Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Who Invented the American Flag

Posted on January 20th, 2011 by by Charles

The first American flag was designed and invented by Betsy Ross. She was a Philadelphia seamstress joined with the leader of the Continental Army George Washington. But the first flag was designed with a circle of 13 stars and it was not the flag that we recognise today. The flag designed by Betsy Ross was [...]

Who Invented the Airplane

Posted on January 20th, 2011 by by Charles

It is a difficult task to acknowledge or award an individual as the inventor of airplanes. Many researchers have contributed greatly towards the development and construction of different types of air planes for a long period. But Wright Brothers claimed the credit and were recognized as the inventors of the first powered or engine airplane. [...]

Who Invented the Car

Posted on January 20th, 2011 by by Charles

The developments of cars and automobiles have seen a long transition in history. The first car that used steam was made as early as in the year 1672 by Ferdinand Verbiest in China. His car was a result of his continuous experiments but had very less practical value. After a long time, in the year [...]

History of Fashion

Posted on April 1st, 2010 by by Big History

Ninteeth Century The impact of English dressing in America, the industrial boom, and the influence fashion witnessed on English and American civilization has been recorded over the course of century in terms of different literary devices. Fashion in 19th century transatlantic literature has broadcasted the significance and development of fashion British author Charles dickens cites [...]

History of Architecture

Posted on April 1st, 2010 by by Big History

The word “Architecture” has been derived from the Latin “atchitectura” transformed from the Greek “arkhitekton” with literal meaning “chief builder”. By definition ‘Architecture’ is the art of designing buildings and other geometrical shapes in a scientific matter. Exploring origins: The art of architecture initially originated as a product of dynamics between needs and means. With [...]

History of Crime

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by by Big History

The history of crime and criminology has been proper maintained from 14th century. Since that time onward a number of theories were propounded with divergent views of their exponents who had tried to reconsider crime according to their belief and ideas, personal knowledge and life experiences. We are used to contend that all their propositions [...]

History of Names

Posted on March 27th, 2010 by by Big History

The term ‘name’ is a transformation of the Old English ‘nama’, quite similiar to old high German ‘namo’ and perhaps resembling to Proto Indo-European language ‘nomn’. A name designates a noun, usually employed to identify a thing unique from others. Names can represent a category or class of different entities or a single such entity, [...]