The Wright brothers didn’t complete the first power-driven flight until 1903, but forward-thinking New Yorkers had already begun making plans for safe places to land.Continue reading Airport
EVS Translation Blog / Category: – A-E
28 Oct /13
Ecology
This word found its way into the language through the combined efforts of a German biologist and an English zoologist.Continue reading Ecology
23 Oct /13
Abseil
In 1908 the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal made its lasting contribution to the English language with the first use of abseil.Continue reading Abseil
14 Oct /13
Cyclone
Cyclone is the name given to a rotating storm specific to the earth’s southern hemisphere.Continue reading Cyclone