HOW IT TICKS AND WHAT MAKES IT TOCK Introduction A grandfather clock (also called long or tall case clock) is a mechanical time keeping device that is freestanding and ranges from six to eight feet tall. These clocks can be weight or spring driven and works using the law of gravity. In weight driven models, a large pendulum (three to five feet long) hangs in the center and a system of weights is attached to the inside of the clock. Gravity causes the pendulum to constantly swing back and forth,
Innovate, invent and devise. For thousands of years, people have attempted to search the secret of luxury, wanting to change the world. They tried to invent new gadgets and innovated new idea, but few succeeded. Gunpowder In the old days, the outcomes of battle were often depending on the numbers and strenght of the soilders and the strenght of the castle wall. Castle wall structures were almost impossible to bring down . Rocks were catapulted at the castles, tunnels were dug under the walls and
A gear is a wheel with a teeth around its edges. The teeth on the gear prevents slippage and determines the ratio of a gear. The idea of a gear is to transmit rotary motion and force. The first gear was in invented by Archimedes. Archimedes was a mathematician and inventor. He used gears for making catapults and devices that raises water. Blasie Pascal is widely famous for developments in the fields of geometry, physics and computer science. One of his invention he is famous for the mechanical
Preamble This is a work about a maritime accident that occurred in the North Sea the early fall of 2007. In a chain of reactions, the accident harvested three lives; when it could have been prevented all from beginning and the normal operation could have gone through without me writing an assignment about it six and a half year later. The abbreviation ERRV The Viking Islay was, and still are (2014-01-24), a UK registered ship in the ERRV class. ERRV is an abbreviation of Emergency Rescue and Recovery
Yemanjá is the Queen of the Ocean in Candomblé beliefs. She is one of the seven orixas of the African Pantheon. She has many names in different variations of the religion. In Africa she is called Yemoja, Ymoja, Yemowo, and Mami Wata, to Brazil she is known as Yemanjá, and Janaína, Cuba has many names for her including, Yemaya, Yemayah, Iemanya, and Madre Agua, Haiti calls her LaSiren (Spaceman). There are many different variations of her name in different countries which all derive from the Yoruba
Women as News Anchors Women in all careers are striving to gain equality in the work force today, and female television news anchors are definitely part of the fight. The road to television news anchoring is a rocky one, where only a few women survive and many fail. Where progress was once thought to have been made, there aren't many females getting ahead in the world of television news. Today, there is a very slow, if any, gain in the numbers of women who succeed. There are many questions
Have you ever wondered if there were any conflicts involved with the successes in the past? Many people think new findings as happy confrontations between the finder and his helpers. This is not always the case, and honestly, is usually never the case. There is almost always some sort of dispute among the finders of a new idea or object. One of the most famous instances of conflict is between two men known by the names Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. Sir Isaac Newton is possibly the most well
His early life Robert Hooke was born on July 18th, 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England. His father, John Hooke, was a clergyman. As a child Hooke became ill of smallpox, of which he survived from, only to be disfigured and scarred. Throughout his childhood, Robert never really received much of any regular schooling due to his sickness and weakness. On the other hand he had an amazing natural curiosity, which led to the development of his mind through self-learning. When Robert was merely thirteen