Com- pilation of pre-1900 California earthquake history, Calif. Div. Mines Geol. Open-File Rept. OFR 79-6, SAC, 271 pp.Toppozada, T., and D. Branum (2004), California earthquake history, Ann. Geophys., 47(2-3), 509-522.
000 years ago, Tasmania became isolated from the mainland, and some stone technologies failed to reach the Tasmanian people (such as the hafting of stone tools and the use of theBoomerang).[25]The land was not always kind; Aboriginal people of southeastern Australia endured...
The first electric cars appeared long before the earliest gas autos, and the history of electric cars is littered with innovative takes on four-wheeled transit.
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A group of explorers successfully struck oil in California in 1876. Three years later our company entered the industry in 1879. Our spirit has been driven by integrity, trust, and innovation. And we’ve continued our purpose to provide the affordable, reliable, ever-cleaner energy that enables...
The existence of mesons was later confirmed when they were created artificially at the Berkeley cyclotron at the University of California. Yukawa received the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of mesons, and Powell was awarded the 1950 prize for developing the technique of particle ...
The California gold rush was in full swing and many others were on their way to California. Richmond was not looking for gold, however. He was to assist the Episcopal Church in its mission to the growing population of California and Oregon. He ended up in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, ...
History of “Kuliang” builds friendships between American and Chinese people Before Milton Gardner, a professor of Physics at the University of California, passed away, he uttered the words “Kuliang, Kuliang.” That was his unforgettable childhood home in China that no one co...
To view the online virtual tour,click here. 4. The Broad (Los Angeles, California) Image Credit: The Broad Year Opened:2015 The Broad is a contemporary art museum named for philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. The Broad houses a nearly 2,000-piece collection of contemporary art, featuring ...
The Iran-Iraq War ended in stalemate in August 1988, and many observers believed that Reagan's retirement to California the following January and Khomeini's death four months later would herald a new era in Iranian-American relations. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 provided ...