what discoveries have they made?
steam engine, electrical motor, dynamo, transformer, electric light
Western culture
The West is credited with the development of the steam engine and adapting its use into factories, and for the generation of electric power. The electrical motor, dynamo, transformer, electric light, and most of the familiar electrical appliances, were inventions of the West. The Otto and the Diesel internal combustion engines are products whose genesis and early development were in the West. Nuclear power stations are derived from the first atomic pile constructed in Chicago in 1942.
what does the term ridge route refer to? A two-lane highway between Los Angeles County and Kern County, California. who constructed it? California Highway Commission had the roadway faced any accident anytime? Yes - A Ridge Route Alternate was built to prevent road accidents and to increase road capacity. which places does the route connect? Piru Canyon, Grapevine where is the latter located? Kern County, California is grapevine a town? No, it is a small village and an unincorporated community any notable landmark? The top of the Grapevine does it have any name? No is the place referred in any work of art? UNANSWERABLE what types of birds are found at the state where the county is situated? UNANSWERABLE how is the climate there? Mediterranean climate, polar to subtropical. what culture do they follow? Western culture what type of dance does this culture follow? Ballet, ballroom dance, polka, square dance
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Western culture [SEP] Scientific and technological inventions and discoveries
By the will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel the Nobel Prize were established in 1895. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. The percentage of ethnically European Nobel prize winners during the first and second halves of the 20th century were respectively 98 and 94 percent. A study by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) – Japan's equivalent of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – concluded that 54% of the world's most important inventions were British. Of the rest, 25% were American and 5% Japanese. The West is credited with the development of the steam engine and adapting its use into factories, and for the generation of electric power.