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Between 1357 and 1371 a book of supposed travels compiled by John Mandeville acquired popularity. Despite the unreliable and often fantastical nature of its accounts, it was used as a reference [56] for the East, Egypt, and the Levant in general, asserting the old belief that Jerusalem was the centre of the world.
Center for the Study of the Great Ideas Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Mortimer Adler web pages with extensive discussion of the Great Books; A collection of works from Great Books of the Western World as eBooks at Standard Ebooks; Greater Books – a site documenting lists of "great books," classics, canons, including the Great ...
Wolfgang Langewiesche (long-gah-vee-sheh; 1907–2002) was an aviator, journalist and writer.He is one of the most quoted writers in aviation writing. His book, Stick and Rudder (1944), is still in print, and is considered a primary reference on the art of flying fixed-wing aircraft.
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In mythology the rudder, which the goddess can steer, represents control of the changeable fortunes of life. Plato used the metaphor of turning the Ship of State with a rudder. In the Biblical book of James, the author compares the tongue with a ship's rudder which, though physically small, makes great boasts. [18]
Opinion: Making America 'great again' requires returning to the values of the 'Greatest Generation.' How we the people can Make America Great Again: by learning from our 'Greatest Generation' Skip ...
The first steering engine with feedback was installed on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern in 1866. [2] Designed by Scottish engineer John McFarlane Gray and built by George Forrester and Company , this was a steam-powered mechanical amplifier used to drive the rudder position to match the wheel position.
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