Making of Globes and the Round Earth Theory
The theory of a spherical Earth was recognized before Columbus with early globes and maps. Cries in the second century B C and Eratosthenes faced critique, while Strabo doubted the need for proof. Christopher Columbus is credited with a final victory for the round Earth doctrine, and 1492 marks the construction of the oldest surviving terrestrial globe.
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Columbus
Cries
Strao
Eratosthenes
Strabo
Christopher Columbus
Art in Pottery in China and Its Early Glaze Use
The article traces the emergence of glaze in Chinese pottery in the Tb century B C and notes its spread from Persia and Assyria. It discusses whether glaze originated in China or copied western models and mentions Han period contact with western regions during Wu-ti's reign. Glaze becomes a key element in the potter's toolkit.
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China
Persia
Discipline as the visible shape of virtue in Milton's verse
A compact reflection on discipline, viewing it as more than removing disorder. It presents discipline as the tangible image of virtue, making divine order visible in human conduct and audible in mortal ears.
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Milton
Growth and accretion in natural processes and criticism
The passage contrasts internal growth with external accretion in geology and crystal formation. It then discusses true criticism per Samuel Johnson, noting a critic should reveal reason rather than merely praise or condemn.
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RockerBoy
Addison
Samuel Johnson
When the rod was supreme in old schools
The article recalls past punishments in English and American schools. It notes whipping at home and at school, devices like the hirch horse and dunce cap, frames over the mouth, and even a wicker cage for delinquents. It contrasts harsher methods with modern milder approaches.
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England
Watson
Philadelphia
Forte Sevawinr Oes
de Marne
Persia Adopts Family Names Amid Curious Choices
In Teheran confusion from lacking surnames ends as an imperial edict requires all residents to take a family name. Citizens select witty and odd titles such as "Honest and Faithful" for an old gate guardian, "There There and Everywhere" for a postman, and "Three Hundred and Ten" from a merchant’s phone number.
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Persia
Teheran
Golden Girdle for the Earth Reveals Extreme Thinness
The passage compares hair width to tiny scales noting a human hair is about one six hundredth of an inch and a watch hairspring roughly half that. it explains ultra thin sheets of steel and gold wire could stretch vast distances, and soap bubbles can be as thin as one three millionth of an inch, illustrating extreme thinness.
Airplanes to Carry Lights for Night Flights Trial
Britain orders rear lights on all aircraft and wing tip illumination to be lit 30 minutes before sunset. Civil air ministry runs a one month night service trial from London to Paris to test night air travel feasibility.
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Mers
Civil Department
Air Ministry
Tondon
Paris
German inventor creates circular suitcase with tire
A German man tired of carrying or paying others to carry his suitcase introduces a circular case. It features a tire around its circumference a small wheel for balance and a handle enabling the owner to push it along the street with ease.
Thomas Paine and His World Changing Words
The essay traces Thomas Paine born in England to his pivotal role in the American Revolution. It highlights his writings like The Rights of Man and Common Sense, his time in France, and the lasting impact of his crisp, forceful prose on world events.
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Thomas Paine
Thetford
England
Gamaliel Bradford
Harper's Magazine
America
Franklin
Peh
France
Monroe
United States of America
George
Paine
Theodore Parker
Trevelyan
Considered Miracle in Milan Funeral Scene
A Milan widow, declared dead by a municipal doctor after a fatal heart attack, briefly revived during her funeral. Friends sent the ceremony forward, candles lit, but a kiss revealed warmth and movement in her forehead and limbs. Doctors revived her briefly. relatives call it a miracle.
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Milan
Lfe
All Relatives Are Not Pronouns in Class Room Tale
An English teacher at a technical high school recalls a pupil who misunderstood relative pronouns. A student proudly asserts the sentence She is my aunt, believing aunt is a relative pronoun, illustrating classroom confusion reported by the Indianapolis News.
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Indianapolis News
Korean and Egyptian Funeral Rites Compared In Tomb Hair Link
Discovery of hair in Tutankhamen tomb suggests parallel with Korean burial practice where ancestors receive personal items and even hair and nail remnants. The belief holds that keeping body parts from enemies helps bewitching avoidance, a motif found in various nations.
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Tutankhamen
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