The Lisbon Earthquake

• It was a Richter 9 earthquake
• It was on November 1, 1775
• Cracks as wide as 16 feet wide appeared in the ground
• Tsunami's hit Lisbon, North Africa, and Barbados
• Fire burnt Lisbon for 6 days
• It shook people's faith in blind religion
• It gave leverage to the arguments of Immanuel Kant and Voltaire 

All About Tantalum

• Tantalum is element 73 and is abbreviated as Ta
• It is used in medical implants
• Tantalum is used in capacitors
• Capacitors are devices that store electricity for a short amount of time
• Tantalum Pentoxide is a dielectric
• Dielectrics are insulators that can support electrostatic fields
• electrostatic fields can sustain electricity, hence the use for Tantalum Pentoxide in capacitors.