scholarly journals Palelindon: Unravel the hidden meaning of earthquake

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Ida Bagus Agung Wicaksana
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Activity ◽  
Scientific Explanation ◽  
Continuous Series ◽  
Earthquake Effect ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Simple Term ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times

On the history of humanity, multiple approaches and methods have been conducted to determine reliable formula on predicting when and where the earth would release its seismic pulse. Many quests have been conducted for more than century to forecast the quake occurrence, yet failed to meet the expectation for long run prediction. Earthquake in a simple term is defined as convulsion on the earth’s surface. Based on its trigger, the quake could be classified into two namely seismic activity and tremor. A vast horseshoe area covers 40,000 km square in the shore of pacific ocean is notorious for its title as The Ring of fire (ROF); an area that has been experiencing continuous series of lithosphere seismic activities. Living within the geologically active area, Bali as part of Indonesia since ancient times seemed to experience multiple quakes. While most research relentlessly sought to predict the earthquake accurately, Balinese local wisdom claimed to be ably predicting the aftereffect of earthquake as compiled in Palelindon manuscript. The script proposed detailed explanation of earthquake effect on nature that subsequently affects human behaviour. This idea may seem as old myth, and could not be suggested publicly worldwide as scientific explanation. Balinese life is firmly bound by local belief and custom. Nevertheless, the text explanation occasionally is taken into account as precaution to prepare any upcoming upheaval on the island.

scholarly journals Desalination: From Ancient to Present and Future

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2222
Author(s):  
Andreas N. Angelakis ◽  
Mohammad Valipour ◽  
Kwang-Ho Choo ◽  
Abdelkader T. Ahmed ◽  
Alper Baba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Reuse ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
Available Water ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
Rivers And Lakes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times

Water is life, and without water, there would be no civilizations and a vacant Earth. Water is considered an abundant natural resource on the earth. Water covers 3/4 of the surface. However, 97% of the available water on the earth is salty oceanic water, and only a tiny fraction (3%) is freshwater. This small portion of the available water supplies the needs of humans and animals. However, freshwater exists in underground, rivers, and lakes and is insufficient to cover all the world’s water demands. Thus, water saving, water reuse, rainwater harvesting, stormwater utilization, and desalination are critical for maintaining water supplies for the future of humanity. Desalination has a long history spanning centuries from ancient times to the present. In the last two decades, desalination has been rapidly expanding to meet water needs in stressed water regions of the world. Yet, there are still some problems with its implementation in several areas of the world. This review provides a comprehensive assessment of the history of desalination for wiser and smarter water extraction and uses to sustain and support the water needs of the earth’s inhabitants.

scholarly journals USE AND PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS IN AZERBAIJAN

ASJ. ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (42) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
E. Gasumov
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Industry Development ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
The Earth ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times

The article deals with the history of development of oil and gas industry in Azerbaijan. Information about the surface show of combustible (natural) gas from ancient times, seeping through fractures from the deep bowels of the earth and about gas torches - "eternal fire" are presented. The stages of gas industry development in Azerbaijan are given.

The culture of flat earth and its consequences

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dónal Mac Erlaine
Keyword(s):  
History Of Science ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
The Earth ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Geometrical Argument

Tracing some elements of the history of science, such as the tradition of map-making beginning in ancient times, this article aims to link together some factors that have led to the contemporary phenomenon of flat earth belief. Springing from a political fringe culture steeped in a ‘will-to-mistrust’, flat earth belief has gained huge popularity in recent years. The total rejection of science in favour of opinion is today a feature of the discursive landscape, and nowhere it is more poignant than in flat earth belief. Furthermore, it leaks from a mistrust of science to mistrust of culture itself. Ultimately it falls to the agency of recent communication technologies, that is, the internet, where this culture is able to gain traction in popular discourse. Through a very simple geometrical argument needing no equipment, I demonstrate that the earth must be spherical (or near-so), and this ultimately points to the technocratic culture today that has paradoxically led to this unpredicted phenomenon. Moreover it is a dangerous trend, and this piece aims to highlight why this is so.

George Hoggart Toulmin: politics and geology

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-481
Author(s):  
ROY PORTER
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Great Distance ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Christian View ◽  
The Social ◽  
French Enlightenment ◽  
Political Conservatism ◽  
History Of

The physician George Hoggart Toulmin (1754–1817) propounded his theory of the Earth in a number of works beginning with The antiquity and duration of the world (1780) and ending with his The eternity of the universe (1789). It bore many resemblances to James Hutton's "Theory of the Earth" (1788) in stressing the uniformity of Nature, the gradual destruction and recreation of the continents and the unfathomable age of the Earth. In Toulmin's view, the progress of the proper theory of the Earth and of political advancement were inseparable from each other. For he analysed the commonly accepted geological ideas of his day (which postulated that the Earth had been created at no great distance of time by God; that God had intervened in Earth history on occasions like the Deluge to punish man; and that all Nature had been fabricated by God to serve man) and argued they were symptomatic of a society trapped in ignorance and superstition, and held down by priestcraft and political tyranny. In this respect he shared the outlook of the more radical figures of the French Enlightenment such as Helvétius and the Baron d'Holbach. He believed that the advance of freedom and knowledge would bring about improved understanding of the history and nature of the Earth, as a consequence of which Man would better understand the terms of his own existence, and learn to live in peace, harmony and civilization. Yet Toulmin's hopes were tempered by his naturalistic view of the history of the Earth and of Man. For Time destroyed everything — continents and civilizations. The fundamental law of things was cyclicality not progress. This latent political conservatism and pessimism became explicit in Toulmin's volume of verse, Illustration of affection, published posthumously in 1819. In those poems he signalled his disapproval of the French Revolution and of Napoleonic imperialism. He now argued that all was for the best in the social order, and he abandoned his own earlier atheistic religious radicalism, now subscribing to a more Christian view of God. Toulmin's earlier geological views had run into considerable opposition from orthodox religious elements. They were largely ignored by the geological community in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain, but were revived and reprinted by lower class radicals such as Richard Carlile. This paper is to be published in the American journal, The Journal for the History of Ideas in 1978 (in press).

History of thyroid surgery

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Technique ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Thyroid Surgery ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times

The authors present an outline of the development of thyroid surgery from the ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century, when the definitive surgical technique have been developed and the physiologic and pathopfysiologic consequences of thyroid resections have been described. The key representatives, as well as the contribution of the most influential czech surgeons are mentioned.

HAJJ AND THE RULERS OF

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
D.X. Sangirova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Sacred Place ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Middle Ages

Revered since ancient times, the concept of "sacred place" in the middle ages rose to a new level. The article analyzes one of the important issues of this time - Hajj (pilgriamge associated with visiting Mecca and its surroundings at a certain time), which is one of pillars of Islam and history of rulers who went on pilgrimage

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