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    used a better quality of the riveting and the steel plates. D) Hindenburg airship The Hindenburg disaster happened in 1937. The cause of the disaster was an electrostatic discharge which lead to igniting the hydrogen that was leaking. The ship before it crush had a major problems with hydrogen leaking. So until today the investigation show that the spark happened because of the difference of electric charge of the airship and the atmosphere which 60 meters about sea level to ignite fire in the ship

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    history how else would they explain some of it 's weird mysteries. There are ancient drawling, paintings, carvings and other records recording strange beings from space visiting Earth thousands of years ago. In the 1880s there were reports of strange airships flying in the sky before planes were even invented. Also, it can 't be left out the countless claims of abductions and sighting in the recent years. To start, let’s talk about the ancient drawling, paintings, carvings, and other records of strange

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    and soon his plans were coming to a halt. With one last strike, Alaric caused Ragnor’s power to wane to nothing, resulting in Ragnor to have no choice but to leave Galia. “This isn’t the last from meeeee!” Ragnor yelled before jumping back to his airship and slowly flying far away from Galia and its

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    CHAPTER ONE The attacks always occurred randomly. Across wildflower meadows and over grassy hillsides, the train’s passengers traveled in plush compartments. With feathers in their hats, they dined and laughed with honesty at shared jokes. The trip from the trade ports had been pleasant for mostly everyone, everyone other than Mr. and Mrs. Hughes that is. Their journey was long and riddled with arguments about ridiculous things. Nevertheless, their quarreling is of no real importance. It should

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    Hindenburg arriving from Frankfurt was one of the biggest airship disasters took place in Lakehurst, New Jersey. This disaster was a mixture of both human caused and natural cause. The actual cause of the disaster was never found although many hypotheses had been proposed, but it is said that the ignition of fire was caused by some form of electricity. However, there has been a lot of controversy about the fire’s fuel. The fabric skin of the airship, or the hydrogen that was used as buoyancy was suggested

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    Steven Millhauser’s The Wizard of West Orange tells the story of an Edison-like inventor and the scientists that work for him. The head inventor, known as the Wizard, seems to be able to create anything, his most notable device being the phonograph. The story is told from the perspective of the workshop’s librarian. He becomes obsessed with seeing inside the wizard’s secret laboratory, known as the box. He convinces his friend and fellow employee, Earnshaw, to let him into the room. Inside the box

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    Hindenberg Disaster

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    of the end of airship travel. History.com Wikipedia.org Airships.net How were people affected? 35 people were killed and all the living refused to use zeppelins anymore. They were too scared. Businessinsider.com Wikipedia.org Todayifoundout.com What are some theories as to why the disaster happened? That a sharp turn caused a gas leak, static electricity, etc. Businessinsider.com Wikipedia.org Airships.net What did we learn or do differently after the disaster? To not use airships, apparently. Wikipedia

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    Epic In Beowulf

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    America saves his friend and the POW from the Red Skull. The last big one, Beowulf dies after his last battle, this evident when it says, “twelve warriors road around the tomb,” (829). In Captain America the First Avenger it shows that he survived the airship crash but gets unfrozen after 70 years. Both Beowulf and Steve Rogers share their similarities and difference that represent their culture, but why do we tell epic stories like

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    History of the Propeller

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    The aircraft propeller looks like a simple mechanism to the uneducated individual. To the educated, an aircraft propeller represents the highest sophistication in aerodynamics, mechanical engineering and structural design. This report will touch on the history of the propeller, from early pioneers/experiments, advancement during/after the war, all the way up to current applications of the propeller. The creation of the propeller can be traced back to Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci’s “helical screw”

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    On August 17th, 1917, General Jan Christian Smuts, of the Royal Flying Corps, captured the significance that aeroplanes would play not just as an auxiliary force, but a new form of warfare: There is absolutely no limit to the scale of its future independent war use. And the day may not be far off when aerial operations with their devastation of enemy lands and destruction of industries and populous centres on a vast scale may become one of the principal operations of war, to which the older forms

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