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    The steam engine helped in creating the steam locomotives, which was used for transporting goods and people. With the steam locomotive, manufacturers were able to ship tons of goods at once without the worry of whether is heavy or not. This also helps people to move from one place to another quickly and efficiently. People still use railroad…

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    Cornelius vanderbilt was the man who built america's railroads in the 19th century. This affected the United States greatly in the 19th century. This growth in railroads affected how goods were shipped to how people go from place to place. This led to the prices of many good to become lower than before the railroads. Vanderbilt would ship many goods across his railroads. His rails connected large cities such as New York city to Chicago. Shipping on railroads was fast and cheap because of…

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    General Electric is an industrial multinational conglomerate that provides a variety of products and services including aircraft engines, oil and gas production equipment, power generation, house hold appliances, medical imaging and much more. General Electric was founded in 1892. The founders of General Electric are Thomas Alva Edison and Charles Coffin. Edison and Coffin independently owned their own companies both working toward electric innovations. As competitors in working towards the same…

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    The History Of GE

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    The history of GE starts by Thomas Edison in 1878, in early they focus on distribution, generation and electric power and in 1978 GE diversified in to aircraft engines, diesel locomotives and medical system.GE was undergoing change in 1930 they welcome opportunities and agile to be change. Reg johns: Become CEO in 1973 and selected to be CEO of GE 3 times by his peers. GE become benchmark for companies due to his SBU structure units and sophisticated planning process. John was unable to…

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    Electric Cars Importance

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    The value of electric cars is increasing by the year. They are becoming smarter and more efficient. But they are becoming farther out of range for the average person. Are the prices getting farther out of the reach of the average middle-class person? Cost of batteries The cost of the batteries is extremely high in price. They increase all the time because of the materials they use to make the battery stronger. One battery is around 20 thousand dollars. They last approximately 8-10 years. The…

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    Introduction “The automobile engine will come and then I will consider my life’s work complete” – Rudolf (izquotes, n.d.) Now common place everywhere, automobile engines are small achievement on the list of accomplishments for Rudolf Diesel. The inventions he made helped shape the world we live in today and possible our future. Rudolf Diesel, his name is now synonymous with the invention he made but also engineering itself. Diesel was the first man to patent the diesel engine and the first to…

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    The Detroit Electric Car

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    As previously discussed, electric driving was not of much interest to people during its debut. Most of the conditions that lead to its development were individual breakouts of innovations with electromagnetics. For instance, Thomas Davenports’ goal was to have his electric motor power street cars replace steam powered vehicles. To continue the development of his electric motor, Davenport traveled to Washington D.C. to exhibit his machine before the patent office and have it registered. However,…

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    couples the power of a gasoline engine with the power generated by the rider through the pedals. In fact, hybrid vehicles are quite common these days. A major section of locomotives that are seen pulling trains are diesel-electric hybrids. Metropolises like Seattle run diesel-electric buses which draw electric power from overhead electric lines which run on diesel while away from the wires. But if you have—especially if you are going to buy one, then this article is a must-read for you to choose…

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    Negative Consequences Of Lead/Acid Battery

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    battery is lost, the disposal of the lead within the battery must be dealt with appropriately. An analysis by researchers at Carnegie-Mellon found that the mass production of electric cars using lead/acid battery packs would exponentially increase the public’s exposure to lead pollution (Peters, 1995). According to the study, electric cars would create more than 60 times the amount of lead pollution as compared to vehicles burning leaded gasoline (Peters, 1995). In addition to problems…

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    Lethal Injection Summary

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    The Presence of Physicians for Lethal Injection Summary of Major Ethical Positions Physician participation is required in 17 of the 35 states that currently use lethal injection as their main form of execution (Giby, 34). Whether or not this requirement is ethically acceptable as deemed by many medical associations becomes a conflict with the state laws in which these executions are taking place, and also with the federal rulings regarding capital punishment. The American Medical Asssociation…

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