Quatr.us > Math >Geometry > Quadrilaterals > Rhombuses. Rhombus. A rhombus is a kind of quadrilateral that has two sides that are parallel to each other, and another two sides that are parallel to each other. A rhombus is a special kind of parallelogram, and squares and rectangles are special kinds of rhombus. To figure out the perimeter of the rhombus, you can add the lengths of all the sides together. To figure out the area of a rhombus, you have to cut it into shapes that are easier to figure out. You want to cut it into a rectangle and two right triangles.
James Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California in 1848, started the California Gold Rush.
The man who discovered it was James W. Marshall, a carpenter who had built the mill. It did not take long for the news to spread, and soon thousands of people descended on that region of California, hoping they too would get lucky and find gold. The gold rush was well under way in late 1848 and continued into 1849.