THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Part I APPLIED DYNAMICS LAB (full report required) DYNAMICS OF A TROLLEY ON RAILS Based on document MGS/ID137/203 by Dr MG Sainsbury Modified in Feb 2007 & Jan 2008 by Dr L Huang and Mr WS Sze 1. Objectives (1) To measure the velocity and acceleration of a trolley as it descends on inclined track and is stopped by a nonlinear elastic arrester system. (2) To compare the measured acceleration‚ velocity and displacement with theoretical
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James Leamon Johnson & Wales University Law 2001 Professor Bertron 01 Feb 2014 Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Martinez Briefly explain the opinion. Which of Martinez’s claims were successful and which were not? Why (what was the court’s legal explanation)? In this case‚ Martinez brought forward three claims. First‚ he claimed strict product liability based on defective design of the tire. Martinez also claimed negligence and gross negligence. In their ruling‚ the jury found that the defective design
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Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources was fortunate enough to have a skilled financial manager in Mortensen. Her expertise had come to be respected as was evidenced by her promotion and the reliance on her calculations. However‚ her cost of equity numbers were used as a starting point and manipulated rather than used as presented. Examining the calculation of the firms weighted average cost of capital and betas as well as comparing with others in the same
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience Themes by William Blake Major Themes The Destruction of Innocence Throughout both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ Blake repeatedly addresses the destruction of childlike innocence‚ and in many cases of children’s lives‚ by a society designed to use people for its own selfish ends. Blake romanticizes the children of his poems‚ only to place them in situations common to his day‚ in which they find their simple faith in parents or God challenged by
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remarkably balanced and harmonized in them. Comparative view of both songs- ‘The Lamb’ has belongs to Songs of Innocence‚ as the Songs in volume are intended for the expression of the spontaneity of joy and freedom‚ simplicity and purity‚ in childhood. Blake here appears to be a pioneer in literature for children. “The Tyger” has belongs to Songs of Experience are poles asunder from the songs of innocence. The speakers in the two poems have different notions of the Deity and the divine nature. The speaker
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question is what made Blake Mycoskie come up with the name of Toms. Blake came up with shoe Toms is because he wanted to give back to poor children that are not able to afford shoes. Another reason why he wanted to start this shoe company is to not only give back but to keep children from going barefooted. Blake noticed that kids that went barefooted had blisters‚ and sores on the bottom of their feet. According to the book Start Something That Matters to make all of this possible Blake got in contact
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Because Blake addresses the theme of generation most directly and fully in his illuminated books‚ it is important to consider here the principles guiding the interpretation of his art. Blake’s illustrations for The Divine Comedy are particularly revealing of Blake’s view of his own art‚ revealing how for him art and text were at all times part of a continuous whole. Several of Blake’s less finished illustrations for Dante’s epic have text written within and around them never intended for inclusion
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constantly going against and challenging the rules of institutions‚ in specific the church. In The Marriage of Heaven and Hell‚ Blake shows his theory of contraries with his use of symbols of angels and devils‚ good and evil‚ and especially the comparison between heaven and hell. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is a collection of contradictions‚ and without these contradictions Blake believes that there is no progression. “Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion‚ reason and energy
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Romantics: Blake & Shelley Although Both Blake and Shelley sought to enlighten the middle classes as to their social situation and even stir within them a sense of insurrection towards a Church both men saw as dictatorial‚ they each employed different literary techniques and devices to do so. Blake juxtaposes a garden with an imposing religious structure‚ a chapel‚ to highlight his theme of papal dominance of natural urges. The Sixteenth verse of Shelley’s "Ode to Liberty" also deals with ecclesiastical
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Blake was an English poet who was born in 1757 and died in 1827. Blake was part of the Romantic Age. Although Blake was largely unrecognized as a poet during his lifetime‚ his work was bizarre for those times. His poetry was reverent to the Bible‚ but hostile to the Church of England. The fact that ................... are evident in his poetry‚ especially these two poems. Nature The Echoing Green (innocence) This poem depicts a conventional village in which a whole day’s cycle is portrayed.
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