Flying Shuttle John Kay invented the flying shuttle, but he patented it, and he had trouble with the patent, and so was nearly bankrupt for it. The flying shuttle helped a lot in advancing fabric production, and it created a thread shortage. It helped lead to big fabric factories, and to overcome the thread shortage …
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Do You Want To Grow A Garden?
English Lessons #131-135: Expository Essay Today, I am going to show you some steps to growing a garden. To begin, you will find a place to grow your garden. It needs to be in a near-full-sun area, and have good soil. You will need to rake and hoe your garden until you see no weeds …
My Favorite Season
English Lesson #130 My favorite season is summer. I love swimming and soccer in the summer! I don’t like to bundle up, but toss on shorts and a T-shirt. Drinking Lemonade and eating ice cream is precious to me. I contribute to our family garden where we grow some of our food. There are a …
Science lesson #135: Mammal Research Project
Rabbits This essay is going to be divided into parts, in the list below. Domestic Rabbit Classification Habitat Diet Predators Features Method of reproduction My Image Gallery (we own rabbits) Domestic Rabbit Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Genus: Oryctolagus Species: O. cuniculus My source for this section is Wikipedia.org …
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History Lesson #115
Mercury Barometer Vacuum Pump Pendulum Clock Robert Boyle Mercury Barometer The Mercury Barometer was my favorite invention this week because it has a pretty interesting story about the spread of the idea and and it’s invention. Here is the story: In the mines, the mine shafts would fill with water. The miners tried to pump …
Mersenne’s Laws
This information from the private essay: History 4: lesson 110. Higher Notes Lower Notes Law #1: Shorter Strings Longer Strings Law #2: Tighter Strings Looser Strings Law #3: Lighter Strings Heavier Strings You can make higher notes on a guitar (or any other string instrument) by pressing down on a long string to make the …
History lesson #110
Lesson 106: Mersenne’s Laws Lesson 107: Cartesian Coordinates Lesson 108: The Mechanical Calculator Lesson 109: Blaise Pascal Mersenne’s Laws in the following table are Mersenne’s laws (one row per law) : Higher Notes Lower Notes Shorter Strings Longer Strings Tighter Strings Looser Strings Lighter Strings Heavier Strings Input / output to make different notes on …
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History Lesson #105
Lesson 101: Johannes Kepler Lesson 102: Galileo Galilei Lesson 103: The Slide Rule Lesson 104: John Napier Johannes Kepler Kepler is best known for his three planetary laws of motion. His first two laws are below: The planets moved in elliptical orbits, as opposed to circular orbits. The closer to the sun the planet is, …
My Talent
English Lesson #105 – 110 My talent is swimming. I learned to swim years ago. I have had swim lessons at many different places. I recently learned how to tread water. We don’t go to the pool a lot, but I think this summer we will try harder. I am pretty good at swimming, so …