Ferdinand Prosche: Life And Achievements of A Pioneer German engineer Ferdinand Porsche is certainly one of the most important figures - if not the most imporant and influent-in the history of automobile making. This outstanding Teuton was born on September 3rd‚ 1875 in Mafferdorf‚ Germany. One of the most remarkable accomplishments of his carrer was that his work was not limited to one factory‚ but instead he worked in many of the most renowned car-making factories of the time.
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that it happened for a reason. Another example could be the assassination of presidents. If you think‚ you must wonder why were they killed? I believe that their has to be a reason for each assassination. Such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. I think that it all traces back to something. For a third example is for myself‚ my determinism to play soccer. On February 16‚ 1898 the U.S.S Maine exploded. The U.S.S was supposedly caused by a mine‚ but nobody knows for sure. The cause of
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tensions and thus war ensues. Such was the case in WWI with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were many tensions that existed prior to his assassination‚ but it was his assassination which triggered the war‚ his assassination that served as an excuse‚ and perhaps the last straw‚ so to speak‚ which led to the First World War. The following paper examines the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and its relationship to the start of WWI. Under the rule at the time of the assassination
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Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz was a Prussian soldier who later became a major military thinker of the 19th century. Antoine-Henri Jomini was a Swiss man that joined the French revolution and even joining Russia and would become the most popular thinker of his time. Both Jomini and Clausewitz share many similarities more than their differences yet they both do focus on two different camps of ideas‚ the importance of strategy and chaos in war. One of Jomini’s main points of interest in war
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There are many parts to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: the Archduke himself‚ his assassins‚ why they did it‚ and how they did it. All of these are equally important to the overall event‚ which in turn is important to‚ not only the world‚ but the United States as well. First up is the Archduke‚ one Franz Ferdinand. He was born on December 18‚ 1863‚ in Graz‚ Austria to Archduke Karl Ludwig. He was also the nephew of the Austro-Hungarian emperor of the time‚ Franz Joseph. The Archduke
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come to northern North America hundreds of years earlier. However‚ Columbus is important because his explorations made Europeans much more aware of the New World and helped to encourage more exploration of North and South America in the 1500s. Ferdinand Magellan and his discovery of the Philippines FERNÃO Magalhaes was born in Portugal around 1480‚ the son of the mayor of his native town. His interest in the nautical sciences started when he studied in the Court of Portugal. These studies filled
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Illustration by Andreas von Buddenbrock. Andreas von Buddenbrock is a young 24-year-old and funky fresh artist of the 21st century currently enrolled as a first-year student at the Savannah College of Art and Design - Hong Kong. He is an illustration major with humble plans for the future. Born in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ but growing up his family travelled through many countries. INTERVIEW: ANDREAS VON BUDDENBROCK What made you choose to come to Hong Kong for school? That’s a good
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Liberalism Name Institution Mises on private property‚ freedom‚ peace‚ and equality Ludwig von Mises asserts in his book ‘liberalism’ that classical liberal freedoms are essential in promoting peace‚ social harmony‚ and general welfare in society. He argues that these freedoms included the rights to private property‚ equality‚ and peace. According to Mises (1962)‚ private ownership of property is fundamental in a market economy. Private property regards the factors of production
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Hildegard Von Bingen was a German abbess in the Middle Ages who spent most of her life in the church as she had been promised to the church at a very early age. Along with being a very spiritual woman‚ Hildegard also experienced visions that were of God and his ways. These visions were the basis for most of her works that she created. Though the general population was wholly uneducated‚ Hildegard was exceptionally well educated because of her background in the church and her devotion to studying
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Hans von Gersdorff: Feldbuch der Wundarzney (Field book of surgery) (Page 16V)‚ 1517 The above diagram is from a medicine book published in 1517 by a German surgeon Hans von Gersdorff‚ showing the points of bloodletting‚ we can see that there are nearly 50 points of bloodletting distributed in all parts of the body. The diagram also shows a dissection of a male human body with most of the organs shown‚ it seems that people at time or before that time already did a lot of experiments and dissections
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