took out whatever was in the way‚ because they were made from cast-iron.(The history place.www.historyplace.com) And it also showed them having good accuracy‚ the cannons only had one purpose taking out as many people as possible in one place‚ they did not focus on accuracy when they made the cannon. That is why they had multiple cannons set up behind the infantry men. The guns the used in the movie resembled‚ the ones they used in the American Revolution‚ but oviously they were replica’s. They
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two things that are basically unlike. In "Self-Reliance" what does he compare with the ordinary things and events listed below. Be sure to respond in complete sentence format. Example: He compares cannon balls to words: "Else if you would be a man‚ speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls‚ and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again‚ though it contradict every thing you said today." A. planting corn Emerson compares planting corn to work ethic. “no kernel of nourishing
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horizontal distance traveled by the projectile is called the range. While the vertical distance‚ that is‚ the distance from where it was launched to the top most point of its path is called its height. Examples of projectiles are cannon ball launched by a cannon‚ golf ball hit by a golfer‚ and an ice skater jumping over some barrels. Usually‚ a strong‚ abrupt force initiates the motion of a projectile. Following this force‚ the projectile moves through the air and is influenced only by the earth’s
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Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem‚ “The Charge of the Light Brigade” in 1854 in order to commemorate the valiant effort and bravery of the 600 men who made a charge during Great Britain’s Crimean war effort. A year before the battle took place‚ Lord Tennyson had just been made poet laureate of Great Britain (Charge of the Light Brigade‚ History). The British were engaged in the Crimean war against Russia during this time period. The charge depicted in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” took place
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The chemical element copper‚ with Atomic Number 29‚ has been extensively used for thousands of years because of several primary properties that have dictated its use throughout history. Among them we can count durability‚ strength and‚ as a semi-noble metal‚ good resistance to corrosion. With a hardness of 3 on the Mohs scale‚ pure copper is relatively soft and malleable‚ which makes it an easy metal to work with. Analyses of artefacts from lithic civilizations have shown that native copper had not
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Dams are a huge threat to the mighty Salmon of America. Although there are solutions to dams they are not enough to save the species. Salmon are slowly becoming extinct due to dams‚ because dams are cutting off rivers to and from the ocean and preventing them to spawn. Salmon were thriving in the U.S. before hydropower dams were established. Salmon are the most extraordinary fish on the planet‚ they make an extremely long journey that start when they are only a little smelt and finish in adulthood
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By 350 A.D.‚ Constantinople was one of the world’s greatest capitals. The city was located between Asia and Europe‚ making it a very diverse and strategic place. The many bodies of water surrounding the peninsula gave Constantinople many trade routes as well as protection. The famous walls were also built to further strengthen security. Constantinople eventually rose to a beautiful city of strength and wealth. Its Greek heritage separated itself from the West with their religion of Eastern Orthodoxy
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How do the poems Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen present attitudes to warfare? Throughout the history of mankind warfare has played an important part in shaping the world as it is today. The poems- The Charge of the light brigade by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson and Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen show contrasting views toward war. The Charge of the light Brigade shows glorified attitudes towards battle; however Dulce et Decorum Est shares
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The Triumphant Side of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a war between the thirteen colonies of America and the British that took place from 1775 to 1783. The colonies‚ which had not yet been unified‚ wanted freedom from the domineering British and their "taxation without representation". This saying‚ coined up twenty years prior to the beginning of the war‚ was a major slogan for the revolutionaries. The quote means‚ "If citizens are not represented in the government‚ then the
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question their faith while others grow in their faith. At 46 years of age Walter Bradford Cannon enlisted in the army in 1917 during World War I as a volunteer on a medical unit in Belgium. It was here that Cannon studied physiological shock and its causes‚ (Hagen). He went on later to test animals and their blood after being shocked because he wanted to learn more about what exactly causes this “shock.” Cannon tested a cat by taking its blood both before and after it was exposed to a barking dog.
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