Monday, January 27, 2020
The History of Aluminum
The History of Aluminum Aluminum is the thirteenth element on the periodic element and its in the thirteenth roll (Dynamic.) Aluminum was discovered by Hans Christian Oersted in 1825 in Denmark. Hans Christian Oersted born on August 14, 1777 in Langeland, Denmark. He became interested in Chemistry at age twelve while working at his fathers pharmacy. Not only was Oersted the first to extract aluminum from rocks, but he also discovered electromagnetism (Home.) The aluminum word derived from the Latin word alumen meaning alum. Aluminum is the most common metal found in Earths crust (Home.) They obtained it from ores a surface near the surface of the earth. At that time, aluminum was worth a lot of money and was more valuable than gold (Winter,M.) Aluminum is also found in the Earths crust, rocks, clay, soil, and vegetation. Hans-Christian was the first to produce nodules of aluminum by heating potassium amalgam with aluminum (AzoM,.) Hans Christian Oersted produced aluminum by reducing aluminum chloride with a potassium-mercury amalgam (Home.) This experiment was difficult to do because all naturally occurring aluminum exists in a bonded state with other alloys, elements, and substances, making it tricky to discovery and produce (How.) When aluminum was discovered, the Greek and Romans used it in making medicines and when dyeing fabrics. When it was first discovered, it was worth $1,200 per kilogram in the nineteenth century, thats more valuable than a bar of gold. Thats $28,383 in todays money (How.) When aluminum was worth more than gold, it was used for making jewelry and art objects. During this time, aluminum was considered an elite material. Aluminum was like the gold and silver of the 1850s. It was used to make many necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and silverware used for special guests. The process that allowed aluminum to be produced at low costs was called electrolysis. This technique ran dissolved aluminum ore through a bath of liquid while it was electrified. When the dissolved aluminum ore molecules were shocked, small gray nuggets were collected. Soon after this process became known, many factories were built for the purpose of isolating and selling aluminum. The United States went from producing a couple of ounces of aluminum per month to producing around fifty pounds of aluminum per day (Kean,S.) Today, aluminum isnt worth the same as gold or silver. Because it is now mass produced, the value of aluminum has drastically declined. Today, aluminum is used for basic things like soda cans, foils, kitchen utensils, and airplane parts (Google.) Aluminum foil is produced today by extracting impurities, like oxide, silica, titania, and water, then the aluminum oxide is melted and made into pure aluminum. After that, the pure aluminum is rolled into foil (Aluminum.) Works Cited AZoM, W. B. (2013, June 11). Aluminium, The History, Discovery and Development as a Product. Retrieved March 15, 2017, from http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1530 Dynamic Periodic Table. (2008, November 18). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from http://www.ptable.com/ Google. (2014, October 23). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from https://www.google.com/#q=what is aluminum used for today*spf=611 History of Aluminum. (2017, March 09). Retrieved March 15, 2017, from http://www.aluminum.org/aluminum-advantage/history-aluminum Home. (2009, May 03). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from https://www.famousscientists.org/hans-christian-oersted/ How did Hans Christian Oersted discover aluminum? (2013, October 13). Retrieved March 16, 2017, from https://www.reference.com/beauty-fashion/did-hans-christian-oersted-discover-aluminum-71fc26839514883c# Kean, S. (2010, July 30). Aluminum: It Used To Be More Precious Than Gold. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/elements/features/2010/blogging_the_periodic_table/aluminum_it_used_to_be_more_precious_than_gold.html Winter, M. (2008, July 12). Aluminium: historical information. Retrieved March 15, 2017, from https://www.webelements.com/aluminium/history.html
