Louis Francois Janin was granted the first barbed wire patent in 1865. He is the inventor who has the majority of the credit for inventing barbed wire. After the invention was doing well in the market for a while, a popular company named Washburn & Moen, got a license to produce barbed wire. This was like many other companies who to advantage of the soaring popularity of barbed wire. Washburn & Moen became one of the most popular to sell barbed wire. But, like many other popular products, barbed wire’s popularity declined and soon was taken over by plain wire. Although its popularity has decreased, barbed wire has many uses today in the modern society. Some of its uses in modern times are in the agricultural, political, law enforcement, and
military area of society. A noted scholar of the history of pre-modern mathematics and a philosopher, Reviel Netz, has argued that barbed wire has been “at the forefront of the major events of history,” its work marked “the coming of modernity.” In fact, he writes, “barbed wire was what [modern times] required” (p. 23). Barbed wire is one of the few inventions of the 19th century that remains current. It cuts across the rural and urban divide in which it is equally at home in both domains. It has been equally disruptive and beneficial. This all depends upon which side of the wire you are on.
“Fences” is a play written by August Wilson about a family living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1957. Troy and Rose have been married for 18 years and have two grown children; Lyons and Corey. Troy is an uptight, prideful man who always claims that he does not fear death, the rest of his family is more laxed and more content with their lives than Troy is. As the play progresses the audience learns more about Troy’s checkered past with sharecropping, his lack of education and the time he spent in prison. The audience also learns more about Troy’s love for baseball and the dreams he lost due to racism and segregation. In the middle of the play the author outwardly confirms what the audience has been suspecting; Troy isn’t exactly satisfied with his life. He feels that he does not get to enjoy his life and that his family is nothing more than a responsibility. Getting caught up in this feelings, Troy cheats on Rose with a woman named Alberta and fathers a child with the mistress. By the end of the play Troy loses both of the women and in 1965, finally gets the meeting with death that he had been calling for throughout the play. Over the
Doctor Richard Gatling patented the Gatling gun in 1861. This gun would become one of the deadliest weapons of the war. The Gatling gun was a six-barreled gun and would fire...
In a simple fictional world, characters are either good or bad, heroes or villains. The heroes almost always win and defeat the villains. In August Wilson’s Fences, Troy Maxson is more complex than that. He has both good and bad qualities. He is both a hero and a villain. Because of this, Troy can be considered an antihero.
There are many causes that molded Troy Maxson into the dishonest, cantankerous, hypocritical person that he is in August Wilson’s play, “Fences” (1985). Troy had an exceptionally unpleasant childhood. He grew up with a very abusive father that beat him on a daily basis. His mother even abandoned him when he was eight years old. In this play, Troy lies habitually and tries to cover himself up by accusing others of lying. He is a very astringent person in general. His dream of becoming a major league baseball player was crushed as a result of his time spent in jail. By the time he was released from jail, he was too old to play baseball efficiently.
The focus of this investigation will be on the answering of the question “To what extent did the invention and innovation of new weaponry during the 19th century affected the American Civil War?”. The most prevalent weapons of the time will be described, along with the major weapons manufacturers of the period leading to the Civil War. Multiple military innovations will be looked at and their implications on warfare will be discussed, considering how many weapons were improved and how this affected their efficiency in battle. The number of casualties in the American Civil War will also be displayed and it will be explained as to why the amount of fatalities was so high.
Racism is defined as, “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races” (Merriam-Webster). Director Philip Noyce conveys Webster’s definition of racism in his 2002 film, Rabbit-Proof Fence, by examining Aboriginal racism of the 1930s through the eyes of three young girls: Molly, Gracie and Daisy who are forcefully taken from their mothers by the Australian government; and a man, Neville, who believes that giving half-castes a chance to join his “civilized society” is the virtuous thing to do, even if it means stripping them of their family, traditions and culture. The film follows the girls as they escape from the Moore River Native Settlement, an indentured servant training camp for half-castes, and walk 1,200 miles back to their home in Jigalong. Noyce weaves story progression and character development throughout the film to demonstrate the theme of racism and covey the discriminations that occurred to Australia’s stolen generation and Aboriginal people during the 1930s.
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Has the question of “who even thought to invent the telephone or metal detector?” ever came into your head? Or been going through the internet and came across the name Alexander Graham Bell and wondered who it was? Well Alexander was the inventor of many things like the telephone, and the metal detector. Bell was a very smart man who came from a very smart family.
Born April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August Wilson is an African American author and play writer. August Wilson was best known for his ten series of plays that each depicted African American Life in the 20th century. Wilson won multiple of awards and recognition for his series of plays; the Tony Award (1985), the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1985), and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1990). The Wilson's “Pittsburgh Cycle,” consists of ten plays where nine of them took place in the Pittsburgh’s Hill District, an African American neighborhood. August Wilson died on October 2, 2005 at the age of 60 in Seattle, Washington. Fences was written by August Wilson in 1983 and was first performed at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway in 1987. It was the sixth play in his “Pittsburgh Cycle,” that won him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It can be seen that the storyline in the play Fences is related to the real life story of Wilson. The play Fences focus on the different types of conflict in an African American family that is caused by outside society and the roles of each member. The theme death is utilized throughout the play as a character portrait by Troy as he faces obstacles within his lifetime.
This type of execution was invented by employees of Thomas Edison during the War of the Currents that occurred in the US. It was designed by inventor and steamboat engineer, Dr. Alfred P. Southwick and built by Harold P. Brown who was an electrical engineer. The process of execution involves the convict being strapped down to a chair with leather belts before being electrocuted by a minimum of two jolts of electricity about 500 - 2000V that lasted about 30 seconds each. A public demonstration was held to determine the type of current to be used. Direct current (DC) was chosen instead of alternating current (AC) as direct current does not instantly kill the convict.
On 7/18/17 at approximately 8:00 AM, While conduct a fence line audit, Security Officer Neil Zola and Larry Mayer notified Security Account Manager Enmanuel Cabrera, that he found a trailer that contained a broken box with an unknown white powder that was labelled cleaner. At the time of the discovery, trailer PCAZ001563 was located at Slip Location F0600. Immediately after, security notified Safety Specialist Matthew Marciano and Hazmat Coordinator Lisa Ferrer about the discovery. Safety went on to say, that due to the fact, that the box was left on the back of the trailer while in the trailer yard, it will be considered “suspicious white power” and safety will not be able to clean it up. Then A/M Cabrera notified Loss Prevention
Benjamin Franklin is known for conducting lots of experiments dealing with electricity. His most famous being the kite experiment. He became fascinated with electricity when he was accidently shocked in 1746. Benjamin wondered if there was a way to protect buildings and the people inside of them from lightning. He thought that this could benefit people in the
El Salvador, 6 April 1992--Three siblings died near the Guazapa volcano last weekend when they stepped on a mine planted during the period of civil warfare. Ironically, their parents had returned to the area only a few days earlier. The children were four, six and eight years old. Parts from the three children's bodies were found as far as 30 metres from the explosion site. (qtd. in Grant 25)
and electricity; he brought up the idea of protecting buildings by using iron rods. In the summer of
Small arms technology has been used in some capacity since the thirteenth century. It has helped to change the face of the world and of warfare. They are so engrained in our culture it is odd to think of a world without them. However, it is important to remember that firearms were not always as efficient as they are now. This allows us to take what are essentially tools of warfare and appreciate them for the marvelous feat of engineering that they are.