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South America, they discovered that coca leafs that the aboriginals chewed on gave them strength and energy. Hence they legalized and taxed the leaves. The cocaine alkaloid was first isolated by German chemist Friedrich Gaedcke in 1855. Medical uses In 1879, Vassili von Anrep demonstrated that cocaine has analgesic properties. In 1884, Karl Koller demonstrated that cocaine can be used as an analgesic for ophthalmic purposes, such as eye surgery. In 1898, Heinrich Quincke used cocaine for…

During the 19th century, though with a fear of racial discrimination, many Chinese chose to leave their home and immigrated to the United States. It is a very important part of U.S history as the number of Chinese immigrants grew rapidly, from about 450 Chinese in 1850 to 63,100 Chinese by 1870 which has a 81% increase from 1860. Apart from social unrest and economics pressures in China, one of the main reasons for them to immigrate to the States was to seek economics opportunities so that they…

museums of the United States, along with the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It has one of the most important permanent collections of paintings of Impressionism and Post Impressionism in the world. Was founded in 1879 and was George Armour its first president. In 1893, the museum was moved to a Renaissance-style building designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Boston. The building had been built for the universal exposition held…

Ibsen’s 1879 play, A Doll’s House, tells us the story of Nora, a woman living in the late 18th century, who gets treated like a doll by her husband Torvald. Ibsen presents the idea that women don’t have the same rights as men and are treated as inferior, which leaves readers asking, “is this still relative to today’s society?” Perspective one tells us how the role of women has changed since the late 1800’s. In the 1800s women were educated to take care of the house, children, and husband. Since…

electrical charge through them. In 1831, Michael Faraday made a crude power generator (known as electric dynamo) to solve the problem of generating electric current in practical way. So it became feasible to use. He used the magnet in his invention. In 1879, Thomas Edison and his team invented the incandescent filament light bulb. In previous the bulbs were invented but they light for few minutes. This incandescent bulb was the first bulb that lighten for many hours in practical. Later Edison…

Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin In the novel Animal Farm, many of the animals show to be influenced by the dominant figures in the Russian Revolution. Here I will be focusing on Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin and how they can be compared to certain characters in the book. Lenin (1870-1924) Vladimir Lenin was a leading political figure and a revolutionary thinker who was often influenced by the ideology of Marxism and Karl Marx. He was ruthless but at the same time also rational and sensible. Old Major,…

Who was Henry Ford? Henry was born in 1868, on July 30th in Dearborn, Michigan. When Henry was young he took an interest in how full sized steam engines worked. Mr. Ford was so intrigued by machines, in 1879 he left his home to pursue jobs that would give him the opportunity to learn more about these machines. He was married in 1888 to a Clara Bryant. Around 1896 he had become the chief engineer of the Illuminating Company in Detroit. But Henry had other hope in dreams he set out to be one…

Henry Ford Henry Ford’s life revolved around his family and his career. The company was or is known as Ford Motor Company. At the age of 32 Ford had built his first Experimental Quadricycle. His net worth is now $199 billion. He died at the age of 83. “When everything seems to be going against you remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” When Henry Was a teen his father William Ford gifted him with a pocket watch. Henry then took it apart and rebuilt it gaining the…

Albert einstein Albert Einstein was an immigrant. He was born March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. According to the text, “ He was theoretical physicist for almost his entire life”. His dad was Hermann Einstein his mom was Pauline Einstein and his sister was Maja Einstein. Albert Einstein immigrated to the US on October 17, 1933. He immigrated because the appointment of adolf hitler as a chancellor took affect. Also he faced bad weather. He took…

wrote about his early life, how he played a part in the Russian Revolution, and his beliefs. In today’s issue, you will read about an important man who was involved with the Russian Revolution named Leon Trotsky. Leon Trotsky was born on November 7, 1879 in Ukraine of a successful jewish farming family. Throughout his teachings, he was a gifted student. Two years after moving to Mykolaiv, Trotsky joined the Social Democrats. He was then introduced to Marxism and became a Marxist. Instead…