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Power of Six Book Report
John is superhuman. He has several superpowers, including telekinesis and immunity to fire. 2. John is brave. Despite being hunted by an entire race of aliens, he trains hard and never loses hope. 3. John is caring. He shows that he cares about how Sam and Six feel, and always puts them first. 4. John is determined. When training with Sam and Six, he is often bested in fighting by Six. This is hard for him, as she is a girl, and there are some stereotypes floating in his head, but he still always gets up to go again. 5.John is impulsive. He often acts without thinking out of either anger or want. For example, when the leader of the Microorganism arrived on Earth, he walked straight into an energy force field after him, knocking himself out. Conflict sec 3 Internal Conflict ââ¬â John loves Sarah, but he also likes Six, and is always around her that creates a tension between John and Six, which often tantalizing him to make a move on her. I chose this for the internal conflict beca use it is a classic love triangle, and brings a key emotional side to the story. , which is key to the story.External Conflict ââ¬â A major external conflict in this Tory is when 10 ââ¬â 20 Microorganism attack John, Six and Sam. They burn their house down, attack and try to kill them and attempt to steal the chest that has John's inheritance in it. I chose this as a main external conflict because it is the first real external conflict. It also shows not only the power of the Microorganism, but also how quickly and effectively they can find John and the other Lori as they only lived at that house a few days and it was miles from any other civilization. Genre sec 4 This story is science fiction.It is sic-if because, first, there are two alien races involved: the Loire and the Microorganism. Also, there is some futuristic technology such as shuttles that can complete cross-galaxy trips, and weapons that shoot balls of energy, rather than bullets. Theme statement sec 6 Don't Ju dge a book by its cover. Work hard and you can do great things. Plot map Exposition Six reveals her past, and how she was captured and detained by Microorganism. Rising Action John and Six and Sam are attacked in Florida. John, Six and Sam go back to Paradise and are caught by the FBI. Six helps John and Sam break out of prison after FBI capture.Ella finds Marina's chest, and Marina pens it. Crayon reveals himself as not Macedonian, but Lori. Climax John and Sam go to the hive, find the chest and find Nine. Falling Action Six saves Marina when Macedonian army attacks. The leader of the Macedonian race, Strauss Ra, arrives on Earth. Resolution Crayon decides that Six and Martina and Ella must go after the other Lori and unite them. Background The series starts when the planet Lories is invaded by the evil Nonagenarians. In Loris's final hour, its inhabitants, the Lori, send nine children and their guardians to Earth on a large spaceship.Each carries a locked chest that contains their inheritance. This chest is vital to their survival. They are numbered 1-9, their number will often be substituted for their name. A charm is put on them so that they can only be killed in the order of their numbers. 1 through 3 are killed. The main character, John ââ¬âwho is number 4 and up next to be hunted lives in Paradise, Ohio, but is found by the Microorganism, and his guardian is killed. However, he meets number Six and they travel together along with John's human friend, Sam. The Power of Six begins at this point.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
