Jan 3, 2010

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard | Compare and Contrast

1751: Benjamin Franklin, flying a kite in a thunderstorm with a key at the end of the string, discovered the fact that lightning behaves like electricity and flows through conductive material.

Today: Control of electricity is one of the fundamental principles of our society. Blackouts, when electricity becomes unavailable, create major disruptions.

1751: Whaling was an important part of the economy of the New England colonies, with more than sixty whaling ships trolling the water off the coast.

Today: Environmental organizations fight to...