possibly an outcome for the United States of today. For example‚ in the story everyone has become distant and although they have the means to travel and have a face to face encounter with other people they would rather sit in the rooms with little
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starting at World War 1. In the beginning‚ the first ever reason for evacuation was at the end of World War 1. At the early stages of WW1 most important an aircrafts were airships that were huge bags of lighter-than-air hydrogen gas. The British mainly used these for escorting ships and for hunting German U-Boats. However‚ the German airships were much more advanced and widely used than ours‚ called Zeppelins that were able to fly much higher and faster. The Germans realised the potential of Zeppelins as
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find any motherhood duties towards her son. Reciprocally‚ the relationship between the airship attendant and Vashti is perfect portraying the fact that Vashti does not believe that others‚ the whole humanity‚ have a duty toward her. She loves the machine‚ she does not love anyone else and for her‚ no one else has the right to love her back‚ except the machine. “You forget yourself!” she said when the airship assistant tried to help him. Indeed‚ the attendant has not the right to touch her‚ only
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in style art deco spire was originally designed to be a depot for dirigible airships; the 102nd floor was supposed to be the landing platform. On the 86th floor would have been the observation deck and once you would check in there you would take an elevator that travels between the 86th and 102nd floors was supposed to transport passengers; the idea proved to be impractical and dangerous after a few attempts with airships‚ due to the powerful winds caused by the size of the building itself. The T-shaped
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ROBBERY Art. 293- Who are guilty of robbery? -any person who‚ with intent to gain‚ shall take any personal property belonging to one another‚ by means of violence against or intimidation of any person‚ or using force upon anything‚ shall be guilty of robbery Elements of robbery there must be personal property belonging to another there must be unlawful taking of that property that the taking must be with intent to gain that there is violence against or intimidation of any person
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perception of it as a novelty substance for parties and gimmicks‚ the element actually has many vital applications in society. Probably the most well known commercial usage is in airships and blimps (non-flammable helium replaced hydrogen as the lifting gas du jour after the Hindenburg catastrophe in 1932‚ during which an airship burst into flames and crashed to the ground killing some passengers and crew). But helium is also instrumental in deep-sea diving‚ where it is blended with nitrogen to mitigate
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New air technologies in the early mid-twentieth century had played major roles in war. The United States air forces were rapidly evolving between World War I and World War II. Aircraft structures and weapons developed along with the manufacture of new systems and devices. The United States Air Force made technological advancements in aviation‚ including weaponry‚ aircraft structure‚ and navigation‚ during the World Wars (1914-1945). Most strategists during the First World War saw no military
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How Did The Stalemate End? The stalemate came about at Christmas 1914 along the Western Front. From there the different countries fought each other in different battles and tried to outflank the other. By March 1918 the stalemate was broken. In this question I will explain why the war ended and why Germany was finally beaten. New Technology like the Tank New technology was very important for the reason in which the stalemate on the western front was broken. The idea of tanks was brought
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Property | Argon | Light bulbs | Doesn’t react with the metal filament | Helium | Used with O2 for deep sea dives | Low solubility of helium in the blood. | Helium | To inflate the tyres of large aircraft | Non-flammable | Helium | To fill airships and weather balloons | Low density‚ does not burn | Neon | In advertising signs because it glows red when electricity passes | Conductor of electricity at high voltage | Krypton/Xenon | In lamps used in photographic flash units‚ in stroboscopic
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