A Commentary on William Wordsworthââ¬â¢s Poems
There are many strategies in which a writer can convey his message to his readers. One is allusion, a literary device that lets the readers have a mental image of what the writer is trying to express in his article. The dictionary defines it as an ââ¬Å"indirect reference or citationâ⬠to a person, place or something that is presumed to be known already by the reader. Others classify it as an indirect mention of something that the writer may intentionally or unintentionally do so. It is up to the reader to see and grasp the necessary connection.Wordsworthââ¬â¢s breathtaking ranges in poetry encompasses the entire arc of his career from writing pieces of poetry and lingering passionate meditations on demands set forth by the contemporary society for purposes which indulges the art of love, heroism, nature and a whole sense of unpredictable somber and angry poems which stages the flames of war and a whole lot more of uprising circumstances. His so-called nature pieces gave not only a slight impact on readers, but it made people internalize each and every line of his poems such as in Tintern Abbey in the specific lines.ââ¬Å"Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, that on a wild secluded scene impress, thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect, the landscape with the quiet of the skyâ⬠(Wordsworth, Owen and Wordsworth). It was believed that the purpose of his works is to send subliminal messages to the British society of his time. He is a man armed with romanticism which is considered moribund in modern literature. His skill of captivating hearts of readers with his ability to revive legends by placing it into lyrics gave him a towering height of success and respect which is up to date appreciated by literature fanatics.Unlike E. S. Yeats who received mostly admiration on his works, William Wordsworth on the other hand had a lot of criticisms regarding his works especially on The Prelude. Some said his works were ââ¬Å"not being poetry at allà ¢â¬ and that they were just replica of other authorsââ¬â¢ creations. Nevertheless, these were not barriers for Wordsworth to be recognized as one of the most influential British poets in the 18th Century (Colville).Among his greatest works were published after his death in 1850 which gave him a breakthrough in the limelight and a tank of deliberate criticisms at that. Given the fact that his works were often questioned, he remained steadfast upon his works and continued writing epics, tragedies, culture and religion. His enthusiasm on nature which triggered the rationality of the reading public were ironically given ample respect. He was described as a writer dancing shallow waters, and enables one to judge his works either positively or negatively. It was between: love him, or hate him.William Wordsworth in his works in Lyrical Ballads which includes the ââ¬Å"Tables Turnedâ⬠and Tintern Abbeyâ⬠also says that it will make everything about him right again, put his life back into perspective especially those about his friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge as reflected on the lines of the poem, The Tables Turned which reads, ââ¬Å"May teach you more of man, of moral evil and of good, than all the sages canâ⬠(Wordsworth, Owen and Wordsworth). Again, he talked about the Coleridge and mentioned the woman he loves and how she is the object of his desires, and also, pain.But then, in addition to feeling let down, Wordsworth also implies that he is not sure about how his friend does things in the poem as reflected by the lines, ââ¬Å"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; our meddling intellect, mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:ââ¬âwe murder