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    Feet dragging through a magically soft and grainy mixture, ankles experiencing the rush of a gentle ebb and flow, fingers weaving through the delicate yet power-bearing wind, it was a beautiful sensation that fit the cleanliness of the crisp air. A gentle swish of the wind whispers across my skin, contrasting harshly with the grating sound of barking in the distance that ground beneath the edges of my jaw. Large, white, noisy birds made sounds that rather resembled cackling. Children’s laughter flooded

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    6.04 Honors—Aqualung—Activity By: Nilsa Lugo 1500 1600-1790 1825-1940 1940-1990 1993-Today In 1535, Guglielmo de Lorena made and utilized what is thought to be the first cutting edge diving bell. ~ In 1650, Von Guericke created the first powerful air machine. With such a machine, Robert Boyle had the capacity to experiment pressure and decompression of creatures. ~ In 1667, Robert Boyle, English physicist and originator of Boyle's law, watched gas rise in eye of snake that had been compacted

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    Cousteau was a French marine explorer in the 1900’s. Jacques-Yves Cousteau created the Aqualung to innovate ways to overcome the problem of staying underwater for long periods of time and illuminated society by informing people about the ocean and pollution. Jacques Cousteau created the Aqualung. The Aqualung is a breathing apparatus that allows people to stay underwater for extended periods of time. He created the Aqualung because of his interest of of exploring under the sea. Cousteau gained this interest

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    How is it possible for scuba divers to stay underwater for a long period of time? A man named Jacques Cousteau made that all possible. His invention of the aqualung made scuba diving possible, letting people explore the underwater world. Jacques Cousteau was born on June 10, 1911 in Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, France. When Jacques was a little boy, he had anemia which is a disease when there is not enough oxygen in the bloodstream. His doctor requested bed rest, so that meant that Jacques had to stay

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    temperatures, and the very bad darkness. Throughout time people and scientists have developed different technology to explore the earth’s great waters. In the 1940’s, ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau helped invent the Aqualung. This device allowed divers to breathe under water. The Aqualung was a metal oxygen tank attached to a breathing tube that controlled the flow of oxygen. Scientists have since improved this and it is now known as SCUBA. Even the most experienced scuba divers can go down only 130

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    Lets talk about deep sea exploration.For many years scientist only wanted to see what was up.Know one wanted to see what was down.My question is why not go under water since 70% of our planet is under water.We have oceans all around us. So the things we find underwater can vary.We could find new animals,plants and corral. Let's talk about ocean geography 50 years ago humans thought the ocean only had fish and plants. . We can actually find the mountains

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    The progressive rock era was primarily found and established in the late 1960s to the early 1970s. It primarily evolved due to a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility.” The primary characteristics of this genre is to push the boundaries of “rock’s technical and compositional boundaries.” By utilizing this idea, the songs produced incorporate elements from jazz, classical, and vary greatly depending on the background of the person. If a musician grew up

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    Nothing beats a great guitar solo. The world’s greatest guitarists are at their best when they get to showcase talent and pour their heart and soul into the solo. Here are ten of our favourite guitar solos. All Along the Watchtower – Jimmy Hendrix The well-deserving king of guitar solos has to be Jimmy Hendrix. The legendary player has done some amazing tricks with the guitar and All Along the Watchtower has a superb solo to listen to. In fact, the song features four distinct guitar solos

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    6. There are various types of experiments and observations a Marine Biologist can do with SCUBA. They can experience the environment they are studying and see how the organisms interact in their natural habitat. They are also able to stay underwater for longer periods of time, which gives them more time to study how organisms interact and their surroundings. However, there are limitations for what scientists can do with SCUBA. The limitations that the beginning scientists encountered included the

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    Alexander The Great Dbq

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    332 B.C The first idea of SCUBA diving was in the year 332 B.C when Alexander the Great was lowered in a diving bell-like object. Alexander the Great went down in a glass diving bell so that he could see what was going on around him under water. Scyllis was a Greek during one of the many wars. He discovered that his enemies, the Persians, were going to attack his naval ship. To stop the Persians, he cut the ships from their mooring. To do this, used a reed of a snorkel as a tool to breathe underwater

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