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Project no.9 Brunel’s Bridges Historical review and main milestones of Kingdom Brunel‘s life Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the most successful and famous engineers of the 19th century, responsible for the design of bridges, railway lines, ships and tunnels. Brunel was born on 9 April 1806 in Portsmouth. His father Mark was a French engineer who had fled France during the revolution. Brunel studied in Paris for three years and returned to England where he worked with his father. Brunel’s first
Revival Doric portal, “Euston Arch”, introduced the concept of a monumental railway station as the modern portal to a city. Its loss helped galvanize the environmental conservation movement in Britain, which had previously been focused on preserving picturesque vernacular architecture and unspoiled landscapes (Betjeman 124). The original station was opened on July 20, 1837, as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway constructed by Robert Stephenson. It was designed by a well-known classically
important constructs. He was a dedicated engineer who showed his versatility through his numerous projects and designs, including railways, steamships, docks, tunnels, bridges, and a hospital for the Crimea war. “Brunel’s work was remarkable for its wide ranging scope” ("Biography Isambard Kingdom Brunel"). Isambard Kingdom Brunel is an inspirational Briton because he was a great engineer who helped lead Britain through the early Industrial Revolution. Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s career was greatly influenced
of Paris and The Sun Also Rises or Spain and For Whom the Bell Tolls, or Italy and A Farewell to Arms. Maybe we see him on Kilimanjaro or in Cuba or maybe as a young man in the northern woods of Michigan. Some great literature legends have written travel books, Mark Twain was a great traveller and he wrote A Tramp Abroad and The Innocents Abroad, which both have been labelled travel books, Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote books concerning travel, Stevenson's first regularly-published book
Why We Should Read Great Literature In Western culture, many literary works have been set apart from the rest by being termed great literature. What qualifies a work to be great literature, and why should we read it? An excellent source on this topic is Mortimer Adler, one of the premier American philosophers of the twentieth century and founder of the famous Great Books List. According to Adler, all great literature meets three criteria: the work is pertinent to contemporary life, is worth
he finally achieved his goal. Douglass' essay should not be included in Adler's list of Great Books, but instead it should be considered a good book, because it fullfils only one of the three criteria that Adler sets, this of "contemporary significance" (...) and does not fulfill the rest two, the one of "rereadability" and this of "relevance to a very large number of great ideas"(...). Adler's list of Great Books consists of 443 "world's "classics""(reader), which all of them meet three characteristics
Introduction This paper focuses on two books, the picture book and realistic novel. I am hopeful while doing a critical analysis of these two books that it would help me to create an effective mini library in my future classroom. I would like to use it as a helpful tool to teach children how to compare the differences and similarities of the two genres and many more. I have chosen Corduroy as my picture book and Because of Winn-Dixie as my realistic novel to write on this written critique because
Between Good Books and Great Books Reading is fundamental, but some books are more so than others. Surely Daniel Steele is a far cry from William Shakespeare, but what exactly is the difference? Even in the realm of quality literature there are still "good" books and "great" books. The difference between the importance of good and great books is also why it is so important to read great literature: Great books have a scope much larger than good ones. Good and great books differ by nature
its own time, has been tossed aside to the dust-bin of history. The same is true of books; some books are more worthy of study than others because of the profundity and clarity with which they express the ideas that they contain. The study of the great books has been the backbone of good education for centuries. If you look at the books read by the intellectual giants of our culture, you find that there are particular books that come up again and again. These books were required of most schoolboys
1-13. * Menand, Louis. "What Are Universities For?" Falling Into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literature. Ed. David H. Richter. Boston: Bedford, 1994. 88-99. * Pratt, Mary Louise. "Humanities for the Future: Reflections on Western Culture Debates at Stanford." Falling Into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literature. Ed. David H. Richter. Boston: Bedford, 1994. 55-63. * Searle, John. "The Storm Over the University." 79-88. Falling Into Theory: Conflicting Views
influence on Japan. With emerging Western culture, Japanese foods expanded to accommodate the use of meat to fit the preference of Japanese. New industrial technology from America and Europe provided the base of Japan’s technology, leading to today’s modern and developed country with the continuous improvement. With major changes in Japanese diet and technology from emerging Western culture, Japan gained social and economic benefits, allowing the country to be the great powerhouse it is today. During
transcontinental line, and western settlement. The National Policy benefited the Conservative Party (also known as the “Tories”) and wealthy businessmen and their businesses in Toronto and Montreal. It affected the development of different regions in Canada especially
In 1862, President Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act authorizing the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
It is accurate to argue that the experiences of Australian soldiers on the Western Front in 1916 has been grossly overlooked in accounts of World War One historiography. Australian soldiers were drawn into the Battle of Amiens because of Australia’s allegiance and loyalty to the mother country, England during World War One. Australians held an emotional loyalty and deep affection for Britain. More importantly, the notion at the time was that if Britain was at war, Australia was at war. It was
it was damaging to the public transit. street cars were common in the city, but cars were cheaper and efficient so most Canadian used that. Buses came in general use by 1920s, though less comfortable than streetcars, motorbuses still manage to give great competition to automobile, but by 1945 most public transit was worn out. Toronto went into redevelopment and government was sure to include public transport in their plan now. As the widening and rebuilding of roads and expressways continued more traffic
find that the man have done countless things for the country he is passionate about. He helped bring the provinces of Upper and lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick together in 1867 to form Canada, then brought British Columbia, PEI, and the great North West Territories into the Canadian Federation. He established the National Policy, with the intention of creating a “true country with a national economy and political system” (Belanger). A Scottish men,with not only passion, yet also with wisdom
employment and business. At the time the Central and Western areas of Canada were much more populated then the Maritimes. This often this correlated with better economy, employment, and other fields that the Maritimes were weak in. Since the time of Confederation, the Maritimes economy had been on a steady downfall. This was a huge strain on the labor force. Most of the potential employees in the Maritime region were leaving, going to Central and Western Canada for better life and employment . Going
should be maintained that the railway was far more than merely a new mode of transport, as Nicholas Daly argues that for Victorians ‘it stood as both an agent of the acceleration of the pace of everyday life’. The introduction of the railway had led to the construction of a new perception of motion. This suggests that the railways put pressure on travellers to adapt to this new speed of life to ensure they kept up with modernisation. In a way, the 19th Century railway was a means of ushering people
successful were Witte’s economic policies? Sergei Witte was the Minister of Finance from 1892 to 1903, his aim was to modernise Russia’s economy to a level on par with other advanced western nations (such as England and France). To do such a great task Witte needed a plan of action, so he took the ideas of Western states and formed several economic policies. These policies are seen to be very successful in Russia’s economic reform, but to what extent. To modernise Russia Witte believed that this