benjamin franklin has many accomplishment some of his greatest are the following five‚ Bifocals‚ Electricity‚ Lightning Rod‚ Franklin Stove‚ Mapping the Gulf Stream. Bifocals are eyeglasses with an upper and lower half‚ the upper for distance‚ and the lower for reading. Bifocals are commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia‚ a condition that Franklin suffered. Franklin wrote‚ in August 1784 to his friend George Whatley‚ that he was "happy in the invention of double spectacles‚ which serving
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CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GLOBAL HEAT BUDGET - 40 MARKS The global heat budget is the balance between incoming insolation‚ and outgoing radiation from Earth. There are many factors that influence this heat budget‚ some of which are more important than others. In this essay I am going to describe and explain each factor involved. Insolation is the incoming energy from the sun in shortwave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The distribution of insolation over the Earth’s surface
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Atlantis was engulfed by the Atlantic Ocean. This theory originated from a book called Atlantis‚ the Antediluvian World‚ by Ignatius Donnelly. In his book‚ Donnelly argued that the accomplishments of the ancient world‚ such as metallurgy‚ language‚ and agriculture‚ must have been handed down by an earlier advanced civilization because the people of ancient societies were not sophisticated enough to develop these advances on their own. Donnelly also assumed the Atlantic Ocean was only about one hundred
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INFORMATIVE ESSAY BY David Adeoso In this essay I am going to write about the ocean and all the amazing things about the ocean that some people might not know. Growing up I was never interested in the ocean or things like that but as I am starting to grow the world and the ocean are starting to become much more fascinating to me. There are many amazing things about the ocean and what lives in it some things that are amazing to me are that Earth is the only known planet or moon to have large
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INTRODUCTION If you don’t already know what a hurricane is‚ well just keep reading because this is going to provide you the information you need about hurricanes. What Is A Hurricane? A hurricane is a spinning storm that starts to form in the ocean. Hurricanes are most common on the east side of the United States‚ well if you DON’T know where east is it’s the State of Florida is at‚ let me guess you don’t where is Florida is… if you don’t well just check the map of the U.S. Anywho hurricanes can
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oceanic crust in the: Indian Ocean: Atlantic Ocean: Pacific Ocean: 2) How old is the oceanic crust that is found along the coastline of Northern California? 3) In the Pacific Ocean‚ where is the oldest oceanic crust located (generally)? 4) In the Pacific Ocean‚ where is the youngest oceanic crust located? 5) Describe‚ in general terms the distribution of youngest and oldest crust in the Pacific Ocean Basin. 6) Look the Atlantic
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changes as pronounced temperature contrasts develop between land and water. In January‚ lows reverse to highs over land (forming Canadian and Siberian highs) but become extremely intense and stormy low pressure areas over the relatively warm North Atlantic and North pacific Oceans (Iceland low and Aleutian low) In the southern hemisphere‚ little change occurs from summer to winter due to global encirclement by the southern oceans. 4. Polar high pressure belts (Polar highs) On the average‚ high
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The physical sciences are a massively diverse discipline. Within the context of the physical sciences‚ one might explore a wide range of phenomena‚ utilizing a wide range of differing methodologies and theoretical perspectives. For instance‚ the same discipline that emphasizes the study of organisms‚ their function‚ and interaction with the ecosystem in the field of biology‚ may also emphasize the study of the earth itself and natural geological processes in the field of earth science
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letter in a bottle‚ sealed it up‚ and dropped it in the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the Florida coast. It was kind of an experiment for school. In the letter‚ he appealed to whomever came across the bottle to contact him and let him know where in the world it showed up. Amazingly‚ someone did. About 16 months after the bottle was dropped‚ Swearingen’s marine science teacher heard from someone in Ireland. The letter had made its way across the Atlantic Ocean and washed up on the shores of the Emerald Isle
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Earhart by Women Can Fly Introduction to Aviation‚ AVS 110 001 Instructor John Mead FALL 2013 Biography on Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean on June 17‚ 1928. This gave birth to the world of women aviators‚ by reading about Amelia Earhart’s great journeys. She was an inspiration not only to women and aviators at the time‚ but also artists‚ writers and radio talk shows across the
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