Essays Tagged: "means of transportation"

Che Guevara-Ernesto Guevara was born on June 14th, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina.

nd named Alberto Granado riding a motorcycle. This trip lasted 10 months, but they had to use other means of transportation because the motorcycle went out of order in Chile. Finally they went to Peru ...

(4 pages) 53 0 2.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

The usage of stratospheric balloons. One old invention back on fashion.

When scientists wish to study the atmosphere above us, many different means of transportation are used:Aircraft - Maximum altitude, regular aircraft: 10 km. High altitude ... about 25 - 35 km. A problem with studies of the ozon layer is the fact that it cannot be reached by means of planes or satellites. Using sounding rockets will transport the experiment to the ozone lay ... have become a major field of science in recent years-astronomy-astrophysics-micro gravity studiesBy means of balloons, the scientists can send their experiments to altitudes where the atmosphere no lo ...

(1 pages) 91 0 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Air or Land?

odes of transportation. Although driving is a regular routine for most people, it is not the safest means of transportation. Flying is the safest and best means of transportation in America.To conclud ... iving are phenomenal. In the United States it is twenty-two times safer to fly than to drive, which means that the risk of dying in a plane crash is one in three billion. Nevertheless, two out of seve ...

(3 pages) 56 1 4.4 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The advantages of a multicultural society outweigh the disadvantages.

t on travel between countries has become markedly shorter with the introduction of newer and faster means of transportation, the number of people migrating from one country to another has iany multicu ...

(2 pages) 20527 0 2.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Natives during the Fur-trade, what influences the Natives had towards the fur trade.

e French how to conquer rivers and live off the land. The French the French depended on the Natives means of transportation as canoes were foreign to them. Deny's mentioned " Boats cannot go up this r ...

(4 pages) 76 0 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

America's Automotive Industry.

A to B. In fact 87% of the US 281,421,906 million people have chosen the automobile as their prime means of transportation.But this 50 billion industry did not appear yesterday or 2 years ago, it all ... did not appear yesterday or 2 years ago, it all began with men and women determined to find better means of transportation. Those inventors have had been experimenting their work on steam engines but ...

(5 pages) 255 2 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

This is a descriptive essay written for a university level. The class is English 251, Expository and Persuasive Writing. Depicts the discomforts of riding a public transit bus.

city transit bus is often an uncomfortable excursion. For some, the transit bus system is our only means of transportation. Consequently, public bus passengers are exposed to various undesirable cond ...

(3 pages) 173 0 4.4 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Taiwan-Taipei, brief city guide.

around 3 million. Transportation in Taipei couldn't be easier: trains, buses, taxis and many other means of transportation. Taipei city is divided into 12 areas, 80% of those could be reached by MRT, ...

(2 pages) 61 0 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

The Vital Environment

e populations and forever growing technologies. People rely daily on the use of cars for example as means of transportation to and from their work. People travel far distances much more than they used ...

(3 pages) 46 2 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Should the blame for the failure of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1911) be assigned to poor weather conditions and other external circumstances or Scott's leadership?

und and read,paying particular attention to Scott, the leader of the expedition's choice of men and means of transportation.e.) A critical examination of the men's backgrounds, with specific attention ...

(7 pages) 30 0 4.3 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Henry Ford: The Industrial Genious

During the late years of the 1800s and during the early years of the 1900s there was no fast means of transportation, except by horses. In the United States, there was one American farm boy, wh ... ing impact on contemporary American society? His contributions led an individual to create a faster means of transportation. Another contributor to modernization of life other then Henry Ford was Thom ...

(4 pages) 69 0 3.5 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Mexican Revolution: Memorias de Un Mexicano (film)

see a busy city, in which people used carriages and buggies, trolleys, donkeys, and train as their means of transportation. We get to see the fashion of people during this time, full dresses, rebosos ...

(6 pages) 48 0 4.8 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

History

f cotton of communication like the telegraph and the telephone. Vehicles, planes and, trains helped means of transportation. The American factories were making more goods than consumers needed so trad ...

(1 pages) 1164 0 4.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

History

f cotton of communication like the telegraph and the telephone. Vehicles, planes and, trains helped means of transportation. The American factories were making more goods than consumers needed so trad ...

(1 pages) 25 0 3.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Should the blame for the failure of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1911) be assigned to poor weather conditions and other external circumstances or Scott's leadership?

und and read,paying particular attention to Scott, the leader of the expedition's choice of men and means of transportation.e.) A critical examination of the men's backgrounds, with specific attention ...

(8 pages) 26 1 1.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Animal Testing.

sands of years, humans have used animals for a variety of purposes including food, clothing, labor, means of transportation, hunting, medicine, and companionship. However, many personal beauty product ...

(5 pages) 123 2 4.3 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Animal Testing

1973 energy crisis and its effect on world economy.

pansive suburbs full of detached, single-family homes - depended on the automobile as the principal means of transportation - a form that consumes oil en masse as fuel.) Between 1945 and the late 1970 ...

(5 pages) 78 0 4.2 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Industry Overview - Automobile Industry

the era of automobiles there were horse-drawn carriages and horses that provided people their only means of transportation. The invention of the automobile has been one of the most significant invent ...

(8 pages) 499 0 0.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Autophobia

ides future solutions to get people out of their cars and into public transit. Cars are a practical means of transportation easing our lives with the freedom of movement.Advertising slogans are intend ...

(2 pages) 9 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Is the rise of intermodal international logistics affecting the operations of manufacturing companies?

t least two different modes of transport, such as air and truck, under a single bill of lading. The means of transportation are "transparent" to the shipper (David p.208), meaning that the shipper doe ... approximately half the total operating cost of a voyage. The growth of intermodal coordination as a means of freight transportation can be contributed to increasing deregulation of the transport indus ...

(8 pages) 200 0 4.5 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers