James Watt made many contributions to this country during the Industrial Revolution. He made numerous improvements on the Newcome steam engine‚ invented the term horse power‚ and designed the Sun and Planet wheel. He contributed most of his life to make others’ lives easier and for them to prosper and grow. In 1763 John Anderson asked Watt to repair one of his steam engines which was an early version of a Newcome steam engine. This engine wasted a lot of time and fuel so it was economically inefficient
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Sonora McKeller ends her essay‚ “Watts—Little Rome‚” with: a) a call to riot: “Burn‚ Baby‚ Burn” b) a demand that LA bring back a pro football team to play in the Coliseum called the “Gladiators.” c) a prayer d) directions to a great little Italian restaurant in Watts e) a plea for people to visit the Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers. 2. Who offers the explanation during an interview in Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles‚ 1992 that the civil unrest that began on April 29‚ 1992 can
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Herman Webster Mudgett‚ also known as the infamous H. H. Holmes‚ was “born with the devil in him.” Holmes committed an estimated 200 murders in his lifetime‚ and is now known and believed to be America’s first serial killer. His secretive “murder castle‚” crimes and arrest‚ and his trial and execution almost 130 years ago‚ all has led him to his infamy today. H.H. Holmes killed at least nine people‚ confessed to as many as thirty murders‚ and may have been responsible for up to two-hundred
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H. H. Holmes: Master of Illusion Swindler [pic] Marion Hedgepeth The discovery of a murder in Philadelphia in October 1894 opened the door to a case that few could believe. Marion Hedgepeth‚ a one-time cellmate of a man who went by the name H.M. Howard‚ informed police about a recent scam. It involved insuring a man named Benjamin Pitezel for $10‚000 with the Fidelity Mutual Life Association in 1893 in Chicago‚ and then faking his death in a laboratory explosion by substituting a cadaver
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Oedipus and Holmes Search for Truth Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Adventure of the Three Students by Arthur Conan Doyle are both intriguing stories that involve a crime and a search for truth. In Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus searches for the truth of who murdered his father‚ but little did he know‚ he was the one who murdered his father. In The Adventure of the Three Students‚ Sherlock Holmes is on a search for truth to figure out who was trying to cheat on an exam. In Oedipus Rex‚ Oedipus runs from
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Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is one of‚ if not‚ the most iconic literary character ever in text due to the fact that this character has been adapted and recreated from the original texts by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to films‚ stage plays‚ television series’ etc. The first text to be printed was in 1887 but due to Sherlock Holmes signature key elements‚ he has been endured enough to stay relevant to this very day. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by British author‚ Sir Arthur Conan
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Sherlock Holmes mystery and one of the twelve stories that Doyle wrote in his “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” series (Wikipedia). Doyle was said to have felt that “Speckled Band” was his best Sherlock Holmes story (Wikipedia). When I first read “The Speckled Band”‚ I thought this was a basic “good vs. evil” type story‚ with Sherlock Holmes and his partner‚ Dr. Watson‚ being the good guys and the mad doctor‚ Grimesby Roylott‚ being the evil side. It seemed natural that Sherlock Holmes stories
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Sherlock Holmes Sherlock holmes modern day hero or just another frantic vigilante running amok? Does sherlock holmes fit the modern day definition of a hero? What is the true definition of a hero where did the word originate? How does Sherlock behave what are some of his key characteristics? Do the actions and thoughts of Sherlock fulfil the definition of a modern day hero? Although it may seem like an easy answer there is a much deeper side to the man known as sherlock. Some of his actions may
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Sherlock Holmes is known to solve very hard mysteries that almost nobody can solve. But in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery story‚ “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”‚ he solved one mystery that nobody would have expected for who have caused it. Holmes figures out Dr. Roylott had caused Julia’s death. It all started when he noticed the bed was clamped to the floor‚ there was a bell pull that did not work‚ and there was a ventilator connected between Dr.Roylott’s and Julia’s room. During Holmes investigation
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The same year Holmes and Myrta had a child named Lucy. Upon completion three years later‚ Holmes moved his drugstore into the bottom floor of the Castle and rented space out to other shops to maintain a normal appearance. The second floor contained his office and living space‚ while the third floor contained spacious “guest” rooms. The inside of the Castle housed a maze containing over 60 windowless rooms with one-way doors‚ false floors‚ trapdoors‚ doors that opened to brick walls‚ stairways leading
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