Thomas Crapper Thomas Crapper was born in Waterside‚ Yorkshire‚ in September 1836. His father Charles was a steamboat captain. When crapper was 14 he was the apprenticed of a master plumber in Chelsea. After his apprenticeship he was a journeyman plumber for three years until he founded his own company in 1861. Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet. The credit of inventing the flush toilet is usually given to Sir John Harington
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523205 Lang p. 2 October 13‚ 2013 Common Application Option #2: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you‚ and what lessons did you learn? When I heard the news‚ my stomach turned I felt like everything I worked for shattered right in front of me‚ and there was nothing that could fix it. During the summer I experienced a tragic injury. It all happened the final half of a soccer tournament with five minutes left in the game. This is when I experienced
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Essay #2: Burke & Paine - Two Views on the French Revolution The French Revolution became a pivotal moment in the history of governmental rule in the late eighteenth century. Two very educated men‚ Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine‚ gave their arguments on whether or not a revolution was necessary or acceptable due to the violation of rights. Burke‚ who believed in hereditary succession and traditional ways‚ opposed Paine who wanted citizens to have liberty under a just government. Together they
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Thomas Hardy Frank & Chelsea Here are a few poems and things to write about. The Man he Killed The short lines‚ simple rhyme scheme‚ and everyday language make the piece almost nursery rhyme like in simplicity‚ again in ironic contrast to its less than pleasant subject. The Voice Though the vigorous anapaestic metre of the poem helps convey this initial hope‚ it proves unwieldy for Hardy‚ as is evident in the clumsy third stanza‚ where “listlessness” rhymes with Hardy’s unfortunate coinage
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Please refer to the text or simply ask me for help if you need more explanation of the common errors described here. Punctuation Problems When you have a series of items‚ you must use a comma before the ‘and’ or the ‘or.’ When you use ‘however’ within a sentence‚ you must have a comma on either side of the word. Or‚ you could have no commas at all. But‚ you cannot use just one comma unless ‘However’ is the first word in the sentence. Introductory subordinate clauses need a comma to set them off
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President Thomas Jefferson 1801 - 1809 Thomas Jefferson came into presidency with the intentions of limiting the size and power of the central government. His success and failures in accomplishing this goal were many. Thomas Jefferson was America’s third president in reign from 1801 1809‚ once tying in the presidential race with Aaron Burr‚ where the decision was made by the House of Representatives to choose Jefferson whom they thought was less dangerous than Burr. As president he was
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Common Application Prompt: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there‚ and why is it meaningful to you? New York City‚ nothing can be more exciting to me. For those around the world that venture to this concrete jungle‚ they travel here to capture the gift from France‚ to pay their respects to Ground Zero‚ to discuss business on Wall Street‚ or even to visit King Kong’s territory. For me‚ going to New York was my last act of rebellion
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Franklin‚ Paine and the Age of Enlightenment From the end of the 1700s and through the early 1800s‚ America was beginning to see a change in civilization. People were moving from Puritan thoughts and ways towards a new way of a less superstitious‚ more scientific and intellectual interchange. This movement called the Age of Enlightenment influenced the styles and writings of those like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine. The Age of Enlightenment was a period of questioning and appliance of reasoning
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Common Contracts paper Alyssa Baker-Brake LAW/421 Lina Malanzo 07/01/13 Contracts are a written promise to do something‚ or not to do something. The purpose of the contract is to ensure that both parties will perform the duties that they have promised to do‚ or to prevent something that was promised to prevent. Contracts are here to ensure that people follow through with their word when they promise to do something. With a contract‚ you can make a promise a legal obligation. I have personally
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Thomas Cole David Jackson 8/2/04 Art Appreciation Maxwell Painting landscapes was very important during the 19th century. Thomas Cole was one of the most important figures in landscape painting in the United States. He went to many places searching for nature‚ which he painted to show the unmatchable beauty nature creates. His works of art helped people see and take pride in their great land‚ which was called America. Cole ’s works were often made people feel like they needed to go out in
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