18th century

Halie Acor Buffay, 92, was tragically killed on April 20, 2091, at her residence in Stockholm, Sweden, when she was attacked by her pet otters, Steven and Larry. Their reason for attacking is still under investigation. She would like to let everyone know that her mission here has been completed. She has accepted an offer that could not be refused. However, this offer has a no return policy. It comes with the benefits of doing everything she loves with friends and family that she has not…

Industrial revolution: The time period of 1760 to 1820 a changeover to new manufacturing processes took place and this era is known as industrial revolution. Production that was done by hands earlier was now done by machines. To improve the efficiency, quality and time of the work at hand, water power, steam power and machine tools were used. An increased usage of such things was to be seen. Coal was used in a large amount as well. The main and primary industry at the time…

Animal Farm was written by George Orwell in 1945. His real name is Eric Arthur Blair who was born in Motihari, Bengal, India, in 1903. George Orwell is an English novelist, essayist and critic. He is best known for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four which were published in 1945 and 1949 respectively. Orwell formed many strong opinions about major political movements during his time including imperialism and communism. Most of his strong political opinions were influenced when he…

Tharmine Ganesathasan, pharmaceutical scientist, was the richest woman in Canada, found the cure to costochondritis, died at the age of 86 after curing circulachlorosis. Her death took place in her lab on March 17th, 2086. Coincidentally, it was her birthday. A month later, the police tracked down the murderers which were members of the company O.T.S. In UBC, 2025 Ms.Ganesathasan earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical science and 2033, earned Pharm. D. in medicinal chemistry. 2041,…

Dystopia has been a recurrent theme of popular and literary fiction since way back in the eighteenth century. Gulliver’s Travels (1726), Jonathan Swift’s restraining satire that’s been Disney-fied in the well-liked thoughts into a Lilliputian jape; in fact, the novel’s a lot shadier, posing a harsh appraisal of various portions of modern society criticized of by the Anglican Swift A slightly later, but also prominent, text has got to be Samuel Butler’s Erewhon, first issued anonymously back in…

Boom! “Officer down I think he might have a broken rib, but the bullet has not entered his body”. Bulletproof clothing can and does protect you from bullets but damage can still be inflicted on your body. How does bulletproof clothing stop the bullet? The way that this works is when you are shot and you have the vest on the bullet with hit the plate that is inside the clothing and it will stop against the plate but that doesn't mean that it won't try to keep going because it has inertia so it…

The history of the Newport News Shipyard is very fascinating because of the the founder and his history, and how the USS Midway was built there. But, when was it founded? Was there other ships built there? These questions will be answered as I tell you all about the Newport News Shipyard and why it is so fascinating. The Newport News Shipyard is 131 years old. That means that it was founded in the year clof 1886. It is located in the city of Newport News in Virginia. The Newport News…

Conquistadors were explorers of the Spanish Empire. From the 15th century to the 18th century conquistadors traveled across Europe to the Americas, Asia and much of Africa. They colonized much of the world for Europe in the 16th - 18th centuries. After Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492 and the first circumnavigation of the world by Juan Sebastian Elcano and Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, expeditions led by conquistadors in the 16th century established trading routes linking…

1. The development of wigs in 17th to 18th century The styles of judicial attire, nowadays, are different with the style of judicial attire in the 18th century. In the 18th century, judges always wear wig which year by year, it develops. Not only judges, but also a king, queen, duke, duchess, and all aristocrats were wearing wigs. The rationale behind the popularity of wigs in aristocrats was the baldness which they got because of the effect of make-up (Robe and Gown, 2003). At 17th century’s, a…

If I had to reside in either the 17th or 18th century I would reside in the 18th century. There are many reasons I would rather live in the 1700s than than the 1600s starting off with the “Thirty Year’s War” that occurred in the 17th century. The Thirty Year’s War was on ongoing destructive war that was held in central Europe from 1618 and 1648 which caused about 3-11 million deaths from online sources. Another reason I would rather live in the 18th century is the advancement of technology and…