Industrial espionage

Johann Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher. He was the one who invented the printing press. He was born in the German city of Mainz. He was born in around 1398. He’s the youngest son of the upper-class merchant Friele Gensfleisch. His father was a goldsmith for the Bishop at Mainz, but most likely, he was involved in the cloth trade. Johann introduced the printing to Europe. His introduction of movable type printing to Europe started the “printing revolution” ,…

The Industrial Revolution was not a very easy time period for workers in England. They did not get paid very much, and they were not able to go outside very much either. All they did was stand up and do whatever they were told to do by their overseer. Whether it was making shoes or making coats, these children were forced into labor, and suffered greatly from it. The poem “The Cry of the Children” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning tells the reader how hard children have it when working at a factory.…

The Cincinnati Museum The Cincinnati Museum was built in 1933, originally as the Cincinnati Union Terminal (a train terminal). This terminal was a passenger station in the Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, Cincinnati, Ohio was a bustling metropolitan area - a hub for transportation and activity. Goods and supplies were shipped in and out of the city everyday. Because of the city’s central location in the continental United States, Cincinnati became an…

Today my classmate gave a presentation on St. Petersburg and psychological movements of the time period such as Romanticism and Realism. The aspect of the presentation that gave me the most insight into the novel, Crime and Punishment, was the information on St. Petersburg. After the death of Tzar Nicholas I, St. Petersburg morphed from its previous militaristic state under the reign of Tzar Alexander II. He moved away from the militaristic society and abolished serfdom. This resulted in many…

Japanese art, just as all other art across the world, has evolved and gone through trends. Although there are many differences among countries at one period of time, you will find that trends seem to make their way around the globe and expand to represent a certain style of that certain period. One example would be art from the modern world, which includes a time frame from 1800 through 1945. Realism was a popular theme and style for many artists in this particular time period. Basically,…

The Industrial Revolution is arguably one of the most outstanding achievements of man. It greatly propelled society with the creation of numerous inventions and machines, all of which helped advance the Industrial Revolution even further than before. Although it would eventually spread across Europe and to all corners of the Earth, the Industrial Revolution started off in England for a myriad of reasons having to do with its physical geography and socio-political conditions. As such, England…

Robert chambers was born in 1809 and introduced to a time of which the industrial revolution occurred. It was a bustling era of which coincidentally was a time of which Europe was rich and had many inventors. During childhood Robert chambers was an ambitious person about truth and knowledge, it allowed him to have the curiosity to learn more about the world around him. He undertook a curriculum on geology and biology of which later became a fundamental basis of which he based his research.…

The Grand Rapids Chair Company represented a partnership between Grand Rapids sawmills and lumber mills. The site is notable for its adaptation both to changes in ownership and the demands of the furniture industry, through which it impacted the surrounding community of laborers. Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show several additions to the building since its construction, the two largest being the expansion to abut Monroe Street, apparent on the 1912 map, and the Baker Furniture addition, built at…

Minnesota once had a gold mine but it failed with that failure came the discovery of iron ore in the vermilion range and other ranges. Minnesota has the best iron/taconite range in the U.S. this is why. How the iron industry started. Leónidas and Alfred Merrit discovered iron ore on the Mesabi range. The first major discovery of iron ore was in the 1890s. Henry Oliver was the most influential businessmen at the start in the early 1900s. What the iron industry was like at its peak. The…

"Appreciate 'factory Farms'." The Gazette. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2017. This article by Curt Zingula talks about the many benefits of factory farms, and how they’re necessary. Making the point of how farming only makes up about one percent of the American population. Zingula also argues against a common criticism of factory farms. Being that the general population terms of profession. Also, disputing the common criticism that we would be better off farming ‘how great-grandpa used to.’ When,…