Cast iron

Cristofori, it allowed the string to vibrate by making a hammer hit a string and come right back down. Since strings were becoming thicker so they wouldn’t break, tension was becoming higher to create the right pitch. In order for the piano to not break, an iron frame was made. It was put in many square pianos because this kind of piano was affected the most by higher string tension. This stopped the warping of the piano, but made it heavy and unwieldy. This made the square piano very unpopular…

The persona in the first four stanzas highlights what her lover’s wife means to him; she describes her as his “Fireworks in the dull middle of February,” “as real as a cast-iron pot” and his “have to have” who was carefully molded from his childhood just for him. Conversely, the speaker equates herself to a “bright red sloop in the harbor” and “Littleneck clams out of season” which is indicative of a momentary luxury, interest…

Consequently, Adolph Hitler was able to cast himself into this role as leader or Fuhrer and present himself as the larger than life savior of Germany. Famed historian Ian Kershaw, in his intriguing book The Hitler Myth Image and reality in the Third Reich, discussed at length the reasons behind…

East African Slave Trade There are many atrocities in this world that result in the social injustice of certain people. In the case of the East African Slave Trade, those people discriminated against were the women traded along the East African coast. They were traded as domestic servants that served people in the Middle East, East Africa, and West India. The slave trade stretched from the east coast of Africa to the west coast of India. At first the slaves were traded mainly from northern…

This includes the V6, V8, I6 & Iron Duke I4. Another version of the transmission, the Buick / Oldsmobile / Pontiac (BOP) TH350, will be compatible with the Buick 90 degree V6 & V8 engines, as well as the Oldsmobile and Pontiac 90 degree V8. This “BOP” version features a “valley” at the…

Imagine being forced to wear a symbol that stands for a sin or vile doing due to one mistake and constantly being judged for it. That is what happened to Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. She committed adultery, a major sin amongst her community, and was punished for it. However, Hester’s sin of adultery is dealt with abnormally in terms of today’s society with the harsh punishment, the way society rejects her, and how her sin is reflected upon not only herself but her…

I am going to be brief. in the series of events, which lead up to much of what remained of Humanity, having to take shelter in very large underground bunkers scattered across the Globe. They are called the Iron Shields Protective Bunkers or Iron Shields for short, due to them having the shape of a shield. They are not exactly what you would call comfortable or your first choice for a place to spend the rest of your natural life (which is likely over 80 years, with all the wonders of medicine of…

To China’s east lay the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. Mountain ranges and deserts dominate about two-thirds of China’s landmass. In west China lay the Taklimakan (TAH•kluh•muh•KAHN) Desert and the icy 15,000-foot Plateau of Tibet. To the southwest are the Himalayas. And to the north are the desolate Gobi Desert and the Mongolian Plateau. River Systems Two major river systems flow from the mountainous west to the Pacific Ocean. The Huang He (hwahng•HUH), also known as…

civil war” (McPherson 121). Author James McPherson stated that Kansas-Nebraska gave birth to the entirely northern Republican Party (121). The origin of Kansas-Nebraska can be found in the westward migration. “Settlers and land speculators had begun to cast covetous eyes on the fertile soil of the Kansas and…

detrimental because of the gossipers reactions, “‘It were well,’ muttered the most iron-visaged of the old dames, ‘if we stripped Madame Hester 's rich gown off her dainty shoulders; and as for the red letter which she hath stitched so curiously, I 'll bestow a rag of mine own rheumatic flannel to make a fitter one!’” (Hawthorne, 25), but as the novel continues, the worse punishment is revealed. The puritans harshly cast Hester off to a world of solitude with Pearl, but Hester, who faced public…