Benjamin Franklin Born: January 17‚ 1706 Birthplace: Boston‚ Massachusetts Bay Nationality: American Contributions: Lightning rod‚ Bifocals‚ Franklin stove Benjamin was the first American physicist to characterized two kinds of electric charge which he named “positive” and “negative.” He earned the title of "The First American" for his early and untiring campaigning for colonial unity He signed the Declaration of Independence‚ the Treaty of Paris‚ which ended the Revolutionary
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Man‚" the Motown marvel sings of Benjamin Banneker: "first clock to be made in America was created by a black man." Though the song is a fitting salute to a great inventor (and African Americans in general)‚ it only touches on the genius of Benjamin Banneker and the many hats he wore – as a farmer‚ mathematician‚ astronomer‚ author and land surveyor. Like a lot of early inventors‚ Benjamin Banneker was primarily self-taught. The son of former slaves‚ Benjamin worked on the family tobacco farm
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is an extremely original and creative story written by James Thurber. Mr. Thurber wrote in the genre of comedy and enjoyed animating his stories with comically drawn cartoons. Soon after the short story was published‚ Sam Goldwyn made a film adaptation which James Thurber wasn’t to happy about. I agree with Mr. Thurber. The movie is not at all the books story. It was changed up tremendously and doesn’t reassemble the original story in many ways. The only thing that
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In the novel Roots and Shadows it was not a question of her dissatisfaction only but also of her male counterparts who suffered because of strong hold of traditions. Indu finds that like her‚ Hemant‚ her college friend is also dissatisfied with his married life. He calls marriage a “trap” where if once one entangled‚ entangled forever. The institution of marriage is the prime factor responsible for the hostile upsurge of personal relationship. He calls marriage a “trap” or a cage‚ “A trap? Or a cage
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English Essay: Writing Task For this homework‚ we are dealing with an extract of ‘The secret Life of Walter Mitty’‚ which is written by James Thurber. James Thurber: James Grover Thurber was born in 1894 in Ohio‚ United States. He was an american author‚ but he was best known for his cartoons and short stories published in the New Yorker magazine. He was one of the most popular humorists of his time‚ and mostly wrote about the eccentricities of ordinary people. The story we are talking
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Christmas is an important Christian festival. It is celebrated all over the world. It falls on 25th December every year. December 25 is the birthday of Jesus Christ.. Fairs are held and shops set up on this occasion. Before it comes‚ people decorate their houses‚ shops‚ establishments‚ churches etc. People in their best clothes attend the special services in Churches. They make Christmas cakes. It is a festival of feasting‚ rejoicing and giving and receiving gifts. The festivity begins on the
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Plan for Achieving Personal Success in the Footsteps of my Role Model‚ Walter Knotts I admire Walter Knotts‚ who was an unsuccessful Farmer until he nursed several abandoned berry plants back to health and became a successful Entrepreneur. As I complete my academic program‚ I intend to develop the success skills and abilities that will enable me to achieve my dreams of developing and managing a successful business. Walter Knotts is the perfect role model for me because for the fact that he started
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Visual Art Home Work Essay Artist has a variety of tools and equipment in order for them to make their art works‚ this can affect their practice and what makes them different to the other entire artist in the world. Many don’t have to use any tool at all and use what is seen and what is given; they use the environment to manipulate the surrounding. Such as the Artist by the name of Andy Goldsworthy‚ he is a British sculptor‚ photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture
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In early civilization‚ people have used the motion of the sun and the shadow an object creates as a measurement of time. In this experiment‚ we would better understand how these factors were used to tell the time back then. We would be indentifying the length of the shadow as well as the angle of elevation of the sun at four different times of the day. To get more accurate results‚ we would be using an object with a fixed height -in this case a bamboo stick 2.84m long. Time: 9:30am
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Benjamin Franklin 1. Fish & Visitors stink in three days. Don’t stay longer than welcomed you get old just like fish. 2. He that lives upon Hope‚ dies fasting. The person who hopes for everything will die with nothing if they don’t go get it themselves. 3. Tis easy to see‚ hard to foresee. It’s easy to see something but it’s hard to go through with it. 4. The rotten Apple spoils his Companion. Bad people can negatively influence their peers. 5. Don’t throw stones at your neighbours
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