Wool

“ The way he said my name sent a chill down my back. Nobody called me “ Perseus” except those who knew my true identity. Friends….and enemies.” When I read this quote by Percy Jackson, it had sent a chill down my neck and sent a happy feeling throughout my body because when that quote came into the book, it was when Percy was fighting monsters with his soon to be brother Tyson. This book Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan, is a thrilling fantasy. This book contains a adventure to save Thalia’s Tree…

Well, according to the article Embroidery for Clothing, the colors worn on one’s cloth indicated their social status. For example, if a women was classified as being lower class, then she would wear only wool, and would included browns, greys, pale yellows and more. If a women was of royalty, then she would wear colors such as reds and purples (IN-text cite). Also, people classified as royalty could wear all colors that lower, middle, and nobility class…

Agriculture is all around us. So many people do not understand exactly what it is. Agriculture is not just something that farmers should know about, it is important for everyone to be educated on. Everyone should know where they get their bacon and eggs from, and how they get their milk. There is also more to agriculture than plowing fields and bailing hay. Agriculture is growing crops, raising animals for food or milk, and more. Licking County has an agricultural history, too many people have…

In the year of 800 A.D the Vikings attacked Paris and the only way to make them stop was the price of 5,670 lbs of silver and gold. The viking that led the sack of Paris was a Norse chieftain named Reginherus. This event happened years ago but is still relevant to today because the Vikings failed to capture the city, which made them attack three times instead of a hit and run or a battle. Most of the reason the Vikings kept attacking Paris, was that Paris bribed the Vikings every time they…

The column was packed differently than the lab manual suggested. The column contained a glass wool stopper, 1 cm of sand, and 15-20 grams of packed silica all suspended in pure hexane as the solvent. One the column was packed and settled, the crude product was added in. One settled, a 9:1 nonpolar mixture of hexane to ethyl acetate was used to elute…

Innovation at its Finest The Industrial Revolution was the largest economic boom in history, that lifted America out of the Great Depression. Machines began taking over and producing products in a faster and more efficient way than ever before. The Industrial Revolution towers over any other invention era because of: John Deere’s plow, advancements in transportation, first patents, work, and many contemporary inventions. One of the most important figures during the Industrial Revolution was John…

1.The Great Famine was mainly caused by severe weather. There were an unusual number of storms, which ruined crops people largely depended on, like wheat, oat, and hay crops. Food was scarce, and a price inflation ensued. The Great Famine profoundly impacted medieval society because it resulted in a higher mortality rate, higher crime rate, and less productivity from the laborers due to insufficient nutritions. Additionally, villages were abandoned and there was an increase in vagabonds, or…

GMO is an organism in which the genetic material has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. Scientist have been taking a piece of genetic material from one organism (plants or animals) and putting it in a chromosome of a animal. Genetically modifying animals have been around since the 1970’s. “Genetic engineering is able to create whole organisms that are not natural to the planet, and whose specific genetic make-up is as much a result of human manipulation as it is natural…

culture, that comes from rich African ancestry. Historically, there has always been a bias against black hair. In the 18th century black hair was categorized closer to sheep wool than human hair. The fair skinned black women with less kinky hair – often due to planation rape – received better treatment than those with “sheep wool” hair. To this day, straight hair continues to be the preferred look for access to social and professional opportunities. No, I am not defined by my hair, but I should…

cloth making process, were adopted slowly because of imperfections in the early designs, but were widely used by the 1830’s. Cotton was the most important textile of the Industrial Revolution, but there were also advances in the machinery for silk, wool and flax production. Many parts of society changed during the 1800’s as machine led industries became widespread. Economies, lifestyles and work place clothing were revolutionised during this period. The ways of making textiles, the tools or…