Essays Tagged: "Zeppelin"

A brief history of led zeppeln, and it's musical impact

oduced some of the most popular, most powerful, and in some cases, the most bizarre music ever. Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Elv ... luenced rock, and guitar-riff based songs blew their audience away. On October 15, 1968, Led Zeppelin, made up of Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham, made it's official debut at Surrey University. T ...

(5 pages) 65 0 3.9 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

The Airship, the ever-popular and ever-living king of the sky

tain the form, gas pressure acts in conjunction with a longitudinal keel; and the rigid airship, or zeppelin, in which the form is determined by a rigid structure. Technically all three classes may be ... es of 14 airships in France. In his No. 6, in 1901, he circled the Eiffel Tower.Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the German inventor, completed his first airship in 1900; this ship had a rigid frame and ...

(5 pages) 34 0 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

Types of Airships

hat had wooden or metal framework that supported the outer skin. Airships like this became known as Zeppelins, named after Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin who was a German airship pioneer.Zeppelins were ... n airship pioneer.Zeppelins were cigar shaped and ranged from 120 to over 240 metres long. Advanced Zeppelin models could reach speeds of about 130 kilometres per hour. Inside the hulls where several ...

(1 pages) 19 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Biography of the zepplins during the 1st world war

The Times History accounts of the Zeppelin air raids on England during the first world war seem to depict the true ferocity and unmatc ... ty early in the war. The chapter specifically addresses the who, what, where, when, why and how the Zeppelins carried out their disastrous air raids. It also goes into great detail to expose how much ... great detail to expose how much each air raid damaged England, how many bombs were released by each Zeppelin, when it happened, the specific names of the casualties of the war and it even described ho ...

(4 pages) 23 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Beatles and Led Zeppelin compared.

To start off with, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin weren't quite from the same era, but it was close. The Beatles released their first full-le ... t original album, "Let It Be," came out in May of 1970. Towards the end of The Beatles' career, Led Zeppelin emerged, releasing "Led Zeppelin I" in 1969. The Beatles split up shortly before "Let It Be ... asing "Led Zeppelin I" in 1969. The Beatles split up shortly before "Let It Be" hit stores, but Led Zeppelin continued on to release eight more albums, ending with "Coda" in 1982. As you can see, ther ...

(2 pages) 19 1 2.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

How did technology change during WW1

sed for spying on the enemy and plane vs. plane battles called 'dogfights'.Aswell as the plane, the Zeppelin (also known as a blimp), was an airship that was used during the early part of the war in b ...

(2 pages) 16 0 2.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Zeppelins during WWI

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin was a German company owned by Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin . This company was the world's mo ... ppelin . This company was the world's most successful builder of rigid airships. Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin flew the first airship in the world that was not tied down. This airship was called the LZ- ... during its flight. These technical difficulties forced the giant airship to land in Lake Constance. Zeppelin continued to improve his blimp and to build airships for the German government. In June 191 ...

(4 pages) 3087 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Led Zeppelin Vs. The Beatles

Led Zeppelin vs. the Beatles In some way, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles have both shaped the worl ... Any discussion of hard rock or heavy metal would not be complete without the mention of Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin defined what was to become the heavy metal and rock period of music history ( ... y other band in history, and they are still selling music at a constant rate today. When Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin's first release, came out in January of 1969, it only took two months for it ...

(3 pages) 1892 1 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies