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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...liquid from a wine bottle into the mouth of the baby on her knee. On the right of the image, a man and woman are shown coming into the room with expressions of shock. The woman precedes the man; she wears a formal dress and a crown. ‘Royal Dry Nursing Extraordinary.’] Figure 11 A satirical print which features a drunken nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...solid or open arrowheads to indicate direction of flow where necessary or to enhance the readability. The basic symbols for a flowchart, as described by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) are shown in Table 1. The ISO also describes a number of specific symbols for data and process that are not referenced in the figure...Session 5: Bringing it all...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...solid support. When he refers to ‘our English dead’ he is not simply uniting them with himself, but, by the addition of ‘English’ he is appealing to their sense of national identity and reminding them that they are not merely fighting for themselves but for their country (which includes their more personal loves of parents, wives, children and friends). Those...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...solider who lived in barracks could vote. It was not then part of citizenship. The manhood suffrage campaign had been going since the 1760s and the 70s but there was no sustained campaign of violence. MICHAEL PORTILLO The most extreme militancy of the suffrage movement has been almost entirely forgotten. We’ve inherited images of women being carried away by burly...
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...solid particles, around 10-7 or 10-6 m across, found mixed with interstellar gas. Dust grains are predominantly composed of carbonaceous material and silicates, but may be surrounded by an icy mantle. Dust is very effective at absorbing and scattering ultraviolet and visible light. * electromagnetic radiation A form of radiation in which the transfer of energy from place...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...solid-state hard drive, a technology that came down in price significantly at the time of writing. ‘Just because’ Web services Web services, like Mr. doob, are sometimes developed simply because their developers can, or want to, explore a new technology, or see what is possible. Sometimes, simply playing with something leads to radically new ideas. As mentioned at the...
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...solid line instead of a rectangle or bar, but you will not see this type of bar chart very often. Activity 8 You should now follow our calculation of a bar chart from the information in Table 3. Table 3 Average distance travelled per person per year in Paris MODE OF TRANSPORT KM walk 244 local bus 297 rail 336 cycle 44 Decide on a clear title. The title of Table 3 is...
Electronic applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Electronic applications

...solid line) that is being sampled less than twice each cycle. The samples are represented by blobs. However, another sine wave with a lower frequency can be drawn through these samples. It is shown as a dashed sine wave. This lower-frequency wave is called an alias of the original sine wave. The way to avoid aliases is to sample more frequently, as in Figure 16(b). Here...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs