Turbines are commonly used to provide engine power. Airplane jet engines and nuclear-powered ships use turbines to propel themselves, and gas turbines have been used to power ships, trains, cars and tanks.
The Document and Its Legacy. Written in Latin, the Magna Carta (or Great Charter) was effectively the first written constitution in European history. Of its 63 clauses, many concerned the various property rights of barons and other powerful citizens, suggesting the limited intentions of the framers.
In John's time there was no parliament. Because the Magna Carta established the council of 25 barons whom the king was supposed to consult on matters that were important to the country, some people also believe it sowed the seed for parliamentary democracy in England.ven though this was not really true-the Magna Carta was a solution to a specific situation rather than a grand declaration of rights for all people-it came to be used as a kind of bill of rights.