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This essay breifly describes the life of John Brown, and how he "was the spark that ignited the Civil war". 720 words.

... John Brown John Brown was the spark that ignited the American Civil War. He was truly the factor that ended discussions ...

(3 pages) 36 0 3.0 16/Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

The Legend Chuck Yeager

... Once he has enough speed, then he would level off and ignite the first chamber of his engine. Every single throttle adjustment ... thing is really capable of flying supersonic, he said and ignited the first chamber followed by the other three soon after that ...

(9 pages) 11 0 0.0 23/Jul/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Black Saturday Bushfires

... Saturday. Black Saturday was a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across Victoria during extreme bushfire-weather ... of Black Saturday . Causes: Majority of the fires were ignited by fallen or clashing power lines or were deliberately ...

(2 pages) 22 0 4.0 31/Mar/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Hitlers missiles: the aggregate rocket program.

... of 1933 was to fix the problem of late ignition. If the fuel and oxidizer were ignited late, an explosion would usually be the result. Most ...

(14 pages) 51 1 3.8 22/Apr/2003

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

Coral Sea - An Important Battle

... The damage seemed under control until an electric motor spark ignited aviation fuel vapors below deck. A tumultuous explosion wrenched the ... 551 -pound bomb slashed through four decks of the Yorktown, igniting fires, killing 66 men, and forcing the ship to ...

(4 pages) 39 2 4.8 27/Feb/2004

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

British Army Transformations from 1645-1913. this is part 1: English Civil War to Seven Years War. Each part is 20 pages!!

... that bore the very essence of the Charles I assault that ignited the Civil War. In 1685, the Duke of Monmouth rebelled against ... Covenanters refusal to abide by the King's new church reforms ignited into a Civil War that lasted in some form until 1660 ...

(25 pages) 119 1 4.6 05/Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Japanese Patriotism and Ethnocentrism told through the book: Requiem for Battleship Yamato

... moment between life and death his desire to live is finally ignited. Yoshida, upon completion of these trials in his life, retains ... Only within the jaws of death does Yoshida find something that ignites his soul and truly gives him reason to live rather ...

(5 pages) 41 0 3.7 23/Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Trench Warfare in WW1

... The operators of this machinery would march through No-man's Land igniting any enemy, injured or even dead, that could be spotted. The ... expelled oil which was shot through the path of a spark to ignite it and the result was a stream of fire spurting forth ...

(12 pages) 123 4 4.2 09/May/2004

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

Elizabethan Era Weaponry by Alan T

... remained in it" (76). Fire could travel through the air and ignite the charge quickly. From this point on, cannons ceased being ... pack so that, instead of going off instantaneously when it was ignited, it caught fire and burned through to the other end, ...

(3 pages) 30 0 5.0 08/Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Corvette History

... implaced. In 1975 a catalytic converter and a new high-energy ignition were added. Corvette was advertised as "America's only true ... components. The new car has a a keyless push button ignition. 400hp @ 4400rpm and a new navigation system makes this car ...

(3 pages) 27 1 4.0 22/Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

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