to dissectâ⬠. The essence of the British romantic period is its ability on making readers read and at the same time comprehends what they are reading. This literary device which is used in prose and poetry help in visualizing a mental picture by playing with words alluded.The fragile fact in th e usage of such is the level of expectation evoked by the allusion. The style is like ââ¬Å"counting chickens with eggsâ⬠. In general, the utilization of allusions by a novelist shows an anticipation that the bookworm is proverbial with the allusion made, otherwise the effect is nowhere to be found in the tentacles of the purpose. Colville, Derek. The Teaching of Wordsworth. American University Studies. Series Iv, English Language and Literature, Vol. 7. New York: P. Lang, 1984. Wordsworth, William, W. J. B. Owen, and William Wordsworth. The Fourteen-Book Prelude. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Months in Russian Pronunciation and Examples
The names of the months in Russian come from Latin and can sound similar to English. As with all other Russian nouns, month names change according to the case they are in. Russian months are masculine in gender. They are never capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence. Russian Months Translation Pronunciation Example Ã' à ½Ã ²Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'Å' January yanVAR' - à à °Ã' Ã'âÃ'Æ'à ¿Ã ¸Ã »Ã' à ½Ã ²Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'Å' (nastooPEEL janVAR')- January began Ã'âà µÃ ²Ã'â¬Ã °Ã »Ã'Å' February fyvRAL' - à ¯ à ¿Ã'â¬Ã ¸Ã µÃ ´Ã'Æ' à ² Ã'âà µÃ ²Ã'â¬Ã °Ã »Ã µ (ya priYEdu ffyevraLYEH)- I will arrive in February à ¼Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'â March mart - Ãâà ¾Ã' Ã'Å'à ¼Ã ¾Ã µ à ¼Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'âà ° (vas'MOye MARtuh)- 8th of March à °Ã ¿Ã'â¬Ã µÃ »Ã'Å' April ahpRYEL' - ÃŸà µÃ'â¬Ã ²Ã ¾Ã µ à °Ã ¿Ã'â¬Ã µÃ »Ã' - Ãâà µÃ ½Ã'Å' Ã' à ¼Ã µÃ'â¦Ã ° (PYERvaye ahpRYElya - DYEN' SMYEkha)- April 1st is April Fools' Day à ¼Ã °Ã ¹ May ah - y (as in 'my') - Ãâà µÃ ½Ã'Å' ÃŸà ¾Ã ±Ã µÃ ´Ã'â¹ Ã ¿Ã'â¬Ã °Ã ·Ã ´Ã ½Ã'Æ'à µÃ'âÃ' Ã' à ² à ¼Ã °Ã µ (DYEN' paBYEdy PRAZnuyetsya VMAyeh)- Victory Day is celebrated in May à ¸Ã'Žà ½Ã'Å' June ee-YUN' - ÃËÃ'Žà ½Ã'Å' - Ã'Ëà µÃ' Ã'âà ¾Ã ¹ à ¼Ã µÃ' Ã' Ã'â à ³Ã ¾Ã ´Ã ° (eeYUN' - shysTOY MYEsyats GOduh)-June is the 6th month of the year à ¸Ã'Žà »Ã'Å' July ee-YULE - Ãâ à ¸Ã'Žà »Ã µ Ã'Æ' à ¼Ã µÃ ½Ã' à ¾Ã'âà ¿Ã'Æ'Ã' à º (V eeYUly oo myNYA OHTpusk)- My vacation isin July à °Ã ²Ã ³Ã'Æ'Ã' Ã'â August AHVgoost - à à ²Ã ³Ã'Æ'Ã' Ã'â à ²Ã'â¹Ã ´Ã °Ã »Ã' Ã' à ¾Ã' à ¾Ã ±Ã µÃ ½Ã ½Ã ¾ à ¶Ã °Ã'â¬Ã ºÃ ¸Ã ¼ (AHVgoost VYdalsya ahSOHbynuh ZHARkim)- August was particularly hot Ã' à µÃ ½Ã'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã'Å' September synTYABR' - Ãâ Ã' à µÃ ½Ã'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã µ à ½Ã °Ã'â¡Ã ¸Ã ½Ã °Ã µÃ'âÃ' Ã' Ã'Æ'Ã'â¡Ã µÃ ±Ã ½Ã'â¹Ã ¹ à ³Ã ¾Ã ´ (fsyntyabRYE nachyNAyytsa ooCHEBny GOHD)- The academic year starts in September à ¾Ã ºÃ'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã'Å' October akTYABR' - Ãžà ½Ã ¸ Ã'Æ'à µÃ ·Ã ¶Ã °Ã'ŽÃ'â à ² à ¾Ã ºÃ'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã µ (aNEE ooyeZHAHyut v aktybRYE)-Theyleave in October à ½Ã ¾Ã' à ±Ã'â¬Ã'Å' November naYABR' - à à ¾Ã' à ±Ã'â¬Ã'Å' - Ã'â¦Ã ¾Ã »Ã ¾Ã ´Ã ½Ã'â¹Ã ¹ à ¼Ã µÃ' Ã' Ã'â (naYABR' - haLODny MYEsyats)- November is a cold month à ´Ã µÃ ºÃ °Ã ±Ã'â¬Ã'Å' December dyKABR' - à ¡Ã ½Ã µÃ ³ à ¿Ã ¾Ã'Ëà µÃ » à ² à ´Ã µÃ ºÃ °Ã ±Ã'â¬Ã µ (SNYEG paSHYOL f dyekabRYE)- It began tosnow in December Using Prepositions With Names of Months in Russian à ² - Inà (Prepositional Case) The prepositionà à ²Ã means in and is used to indicate that something happens during a certain month. Ãâ Ã' à ½Ã ²Ã °Ã'â¬Ã µ - in JanuaryÃâ Ã'âà µÃ ²Ã'â¬Ã °Ã »Ã µ - in FebruaryÃâ à ¼Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'âà µ - in MarchÃâ à °Ã ¿Ã'â¬Ã µÃ »Ã µ - in AprilÃâ à ¼Ã °Ã µ - in MayÃâ à ¸Ã'Žà ½Ã µ - in JuneÃâ à ¸Ã'Žà »Ã µ - in JulyÃâ à °Ã ²Ã ³Ã'Æ'Ã' Ã'âà µ - in AugustÃâ Ã' à µÃ ½Ã'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã µ - in SeptemberÃâ à ¾Ã ºÃ'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã µ - in OctoberÃâ à ½Ã ¾Ã' à ±Ã'â¬Ã µ - in NovemberÃâ à ´Ã µÃ ºÃ °Ã ±Ã'â¬Ã µ - in December Example: - à ¯ à ½Ã °Ã'â¡Ã °Ã » à ·Ã ´Ã µÃ' Ã'Å' Ã'â¬Ã °Ã ±Ã ¾Ã'âà °Ã'âÃ'Å' à ² Ã' à ½Ã ²Ã °Ã'â¬Ã µ.