Precious metal

As discoveries concerning the New World by nations of the Old World including, but not limited to, European states, progressed, innovations were made concerning the utilization of natural resources found in the New World (the Americas) to continue to promote and benefit the “mother” countries back in Europe. Furthermore, certain practices were used in the Americas, such as the slave trade, to obtain the greatest amount of benefits. However, these practices were not necessarily considered to be…

urban settlement enabled people to specialize in making goods for the consumption of others: weavers made textiles, potters made ceramics, and jewelers made precious ornaments. Soon these goods found additional uses in trade with outlaying areas. And as trade expanded over longer distances, raw material such as wood, metal timber, and precious stones arrived in the cities”(Pollard, Rosenberg, Tignor 47). Those in the upper echelon of the social ladder had to balance the lives of bureaucracies…

How perfect would life be if no one ever failed and everyone followed a set of standards to be upheld? Sir Thomas More addresses this conjecture in Utopia, in which he discusses different failings of the normal world and compares these issues to the Utopians. More establishes a society that is governed by reason and logic to avoid the consequences of human failings. In the section dedicated to monetary values, More implements a new way of thinking about gold and silver. Punishments and rewards…

pipeline of undertakings. We take a long haul, taught approach, creating and running long life, minimal effort, expandable operations that are equipped for conveying quality all through the cycle. Rio Tinto Group is British-Australian multinational metals and mining company with a base camp in London, United Kingdom, and an administration office in Melbourne, Australia. The organization was established in 1873, when a multinational consortium of speculators obtained a mine complex on the Rio…

known mineral in the world. Gold was discovered in 1848 by John A Sutter. Gold is the only yellow metal. Gold is considered the most precious and expensive metal on earth. Most scientist believe that gold was not formed here on earth that came from large meteorite. When the earth was being formed iron went into the middle of the earth’s core when the iron went into the core it took other heavy metals with it like gold. Most of the earth’s gold is still there in the earth’s core. The gold found…

The unknown work of art comes from the Luba peoples of the Mbudye Society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is attributed to the Lukasa (memory board) from around the 19th century to the 20th century. The piece is made of wood, beads, and metal. The Luba peoples created many different works of art. Some pieces represented women since they were important in this society. They also sculpted stools, mboko (divination bowls), bow stands, and the Lukasa. They had a centralized authority:…

What is Sodium cyanide? Sodium Cyanide is an inorganic Compound, it has a formula NaCN. Cyanide actually has a high affinity for metals which can lead to a high toxicity of the salt. Sodium Cyanide has a boiling point of 2,725°F (1,496°C) and it also has a melting point of 1,047°F (563.7°C). A common name for sodium Cyanide is sodium salt of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanide has an appearance of while crystalline or granular powder. This toxin releases a hydrogen cyanide gas which is…

would enable the metal worker to add the enamel into the carved out spots to produce the brightly colored designs. Enamel was powdered glass that came in different colors. In order to add the enamel onto the copper base, they would need to first crush the glass into power-like consistency and add water to form a liquid. They would then purify the colored enamel liquid to eliminate impurities from it. Using something similar to a modern day paintbrush, like a sharpened quill, the metal worker…

I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas. 2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by…

Germanic peoples occupied much of the present-day territory of Germany during the Bronze and early Iron Ages. When Rome was expanding northwards, Germanic groups were expanding southwards into what is present day Southern Germany. The Germanic agricultural system was vital to the economy. Many of the Germans were herders, but some of them were farmers. They grew wheat, barley, oats, and rye. Northern Germany was known as Germania Inferior, and Southern Germany was known as Germania Superior.…