Blue Tower is probably one of Chihuly’s greatest accomplishments. It is the tallest piece he has ever created and probably the tallest glass piece in the world. It stands forty-seven feet high and is 6 feet in diameter. It uses two-thousand pieces of glass it descends twenty feet into the archeological substructure of the Citadel. The tower starts off as a deep cobalt blue at the top and fades to a lighter blue which hints at the sky color changing throughout the day.
This building or architecture is called the Crystal Cathedral. The Crystal Cathedral is comprised of a main church and a bell tower. The cathedral was created with 10,000 windows of tempered silver-colored glasses which are held in place by a lace-like frame of white steel trusses (Crystal, 2011). The cathedral can hold more than 2700 people. The bell tower was built in 1990 and stands 236 feet tall and is one of Orange County's tallest structures (Crystal, 2011).
Located in the state of Maryland lies the location of one of America’s oldest historic sites. It is very important to not only our states history, but also our national history due to its richness in its uniqueness. It is called the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station, B & O Railroad for short, which is now turned into a museum. It was built in the early 1830’s.The B & O Railroad museum in Ellicott City, Maryland is the site of the oldest surviving train stations in America. This railroad also happened to be the original terminal end of the first thirteen miles of the public railroad in America.
Ancient Egyptian inventions include papyrus, sails, bowling, door locks, and a calendar with three hundred and sixty-five days in a year. In fact, Hieroglyphics were one of the first forms of writing. Hieroglyphics could represent both sounds and
Designed by architect Bruce Graham and the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1973, the Sears Tower is structured by attracting square tubes of welded steel. The Sears Tower has an exterior of black aluminum and bronze toned glass. Its illuminating structure consists of bundled tubes designed to withstand wind suitable for the “Windy City” where speed winds are 16 miles per hour averaged. This enormous glistening tower covers two city blocks and retains 106 acres of office and commercial space. This work of art not only speaks for itself but is interesting and has diverse views at all angles.
Anderson’s book “The Sixties” is a great book to read in order to really understand the era that was the sixties. It is not just a historical book, but it gives history life and makes you realize the significance of that time period and how the movements created the world that it is now. It is also a nice reminder to fight for what you believe in, because all it takes is courage to speak up, a few slogans and before you know it you will be changing the world, one movement at a
Ryan J. Chervinko 11/12/14 English 101 Earthquakes in the United States Researching Earthquakes past and present benefits humanity today just like researching any other natural disaster throughout history. Doing this makes us more prepared than our ancestors were and will help save lives, infrastructure and money. According to a Historical Newspaper, The New York Times: The New Madrid fault zone is the most dangerous earthquake belt in the United States. (Sullivan) But these people that wrote about this article were at least aware of the danger. Unlike in the 19th century during the most devastatingly dangerous earthquake that occurred on this New Madrid Fault zone, no one back then was fully aware of the dangers of living in this area.
Each end has eight columns and was carved in the Doric style. Half of the old temple remained, and the Greeks used some of the materials from the Old Parthenon to the New Parthenon. The temple had a majestic style and outstanding materials. When the temple was completed, it glistened with white and gold. Planning for the Parthenon began in 447 B.C.
Inside the hall were engines and generators representing not only the best and newest engineering of America but also of England, Germany, and France (Buers 14). The Palace of Machinery held the power plant that created the 56,000 horsepower needed to sustain the amount of energy used for the Fair. It generated electricity for the lights; as well as ran the massive pumps that fed water to the grounds lagoons and picturesque Cascades. At this point in time only two other power plants in the world had a greater horsepower than the engines featured here. The Allis Chalmers vertical and horizontal refrigerating engine was also here, capable of generating 5,000 horsepower, along with the Curtis Steam Turbine from General Electric Company, which could produce 8,000 horsepower (Corbett 3-5).
The Mayans build great cites with squares surrounded by pyramids on top of the pyramids were temples (see appendix 3). At the heart of the Maya city were large plazas surrounded by the most important governmental and religious buildings, such as the royal acropolis, great pyramid temples and occasionally ball-courts. The Mayans made a telescope to look at the stars, they studied the stars and the other pre-historic groups couldn’t studied the stars because they don’t know how to do