PPT-Railroads and other stuff

Presented by William H Reetz Origin of Railroads Wagonways reduced friction Earliest locomotives built around 1800 George Stephenson Father of Railways 4 ft 8 ½ in gauge P rompted . Railroads are necessary for the efficient functioning of a modern economy. . No other transportation mode can handle the bulk shipping necessary for an industrial economy with the speed and efficiency of a modern Diesel-Electric Locomotive on a high quality roadbed.. Chapters 6 and 7. A New Industrial Age. Immigrants and Urbanization. Chapter 6: . A New Industrial Age. Expansion of Industry. At the end of the 19. th. century, natural resources, creative ideas, and growing markets fuel an industrial boom.. Change and Conflict in the . American West. Between 1865-1900 (25 year period) the western frontier (West of the Mississippi River) was divided into:. 18 new states. 4 territories: Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, . Chapters 8 and 9. Livestock and the Open Range;. Railroads Link Montana to the Nation. Chapter 8: Livestock and the Open Range. Montana’s Grasslands. Montana had excellent grasslands – winter snow not as deep or long-lasting as in Colorado & Wyoming, winds often blew snow off grasses, plenty of water & shelter.. Annie Leonard. Annie Leonard is the Director of the Story of Stuff Project and author of the book, The Story of Stuff (Free Press, March 2010).. In December 2007, Annie released The Story of Stuff, a hit 20-minute . So………... Look . around you.  Wherever you are, you are surrounded by “stuff.”  But a good scientist doesn’t go around calling stuff, “stuff”!  That’s too simple.  Instead, a really good scientist calls all this stuff we are surrounded by, “matter”.   . The Growth of Railroads. Before the Civil War, most of the railroad track in America had been built in the Eastern USA, especially in the Northeast.. Gold was discovered in the West and people slowly began migrating westward.. slippery stuff pregnancy. slippery stuff walmart. slippery stuff buy. slippery stuff paraben free. slippery stuff msds. slippery stuff in stores. slippery stuff free sample. slippery stuff walgreens. Our Experiment. What is heat?. What do we know already? . - Heat is transferred by . conduction & convection. Heat is also transferred by radiation and involves kinetic energy.. Plot the cooling rates of hot water in a clear and black test tube . . . . . By the 1920’s, the U.S. had become the leading industrial power in the world, producing more than 1/3 of the world’s manufactured goods.. Up until this time, the U.S. was primarily an agricultural nation – Tobacco, Cotton, sugar, Indigo, Rice, Etc. . a. Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business.. The railroad companies contributed to the development of the West by selling low-cost parcels of their western land for farming. . Powerpoint. Presentation – Test 1. Sales Training Stuff. Powerpoint. Presentation – Test 2. The Properties of Early Modern Playing . . A World of. Objects:. House, Shop,. Study,. Cabinet of. Curiosities. . ‘Go to the Centaur, fetch our stuff from thence’ . (. The Comedy of Errors. Non-restrictive elements are always set off by commas, . em. -dashes, or parentheses and should be information that is . NOT . essential or most important to the sentence.. Which is best? . The English final, an exam with five sections, tests our ability to analyze. .