Clipper Ships The name Clipper is applied to a ship to indicate that it is a very fast sailer. The term‚ probably derived from the verb clip (to move quickly)‚ was first used in the United States soon after the War of 1812 and was applied to the type of vessel formerly described as Virginia built or of pilot boat construction. After the 1830s the term clipper was adopted to mean any fast ship. The Clipper Ship By 1830 general usage had made the term clipper synonymous with fast sailing‚ although
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passenger travel by sea: there were no aircraft‚ and emigration‚ from Europe to the Americas and other parts of the world‚ was still taking place on a massive scale. Passenger ships were therefore much more common than they are today and accidents frequently led to heavy casualties. The annual loss of life from British ships alone averaged between 700 and 800 during this period. The incident which led to the convening of the 1914 international SOLAS conference was the sinking of the White Star liner
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Finding The Silver Lining 25 March 2014 Calgary Avansino For today’s Weekly Wellbeing piece‚ Calgary Avansino turns her attention to breast cancer‚ and what to do when you’re diagnosed with it. Every year‚ 55‚000 women in the UK alone are diagnosed with some form of breast cancer‚ which means that one person every ten minutes will be affected. It’s more important than ever to educate yourself‚ check yourself and protect yourself! Now an inspirational and‚ most
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The Unsinkable Ship On April 14‚ 1912‚ the RMS Titanic also known as ‘The Unsinkable Ship‚’ sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic but in 1997‚ James Cameron brought that fateful voyage to the television screen in a lifelike movie with what most historians believe to be accurate details. The fateful voyage of the RMS Titanic is a story that most people learn about and become fascinated with in elementary school. Like many people‚ James Cameron became fascinated with this story. In 1995‚ he began producing
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2012 Period 4 DBQ~~Silver As silver grew popular‚ it had many affects globally. Silver was seen positively as a way to increase trade and to involve the government in society whereas silver was not liked as it destabilized societies. Ralph Fitch‚ a British merchant‚ and He Qiaoyuan‚ a Ming dynasty court official both believed silver was a great asset to trade. Similarly‚ Ming court official‚ Wang Xijue and Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa‚ a Spanish priest‚ admired silver seeing it was a way to
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Though her home life was much different than Robert Hayden’s‚ one thing they did have in common was their passion for writing. Silver Sparrow‚ her third release‚ was conjured up by a mixture of her two half-sisters and a conversation about two wives showing up to their husbands’ funeral. The setting was Atlanta‚ Ga in the 1980’s‚ it wasn’t uncommon for a man to have more than one
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classical story of the ship of Theseus. Change and identity becomes complex and the definition of objects change. An object is a thing that exists in time and space and has many properties or aspects such as size and colour. As these properties change‚ so do the object and the object’s identity‚ so therefore objects are always changing with time. The story of the ship of Theseus has had philosophers puzzled for centuries. The classical story is told by Plutarch (46-120 AD)‚ ‘The ship wherein Theseus
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CRUISE SHIP A cruise ship or cruise liner is a (usually very large) passenger ship used for pleasure voyages‚ where the voyage itself and the ship ’s amenities are part of the experience‚ as well as the different destinations along the way. Transportation is not the prime purpose‚ as cruise ships operate mostly on routes that return passengers to their originating port‚ so the ports of call are usually in a specified region of a continent. In contrast‚ dedicated transport oriented ocean liners
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The Slave Ship by Marcus Rediker is a great fiction novel that describes the horrifying experiences of Africans‚ seamen‚ and captains on their journey through the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage marked the water way in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the Americas. The use of slaves provided a great economy for the European countries due to the fact that these African slaves provided free labor while cultivating sugar cane in the Caribbean and America. Rediker describes the slave migration
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are increase/decrease in product and process innovations. Just like every other industry‚ the ship-breaking industry has the following phases – 1. Introduction phase of the industry life cycle: Emerging industries are new or reformed industries that originate from technological innovation‚ changing the relationship between relative costs‚ new customer needs or other economic and social changes. Ship breaking industry is no exception to this. From early 60’s to till now there has been lots of technological
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