Debeers Debeers De Beers A young English boy’s failing health triggered his family to send him to South Africa in hopes that the hot climate would turn his ailing health around. During the late nineteenth century, Cecil John Rhodes, joined his brother in the fields to pick cotton. Rhodes soon moved on to the more.
Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters Hindenburg: An Unnecessary Disaster In the 1930s airships, better known today as “blimps”, were the main source of air travel. During this time, the airships were used for various different reasons such as: bombing enemy targets, patrolling coastal areas, escorting.
