* In 1774, Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in the laboratory at Bowood House, Wiltshire, England. * The eleventh Olympic Games opened in Berlin, in 1936.
1 August 2008
ANNIVERSARIES
* In 1774, Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in the laboratory at Bowood House, Wiltshire, England. AUGUST
August, the eighth month of the year and the sixth month of the Roman calender. The Romans called the month Sextilis, which means sixth. Eight years before Jesus was born the name of the month was changed to Augustus in honour of the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar, because many of the important events in his life happened around that time of the year.The Anglo-Saxons called it Weod Monath, which means Weed month, because it is the month when weeds and other plants grow most repidly.
August is the busiest time for tourism, as it falls in the main school holiday of the year, the summer holidays, which lasts for six weeks for state run schools.
31 July 2008
This is Magalhães!
Nice to meet you Magalhães!
I don't know what Magalhães, the navigator thinks about the idea of naming an object after him...
Who was Magalhães?
He was the navigator in the service of Spain, who commanded the first expedition to circumnavigate the world. (1480-1521)
He discovered the Strait of Magellan. Unfortunately this famous sailor was killed in the Philippines, but his Spanish Companion, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, made the project come true.
I don't know what Magalhães, the navigator thinks about the idea of naming an object after him...
Who was Magalhães?
He was the navigator in the service of Spain, who commanded the first expedition to circumnavigate the world. (1480-1521)
He discovered the Strait of Magellan. Unfortunately this famous sailor was killed in the Philippines, but his Spanish Companion, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, made the project come true.
30 July 2008
NESSIE
The Loch Ness Monster, also reffered to as "Nessie", is a creature or group of creatures said to live in Loch Ness, a deep freshwater lake (known in Scotland as a loch) near the city of Inverness. Nessie is generally considered a lake monster. Along with Bigfoot and Yeti, Nessie is perhaps the best-known mystery in cryptozoology...Horse riding holidays in Scotland
Horse riding holidays in Scotland through the great glens of Scotland, around the vast lochs and across the wild moors is a chance to see Scotland as it should be see, naturally!
Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It is bounded by England in the south and on the other three sides by water: by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and north and by the North Sea on the east. Scotland is divided into three physical regions—the Highlands; the Central Lowlands, containing two-thirds of the population; and the Southern Uplands. The western Highland coast is intersected throughout by long, narrow sea lochs, or fjords. Scotland also includes the Outer and Inner Hebrides and other islands off the west coast and the Orkney and Shetland Islands off the north coast.
Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It is bounded by England in the south and on the other three sides by water: by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and north and by the North Sea on the east. Scotland is divided into three physical regions—the Highlands; the Central Lowlands, containing two-thirds of the population; and the Southern Uplands. The western Highland coast is intersected throughout by long, narrow sea lochs, or fjords. Scotland also includes the Outer and Inner Hebrides and other islands off the west coast and the Orkney and Shetland Islands off the north coast.
29 July 2008
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