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The First Flush Toilet

was invented by Tomas Crapper in 1884. It was first presented in a large Health Exhibition in London. The items that were used in the original "flush-test" were four tests that consisted of 3 wads of paper, a sponge, 4 greased paper sheets and 10 apples. As these items were tossed in one after ...

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Fission Or Fusion

I think that right now, fission is the only way that we can get more energy out of a nuclear reaction than we put in. First, the energy per fission is very large. In practical units, the fission of 1 kg (2.2 lb) of uranium-235 releases 18.7 million kilowatt-hours as heat. Second, the fission ...

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Pollution In Eastern Europe

Pollution in the world today poses one of the most dangerous threats to human kind that man has ever known. This problem occurs nearly everywhere in the world, and eastern Europe is no exception. In fact, eastern Europe has been cited as particularly bad with regard to pollution. The area, which ...

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Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges dam Introduction: The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest dam, heaviest man-made structure, world's largest concrete structure, and biggest electrical power plant, spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province, China. It is expected to produce 22.5 gig watts, enough to ...

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Biodiesel

CHAPTER I Introduction Background of the Study Oil prices nowadays had been abruptly increasing. From the article entitled "Price and Food Security Update Philippines" issued last August 2012, gradual increase in the average prices of commercial fuels has started last July 2012 after 13 ...

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Cold Fusion

: The Continuing Mystery In March of 1989, a discovery was made that rocked the scientific world. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischman had announced that they were able to create and sustain a process. After intense media attention, and corresponding interest in future test, the subject seemed ...

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Beyond Oil

Many people today are concerned about the continued use of fossil fuels. While just about everyone is aware of the history of fossil fuels, it is only recently that people have come to understand that this type of energy source is limited, and that some of the fossil fuel disadvantages include an ...

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Analysis On The Electric Car

ANALYSIS ON ELECTRIC CAR CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRIC CAR Parts of an electric car DESIGN OF an ELECTRIC CAR working of an electric car Advantages and disadvantages of an Electric Car PERFORMANCE OF an ELECTRIC ...

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The Making Of The Cat

------------------------ Soup or Sandwich IN THE VERY BEGINNING, about 4.6 billion years ago (give or take a few years), a small ball of rock, water and gas had come to be and immedi- ately set about the process of combining its atoms into more and more complex arrangements. Thus began that ...

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The Physics Of Scuba Diving: Swimming With The Fish

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fish and explore the underwater jungle that covers two-thirds of the earth's surface? I have always been interested in water activities; swimming, diving and skiing, and I felt that scuba was for me. My first dive took place while on ...

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Biology, The Five Major Compounds

Compounds That Compose the Human Body There are five major groups of compounds that compose the human body. They are carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleotides, and water. These are all very important to humans and without them we would not be able to survive. They have many functions that ...

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Nuclear Power Plant

New form of Energy for Capetown Capetown is considered to be the largest city in South Africa, having a population of over 2,727,000 inhabits. The energy form used in Capetown at the moment, is Gas Turbine, wich provides most of the city´s electricity. The use of electricity in Capetown is very ...

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How Does Light Affect The Rate Of Photosynthesis?

Problem: ? The Plan In my experiment I am going to see how light affects the rate of photosynthesis. To do this experiment I am going to set up the apparatus as shown in figure 1. The apparatus I am going to use are the following: - 1 Tripod 1 300ml Beaker 1 Boiling Tube 1 Clamp Stand 1Clamp 1 ...

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Nuclear Fission

Would you prefer electricity generation via nuclear fission or coal combustion? With the increased concern about global warming amongst modern society, I think most people would agree that the use of coal to generate electricity is not sustainable in the long term. Nuclear energy, at the moment, ...

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Saving Paper, Saving Grace

Samantha Tobias Mr. Stebelton Honors American Literature 27 September 2012 Transcendentalism Project: Saving Paper, Saving Grace Project Recycling is truly transcendental; God is in everything, therefore we should conserve what we take from nature and control what goes back into the ...

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Solar Cells

today are mostly made of silicon, one of the most common elements on Earth. The crystalline silicon solar cell was one of the first types to be developed and it is still the most common type in use today. They do not pollute the atmosphere and they leave behind no harmful waste ...

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A Study Of The Market Reforms In Post-Communist Eastern Europe With A Specific Case Study Of Poland

A Study Of The Market Reforms In Post-Communist Eastern Europe With A Specific Introduction Poland, as well as it's fellow post-communist countries, face an arduous task in re-inventing their economies to match the dominant Western style currently dominating the world. The difficulties lie in the ...

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Oxygen

is required for the release of energy from food molecules (aerobic respiration). Instead of breaking down food molecules completely, muscle cells switch to a form of partial breakdown that does not require (anaerobic respiration) so that they can continue to generate energy. This partial ...

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Architecture In 1975 Focused Mainly On Environmentally Frien

“Home! Home! Sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home,” the quote written by Payne shows how dear a home is to a person. Whereas a house is referred to as a place of dwelling, a home is more than that. A home is what a person makes of it; a home is given life by the dweller, ...

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Solar Cells

today are mostly made of silicon, one of the most common elements on Earth. The crystalline silicon solar cell was one of the first types to be developed and it is still the most common type in use today. They do not pollute the atmosphere and they leave behind no harmful waste products. ...

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