- I started to work here in January. à ½Ã ° - For (Accusative Case) The names of all months remain unchanged when using the preposition à ½Ã °. Example:à - Ãâ¢Ã ¼Ã'Æ' à ½Ã °Ã ·Ã ½Ã °Ã'â¡Ã ¸Ã »Ã ¸ à ¾Ã ±Ã' à »Ã µÃ ´Ã ¾Ã ²Ã °Ã ½Ã ¸Ã µ à ½Ã ° à ¼Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'â.- His tests have been arranged for March. Ã' - From, Since and à ´Ã ¾ - Until (Genitive Case) Ã' / à ´Ã ¾ Ã' à ½Ã ²Ã °Ã'â¬Ã' - since / until JanuaryÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ Ã'âà µÃ ²Ã'â¬Ã °Ã »Ã' - since / until FebruaryÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ¼Ã °Ã'â¬Ã'âà ° - since / until MarchÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à °Ã ¿Ã'â¬Ã µÃ »Ã' - sinceà / until AprilÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ¼Ã °Ã' - since / until MayÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ¸Ã'Žà ½Ã' - since / until JuneÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ¸Ã'Žà »Ã' - since / until JulyÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à °Ã ²Ã ³Ã'Æ'Ã' Ã'âà ° - since / until AugustÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ Ã' à µÃ ½Ã'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã' - since / until SeptemberÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ¾Ã ºÃ'âÃ' à ±Ã'â¬Ã' - since / until OctoberÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ½Ã ¾Ã' à ±Ã'â¬Ã' - since / until NovemberÃ' / à ´Ã ¾ à ´Ã µÃ ºÃ °Ã ±Ã'â¬Ã' - since / until December Example: - à ¯ à ±Ã'Æ'à ´Ã'Æ' à ² à ¾Ã'âà ¿Ã'Æ'Ã' à ºÃ µ Ã' à ¼Ã °Ã' à ´Ã ¾ à ¸Ã'Žà »Ã' .- I will be on vacation from May until July. Abbreviations Russian names of months are often shortened in writing (such as calendars or diaries) using the following abbreviations: à ¯Ã ½Ã ² - Januaryà ¤Ã µÃ ² - FebruaryÃÅ"à °Ã'⬠- Marcfà à ¿Ã'⬠-à AprilÃÅ"à °Ã ¹ -à MayÃËÃ'Žà ½Ã à -à à JuneÃËÃ'Žà » - Julyà à ²Ã ³ -à Augustà ¡Ã µÃ ½ -à SeptemberÃžà ºÃ'â - Octoberà à ¾Ã' - NovemberÃâà µÃ º - December Russian Calendar Russia has been using the Gregorian calendar since 1940, as well as for a short time from 1918 until 1923. However, the Russian Orthodox Church continues to use the Julian calendar. That is why the Russian Orthodox Christmas is celebrated on January 7 and Easter is usually celebrated later than in the West. During the Soviet years, two more calendars were introduced and then canceled. The first one, namedà The Eternal Calendar, or the Russian Revolution Calendar, abolished the official Gregorian calendar that had been brought in by Vladimir Lenin in 1918. The Eternal Calendar went into effect in the 1920s, with the exact date debated by historians. All religious celebrations were abolished and five new national public holidays were established instead. The main goal of this calendar was to increase workers productivity, it was decided that the weeks would have five days each, with rest days staggered. However, this did not work as planned, with many families affected by the staggered weeks. T he Eternal Calendar was replaced with another 12-month system which retained the same holidays but increased the number of days in a week to six. The rest day was now on the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th, and 30th of each month. This calendar functioned until 1940 and was replaced by the Gregorian calendar.
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