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The Origins of Electric Guitar By: Pierce Bradley The electric guitar, an invention that’s not even a century old yet that has an intrinsic role in the history of music, especially the last 40 to 50 years having turned the guitar into an iconic figurehead and institution for musicians old and new. An though the electric guitar is less than a hundred years old it has ancestry in older, classical acoustic instruments built as early as 1779. The first electric guitar was dated in 1931. It’s a…

Thomas Edison Essay Pg 1 In the 18th century Thomas Edison changed america in a really big way. One of his biggest achievements was creating over 1000 patents for his ideas. Some of his inventions he was most known for were the electric lamp, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. Thomas Edison was born in Milan,Ohio 1847 and was a genius when it came to technology. Early on in Thomas Edison’s life he would face many challenges and one of them was when he develop an illness called…

Key Markets: The Market segment that has been targeted by Tesla in the first place was Sports premium electric cars with high-end Prices. Indeed, it was confirmed by launching the model Roadster as the First-Tesla product to be marketed. Soon the model S was launched to tackle the Sports premium sedan segment to capture more market share as well as lately the model X for the luxury SUV segment. The premium luxury automobiles industry takes up to 15% of the total automotive industry and with a…

Acoustic Electric Guitar Acoustic electric guitars are the special kind of popular, versatile guitar where you may feel both the test of an acoustic and an electric guitar. This type of guitar also might be called as electro acoustic guitar. These are the special features of an acoustic-electric guitar: • Pickup installed in the bridge (inside the body) • Usually, they have a slightly thinner sound than…

why that specific feature is valued or considered important. STS, shows that social factors affect the selection between technical options, and thus proves that technology is a socio-technical product. Years ago, there was a debate over whether the electric or gas refrigerators were superior, they were equal in performance (352).…

Driving through the Western University gates on Richmond Street in the Fall of 2011 was my first glance into a place I would soon call my home; although, I did not know it at first. As an impressionable 17-year-old, I did not have a clue as to what I was looking for in a university. I felt a variety of emotions when touring Western during my last year of high school, including, but not limited to, excitement, insecurity, anxiety, and confusion. Such a large campus overwhelmed me; however, I…

decades. Westerns in film have been a huge portion of this identity. First, it began with documentation of Daniel Boone explorations, then on to the dime store novel. Western film would be the biggest influence on American identity. Visual media of the west aroused America’s fascination with unconquered lands and the promise of new beginnings. These visions additionally formed ideals of supremacy, a sense of entitlement, and subjugation. Consistent themes prevailed throughout the Western and…

Gel electrophoresis is used to separate DNA, RNA, and protein molecules by using an electric field. Protein gel electrophoresis is similar to agarose gel electrophoresis, but runs protein bands instead. The technique of protein gel electrophoresis uses cross-linked polymers of acrylamide (which is a neurotoxin and requires careful handling) or polyacrylamide to separate proteins and small nucleic acids. This technique takes longer than the agarose gels used to separate larger nucleic acids. Also…

ideas, and opinions is the man depicted in the Hollywood Western. That man, or person, is the settler, cowboy, or lonesome traveler who traverses the Western frontier in search of his place in and the promise of America. As America expands its frontier to the West during the nineteenth-century, the depiction of what it means to be a heroic settler formed in the American psyche. When films came to the silver screen the genre of Hollywood Westerns created protagonists who exemplified qualities…

Westerns: The Final Chapter During my research, I came to the conclusion that I really didn’t enjoy westerns very much. In order to understand why I don’t enjoy westerns much, we must first get a basic idea of what a western is. Westerns are more of an older genre as they are not made much in the modern day and age. To understand westerns, knowing the basic themes and elements would be most helpful. The four main themes of a western include: Man vs. Nature, Good vs. Evil, East meets West and…