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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Introduction Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)5C(O)NH. This colourless solid is a lactam or a cyclic amide of caproic acid. Caprolactam was first described in the late 1800s by Gabriel and Mass, when it was prepared by the cyclization of ε-aminocaproic acid, the product of the hydrolysis of caprolactam. In the months after Schlack’s discovery the first stocking were produced from Perlon. All the Perlon produced went to the war effort.…

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…

Andrew Barton Paterson was a free spirit iconic to Australia. Paterson was born near Orange in 1864 in the country side. When he was five they moved to Yass into a property inherited from his uncle. Paterson spent most of his childhood on his farm and loved to watch the drovers on horseback make their way around the Murrimbidgee and Snowy Mountains. When Paterson was able to ride a horse he began going to the local school where he learnt about pioneering stories from others, until he was ten and…

Fear and comfort are a valuable tool that all mankind use to determine what is safe or unsafe; while most people run from one, they seek serenity in the other. So, what initiates this response to fear and comfort, and how do we differentiate one from the other. In the short stories “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates, and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway; they offer a glimpse to what drives fear, and where comfort is found. While the two short stories…

the growth of urban factories. For example, “whereas in 1782 there had been only two cotton mills in and about Manchester, in 1802 the number had reached fifty-two; and by 1811 four-fifths of the cotton goods produced in Lancashire were made of mule yarn, most of it spun in the towns” This shift stimulated an advance in productivity, and provides that population increase and the rise of urbanisation was essential factors in driving Britain’s economy. Therefore, in order to understand…

It was the summer of 1864. I was nineteen years old. I was living on a farm, in Texas, just on the border of mexico. That was such a beautiful time of year. The golden wheat fields flourished and lilacs painted the meadows a shade of bright periwinkle. But that summer will haunt me for the rest of my life. I tossed and turned one night, gloomy and sleepless. I peered out my window to the barn. The creaky white picket fence, surrounding the fields had unlatched in the night, leaving an endless…

Hamlet is a wondrous tale loaded with drama, mystery, and deep rooted conflict. In this play the king’s death and ghost represent the catalyst of the majority of the conflict and drama. The story is one in which our main character pursues suspicion to the point of murder. Through thorough self-conflict and an increasing dislike for his new step-father, Hamlet becomes a person in which revenge is truly a virtue. The story of Hamlet is one in which everyone should know for better or worse. The…

and somehow she would make all my worries go away. Not just me, but my dad as well. Saying they were a happy couple is an understatement. To this day, when someone mentions my mom’s name his eyes light up immediately like a cat’s in a room full of yarn. She brought him an unexplainable form…

Since she had to spend most of her time taking care of her sisters, she developed an obsession for yarn, hooks and scissors. Whenever she had the opportunity to knit that was her activity. She eventually moved out to Mexico City with her older sister, Maria Luisa. They were recommended by a priest to a family in Mexico City. In Mexico City, Li and Maria…

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