The 'c' stands for the speed of light. You don't need fancy equipment to measure it. All you need is a microwave, ruler, bar of chocolate and a calculator. How to: 1  Take the turntable out of the microwave. 2  You need the chocolate to stay still whilst you heat it.
April 17, 1861 - Delegates at the Virginia Convention in Richmond pass an Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 88 to 55. Thirty-two of the no votes come from trans-Allegheny delegates, who are more firmly Unionist than representatives from other parts of the state.
Within weeks, four more Southern states (Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) left the Union to join the Confederacy. American Civil War: Union army volunteerLibrary of Congress, Washington, D.C.With war upon the land, President Lincoln called for 75,000 militiamen to serve for three months.