KENYA Here and in other countries of East Africa, we can visit National Parks. We can go on safaris to see lions, zebras, giraffes, elephants, and other animals in their natural home. MEXICO On the Yucatan peninsular, we can visit remains of the city of Chichen Itza, where the Mayan people settled in the sixth century. Abondoned before the Spanish came, it's now party rebuilt. We can see stone pyramids and temples and a Mayan ballfield. RUSSIA A famous place to visit here is the Kremlin, a walled fortress in Moscow, with old churches, palaces, and towers with onion-shaped gold domes, dating bact to the Middle Ages. Today the Kremlin is the headquarters for the Russian Government. SOUTH AFRICA Think of sourthern Africa and we probably think of wildlife like the elephant, lion leopard and rhino. We can see them up close at the Kruger National Park, a huge nature reserve, home to 137 species of mammals. |
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| Transportations 1785 Parachute Jean Pierre Blanchard France 1807 Stemboat Robert Fulton U.S 1829 Steam Locomotive George Stephenson England 1852 Elevator Elisha G. Otis U.S 1885 Bicycle James Starley England 1885 Motorcycle Gottlieb Daimler Germany 1891 Escalator Jesse W. Reno U.S 1892 Automobile Charles E. Duryea & Frank Duryea U.S 1894 Submarine Simon Lake U.S 1895 Diesel Engine Rudolf Diesel Germany 1903 Propeller Airplane Orville & Wilbur Right U.S 1939 Helicopter Igor Sikorsky U.S 1939 Jet Airplane Hans von Ohain Germany 1980 Rollerblades Scott Olson U.S 1983 Minivan Chrysler U.S Health 1780 Bifocal Lenses for glasses Benjamin Franklin U.S 1819 Stethoscope Rene T.M.H. Laennec France 1842 Anesthesia (ether) Crawford W. Long U.S 1895 X ray Wilhelm Roentgen Germany 1922 Insulin Sir Frederick G. Banting Canada 1929 Penicilin Alexander Fleming Scotland 1954 Antibiotic for Rachel F. Brown & Fungal Diseases Elizabeth L. Hazen U.S 1955 Polio Vaccine Jonas E. Salk U.S 1973 CAT Scanner Godfrey N. Hounsfield England 1987 Meningitis Vaccine Connaught Lab U.S |
| Communications a.d. 105 Paper Ts'ai Lun China 1447 Movable Type Johann Gutenberg Germany 1795 Modern Pencil Nicolas Jacques France Conte 1837 Telegraph Samuel F.B. Morse U.S 1845 Rotary Printing Richard M.Hoe U.S Press 1867 Typewriter Christopher L. Sholes U.S Carlos Glidden & Samuel W. Soule 1876 Telephone Alexander G. Bell U.S 1888 Ballpoint Pen John Loud U.S 1913 Modern Radio Reginald A. Receiver Fessenden U.S 1937 Xerography Chester Carlson U.S Copies 1942 Auto Sequence Howard H. Aiken U.S Computer 1947 Transistor William Shockley, U.S Walter H. Brattain & John Bardeen 1955 Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany England 1965 Word Processor International Bussi. U.S Machines Corp. 1979 Cellular Telephone Ericsson Co. Sweden 1987 Laptop Computer Sir Clive England Sinclair Expanding Universe 1250 Magnifying Glass Roger Bacon England 1590 2 lens Microscope Zacharias Netherlands Janssen 1608 Telescope Hans Lippershey Netherlands 1714 Mercury Thermometer Gabriel D. Germany Fahrenheit |
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