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A Sheepish Argument
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A Sheepish Argument |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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3285 A Sheepish Argument 13 November 2003 To some it could be said behind every major invention of the world a New Zealander would be As if not by a coincidence in the midst of an outcome time changing in a resulted sea Which for a country with a population greater in sheep than man The adulation was that of course “Kiwi’s can” From mankind's small step to a giant leap in faith There was little reason for those New Zealand born to be ever humble and misplaced Living in a land where the world was a capital away To do an overseas experience and perhaps return home some day While others would remain further in the field Enhancing a dream and a desire to yield In a consequence of having placed a rocketship in space Making a discovery of atomic proportions even to displace Whether in Florida or Houston bound Or in locations apart from the United States of America found Of greater skies conquered in flight Over controversy to the true beginnings yet credited to the brothers Wright How man had learnt to fly and the likelihood was in New Zealand this may well have been done first By a man his critics considered somewhat crazy in his airy thirst So the quest was for the rest to look and see this concept of behind many main events of world growth A New Zealand birth was celebrated in having pipped the post In his role as director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in California in the United States of America. William Haywood Pickering [born in Wellington New Zealand in 1910 and educated at Wellington College and the California Institute of Technology] was a key figure in the launching of the first successful US earth satellite, Explorer 1, and in subsequent US space exploration. To have began his association with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1944 and remained involved right up to death in March 2004. Earnest Rutherford (1871-1937) later Baron Rutherford of Nelson was in his time known as a great physicist and a scientist of international acclaim. Born at Brightwater, near Nelson in New Zealand to a Scottish heritage, Rutherford was educated in New Zealand at Nelson Collage and Canterbury University. Where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts [BA] in 1892 and a Master of Arts [MA] with honours in both mathematics and physics in 1893. He taught at Christchurch Boys’ High School for a year, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science [BSc] in 1894. Before going on to be omitted to the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England in 1895. Where his initial works had some association with radio transmissions prior to advancing into the field of radiology. Where he was credited with being the Father of the Atomic Age along with the role of splitting the atom. In March 1903 Richard William Pearce was reported to have achieved motorised flight almost six months before the Wright Brothers in the USA. a poet who cares |
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emeralddreamer Junior Member
since 2006-03-24
Posts 27PA, United States |
A very interesting piece... Truly enjoyed! |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
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