Who is Bolivar? Detailed answer

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Who is Bolivar?

Napoleon had a huge impact on Europe at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. Almost at the same time, a man named Simón Bolívar had a great deal of influence in South America. For about three hundred years, most of South America was under the dominion of Spain.

Simon Bolivar vowed to liberate his homeland of Venezuela from Spain, but by 1830, when he died, Bolivar had liberated not only Venezuela, but also Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia. The young Bolivar was educated as an aristocrat, he studied and traveled in Europe, and the examples of revolutions in France and America moved him deeply. In 1811, with a group of patriots, he made a revolution and proclaimed Venezuela independent. But they were defeated by the Spanish troops, and Bolivar fled the country.

In 1819, he and his army, surprising the Spaniards, crossed the snow-covered Andes and brought independence to Colombia. Two years later, Bolivar liberated Venezuela, and a year later, Ecuador. Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador united to form the Republic of Great Colombia, with Bolivar as president. He later assisted in the liberation of Peru. The upper part of Peru was renamed Bolivia in honor of its liberator.

Bolivar had the power of a dictator, although his ideals were freedom and justice. He favored the formation of a constitutional government, the establishment of more schools, and the emancipation of slaves. Then each country wanted its own independence, and the Republic of Gran Colombia disintegrated. Bolivar's enemies accused him of being a tyrant. As a result, President Bolivar resigned. He died in 1830 at the age of forty-seven, a disappointed man with many enemies, but to the peoples of South America he is still a liberator.

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The resulting dispersion medium "behaves" like a liquid with magnetic properties. By applying a vertically directed constant magnetic field to it, it is possible to change the magnitude of the buoyant (Archimedean) force acting on a body immersed in a ferrofluid.

If the vector of the magnetic field strength is directed downwards, then the magnetic force generated in this fluid will add up to the gravitational force (gravity) and the ferrofluid will behave as if its density has increased. As soon as the magnetic field strength reaches a sufficiently high value, the copper coin lying at the bottom of the vessel will float, as if it were in a liquid whose density is higher than that of copper.

If the magnetic field strength vector is directed upwards, then the magnetic force generated in the fluid will reduce the effect of gravity, and the ferrofluid will behave as if its density has decreased. When the magnetic field strength reaches a certain value, at which the magnetic force in the liquid almost becomes equal to the force of gravity (the ferrofluid becomes almost "weightless"), the cork floating on the surface will sink.

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